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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

Wackd Since: May, 2009
#25876: Feb 4th 2015 at 4:13:12 PM

I WANT MY SHOW ABOUT CHLOE BEING A LAWYER AND TEAMING UP WITH A 40S ROMANCE COMIC PROTAGONIST TO FIGHT THE TENTH DOCTOR DYED PURPLE ALREADY, DAMMIT

edited 4th Feb '15 4:13:32 PM by Wackd

Maybe you'd be less disappointed if you stopped expecting things to be Carmen Sandiego movies.
Bocaj Funny but not helpful from Here or thereabouts (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
Funny but not helpful
#25877: Feb 4th 2015 at 4:19:08 PM

Yeah me too but with fewer potholes.

edited 4th Feb '15 4:19:21 PM by Bocaj

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BadWolf21 Since: May, 2010
#25878: Feb 4th 2015 at 4:48:16 PM

Would've gone with Jane, personally.

BadWolf21 Since: May, 2010
#25880: Feb 4th 2015 at 4:51:13 PM

You should. It's a much better show than Don't Trust the B in Apartment 23. tongue

Wackd Since: May, 2009
#25881: Feb 4th 2015 at 4:53:45 PM

Probably!

I'm pretty positive Breaking Bad is as good as folks say it is but I will likely never be in the mood to watch it.

Maybe you'd be less disappointed if you stopped expecting things to be Carmen Sandiego movies.
BadWolf21 Since: May, 2010
#25882: Feb 4th 2015 at 4:56:36 PM

It's rough going, yeah. Like, it becomes physically difficult to watch if you do it for too long. But it's the great modern Greek Tragedy.

Back on topic, I'm not terribly fussed that there's still waiting for the Jessica Jones series. It likely won't be too long after Daredevil. Couple months, maybe.

comicwriter Since: Sep, 2011
#25883: Feb 4th 2015 at 5:23:30 PM

The Ant-Man prelude came out today and there's some nice stuff setting up the movie.

Hank Pym worked for SHIELD in the 60's and developed the Ant-Man suit for them. Howard Stark wanted it to be used for special ops but Hank refused to give it up or allow it to be mass produced because he was paranoid about what would happen if the technology ever fell into enemy hands.

Peggy Carter appears to have been his mentor and thinks HYDRA is gone for good. The poor dear.

And there's a pretty funny callback to The First Avenger.

comicwriter Since: Sep, 2011
#25884: Feb 4th 2015 at 5:39:15 PM

And I also finally got around to reading the Age of Ultron prelude in full.

It largely revolves around Loki's scepter and it's shown that after New York, SHIELD discovered that despite thinking it was just an innocuous Chitauri weapon, the scepter gives off insanely powerful energy readings. A pair of scientists mention that it appears to have some connection to the Tesseract but that nobody, not even Selvig, can explain what the connection is. One of the scientists finally comes up with an answer and says "Could it really be that simple?" but is shot and killed by HYDRA operatives before the readers discover what he was about to say.

Baron Strucker has it moved to a base in Sokovia, a fictional war ravaged area of Eastern Europe. It's shown that HYDRA is hoarding a bunch of weaponry and tech scavenged from all the dead Chitauri.

We first see the Maximoffs when HYDRA approaches a group of anti-western protesters and informs them that HYDRA can grant them the power they need to strike back at their oppressors. They're careful to emphasize that in a world with Iron Man and the Avengers, they'll need strength on par with theirs to make any change.

It ends pretty much on the same note we've already seen. The rest of the protesters die when exposed to the energy from the scepter, but for some reason the Maximoffs live and are granted superpowers. As mentioned a few pages back, the scientist explicitly refers to them as having been "unlocked", not spontaneously granted. So I'm definitely thinking they're headed towards the Inhuman revelation.

edited 4th Feb '15 5:39:42 PM by comicwriter

Tuckerscreator (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Drift compatible
#25885: Feb 4th 2015 at 9:05:26 PM

Umm... did Mark Millar write this?

For those who don't click the link, this guy from Venezuela had surgery done on his face to look like the Red Skull. He even goes by the name "Red Skull" now. Ummm... Hail Hydra?

Yes, the photos will haunt your nightmares tonight. Don't scroll past the paragraph mentioning Robert Redford if you want to keep your eyes unscarred.

IMO he looks more like Darth Maul at the moment, but apparently he's not done with the surgery. This is probably going to feel awkward for him in a decade.

TargetmasterJoe from Velocitron Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: I like big bots and I can not lie
#25886: Feb 4th 2015 at 9:12:03 PM

[up] Oh yeah, I read that on IGN. Ick.

Also, You Tube version of Daredevil trailer:

Also, I kinda hope they reference Shuma-Gorath in the Doctor Strange movie...just because.

HextarVigar That guy from The Big House Since: Feb, 2015
That guy
#25887: Feb 5th 2015 at 12:29:55 AM

[up][up] Actually, he looks kind of like a Red Lectroid.

[up]Or Dormammu.

edited 5th Feb '15 12:48:27 AM by HextarVigar

Your momma's so dumb she thinks oral sex means talking dirty.
wanderlustwarrior Role Model from Where Gods Belong Since: Jun, 2009 Relationship Status: What's love got to do with it?
Role Model
#25888: Feb 5th 2015 at 7:30:52 AM

I wonder why he'd want to look like a fictional deformed Nazi.

MousaThe14 Writer, Artist, Ignored from Northern Virginia Since: Jan, 2011 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
Writer, Artist, Ignored
#25889: Feb 5th 2015 at 7:48:00 AM

[up]Because he's crazy?

I just saw the picture and Jesus Christ, there is something wrong with that man...

Hmm, I wonder if I have enough data to see that Daredevil trailer... Probably not, won't risk it. I'll probably be home in two weeks anyway.

When does the series come out on Netflix again?

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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
#25890: Feb 5th 2015 at 8:32:00 AM

April 10, is what google tells me. HAIL GOODRA.

Goodra sounds like a kaiju.

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Tuckerscreator (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Drift compatible
TargetmasterJoe from Velocitron Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: I like big bots and I can not lie
#25892: Feb 5th 2015 at 7:14:57 PM

So the old blind guy they show on the Netflix trailer, I imagine that's Stick (the man who trained Matt to use his other senses to their full extent)?

Also, I like how throughout the trailer, there was some beat in the music that sounded like sonar waves. Obviously this is to homage DD's sonar senses? note 

I wonder just how gritty are they gonna make this show, what with it sharing the same universe as The Avengers, GOTG, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and all. I hope it isn't to the point where the characters drop F-bombs and S-bombs everywhere.

edited 5th Feb '15 7:15:51 PM by TargetmasterJoe

comicwriter Since: Sep, 2011
#25893: Feb 5th 2015 at 7:36:14 PM

Word of God is that they plan on having it much darker and more serious than Agents of SHIELD but not as dark as something like Spartacus.

Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#25894: Feb 5th 2015 at 11:58:37 PM

I hope they make it "The Amazing Spider-man" gritty...that one did a pretty good job to keep a hopeful undertone despite some really heavy stuff happening in it. As long as they don't interpret "gritty" as "nothing will ever go right for out hero and everyone is corrupt", I can take gritty.

SonOfSharknado Love is Love is Love Since: Oct, 2013 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
Love is Love is Love
#25895: Feb 6th 2015 at 12:01:20 AM

All I want is a show with ZERO snark. That's all I want.

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GeekCodeRed Since: Sep, 2010
#25896: Feb 6th 2015 at 12:01:37 AM

I think Daredevil's "gritty" is a basically a shining beacon of white tinged with light grey, in a world full of greys and blacks.

Mukora Uniocular from a place Since: Jan, 2010 Relationship Status: I made a point to burn all of the photographs
Uniocular
#25897: Feb 6th 2015 at 12:05:04 AM

You want a show where everyone takes everything super seriously all the time?

It'd probably be better to hope for a show made by the same people who make the DC movies, then.

"It's so hard to be humble, knowing how great I am."
SonOfSharknado Love is Love is Love Since: Oct, 2013 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
Love is Love is Love
#25898: Feb 6th 2015 at 12:12:47 AM

I have just had my fill of snark from Marvel. I just want one show or movie where every other line isn't a goddamn Whedonistic quip.

edited 6th Feb '15 12:12:54 AM by SonOfSharknado

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Mukora Uniocular from a place Since: Jan, 2010 Relationship Status: I made a point to burn all of the photographs
Uniocular
#25899: Feb 6th 2015 at 12:20:05 AM

You'd probably be better off just watching something that isn't Marvel, then.

"It's so hard to be humble, knowing how great I am."
MousaThe14 Writer, Artist, Ignored from Northern Virginia Since: Jan, 2011 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
Writer, Artist, Ignored
#25900: Feb 6th 2015 at 5:06:43 AM

My favourite superheroes of all time are Spider-man and Static, I need snark to keep me alive. It sustains me and helps me love a show.

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