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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

alliterator Since: Jan, 2001
#43326: Sep 22nd 2015 at 4:24:51 PM

I'm not sure how I feel about a Spider-man who doesn't remember 9/11...

I'm pretty sure for the majority of the character's existence, he didn't remember 9/11 (since it hadn't happened yet).

Canid117 Since: Oct, 2010 Relationship Status: Hello, I love you
#43327: Sep 22nd 2015 at 4:30:20 PM

It just makes me feel old...

And I haven't broken my 20s yet.

"War without fire is like sausages without mustard." - Jean Juvénal des Ursins
alliterator Since: Jan, 2001
#43328: Sep 22nd 2015 at 4:43:49 PM

Hey, it could be worse. I mean, I remember pogs.

comicwriter Since: Sep, 2011
#43329: Sep 22nd 2015 at 4:56:09 PM

The high school trilogy idea was never gonna work anyway. If you factor in that at best the franchises get a movie once every two-three years, you'd have to have Peter be like 11 to get a trilogy of teenage movies.

In other news, Drew Goddard thinks the Sinister Six movie could still happen but in the MCU obviously.

edited 22nd Sep '15 4:57:15 PM by comicwriter

AlleyOop Since: Oct, 2010
#43330: Sep 22nd 2015 at 5:21:56 PM

[up][up] And Power Rangers, and Jurassic Park.

AlleyOop Since: Oct, 2010
#43331: Sep 22nd 2015 at 5:47:08 PM

Well this is cool. Janet Pym's costume in Ant-Man. Hopefully this will silence the people who were complaining they just Gender Flipped the regular Ant-Man suit.

Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#43332: Sep 22nd 2015 at 6:12:15 PM

How will it silence them? It basically is a gender flipped Ant-Man suit.

VeryMelon Since: Jul, 2011 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#43333: Sep 22nd 2015 at 6:23:18 PM

It looks like the suit Comics!Janet wore during the Apocalypse Twins Arc in Uncanny Avengers

Bocaj Funny but not helpful from Here or thereabouts (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
Funny but not helpful
#43334: Sep 22nd 2015 at 6:47:05 PM

Its a decent enough suit. Wish we could have seen more of it.

Forever liveblogging the Avengers
DrFurball Since: Jan, 2001
#43335: Sep 22nd 2015 at 11:50:03 PM

It's adorable. But the comic version of the character is usually depicted as super cute, so it fits.

AlleyOop Since: Oct, 2010
#43336: Sep 23rd 2015 at 12:31:04 AM

It's a Janet classic. If anything it looks more like the Ant-Man suit cribbed off of Janet's costume than the other way around.

spashthebandragon thebandragoness from USA Since: Feb, 2010 Relationship Status: Yes, I'm alone, but I'm alone and free
Cross (Don’t ask)
#43338: Sep 23rd 2015 at 8:30:49 AM

Would it be surprising if she actually did?

Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#43339: Sep 23rd 2015 at 12:18:40 PM

Ao S retaliated in the Dubsmash war...I think this round goes clearly to Team Carter. But then, it is hard to beat Lola AND Stan Lee.

alliterator Since: Jan, 2001
#43340: Sep 23rd 2015 at 1:10:53 PM

But AOS had freakin' Supergirl in it. It was a Marvel/DC crossover!

Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
Tuckerscreator (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Drift compatible
TargetmasterJoe from Velocitron Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: I like big bots and I can not lie
#43343: Sep 23rd 2015 at 1:25:31 PM

About MCU!Mangog concept art.

As someone who has no clue who he is in the comics, I think he looks pretty rad.

(dodges an incoming petrol bomb.)

Oy vey.

dRoy Professional Writer & Amateur Scholar from Most likely from my study Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: I'm just high on the world
Professional Writer & Amateur Scholar
#43344: Sep 23rd 2015 at 3:18:10 PM

Hmm, so Peter Parker still in high school in MCU. Not that it should be surprising.

Man, I really look forward to scenes with him and Captain America.

If Sony's Amazing Spider-Man movies were also relevant, which it obviously wouldn't be, it would be even more amusing to see him with Iron Man.

Tony: Gotta say, I have to thank you, kid.

Peter: ...Why?

Tony: Well, you took care of my competition's both chief researcher and CEO. Not that the company could do much against mine anyway, but gratitude goes where its due.

Peter: Wait, what makes you think I'm Spider-Man?

Tony: And how did you figure out it was Spider-Man who dealt with Harry Osborne?

Peter: Uh...

Tony: Anyhow, cheers.

Continuously reading, studying, and (hopefully) growing.
HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#43345: Sep 23rd 2015 at 9:02:34 PM

Hey, it could be worse. I mean, I remember pogs.

Holy shit! I totally forgot about Pogs! Shit, I can't be old.

I'm only in my early 30's, and only Japan thinks that's old.

One Strip! One Strip!
alliterator Since: Jan, 2001
#43346: Sep 23rd 2015 at 9:35:17 PM

Everyone else in this thread is like, "Pogs? What the hell are they talking about?"

Listen, you young whippersnappers, once upon a time, there was this game you played with these cardboard disks called "pogs." And you had metal or plastic disks called "slammers" that you dropped onto stacks of these cardboard disks. Why was this popular? I have no idea, but it was insanely popular for about six months in 1992 and then completely vanished.

edited 23rd Sep '15 9:35:29 PM by alliterator

AlleyOop Since: Oct, 2010
#43347: Sep 23rd 2015 at 10:12:53 PM

I used to have a Power Rangers themed batch from Happy Meals.

...

Is Marvel going to start selling pogs once the retro fad reaches the 90s?

dRoy Professional Writer & Amateur Scholar from Most likely from my study Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: I'm just high on the world
Professional Writer & Amateur Scholar
#43348: Sep 23rd 2015 at 10:14:39 PM

The only pog I know is POG, Personnel Other than Grunts, so I was confused as to shy you guys are suddenly talking about military. XD

Continuously reading, studying, and (hopefully) growing.
HextarVigar That guy from The Big House Since: Feb, 2015
That guy
#43349: Sep 23rd 2015 at 10:15:47 PM

Bitch, I was working a game store when somebody thought the CD-I was a good idea.

Your momma's so dumb she thinks oral sex means talking dirty.
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.
#43350: Sep 24th 2015 at 1:23:02 AM

I know of pogs purely because of their retro obscurity.

Oh God! Natural light!

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