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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

Aleistar Since: Feb, 2018 Relationship Status: Hugging my pillow
#126451: Mar 30th 2021 at 7:37:16 AM

[up] Avengers Arena? Cause that sounds like something from Avengers Arena.

EDIT: Pagetopper context: talking about Reptil getting surviving a nuke to the face.

Edited by Aleistar on Mar 30th 2021 at 10:38:08 AM

slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#126452: Mar 30th 2021 at 7:40:29 AM

Yes it was in Avengers Arena.

Huh ya know Avengers Academy did have the rare Hawaiian hero in Metal....... until Arena killed him.

Who was in a relationship with the Japanese Hazmat...... until he ya know got killed off.

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#126453: Mar 30th 2021 at 7:40:35 AM

Yeah, that was from Avengers Arena.

The "nuke" btw was his fellow Avengers Academy student Hazmat.

Disgusted, but not surprised
Aleistar Since: Feb, 2018 Relationship Status: Hugging my pillow
#126454: Mar 30th 2021 at 7:56:41 AM

[up]x2 And I'm pretty sure he's still dead, almost a decade later. Though if he/Avengers Academy is ever adapted into the MCU then I'd bet money on them reviving him.

Bocaj Funny but not helpful from Here or thereabouts (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
Funny but not helpful
#126455: Mar 30th 2021 at 7:58:46 AM

The MCU is in the weird position where Avengers Academy would totally make sense in the post Endgame quo but it likely won’t happen because all the buildup is being done for Young Avengers

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M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#126456: Mar 30th 2021 at 7:59:52 AM

Yeah, poor Mettle is still way dead.

Disgusted, but not surprised
slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#126457: Mar 30th 2021 at 8:01:33 AM

On the bright side at least Hazmat has moved on from that boring loser Anarchism.

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
Bocaj Funny but not helpful from Here or thereabouts (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
Funny but not helpful
#126458: Mar 30th 2021 at 8:04:43 AM

Anachronism is so boring that I know who you mean and can visualize him but the instant this conversation is over I’m going to forget him again

Forever liveblogging the Avengers
M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#126459: Mar 30th 2021 at 8:11:19 AM

He's that one guy with an axe, right?

Disgusted, but not surprised
Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#126460: Mar 30th 2021 at 8:11:23 AM

That his real super power all along!

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M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#126461: Mar 30th 2021 at 8:14:04 AM

There actually is (was?) an X-Man with the mutant power to be forgotten the moment people lost sight of him, Forget-Me-Not. Think The Silence.

Edited by M84 on Mar 30th 2021 at 11:14:51 PM

Disgusted, but not surprised
slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#126462: Mar 30th 2021 at 8:24:52 AM

And he actually resembles something of a compelling character.

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#126463: Mar 30th 2021 at 10:22:21 AM

The MCU is in the weird position where Avengers Academy would totally make sense in the post Endgame quo but it likely won’t happen because all the buildup is being done for Young Avengers

They could always composite them. The MCU is ripe enough for concepts from both concepts (or, heck, even a few concepts from The Initiative) that mixing a bunch of them together at once together makes a lot of sense.

I’ve been hoping Taskmaster coming up means we might get Finesse, for instance.

Edited by KnownUnknown on Mar 30th 2021 at 10:24:05 AM

Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#126464: Mar 30th 2021 at 3:59:27 PM

I've finally got around to watching the Doctor Strange movie,the impression I always had is that Dr.Strange was Marvel's equivalent to Merlin (old wizard dude who knows loads of powerful magic) so looking at Benedict Cumberbatch I'm wishing he looked a little older and more wizardened somehow,also a proper wizard's beard

Also,they name dropped The Living Tribunal,which is a neat

Edited by Ultimatum on Mar 30th 2021 at 11:33:43 AM

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Cortez from Parts Unknown (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#126465: Mar 30th 2021 at 7:07:15 PM

Better yet, have it end with the reveal of MCU Herc with Amadeus on the seat of a theater laughing of how it got his story so wrong.

Not like Marvel's Herc is all that accurate either. Marvel's Hades is also a villain anyway, so it's not that different from Disney's Herc .

As for Amadeus, it would make sense for him to debut in something Hulk related.

[up]

But Strange isn't Merlin and he isn't all that old, especially not when he started.

I’ve been hoping Taskmaster coming up means we might get Finesse, for instance

Only if he survives the Black Widow film.

Edited by Cortez on Mar 30th 2021 at 10:12:40 AM

windleopard from Nigeria Since: Nov, 2014 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
#126466: Mar 30th 2021 at 11:51:36 PM

Interestingly, "Merlin" is a nickname Black Cat uses for sorcerers in solo comic.

KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#126467: Mar 31st 2021 at 12:27:22 AM

Evidently, the Marvel Comics equivalent to Merlin is Merlin.

Edited by KnownUnknown on Mar 31st 2021 at 12:27:28 PM

M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#126468: Mar 31st 2021 at 12:28:32 AM

He did used to be a Sorcerer Supreme though.

Disgusted, but not surprised
Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#126469: Mar 31st 2021 at 5:40:51 AM

Merlin is a stock character at this point so of course he's in marvel comics somewhere..

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slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#126470: Mar 31st 2021 at 5:49:03 AM

He’s currently the main antagonist in Justice League Dark.

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
ClancyGardener life is a state of mind from 53 miles west of Venus Since: Jun, 2020 Relationship Status: Can't buy me love
#126471: Apr 1st 2021 at 10:47:45 AM

Besides the Otherworld Merlyn, I remember an early Thor story where Merlin was revealed to be a mutant whose powers were mistaken for magic, who was revived in modern times and wreaked a bit of havoc. (Which would make him an early example of inter-comic X-Men shilling.) I think he was later retconned to be a Bloodstone mutate (not a mutant) who impersonated the real Merlyn.

Trope Editor (he/him)
comicwriter Since: Sep, 2011
#126472: Apr 1st 2021 at 1:24:40 PM

A look at the Shang-Chi characters via the leaked toys. It's kinda crazy that everything we know is basically coming from leaked merchandise because there's still no trailer.

DeathsApprentice The Ultimate Lifeform from The Ark Since: Aug, 2011 Relationship Status: Is that a kind of food?
The Ultimate Lifeform
#126473: Apr 1st 2021 at 1:33:24 PM

When is that movie supposed to come out, again?

When we're done, there won't be anything left.
slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#126474: Apr 1st 2021 at 1:34:02 PM

Who are the 3rd and 4th characters there, I can’t read their names?

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
Weirdguy149 Former King from Lumiose City Since: Jul, 2014 Relationship Status: I'd jump in front of a train for ya!
Former King
#126475: Apr 1st 2021 at 1:38:00 PM

So I know Shang-Chi doesn’t have this power but it’d be cool if he could make hands out of thin air like that.

The legend has returned.

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