Exciting news! Now if we can just crowbar Spider-Man and X-Men from Fox's steely fingers.

Seeing Blade in a future episode of S.H.I.E.L.D. would be awesome. I hope Marvel signs Wesley. I'm rooting for him after his prison stint. I saw Dirty Laundry. Never been a fan of Punisher, but I liked Tom Jane's movie and I always thought that Punisher appearances should be in doses (like the Hulk in Avengers). That may also be a good formula for Ghost Rider- minus Nic Cage. No offense, Nic. 

Bring back Thomas Jane for an episode featuring the Punisher. Did the rights revert back to Marvel yet?

How 'bout Blade? The rights are definitely back with Marvel. Time to reintroduce the Day Walker.

I'll be mad if they take pains to avoid who their father is. Fox or no Fox. It is what it is. Magneto is their father.

This can turn out to be a very cool CSI type show, but in the Marvel universe. Imagine the possibilities. The missions they go on can probably hint at the presence or activity of super heroes and super villain. It's a Marvel world, so I really don't see why not.

@BunyonSnipe- one can only hope that cousin Jenny would appear on the scene.

I just don't know how they're going to explain Coulson in good health.

@flyinroo

I want Maguire and Raimi to be rehired. If it ain't broke...

I loved Paul Giamatti in Cinderella Man, Sideways and Lady in the Water. Casting him as Rhino is left field. The same thing was done for Michael Keaton, Heath Ledger and Robert Downey, Jr.

I agree the conventional wisdom is to at least cast somebody who can play big and imposing. That's the character. But I'm interested in seeing how they'll do it with Giamatti.

I'd like someone not so obvious for the role. Robert Downey, Jr. was not the obvious pick for Iron Man- even though he was perfect. I was delighted with his casting because it was ballsy.

I keep thinking of the guy from The Mentalist. Only because he had mentioned the probability of playing Dr. Strange.

I just got back from seeing it in 3D.

I really liked it. It was definitely better than IM2 even to the point of exhaustion. But I have to say that I'm a little disappointed with the direction they took Mandarin in. Not that it wasn't clever, but I think all of us were wondering how they were going to pull off those magical 10 rings. Maybe it was for the best. And then what happened to Pepper... well... Iron Man's world just got weirder. Nice after-credits scene played for humor, not foreshadow.

It was great work!

To those of you who openly mock Christ as I've seen on and off on this board. That's your freedom. Apparently, I've hit a nerve. Folks have been mocking Him for centuries, but that doesn't stop Him from being very real (Yes, more real than Unicron and the Marvel Universe, thankfully). And it doesn't stop Him from loving you either. A comic book doesn't love you back.

At some point, fellas, there will come a place and time where you'll be forced to question how such an intelligent design of life- meticulous and calculated- could be the lone work of clumsy evolution. You'll be forced to deal with the gnawing dissatisfaction that life simply doesn't fulfill. That's an impoverishness that requires much more faith; a lie that requires more belabored belief. It doesn't fulfill. Because it's not Truth. Endless conversations about comic book movies and talking, transforming robots will not do the trick for long. Trust me on that, I know.

I have no illusion that this message may invite a more intense sarcasm. Well... so be it. But I hope for some, it's given pause long enough to consider that you're not hurting God, or even the Christians on this board. But deep down, that vindictive word play is hurting you. Thanks. 

P.S. Yeah. Not looking forward to Transformers 4.

I don't think there's room to change the racial make-up of Johnny Storm. He's a little more iconic than say Alicia Masters or Kingpin, or the supporting cast of Thor. All Fox has to do is tell a good, honest story.