Nerds, Assemble: My Avengers 2/ Marvel phase 2 wish list

As you may have guessed, I am a bit of a Marvel fan.  Watching Iron Man 3 multiple times opening weekend gives me proper Fanboy credentials.  I am very excited for phase 2 movies in the pipeline and hopefully will get some of the characters that are more prominent in the graphic novels.

Marvel's The Avengers is amazing.  My favorite recap is offered on Cracked.com - here - and basically gives away the whole movie.  So, spoilers...

I have read Joss Whedon rumors like everyone else.  He hinted at a brother and sister duo, he also hinted he would be finished with the script in the next couple months. I hope he reads my little wish list before he finalizes the script.  He could at least hint to the existence of the other heros, a little nod to let me know that they are alive in his heart as well.

So here goes, my wish list for Avengers 2 and possibly the Phase 2 movies in the pipeline: 

Blockbusters?

I want to get really excited about big blockbusters movies.  Honest, I really want to get super excited but I also don't want to get my hopes up.  I know tha some of the Summer Blockbusters got my hopes up so high that they slammed them to the ground like a masked Mexican wrestler once I sit down to watch them.

Among the biggest dissapointments:

• Star Wars Episodes I, II, III
• Jar-Jar Binks - enough said
• Daredevil (Ben Affleck)
• Ben, stop trying to be Matt Damon
• Elektra 
• I love love love Jennifer Garner.  This being said, I was dissapointed in the lack of depth of everything.  I feel like they were trying to get some depth with a tragic back story.  
• Green Lantern (Ryan Reynolds)
• I watched this movie once with a HUGE Green Lantern fan, like read all of the comics and has a room full of signed stuff - he was not amused. 
• First off - who thinks that Blake Lively could be a fighter pilot? I mean really?  

The movies that I let slide because I lowered my expectation enough

• the Amazing Spiderman
• I liked it, but I also went into it really excited that it wasn't Toby 
• The Expendables I and II
• Something about knowing what you're getting yourself into that makes the ride worthwhile.  
• to quote my brother "the plot never got in the way of the action, and I liked that."
• The Hunger Games
• I know that the book was better.  The book was so much better - BUT - I did like that the stark difference between the districts and the Capitol.  
• Spoiles here but the book is a couple years old, so I think it should be ok at this point...
• Where the hell was MADGE?  This sets up a lot in the second book. 
• Peeta's leg
• Mutt faces
• Again, the book was better - but I lowered my expectation to know that the spectical was going to be worth it.

The movies that knocked my socks off and blew my expectation out of the water: 

• Avengers (Joss is one of us)
• There's just something about a nerd writing for his fellow nerds that  I love.  And the man candy was amazing.  
• Loki was amazing and he stole the show.  It takes a very strong bad guy to make me want to cheer for world wide domination.  He played his alignment so well.
• The Dark Knight Rises
• see - I'm Marvel and DC friendly.  
• I didn't see the twist until the end, but I had an inkling something was coming...spoilers
• I don't think I could have asked more from Bane.  Again, a strong bad guy really makes the movies rock

This is just a short list.  Many others exist, but I will just start it slow today.  Feel free to comment on movies that you think should fit in the list, and provide some sort of support.  

Filakia