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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

blkwhtrbbt The Dragon of the Eastern Sea from Doesn't take orders from Vladimir Putin Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me
The Dragon of the Eastern Sea
#141226: Apr 6th 2022 at 1:42:56 AM

What even is the name scheme of the Eternals?

I get the impression of vaguely bronze age deities from Greece and Mesopotamia?

How did the ancient babylonians know about Tiamat, for one thing, if she'd never been born, and the Eternals only learned of her existence through Arishem?

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Watchtower Since: Jul, 2010
#141227: Apr 6th 2022 at 4:54:34 AM

The name scheme is that they're variations of the names of ancient deities, the whole idea being that they inspired the old myths in an Ancient Astronauts sort of way and the differences are just corruptions of their names.

No, don't think about how that works when the comics have a Crossover Cosmology and every ancient deity actually exists, Sufficiently Advanced Alien or otherwise. Maybe back when Jack Kirby was involved there was a better idea of which gods were "real" and which weren't but both ideas have since blown to their logical conclusions and it's best not to question how both Thena and Athena coexist with each other.

HasturHasturHastur from Wheah the fahkin baby wheel is, Jay Since: Nov, 2010
#141228: Apr 6th 2022 at 4:58:20 AM

[up][up]The psychic projections of a dreaming god-fetus? I don't fuckin' know.

Doom also wound up being a genuine antihero in the 2099-verse.

Edited by HasturHasturHastur on Apr 6th 2022 at 4:58:36 AM

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"To watch it all burn."
#141230: Apr 6th 2022 at 12:23:35 PM

The shots where Stephen is laying on the ground with his cuffs broken and the Ultron drones running towards something makes me think the Illuminati(?) scene is going to end with an attack. [up][up][up] I put on the Eternals' character page the question of how the ones who inspired the Greek figures are going to coexist with Russel Crowe's Zeus.

Edited by fanman on Apr 6th 2022 at 12:33:29 PM

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Foreign Troper
#141231: Apr 6th 2022 at 12:29:21 PM

Sam Raimi says "anything is possible" in regards to him working on another Spidey-Flick

https://www.gamesradar.com/spider-man-4-sam-raimi-tobey-maguire-update-doctor-strange/

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#141232: Apr 6th 2022 at 12:44:55 PM

Someone asked Raimi if he'll make another movie and he shrugged.

Must be a slow news day.

Edited by TobiasDrake on Apr 6th 2022 at 12:45:03 PM

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Synchronicity (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#141233: Apr 6th 2022 at 2:02:57 PM

"Would you make another movie for Marvel, the company you just made a multimillion dollar movie that's about to start its press tour for?" Not like he's in a position to say no tongue

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Disasturbator
#141234: Apr 6th 2022 at 2:04:02 PM

maybe he'll make a movie for DC

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HasturHasturHastur from Wheah the fahkin baby wheel is, Jay Since: Nov, 2010
#141235: Apr 6th 2022 at 2:27:09 PM

[up]Raimi could make a good Etrigan or JLD movie.

Synchronicity (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#141236: Apr 6th 2022 at 2:27:43 PM

Zatanna and Justice League Dark projects are in the works 👀

[nja]

Edited by Synchronicity on Apr 6th 2022 at 4:27:55 AM

chasemaddigan I'm Sad Frogerson. Since: Oct, 2011
I'm Sad Frogerson.
#141237: Apr 6th 2022 at 3:15:57 PM

Oh man, time for Darkman 2!

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The Head of the Hydra
#141238: Apr 6th 2022 at 3:23:56 PM

Man JLD movie or any film centering on a magic aligned character would be really dope.

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HasturHasturHastur from Wheah the fahkin baby wheel is, Jay Since: Nov, 2010
#141239: Apr 6th 2022 at 3:27:58 PM

Doctor Fate too, or even Hawkman (since Thanagarians tend to end up in mystic storylines).

Gaon Smoking Snake from Grim Up North Since: Jun, 2012 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
#141240: Apr 6th 2022 at 4:02:35 PM

Oh man, time for Darkman 2!

Unironically all I want in my life. Or a Darkman tv show.

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HasturHasturHastur from Wheah the fahkin baby wheel is, Jay Since: Nov, 2010
#141241: Apr 6th 2022 at 4:19:31 PM

[up]Darkman is on Shudder now, that'd be a nice bit of original programming.

Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#141242: Apr 6th 2022 at 4:24:25 PM

Read that as Duckman,as in Howard the duck..

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Mizerous Pet Owner from Hell Since: Oct, 2013 Relationship Status: Brewing the love potion
Pet Owner
#141243: Apr 6th 2022 at 4:52:20 PM

Checked out this video and I wonder if he's right about comic book films slowing dying out. Not right now obviously but in like five or ten years.

Edited by Mizerous on Apr 6th 2022 at 7:52:51 AM

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Synchronicity (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#141244: Apr 6th 2022 at 4:57:34 PM

People have been trying to forecast the death of the genre for years now. It *will* happen, only question is when.

Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#141245: Apr 6th 2022 at 4:58:44 PM

People who hate the genre keep getting mightily disappointed that it won't die

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#141246: Apr 6th 2022 at 6:00:34 PM

Yeah, I've been hearing "The bubble's about to burst!" takes since before Age of Ultron came out.

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chasemaddigan I'm Sad Frogerson. Since: Oct, 2011
I'm Sad Frogerson.
#141247: Apr 6th 2022 at 6:04:20 PM

I've been hearing it since before the first Thor movie came out.

It's true all genres ebb and flow, so we'll see. It's more likely that the decline will be gradual. Maybe more superhero properties moving to streaming over theaters, and another genre becoming more popular over a series of years. Maybe video game adaptations? I dunno... tongue

Edited by chasemaddigan on Apr 6th 2022 at 9:04:42 AM

Gaon Smoking Snake from Grim Up North Since: Jun, 2012 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
#141248: Apr 6th 2022 at 6:13:11 PM

Cracked (the website) had a editorial famously antecipating the superhero film genre was about to crash with...Guardians of the Galaxy. It's been a literal decade and the bubble still doesn't look like it's about to burst, though it has staggered with COVID-19.

"All you Fascists bound to lose."
Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#141249: Apr 6th 2022 at 6:45:29 PM

I don't think the genre will suddenly disappear the way Spaghetti Westerns did, but they'll probably slow down eventually. Maybe a once-a-year thing instead of the majority of movie releases.

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I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out.
#141250: Apr 6th 2022 at 6:57:56 PM

Oh, they hardly make up a majority of movie releases. There are less than 10 superhero movies every year, and thousands of movies overall.


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