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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

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
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#142151: May 9th 2022 at 4:56:28 PM

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Gaon Smoking Snake from Grim Up North Since: Jun, 2012 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
#142152: May 9th 2022 at 4:57:34 PM

I felt bad for his actor. Man keeps putting his all into a performance that is fucked over by corporate politics. I'd like to see him back, suffer the same problem (i.e. someone seals his mouth shut) and he just rips the skin apart with a scream. Just let the poor man be Black Bolt in righteous fashion for once.

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Blueace Surrounded by weirdoes from The End Of the World Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Surrounded by weirdoes
#142153: May 9th 2022 at 4:59:50 PM

Still, they went all out on eliminating that era. The Nuhumans got all killed beyond Kamala and some other in one event, so it fits.

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#142154: May 9th 2022 at 5:01:54 PM

I kinda liked some of them like Mosaic, but sadly Perlmutter's toys were thrown out after Disney bought Fox.

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HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
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#142155: May 9th 2022 at 5:04:30 PM

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And that's also a shame. The Nu-humans creation may have been questionable, but they didn't really do anything wrong. It's not their fault the entire thing behind them was stupid corporate politics, but they are the ones who died because of it, with only Kamala being spared due to her break out popularity.

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Bocaj Funny but not helpful from Here or thereabouts (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
Funny but not helpful
#142156: May 9th 2022 at 6:49:22 PM

Lunella is alive too.

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HasturHasturHastur from Wheah the fahkin baby wheel is, Jay Since: Nov, 2010
#142157: May 9th 2022 at 6:52:38 PM

As someone else said, with the Fantastic Four coming, they're going to have to figure out what they're going to do with the Inhumans one way or another. It would be a glaring absence.

slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#142158: May 9th 2022 at 7:24:47 PM

They could do the whole royal family takes over the Kree Empire thing.

That could be fun, Black Bolt king of the Inhumans and Emperor of the Kree

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HasturHasturHastur from Wheah the fahkin baby wheel is, Jay Since: Nov, 2010
#142159: May 9th 2022 at 7:54:42 PM

[up]Which then leads to War of Kings once Vulcan takes over the Shi'ar Empire, which in turn leads to Cancerverse. It would also be a great time to concurrently introduce the Starjammers.

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#142160: May 10th 2022 at 12:07:49 PM

How do you think Galactus would be adapted into the MCU?

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HasturHasturHastur from Wheah the fahkin baby wheel is, Jay Since: Nov, 2010
#142161: May 10th 2022 at 12:14:47 PM

[up]A sentient force of nature of totally alien and unrelatable thought processes and morality (to the point where agency in a human sense is questionable) that isn't even malicious, it just has tasks to carry out that happen to be at odds with the interests of a planet's inhabitants. It uses Heralds to translate its messages into terms most sentients will understand (which are usually "hey guys, sorry, but you're gonna have to find a new planet to live on"), and while it can be negotiated with, it is somewhat fickle and won't renege on an agreement, but may be exceedingly difficult to bargain with depending on how much longer Abraxas' seal will last.

lbssb The sleepiest good boi Since: Jun, 2020 Relationship Status: is commanded to— WANK!
The sleepiest good boi
#142162: May 10th 2022 at 12:16:54 PM

Not as a fucking cloud, that's for sure. Gimme the big dude in the purple helmet.

Edited by lbssb on May 10th 2022 at 12:17:20 PM

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jjjj2 from Arrakis Since: Jul, 2015
#142163: May 10th 2022 at 12:18:11 PM

I do feel like Galactus is prime fodder for the next Thanos, in the sense of Big Bad of an ongoing storyline. It would be a shame to just use him for one movie.

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HasturHasturHastur from Wheah the fahkin baby wheel is, Jay Since: Nov, 2010
#142164: May 10th 2022 at 12:20:42 PM

[up][up]I'd be fine with it keeping that shape, but still looking distinctly eldritch and unnatural, like that's just a guise that isn't really what it looks like but is the best that it can do with the constraints of universal laws. At the same time, I feel like it could ultimately wind up a Big Good in a way insofar as it is a keeper of universal order and instinctively acts to purge any sort of unnatural invader or abnormality - it's just not heroic or villainous in broader sentient terms.

Edited by HasturHasturHastur on May 10th 2022 at 12:21:03 PM

lbssb The sleepiest good boi Since: Jun, 2020 Relationship Status: is commanded to— WANK!
The sleepiest good boi
#142165: May 10th 2022 at 12:22:57 PM

[up]Yeah, that sounds good. It even has a basis in the comics; the big purple guy isn't actually what he looks like, it's just the only way human minds can perceive him.

Tippy Toe sees him as a giant squirrel.

Edited by lbssb on May 10th 2022 at 12:27:48 PM

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HasturHasturHastur from Wheah the fahkin baby wheel is, Jay Since: Nov, 2010
#142166: May 10th 2022 at 12:29:15 PM

Off-topic, but going a few pages back, I just realized that for genres that haven't been done in the MCU, Darkhawk could make for a great tokusatsu/henshin-style series. It could be a great 90s Super Sentai/Power Rangers throwback and capture that same feel with the titular character going up against ordinary criminals, superhuman foes, and various aliens and mutants in a MOTW format.

And yeah, I'm in favor of playing up the eldritch-ness of Galactus because an unrelatable Galactus feels so much more like some sort of inscrutable cosmic force instead of a big dude in a costume who eats planets.

Edited by HasturHasturHastur on May 10th 2022 at 12:33:12 PM

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HasturHasturHastur from Wheah the fahkin baby wheel is, Jay Since: Nov, 2010
#142168: May 10th 2022 at 12:34:57 PM

[up]Maybe? We still don't know how her bands work.

Gaon Smoking Snake from Grim Up North Since: Jun, 2012 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
#142169: May 10th 2022 at 1:32:02 PM

Galactus has a little problem that his shtick in the MCU seems to have been done already by Arishem. Complete with the "I will judge if earth deserves to live."

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Disasturbator
#142170: May 10th 2022 at 1:33:29 PM

Galactus is like "Well exxxcuse me"

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#142171: May 10th 2022 at 1:42:48 PM

But we haven’t seen Arishem hang out on the moon with a squirrel and a Squirrel Girl enjoying nuts together and calling Thanos a loser. tongue

fredhot16 Don't want to leave but cannot pretend from Baton Rogue, Louisiana. Since: Jan, 2015 Relationship Status: Too sexy for my shirt
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#142172: May 10th 2022 at 1:54:44 PM

No, no, it’s “Haha. What a tool”.

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KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#142173: May 10th 2022 at 5:00:41 PM

I would only really want to see Galactus in a Squirrel Girl movie, specifically doing that bit where he is going to destroy Earth, but then befriends her instead.

The issue with regular Galactus is that he’s a almost intentionally a one trick pony. He’s by definition an Outside-Context Problem - so it’s difficult to segue other stories into him or vice versa, there’s not an awful lot of variety or nuance in how he operates, and if you’re doing him right he’s not really evil so much as just kind of a thing that happens (which on the flip side happens to be his most interesting trait, so it’s not something you’d necessarily want to drop).

If you’ve seen one Galactus story, even a poorly made one, you’ve more or less seen them all m, and we already got that movie. So if I’d only want to see him if they did something very different and interesting with him.

Edited by KnownUnknown on May 10th 2022 at 5:01:23 AM

HasturHasturHastur from Wheah the fahkin baby wheel is, Jay Since: Nov, 2010
#142174: May 10th 2022 at 5:37:50 PM

[up]Have it just be a standard "talk Galactus out of eating Earth" story, but then have Galactus stick around as a cosmic presence that maybe gets a Big Damn Heroes moment eventually in some kind of incursion or other calamitous event. That, and maybe eventually force a teamup when something happens that causes Abraxas to break loose.

Bocaj Funny but not helpful from Here or thereabouts (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
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#142175: May 10th 2022 at 5:39:27 PM

Galactus grumps on the moon, to Uatu’s annoyance

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