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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

higherbrainpattern Since: Apr, 2012
#34126: May 14th 2015 at 7:34:01 PM

Sam Mendes as director could be pretty good for a potential Black Widow film.

edited 14th May '15 7:34:21 PM by higherbrainpattern

Mukora Uniocular from a place Since: Jan, 2010 Relationship Status: I made a point to burn all of the photographs
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#34127: May 14th 2015 at 7:34:45 PM

Yeah, I can't name any directors, either. But luckily, the job of picking a female director isn't mine. It's the people in charge, and the guys they inevitably approach instead of a woman.

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#34129: May 14th 2015 at 7:52:06 PM

Ignoring the "female directors should head female-lead superhero movies" rule that we want in place, a Tarantino-directed Black Widow movie would be cool, if polarizing.

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Mukora Uniocular from a place Since: Jan, 2010 Relationship Status: I made a point to burn all of the photographs
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#34130: May 14th 2015 at 7:53:08 PM

[up]x2 Being able to look a thing up on Wikipedia doesn't mean I'm familiar with those names and can list them off-hand.

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#34131: May 14th 2015 at 7:53:53 PM

I would love to see a movie Tarantino had to direct where he only got to use five swear words over two hours. His head would explode.

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#34132: May 14th 2015 at 7:57:00 PM

^ And none of them "fuck" (or variations on the term). tongue

edited 14th May '15 7:57:20 PM by Nohbody

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#34133: May 14th 2015 at 8:01:50 PM

I think they chose Brad Bird because of Mission Impossible IV. No idea about Lindelof, though. I'd pick McFeely and Markus, same guys who wrote The Winter Soldier and Widow in it.

edited 14th May '15 9:54:39 PM by Tuckerscreator

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#34134: May 14th 2015 at 9:50:54 PM

@alley That's heart-breaking. Damn you. I teared up. sad

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#34135: May 14th 2015 at 11:28:10 PM

This is so true.

I wish Michael Fassbender's Magneto was in the MCU.

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#34136: May 15th 2015 at 12:19:05 AM

Has Magneto ever faced Ultron in the comics?

Also, that picture would be more accurately captioned: "Can't, murdering the president and some dudes"

edited 15th May '15 12:19:45 AM by Bocaj

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Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#34137: May 15th 2015 at 12:28:56 AM

Brad Bird was responsible for "The Incredibles" which is easily the Pixar movie which handles female characters the best (not that this is difficult to do).

Age of Ultron has reached the top 30 btw.

edited 15th May '15 1:00:40 AM by Swanpride

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#34138: May 15th 2015 at 4:55:14 AM

Remind me, the Sentinels are immune to Magneto's powers?

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#34139: May 15th 2015 at 5:51:25 AM

Only some made of non metals. He can still control them by inserting metal into them like wires in their limbs.

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#34140: May 15th 2015 at 7:11:42 AM

When they're supposed to win, yes.

When they're supposed to lose, no.

The same holds true for Iron Man.

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#34142: May 15th 2015 at 8:25:53 AM

You know, seeing as they were able to get Scarlett Witch and Quicksilver by removing their mutant power origins...wonder if they could do the same with Wolverine. Hugh Jackman supposedly wants to be in Infinity War.

VeryMelon Since: Jul, 2011 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#34143: May 15th 2015 at 8:27:56 AM

Jackman can be in Infinity War all he wants, he doesn't need to be Wolverine to do it.

Wackd Since: May, 2009
#34144: May 15th 2015 at 8:30:14 AM

[up][up]That's not how that works! Marvel already had Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch because they're technically Avengers characters with X-Men-y origins. Wolverine's been on the Avengers a few times but he's mostly an X-Guy.

Maybe you'd be less disappointed if you stopped expecting things to be Carmen Sandiego movies.
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#34145: May 15th 2015 at 8:34:03 AM

Is there a delimitation, or...

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Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#34146: May 15th 2015 at 8:36:23 AM

No thanks. I don't want Wolverine in the MCU. Or any of the X-men.

Still want the fantastic four, though. Or, to be precise, their rogues gallery and the silver surfer.

LordofLore Since: Jun, 2012 Relationship Status: Consider his love an honor
#34147: May 15th 2015 at 8:41:05 AM

Wanda and Quicksilver are part of both the X-Men license and the Avengers one because early in the comics they didn't join Xavier after leaving Magneto but instead went to the Avengers.

Wolverine didn't join until Spider-Man was also doing it.

alliterator Since: Jan, 2001
#34148: May 15th 2015 at 8:43:36 AM

I think the delineation is how often they were associated with either group. Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch were associated with the Avengers from pretty early on - they joined in the '60s. Wolverine joined in 2004, I believe.

The fact that Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch were also mutants and became more associated with Magneto meant that Disney and Fox could work out a deal to share them (although, considering Quicksilver died, I don't think they actually wanted to share them that much).

comicwriter Since: Sep, 2011
#34149: May 15th 2015 at 9:58:41 AM

We've never been given an official word on the subject but I'm 1000 percent (yes 1000) certain that it is not "Marvel got them by changing their origin."

That isn't going to mean anything to a judge. If Marvel went to court tomorrow with a proposal saying that in the new Avengers movie Jean Grey is Star-Lord's sister who got powers from the Mind Stone and Storm is a Wakandan genetic experiment, that wouldn't magically change the fact that they are X-Men characters and have been for the entirety of their published existences.

edited 15th May '15 10:07:13 AM by comicwriter

Bocaj Funny but not helpful from Here or thereabouts (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
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#34150: May 15th 2015 at 10:01:29 AM

They don't even need Jean Grey.

Wanda is basically Jean. Use Cthon for the Phoenix Force and you can basically do all the same strokes.

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