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seriousficSo the talk now is of a Nick Fury movie. As a comic fan, it's my duty to have a pitch. Here we go.
1. Don't make it the Samuel L. Jackson Show. He's getting on in years and after several movies of him being the chessmaster, it'd be odd seeing him pull a Star Trek and start personally leading missions. Make him more like Nate Ford in Leverage. In fact, make this entire movie like Leverage. In the old comics, they had Dum-Dum Dugan and Sitwell as an ensemble; Agent Coulson and Maria Hill can fill the same roles.
2. Jim Steranko. Give him an executive producer credit, at least. The whole "exaggerated reality" thing that characterizes the Marvel Movieverse has already been done sublimely in the Mission: Impossible and Daniel Craig Bond movies, but Captain America showed a willingness to go uber-pulpy (it was like Sky Captain And The World of Tomorrow, but with a plot!). The way to go is to turn that up to eleven. Think GI Joe: Rise of Cobra, which actually did a good job of having a new wonderful toy every scene. Hire Tarsem to translate those trademark Steranko visuals (I know he's more striking as a Thor director, but he kinda already made his Thor movie in Immortals. Just throw money at him and tell him to do a spy movie. The SHIELD guys should be using Asgardian toys, Stark devices, magic, whatever, not just really cool smartphones. In fact, have Tony Stark cameo as the Q-branch guy. "And for the lovely Natasha, a little something I like to call the Widow's Bite."
3. Speaking of which, don't do Black Widow or Hawkeye solo movies. Give them a big "Mr. And Mrs. Smith" film. Moreover, since I'm sure Captain America 2 will do a Winter Soldier storyline, throw Bucky in. He can be the Wolverine of the movie, the fun tension in a film full of tight-knit, competent professionals. He's traumatized, he's badass, he's unstable, and Black Widow kinda has a thing for him. Love triangles: always fun. Say the team needs to go undercover as a power couple, but the mark knows who Hawkeye is, so it has to be Bucky and Natasha. Delicious.
4. It's not just a spy movie, it's a Marvel spy movie. People shouldn't just be going to Dubai, they should be going to Marvel Dubai. When they need information, they go to see the Abomination in prison, or Justin Hammer, or Loki. In a pinch, someone might chug gamma-irradiated blood and Hulk out for a few minutes to make a getaway, or call in War Machine for air support. I know it runs the risk of having too much fanservice and not enough movie, but a bunch of pretty people running around in black leather and kickboxing isn't going to set this movie apart. It has to do things Tom Cruise couldn't do in a million years.
5. The Heli-Carrier crashes. If it doesn't happen in Avengers, it has to happen here. Tradition, you know?
1. Don't make it the Samuel L. Jackson Show. He's getting on in years and after several movies of him being the chessmaster, it'd be odd seeing him pull a Star Trek and start personally leading missions. Make him more like Nate Ford in Leverage. In fact, make this entire movie like Leverage. In the old comics, they had Dum-Dum Dugan and Sitwell as an ensemble; Agent Coulson and Maria Hill can fill the same roles.
2. Jim Steranko. Give him an executive producer credit, at least. The whole "exaggerated reality" thing that characterizes the Marvel Movieverse has already been done sublimely in the Mission: Impossible and Daniel Craig Bond movies, but Captain America showed a willingness to go uber-pulpy (it was like Sky Captain And The World of Tomorrow, but with a plot!). The way to go is to turn that up to eleven. Think GI Joe: Rise of Cobra, which actually did a good job of having a new wonderful toy every scene. Hire Tarsem to translate those trademark Steranko visuals (I know he's more striking as a Thor director, but he kinda already made his Thor movie in Immortals. Just throw money at him and tell him to do a spy movie. The SHIELD guys should be using Asgardian toys, Stark devices, magic, whatever, not just really cool smartphones. In fact, have Tony Stark cameo as the Q-branch guy. "And for the lovely Natasha, a little something I like to call the Widow's Bite."
3. Speaking of which, don't do Black Widow or Hawkeye solo movies. Give them a big "Mr. And Mrs. Smith" film. Moreover, since I'm sure Captain America 2 will do a Winter Soldier storyline, throw Bucky in. He can be the Wolverine of the movie, the fun tension in a film full of tight-knit, competent professionals. He's traumatized, he's badass, he's unstable, and Black Widow kinda has a thing for him. Love triangles: always fun. Say the team needs to go undercover as a power couple, but the mark knows who Hawkeye is, so it has to be Bucky and Natasha. Delicious.
4. It's not just a spy movie, it's a Marvel spy movie. People shouldn't just be going to Dubai, they should be going to Marvel Dubai. When they need information, they go to see the Abomination in prison, or Justin Hammer, or Loki. In a pinch, someone might chug gamma-irradiated blood and Hulk out for a few minutes to make a getaway, or call in War Machine for air support. I know it runs the risk of having too much fanservice and not enough movie, but a bunch of pretty people running around in black leather and kickboxing isn't going to set this movie apart. It has to do things Tom Cruise couldn't do in a million years.
5. The Heli-Carrier crashes. If it doesn't happen in Avengers, it has to happen here. Tradition, you know?
