The final issue of the Ultimate Marvel event "Ultimatum," has hit the shelves this past Wednesday. Now, I can spend this entire post talking about how much I can't stand current Loeb's work or how this comic was pretty much a cheap/shock death event but there's always another time and place for that.
Now, it's a time to look back and also look into the future for what the "Ultimateverse" holds for us. 10 years ago the Ultimate line was launched by Marvel with "Ultimate Spider-Man" and once it hit the ground running the universe began to grow and grow and soon it learned to stand on it's own with twists on the origins of many different Marvel characters from "Iron Man" to Galactus (Or should I say Gah Lak Tus?).
And though the universe had it's up and downs, hits and misses one thing cannot be denied is that it did it's job. It became an easier jumping on point for anyone wanting to get into Marvel Comics, but once you have 10 years of back story under your universe's belt, you slowly begin to lose that perk. Which is why you bring in a tidal wave (literally speaking in this case) to clear out some of the clutter.
But now, what do we see in our future for the newly titled "Ultimate Comics" Line? "Ultimate Comics Spider-Man" and "Ultimate Avengers" are two of the few titles that will be hitting the shelves in a few weeks but the future is once again become mystery like it was only 10 years ago. But will the "Ultimate Comics" Line be able to survive another decade or will it soon fall to the wayside with the likes of 2099 and MC2 only to be brought up in One-Shots and Mini-Series? With the idea of "Foilogram Covers" for the 1st issues of these series reboots, one can only be fearful of history repeating itself, but we can only wait and see.
Just a heads up for people who have been fans of the newest Spider-Man Cartoon "Spectacular Spider-Man", Season 1 has just been released on DVD. A season 3 was not announced at Comic Con but we were told the sales of this DVD along with the ratings for Season 2 will help to push for that to happen. So! Be sure to go to your local Wal-Mart, Target, etc and pick up the $20 (That's right, just Twenty Bucks) Season 1 DVD and watch "New" episodes of Spectacular Spider-Man on "Disney XD."
Many had assumed that Marvel had a strict chain of movies leading into the 'Avengers', with 'Iron Man 2' to 'Thor' to 'Captain America' to the 'Avengers' itself. But, with the date changes and 'Avengers' being pushed all the way into 2012, it leaves room for more films which it looks like Iron Man 1&2 director, Jon Favreau will try to take advantage of.
"We're working towards 'Avengers,' but by the same token we want to resolve this film and make ['Iron Man 2'] play on its own," Favreau told MTV News. "It's not a serial. It's a self-contained film."
"It's not building towards a cliffhanger that's the next movie," he explained. "It's about wrapping up our story and making it a complete tale."
Looks like he'll be spending more time fleshing out the Iron Man trilogy before fully tying into the Avengers film for 2012. An interesting thing to note is that both Black Widow and Hawkeye made their appearances as Iron Man characters, could the third movie give us Hawkeye's appearance and eventual inclusion in the Avengers?
Planet Hulk, an "event" where the Illuminati sent the Hulk into space after deciding that his presence on Earth was a problem which could not be solved is being made into a full fledged animated movie by Marvel. Now this could just be another animated movie to cash in on since kid's love the Hulk and watching him smash things, but what if it was more than that?
Planet Hulk seems like a good starting point for Marvel to begin releasing a chain of animated movies following all of the events from Planet Hulk through possibly Secret Invasion. But, for it to work it would need to be planned out a bit differently than it was in the original comics.
First off, after the events of Planet Hulk, we would get a movie about the Illuminati. How and why they formed and a more general reason than in the comics like Tony wanting to bring the best minds of each "Field" he could think of together to make the important decisions in the world. The movie would lead up all the way to the meeting where Tony warns the group about the pending "Super Hero Registration Act."
Then comes the Civil War movie, going pretty much the exact same way as it did in the comics. Pym, Reed and Tony working together, Captain America rallying together the Street Level Heroes to fight against the SHRA. But some things being changed, such as Spider-Man revealing himself to the public, since there wouldn't be enough time to delve into the consequences of his actions (Plus, I doubt anyone wants a "One More Day" movie.) Maybe it would be best to have Tony keep his identiy private until the SHRA is passed and revealing it in place of Spidey and have Spider-Man just stay on the Anti-Registration side. There would be a big fight, ending with Captain America's arrest and eventual assassination.
The next movie, taking place quickly after the events of Civil War would be a World War Hulk movie, playing out practically the same as in the comics, minus a few changes. One being the return of Thor (His absence being explained in an earlier movie, most likely in Civil War when explaining the Thor Clone.) which is the deciding factor in defeating the Hulk when he returns. After the events in WWH, Tony brings the Illuminati together one last time revealing that in Captain America's autopsy it was revealed that he was actually a Skrull. The group is surprised that he was able to be under the radar for God knows how long and didn't shift back when he was killed and begining to worry about an upcoming Skrull invasion along with the reveal of Skrull Black Bolt.
And finally comes the Secret Invasion film, starting with Tony trying to get together as many people as he can as discreetly as possible to help against the possible invasion, starting with Thor, Who Tony believes could not be a Skrull since he has just recently returned. Thor refuses to work with Tony now that he has learned that they had used his DNA to make a weapon during the Civil War. Tony then has no choice but to turn his attention back to Reed and now Hank Pym about what has happened and the event plays normally from there until right before the final battle with the Skrulls. The ship containing all the prisoners is found and opened beforehand, with Captain America and other's escaping and he leads the Heroes to defeat the Skrulls and save the planet. After the Invasion Tony and Steve are able to work out the differences which Tony and the Skrull couldn't during the Civil War and everything is returned back to a Status Quo of sorts.
Of course, it doesn't sound as good as what we read when these events were in our hands, but some changes have to be made for the good of the flow of the story, now matter how "Rage Inducing" to the fans they may be (I'm looking at you "Next Avengers." Tony Stark built Ultron my ass.)
But, those are just my thoughts on the entire matter. I could be completly off and the Planet Hulk Movie may be all we see and the only other glimpse of Marvel events may be in Ultimate Alliance 2 and a possible World War Hulk movie, but you never know.
Yes, after a God knows how long hiatus of not posting, I've decided to "reboot" if you will, the "e-nuff Said" Blog. The contents will basically be the same; Information and news on the latest things in Comic Books, Comic Book Movies and Hell anything I find interesting and want to share to you loyal readers. [Yes, all 3 of you.]
BUT! Something that will be changing is that I will no longer be doing regular weekly comic reviews. I've felt that my reviews were very short and lack luster and weren't worth reading. This however doesn't mean I will no longer be doing Comic Book Reviews of any sort, just not on a normal basis.
Though while on this topic, I am looking for other people to join and post articles on this blog. So if you're interested in typing up Comic Book articles, Comic Book Reviews or anything you think would be a good contribution to this blog, please contact me either on here or at the following addresses;
ars ago. But will the "Ultimate Comics" Line be able to survive another decade or will it soon fall to the wayside with the likes of 2099 and MC2 only to be brought up in One-Shots and Mini-Series? With the idea of "Foilogram Covers" for the 1st issues of these series reboots, one can only be fearful of history repeating itself, but we can only wait and see.
