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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

comicwriter Since: Sep, 2011
#52151: Feb 25th 2016 at 3:39:55 PM

Marvel vs. Capcom fans will be thrilled.

AlleyOop Since: Oct, 2010
#52152: Feb 25th 2016 at 3:55:57 PM

Speaking of which, I'm surprised the MCU hasn't capitalized as hard on the video game market as you'd think they would. No Injustice or Arkham games, or Activision/Platinum spinoffs, just Lego and mobile stuff though it might be because of the higher profit margin.

comicwriter Since: Sep, 2011
#52153: Feb 25th 2016 at 3:57:57 PM

Disney in general has not done a lot of console games for the franchise since they bought Marvel, and I have no idea why.

Though Telltale Games has a Marvel project coming out.

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
#52154: Feb 25th 2016 at 3:58:02 PM

If they could make a fun Iron Man game where you can customize your suit and fly around I would be all over it.

KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#52155: Feb 25th 2016 at 4:04:14 PM

Disney in general doesn't seem all that interested in video games, and hasn't been for a long time. They license their characters out to major developers occasionally, but besides tie-in adventure games they don't really seem to care about taking advantage of the medium. Besides Disney Infinity, the closest thing we have to a major Disney video game series is Kingdom Hearts.

The only real exception is Star Wars, but Star Wars itself is so entrenched in video gamedom that being hands off about it now would be ridiculous. And even so, the new approach to canon has been making the development of Star Wars a bit more slow and deliberate.

edited 25th Feb '16 4:05:14 PM by KnownUnknown

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
#52156: Feb 25th 2016 at 4:05:19 PM

It doesn't help that they have an exclusive SW deal with a notoriously bad videogame company.

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.
#52157: Feb 25th 2016 at 4:17:03 PM

Though Telltale Games has a Marvel project coming out.

They do? I know they have a Batman game in the works, but I don't recall having heard anything about Marvel.

edited 25th Feb '16 4:17:11 PM by KarkatTheDalek

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TargetmasterJoe from Velocitron Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: I like big bots and I can not lie
#52158: Feb 25th 2016 at 4:24:13 PM

RE: Marvel video games:

If Marvel and Disney ever do a Marvel vs. Capcom 4 where the main team-up villains are Ultron and Sigma and the final boss is Maestro, I would be so happy.

Whowho Since: May, 2012
#52160: Feb 25th 2016 at 4:59:54 PM

Deadpool had a game. And Spiderman always has games. Wasn't there a series of top down X-men games I remember watching my brother play half a decade ago, I guess that series died out.

I'm not sure what kind of game you'd do with the MARVEL universe as a whole, or just the MCU. You'd want to make use of as much of the cast as possible.

Really I want a fantasy football manager game, but in the marvel universe where you run a super team, and try to keep your popularity high, making sure you get to fight A-lister villains and leaving the Avengers to fight Lady Stiltman, all while making sure the dysfunctional members of your team don't go into dork ages.

Like, I like the idea that success is measured by how many comics of your super team are being sold in the "real" world.

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Funny but not helpful
#52161: Feb 25th 2016 at 5:05:21 PM

That could be a fun premise.

Instead of Godzilla attacks, you get 90s Crossover Villain or something.

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Whowho Since: May, 2012
#52162: Feb 25th 2016 at 5:11:39 PM

Yesssssssss. And if your comic sales are down you could take the easy route and try to inject drama into your team. Make them bicker and hate each other.

Also random characters in the "real" world would get movie adaptations and suddenly become A-listers, sp suddenly you really badly need your team to fight Paste Pot Pete so you can cash in.

edited 25th Feb '16 5:12:47 PM by Whowho

Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#52163: Feb 25th 2016 at 5:27:21 PM

I just look forward to whatever the next thing is.

Right now it's Devdareil season two.

Regarding the Iron Fist casting, dunno who that guy is and never seen anything with him so I don't know how he'll do

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comicwriter Since: Sep, 2011
#52164: Feb 25th 2016 at 5:31:02 PM

There was a cool Avengers game that almost got made around the time of the first movie. If someone would dust off this concept I think it could be pretty cool. Get in a nice variety of additional characters (Black Panther, Captain Marvel, Groot, Doctor Strange, Vision, Scarlet Witch) and it could be awesome.

edited 25th Feb '16 5:31:27 PM by comicwriter

Philcoulson I do not think of myself as a king I think of my from From shadows Since: May, 2015 Relationship Status: Abstaining
I do not think of myself as a king I think of my
#52165: Feb 25th 2016 at 6:11:42 PM

Maybe a game where you control hydra as it grows inside shield

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KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#52166: Feb 25th 2016 at 7:14:47 PM

Wasn't there a series of top down X-men games I remember watching my brother play half a decade ago, I guess that series died out.

I'm not sure what kind of game you'd do with the MARVEL universe as a whole, or just the MCU. You'd want to make use of as much of the cast as possible.

You might be thinking of X Men Legends. They did make a Marvel Universe version of that, called Marvel Ultimate Alliance, but then Activision's license ran out a little while after the sequel came out and Marvel evidently had no interest in returning to the idea (the same with Marvel Vs Capcom both times the series died, actually).

edited 25th Feb '16 7:15:23 PM by KnownUnknown

comicwriter Since: Sep, 2011
#52167: Feb 25th 2016 at 8:20:09 PM

Hopefully MVC will return to us someday.

TargetmasterJoe from Velocitron Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: I like big bots and I can not lie
#52168: Feb 26th 2016 at 7:19:29 AM

[up] Y'know, some time ago, I've been brainstorming some ideas on what they could do with a hypothetical MVC 4, such as:

  • Bringing back some of the guys who didn't show up in the last one, like Cable, Cammy, Mega Man among others and retool some veterans to make them more unique, like having War Machine essentially being Iron Man with bullets (assuming Iron Man uses energy blasts for his attacks).
  • Have newcomers like the aforementioned Ultron and Sigma, and others like X, Asura, The Vision, Agent Venom, Star-Lord, and maybe even Angela?
  • Voice-acted story cutscenes.
  • And even use the "Disney owns Marvel" thing to its advantage by secretly making it Marvel vs. Capcom featuring Disney All-Stars, even when it's just Marvel vs. Capcom. I don't know what'd they do there, but I've some ideas from obvious choices like Jack Skellington and Baymax to those that could be a lot like what happened when Nintendo announced the Wii Fit Trainer in Smash 4, namely Rumble McSkirmish and Elsa. That way, they'd make the American and the Japanese sides of the Internet explode, because Heaven knows how much America's loving Gravity Falls right now and how Japan's loving it and Frozen.

edited 26th Feb '16 7:33:44 AM by TargetmasterJoe

AlleyOop Since: Oct, 2010
#52169: Feb 26th 2016 at 8:48:18 AM

At the same time, there might be too many Fox characters for them to consider.

MousaThe14 Writer, Artist, Ignored from Northern Virginia Since: Jan, 2011 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
Writer, Artist, Ignored
#52170: Feb 26th 2016 at 9:19:35 AM

I get the distinct impression that that doesn't quite natter in the games department. X-characters and others have popped up in Marvel games without issue before despite the fact Fox owned the movie lisences such as Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 and, more obviously, LEGO Marvel Super Heroes (I know I keep bringing it up, I'm sorry) which very obviously exists in a post-Avengers movie world based on certain character and design decisions, but the F4 and X-Men are part of the main plot of the game.

Quick aside, I just caught up with the thread so now I know we have an Iron Fist. I've lost excitement. The one white guy I wanted cast wasn't and the thread's response to the guy we got's acting has not filled me with confidence (no I have not watched Game if Thrones so I don't know him directly)

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Philcoulson I do not think of myself as a king I think of my from From shadows Since: May, 2015 Relationship Status: Abstaining
I do not think of myself as a king I think of my
#52171: Feb 26th 2016 at 9:21:37 AM

We should wait before casting judgement

All I see I conquer
yellowturtle from Nowhere Important Since: Feb, 2015 Relationship Status: Coming soon to theaters
#52172: Feb 26th 2016 at 9:57:51 AM

[up] He might be an amazing Iron Fist. So I guess I'll wait until we see him in action.

edited 26th Feb '16 9:58:21 AM by yellowturtle

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AlleyOop Since: Oct, 2010
#52173: Feb 26th 2016 at 10:57:47 AM

I'm really hoping for a He Really Can Act moment with him.

LordofLore Since: Jun, 2012 Relationship Status: Consider his love an honor
#52174: Feb 26th 2016 at 12:54:59 PM

Rumor on a new actor joining gotg vol 2's Ravagers(I wonder if the crew would've been called the Starjammers if Fox didn't own the rights to it).

Set photos.

edited 26th Feb '16 2:28:14 PM by LordofLore


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