Comic Doodles 2.0

Photo courtesy Bustle       One of the best things to come out of the Thor franchise (and one of the most talked about absences in Infinity War ) was Korg, the talking pile of rocks with a penchant for rock-paper-scissors jokes and starting revolutions. But why was he so obsessed with starting a revolution? As per usual, I'm gonna overanalyze the heck out of the MCU and come to a shocking conclusion: it's because his father was brutally murdered while trying to start a revolution of his own. And Thor is the one who killed him.       In the third Thor movie, Korg explains how he became a gladiator, explaining, "I tried to start a revolution, but didn't print enough pamphlets so hardly anyone turned up. Except for my mum and her boyfriend, who I hate. As punishment, I was forced to be in here and become a gladiator." But Korg (or at least, the MCU version) doesn't seem like the type to start a coup; in the movie, he's quite kind and... well... me...

     Disney has proved itself a juggernaut once again by purchasing 20th Century Fox, meaning we might one day see the X-Men cross paths with the Avengers. But interestingly, the MCU might have already given us clues suggesting one mutant was already skulking around somewhere off-camera: Wolverine.      Believe it or not, adamantium -- the metal comprising Wolverine's unbreakable claws -- has been mentioned in the Marvel Cinematic Universe before. This might be shocking, considering the Marvel Cinematic Universe is owned by Disney and the X-Men are owned by 20th Century Fox (until this deal receives the necessary approval), but a small detail snuck its way into the MCU undetected: Photo Courtesy Reddit      These are the blueprints for Captain America's shield, close-ups of which appear in the bonus features of Iron Man 2 . If you look closely, you can see a note from Stark that reads, "adamantium alloy -- [too] much bounce." Presuma...

Photo courtesy JoBlo       Shortly after the Luke Cage Netflix series premiered in 2016, Tarantino revealed in an interview that he nearly made a film adaptation of everyone's favorite Hero for Hire back in the 1990s. I'm not necessarily a die-hard fan of Tarantino (although Django Unchained was fantastic), but of all of Hollywood's tales of lost films, this is one of the most intriguing.      In the interview, Tarantino said he would have liked to have cast Laurence Fishburne as Luke, which would have been amazing given Fishburne's versatility as an actor and Luke Cage's penchant for combining comedy with drama. Tarantino's comic-loving friends, however, thought Wesley Snipes would make a better Luke Cage, given his physique, and this frustrated Tarantino so much that he decided his efforts would be better spent creating original material than adapting existing characters.      But what would his version have looked like, anyway...

Photo courtesy Lionsgate and Marvel Entertainment      With the exception of Big Hero 6 , animated movies based on Marvel Comics haven't really had the same critical acclaim or massive fan following as DC's animated movies. But there's one Marvel Animated Feature that I can't help but love because it dares to answer the age-old question, "What if the Avengers had a bunch of kids, and then most of the Avengers died off, and then Tony Stark's old robot buddy Ultron came to ruin everything?"      Enter the 2008 film  Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow . Picture a cross between "Old Man Logan" and "Age of Ultron" with some "A-Next" thrown in for good measure, except it's not really based on any of them. The premise? Most of the Avengers are gone, and their kids are left in the care of Old Man Tony Stark. Making up our cast of powered preteens are Pym (Ant-Man and Wasp's son), Azari (Black Panther and Storm's son),...