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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

KarkatTheDalek Not as angry as the name would suggest. from Somwhere in Time/Space Since: Mar, 2012 Relationship Status: You're a beautiful woman, probably
Not as angry as the name would suggest.
#36002: Jun 4th 2015 at 9:27:35 PM

A thought I just had: awhile ago we were talking about how Thor, along with every other Asgardian, was rendered incapable of wielding Mjolnir by Nick Fury whispering something to Thor.

Which gives me a few questions - Wasn't Nick Fury made the new Watcher, and if so, was he the Watcher at that point in time? Does Thor know/remember what Fury said to him? And did Thor have any particular reaction to what Fury said to him?

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wanderlustwarrior Role Model from Where Gods Belong Since: Jun, 2009 Relationship Status: What's love got to do with it?
Role Model
#36003: Jun 4th 2015 at 9:34:09 PM

[up][up]Feels like Oscar the Grouch meets Casey Jones. Not a fan of that picture.

[down]Goongolas.

edited 4th Jun '15 9:38:55 PM by wanderlustwarrior

Hodor2 Since: Jan, 2015
#36004: Jun 4th 2015 at 9:34:58 PM

What are those thingies on his hands?

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Uniocular
#36005: Jun 4th 2015 at 10:26:50 PM

Are those... power fists?

edited 4th Jun '15 10:27:03 PM by Mukora

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alliterator Since: Jan, 2001
#36006: Jun 4th 2015 at 10:44:43 PM

Which gives me a few questions - Wasn't Nick Fury made the new Watcher, and if so, was he the Watcher at that point in time? Does Thor know/remember what Fury said to him? And did Thor have any particular reaction to what Fury said to him?

Nick Fury wasn't the new Watcher at the time he whispered to Thor. Thor does remember what Fury told him, but he hasn't revealed it to anyone (he offered to reveal it to the new Thor when he thought she was Roz Solomon, but then it turned out she wasn't). Thor's only reaction to Nick Fury's whisper was to drop the hammer.

And technically, Nick Fury isn't the new Watcher, he's something called "the Unseen."

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#36007: Jun 4th 2015 at 10:54:23 PM

I love the Power Glove. It's so bad.

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KarkatTheDalek Not as angry as the name would suggest. from Somwhere in Time/Space Since: Mar, 2012 Relationship Status: You're a beautiful woman, probably
Not as angry as the name would suggest.
#36008: Jun 4th 2015 at 10:56:31 PM

[up][up] Did Fury preface whatever he said to Thor with anything?

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alliterator Since: Jan, 2001
#36009: Jun 4th 2015 at 11:09:08 PM

Did Fury preface whatever he said to Thor with anything?

Nope, just said, "I'm sorry" (or something like that) and then whispered something into his ear.

I mean, at the time, he was also trying to fight the rest of the Avengers, too. Original Sin was a trip, really.

higherbrainpattern Since: Apr, 2012
#36010: Jun 5th 2015 at 12:05:36 AM

[up][up][up] [shakes fist angrily] LUCAS!!!!!

edited 5th Jun '15 12:05:54 AM by higherbrainpattern

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LordofLore Since: Jun, 2012 Relationship Status: Consider his love an honor
#36012: Jun 5th 2015 at 6:14:34 AM

I don't believe it. Just a few days ago he said he didn't want to play villains again this soon after Fast and Furious 7(where he was the world's best assassin and after the gang for hurting his little brother) when he talked about thinking he could be a good James Bond.

edited 5th Jun '15 6:16:05 AM by LordofLore

DrFurball Since: Jan, 2001
#36013: Jun 5th 2015 at 6:18:46 AM

The same site also said a few years that Tobey Maguire was definitely totally going to be playing Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit. And that Sony wanted to make a 1960s-set spy movie about Peter Parker's Aunt May (Sony themselves had to debunk that one).

Yeah, I wouldn't trust Latino-Review to tell me what time it is.

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#36015: Jun 5th 2015 at 8:41:52 AM

That is a fantastic depiction of live-action Crossbones. The dragon approves.

Did Fury preface whatever he said to Thor with anything?

It was in the middle of a dogpile fight scene; everybody vs. Fury. Whatever Fury whispered to Thor was his way of removing him from the fight.

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#36016: Jun 5th 2015 at 9:55:43 AM

I get the impression that they're going to reveal what it was when Thor gets his mojo back.

Reveal issue, get over issue.

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#36017: Jun 5th 2015 at 10:24:16 AM

[up]Thor Vol.5: How the Odinson doth got his groove back.

edited 5th Jun '15 12:00:53 PM by kkhohoho

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Funny but not helpful
#36018: Jun 5th 2015 at 11:02:44 AM

If it was titled that, I'd buy it sight unseen.

I am weak.

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Ninety Absolutely no relation to NLK from Land of Quakes and Hills Since: Nov, 2012 Relationship Status: In Spades with myself
Absolutely no relation to NLK
#36019: Jun 5th 2015 at 11:41:29 AM

Fury versus the Avengers? How the hell was that a fight?

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#36020: Jun 5th 2015 at 11:42:19 AM

Through the magic of bullshit.

Original Sin wasn't a good event. It had one really good moment halfway through, but then had the misfortune to continue going.

edited 5th Jun '15 11:43:31 AM by TobiasDrake

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#36022: Jun 5th 2015 at 11:43:04 AM

How much of a power-up did they have to give the Avengers to make it fair?

You cannot firmly grasp the true form of Squidward's technique!
alliterator Since: Jan, 2001
#36023: Jun 5th 2015 at 11:48:18 AM

Fury versus the Avengers? How the hell was that a fight?

Fury was wearing power armor and was wielding both of the Watcher's eyes (already shown to have enormous power). But he was also pretty outmatched and only lasted as long as he did by fighting dirty.

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#36024: Jun 5th 2015 at 11:54:45 AM

Yep. Because this was an event revolving around the severed eyes of the murdered Watcher, because writer Jason Aaron has issues.

The same author wrote the thoroughly reprehensible Wolverine & the X-Men, a wacky random comedy about students at the Xavier academy where things just sort of happen for lulz.

Also Thor: God of Thunder, featuring a team-up between Thor, a younger Thor who doesn't have Mjolnir yet, and an aged Thor who's become King of Asgard in a time when everyone in Asgard and Midgard is dead. Together, they battle the God Butcher, a mortal being who got pissed off at the gods and then started murdering all the gods in the universe somehow, before enslaving the remaining gods and forcing them into manual labor to create a giant bomb that will kill all gods, called the Godbomb.

Oh! And he had a stint on Wolverine where he wrote about Wolverine's bastard children sending Wolverine to Hell as part of a malicious ploy so that he would come back and murder them all, then find out he murdered his own children and live with the horror forever.

edited 5th Jun '15 11:56:56 AM by TobiasDrake

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Absolutely no relation to NLK
#36025: Jun 5th 2015 at 12:02:09 PM

forcing them into manual labor to create a giant bomb that will kill all gods, called the Godbomb.

Ten out of fucking ten.

Dopants: He meant what he said and he said what he meant, a Ninety is faithful 100%.

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