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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

Ekuran Since: Feb, 2010 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
#28176: Mar 2nd 2015 at 8:21:25 PM

I would have suggested Science Widow Threesome OT3, but then I thought, fuck it, Avengers Orgy is best Orgy.

comicwriter Since: Sep, 2011
#28177: Mar 2nd 2015 at 8:21:48 PM

I get some sense of morbid satisfaction just because I remember the day that plot detail was posted and people pretty unanimously said it was fake and like something out of fanfiction. That and the party scene.

deathpigeon Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: One True Dodecahedron
#28178: Mar 2nd 2015 at 8:22:03 PM

But Tony and Bruce make such a cute couple! And Bruce has, like, no chemistry with Natasha!

edvedd Darling. from At the boutique, dear. Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: We finish each other's sandwiches
Darling.
#28179: Mar 2nd 2015 at 8:23:25 PM

Well, they've had a lot of interactions. It's plausible.

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comicwriter Since: Sep, 2011
#28180: Mar 2nd 2015 at 8:24:05 PM

It, like most other popular M/M pairings, also had zero chance of ever being canonized so I don't think that makes any difference to Whedon.

Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#28181: Mar 2nd 2015 at 8:25:13 PM

I just wish for once we could have a dearth of romance in a superhero movie.

You cannot firmly grasp the true form of Squidward's technique!
deathpigeon Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: One True Dodecahedron
#28182: Mar 2nd 2015 at 8:27:50 PM

@ed: They've interacted, but they don't have chemistry. So it could happen. It just would be stupid and terrible.

edvedd Darling. from At the boutique, dear. Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: We finish each other's sandwiches
Darling.
#28183: Mar 2nd 2015 at 8:32:58 PM

And we're assuming that this shot ISN'T completely out of context and misleading... why?

[up][up]Winter Soldier didn't have any romance at all.

edited 2nd Mar '15 8:33:31 PM by edvedd

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comicwriter Since: Sep, 2011
#28184: Mar 2nd 2015 at 8:34:25 PM

[up]Because Ruffalo has been saying stuff hinting at this for a while but people kept blowing it off for some reason.

edvedd Darling. from At the boutique, dear. Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: We finish each other's sandwiches
comicwriter Since: Sep, 2011
#28186: Mar 2nd 2015 at 8:38:45 PM

I'm actually neutral on it so I'm not one of the people assuming it'll suck. I'm just amused to see the mounting evidence after being told it was an obvious lie. tongue

higherbrainpattern Since: Apr, 2012
#28187: Mar 2nd 2015 at 8:38:58 PM

......people on this thread really hate romance, huh?

Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#28188: Mar 2nd 2015 at 8:39:04 PM

[up][up][up][up][up]Fair enough. Now if only future movies would follow that trend...

[up]I watch the movies to watch heroes and villains bash each other's faces in, not make out. tongue

edited 2nd Mar '15 8:41:24 PM by Anomalocaris20

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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
#28189: Mar 2nd 2015 at 8:40:25 PM

Unless Pepper is up for an open relationship, Science Bros was not going to happen.

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edvedd Darling. from At the boutique, dear. Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: We finish each other's sandwiches
Darling.
#28190: Mar 2nd 2015 at 8:41:42 PM

Come on people, Science Bros can still be a thing. Platonic Science Bros.

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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
#28191: Mar 2nd 2015 at 8:42:57 PM

Well that's a thing.

They live together and Tony lets loads off his chest right at Banner.

I assumed people were talking about romantic shippery.

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Ekuran Since: Feb, 2010 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
#28192: Mar 2nd 2015 at 8:43:16 PM

It is kind of a strange relationship. In the first Avengers film, he seemed kind of pissed off at S.H.E.I.L.D./the government and her by extension, and she seemed to be scared shitless of his 'giant green rage monster that she can't possibly reason with' side and that he may blow any minute.

edvedd Darling. from At the boutique, dear. Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: We finish each other's sandwiches
Darling.
#28193: Mar 2nd 2015 at 8:43:36 PM

[up][up]Hee hee... loads.

edited 2nd Mar '15 8:43:52 PM by edvedd

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deathpigeon Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: One True Dodecahedron
#28194: Mar 2nd 2015 at 8:47:02 PM

@higher: I love romance. I just hate badly done romance.

@Boc: Pepper is science-y enough for the Science Bros, right?

comicwriter Since: Sep, 2011
#28195: Mar 2nd 2015 at 9:02:49 PM

Unless Pepper is up for an open relationship, Science Bros was not going to happen.

Or the obvious elephant in the room...

Heh also this just cements it that something terrible is gonna happen to poor Bruce nothing good ever happens to him without life shortly stopping by to kick him in the balls.

HisInfernalMajesty Since: Dec, 2013 Relationship Status: Gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
#28196: Mar 2nd 2015 at 9:08:56 PM

I ship Black Widow and Hawkeye, the sole reason for that being a meme that compared them to Kim Possible and Ron Stoppable.

Yes, I am that petty in my shipping.

"A king has no friends. Only subjects and enemies."
KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#28197: Mar 2nd 2015 at 9:12:10 PM

For Banner/Widow, I never thought it was fake but I do still think it's a development that feels more fanfic than it should - if it's actually fully romantic, that is.

Though from the clarifications we've gotten about it since it was first announced, while it's probably going to be romantic to an extent the relationship itself is a bit more complicated than that. Kind of like the two of them being particularly close to one another and being devoted to keeping each other safe, among other things.

edited 2nd Mar '15 9:13:12 PM by KnownUnknown

SonOfSharknado Love is Love is Love Since: Oct, 2013 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
Love is Love is Love
#28198: Mar 2nd 2015 at 9:15:06 PM

If I were Natasha, I'd be a little offended. I'm a badass international superspy who's killed more people than James Bond, and now Captain Nerdpants wants to play Knight in Shining Armor, when the only thing that keeps him from being The Load in this relationship is the whole enormous green rage monster thing.

My various fanfics.
Bocaj Funny but not helpful from Here or thereabouts (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
Funny but not helpful
#28199: Mar 2nd 2015 at 9:18:08 PM

Uh, maybe he brings other things to the relationship

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Khfan429 Since: Aug, 2009
#28200: Mar 2nd 2015 at 9:20:15 PM

Have to admit, I'm not a huge fan of Natasha being in a relationship with anyone... I think she works best romantically unattached.

But at the same time, if it was going to be anyone... Banner seems right, in some strange way that I can't put into words or back up with evidence.

And I find the idea that Natasha isn't with Hawkeye or either of the two Avengers she's shared a movie with to be hilarious and fitting in its own way. [lol]


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