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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

HasturHasturHastur from Wheah the fahkin baby wheel is, Jay Since: Nov, 2010
#142101: May 8th 2022 at 10:28:46 AM

[up][up]Would be a good way to bring Bullseye, Hellcat, Diamondback, and Bushmaster back into the MCU.

Edited by HasturHasturHastur on May 8th 2022 at 10:29:57 AM

HalfFaust Since: Jan, 2019
#142102: May 8th 2022 at 12:41:47 PM

A lot of people think Valentia's scheming is building up to a Thunderbolts team, possibly crossed with Dark Avengers.

slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#142103: May 8th 2022 at 1:12:45 PM

In terms of major multiverse characters, one guy I hope is the Maker

Evil alternate Reed Richards willing to go to any lengths to "save the world"

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/maker1.png

"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
#142104: May 8th 2022 at 2:40:45 PM

The Maker: “How are you doing, my inferior alternate self?”

Reed:

The Maker: “Because I am a potato”

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lbssb The sleepiest good boi Since: Jun, 2020 Relationship Status: is commanded to— WANK!
The sleepiest good boi
#142105: May 8th 2022 at 2:58:41 PM

If the Maker appears in the MCU, he should be played by Randall Park, and have nobody acknowledge him looking any different from normal Reed.

Also not acknowledge that he looks like Jimmy, I guess. Legit forgot about him for a sec.

Edited by lbssb on May 8th 2022 at 2:59:37 AM

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fasoman1996 Google "big ears" from Argentina (A.K.A. Naziland) Since: Dec, 2014 Relationship Status: Baby don't hurt me!
Google "big ears"
#142106: May 8th 2022 at 8:35:12 PM

So i heard Agatha Harkness is getting her own show? At first i wonder if it could be a prequel to Wandavision

but with Wanda seemingly dead, does that mean there is a chance she is freed from the spell wanda trapped her in?

Uni cat
M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#142107: May 8th 2022 at 8:41:01 PM

[up][up][up][up]The Maker's so bad he even got his Ben Grimm to turn on him.

Disgusted, but not surprised
lbssb The sleepiest good boi Since: Jun, 2020 Relationship Status: is commanded to— WANK!
The sleepiest good boi
#142108: May 8th 2022 at 8:42:44 PM

Said Ben Grimm also ended up with Sue after she rejected Reed, which was a big part of what made him turn.

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M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#142109: May 8th 2022 at 9:14:24 PM

TBF, that didn't happen until after Reed went evil. There were signs of attraction after Sue broke up with Reed and before the whole Maker thing, but both Sue and Ben were hesitant to act on them due to the awkwardness.

After the Maker thing, they got over it.

Edited by M84 on May 9th 2022 at 12:15:28 AM

Disgusted, but not surprised
lbssb The sleepiest good boi Since: Jun, 2020 Relationship Status: is commanded to— WANK!
The sleepiest good boi
#142110: May 8th 2022 at 9:35:13 PM

Ah, okay. Thought it was the other way around, guess not.

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slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#142111: May 8th 2022 at 9:35:29 PM

There is something darkly funny that Ultimate Sue and Ben are probably dead now while Maker is living the high life traveling the multiverse and continue his science shenanigans

Which isn’t a bad thing, there is a reason why Maker is the only survivor of the Ultimate Universe along with Miles.

Edited by slimcoder on May 8th 2022 at 9:36:07 AM

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
Gaon Smoking Snake from Grim Up North Since: Jun, 2012 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
#142112: May 8th 2022 at 9:42:30 PM

On that topic, the Council of Reeds would actually be neat to see as far as multiversal developments go.

"All you Fascists bound to lose."
Akirakan Since: Feb, 2015 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#142113: May 8th 2022 at 10:04:24 PM

And one of the Reeds should be played by Randall Park.

Nightwire Since: Feb, 2010
#142114: May 8th 2022 at 10:54:43 PM

[up][up] Not to be confused with the Field of Reeds, which is just a bunch of Reed Richardses lying on a field.

Bocaj Funny but not helpful from Here or thereabouts (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
Funny but not helpful
#142115: May 8th 2022 at 10:57:01 PM

Sue: "Damn, Reed. Touch grass."

Reed: "WELL MAYBE I WILL"

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slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#142116: May 8th 2022 at 11:00:18 PM

[up][up] That is genius.

You must be a Reed Richards too.

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
Nightwire Since: Feb, 2010
#142117: May 8th 2022 at 11:08:30 PM

Bah, no Richardses can be more of a genius than DOOM!

M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#142118: May 9th 2022 at 12:10:59 AM

The funny thing is that in the comics Doom actually is smarter than Reed Richards in one field: magic. Doom is a powerful magic user while Reed Richards only knows enough about magic to realize he will never really be able to understand it.

But that's not enough for Doom. Especially since his mastery of magic still doesn't let him gain decisive wins over Reed.

Disgusted, but not surprised
HasturHasturHastur from Wheah the fahkin baby wheel is, Jay Since: Nov, 2010
#142119: May 9th 2022 at 5:35:50 AM

One of the multiversal Reeds absolutely has to be played by Glenn Howerton.

XMenMutant22 The Feline Follies of Felix the Cat Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: Hoping Senpai notices me
#142120: May 9th 2022 at 7:36:02 AM

In an Empire interview, Kevin Feige talks about Ms. Marvel's Adaptational Superpower Change.

...when Kevin Feige looks to classic comic runs for MCU stories, he – and his fellow creators – tend not to do literal adaptations. Take, for instance, Captain America: Civil War, which found a pretty different issue for Cap and Iron Man to clash over, or the Spider-Man trilogy which gave us a whole different look at Peter Parker's early years. Now, in bringing Kamala Khan to the screen in Disney+ series Ms. Marvel, played by Iman Vellani, it seems Feige and head writer Bisha K. Ali are taking a similarly fluid approach to adapting the 2014 comics by G. Willow Wilson and Adrian Alphona.

Most notably, as fans may have spotted in the trailers, Khan’s power-set looks to be a little different here – rather than stretching and morphing her body (“Embiggen!”), Kamala seems to have purple cosmic powers in the show. And while on page she was an Inhuman, her powers activated by the Terrigen Mist, there’s a different plan afoot here. “We adapt the comics; it’s not an exact translation,” Kevin Feige tells Empire. “[Kamala] came about in a very specific time within the comic-book continuity. She is now coming into a very specific time within the MCU continuity. And those two things didn’t match.” The new origins for Khan’s powers looks set to be part of the journey of the show. “What we will learn about where those powers come from, and how they come about, is specific to the MCU,” Feige teases. “You will see great comic splash panels in some of our action sequences. If you want big, giant hands and arms, well they’re here in spirit, if not in stretchy, plastic-type ways.”

And that exploration of Kamala’s powers looks set to continue through her upcoming adventures too. (The Marvels) “It taps into the future of her story as it connects to her other friends that she will meet in the upcoming film The Marvels,” confirms Feige. “She’s interested in knowing, ‘Great, does that mean I’m an Asgardian? Did I get hit with gamma rays?’ No, it’s seemingly none of those things. It goes to her own past and her heritage and lineage.”

Mizerous Pet Owner from Hell Since: Oct, 2013 Relationship Status: Brewing the love potion
Pet Owner
#142121: May 9th 2022 at 8:29:42 AM

TL;DL We can't have two stretchy people and or we aren't doing Inhumans yet.

Just Makima.
Bocaj Funny but not helpful from Here or thereabouts (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
Funny but not helpful
#142122: May 9th 2022 at 8:34:11 AM

Darnit, and Reed got dibs by sneaking in as a cameo! Fiend!

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HasturHasturHastur from Wheah the fahkin baby wheel is, Jay Since: Nov, 2010
#142123: May 9th 2022 at 8:49:44 AM

[up][up]Judging by Kamala's powerset, she's probably Quasar in all but name, assuming those are hard-light constructs.

Synchronicity (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#142124: May 9th 2022 at 8:50:45 AM

"Plastic Man's already down there. We don't need two stretchy guys."
Green Lantern to Elongated Man, Justice League, "The Greatest Story Never Told"

Watchtower Since: Jul, 2010
#142125: May 9th 2022 at 8:54:34 AM

[up] Real talk that legit bothers me, that DC shows and stuff always coin toss between whether they're going to use Plas or Dibny because "oh well we can't have two stretchy boys". Yes you can! No it's not irrelevant, it just happens sometimes, roll with it!

Gaaaaaaaaaaaah.


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