Aug 6, 2015
In the first part of our two-week Ant-Man Extravaganza (which we will be doing for all subsequent comic-related films and their corresponding newsprint source materials), we examine the Marvel Studios Ant-Man film starring Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly, and Michael Douglas and directed by Peyton Reed.
- two of us hate Jane Foster
- Michael Pena
- is Jess a hologram?
- Judy Greer
- a good child actor?
- the ugliest bunny in the world
- Hank Pym / Michael Douglas
- Tales To Astonish!
- Lang gets little
- Antony and the Ants
- Falcon vs Ant-Man
- an origin story that isn't insufferably boring
- Evangeline Lilly, the Wasp suit, and plot inconsistencies
- robbers vs burglars
- training montage
- the portrayal of Hope van Dyne and, in general, women in the MCU. Foster, Mockingbird, Freya, Kamala Khan, etc.
- Yellowjacket vs. Ant-Man
- Thomas the Tank Engine, giant ants, and The Cure
- 3D and The Quantum Realm
- we rate it!
Next week we're talking Ant-Man in the comics!