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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.

  • This thread is for talking about the live-action films, TV shows, animated works, and related content that use the Marvel brand, currently owned by Disney.
  • While mild digressions are okay, discussion of the comic books should go in this thread. Extended digressions may be thumped as off-topic.
  • Spoilers for new releases should not be discussed for at least two weeks. Rather, each title should have a dedicated thread where that sort of conversation is held. We can mention new releases in a general sense, but please be courteous to people who don't want to be spoiled.

[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

comicwriter Since: Sep, 2011
#67851: Mar 31st 2017 at 7:21:30 AM

Y'all are missing the "Wild speculation" label at the top of the article.

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#67854: Mar 31st 2017 at 2:07:00 PM

There were rumors?

Anyways, in a few minutes I'll get back to watching more of Daredevil season two. I suck at binging this stuff, so at best it'll probably take me a few days until I finish it.

Have you any dreams you'd like to sell?
comicwriter Since: Sep, 2011
#67855: Mar 31st 2017 at 2:09:44 PM

Renner had said something about shooting two Marvel movies back to back (Infinity War and the untitled Avengers 4) and for whatever reason, people seemingly misinterpreted that to mean he was shooting another Marvel movie in addition to the Avengers sequels.

KingNomarch Since: Oct, 2015
comicwriter Since: Sep, 2011
#67857: Mar 31st 2017 at 2:34:24 PM

Wait is that Negasonic Teenage Warhead? Ugh when will Marvel realize people do not like the X-Men being made into Inhumans!?

TobiasDrake Queen of Good Things, Honest (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Arm chopping is not a love language!
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#67858: Mar 31st 2017 at 2:43:08 PM

I sincerely doubt that's her. Negasonic Teenage Warhead appeared in Deadpool. Fox has the rights to her.

edited 31st Mar '17 2:44:37 PM by TobiasDrake

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#67860: Mar 31st 2017 at 2:46:30 PM

We have a tag for that, though I'm not sure what possible purpose sarcasm could even serve in this context. Sarcasm's primary purpose is to mock and there is no visible target of mockery in this instance.

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Unsung it's a living from a tenement of clay Since: Jun, 2016
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#67861: Mar 31st 2017 at 2:51:04 PM

She's got short hair like Negasonic Teenage Warhead and fans have been getting up in arms over mutants being turned into Inhumans lately. Just a little joke. Doesn't even seem like Medusa's the one getting mocked, really.

I'm really curious what they have planned for the CG for her hair.

comicwriter Since: Sep, 2011
#67862: Mar 31st 2017 at 2:51:14 PM

[up][up]You caught me. I actually thought the woman in the purple outfit with the red hair was NTW despite that being legally impossible and her having nothing to do with an Inhumans show. I was just trying to save face before the internet police busted down my door.

[up]Thank you. And I imagine they're gonna use a practical wig for scenes where it's not moving and then CGI for actual tendril-style stuff. I think someone snapped a picture of her in a longer wig. EDIT: Yup, here. Squint and you can see her.

edited 31st Mar '17 2:54:26 PM by comicwriter

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#67863: Mar 31st 2017 at 2:52:16 PM

Freeze! Undercover internet police sting!

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edited 31st Mar '17 2:52:29 PM by Bocaj

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TobiasDrake Queen of Good Things, Honest (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Arm chopping is not a love language!
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#67864: Mar 31st 2017 at 2:53:47 PM

About time you got here. I was running out of ways to stall him.

And now I'm off to ruin somebody else's day! Wherever there is levity, I will be there to snuff it out!

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#67865: Mar 31st 2017 at 2:54:38 PM

[up][up]

GET BENT COPPER!

YOU'LL NEVER TAKE ME ALIVE!

edited 31st Mar '17 2:54:55 PM by HandsomeRob

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comicwriter Since: Sep, 2011
#67866: Mar 31st 2017 at 2:55:25 PM

[up][up][up]You didn't use the sarcasm tag so I can only assume you're here to really arrest me. Damn you, congress!

[up]Perfection.

edited 31st Mar '17 2:56:13 PM by comicwriter

comicwriter Since: Sep, 2011
#67867: Mar 31st 2017 at 2:59:37 PM

Homecoming Minimates have a look at the Tinkerer, who I don't think has been seen yet in the trailers, has he?

Unsung it's a living from a tenement of clay Since: Jun, 2016
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#67869: Mar 31st 2017 at 3:03:03 PM

Let's all adjourn to my internet speakeasy for some bootleg internet. The password, for when the doorman asks, is admin. I've paid off the local internet beat cops in wooden Bit Coins.

Y'know, with remote control and miniaturization technology being what it is nowadays, you could actually probably rig up a hell of a practical effect for prehensile hair. You'd probably need multiple separate props, yet I'd kind of like to see more stuff like that. Kinda wonder if that might even be less expensive than full CG, under the right circumstances, ie. not action scenes.

KingNomarch Since: Oct, 2015
#67871: Mar 31st 2017 at 6:09:26 PM

Corvus Glaive on Infinity War set.[1]

KingNomarch Since: Oct, 2015
#67872: Mar 31st 2017 at 7:33:11 PM

Is this possibly Proxima Midnight on set? [1]

MedusaStone Since: Jan, 2015
#67873: Mar 31st 2017 at 8:04:49 PM

I'm sorry, but this gif makes me feel like I'm playing the world's deadliest game of hide and seek.

http://thestuckynation.tumblr.com/post/121317510274

comicwriter Since: Sep, 2011
#67874: Mar 31st 2017 at 8:05:36 PM

[up][up]Well that one actor did say he and some others were playing Thanos' henchmen...

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#67875: Mar 31st 2017 at 8:38:00 PM

Using Sarcasm Mode potholes kinda defeats the point.

Yes, something is lost in the transition from speech to text, but it's really not that hard to make text drip with sarcasm.

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