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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

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#48876: Jan 6th 2016 at 9:17:56 AM

And?

You're suggesting that they will make a vast departure from the comics in order to better capture the spirit of a character who is, himself, a vast departure from the character being adapted? That's redundant.

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#48877: Jan 6th 2016 at 9:23:32 AM

Also, Zemo is not a yellow peril.

Also also, I shall be quite disappointed if they don't use the 'glued hood to head like a dumbass how does he eat?' version of Zemo.

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#48878: Jan 6th 2016 at 9:46:21 AM

He clearly eats by waterboarding himself with soup.

alliterator Since: Jan, 2001
#48879: Jan 6th 2016 at 9:49:35 AM

No, no, he glued the mask to his face by accident and then ripped the mask off, meaning that he ripped off an entire layer of skin from his face. So he looks like this now.

nervmeister Since: Oct, 2010
#48880: Jan 6th 2016 at 9:49:44 AM

[up][up][lol][lol][lol][lol][lol] Best mental picture I've had in a while.

[up]Wade Wilson?

edited 6th Jan '16 9:51:48 AM by nervmeister

comicwriter Since: Sep, 2011
#48881: Jan 6th 2016 at 9:57:07 AM

What's better is that he eventually got a new body and looked gorgeous, only to have his face get melted off again under completely different circumstances.

edited 6th Jan '16 9:57:15 AM by comicwriter

nervmeister Since: Oct, 2010
#48882: Jan 6th 2016 at 10:00:38 AM

[up] [lol] Isn't it great how much of a sick f**k the status quo can be? Now I just want to see this PSA again, only with Zemo in that lady's place.

edited 6th Jan '16 10:02:54 AM by nervmeister

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#48883: Jan 6th 2016 at 10:23:23 AM

...is it odd that I think that unmasked Zemo looks almost like Hugo Weaving?

Zemo was the Red Skull all along!

Whowho Since: May, 2012
#48884: Jan 6th 2016 at 10:23:27 AM

I think I recall an interview with the actor that Zemo-glue-mask-face wouldn't be seen in Civil War; but considering who's writing Civil War I expect Zemo to end the movie ready to appear with the mask in his next appearance.

nervmeister Since: Oct, 2010
#48885: Jan 6th 2016 at 10:25:43 AM

[up]Maybe Spider-man has a hand in it. His webbing could be the culprit instead of that vague glue chemical from 616.

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#48886: Jan 6th 2016 at 10:27:16 AM

But his webbing only lasts for an hour or so.

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#48887: Jan 6th 2016 at 10:30:36 AM

Hey.

Adhesive X isn't some vague glue.

It is the uber glue.

Even Thor couldn't defeat it.

But Paste Pot Pete could.

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nervmeister Since: Oct, 2010
#48888: Jan 6th 2016 at 10:37:04 AM

[up]Shame MCU will probably never use it, just like the Encephalo-Ray.

alliterator Since: Jan, 2001
#48889: Jan 6th 2016 at 11:44:54 AM

Adhesive X isn't some vague glue. It is the uber glue. Even Thor couldn't defeat it. But Paste Pot Pete could.
Oh man, I just love Silver Age Marvel. Stan Lee would be all, "Hey, what's a cool weapon we can have this supervillain use? I know: GLUE! That totally works." And Jack Kirby is just shaking his head going, "Whatever you say, Stan."

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#48890: Jan 6th 2016 at 11:49:40 AM

Stan Lee is many things, and silly is one of them.

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Whowho Since: May, 2012
#48891: Jan 6th 2016 at 1:01:47 PM

There's something delightfully industrial about adhesives tying into so many silver age villains.

I'm convinced MARVEL is working towards a MCU Masters Of Evil, so I wouldn't be surprised if we have a movie of Zemo having a face, and then something vainly tragic happens which gives him cloth for a face, so that he can have his iconic look for the MCU's first super villain team.

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#48892: Jan 6th 2016 at 1:04:41 PM

After facing Thanos, wouldn't the Masters of Evil be kind of a drop in threat level?

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#48893: Jan 6th 2016 at 1:05:45 PM

I'm still convinced that nobody at Marvel Studios or Disney is going to touch an organization with such a ridiculous name as "The Masters of Evil" with a ten-foot pole.

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#48894: Jan 6th 2016 at 1:07:01 PM

Maybe the team uses it sarcastically?

Like, get Justin Hammer to propose it and be all "They see us as villains, as terrorists, as 'Masters of Evil'. Well then...how about we show them some real evil?"

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#48895: Jan 6th 2016 at 1:08:50 PM

[up]x6 To be fair, half of Stan's characters speak in lampshade hanging like 60% of the time.

edited 6th Jan '16 1:13:14 PM by FoxBoxKid

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#48896: Jan 6th 2016 at 1:09:16 PM

And then everyone and their dog breaks out laughing at the Narmy line, "How about we show them some real evil?" and all menace is lost.

Having a villainous character self-identify as Evil is a bit of a dead horse.

edited 6th Jan '16 1:09:51 PM by TobiasDrake

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#48897: Jan 6th 2016 at 1:09:29 PM

After facing Thanos, wouldn't the Masters of Evil be kind of a drop in threat level?

The same with any other event comic aftermath. The characters go back to their solo books and back to dealing with their less-threatening-than-the-event-Big Bad rouges.

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#48898: Jan 6th 2016 at 1:10:07 PM

[up][up]

I'm still working on it, don't judge.

edited 6th Jan '16 1:10:27 PM by AdricDePsycho

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#48899: Jan 6th 2016 at 1:12:26 PM

Here's the thing.

Terrorists don't call themselves Evil. They call their enemies Evil.

North Korea doesn't call itself Evil Korea. They talk at length about the Evils of Capitalism and the Evils of the West.

Nazi Germany was not The Evil Empire of Hitler. They were driven by the goal of restoring Germany's glory and believed that genocide was the way to achieve that goal.

The KKK is not the Clan of Evil. They consider minorities to be an evil that must be eradicated.

People do not call themselves Evil. It sounds ridiculous. The only people who self-identify as Evil are emo teenagers trying to look cool.

edited 6th Jan '16 1:13:30 PM by TobiasDrake

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#48900: Jan 6th 2016 at 1:15:03 PM

I'm just saying, if they're gathering the Masters of Evil, it'll probably be for revenge, right?

Maybe just rename them, then. Masters of Chaos or something. Maybe the Thunderbolts?

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