Dr. Doom: The Infamous Iron Man

I suppose Riri Williams was only the beginning... Well in terms of shocking reveals about the future Iron Man anyways, because now we have another surprising reveal: Dr. Doom will also be wearing the iron pants. Both of these changes have come in the wake of the conclusion of Civil War: II, and will come to fruition in fall this year. There aren't many details about this recent revelation, but we can give you background on why this makes sense. If you can remember back to last year's Secret Wars, where Doom gains god-like powers and omnipotence by using Particle Man to defeat the Beyonders and creates a new world in his own image, then you'll remember the ending where we see Doom remove his mask to reveal that his face has been restored by the now, omnipotent(?), Reed Richards. This was the start of his own personal metamorphism, because we later see that he seeks rehabilitation. Personally, we are super excited to see how and why he becomes the Infamous Iron Man, because Dr. Doom is such an interesting and diabolical character for Marvel. Also, since the Invincible Iron Man and the Infamous Iron Man will be running concurrently, it's going to be interesting to see how Riri and Doom interact with one another.

Review: Deadpool V Gambit #2

The comic starts with both Deadpool and Gambit outside of a random warehouse waiting for Chalmers to open the gate, and while they’re waiting they argue over whether or not they trust each other and the “plausibility” that one would double-cross the other. The argument ends with them both saying, very adamantly, that they trust one another (for some reason I’m not convinced). When they enter the warehouse, the always suspicious Deadpool says, “Does this look like the last warehouse to you? The one with all the double-crossing and paranoia?” to which Gambit responds, “All warehouses look the same.” Deadpool couldn’t help but make a black joke, so he did: “What? Whoa. Really? That seems not okay to say.” His inner voice then congratulates him for “[finally calling] that Cis-Het Cajun prettyboi out on his warehouse privilege.” 

Next Chalmers tells them that they would need to ditch the costumes, because the job would require them to be incognito, but Gambit questions the “plausibility” of the plan saying that Deadpool’s face, without a mask, looks like a “fried thumb” (which is true). Deadpool is deeply offended by being called a fried thumb, and, ironically, has a conversation with his own thumb, just to further express how hurt he is. He then assures Gambit that he would be able to go incognito, because he has a holographic image inducer, but he only uses it to put a mustache on his face, making himself look like a burn victim with a full mustache, calling himself Steve Zahn (he thinks he looks like Steve Zahn from Treme). But, before the “caper” even starts Gambit isn’t sure if he wants to take the job, so, to convince him, Chalmers throws a briefcase with 1.2 million dollars, and once Deadpool saw the money all of his aforementioned suspicion was gone and he answered yes, to Chalmers’ request, for himself and the still skeptical Gambit. Then for some reason Deadpool turns into Scrooge McDuck and dives into a room of money. And Chalmers proceeded to tell them the plan.

Chalmers’ plan seemed simple enough. Deadpool and Gambit would be undercover, following a businessman named Peng Lai, trying to lift all five finger prints from his right hand so that Chalmers would be able to break into his safe and steal the the Dragon’s Tongue, a priceless relic. The job also required them to travel to travel to New Orleans, “Remy’s old stomping grounds.” And Gambit replies, “People think I’m from New Orleans, but I’m Cajun. I’m from Acadia.” Then, fed up with origin stories just as much as we are, Deadpool interrupts Gambit and tells him, “You know your movie’s never coming out.” And tells him that he knows from experience how hard it is to get a solo movie if your name doesn’t rhyme with “Polverine.” Deapool finishes by telling Gambit, “Buddy, you’re not even getting a second draft” (which is sad but true).

The job gets turns out to be more difficult than they expected, when many of the finger print scans they send to Chalmers are incomplete and unusable, and Peng Lai is constantly moving from place to place. Gambit comes up the idea to take Peng to a club and have Deadpool challenge him to a drinking match and assumes that he will win, because he has a “hea- -a drinking factor.” After having 20 drinks, Peng Lei is unfazed, but he still left his finger prints on the glass he was using, so Deadpool got what he needed and threw the glass to Gambit, who he assumed was paying attention, to send the prints to Chalmers, but the glass hits the floor and breaks, because Gambit is distracted by a woman (who of course had a white streak in her her hair, because Gambit definitely has a type). Deadpool then questions whether he could trust Gambit to finish the job, and Gmabit comes up the an idea to poison Lai at a crawfish broil joint. This plan was also a failure, and Lai decided to disrupt a fight club style match and fight both contenders (he probably could’ve won if Deadpool and Gambit didn’t jump in). Then Gambit comes up with another plan to knock Lai out, using a potion created by a voodoo, but this plan like the others failed, and Lai ends up going back to the fight club to start a royal rumble, with out either Deadpool or Gambit noticing. Gambit then goes back to the fight club determined to prove to Deadpool that he is in fact focussed on finishing the job. Deadpool on the other hand follows the track he planted on Chalmers and finds him in a room with the Dragon’s Tongue already in his possession.

Just as Deadpool enters the room through the window, 3 ninjas also enter the room looking to take back the Dragon’s Tongue from Chalmers and kill him. Deadpool saves him and gives the ninjas the holographic image disguised as the Dragon’s Tongue. The ninjas then leave and now Deadpool and Chalmers are all alone. Chalmers explains that the Dragons’s Tongue is a vitality talisman and he needed it, because he has cancer and wants to make things right with his wife before he die (or so he says). The sometimes cautious Deadpool wants to see proof and takes him to his house to get it. It appears that Chalmers is telling the truth, and Deeadpool apologizes for not believing him before. Deadpool nave spoken to soon when Chalmers suddenly disappears, and Peng Lai enters the house, angry. Deadpool, who assumed that Lai received his vitality from the Dragon’s Tongue, tells Peng Lai that he would be able kill him quickly and easily, but after Lai tells him who he really is, the Fat Cobra, and that he even beat Iron Fist in the past, Deadpool realized that he’s F&%KED! 

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“My name is Legion, for we are many” - The X-Men’s Legion Comes to FX

Now that the X-Men Cinematic Universe (XMU) seems to be moving in the right direction after their last summer block busters, X-Men: Days of Future’s Past and X-Men: Age of Apocalypse, 20th Century Fox and Marvel will be extending the XMU onto the small screen, with a series about the mutant Legion. The show will be produced by Noah Hawley, the man behind the FX adaptation of Fargo, Lauren Shuler Donner, Bryan Singer, and Simon Kinberg. Legion will tell the story of David Haller, played by Downton Abbey’s Dan Stevens, a mutant diagnosed with schizophrenia and multiple personality disorder, who learns that, after years of being in and out of psychiatric hospitals, the voices he hears in his head and the visions he sees may actually be real. Dan Stevens will accompanied by Parks and Recreations’ Aubrey Plaza, who will be playing Legion’s friend, Lenny, and Jean Smart and Rachel Keller from Fargo will be joining the cast as Melanie, a therapist. Following the trend of the other Marvel television properties that have been placed in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), Legion will be placed in the XMU, however, there will not be any huge cameos from well “iconic” mutants like Cyclops, Jean Grey, Professor X, etc. Hawley in an interview with HitFix said,  he wants Legion to be a “stand alone kind of thing.” He wants the to keep those characters out of the series to help make it more unpredictable and creative, because like he said, some of those iconic characters “come with rules.” Hawley really wants this series to explore David’s character and his dark narrative. 

In the comics Legion is the son of Professor Charles Xavier and Gabrielle Haller, and seems to constantly be at war with himself, the splintered pieces of consciousness and the personalities that he has absorbed and are trying to take control of his body. Because of his unstable mental state, Legion is made out to be an anti hero, who seems to be doing all the wrong things for the right reasons. After recovering from a coma and being possessed by the Shadow King, Legion decides that he wants to help his father realize his dream of peaceful human/mutant coexistence, and to do this he goes back in time to kill Magneto. Long story short he ends up killing his father Professor X and causing the Age of Apocalypse. And this caused another chain of events that led to him being hunted down by the X-Men. It seemed as if this would be his entire existence; a poor, misunderstood, anti-hero, who only wants to help, but can never get it right. But, after Rogue discovers that Legion has an ever expanding amount of personalities and powers that come with each of those personalities, safe guards are placed on Legion’s mind and many of the personalities are placed in cells through out his mind. 

Noah Hawley most likely will not be drawing much from Legion’s earlier stories, but he will probably borrow elements from Legion’s most recent stories in X-Men: Legacy, written by Simon Spurrier (very much worth the read). This series focuses on Legion and his journey to self realization and conquering his, very real, inner demons. It’s almost like a coming of age series, where Legion learns new things about himself and how to stand on his own. I feel that this will be where Hawley draws most of the inspiration for the show, because it’s centered around Legion’s own personal journey. Also a major plot tool in the comic book series was that they showed the reader what’s happening in Legion’s mind, and it was illustrated as either a large high tech prison where personalities were locked, or as a mad house where monsters ran wild looking to take control of his body. Hopefully Hawley will use this same tool in his series.

The producers and Noah Hawley certainly have their work cut out for them with this project, but knowing that there’s producers like Hawley and Singer behind the wheel is extremely comforting. 

Donald Glover Cast in 'Spider-Man: Homecoming'

Nerds are finally getting what we want! Even if it is not exactly what we wanted. Donald Glover, a few days ago, was just cast in 'Spider-Man: Homecoming,' the latest Spider-Man reboot starring Tom Holland. His role in the film is being kept a secret, and it seems Marvel is doing this intentionally. And when the director, Jon Watts was asked about Donald Glover's role in the movie, by the Daily Beast, he said:

“I can’t talk about anything like that! That would have been so amazing, if I’d just completely spilled some secret like that by accident.  I probably can’t say anything. There’s a little sniper dot on me at all times, just in case. They’ll hit me with a tranq dart.” 

So, obviously, this secret is a big one, maybe even bigger than Spider-Man showing up in 'Captain America: Civil War.' The only thing we can do know is that we know nothing, so all we can do is speculate.

Donald Glover has expressed interest in being in a Spider-Man adaptation ever since they started casting for 'The Amazing Spider-Man' starring Andrew Garfield, back in 2010. Twitter, including myself, went crazy and celebrated the idea of Donald Glover playing Miles Morales, the current Spider-Man in the Ultimate Universe of Marvel Comics. There were Reddit debates, Twitter campaigns, and petitions supporting the idea of Glover playing Spider-Man, but in the end the execs and producers at Sony said that Peter Parker is Spider-Man and that would not change anytime soon. Personally I would have loved to see someone else, especially Miles Morales, take the mantle of Spider-Man on the big screen, because like I have said before, change in comic books and comic book movies is good and keeps them fresh. They have not even announced what kind of role Donald Glover will have in the movie, but people are still extremely excited about his being in the movie and the thought of change. 

What role could Glover possibly be playing? He might be too old to be a peer of Peter Parker's, because the movie will be centered around Parker's teenage years, and he might even be too old to be Miles Morales, unless they stray from the source material and make Miles a young adult and not teenager (God I hope they stray from the source material this one time). There have been unsubstantiated rumors that he would be a love interest of Aunt May or even a secondary villain. Again those rumors are unsubstantiated, and, hopefully, wrong, because I really want to see Miles Morales on the big screen. Honestly, I just want to see a Black Panther/Black Spider-Man team-up movie. Make it happen Marvel!