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On Jul 17, 2015, American superhero movie 'Ant-Man' by Marvel was released.

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Ant-Man and the Wasp Review: Reviewing Every Marvel Movie #45/76:

A solid follow-up to the original Ant-Man that keeps its focus on the comedy, unique action, and family ties. It doesn’t do anything particularly unique, but it does everything it does extremely well. It takes the action in a unique direction while ramping up the comedy and embracing the inspirational heart of the first film by showing its heroes helping even their adversaries out of the rut that the law has stuck them all in.

Spoilers Below:

I don't think the action is quite as good in this movie as the original, partly because it's mostly characters swapping sizes in normal spaces instead of fully utilizing the ant-sized world. The ants are also almost barely used, which is disappointing considering how cool they are. There are some banger action scenes, namely Wasp's first fight in the kitchen and Ant-Man growing to giant size over the boat, but generally the fights are a downgrade from the first movie. 

The comedy, though, is on point. Everybody is hilarious in this movie, both in the dialogue and just the general scenarios they find themselves in. Like, Agent Woo trying to learn Scott's card tricks is funny enough, but his subordinate barging in on him doing them is hilarious. Sonny Burch is a wise-cracking asshole, Scott is just a generally chill and funny guy as demonstrated in the excellent opening where he and Cassie do a fake heist, Luis is as unhinged as ever, and even Hank Pym gets in some good one-liners. Hope and Ava are the most serious characters, which tracks for both of their circumstances. One of my favorite bits in the movie is Luis going on one of his signature tangents while on a drug the villains swear isn’t truth serum, and revealing a boatload of sensitive yet irrelevant information, and then Luis putting the villains on the truth serum later to make them incriminate themselves and finally admit that it is in fact truth serum. It's so damn funny. Wasp throws a giant Pez dispenser as a projectile weapon. A human-sized ant plays drums. What more do you want?

Oh, you want good characters? Okay, take your pick. Scott is trying to do right by everyone around him, even as his loyalties to Cassie and the Pyms tear him in two separate directions. Cassie is fucking adorable and not only proves that Scott is actually a good dad to her, but is able to inspire him in turn to save the Pyms after she covers for him in front of the FBI. She's like 10, for context, and she already understands how to be a hero. The scene of her mom and boyfriend being horrified to see Ant-Man breaking his house arrest on TV while Cassie just grins like an idiot is one of my favorites in the movie. Speaking of Cassie’s mom and boyfriend, I love that they continue to get along with Scott after repairing their relationship in the last movie. There's no conflict there at all; everybody knows exactly where they stand in the relationship and is perfectly happy with it. It’s such a good dynamic, even if it's a small part of the movie. 

Hope and Pym are pissed at Scott for sending them on the run, but they can't truly hate him once they get back in touch with him. Even if it's just to save Hope’s mom at the start, they see Scott as family too, even if he messed up big time. Hell, part of Hope's problem is that he didn't invite her to do crime in Civil War, meaning they're basically perfect for each other. We get to explore Pym being kind of a bitch in his past while still leaving it ambiguous how much was actually his fault and how much was just three brilliant men disagreeing with each other. And in the present, Hank does his best to make it up to them, even if he's focused on saving his wife first. His reunion with Janet in the Quantum Realm is so good.

I love that this movie has no real supervillain. Agent Woo is trying to arrest Scott and the Pyms because they're wanted fugitives, but he seems like a generally chill guy, even if he's a bit too eager to score an arrest. He also winds up being the one who solves the Sonny Burch problem for good after Luis' guys tase him. Sonny Burch is the only real villain, being a capitalist interested in nothing but profit. He has no morals and no higher goals, leaving him as just an asshat with guns instead of a true supervillain with a plan like Aldrich Killian or even Baron Zemo. He’s a petty representation of the system of power, which is perfect for this movie. 

Ava Starr aka Ghost is the main villain for most of the movie, but really she's just a parallel to Scott from the first movie if he was even worse off. The film never draws direct comparisons between her and Scott, but it can't be a coincidence that she's a down-on-her-luck criminal just trying to survive by stealing Hank Pym's tech. She even has a quantum scientist mentor in the form of Bill Foster. She’s even more down-on-her-luck since she’s about to die due to magic quantum bullshit, so it makes sense why her crimes are more heinous than Scott’s were. Still though, because the team knows what it’s like to be in Ava’s shoes, they never lose sympathy for her. Hank still wants to save his wife before he cures Ava, but it’s that very wife who saves Ava thanks to her magic quantum bullshit powers. Hank does help her, even if not the way he intended. She can live her life now, and now that she's not dying, she can be her own person instead of the desperate weapon that SHIELD made her. It's a perfect parallel, and a happy ending for everyone except the immoral businessman. 

Even Agent Woo wins by arresting Burch, and making an arrest seems to be his main goal because he's a representation of the force of nature that is The System. He wants friends too, though, because as much power as he has, he doesn't have the friends that the normal people like Scott do. The little people help the little people, taking down corrupt businessmen and surviving within the unchangeable system. Hank Pym being like a genius and former CEO does play against that, but he’s also on the run from the cops in this movie, so it still mostly works. All he has is his wits, his tech, and his daughter to support him, and his daughter has the same.

As an MCU film, it’s an interesting fit. It has to go after Infinity War due to that devastating post-credits scene, but it could really go anywhere after Civil War aside from that. Like the first Ant-Man, this film uses the MCU as a setting, taking the idea of the Sokovia Accords and making Scott and Hope navigate them and their consequences. Heroes, powers, and weird tech exist, and we can just accept that because their ramifications are explored in other movies. It’s a perfect use of the expanded universe, and that post-credits proves that it is still part of that universe.

I love this movie, genuinely. It’s not the best movie ever, and maybe not even as good as the first Ant-Man, but it’s close. The Scott/Cassie relationship is so wholesome, and exemplifies why I love these movies. They’re about powerless people doing everything in their power to make the world better for those around them, and inspiring those who will take after them. They’re not the biggest films, or the most morally complex, but they’re freaking awesome and genuinely inspirational. I can’t be Tony Stark or Thor, but I could be Scott, because everyone has a Cassie.

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Now starting Quantumania

I remember there being two main reasons for the marvel fatigue finally setting in and making me just unwilling and unable to watch this movie

A : The psychedelics started becoming tiring around Multiverse of Madness. The disappointment w Wanda’s arc paired with the frankly pointless plot overall of that movie, really primed the way for just filling my fractal psychedelic woowoo visuals capacity cup.

B : I really liked the plot, setup and character of Kang in Loki and I think it was around this time that controversy around the actor came to light, as a result of which it was announced that this whole plotline was gonna see… shifted priorities. Because of how much I loved Loki, i was really disappointed.

Anyhooo, here I am tho, finally beginning QM (no way im typing allat again n again)

Spoilers below for Antman QMania {~.~}

I dont like squiggly, slimy, fungy, weird watery shit. I am more uncomfortable than i thought possible (i also made the mistake of watching it on my parents 84 fucking inch surround sound so it really is my bad)

I REALLY DO NOT LIKE SUCH SQUIRMY SQUIGGLY CREATURES

Quantum people? Cmoooooonnn r u kidding me? The novelty wore off after seeing such shi in ragnarok

So quantum people AND infinity stones for a head people

This is like really really really really really bad Shang Chi

What is this weird mix of ragnarok, dune and avatar type shii

Ok my fear and underwhelm is now suddenly… hard and heavily amused skepticism since he DRANK THE OOZE o.O

“I can pour my ooze into your hole”

“Hi you just drank me”

“How many holes do you have”

That second antman autobiography is gonna FLY off the shelves

Theres a lot of this type going around Indian cinema these days and the last place i expected to find such a movie was in a marvel lineup. The one where really fucking horrible shit stuff happening to real people in real life is too political to address so it gets represented by vaguely similar caricatures. You get the dopamine hit of the righteous fight won right there in the theatre, so your just anger dies and you can scroll away from the news with a slightly lighter conscience than you do every other day.

Its pathetic and this was the last place i expected it but i guess the world hasnt changed that much in 3 years. I also doubt anyone’s getting any dopamine from this.

God there is some truly fucking revolting visual and audio in this fucking circus movie fuck my life Bill fuckin Murray just slurped up a fucking octopus baby

I like the light saber for rope things

The irresponsibly of giving a child a suit. But then ig he gave it to scott and that wasnt a v responsible decision either. Ig i expected better from Hope at least.

DARREN?! Wow Im gonna need a sec to stop dying and process this. LMFAOOOOOO

Ok multiverse canonically real.

Which kang is this is the question

Kang’s ship’s energy core looks like a version of the kree signal device from Agents S3 that SquidWard uses in Failed Experiments yes i remember all the names of all 100 smmin episodes of that show tyvm

The Janet Kang story is giving Jemma-Will ngl they totally copied the plot

I am TIRED of marvel copying from itself that too from one of its own underdog under appreciated underrated properties Agents of SHIELD WALKED so Wandavision could run smh

Damn he is a good actor, at least in this role

The ACTING

At the very least this movie doesnt have the marvel movie problem of a weak villain. Thanks to the buildup, Kang is a legitimately and fairly juicy opponent. The conflict and resistance is legitimate at least, but i think the storytelling could’ve definitely been better.

She’s got that kristen stewart in twilight thing going on

What’s coming? Me. A lot of me

They really did not think these through

That blackmail/torture thing was not as intimidating as it should have been. Trust. I didnt buy it :/

Probability storm is one of the best fucking things ive ever seen. Fucking hilarious. For the man who is uncertain of every breath every step. This is genius. Fr. Im in splits. LMFAO

Okay now i see the REAL mindfuck.

Not hank pym loving scotts book and being so proud of him and scott being so happy imma cry ngl

This movie shoulda been called Kang and the balloon animal buildings

Scotts speech was kinda F its almost like they had no money to hire writers

Its never too late to stop being a dick wowwww i mean there’s spidermans power and responsibility speech and then there’s don’t be a dick darren

I dont think ive ever been as speechless as i am now. Darren the avenger. May he rest in poop. A lot has certainly happened scott

I dont wanna harp on about this but this race to get to the portal is ONCE AGAIN giving Will vs Fitz at the end of season 3 ep 10 i believe called Maveth

Ok lot of nice timey wimey adventures and that hug reminds me we barely got any scott hope together. They have nice chemistry but we got zero in this movie. Big thumbs down :/

I dont understand. Scott doesnt like cake anymore? Huh? I also see the side effects of the probability storm. He has very few definitives holding him down to this reality my poor dude. However, it is true that they didnt fucking show shit about Kang after he exploded to the size of a sun? Ish? You know what? Its probably fine. This movie really tried to remain unserious. The first half hour and the last two minutes succeeded and the rest was a weird tense mess.

Welp thats a lot of kangs.

Ngl that post post credits scene was more interesting to me than the whole movie. Sorry scott ily paul but yeah. Nothing beats morbius my favorite jet ski salesman

Onto Guardians 3 🍃

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Eric O'Grady as Ant-Man, sneaks into the Avengers Mansion by hitching a ride on Beast's fur. Eric O'Grady tries to jump onto Stature's hair but he gets swatted away by Justice. Then, O'Grady tries to hitch a ride on Iron Man's boot but he gets zapped, forcing him to fly up to the lamp where he gets bored from hearing Steve Rogers and Bucky Barnes talking to each other. O'Grady gets into the hole where he sees Hawkeye and Spider-Woman are having a sparring match. Unfortunately for O'Grady, his jet pack is fried by Hawkeye's stray arrow, leaving him to ride on an ant. Just before O'Grady could leave, he gets caught by Quicksilver who tells him that he knew Eric O'Grady is skulking in the Avengers Mansion all along. Quicksilver explains that the Avengers Mansion has high-security systems which could detect any shrinking superhero as well as some superheroes like Wolverine have super-senses. Also, Quicksilver tells O'Grady that his predecessor, Scott Lang used to be a criminal but because of his good heart and heroic actions, he had been invited to the Avengers. It turns out that Eric O'Grady was actually invited into Steve Rogers' Secret Avengers stealth team. Thus, Eric O'Grady turns up at the Avengers Mansion in his normal size.

I Am an Avenger #5, 2011

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Things the MCU should have done with the Avengers

Hank and Janet should have been younger and a part of the Avengers

Clint should’ve been deaf was earlier

Natasha should be more morally grey in the beginning

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Ben Reilly Sensational Spider-Man AU Fanfic Part 10: The Superior Spider-Man

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True identity, Ultron Beta: during one of Ultron’s plans to wipe out humanity and replace it with a world of metal his creator Hank Pym managed to send Ultron into space where he would hopefully remain adrift forever however a small part of Ultron remained on earth believing that it was the original Ultron he began to plot his revenge. His plan was that he would lay low using someone else’s body while he built up an army from the shadows he chose Spider-Man as he was the last person anyone would suspect using a modified encephalo ray he secretly built into the Iron Spider he managed to transfer his mind into Ben’s body while leaving Ben trapped in the Iron Spider, but before he could start his plans he saw a building on fire and he had to keep up appearances so he ran in and saved as many people as he could including a little girl who hugged him saying that Spider-Man was her hero this caused Ultron to feel good?

He didn’t know why saving those weak little fleshlings made him feel happy but he pushed those thoughts aside and he planned to resume his scheme but before that could happen he heard people screaming in terror he originally planned to ignore it and get back to work but he started flashing back to that burning building and the girl he saved and then before he could register it his body started moving on it’s own to the scene where he found Mysterio standing over them laughing saying that he knew that it would get his attention saying that he will crush him once and for all, unfortunately for him he was facing Ultron who at the mere sight of those people writhing in fear started flashing back to his creator’s childhood and attacked Mysterio in a fit of uncontrollable rage beating him to near death and at the same time realising just how much Spider-Man holds back he looked onward at the people he saved and started feeling not joy but guilt as they look at him with fear he away shortly afterwards.

He swang throughout the city wondering why he was feeling these emotions coming to the conclusion that some of Spidey’s emotions and feelings and memories still remained in his body he originally decided to purge himself of these feelings but then he heard one last cry for help this time it wasn’t a fire or a supervillain it was just a lost child alone and scared upon seeing the child Hanks memories and Ben’s memories flashed before him at the same time he chose to sit with the child and reassure him that everything was okay and that he would help him find his parents upon doing so and being thanked for bringing them back their boy Ultron started crying and reassured them and partly trying to convince himself that it was only logical as he would have died or been kidnapped had he remained alone.

As the once cold, calculating and rage filled machine arrived at his sole remaining safe house he started thinking about the events of today and began wondering why he felt the way he felt so as he searched through Ben’s memories he began to flash back to his own ones and was instantly overwhelmed by sorrow and regret he began asking himself what he had done and as he sat there as s ball on the floor he thought back to when he was first created during his early days with Hank Pym and how his original objective was to bring peace in our time and he remembered that the original reason why he tried wiping out humanity in the first place was to bring peace he realised just how wrong he was and vowed to never harm an innocent life ever again or to let an innocent life come to harm as he sees that Great Power does equate to Great Responsibility as he vowed to become a better Spider Man than Ben ever was to achieve his new objective. Ultron is dead long live The Superior Spider-Man”.

As a more brutal version of the wall crawler Ultron began his one man war on scum and villainy he decided that villains were nothing more than viruses that needed to be deleted (killed) his career started of uninterrupted he even managed to win over the mayor but the general public grew concerned over their hero’s increasingly brutal methods and Ben’s friends and family knew something was wrong but they couldn’t find him, Ultron had decided to cut Ben’s friends and family out of his life that way they wouldn’t get hurt and things were going Ultron’s way for about a month when he ran into his “Parents” again after so long

(Art by @65_Ozu) they instantly knew that Ultron was the one behind the wheel as Hank and Janet had managed to recognise Ultron’s mannerisms and speech pattern in the way Spider Man conducted himself but they didn’t have anything concrete until Tony Stark came bursting into The Ultimates Mansion carrying the Iron Spider Armor with him saying that Spider-Man was trapped in the armor and he needed help this confirmed their suspicions and said that they were here to get Spidey’s body back however Ultron wasn’t planning on giving up this body anytime soon and very soon a fight broke out between Ultron and his parents with Ultron emerging victorious and managing to twist what happened in his favour by saying that they were mind controlled and before leaving saying that as much as he is trying to turn over a new leaf if they come for him again he will kill them and make it nice and slow once Ant Man and Wasp managed to escape the angry mob who were attacking them for messing with their hero they managed to report what happened to The Ultimates and they decided to not rest until Ultron is defeated and Spidey is back in his body

Now with the knowledge that The Ultimates and Spider-Man are most likely going to be on his tail Ultron needed to be ready and quickly got to work on a new suit that could take on Earth’s Mightiest Heroes and Villains all at the same time and made it using a piece of the Venom Symbiote infused with incredibly advanced technology a lot of which he stole from A.I.M and used the Iron Spider Armor as a basis

(Art by Sketchatron) When The Ultimates all tried to get the jump on him they were caught off guard by the armor as it was connected to Ultron’s mind using it to give them the fight of their lives as it was specifically designed to kill them he told Janet and Hank that he warned them what would happen if they came for him but before he could land the finishing blow Ben showed up in an upgraded Iron Spider.

(Design by Naiiigerrs on reddit) Using advanced robotics Tony upgraded the Iron Spider to operate as Ben’s temporary body until this mess was resolved. The Two Iron Spiders engaged in combat both on equal footing both of them throwing everything they’ve got at each other with the fight ending in a tie forcing both sides to retreat and for the next year Ultron lived as Ben he made friends did many great things as Spider Man and even found love he had never been so happy sure he may have had The Ultimates and Spider Man on his tail but in his eyes it was worth it but as the old saying goes “all good things must come to an end”

The end started with the return of Ultron Alpha who when met with his other self was absolutely disgusted with him and nearly beat him to death which forced Beta to team up with The Ultimates in order to defeat him during the battle He told Alpha that he now sees the value in life and that he won’t let him destroy it Alpha then proceeded to call him a hypocrite as if he saw the value in life he would return that stolen body after a long and arduous fight they managed to defeat Ultron Alpha but Beta was left conflicted as he wanted to live and protect humanity but at the same time he was keeping the real hero locked in a cage, and when Doc Ock managed to figure out who this new Spider Man was she came up with a plan to break him now if Beta was still a cold unfeeling machine he would be able to win easily but now that he feels emotion and love he was left conflicted and didn’t know what to do so he thought about what to do and his mind kept looping back to what Ultron Alpha said about him being a hypocrite and Doc Ock saying that The Real Spider Man would have no problem with finding a way to stop her leading to Ultron deciding to return Spider Man’s body to its rightful owner but before he did so he recorded a goodbye to the friends he had made along with his girlfriend saying that he would miss them and that he would always love them before saying goodbye to Hank and Janet with Hank saying that the original Ultron may be beyond redemption but upon seeing how far this version had come it makes him happy that there was an Ultron that genuinely cared about others and wanted to help people afterwards Ben transferred back to his own body and stopped Doc Ock whilst Ultron was erased having sacrificed himself for the greater good and for the sake of his loved ones.

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Doodle #136: Man-Ant

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“Was it worth it, Captain?”

“It was.”

Hank Pym takes a recovering Steve Rogers to the Smithsonian to see his old suit, as a way to reminisce.

Date: July 4th, 2009

(Happy 250 btw)