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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

VeryMelon Since: Jul, 2011 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#43251: Sep 18th 2015 at 9:19:43 AM

Of all the Bendis stuff to adapt..

AlleyOop Since: Oct, 2010
#43252: Sep 18th 2015 at 10:03:59 AM

http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/MarvelFreshman/news/?a=124926

It's possible I'm just taking stuff the wrong way, but:

She's someone who's more powerful than she's able to control and she ends up going insane because of it

Has me worried. Especially since The Children's Crusade spent so much time undoing that Never Live It Down moment.

VeryMelon Since: Jul, 2011 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#43253: Sep 18th 2015 at 10:08:34 AM

In a rather sloppy way, but we take what we can get when undoing mistakes.

comicwriter Since: Sep, 2011
#43254: Sep 18th 2015 at 10:15:13 AM

It's possible she's just referring to the comics. I doubt Marvel would have cleared her to give away a big plot point like that for Civil War given how secretive they've been.

She did the same thing when Age of Ultron came out. She mentioned a bunch of extra powers Wanda supposedly has, but she was likely talking about what she knows from the comics since literally none of them showed up in the movie.

xbimpy Since: Jul, 2015
#43255: Sep 18th 2015 at 1:38:19 PM

in thor Ragnarok thor should scream FOR ODIN FOR ASGARD, FOR VALHALLA, FOR MIDGARD... BEHOLD THY POWWWWWWWWWWWA!!!! during a scene full of explosions of the most epic proportions. as he ends it off with POWA suddenly bolts strike his hammer. he discharges them in the form of steaming hot pure white magma that immediately reduces the foe to nothingness.

i want a GRAND action sequence while still being a nod to the comics. for those who do not know white lighting is thor's strongest lighting because it's "magical"

AlleyOop Since: Oct, 2010
#43256: Sep 18th 2015 at 1:53:03 PM

The MCU has been pushing hard for a Clarkean scifi view of Asgard so chances are you'll be disappointed.

alliterator Since: Jan, 2001
#43257: Sep 18th 2015 at 1:58:37 PM

I just want a scene where Odin, Thor, and Loki all have to attack Surtur. And they go:

ODIN: For Asgard!

THOR: For Midgard!

LOKI: For myself!

higherbrainpattern Since: Apr, 2012
#43258: Sep 18th 2015 at 2:13:00 PM

Besides, Thor can already shoot out lightning bolts from Mjolnir in the movies, can't he?

xbimpy Since: Jul, 2015
#43259: Sep 18th 2015 at 5:06:11 PM

White lighting is a pure white undefined plasma-esque energy that he used to strike down mangog without being in rune king mode. It's one of his best feats for normal tier Thor. I was thinking an adaption of it can be a new founded power source he taps into or unlocks the full potential of Odin force

edited 18th Sep '15 5:07:25 PM by xbimpy

HextarVigar That guy from The Big House Since: Feb, 2015
That guy
#43260: Sep 18th 2015 at 5:07:30 PM

How about them making the time stone so it just stops time?

Your momma's so dumb she thinks oral sex means talking dirty.
Canid117 Since: Oct, 2010 Relationship Status: Hello, I love you
#43261: Sep 18th 2015 at 5:08:12 PM

I'm guessing the time stone is more of a Guardians of the Galaxy 2 thing anyway.

"War without fire is like sausages without mustard." - Jean Juvénal des Ursins
HextarVigar That guy from The Big House Since: Feb, 2015
That guy
#43262: Sep 18th 2015 at 5:10:16 PM

The thing is, so far these things don't really do anything other than make things 'splode.

Your momma's so dumb she thinks oral sex means talking dirty.
Bocaj Funny but not helpful from Here or thereabouts (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
Funny but not helpful
#43263: Sep 18th 2015 at 5:11:57 PM

Mind Stone mind controls and creates AI

Forever liveblogging the Avengers
AlleyOop Since: Oct, 2010
#43264: Sep 18th 2015 at 5:20:25 PM

Seeing that the Mind Stone in the comics functioned primarily as an Amplifier Artifact for psychics and was blue, and that wasn't the case in the MCU, it's possible the Time Stone will go through the same deal. Maybe not true time travel, but rapid or slow aging, a "Groundhog Day" Loop (would make for a neat movie plot of its own), or Za Warudo.

64SuperNintendo (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#43265: Sep 18th 2015 at 6:32:43 PM

So according to these articles: http://heroichollywood.com/home-1/2015/9/17/hot-rumor-how-long-has-peter-parker-been-spider-man-in-captain-america-civil-war http://moviepilot.com/posts/2015/09/18/new-captain-america-civil-war-rumor-gives-a-timeline-for-spider-man-in-the-mcu-3549308?lt_source=external,manual http://screenrant.com/marvel-spider-man-origin-civil-war/, rumor has it that Peter Parker will have been Spider-Man for about a year by the time Captain America: Civil War takes place and will be considered an urban legend in New York.

Makes sense since, if he was mentioned in Ant-Man, then that means that he would already have been Spider-Man for a few months.

edited 18th Sep '15 7:11:08 PM by 64SuperNintendo

higherbrainpattern Since: Apr, 2012
#43266: Sep 18th 2015 at 6:37:08 PM

I wouldn't trust Heroic Hollywood if I were you. Yet another website in vein of Latino Review.

64SuperNintendo (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#43267: Sep 18th 2015 at 6:42:13 PM

Yeah, I know. I posted that because it works out timeline-wise. The only thing that is possibly not true is the urban legend thing.

Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#43268: Sep 18th 2015 at 6:46:25 PM

The infinity stones are a bit odd here. They mostly seem to just be unfathomable energy sources. Most of what we've seen of them is them being used to channel energy or power devices.

The only real actual use of their namesakes so far are the Tesseract-powered portal device, and building Ultron/Vision or brainwashing people from the Mind Stone. Even then, in 2/3 cases they needed to be hooked up to additional paraphenalia in order to actually be used that way.

For the Time Stone, I imagine its time-warping abilities will be reduced to effects like slowing down or stopping time while also being really powerful and shooting lazers, rather than making you an absolute master of time.

edited 18th Sep '15 6:47:15 PM by Anomalocaris20

You cannot firmly grasp the true form of Squidward's technique!
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.
#43269: Sep 18th 2015 at 6:47:28 PM

Eh, that could still work. Spider-Man's a hero that could feasibly keep a low profile for awhile.

Oh God! Natural light!
comicwriter Since: Sep, 2011
#43270: Sep 18th 2015 at 7:53:29 PM

So far HH has been more or less accurate with their Civil War spoilers. And him being around for a year makes sense given the line in Ant-Man.

AlleyOop Since: Oct, 2010
#43271: Sep 18th 2015 at 9:11:30 PM

Gotta love the way the latter two sites source back to the first one.

I remember one time some guy on Reddit made a speculation thread about how awesome it would be if John Ridley's new show was about Kamala Khan, then other sites actually picked up on it and ran with it as if it was an actual rumor. cool

edited 18th Sep '15 9:14:47 PM by AlleyOop

alliterator Since: Jan, 2001
#43272: Sep 18th 2015 at 9:52:19 PM

We still don't know what it's actually about, but he said all the guesses were wrong. So I'm going to go out on a limb and say it's Werewolf by Night.

Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#43273: Sep 18th 2015 at 11:47:46 PM

I have a rule: Unless it is written at Hollywood reporter it is probably not true. It is high-time to boycott those rumour sites.

And this particular rumour...honestly, I could have written this one the second Marvel confirmed that they won't do the origin story again. Since Spider-man was supposed to turn up before his solo movie and Civil war is the only movie in the line-up in which his presence makes sense, and he should be around for a little bit beforehand but not too long, I could have guessed this without the need of any sources.

AlleyOop Since: Oct, 2010
#43274: Sep 19th 2015 at 12:22:07 AM

Actually Heroic Hollywood called 80% of the team lines for Civil War a good while before the images leaked. They're mostly full of BS but occasionally they do have a good scoop.

Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#43275: Sep 19th 2015 at 12:26:38 AM

I am an idiot...I just noticed that Peggy is actually dressed up like Rosie the Riveter in the last Dubsmash vid. And sitting in Lola! I was so focussed on the other gueststar, I overlooked Lola! (Coulson should be fuming somewhere).

[up]Unless they predicted that Black Widow would be with Tony Stark, I am not impressed. That was more or less the only thing which surprised me about the line-up.

edited 19th Sep '15 12:27:37 AM by Swanpride


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