@KageKageKing:
A couple of questions:
! Will Spider-Man Homecoming start with like a 10 minutes intro telling the classic tale of Radioactive Spider and Uncle Ben's Death and then fast-fowards to 6 months later after meeting the Avengers? Because I can't see a Spider-Man movie without showcasing those two elements being a Spider-Man movie.
This isn't really a spoiler, so I won't spoiler tag the answer, but:
Kevin Feige said in an interview already that they will NOT be focussing on the origin story in any future Spider-man movies.
Now, I can see them maybe doing like, either a Montage over the opening credits that just recaps and confirms that "Yeah, it happened the traditional way" or quickly dropping in a short line of dialog, like Tony asks where he got his powers and we get "I was bitten by a spider, then my uncle died" and again, maybe a quick recap, but It's already confirmed the film will NOT focus on it too much since audiences have already seen it twice. All we really need is confirmation that "Yeah, it happened the way everyone already knows it happened".
@KageKageKing:
Also, is the Ancient Panther God an actual thing in this universe? It sounds like it.
This didn't get touched in the movie at all really. This is KINDOF a spoiler but not really, I'll put it in tags anyway.
! The only explanation that we get about the Black Panther mantle is that it is passed from generation to generation within the royal family and it has fallen to T'Challa at this point.
He does display some serious strength and moves tho, the kind I'd argue DO lean towards him having powers and not just being a really well trained guy.
! Ok, this is kindof a biggerish spoiler since it's very end of the movie:
Also, there is a shot in Wakanda of a Giant Panther statue so there's that.
@KageKageKing:
How faithful is this movie compared to the source material, as in The Civil War series? I mean, I know it is not similar and I heard very bad things about it, but I do wanna know how similar one motion picture is to a butload of comics.
It's fairly faithful, tho more like The Winter Soldier faithful. It adapts a lot of core ideas and key parts from the comic, but puts a new spin and framing around them.
Honestly, a lot of the problems I had with the comic version are fixed in the movie.
- As we discussed above, Tony feels like he has a real reason for why he thinks the way he does and acts the way he does in the movie. Even if it doesn't succeed in swaying you to his "Side", he at least feels like a 3-Dimensional character who has good reasons for doing what he's doing rather than the cartoonish villain the comic made him out to be.
- Same deal with Cap really, especially the inclusion of Bucky into the mix.
- The accords don't have the issue of Secret Identities, which is part of what derailed it in the comics, and that kept the topic focussed on accountability.
- It was just overall more succinct and to the point.
Basically, this movie feels like what the comics SHOULD have been. More of an idealogical schism between the characters than a full blown "Hero goes evil and fights other heroes" the comic one devolved into.
