wow, thanks Cecil, there should be a way to send that up to movie execs to remind them that fans care and won't settle for Michael Bay-like schlock when it comes to their comics.
I was giddy like every other nerd at the reveal of Thanos (the guy sitting beside me screamed "oh sht...Thanatos!!") but I'm not convinced that him or Galactus or any other cosmic threat will really work well for the masses. They didn't even want to call the Cosmic Cube by its real name because non comic readers would probably find it corny.
TDK and Iron Man 1 worked so well because they had great characters and action without crossing into the realm of cartoony theme park ride. Avengers was probably right at that limit, but had just enough awesome character moments to prevent it from becoming Transformers. If you start doing the galactic villains then it's headed towards Green Lantern territory, and everything ends up being 100% CGI (it's probably about 70% right now)...at that point, audience stops connecting cause they're watching a damn cartoon.
Maybe they'll surprise us, but I think if they want to keep it rollling, it's gotta stay relatable to the people at street level.
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