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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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#52376: Mar 3rd 2016 at 11:23:04 AM

Didn't know Blade was Marvel Studios. Get on that!

Also, you know what would be great? Either a show or a series of movies made for kids that are much lighter in tone to contrast the Netflix shows and even lighter than the main movies starring the Power Pack.

edited 3rd Mar '16 12:52:09 PM by PushoverMediaCritic

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#52377: Mar 3rd 2016 at 11:32:44 AM

I could see it.

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#52378: Mar 3rd 2016 at 11:37:53 AM

I think Power Pack would be better suited to movie than series, but it would certainly be a great addition to the MCU.

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#52379: Mar 3rd 2016 at 11:42:05 AM

There might be difficulty with sequels or additional seasons since children grow up

Just look at the harry potter cast

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#52380: Mar 3rd 2016 at 11:43:42 AM

A PG Rating would probably be most appropriate. A series of movies would probably work best considering their flashy powers, but a show would work best for the absolutely INSANE crossovers the Power Pack is known for.

AlleyOop Since: Oct, 2010
#52381: Mar 3rd 2016 at 12:03:53 PM

If the cast is going to star kids, it's probably easier to do an animated or CG film.

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#52382: Mar 3rd 2016 at 12:11:05 PM

An animated Power Pack show would be great, but I was hoping to see them in the MCU and in live-action.

KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#52383: Mar 3rd 2016 at 12:17:15 PM

I think a good progression for the Power Pack would be something like Power Pack -> Avengers Academy -> Avengers Arena / Undercover

LordofLore Since: Jun, 2012 Relationship Status: Consider his love an honor
#52384: Mar 3rd 2016 at 12:19:02 PM

Oh god, don't remind me of Arena. We've all been burying that murder travesty as far down as we can.

edited 3rd Mar '16 1:00:47 PM by LordofLore

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#52385: Mar 3rd 2016 at 12:26:16 PM

A PG Rating would probably be most appropriate. A series of movies would probably work best considering their flashy powers, but a show would work best for the absolutely INSANE crossovers the Power Pack is known for.

The latter's basically a non-entity due to being completely infeasible, though.

Trying to do insane crossovers means having to pay to have Samuel L. Jackson this week, RDJ next week, Chris Evans the week after that, etc. etc. Good luck affording that on a TV show budget, especially one aimed at children.

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#52386: Mar 3rd 2016 at 12:28:56 PM

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Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#52387: Mar 3rd 2016 at 12:30:39 PM

I don't think that Blade is a good fit for the MCU the way it is now either way. Plus, I don't think that Disney would ever do it. Those movies are not just Marvel movies, they are distributed by Disney. In addition, I like the solution to go gritty on Netflix. Most of those characters are better suited for serialized storytelling anyway.

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#52388: Mar 3rd 2016 at 12:32:21 PM

I was thinking of stuff like Venom Katie.

AlleyOop Since: Oct, 2010
#52390: Mar 3rd 2016 at 12:56:57 PM

Probably too ambitious for Marvel to consider since it assumes every season is popular enough to get renewed, but Ghost Rider would probably make for a good Netflix anthology series.

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#52391: Mar 3rd 2016 at 12:59:31 PM

Ghost Rider stands in a tragic in-between.

His general form of storytelling is better suited for a R-Rated, gritty Netflix series, but the CGI required for the character is too expensive for a show, so he can't be done either way.

It is however very possible to make a movie of the character in PG-13, I'd say, since his villains to be inhuman creatures, you can tweak the violence quite well that way. Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance actually had a clever idea in showing Ghost Rider's victims incinerating into dust, allowing the character to mow through hordes of mooks very violently but without showing any actual blood, bypassing the censorship (disclaimer: I enjoy Spirit of Vengeance in a So Bad, It's Good way, which I suspect was the intention.

The main reason I don't see him being added as a MCU movie is because Ghost Rider doesn't have all that much to add to the grand scheme of the MCU (Doc Strange already taking care of the mystical elements and all) and it's storytelling tends to be too gritty for the MCU films.

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#52393: Mar 3rd 2016 at 1:03:45 PM

Maybe have Ghost Rider team up with with Doctor Strange?

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#52394: Mar 3rd 2016 at 1:06:16 PM

Ghost Ride will be the new Memetic Loser of Marvel Studios.

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#52395: Mar 3rd 2016 at 1:08:36 PM

Ghost Rider bringing Galactus to his knees and a Heel–Face Turn with the Penance Stare is probably one of my favorite moments of his but It probably won't ever happen in live-action, considering the logistics of having both Ghost Rider and Galactus on the big screen.

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#52396: Mar 3rd 2016 at 1:18:51 PM

People still care about what Miller thinks?

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LordofLore Since: Jun, 2012 Relationship Status: Consider his love an honor
#52397: Mar 3rd 2016 at 1:21:33 PM

His talk about comic book creators and their credit is still important in the current movie heavy industry. The fact he himself doesn't know if the next Daredevil season will have a "Based on characters created by..." with his name somewhere on it is sort of absurd but then again we all hopefully remember how Rocket's creator got treated...

edited 3rd Mar '16 2:32:33 PM by LordofLore

Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#52398: Mar 3rd 2016 at 1:23:44 PM

I first want the Defender verse to shape up properly. After that we can thinking about adding Moon Knight. But there is no need to overdo it.

Whowho Since: May, 2012
#52400: Mar 3rd 2016 at 2:14:53 PM

Cloak and Dagger are higher on my list of desired Netflix series, being at the top. Moonknight is on that same list too, but third behind She Hulk. Blade is fourth, simply because I'm not sure how you could make a run of the character fresh.

For the movies, my list of desired characters to get franchises (who are not already in universe) goes KAMALA KHAN and then squirrel girl.

And all I want from the next non Netflix TV series is for it to be Runaways.

Beyond that, you're rapidly running out of MARVEL universe characters I care about (that MARVEL studios has the rights too)


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