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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 Mrph1 on Jul 29th 2024 at 3:09:00 PM

comicwriter Since: Sep, 2011
#125926: Mar 9th 2021 at 6:54:43 PM

Falcon is an Xbox man. Interesting that the ad mentions his nephews (one of whom was the Hulk's Kid Sidekick in the comics for a while). I wonder if they'll be appearing in the TV show.

Aleistar Since: Feb, 2018 Relationship Status: Hugging my pillow
#125927: Mar 9th 2021 at 6:57:00 PM

[up] I'm pretty sure he has a sister in the comics who has been confirmed as appearing in the show.

EDIT: Looking it up on the Marvel wikia, it looks like Sam has two nephews, one of whom was the Hulk's sidekick and the other is the son of his sister.

Edited by Aleistar on Mar 9th 2021 at 9:59:47 AM

Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#125928: Mar 9th 2021 at 6:57:48 PM

It's cute that they keep trying to call it "the Blip" when we've all been calling it "the Snap" for years now.

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Discar Since: Jun, 2009
#125929: Mar 9th 2021 at 7:03:00 PM

The Snap was everyone getting dusted. The Blip was them coming back, seemingly just "blipping" over five years and carefully downplaying the fact that they were all dead.

Writing a post-post apocalypse LitRPG on RR. Also fanfic stuff.
Tuckerscreator (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Drift compatible
Bocaj Funny but not helpful from Here or thereabouts (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
Funny but not helpful
#125931: Mar 9th 2021 at 7:10:46 PM

Gone in a snap back after a blip

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comicwriter Since: Sep, 2011
#125932: Mar 9th 2021 at 7:20:53 PM

[up][up]He had to find a new job after they hired someone else at the Apple Store when he got dusted.

Edited by comicwriter on Mar 9th 2021 at 7:21:12 AM

32ndfreeze Since: Mar, 2012
#125933: Mar 9th 2021 at 7:23:45 PM

Watching Wandavision I can't help but find the Blip sounding very silly.

Bocaj Funny but not helpful from Here or thereabouts (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
Funny but not helpful
#125934: Mar 9th 2021 at 7:26:49 PM

I kinda like it in the sense of 'oh god some journalist coined the term and everybody picked up on it and we're like a year away from someone in universe -gate ing blip in dumb ways' sort of way

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chasemaddigan I'm Sad Frogerson. Since: Oct, 2011
I'm Sad Frogerson.
#125935: Mar 9th 2021 at 7:31:27 PM

I wonder what else you would call it.

The Second Snap? The Reverse Snap? The Pans?note 

Hodor2 Since: Jan, 2015
#125936: Mar 9th 2021 at 7:46:45 PM

I thought this one (rightly removed) Reality Is Unrealistic or Reality Ensues example on Wandavision made a good point.

It does (or did initially) sound stupid to call an apocalyptic event "The Blip".

However, we live in a world where people call Coronavirus "The Rona" and other Black Comedy names.

Which also makes me think of how there's a whole bunch of comical names for syphilis and other venereal diseases (i.e. The Pox, The Clap, etc.)

I don't know whether this kind of thought went into whichever writer proposed calling it The Blip, but it actually is quite realistic to how people do think up facetious names as a coping mechanism.

chasemaddigan I'm Sad Frogerson. Since: Oct, 2011
I'm Sad Frogerson.
#125937: Mar 9th 2021 at 7:56:48 PM

I should also point out that going by the Netflix shows, the Battle of New York is almost consistently referred to as "The Incident".

Calling the second Snap "The Blip" isn't that far off the mark by comparison. Besides, reminds of now-dead video platform.

eligram Since: Sep, 2009 Relationship Status: In denial
#125938: Mar 10th 2021 at 3:29:25 AM

Had the stragest dream, basically the MCU Daredevil was played by Peter Dinkagle, and in the stinger appeared The Punisher played by George Clooney [lol]

Beatman1 Since: Feb, 2014 Relationship Status: Gone fishin'
#125939: Mar 10th 2021 at 3:35:24 AM

[up]Clooney was almost Nick Fury in a solo movie...then he had the displeasure of reading the Garth Ennis Fury miniseries and immediately backed out. True story.

slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#125940: Mar 10th 2021 at 3:45:19 AM

Why was he reading the Fury Max series out of all the Fury stories?

Edited by slimcoder on Mar 10th 2021 at 3:45:36 AM

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
Beatman1 Since: Feb, 2014 Relationship Status: Gone fishin'
#125941: Mar 10th 2021 at 3:46:49 AM

[up]It was being released at the time he was offered the role.

BOOXMOWO Since: Mar, 2013
#125942: Mar 10th 2021 at 4:26:19 AM

During the five years where half of the world's population was dead, I believe the survivors called it the Decimation, which seems appropriate; "The Snap" is too cute a name for something so horrific. But the when the victims came back, "Decimation" stopped being an accurate term, so they needed a new name for it and I guess the people who were Blipped started calling it "The Blip" (because that's what it felt like to them) before any better name could catch on.

Of course out of universe the reason the term exists is because Spider-Man: Far From Home derives a large percentage of its humour from people coming up with lame names for things. See also: "Peter Tingle", "Night Monkey".

Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#125943: Mar 10th 2021 at 12:15:35 PM

"Decimation" is not an appropriate term though.

Thanos killed half of all life, not one-tenth of all life.

You cannot firmly grasp the true form of Squidward's technique!
Synchronicity (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#125944: Mar 10th 2021 at 12:31:48 PM

That was the original definition, but now it's generally used for "a large part of something being destroyed". When scientists say "mangroves are being decimated" they certainly don't mean we still have 90% of our mangroves.

Still, "decimation" is a lotta syllables.

comicwriter Since: Sep, 2011
#125945: Mar 10th 2021 at 12:32:35 PM

Only in the very strict dictionary definition. Most people who say decimate in real life just use it as a general term for mass destruction. When someone says a hurricane or earthquake decimated a city, they aren't literally saying it destroyed 1/10th of the area.

Edited by comicwriter on Mar 10th 2021 at 12:32:48 PM

Aleistar Since: Feb, 2018 Relationship Status: Hugging my pillow
VengefulBale Bishie Gijinka Meta Knight from Nowhere Since: Feb, 2016 Relationship Status: It's complicated
Bishie Gijinka Meta Knight
#125947: Mar 10th 2021 at 12:43:01 PM

[up]Nope, he made a Half-Life

Edited by VengefulBale on Mar 10th 2021 at 2:43:15 PM

Prettiest Meta Knight Gijinka, ngl
Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#125948: Mar 10th 2021 at 12:47:46 PM

[up][up]Yep.

You cannot firmly grasp the true form of Squidward's technique!
jouXIII The One Who Knows Many Things from Between the Multiverses (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
The One Who Knows Many Things
#125949: Mar 10th 2021 at 1:00:07 PM

[up]x3 ...Man, at first I thought it was another word, that is completely opposite of Thanos' goal...

I assure you, I'm perfectly trustable person
Aleistar Since: Feb, 2018 Relationship Status: Hugging my pillow

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