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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

Forenperser Foreign Troper from Germany Since: Mar, 2012
Foreign Troper
#142426: May 20th 2022 at 2:30:39 PM

Doesn't Purple Man in the comics also have a Healing Factor?

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fredhot16 Don't want to leave but cannot pretend from Baton Rogue, Louisiana. Since: Jan, 2015 Relationship Status: Too sexy for my shirt
Don't want to leave but cannot pretend
#142427: May 20th 2022 at 3:16:11 PM

@Very Honestly? Yeah, I'd like that, too.

I wouldn't be super heartbroken if that didn't happen but it'd be a sight that would warm my heart.

Heck, I'm willing to tolerate even Finn Jones coming back!tongue

...Man, I really need to get to watching Iron Fist one day.

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HasturHasturHastur from Wheah the fahkin baby wheel is, Jay Since: Nov, 2010
#142428: May 20th 2022 at 3:19:15 PM

Danny and Luke had great chemistry in "The Main Ingredient". A Heroes for Hire series would be just fine if all of it was at least that good.

Edited by HasturHasturHastur on May 20th 2022 at 3:19:30 AM

Diana1969 Since: Apr, 2021 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
#142429: May 20th 2022 at 3:34:03 PM

He'd even fit the MCU's usual pattern of "repeating actors cast as a character, but Truer to the Text" (i.e the MCU would most likely make his skin actually purple).

That just makes me think of him rising from the grave like a zombie, but with purple skin.

HasturHasturHastur from Wheah the fahkin baby wheel is, Jay Since: Nov, 2010
#142430: May 20th 2022 at 7:33:58 PM

Thinking about the Thunderbolts, another way to tie it back into the Netflix-verse is to have Dinah Madani be the arranger. She's gone full spook by the end of Season 2 and is totally resigned to it and tried to recruit Frank for the exact same thing they'd be doing, and given that they're likely going to be played up as the MCU Suicide Squad, she'd effectively be their Amanda Waller.

Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#142431: May 20th 2022 at 7:36:33 PM

That'd be cool to see, yeah. I liked Madani. Even if she almost lost to a non-combatant therapist in hand-to-hand combat, haha.

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HasturHasturHastur from Wheah the fahkin baby wheel is, Jay Since: Nov, 2010
#142432: May 20th 2022 at 7:39:03 PM

To be fair, Dumont got the jump on her and injured her first, and I don't think she was totally prepared for her to go berserk.

Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#142433: May 20th 2022 at 8:04:14 PM

Oh, absolutely, but it's still funny that she almost got ganked by her.

DHS Agent Dinah Madani, certified badass who survived a run-in with the Punisher and the collapse of a massive CIA conspiracy, almost died ignominiously at the hands of an ordinary civilian with no combat training and little muscle mass who's probably never thrown a punch in her life. Even if she won in the end (and then went on to mortally wound Russo right after, no less) that's gotta sting her pride at least a little.

Like Daredevil getting tazed by Owlsley, who remains the only Daredevil foe with a perfect, undefeated battle record against Daredevil.

Edited by Anomalocaris20 on May 20th 2022 at 11:06:34 AM

You cannot firmly grasp the true form of Squidward's technique!
HasturHasturHastur from Wheah the fahkin baby wheel is, Jay Since: Nov, 2010
#142434: May 20th 2022 at 8:10:30 PM

Or Jess getting blasted with pepper spray by Dale Holiday and accidentally smashing his head like a ripe melon in a panic response.

Edited by HasturHasturHastur on May 20th 2022 at 8:11:01 AM

Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#142435: May 20th 2022 at 8:11:26 PM

Now he's on permanent holiday.

You cannot firmly grasp the true form of Squidward's technique!
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#142436: May 20th 2022 at 8:14:44 PM

That just makes me think of him rising from the grave like a zombie, but with purple skin.

Hmmm...

slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#142437: May 20th 2022 at 8:18:03 PM

I just now remembered Typhoid Mary appeared in Iron Fist without her fire powers and I think outfit.

Wait did she have the half face-paint thing she does in the comics?

I can't tell if her face is painted here or its just shadows.

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

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#142438: May 20th 2022 at 8:18:31 PM

It's just shadows. She doesn't do that routine in the series.

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Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#142439: May 20th 2022 at 8:19:09 PM

It's not.

But man, now I wanna see her and Moon Knight cross paths.

Four people fighting in two bodies. Or maybe six people.

Edited by Anomalocaris20 on May 20th 2022 at 11:20:05 AM

You cannot firmly grasp the true form of Squidward's technique!
slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#142440: May 20th 2022 at 8:21:20 PM

Ah. Heh its kinda funny that she got depowered in a show with a character who actually has superpowers. I mean if she appeared in DD I can understand turning her into a normal human, but against Iron Fist? Just another instance of the Netflix shows downplaying the more overt superpowered stuff.

If Mary were to appear again she'll probably get the whole shebang here.

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/typhoid_mary.jpg

Edited by slimcoder on May 20th 2022 at 8:22:01 AM

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HasturHasturHastur from Wheah the fahkin baby wheel is, Jay Since: Nov, 2010
#142441: May 20th 2022 at 8:22:18 PM

Yeah, I'd like to see Typhoid Mary return, probably crossing paths with Matt just like Maya Lopez inevitably will. Night Thrasher and White Tiger would also be nice new additions to the general Marvel Knights milieu.

And I'm fine with Mary not being powered, or getting them later on.

Edited by HasturHasturHastur on May 20th 2022 at 8:22:53 AM

windleopard from Nigeria Since: Nov, 2014 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
#142442: May 20th 2022 at 8:49:38 PM

[up][up]I suspect that outfit won't be getting adapted. tongue

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#142443: May 20th 2022 at 9:14:10 PM

Cottonmouth might be dead for sure, but Luke Cage is gonna have PTSD flashbacks if he ever meets Blade in the near future...

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windleopard from Nigeria Since: Nov, 2014 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
#142444: May 21st 2022 at 3:06:32 AM

Blade: My name is not Cottonmouth!

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#142445: May 21st 2022 at 3:15:20 AM

Luke: ??? Sweet Christmas...

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HasturHasturHastur from Wheah the fahkin baby wheel is, Jay Since: Nov, 2010
#142446: May 21st 2022 at 4:36:52 AM

I hope that Amy Bendix gets at least a cameo in the future when someone needs a shipwreck investigated or something. It'd be nice to show that Frank's efforts meant something and that he was able to change someone's life for the better.

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#142447: May 21st 2022 at 5:28:27 AM

  • Jessica: How are you even alive and why are you purple?
  • Kilgrave: The Blip something something paradigm shift something something the multiverse! I think it probably has something to do with Spider-Man. In any case, that's not important. It's time to carry out my true agenda, which has actually been my goal this entire time: Revenge on Tony Stark.

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HasturHasturHastur from Wheah the fahkin baby wheel is, Jay Since: Nov, 2010
#142448: May 21st 2022 at 5:48:43 AM

[up]In all honesty, Kara and Jess colliding and the former actually being a fundamentally good person with really awful powers and the latter wanting to give the former the benefit of the doubt, but greatly struggling to not treat her like a ticking time bomb who will ultimately turn out just like her father would make for great drama.

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Disasturbator
#142449: May 21st 2022 at 6:00:56 AM

David Tennant but he's been painted purple,like purple purple

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#142450: May 21st 2022 at 6:23:45 AM

Jess: “Tony’s dead”

Killgrave: “Dangit. I can probably get revenge posthumously right?”

Jess: “It’s been done. By Mysterio”

Killgrave: “That’s dumb. You’re dumb”

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