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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

Whowho Since: May, 2012
#44226: Oct 9th 2015 at 5:13:47 AM

I thought that was cool too.

I'm realising, assuming Marvel continues to introduce at least one new property a year in phase 4, they're quickly running out of properties of note.

Kamala Khan and the Runaways are good choices (the latter work work better on TV I feel) but what else? And moreover the films have to compete with the TV shows for characters too.

Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#44227: Oct 9th 2015 at 5:34:51 AM

Well, many of those characters will get one of two sequels, right? The Inhumans and Got G maybe even more, since you can put more or less every character under those names. Assuming that they don't get the Fantastic Four and the Silver Surfer back, don't manage to entangle Namor from whatever legal limbo he is trapped in and the Universal deal concerning the distribution rights of The Hulk is still in place, there is still Cloak and Dagger, Ms Marvel and Squirrel Girl.

Whowho Since: May, 2012
#44228: Oct 9th 2015 at 6:49:13 AM

I almost prefer cloak and dagger to be in the Netflix section of the MCU. The same is true of Moon knight, She hulk and Blade. And it looks like Spider-man will fill the genre niche Runaways or Kamala Khan would.

Wait, what are the distribution rights issue with the hulk?

edited 9th Oct '15 6:50:50 AM by Whowho

Khfan429 Since: Aug, 2009
#44229: Oct 9th 2015 at 7:00:18 AM

Marvel can make a Hulk movie, but Universal has the right of first refusal to distribute it. Disney probably isn't confident enough that Universal would turn it down, hence no Hulk sequels in sight.

windleopard from Nigeria Since: Nov, 2014 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
#44230: Oct 9th 2015 at 7:07:07 AM

Avengers’ Ultron Sounds Even More Unhinged With James Spader’s Office Dialogue

http://www.themarysue.com/ultron-california-james-spader-office/

TobiasDrake (•̀⤙•́) (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Arm chopping is not a love language!
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#44231: Oct 9th 2015 at 7:16:00 AM

My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.
comicwriter Since: Sep, 2011
#44232: Oct 9th 2015 at 7:16:52 AM

Kamala Khan and the Runaways are good choices (the latter work work better on TV I feel) but what else? And moreover the films have to compete with the TV shows for characters too.

It depends on how they do it. Runaways would be a poor fit for Netflix, I think, since so far across the board the stance seems to be that they want more mature, adult-themed shows. Runaways has some serious moments but it's far more cartoony than stuff like Daredevil or Jessica Jones.

edited 9th Oct '15 7:17:16 AM by comicwriter

VeryMelon Since: Jul, 2011 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#44233: Oct 9th 2015 at 7:26:15 AM

[up][up]Greatness.

"Becuase I'm Ant/Batman"

Bocaj Funny but not helpful from Here or thereabouts (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
Funny but not helpful
#44234: Oct 9th 2015 at 7:28:21 AM

They got Luis one hundred percent spot on

Otherwise, anticlimax theater again.

edited 9th Oct '15 7:28:35 AM by Bocaj

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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.
#44235: Oct 9th 2015 at 7:59:17 AM

[up] Well, that is kind of the joke...

Oh God! Natural light!
Bocaj Funny but not helpful from Here or thereabouts (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
Funny but not helpful
#44236: Oct 9th 2015 at 8:00:35 AM

Mileages have been known to vary but I don't find anticlimax in every video as funny.

Its what you expect from them. So the anticlimax is an anticlimax.

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VeryMelon Since: Jul, 2011 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#44237: Oct 9th 2015 at 8:01:50 AM

It's the whole point of the video series. If you knew that, why continue to watch them?

Bocaj Funny but not helpful from Here or thereabouts (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
Funny but not helpful
#44238: Oct 9th 2015 at 8:08:05 AM

People post them here and I have poor impulse control

And I did like the bit with Luis so it wasn't all bad

I like bits sometimes

edited 9th Oct '15 8:08:25 AM by Bocaj

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Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#44239: Oct 9th 2015 at 8:30:58 AM

I mostly like the scenes in the Supercafe.

Theokal3 Since: Jan, 2012
#44240: Oct 9th 2015 at 8:49:13 AM

Frankly I don't like this webseries much as a whole. Reality Ensues never was my favourite joke and I feel they tend to abuse it in a mean-spirited way in most of their videos. Though I will admit Cybercafe scenes usually are fun.

Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#44241: Oct 9th 2015 at 8:54:49 AM

It doens't feel mean spirited to me...along with "I am Marvel I DC" and the Honest Trailers, they hit exactly the right spot for my personal taste. It's not cinema sins, which is just a long list of nitpicking.

TargetmasterJoe from Velocitron Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: I like big bots and I can not lie
#44242: Oct 9th 2015 at 8:58:30 AM

Anybody thinking Marvel will take cues from The Spectacular Spider-Man for their Spider-Man movie?

Also, awesome to see that Ant-Man's getting a sequel with Wasp. "About damn time" indeed.

Also also, which do you guys think is more likely to show up in Civil War? Red Hulk or Giant-Man?

Theokal3 Since: Jan, 2012
#44243: Oct 9th 2015 at 9:08:55 AM

[up][up]I didn't mean mean-spirited like that. More like I gets waaaay too often a "if the movie was realistic these characters would be all dead" vibe from their videos. And I never found that amusing. Now, if you find that amusing, then all good for you. To each his own as they say. But for me, it's just not my thing. Unlike Honest Trailers, which I do find hilarious.

[up]I'd say none of them, but Giant-Man would be more likely seeing how Hulk won't be in it.

xbimpy Since: Jul, 2015
#44244: Oct 9th 2015 at 9:48:53 AM

in 2020 marvel gets fantastic four back. YAY. then they do introduce savage land other univerises and a bunch of unsung heroes like El Vejigante and teams like Vanguard. TO THE FUTURE

edited 9th Oct '15 9:55:16 AM by xbimpy

RavenWilder Since: Apr, 2009
#44245: Oct 9th 2015 at 9:58:16 AM

Kamala Khan and the Runaways are good choices (the latter work work better on TV I feel) but what else? And moreover the films have to compete with the TV shows for characters too.

Actually, if you took Volumes 1 and 3 of the first Runaways series and mostly skip over Volume 2, it's a pretty darn good blueprint for a movie script.

nervmeister Since: Oct, 2010
#44246: Oct 9th 2015 at 10:10:20 AM

I'm pretty sure the middle a is silent. I might be wrong, though

Now I want a "Kamala Unchained" moment where she menacingly corrects someone who mispronounces her name. tongue

windleopard from Nigeria Since: Nov, 2014 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
wehrmacht belongs to the hurricane from the garden of everything Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
belongs to the hurricane
#44249: Oct 9th 2015 at 11:27:26 AM

i would be alright with this.

edited 9th Oct '15 11:27:41 AM by wehrmacht

Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#44250: Oct 9th 2015 at 11:27:30 AM

More or less everyone wants to be in a Marvel movie....


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