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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

MadSkillz Destroyer of Worlds Since: Mar, 2013 Relationship Status: I only want you gone
KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#54652: Apr 6th 2016 at 10:20:43 PM

Ugh...

Any word on Scarlet's reaction to that?

Tuckerscreator (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Drift compatible
#54653: Apr 6th 2016 at 10:23:57 PM

I assume her reaction to it is the same to when people kept posting pictures of her rear, or all those comedians who keep making creepy acts about how much they'd like to screw her: "Just say nothing and wait for it to pass..."

sad

comicwriter Since: Sep, 2011
#54654: Apr 6th 2016 at 10:33:57 PM

The Past is Prelude:

edited 6th Apr '16 10:34:04 PM by comicwriter

LDragon2 Since: Dec, 2011
#54655: Apr 6th 2016 at 10:34:22 PM

People will come up with anything after all.

And on Spaihts' script for Prometheus, yeah, his was a lot better. Seriously, nearly all the problems of the film aren't so much glossed over in his script as they are not problems to begin. I seriously need to wonder who let Lindeloff come in and rewrite it.

edvedd Darling. from At the boutique, dear. Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: We finish each other's sandwiches
Darling.
#54656: Apr 6th 2016 at 10:35:31 PM

It's so weird that 1 month out from Civil War (less than that here), we still don't actually know how it is going to go down. I feel like there's so much we're not seeing, and the marketing is not giving up much.

[up]Crazy people?

edited 6th Apr '16 10:35:52 PM by edvedd

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edvedd Darling. from At the boutique, dear. Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: We finish each other's sandwiches
Darling.
#54658: Apr 6th 2016 at 10:38:35 PM

[up][up]To continue, at this point in the marketing cycle, Bv S basically showed you close to the whole ding dang movie, and here we've barely scratched the surface of the tip of this iceberg.

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comicwriter Since: Sep, 2011
#54659: Apr 6th 2016 at 10:39:41 PM

Which I think is good, because everyone criticized Warner for spoiling the resolution of the conflict.

LordofLore Since: Jun, 2012 Relationship Status: Consider his love an honor
#54660: Apr 6th 2016 at 10:42:06 PM

Zemo being the real villain hasn't showed up in the trailers or TV spots yet but having a name on the poster is starting to get more people to ask "Hey, who's he playing and why isn't he in any interviews?".

edvedd Darling. from At the boutique, dear. Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: We finish each other's sandwiches
Darling.
#54661: Apr 6th 2016 at 10:44:20 PM

I feel like the biggest 'reveal' in the trailers so far has been Spider Man of all things and we knew he was in it months ago. We know there's a conflict, we know who's with who, we know there's some sort of villain, and we could probably speculate endings all day long, but they've done well to keep things genuinely mysterious and up in the air.

edited 6th Apr '16 10:47:14 PM by edvedd

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LordofLore Since: Jun, 2012 Relationship Status: Consider his love an honor
#54662: Apr 6th 2016 at 10:46:11 PM

The Russos(unlike every other director in the MCU)knows to keep the important scenes secret for more effect. Both CW and WS have kept their twists under somewhat. The toys on the other hand...

edited 7th Apr '16 12:15:12 AM by LordofLore

edvedd Darling. from At the boutique, dear. Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: We finish each other's sandwiches
Darling.
#54663: Apr 6th 2016 at 10:47:06 PM

Well, I don't think Directors really decide on clips and trailer footage as often.

I guess confidence means not having to play every single card you have.

edited 6th Apr '16 10:47:36 PM by edvedd

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Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#54664: Apr 7th 2016 at 12:10:41 AM

But they might have put out a mandate to only show scenes from the first half of the movie and leave out certain details. Either them or Marvel itself. They after all caught a lot of criticism for showing too much of Ao U last year.

PushoverMediaCritic I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out. from the Italy of America Since: Jul, 2015 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out.
#54665: Apr 7th 2016 at 12:26:49 AM
AlleyOop Since: Oct, 2010
#54666: Apr 7th 2016 at 12:31:03 AM

The "disaster recordings" slayed me.

Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#54667: Apr 7th 2016 at 12:50:04 AM

Never really understood the point of redoing trailers with lego.

There is btw something I noticed about the German version of it. The part in which Tony says "The whole world was wrong about you.", in German he uses the plural "euch", as if he is addressing not one person but a group of people. Might just be a translation mistake, though....

windleopard from Nigeria Since: Nov, 2014 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
#54669: Apr 7th 2016 at 3:48:34 AM

If this is what we do with machines, is it any surprise they'd want to wipe us out when they gain sentience?

VeryMelon Since: Jul, 2011 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#54670: Apr 7th 2016 at 5:11:47 AM

Scar Jo-Tron would be extremely cool in just about any other context but this.

ultimatepheer Since: Mar, 2011
#54671: Apr 7th 2016 at 5:28:32 AM

I for one welcome our Robot Superspy overlords

Nightwire Since: Feb, 2010
#54672: Apr 7th 2016 at 5:57:35 AM

TONY NO HAVEN'T YOU LEARN

A sexy evil robot is still an evil robot

edvedd Darling. from At the boutique, dear. Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: We finish each other's sandwiches
Darling.
#54673: Apr 7th 2016 at 6:12:23 AM

Well, I think we can rest easy. I doubt we'll have an army of Scarjo-bots enslaving humanity.

...yet.

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JBC31187 Since: Jan, 2015
#54674: Apr 7th 2016 at 6:14:23 AM

I've been away for a while. Has this been posted yet?


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