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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

Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#36301: Jun 10th 2015 at 10:48:42 AM

Wasn't the movie very clear about the company also doing other stuff from the get go and now making a lot of money in the energy business due to the arc reactor technology?

stingerbrg Since: Jun, 2009
#36302: Jun 10th 2015 at 10:55:48 AM

Going through all the lobbying and permits and other stuff to be able to do stuff like build Stark/Avengers Tower, roll out Arc Reactors, make batteries. Maybe Tesla doesn't exist or isn't as big in the MCU, and Stark Industries is doing all that stuff?

LordofLore Since: Jun, 2012 Relationship Status: Consider his love an honor
#36303: Jun 10th 2015 at 11:15:19 AM

@Loki with his phone: Now I remember! Yeah, he used it quite a lot(he even used it to close off the YA series)

edited 10th Jun '15 11:19:35 AM by LordofLore

Bocaj Funny but not helpful from Here or thereabouts (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
Funny but not helpful
#36304: Jun 10th 2015 at 11:24:33 AM

Didn't AOU mention that Pepper has her own company now?

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Ekuran Since: Feb, 2010 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
#36305: Jun 10th 2015 at 11:24:55 AM

I'm guessing Stark Industries is a massive tech conglomerate. Their main focus used to be on weapons, but they probably had subsidiaries in all sorts of civilian tech (like all those holograms and holographic displays we see everywhere in the movies), manufacturing tech (all those robots and VI's that probably aren't as smart as JARVIS to run them), and space tech (Stark has access to satellites like Veronica, so I'm assuming they do).

They're probably some combination of Boeing, Tesla, and Google (minus the internet and software focus).

edited 10th Jun '15 11:26:47 AM by Ekuran

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
#36306: Jun 10th 2015 at 11:35:36 AM

Considering the amount of tech that goes into the Iron Man suits, Stark Co. could be into anything from electronics to researching new alloys to aerodynamics to, as they said, renewable energy.

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Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#36307: Jun 10th 2015 at 11:39:14 AM

Stark is probably focusing on ways to apply the Iron Man tech to civilian life. I think his suit could do wonders for the prosthetics industry.

edited 10th Jun '15 11:40:23 AM by Kostya

Discar Since: Jun, 2009
#36308: Jun 10th 2015 at 11:40:30 AM

In Avengers Tony said he's basically the only name in renewable energy, and as far back as the first Iron Man movie told that reporter about things like "smart crops" and other non-weapon technologies.

So yeah, tech conglomerate seems to be about right.

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AlleyOop Since: Oct, 2010
#36309: Jun 10th 2015 at 11:54:41 AM

There's tons of stuff to develop for the military that doesn't involve weapons manufacturing or pewpewpew. Like the Falcon exo-suit and DARPANET. My dad's a military contractor who works on communications technology and my own job involves DOD-funded research on developing drugs to protect first responders from radiation damage should they need to go to nuclear disaster areas like Fukushima.

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#36310: Jun 10th 2015 at 11:55:06 AM

Didn't AOU mention that Pepper has her own company now?

No, they said she has "a company to run." And she does, because Tony made her CEO of Stark Industries in Iron Man 2.

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AlleyOop Since: Oct, 2010
#36311: Jun 10th 2015 at 12:03:33 PM

Anyway the stuff from the Joblo report sounds really cool. Excited to see Redwing, as long as they don't make it act overly birdlike. And the news of tank-like Warmachine is great, it's just as he should be. The Cap costume and chainmail could be interesting, considering how similar (yet vastly better IMO) his Civil War costume is to the Age of Ultron one.

edited 10th Jun '15 12:10:29 PM by AlleyOop

comicwriter Since: Sep, 2011
#36312: Jun 10th 2015 at 12:08:58 PM

I'm wondering if the stuff about Panther going after Bucky is tied to Stark since they both have reasons to want to take him down. I'm very interested to see what they do with him.

[up]If he ends up on the run he might want to get rid of the costume he had on before since it was from the period when Stark was running the team.

EDIT: The guy who posted the article had a few extra details on Twitter and says Winter Soldier is key to how everything shakes out and that Zemo is ultimately key in the whole conflict. He also says the sides will change up as the film progresses, with certain people switching teams.

edited 10th Jun '15 12:11:18 PM by comicwriter

Canid117 Since: Oct, 2010 Relationship Status: Hello, I love you
#36313: Jun 10th 2015 at 12:35:58 PM

I thought Cap's Age Of Ultron costume actually looked very good in the final product.

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Tuckerscreator (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Drift compatible
#36314: Jun 10th 2015 at 3:05:11 PM

I liked it too, though I've had no large issue with any of his costumes. The only one that looks dumb in my eyes is the war bonds one. tongue So if none of the others come close to that, then I'm good.

edited 10th Jun '15 3:05:53 PM by Tuckerscreator

Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#36315: Jun 10th 2015 at 3:08:18 PM

But War Bonds Captain America beat up Hitler himself like 30 times.

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comicwriter Since: Sep, 2011
#36316: Jun 10th 2015 at 3:37:00 PM

It is worth pointing out though that War Bonds Cap was SUPPOSED to look dumb. It was both a Mythology Gag for comic fans as well as the director making a point about how not everything from the comics translates well to live-action.

Tuckerscreator (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Drift compatible
#36317: Jun 10th 2015 at 3:38:23 PM

[up][up][lol]

[up]That's the point. My tolerance for dumbness is very high.

edited 10th Jun '15 3:45:01 PM by Tuckerscreator

Spinosegnosaurus77 Ramen Fairy from Ontario, Canada Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: All I Want for Christmas is a Girlfriend
Ramen Fairy
#36318: Jun 10th 2015 at 4:51:04 PM

It is with much sadness that I announce the following news: Guardians of the Galaxy has not been nominated for a Teen Choice Award.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

edited 10th Jun '15 4:52:19 PM by Spinosegnosaurus77

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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
#36319: Jun 10th 2015 at 4:56:07 PM

Tch, what do teens know anyway?

A miserable pile of secrets!

edited 10th Jun '15 4:56:20 PM by Bocaj

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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
#36320: Jun 10th 2015 at 5:06:50 PM

The general answer is "not remotely as much as they think they do".

Dopants: He meant what he said and he said what he meant, a Ninety is faithful 100%.
DrFurball Since: Jan, 2001
#36321: Jun 10th 2015 at 5:16:40 PM

Can confirm. Used to be a teen.

edvedd Darling. from At the boutique, dear. Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: We finish each other's sandwiches
Darling.
#36322: Jun 10th 2015 at 7:22:17 PM

the music was too old for them

And wait, do we even care about this at all?

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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.
#36323: Jun 10th 2015 at 7:45:56 PM

For a second, I thought you said that it was nominated, which made me wonder why that was a bad thing.

Oh well, it sucks, I guess. Is there, like, a reason it wasn't nominated

Oh God! Natural light!
Tuckerscreator (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Drift compatible
#36324: Jun 10th 2015 at 8:06:02 PM

Keep in mind, this is the same group that gave "Best Fight of 2010" to some Twilight vampire and werewolf punching each other with CGI and not the Inception hallway fight that was staged on a spinning set that warped gravity from several stories high. Moral is, don't trust them Teen Choices.

edited 10th Jun '15 8:06:22 PM by Tuckerscreator

Guy01 Since: Mar, 2015
#36325: Jun 10th 2015 at 8:15:20 PM

[up]That actually makes me wonder if they've ever seen The Raid. tongue[lol]

Ok, who let Light Yagami in here?

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