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Welcome to the main discussion thread for the Marvel Cinematic Universe! I'm editing this OP and pinning it to establish some basic guidelines. All of the Media Forum rules still apply.

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[Edited by Fighteer]

    Original post 
Since Thor and now Captain America came out this year, I wanted to get what Tropers thought of the concept and execution of the Marvel Cinematic Universe in general. Personally I love the idea and wonder why this idea hasn't been seriously tried before. It sorta seems to me like the DCAU in movie form (And well, ummm, with Marvel), and really 'gets' the comic book feel of a shared universe while not being completely alienating.

Edited by Fighteer on Dec 15th 2022 at 9:55:58 AM

hollygoolightly Since: Apr, 2012 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
#61901: Aug 26th 2016 at 1:49:01 PM

[up]x5 + x6: because of the costume of course! Jessica Jones did a costume gag without ever using the name "Jewel."

edited 26th Aug '16 1:49:29 PM by hollygoolightly

comicwriter Since: Sep, 2011
#61902: Aug 26th 2016 at 2:35:06 PM

Costume-Test Montage where he walks out wearing it and Sam gives him a thumbs down.

Tuckerscreator (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Drift compatible
#61903: Aug 26th 2016 at 2:47:56 PM

Will they include the part where he trips over his cape on his first night of crime fighting? Or when he takes a new Captain America suit off some dead guy?

Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#61904: Aug 26th 2016 at 9:42:11 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJbaWZsp2CE

just to remind everyone how awesome The Winter Soldier is!

Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#61905: Aug 27th 2016 at 2:12:37 AM

So apparently Cox said at Wizard World Chicago that Luke Cage is set around the same time as Daredevil season 2...to a degree that Rosaria Dawson has a cut in one scene in Daredevil because of something which happened in Luke Cage.

May I mention how excited I am about that notion? I can't wait to line-up the events of both shows....

Kostya from Everywhere Since: Apr, 2011 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
#61906: Aug 27th 2016 at 6:41:00 AM

That's an interesting idea. I wonder if that means Defenders is going to be before most of the phase 3 movies.

Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#61907: Aug 27th 2016 at 7:19:52 AM

I think it would be a good idea to process a little bit more slowly with the Netflix shows...less of a danger to create contradictions.

alliterator Since: Jan, 2001
Unsung it's a living from a tenement of clay Since: Jun, 2016
it's a living
#61910: Aug 27th 2016 at 8:13:03 PM

[up][up]...new Defenders shows need to be coming out *all* the time. I know it's my own fault for binging through them so fast, and we're getting three in less than a year. And yet I still want more.

Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#61911: Aug 27th 2016 at 10:37:11 PM

I think they could go for three a year (I really need something Marvel related for the summer).....but more would be problematic, I guess.

I wonder if Damage Control has a chance again now that Powerless has gotten delayed....

KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#61912: Aug 28th 2016 at 1:46:19 AM

I wonder if Luke is going to get an actual costume of some kind, or at least start wearing some kind of armor or something. They seem to be turning "Luke goes heroing in his normal clothes and ruins them" into a Running Gag.

"The difference between reality and fiction is that fiction has to make sense." - Tom Clancy, paraphrasing Mark Twain.
Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#61913: Aug 28th 2016 at 1:53:11 AM

Since Luke apparently doesn't intend to wear a mask, it would be kind of pointless to wear a costume, wouldn't it? Jessica doesn't wear one either, after all.

I guess Luke will just have to get used to buying new shirts on a regular basis.

alliterator Since: Jan, 2001
#61914: Aug 28th 2016 at 4:59:26 AM

He didn't really have a costume in the comics, either. At most, you could say that his costume was a yellow shirt, blue pants, metal tiara, and chain belt. Oh and metal bracelets. (We see him wearing the tiara and bracelets in the Luke Cage trailer after the experiment.) But these days, he never really wears a costume at all, just normal clothing.

shatterstar Since: Apr, 2015 Relationship Status: I wanna know about these strangers like me
#61915: Aug 28th 2016 at 8:01:26 AM

[up] Oh comic. Why can't TV show be as awesome and cheesy as you? evil grin

comicwriter Since: Sep, 2011
#61916: Aug 28th 2016 at 9:30:36 AM

What Thor and Hulk were doing during Civil War.

edited 28th Aug '16 9:31:05 AM by comicwriter

Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#61917: Aug 28th 2016 at 9:45:40 AM

lol! I am so glad that they are keeping their promise and release the stuff bit by bit.

Poor Daryl.

MapleSamurai Since: Aug, 2014 Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
#61918: Aug 28th 2016 at 9:46:02 AM

Insert joke about the drawer being worthy here. tongue

VeryMelon Since: Jul, 2011 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
Gaon Smoking Snake from Grim Up North Since: Jun, 2012 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#61921: Aug 28th 2016 at 12:44:09 PM

But now we know how the hammer decides who is worthy...you just need to cuddle it.

jakobitis Doctor of Doctorates from Somewhere, somewhen Since: Jan, 2015 Relationship Status: I'd need a PowerPoint presentation
Doctor of Doctorates
#61922: Aug 28th 2016 at 1:52:36 PM

Hammers have feelings too. At least, super powerful magic hammers Anthony Hopkins has ensorcelled do.

"These 'no-nonsense' solutions of yours just don't hold water in a complex world of jet-powered apes and time travel."
comicwriter Since: Sep, 2011
#61923: Aug 28th 2016 at 5:21:46 PM

Amusingly, this made me realize that there are now three new heroes/potential Avengers that basically popped up out of nowhere while Thor was gone. I'd love if he's like "Uh, who the hel are those guys?" in Infinity War.

AlleyOop Since: Oct, 2010
#61924: Aug 28th 2016 at 10:11:46 PM

So someone posted a writeup of the additional Dr. Strange footage they aired at SDCC/Manila.

Still not too impressed personally, but hopefully it comes across with a direct viewing.

Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#61925: Aug 28th 2016 at 11:31:37 PM

  • sigh* too bad that there is still no Imax screen close to my location.

But I think it sounds good..some soft ribbing of stereotypes, and a really good sell of magic. I was really worried because of the writers they picked, but I guess at least the first act of the movie will be good.


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