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Welcome to the main discussion thread for the Marvel Cinematic Universe! This pinned post is here to establish some basic guidelines. All of the Media Forum rules still apply.

  • This thread is for talking about the live-action films, TV shows, animated works, and related content that use the Marvel brand, currently owned by Disney.
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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

LordVatek Not really a lord of anything Since: Sep, 2014
Not really a lord of anything
#50726: Feb 1st 2016 at 1:42:28 PM

Hulk throws a football to someone while doing a Sean Connery impression.

Hulk pash.

edited 1st Feb '16 1:45:27 PM by LordVatek

This song needs more love.
TobiasDrake (•̀⤙•́) (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Arm chopping is not a love language!
(•̀⤙•́)
#50727: Feb 1st 2016 at 1:42:46 PM

Hulk was going to like a movie, but it didn't live up to his expectations.

Hulk backlash.

My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.
alliterator Since: Jan, 2001
#50728: Feb 1st 2016 at 1:44:43 PM

Hulk like singing to the songs from band who sang "London Calling" and "Rock the Casbah."

Hulk's the Clash.

edited 1st Feb '16 1:45:06 PM by alliterator

KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#50729: Feb 1st 2016 at 1:45:02 PM

His allies say Hulk should talk more. Sometimes Hulk is too eager to smash.

Hulk brash.

alliterator Since: Jan, 2001
#50731: Feb 1st 2016 at 1:45:49 PM

Hulk needs to take a bath, but he knows that this next sentence doesn't actually rhyme unless you pronounce it differently.

Hulk wash.

edited 1st Feb '16 1:46:17 PM by alliterator

TobiasDrake (•̀⤙•́) (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Arm chopping is not a love language!
(•̀⤙•́)
#50732: Feb 1st 2016 at 1:48:01 PM

Hulk likes playing in the pool.

Hulk splash.

My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.
Ekuran Since: Feb, 2010 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
#50733: Feb 1st 2016 at 1:48:13 PM

Hulk wanna be the fastest one there is too.

Hulk-Flash.

KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#50734: Feb 1st 2016 at 1:48:20 PM

Hulk think puny rhyming skills are unsatisfactory.

Hulk abash.

TobiasDrake (•̀⤙•́) (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Arm chopping is not a love language!
(•̀⤙•́)
#50735: Feb 1st 2016 at 1:49:44 PM

Hulk found a substance to soothe his temperament.

Hulk hash.

My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.
alliterator Since: Jan, 2001
#50736: Feb 1st 2016 at 1:50:48 PM

Hulk goes to party uninvited.

Hulk gatecrash.

LordofLore Since: Jun, 2012 Relationship Status: Consider his love an honor
#50737: Feb 1st 2016 at 2:24:37 PM

I feel like I should post panels and pages of Hulk in Infinity Gauntlet so you can see how 616!Hulk was around that time. Spoilers of course:

edited 1st Feb '16 3:02:57 PM by LordofLore

yellowturtle from Nowhere Important Since: Feb, 2015 Relationship Status: Coming soon to theaters
Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#50739: Feb 1st 2016 at 3:07:11 PM

Hulk try mix corn with lima beans.

Hulk succotash!

You cannot firmly grasp the true form of Squidward's technique!
DeathsApprentice The Ultimate Lifeform from The Ark Since: Aug, 2011 Relationship Status: Is that a kind of food?
The Ultimate Lifeform
#50741: Feb 1st 2016 at 4:25:57 PM

Hulk has to run away really quickly.

Hulk dash!

When we're done, there won't be anything left.
unknowing from somewhere.. Since: Mar, 2014
#50742: Feb 1st 2016 at 4:55:43 PM

Hulks meet a cute girl a few days ago, now he feel the need to check his

Hulks balls!!!!(yeah, this is funevil grin)

"My Name is Bolt, Bolt Crank and I dont care if you believe or not"
alliterator Since: Jan, 2001
#50743: Feb 1st 2016 at 4:59:48 PM

[up] But that doesn't rhyme with "Hulk smash"!

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.
#50744: Feb 1st 2016 at 5:06:40 PM

In the few pages Nebula got the Gauntlet this is pretty much all she managed to do aside from resetting the universe back to the way it was

Not true! She also did this.

Oh God! Natural light!
LordofLore Since: Jun, 2012 Relationship Status: Consider his love an honor
#50746: Feb 1st 2016 at 5:08:25 PM

[up][up]Well yeah, that's why I said pretty muchtongue

[up]Set before she was turned into a cyborg(the only thing of note she did as a cyborg was join Gamora's sisterhood of warriors and get stomped by Ronan).

edited 1st Feb '16 5:18:22 PM by LordofLore

Ekuran Since: Feb, 2010 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
#50747: Feb 1st 2016 at 5:11:43 PM

[up][up]Characters change their look/get redesigned all the time, which is what I'm guessing happened with her.

comicwriter Since: Sep, 2011
#50748: Feb 1st 2016 at 6:18:44 PM

[up]Correct. She used to have long hair and a conventionally attractive appearance, but she later was put into a coma and had to have surgery that rendered her bald and with a bunch of cybernetic parts.

The movie, being an Adaptation Distillation, chose to use the latter appearance.

Bocaj Funny but not helpful from Here or thereabouts (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
Funny but not helpful
#50749: Feb 1st 2016 at 9:16:28 PM

(How many of these that aren't owned by Fox do you think we'll see in the MCU?)

Out of twenty one? characters in that picture

Nine already have or will definitely appear in an MCU movie

Three are strong maybes

And four have already appeared in a marvel Fox film

And Namor will never appear in anything.

Forever liveblogging the Avengers
Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#50750: Feb 1st 2016 at 9:53:14 PM

Who knows, Disney's lawyers are really good, they might manage to free Namor from Legal limbo....he is certainly a character worth having back in the fold. Even though Marvel is currently pretty much booked with movies and TV shows. I mean, just assuming that Marvel sticks to giving each character a trilogy and not more, phase four is already pretty full if we assume that Spider-man, Black Panther, Dr. Strange and Captain Marvel each get a sequel, Ant-man might get a third movie and then there are the Inhumans. And a third Guardians of the Galaxy movie should be a safe bet, too. Netflix is so successful with their shows that I wouldn't be surprised that if they announce that they will do three instead of two shows a year, and characters like the Punisher and Moon Knight are already waiting in the woodworks for their own outing.

Agent Carter is sadly struggling in the ratings (which I honestly don't get, the show is great quality wise - they recently posted a video showing the CGI used in season 1 and I was frankly stunned how much was actually not a set but put into the frame by a computer, I would have never guessed), and Agent of SHIELD is still getting flak for its first season even though it is now one of the best (maybe the best) Comic book shows on network TV, but considering that Marvel's most wanted and Damage Control are in the works, I guess the Spy-section of the Marvel universe will grow too.


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