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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

TargetmasterJoe from Velocitron Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: I like big bots and I can not lie
#50601: Jan 31st 2016 at 7:19:29 AM

Actually, why is the Thanos-copter so majestic/brilliant/glorious?

ultimatepheer Since: Mar, 2011
#50602: Jan 31st 2016 at 7:31:24 AM

Because back then, Comic Writers gave zero fucks.

LordofLore Since: Jun, 2012 Relationship Status: Consider his love an honor
#50603: Jan 31st 2016 at 7:52:41 AM

Remember, Thanos started out as a Iron Man villain because the writer wanted to use his new creation in any story he could, the design started out as a copy of DC's Metron but was changed to a copy of Darkseid since "If you're going to make a copy make it of the baddest dude around" and he didn't really become what he is today until he was brought back for Captain Mar-Vell and Warlock stories.

edited 31st Jan '16 7:53:35 AM by LordofLore

alliterator Since: Jan, 2001
#50604: Jan 31st 2016 at 7:59:03 AM

edit: What's Hell Cat doing in a Thanos story?
I think you mean "What's Thanos doing in a Hellcat story"? In which case, I would just point out that this was actually part of ''Spidey Super Stories'' #39, so that means it was actually a Spider-Man team-up book.

comicwriter Since: Sep, 2011
#50605: Jan 31st 2016 at 8:05:24 AM

[up][up][up][up]It was from Spidey Super-Stories, where the idea was that every month Spider-Man would team up with a different Marvel superhero. It was batshit insane.

DrFurball Since: Jan, 2001
#50606: Jan 31st 2016 at 8:12:54 AM

"Spidey Super Stories" was actually a spin-off of The Electric Company, if memory serves.

kkhohoho (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
comicwriter Since: Sep, 2011
#50608: Jan 31st 2016 at 9:47:33 AM

[up]Spidey Super Stories was aimed squarely at young children, which was the difference. The writing style was done in such a way that a young kid could read it.

Eagal Since: Apr, 2012
#50609: Jan 31st 2016 at 10:36:25 AM

@50600 It's actually either/or. Differences in American/ UK spelling and what have you.

Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#50610: Jan 31st 2016 at 12:12:19 PM

Thanos also goes "Oops! I dropped the Cosmic Cube!" at one point.

He uses it to make an earthquake to offset Spidey and Hellcat, but the shaking causes him to drop it. What a klutzy, silly villain who is then arrested by normal police officers and taken to a normal human jail.

You cannot firmly grasp the true form of Squidward's technique!
Bocaj Funny but not helpful from Here or thereabouts (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
Funny but not helpful
#50611: Jan 31st 2016 at 1:08:15 PM

Also never forget.

Forever liveblogging the Avengers
alliterator Since: Jan, 2001
#50612: Jan 31st 2016 at 1:12:06 PM

The Squirrel-a-Gig is awesome.

Personally, though, I love Squirrel Girl's army of alternate universe Squirrel Girls:

Zeromaeus Since: May, 2010
#50613: Jan 31st 2016 at 1:12:21 PM

I'm kinda hoping Squirrelgirl shows up in something at some point. She's a fun character. She'd be fun on screen, too.

[up]Not pictured: Black suit Squirrelgirl that is basically Spiderman or her clone the American Red Squirrel.

edited 31st Jan '16 1:13:39 PM by Zeromaeus

Whowho Since: May, 2012
#50614: Jan 31st 2016 at 1:31:21 PM

Watching the Deadpool trailer has made me realize how much I want a squirrel girl movie. I imagine it as a PG version of Deadpool in terms of tone.

Also, it's weird to me that time travel is so common place in the marvel multimeter, but no one superhero has it as their primary gimmick.

Eagal Since: Apr, 2012
#50615: Jan 31st 2016 at 1:40:05 PM

Oh no! Destructitron the Evil Cyborg is going to kill Ronda Rice if Time Travel Man doesn't fight him!

"Don't worry!" says Time Travel Man. "Using my ability to time travel I went back in time and convinced Destructitron to become an accountant instead of a supervillain!"

And so the day is saved by Time Travel Man!

Whowho Since: May, 2012
#50616: Jan 31st 2016 at 1:59:46 PM

Put in some interesting character drama and I'd watch it. Provided you actually show time travel man trying to make a person become an accountant against their will.

Mostly I want a MCU film about going to different historical eras and having swashbuckling adventures, a plot really common to the comics, but there no one plot or character that demands adaptation.

I guess exiles, but they're with fox, I guess you could do it with Lionheart/captain Britain, but that's more alternate universes. Though a lot of alternate universes seem to be suspiciously like the past.

Bocaj Funny but not helpful from Here or thereabouts (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
Funny but not helpful
#50617: Jan 31st 2016 at 2:00:29 PM

I mean, Doctor Who pulls it off.

And Marvel has been racking up decades of continuity and too many Bad Futures to count. There's a lot of sandbox space there.

edited 31st Jan '16 2:01:01 PM by Bocaj

Forever liveblogging the Avengers
Whowho Since: May, 2012
#50618: Jan 31st 2016 at 2:01:54 PM

It also gives you a way to introduce and play with Kang.

Marvel has said they want more immigrant characters so they can appeal to foreign markets, and they have said they want more diversity. So make me a non-cis-het-male immigrant character who time travels for a living visiting all those stupid cross over events and being all. "Hay, time line wise common superheros have existed for less then two decades, why does no one I talk to during the Kree-Skrull war know what the internet is?"

edited 31st Jan '16 2:06:23 PM by Whowho

Bocaj Funny but not helpful from Here or thereabouts (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
Funny but not helpful
#50619: Jan 31st 2016 at 2:03:36 PM

Oh thats true.

If Kang is going to be dicking around with time and coexisting with himselves, definitely seems there should be a time-travel hero that is cleaning up after him.

Instead of just letting him fart back to the future and assuming you'll get him next time he takes over the world/tries to marry a 90 year old/tries to kidnap his younger self.

Forever liveblogging the Avengers
alliterator Since: Jan, 2001
#50620: Jan 31st 2016 at 2:23:52 PM

Actually, SHIELD has a subdivision for keeping the timeline intact. It's called, bluntly, TIME (Temporal Irregularity Management and Eradication). It was part of Mark Waid's Indestructible Hulk run and they were helped by Zarrko the Tomorrow Man, who is more commonly a supervillain.

But also, the Fantastic Four regularly travel through time as well and stop Doom and other villains from messing with the timestream. And Cable hops around, trying to set right what once went wrong, of course.

edited 31st Jan '16 2:24:34 PM by alliterator

LordofLore Since: Jun, 2012 Relationship Status: Consider his love an honor
#50621: Jan 31st 2016 at 2:27:39 PM

Are we talking time travel?! Yes, I can bring up the best fusion of villains!

Zeromaeus Since: May, 2010
#50622: Jan 31st 2016 at 3:44:47 PM

DOOM, Annihilus and Kang! With their powers combined, they become... DOOM!

RICHAAAAAAARDS!!!

Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#50623: Jan 31st 2016 at 4:25:02 PM

Not a fan of time travel here - it's so messy and almost never logical.

FoxBoxKid Philosophy Enthusiast from California Republic Since: Oct, 2013
Philosophy Enthusiast
#50625: Jan 31st 2016 at 7:16:46 PM

Not a fan of time travel here - it's so messy and almost never logical.
Then I guess it fits right in with most superhero stories, doesn't it?

Make mine Marvel.

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