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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

Bocaj Funny but not helpful from Here or thereabouts (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
Funny but not helpful
#28201: Mar 2nd 2015 at 9:22:27 PM

In the comics, Hawkeye and Natasha kept being the ship that passed in the night. Something kept interfering with their attempts to get together. So many near misses.

She starts dating Daredevil at one point actually and Clint shows up and beats up Daredevil to try to win her over. Surprisingly, that doesn't work.

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Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#28202: Mar 2nd 2015 at 9:23:38 PM

Then he decided that the reason she liked Daredevil was because he was blind, so he went and got himself blinded too.

edited 2nd Mar '15 9:23:45 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
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#28203: Mar 2nd 2015 at 9:25:05 PM

Comics being what they are, I could believe that.

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SonOfSharknado Love is Love is Love Since: Oct, 2013 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
Love is Love is Love
#28204: Mar 2nd 2015 at 9:29:16 PM

He had to one-up Murdock and get himself deaf'd.

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MadSkillz Destroyer of Worlds Since: Mar, 2013 Relationship Status: I only want you gone
Destroyer of Worlds
#28205: Mar 2nd 2015 at 9:30:21 PM

Black Widow being romantically attached to Hawkeye would leave a bad taste in my mouth.

Although I'd prefer she be alone.

Bocaj Funny but not helpful from Here or thereabouts (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
Funny but not helpful
#28206: Mar 2nd 2015 at 9:33:39 PM

Why would it leave a bad taste in your mouth?

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Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#28207: Mar 2nd 2015 at 9:34:52 PM

Because the shock of it would cause him to accidentally spill his soda into his popcorn.

You cannot firmly grasp the true form of Squidward's technique!
comicwriter Since: Sep, 2011
#28208: Mar 2nd 2015 at 9:44:04 PM

She starts dating Daredevil at one point actually and Clint shows up and beats up Daredevil to try to win her over. Surprisingly, that doesn't work.

And then Hawkeye got pissy and thought the Avengers were trying to replace him with Daredevil, so he ran away to the top of the Golden Age Bridge.

No really.

edited 2nd Mar '15 9:44:15 PM by comicwriter

HisInfernalMajesty Since: Dec, 2013 Relationship Status: Gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
#28209: Mar 2nd 2015 at 9:45:38 PM

That's literally a Disney Channel Kid Com plot and I love it.

"A king has no friends. Only subjects and enemies."
wanderlustwarrior Role Model from Where Gods Belong Since: Jun, 2009 Relationship Status: What's love got to do with it?
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#28210: Mar 2nd 2015 at 10:29:34 PM

Aww, I'd really like for Nat/Clint to be a thing. Their backstory, and that arrow necklace... Also, because they're the normals, and the SHIELD agents, with history, etc. At least let them have previously been a thing!

Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#28211: Mar 2nd 2015 at 11:40:13 PM

Why exactly do all the interesting discussions happen when I am asleep?

Back to the james Gunn thing: Since I don't know the first draft, I have no idea how much who contributed to it. But the person who came up with the Walkman is the one who deserves the most credit in my book, because that was basically the idea which set the movie apart.

I also don't think that Gamora was marginalized in Got G. There were exactly three big storylines in the movie, one which got concluded and two which got set-up. The one which got concluded is naturally the "five misfits come together as rescue the Galaxy" plot. But the other two were Peter's father and Gamora's relationship with Thanos and especially Nebula.

James Gunn has said multiple times that he wants at least one other female in the team and he brought us the first female MCU movie villain. Unless the second movie of Got G marginalises Gamora and Nebula, I don't see a reason to give him a hard time.

And I am not particularly invested in Natasha's love live, but if I would ship her with anyone, it would be Falcon.

edited 2nd Mar '15 11:56:33 PM by Swanpride

edvedd Darling. from At the boutique, dear. Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: We finish each other's sandwiches
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SonOfSharknado Love is Love is Love Since: Oct, 2013 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
edvedd Darling. from At the boutique, dear. Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: We finish each other's sandwiches
Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#28216: Mar 2nd 2015 at 11:59:15 PM

[up][up]Well, they are flirting with each other for a moment when Natasha comes and picks Steve up, and they somehow had a nice chemistry in that scene. I think the actors would play off each other perfectly.

edited 2nd Mar '15 11:59:24 PM by Swanpride

deathpigeon Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: One True Dodecahedron
#28217: Mar 3rd 2015 at 12:05:46 AM

I'd be down with Cap/Falcon/Black Widow.

Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#28218: Mar 3rd 2015 at 12:17:58 AM

[up]I like Steve and Natasha as friends only. One of the best aspects of The Winter Soldier was the lack of romance imho.

deathpigeon Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: One True Dodecahedron
#28219: Mar 3rd 2015 at 12:24:33 AM

[up] I should clarify, I meant both Cap and Black Widow having a thing with the Falcon, not Falcon having a thing for Cap and Black Widow and Cap and Black Widow having a thing for each other.

Mukora Uniocular from a place Since: Jan, 2010 Relationship Status: I made a point to burn all of the photographs
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#28220: Mar 3rd 2015 at 12:37:42 AM

Where does Bucky fit in?

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Tuckerscreator (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Drift compatible
#28221: Mar 3rd 2015 at 12:56:12 AM

Well, they are flirting with each other for a moment when Natasha comes and picks Steve up, and they somehow had a nice chemistry in that scene. I think the actors would play off each other perfectly.

There's a reason for that.

Anthony Mackie jokes that he has snuck in a subtle subplot that The Falcon is in love with Black Widow. He admits he never asked permission to do it and didn’t tell Scarlett that's what he was going for while performing those scenes.

Granted, they basically have just one scene where they speak to only each other and that's right at the start of the movie.

edited 3rd Mar '15 12:56:34 AM by Tuckerscreator

deathpigeon Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: One True Dodecahedron
#28222: Mar 3rd 2015 at 12:58:29 AM

[up][up] Hey, if his boyfriend gets to have a girlfriend as well, he gets to have a second boyfriend.

Whowho Since: May, 2012
#28223: Mar 3rd 2015 at 4:29:13 AM

Well, if I was Black Widow and the laws of office romance meant I had to date one of the other five founding avengers; I'd go for Bruce, as strange as it sounds; he is by far the most emotionally mature of the bunch. (Even with his anger issues, at least he appreciates, is concious of, and manages his anger issues)

Outside of that, Falcon and or War Machine would be better choices.

LordofLore Since: Jun, 2012 Relationship Status: Consider his love an honor
#28224: Mar 3rd 2015 at 4:46:38 AM

Clearly she should have gone for Hill instead.

Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#28225: Mar 3rd 2015 at 4:47:58 AM

I wouldn't go for the guy who is still hung up over his old girl-friend and can't even be sexually active. And scared the shit out of me, when he is in one of his "moods".


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