Marvel Cinematic Universe

And a couple samurai films, maybe a few episodes of Space Battleship Yamato depending on when Lucas made his trip to Japan. Oh, and The Dam Busters.

edited 19th Sep '14 7:54:50 PM by maxwellelvis

Though I've always hated this argument that nothing is truly original because it takes inspiration in something else. "Star Wars is just a bunch of 20th century serials mashed together" is like saying "Shakespeare's works were just a mis-mash of Greek tragedies".

It is. Talk to someone who studies Shakespeare, and they'll say exactly the same thing.

It's what Shakespeare did with the preexisting stories that's special.

Anyway, Star Wars is, above all, a textbook hero's journey. It may draw its trappings from various other sources, but its core plot is one of the oldest that humanity tells.

I don't see why "everything comes from somewhere else" and "it's possible to create original works" are mutually exclusive.

Nor are they bad things.

The first Star Wars movie is just utterly predictable. It's not bad, but what made it special is the scale of it.

Question: Anyone feel like we're giving Batroc too much credit in the Winter Soldier page? I mean, he got obliterated. He wasn't on even footing with Cap.

He did surprisingly well until Cap put away his shield. And I've seen that scene several times. Obliterated was everyone else on the ship against Cap. From the looks of it, Batroc was mostly pushing Cap back with kicks, forcing him to keep behind his shield. Once Cap put his shield away, it let him use his arms more. Batroc's a legs person, Cap's an arms person. And Cap has stronger arms.

edited 20th Sep '14 1:47:25 AM by Tuckerscreator

But he didn't skip leg day, either.

Every story has been written.

Creating a work of art isn't about making sure nobody has ever tread the same ground you're walking on. It's about what you do with the ground you're treading.

edited 20th Sep '14 6:15:16 AM by TobiasDrake

The difference between Eragon and Star Wars was that by the time Eragon came out, Star Wars was such a huge pop culture force that people immediately noticed it was just Star Wars with "star cruiser" swapped out for "dragon."

I thought of him as a One-Scene Wonder. The only reason it's really notable is they managed to make him really cool despite the fact that he's usually considered a massive joke in the comics.

Hard to be taken serious when your title is "The Leaper".

Or have a handlebar mustache.

Or wear so much violet with yellow underpants.

Idris Elba says Marvel already has an actor signed on for Luke Cage. I wonder if they plan to announce something at NYCC next month since the Daredevil cast is supposed to be there.

... THEY ALREADY HAVEA GUY SIGNED ON AS CAGE?

WELL SWEET CHRISTMAS, WHO IS IT, MARVEL!?

Hope it's Terry Crews.

Also, I hope Heimdall gets to be a big contributor to Thor 3. I love teaming Thor and Heimdall in Lego Marvel Super Heroes.

I tend to put Power man and Iron Fist together myself. Except that causes transport issues...

They need a Power Mobile.

They need a Power Skycycle, becuase every time I need higher ground I gotta switch to someone else. If Jessica Jones were in the game that wouldn't even be a problem, I would jsut run around as the Power Couple.

I tend to just be Dormammu allied with a second Dormammu, but I fly around NYC as Vulture.

edited 20th Sep '14 8:42:15 AM by Anomalocaris20

I think when Heroes for Hire was just them, they used Danny's limo. Though Luke would probably rather take the subway.

Just wanted to say that Pedro Pascal would be my pick for Doctor Strange if I had a choice.

Indeed.

edited 21st Sep '14 6:26:59 PM by SonOfSharknado