Here is my unboxing of two Enterprise ships – The TOS era & The USS Enterprise B *Star Trek Starships Collection* The two Enterprises in one box. I bought the original TOS era Enterprise and the USS Enterprise B (from Star Trek Generations) from eBay.
Day: November 23, 2015
Ant-Man
Another from the now ever expanding Marvel cinematic & tv universe, Ant-Man is a 2015 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics characters of the same name: Scott Lang and Hank Pym. This film has more comedic elements that the others though. Produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, it is the twelfth installment of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). The film was directed by Peyton Reed, with a screenplay by Edgar Wright & Joe Cornish and Adam McKay & Paul Rudd, and stars Rudd, Evangeline Lilly, Corey Stoll, Bobby Cannavale, Michael Peña, Tip “T.I.” Harris, Anthony Mackie, Wood Harris, Judy Greer, David Dastmalchian, and Michael Douglas.
The movie starts with Hank Pym (the original Ant-Man) resigning from S.H.I.E.L.D. after discovering their attempt to replicate his Ant-Man shrinking technology. Believing the technology is dangerous, Pym vows to hide it as long as he lives. In present day he is retired from his own company, Pym Industries, having been voted by the board and his own estranged daughter Hope van Dyne, and former protégé, Darren Cross. Cross is close to perfecting a shrinking suit of his own, the Yellowjacket, which horrifies Pym. Pym chooses a well meaning thief named Scott Lang, who stole from his former corporate employers to give back to their customers, recently released from jail to be his successor as the Ant-Man. Struggling to make child support payments and keep a job (in Baskin n’Robbins) Lang is tricked by Pym to break into his house and steal y finds what he believes to be an old motorcycle suit, which he takes home. After trying the suit on, Lang accidentally shrinks himself to the size of an insect. Terrified by the experience, he returns the suit to the house, but is arrested on the way out. Pym, the homeowner, visits Lang in jail and smuggles the suit into his cell to help him break out.
Having been spying on Cross after discovering his intentions, van Dyne helps Pym train Lang to fight and to control ants. While van Dyne harbors resentment towards Pym about her mother Janet’s death, he reveals that Janet, known as the Wasp, disappeared into a subatomic quantum realm to disable a Soviet nuclear missile. Pym warns Lang that he could suffer a similar fate if he overrides his suit’s regulator. They send him to steal a device that will aid their heist from the Avengers’ headquarters, where he briefly fights Sam Wilson. Cross meanwhile has perfected his Yellowjacket device and hosts a party for the unveiling at Pym Technologies’ headquarters. Lang, along with his crew and a swarm of flying ants, infiltrates the building during the event, sabotages the company’s servers, and plants explosives. Lang, Pym & Hope are captured by Cross who intends to sell both the Yellowjacket and Ant-Man suits to Hydra, led by former S.H.I.E.L.D officer Mitchell Carson. Lang breaks free and he and Hope dispatch most of the Hydra agents, though Carson is able to flee with a vial of Cross’ particles. Lang pursues Cross as he escapes, while the explosives detonate, imploding the building.
Cross dons the Yellowjacket and fights Lang, who is arrested by the cops (including his ex-wife’s now husband Paxton) and Cross goes to capture Lang’s daughter Cassie. Lang overrides the regulator and shrinks to subatomic size to penetrate Cross’ suit and sabotage it to shrink uncontrollably, killing Cross. Lang disappears into the quantum realm but manages to reverse the effects and returns to the macroscopic world. In gratitude for Lang’s heroism, Paxton covers for Lang to keep him out of prison. Seeing that Lang survived and returned from the quantum realm, Pym wonders if his wife is alive as well. Later, Lang meets up with Luis, who tells him that Wilson is looking for him. In a mid-credits scene, Pym shows van Dyne a new Wasp prototype suit and offers it to her. In a post-credits scene, Wilson and Steve Rogers have Bucky Barnes in their custody. Unable to contact Tony Stark because of “the accords”, Wilson mentions that he knows someone who could help.
Funnier than the other Marvel superhero movies (ofcourse, it’s Paul Rudd afterall) this film is more light but shows some awesome CGI effects and fight scenes. Micheal Pena is great as a comedic relief and I have no complaints about the film. 8.5 outta 10!