The Batlord

Afterlife With Archie




Probably gonna do an in-depth write-up about this series on my journal, but until then, I'd just like to say that this is one of my new favorite current comics, and I shall be waiting with bated breath for issue #8. I'm familiar with the concept of Archie, but so far as I can remember I've never read an Archie comic, nor had the desire to. This however, piqued my interest just for its sheer randomness. Archie and zombies. It's not a joke. It's not a parody. It's straight up rated-R zombies attacking Archie's town. It's cracked, it's dark, and it's awesome. Something about the teen archetypes in Archie just work perfectly in a horror movie setting. This is also coming from a guy who never could get into The Walking Dead comic series.

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bulbasaur

i've only read 2 issues of afterlife with archie so far, but i've enjoyed them. thanks for reminding me to check out more. i think the only other archie-related comic i've read is teenage mutant ninja turtles meet archie, which was a fun little crossover.

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The Batlord

Oh yeah, definitely read more. Wait till issue #6. That'll totally **** with you.

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only_dancing

Definitely! Trying to catch up with Mind MGMT and Saga at the moment.

The Batlord

Sony deal official: Marvel Studios gets rights to future Spider-Man movies - Spider-Man News

Not all rights. Just like... co-rights.

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LoathsomePete

I'm a little perplexed by this, I don't see what Marvel gets out of the deal except to say "hey guys, Spider-Man is in our movies now". I suspect that they are going to be sharing merchandising profits with Sony, otherwise I just can't see what they get out of the deal.

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The Batlord

Well, I've heard rumors that they're going to do Civil War, and from what I hear Spider-Man was a big part of that storyline, so that would be a big win for them if they could actually include him. Otherwise, I imagine they'll just try to give him a cameo in an Avengers movie or something just to build buzz.

Regardless, I'm sure they also want access to him on principle, as not having any with one of their biggest characters isn't a good thing.

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LoathsomePete

Civil War will be the next Captain America movie, however they're not recreating the comic version (and thank christ for that), they're just using some ideas, one of which would be Black Panther taking Spider-Man's place as the character both sides try to win over. I really hope they don't mess that up to introduce Spider-Man because it's a good way of introducing Black Panther to the general public, showing him kick ass, and getting people hyped for his 2017 solo movie.

As for Spider-Man, yeah I do think it is mostly on principle and well... because they can. I'm curious if they get more than just Spider-Man though, like if they (Marvel) have access to characters like Spider-Woman, Madame Webb, etc. I'm also curious if they're going to go with Peter Parker or Miles Morales. I kind of suspect they'll go with the former just because that's what the general public wants, but Miles Morales would be my preferred pick. He's a new and interesting character (pretty much the only good thing to come out of the Ultimate universe) and it's the easiest way to disassociate the new movie from the ASM-universe.

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I imagine they'll gladly replace a no-name character (as far as the public is concerned) with Spider-Man. Also another good way to keep from using black characters in starring roles in a movie. No movie studio wants that.

I'd be more excited for a Superior Spider-Man movie. Really cool take on Dr. Octopus, an interesting look at what makes Spider-Man Spider-Man, and a rare opportunity for a self-contained narrative that doesn't rely on crossover events of inconsistent quality. The buzz created from telling the public that a well-known villain was replacing an A-list hero in such a bizarre way would also be pretty high.

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LoathsomePete

Not going to happen, if Spider-Man hasn't been established in the MCU then they're not going to make him the focal character of a movie set to be released in just over a year. I suspect he'll show up at some point as a photographer, maybe at the end of the movie but he's of no importance to the story of the MCU at this point.

I also suspect his backstory will be pieced out from 2015 to 2017 in the various movies and tv shows. As Marvel has said they're done with origin stories we'll probably just get bits of dialogue about muggers stuck to walls and a pan shot of an issue of the Daily Bugle with the headline "SPIDER-MAN MENACE". Boom, character is established, he has his powers, he has his costume, and he's presumably web-slinging around the city. No need to show Uncle Ben dying, no need to show him making his costume, and no need to bore anyone and waste an hour of your film.

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