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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

edvedd Darling. from At the boutique, dear. Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: We finish each other's sandwiches
Darling.
#40826: Aug 12th 2015 at 6:34:07 PM

We really have to learn that the set pics never fully get across how costumes will look on film.

edited 12th Aug '15 6:50:32 PM by edvedd

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edvedd Darling. from At the boutique, dear. Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: We finish each other's sandwiches
Darling.
#40828: Aug 12th 2015 at 6:54:03 PM

Man, the comments section on the comicbookmovies.com article is fucking embarrassing.

edited 12th Aug '15 7:13:48 PM by edvedd

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AlleyOop Since: Oct, 2010
#40829: Aug 12th 2015 at 6:56:13 PM

I'm really happy we're finally getting updates on what Black Panther's going to be up to.

comicwriter Since: Sep, 2011
#40830: Aug 12th 2015 at 7:03:47 PM

[up][up]CBM's comment sections are the literal worst.

Now is Cap chasing Panther and Bucky or is it Cap chasing Panther chasing Bucky?[up]

GethKnight Since: Apr, 2010
#40831: Aug 12th 2015 at 7:05:36 PM

We really have to learn that the set pics never fully get across how costumes will look on film.

Yea, doesn't Robert Downey Jr wear sweatpants and an overstuffed coat to stand in for the Iron Man suit?

edvedd Darling. from At the boutique, dear. Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: We finish each other's sandwiches
Darling.
#40832: Aug 12th 2015 at 7:13:30 PM

Cap's suit usually ends up looking fine even in set photos, but there are different needs depending on what the stunt guy needs to do. Some of these will probably be long shots.

edited 12th Aug '15 7:14:22 PM by edvedd

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comicwriter Since: Sep, 2011
#40833: Aug 12th 2015 at 7:55:08 PM

[up][up]This was "Iron Man" during the filming of AOU's action scenes.

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#40835: Aug 12th 2015 at 8:05:42 PM

Those are the most advanced Sweat pants I've ever seen.tongue

One Strip! One Strip!
edvedd Darling. from At the boutique, dear. Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: We finish each other's sandwiches
Darling.
#40836: Aug 13th 2015 at 7:25:35 AM

People saying that their first impression of the suit is bad are allowed to have that reaction, but let's not forget that surreptitious and slightly blurry behind the scenes phone camera shots are not the first impression that most movie studios want people to have because everything is still a work in progress.

People put too much stock in them.

edited 13th Aug '15 7:26:59 AM by edvedd

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BigK1337 Since: Jun, 2012
#40837: Aug 13th 2015 at 7:38:37 AM

Man, the comments section on the comicbookmovies.com article is fucking embarrassing.

Main reason I don't log on to the site as frequently as I used. Started out great for being a go to news site on the latest updates on media adaptions of comic books. Turned into one massive clusterfuck of flame wars over easily ignore shit (most of said flame wars are started by people complaining about fanboys complaining in a piss poor attempt at preventing such war). Seriously, the elitism in the comment sections are the worse. It makes the You Tube comments slightly better by comparision (I guess mostly because I at least get a cool video to watch/listen as I dwell into said stupidity).

Any way, on the Black Panther's costume, clearly not bad. Chances are they are going to edit it to make it appear slimer and awesome looking. We all remember Ultron's set photos where the only thing resembling him is some cheap look chrome face and upper torso.

edvedd Darling. from At the boutique, dear. Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: We finish each other's sandwiches
Darling.
#40838: Aug 13th 2015 at 7:51:26 AM

[up]Well, that and the suits are designed for different purposes.

I'm hoping for some footage from D23, but I'm not expecting it. It's way early.

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comicwriter Since: Sep, 2011
#40839: Aug 13th 2015 at 8:21:27 AM

It could just be like the early teaser that was screened for the Avengers where there was no CGI work done yet so it was basically a bunch of voice-overs and random shots of people punching or shooting at nothing in particular.

MedusaStone Since: Jan, 2015
#40840: Aug 13th 2015 at 2:00:59 PM

And of course I look at that shot and all I can think is "Jesus, don't any of those people see the weirdo in the suit!?".

So, Bucky's paling around with the Black Panther, huh? Maybe that's how he ended up with his arm in a vice? Maybe the two of them were, say, taking out a HYDRA base (those assholes are like cockroaches), at some point had a... disagreement that ended up with Bucky's arm trapped in a vice. Before Panther can finish things, he hears Cap and Falcon making their way in, and wants nothing to do with that mess and takes off. Leading to the Ant Man stinger I tried to post spoilers about, just for courtesy's sake (I doubt anyone reading this doesn't know already, but still).

Or maybe I'm full of it. I guess we'll find out next year wink.

AlleyOop Since: Oct, 2010
#40842: Aug 13th 2015 at 5:16:10 PM

Aaaaaaand it's gone. Proof it's fake?

comicwriter Since: Sep, 2011
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.
#40844: Aug 13th 2015 at 5:25:37 PM

[up][up][up] How bad were they?

Oh God! Natural light!
comicwriter Since: Sep, 2011
#40846: Aug 13th 2015 at 6:42:26 PM

[up][up]Something to the effect of "I won't stand for this!" "Then let's fight!" *Cue explosion*

VeryMelon Since: Jul, 2011 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#40847: Aug 13th 2015 at 6:54:18 PM

So...nothing that would actually be said in the movie? Gotcha.

nervmeister Since: Oct, 2010
#40848: Aug 14th 2015 at 10:27:29 AM

Thinking of an updated MCU origin for the true Mandarin. Maybe he should be from (or closely linked with) one of the Heavenly Cities (which will come into play in the Netflix Iron Fist series).

TobiasDrake (•̀⤙•́) (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Arm chopping is not a love language!
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#40849: Aug 14th 2015 at 10:29:47 AM

It would be tremendously hard to make him a respectable character. They shot themselves in the foot with the Ten Rings in Iron Man 1.

Any version of the Mandarin that involves being a tinpot warlord leading a terrorist group in the asscrack of the Middle East is automatically a step down for the character no matter how you play it. When the character's greatest ambition is to get his hands on some American weapons so he can own a patch of desert, he's not really epic archnemesis material.

You could play it as though he's not really that invested in the conflict in the Middle East and is instead using it to advance some other scheme or plot, but they already did that in Iron Man 3. If they want the All Hail the King twist to mean anything, now they have to play the terrorist group seriously and that's automatically going to produce a shittier villain.

Or they can ignore that short forever and let "The True Mandarin" join the Leader in the F*ck No pile, where aborted plot threads go to die.

edited 14th Aug '15 10:36:47 AM by TobiasDrake

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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
#40850: Aug 14th 2015 at 10:36:37 AM

Apparently in an MCU tie-in comic, Black Widow shot the leader in the legbenders for trying to mind control her.

Forever liveblogging the Avengers

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