Let's talk comic books and their movie adaptations..

 Sometimes, it can become difficult to add all the elements/characters of a comic book/novel into a movie because of timing, or simply because they couldn't make it fit into the story. [take The Lord Of The Rings films for example; those are some fucking long movies.. and they still missed parts from the books.] Other times, Hollywood decides to change something entirely, and hardcore fans find themselves mislead, and ultimately- upset. Now, although we can't promise that everything will go the way we want it [we can always dream, right?]; sometimes a few characters have to be left behind, or even changed- all for the sake of the movie. Here, I've compiled a list of a few comic book movie adaptations that I feel may or may not offend some people..

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• Number One- Josh Whedon says that Loki will not be in Avengers 2;

 

  Although not said exactly like that, he pretty well hinted at it when he spoke on The Empire Podcast. About half an hour into the interview, he spoke about [very small] details about what he's coming up with for Avengers2 and then he went and dropped the bomb: 

'Everyone is going to be looking for the Loki-Hulk smash moment [in Avengers 2] First of all, imitating what I did before is the surest way to do it not as well. Second of all, Loki’s not there to say those terrible things. Although I do think we should bring the word back. Not as an insult, it’s just a nice word..' -Josh Whedon

What does this mean? Time will tell, I suppose..

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• Number Two- John C. Riley has been confirmed as Rhomann Dey in Marvel's Guardians Of The Galaxy;

Don't get me wrong, I laugh every time I watch Stepbrothers, because John C. Riley is hilarious.. Hell, I even liked watching him in Tim & Eric. However, I'm not so sure I know how I feel about him playing a superhero.. especially someone like Rhomann Dey, For those that don't know, Rhomann Dey is the Nova Corps leader in Guardians of the Galaxy, and will no doubt be the same in the movie adaptation.  

However, according to HitFix, Marvel made an offer to John C. Reilly to take this part calling him “The Agent Coulson of the Guardians movies.” In the comics though, Rhomann Dey is the head of the Nova Corps and not a human being from planet Earth. So obviously, it seems that a few changes have been made to help make the character fit into the movie. let's just hope it works out for the better.

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 Number Three-  Doctor Strange has been confirmed for the Marvel Movie-verse Phase #3;

 

I could just say the following, because I've been waiting a long time to say it; fucking finally! After Spider-Man, I feel that Doc Strange is one of my favorite Marvel heroes. He's both smart, and extremely powerful. There hasn't been a definite say on who would be playing [Doctor] Stephen Strange, but Kevin Feige [a film producer and President of Production at Marvel Studios] has promised that a Doctor Strange movie will “definitely” be joining Ant Man in the Marvel Movie-verse. It won’t be for a while though, considering both of these movies are set for release AFTER the second Avengers film. Other than the points above, there's really not much else on Phase#3, except for the fact that Kevin Feige told MTV that if they wanted more characters to add to the Marvel movie-verse, "they wouldn't have to look too far.."

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Characters which were NOT in the LOTR films [that should have been]:

As a geek at heart, I should probably mention that I always have [and probably always will] have a soft spot in my heart for "The Lord Of The Rings" series. First off, when I first saw the movies/read the books, I refused to tell myself that I enjoy them. [I was way too much of a fan-boy for Harry Potter, since I read those first] However, now that I'm older and I've re-watched the trilogy, I'm realizing how much I really do enjoy the story, the mythology behind it, and the characters in general. The main thing that hit me, was that there are characters from the books, which never made their way into the films.. In this list, I will mention 5 of them [obviously there are more though] along with a small definition of them [in case you haven't read the books]..

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 #01; Glorfindel-

Remember the part in The Fellowship Of The Ring when Frodo got stabbed by The Witch King & suddenly, Arwen showed up on her white horse and saved his life by taking him to Rivendell? Well..what you were really supposed to be seeing was a character by the name of Glorfindel. He's the one who arrived at the scene, and brought our dear Frodo to safety. Arwen doesn’t show up until way later!

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 #02; Melkor- 
Put simply, Melkor was the very first dark Lord. Sauron, who everyone knows as the big bad guy of the LOTR series, was actually this guy’s apprentice. According to the books, when the world was first being created, Melkor was constantly fighting against it; doing this caused valleys to raise, if that wasn't enough, he also was known for smashing the fucking shit out of mountains. When Sauron was eventually killed, Melkor ended up getting his ass banished into the void. [although he cannot be killed] Ultimately, it has been prophesied that one day, he will return. He’s not precisely the nicest guy in the Lord Of The Rings world..

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 #03; Fingolfin-

 Fingolfin was an elven king who challenged Melkor to a one on one fight. Melkor [naturally] accepted, but he wasn’t anywhere close to prepared for what he had coming. Fingolfin actually wounded Melkor’s face over 5 times, and Melkor found himself in eternal pain ever since. Unfortunately, Melkor ended up triumphing over Fingolfin mainly because he was what was considered a Valar [which in the LOTR universe, means nearly a God] & Fingolfin was nothing but an elf. Also, Fingolfin was also one of Aragorn’s earliest ancestors.

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#04; Beorn [the Berserker]- 

As it seems, we didn’t see Beorn in the first of the three Hobbit films, however, Bilbo and the others [the dwarves] haven't exactly made it to the town of Mirkwood yet, so there’s a good chance we’ll see him in one of the next two movies. [here's hoping!] Beorn was a giant and actually has the ability to shape-shift into a bear at will. He was driven out of his homeland when it was overrun by Orcs. We seem him living as a hermit when he meets up with Bilbo and friends. 

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#05; Tom Bombadil- 

Tom Bombadil is an special character, for one very important reason: The One Ring does absolutely nothing to him! You could chain him up against a wall with the ring glued to his face for over a thousand years, and the ring still wouldn’t tempt him with its power. Frodo and the other Hobbits met Tom in The Old Forest, early on during the beginning of their journey. They met when Merry gets trapped inside a living tree, and Tom saves his life by singing to the tree [weird, I know..] which ends up releasing him. Bombadil seems to hold a tremendous amount of power which we never really learn the full extent of. Tom can also see Frodo while he is wearing the Ring-so we know that almost at all times, Tom is watching them. When Frodo lets him see the Ring, Tom wears it, and yet nothing happens. He then makes the Ring totally vanish, but then reproduces it and gives it back to Frodo. 

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As I've mentioned above, there's many characters who weren't in the Lord Of The Rings films.. [Even ones who weren't mentioned here] I know the films are long as it is, but even just a mention of them, would have been suffice. Be sure to like the fan page for this blog on Facebook, which you can find here, in the commentsbelow, or on Twitter here . If you have a Tumblr, follow me here. [Have a suggestion for a new post? Send meideas/links any where mentioned above] CHEERS!