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Edited by Mrph1 on Jul 29th 2024 at 3:09:00 PM
Since the Nova Corps appear to be the guardsmen of Xandar specifically in this continuity (as apposed to all of space), maybe the concept of the Nova Corps could be of a supersoldier or experimental weapon the Xandarians developed after their near-disaster with Ronan in order to defend against more powerful threats.
Or is that a bit too "Master Chief" of an idea?
edited 22nd Oct '15 9:50:16 PM by KnownUnknown
"So...Purple Man is the Comic equivalent of a crazy stalker?"
He has a tyrannical personality because deep down inside he is insecure about his place in the criminal underworld. Jessica makes him feel great, being his best puppet to play with. The major difference between Earth 19999 and Earth 616 is that Purple Man has always been a low life aiming for the high life, thinking he could be the equivalent to God of supervillains. When he subdued Jessica it was refreshing because she was so easy to keep under his wing. He loves that power, that feeling, and that emotion of superiority. To take away someone's autonomy.
Another major difference is here it seems he isn't so easily knocked off his feat and put in jail. Mind bending denizens of New York without SHIELD or the Avengers around is more dramatic because he actually comes off as a threat that gets shit done. If this was the comics someone would randomly curb stomp him even if they weren't affiliated with superheros.
On the metaphorical level he represents the ultimate abuser, not stalker. Someone who can get away with such heinous crimes like truckers camping out in Boomtowns, raping little Indian girls and selling drugs because the local law enforcement can't do anything.
King Pin was a reflection of what abuse can do to a single person, while Purple Man reflects what an abuser can do to people. Now all we need is why this causes him to commit these acts, something the comics lacked; he always did it because the superhero needed someone to punch or else there would be no conflict. Alias justified it a bit more (context)
edited 23rd Oct '15 8:03:51 AM by xbimpy
The trailer again.
Because apparently Netflix removed and reuploaded it?
I am not sure if it still fits...the one shot is suppose to be set one year after the plane went down. If the next season starts with Peggy having already started SHIELD, then I guess we can fit it in, but if she is still working for the SSR, than the show supplanted the one-shot.
The MCU Wiki Timeline is in general a little bit problematic, because it uses release dates as in-universe dates.
edited 23rd Oct '15 10:33:17 AM by Swanpride
Unless the movie/show directly contradicts it, I don't think that's an unreasonable way to get in-universe dates.
Like, Iron Man 1 could definitely start in May 2008. I don't recall any reason it can't. But Iron Man 3 is clearly set in winter, so it can't be set in summer 2013 when the movie came out.
The problem is that Agent of Shield is always one year behind, and it is way more prone to using specific dates and time frames than the movies. For example last season Gonzales said to Coulson that he liked the man he was "two years ago"...meaning the man he was before he died and the Avengers is set in 2012. I have shuffled dates around left and right, and there is no other solution if you stick to in-universe date than concluding that Age of Ultron is set in 2014 and The Winter Soldier in 2013.
Plus, last time I checked the Wiki timeline puts Iron Man 3 in Christmas 2013, but I am pretty sure it is supposed be set Christmas 2012.
The problem is that Agent of Shield is always one year behind
Uh, no, Agents of SHIELD is always set in the present. Age of Ultron happens right between "The Dirty Half Dozen" and "Scars."
And the first Avengers did take place in 2012 - it took place a few years after the previous Phase 1 films. So Incredible Hulk, Iron Man 2, and Thor all took place in 2008, while Captain America: The First Avenger ends in 2011. A year later, The Avengers happens. A year after that, The Winter Soldier happens and a year after that, Age of Ultron. The timeline matches.
edited 23rd Oct '15 11:08:54 AM by alliterator
Hulk, IM 2, Thor, and First Avenger were all in 2011. Cap being found was also part of Fury's Big Week.
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Believe me, it doesn't.
Let's run this down: Iron Man was released in 2008. But it is NOT set in 2008, because Iron Man 2 is only set a few month later, but was set in 2010. Therefore it works better to assume that it is set in 2009. Thor was released in 2011, but it goes parallel to TIH and Iron Man 2, so it has to be set in 2010, too.
The Avengers is definitely set in 2012...that date is confirmed multiple times. But then it gets complicated again. Iron Man 3 was released in 2013, but is set during Christmas 2012 (the date is confirmed in the movie itself). Ao S is set more or less shortly after...the whole season, up to The Winter soldier has dates which are set in 2013. First I used a giant time-jump in order to put Winter Soldier in 2014, but that didn't work out once Ao S season 2 started. Because that one was very detailed about "Coulson evading Talbot the whole Winter" and the battle of new York happening two years ago. The only possible conclusion is that the Fall of Shield (and The Winter Soldier) happened in fall 2013. Plus, Ward notes that if he gets taken into custody by his brother, his trial will happen just in time for midterm elections...so it is 2014, and the timeline is so tight (it really is, the whole season happens in roughly three month) that is still 2014 when Age of Ultron happens.
And that's why I usually ignore release dates....

The simplest way to make a massive space police force work in the context of superhero stories is to bring up just how big space is. There are over 100 billion star systems in the Milky Way Galaxy alone; unless the space police have literally trillions of officers, they're going to be spread pretty thin.