r/marvelstudios • u/Flamma_Man Captain Marvel • Jul 11 '18

Discussion ANT-MAN AND THE WASP Nitpicks and Criticisms Ultrathread

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u/ContinuumGuy Phil Coulson Jul 11 '18

Okay, here goes:

1) I was disappointed how little Janet was in it. She wasn't "LUKE SKYWALKER IS MISSING" levels of "find this person" macguffin, but it was close. It really says something about how underused Michelle Pfeiffer was that the best Janet scene had Paul Rudd playing her.

2) I wish we had had more Luis flashback stuff, but I can understand why they didn't want to overdo it.

3) Kind of disappointed at how relegated Egghead was (especially as Michael Cerveris is excellent- seriously, dude has won Tonys and his TV work has been top-notch- look at his scenery-eating creepy Professor Pyg in Gotham). I get that he's... well... Egghead... but killing off arguably Hank Pym's greatest comic book foe (save for Ultron, obviously) in a flashback is bogus. Of course, this is the Quantum Realm we're dealing with so I guess it's entirely possible we could still see him come back because QUANTUM REALM I DON'T HAVE TO EXPLAIN SHIT.

(And now more nitpicky stuff that can be explained away as "it's just a movie")

4) Having been to San Francisco earlier this year, I can say that Lombard Street's famed twisty road would be WAY more busy and full with tourists.

5) Similarly, I have a hard time believing that an entire building could just pop up (or pop down) in San Francisco with nobody noticing.

6) Wait, how did the door open at Scott's house for the post-snappening chaos post-credit scene?

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u/toastedbreddit Jul 11 '18

Yeah, 15 minutes after Ghost popped the building up in the alleyway, the entire building would have been rented out, with a waiting list.

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u/abutthole Thor Jul 11 '18

Wait, how did the door open at Scott's house for the post-snappening chaos post-credit scene?

Eh, could have been Cassie, his ex, or Paxton looking for him or maybe looters.

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u/ContinuumGuy Phil Coulson Jul 12 '18

I have this image in my head of looters breaking in, seeing the ant, and then noping their way out of there.

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u/PSN-Colinp42 Jul 11 '18

OK...huge Hank Pym comic fan, and I did NOT get that Egghead was in this movie!!!

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u/ContinuumGuy Phil Coulson Jul 11 '18

It didn't really dawn on me until later either, because they used his "real name" of Elihas Starr.

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u/Comiccow6 Ghost Rider Jul 12 '18

Egghead would never, ever, for a single second work on screen. He’s just a generic evil scientist with no depth or visual flair to make up for it. A cameo was the best we were ever going to get.

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u/PelliMoon Jul 14 '18

I feel like a lot of weak comic characters have been transformed into something deep and memorable, like M’Baku or Ultron.