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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
#54576: Apr 5th 2016 at 9:46:39 AM

[up][up]That could just mean Death's Head is getting a new comic series.

comicwriter Since: Sep, 2011
#54577: Apr 5th 2016 at 9:53:51 AM

More Spider-Man domains.

Just about every potential or rumored Spider-Man title has sounded dumb.

LordofLore Since: Jun, 2012 Relationship Status: Consider his love an honor
#54578: Apr 5th 2016 at 9:57:18 AM

Wasn't there supposed to be a stage play about Spider-Man at one point called something like Turn Off The Dark or something?

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.
#54579: Apr 5th 2016 at 9:59:04 AM

[up] Yes, that was a thing.

Oh God! Natural light!
TrashJack Confirmed Doomer from beyond the Despair Event Horizon (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
Confirmed Doomer
#54580: Apr 5th 2016 at 10:13:39 AM

[up][up] Yes, and it was a major flop, primarily due to the special effects budget and all the on-set injuries (although I've heard that the show itself isn't really that good anyway). Because of how much was spent on the special effects, covering damages to the actors, and replacing injured actors with new ones, it would have had to sell every single ticket at every single showing for years on end just to make a profit. Needless to say, it was doomed to fail, to the point that Deadpool even has two separate jokes about it in Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 (when starting a match with Spidey and Deadpool as the first two characters: "Gonna rough you up like a Broadway musical!", and when KO-ing Spidey as the last opponent: "Aw, that was too easy! Maybe it would have helped if you'd turned off the dark! HAHAHAHAHAHA!").

"Cynic, n. — A blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be." - The Devil's Dictionary
Bocaj Funny but not helpful from Here or thereabouts (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
Funny but not helpful
#54581: Apr 5th 2016 at 10:28:59 AM

Green Goblin had a catchy song though

Forever liveblogging the Avengers
LordofLore Since: Jun, 2012 Relationship Status: Consider his love an honor
#54582: Apr 5th 2016 at 10:35:11 AM

Are there any clips of these?[lol]

Btw:

Bocaj Funny but not helpful from Here or thereabouts (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
Funny but not helpful
#54583: Apr 5th 2016 at 10:43:47 AM

Forever liveblogging the Avengers
comicwriter Since: Sep, 2011
#54584: Apr 5th 2016 at 10:51:30 AM

Lego Luis is the hero we need.

yellowturtle from Nowhere Important Since: Feb, 2015 Relationship Status: Coming soon to theaters
DarthSion Statement: All meatbags must die from Slokovia Since: Mar, 2016 Relationship Status: All is for my lord
Statement: All meatbags must die
#54586: Apr 5th 2016 at 11:34:07 AM

wild mass guessThe Spiderman movie is an adaptation of Turn Off The Dark

Cut off one head 2 more shall take it's place! Hail Hydra
FoxBoxKid Philosophy Enthusiast from California Republic Since: Oct, 2013
Philosophy Enthusiast
#54587: Apr 5th 2016 at 12:00:55 PM

I saw Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark in person. Before I went, I read the synopsis with the Geek Chorus and Arachne, but when I saw it, they took out that stuff. sad Not seeing the original version is one of my life's greatest disappointments, along with the cancellation of Young Justice and being the first finalist eliminated at my junior high's geography bee.

edited 5th Apr '16 12:04:59 PM by FoxBoxKid

Make mine Marvel.
Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#54588: Apr 5th 2016 at 12:36:59 PM

I hope they don't put out Dormammu so early in Strange. Let his presence be felt similar to Thanos in GOTG, but save his actual in-person menace for the sequel.

You cannot firmly grasp the true form of Squidward's technique!
AlleyOop Since: Oct, 2010
#54589: Apr 5th 2016 at 2:30:20 PM

We know Dormammu will be the villain of the movie, but do we know for sure that Mikkelsen is going to be him? As opposed to another Strange villain who might just be possessed by him?

comicwriter Since: Sep, 2011
#54590: Apr 5th 2016 at 3:01:06 PM

Do we know Dormammu is the villain?

Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#54591: Apr 5th 2016 at 3:05:11 PM

I don't think that we know who the villain of the movie will be at all.

AlleyOop Since: Oct, 2010
#54592: Apr 5th 2016 at 3:09:11 PM

IIRC it was the same batch of later-confirmed Joblo leaks about Civil War and Dr. Strange's costume being left largely intact that also mentioned the film's villains would be Mordo and Dormammu, and Dormammu was definitely in early drafts of the script before Spaihts was signed on.

DarthSion Statement: All meatbags must die from Slokovia Since: Mar, 2016 Relationship Status: All is for my lord
Statement: All meatbags must die
#54593: Apr 5th 2016 at 3:10:23 PM

wild mass guessDormammu and Thanos are playing cosmic chess

Cut off one head 2 more shall take it's place! Hail Hydra
comicwriter Since: Sep, 2011
#54594: Apr 5th 2016 at 4:36:29 PM

EDIT

edited 5th Apr '16 4:37:13 PM by comicwriter

AdricDePsycho Rock on, Gold Dust Woman from Never Going Back Again Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
Rock on, Gold Dust Woman
#54595: Apr 5th 2016 at 4:38:31 PM

I saw the link before you removed it, what happened?

Have you any dreams you'd like to sell?
Wackd Since: May, 2009
#54597: Apr 5th 2016 at 4:54:19 PM

The Russos won't rest until the entire cast of Community has appeared in a Captain America film.

Maybe you'd be less disappointed if you stopped expecting things to be Carmen Sandiego movies.
AdricDePsycho Rock on, Gold Dust Woman from Never Going Back Again Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
Rock on, Gold Dust Woman
#54598: Apr 5th 2016 at 4:55:29 PM

Who are they playing in Luke Cage?

Have you any dreams you'd like to sell?
KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#54599: Apr 5th 2016 at 5:03:57 PM

That's... very interesting.

If true, not only is it a bona-fide cross media crossover, but given the scope of Civil War one of Luke Cage's villains being involved in it - even in an extremely minor way - could say a lot about what the plot of his series might entail.

[up] Alfre Woodard is playing old Luke Cage villain Black Mariah, here known by her normal name Mariah Dillard.

edited 5th Apr '16 5:05:25 PM by KnownUnknown

AdricDePsycho Rock on, Gold Dust Woman from Never Going Back Again Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
Rock on, Gold Dust Woman
#54600: Apr 5th 2016 at 5:10:54 PM

And this other person?

Have you any dreams you'd like to sell?

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