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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
#59101: Jun 9th 2016 at 2:29:23 PM

I figure there's a law saying that all animals have to have comic characters based off them. Once creators ran out of cool ones like bats, spiders, hawks, panthers, falcons and rhinos, they had to improvise.

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#59102: Jun 9th 2016 at 2:36:43 PM

But what about the platypus?!

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#59104: Jun 9th 2016 at 2:48:20 PM

Tardigrades?

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#59105: Jun 9th 2016 at 2:50:23 PM

I wanna see a deceptively cute villain with regeneration powers called The Axolotl.

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#59106: Jun 9th 2016 at 2:52:25 PM

Now I do too

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#59107: Jun 9th 2016 at 2:57:20 PM

I doubt the scope is going to come anywhere near that, especially since this is a Doctor Strange story; the climax is probably going to take place on the astral plane or some shit.

Dr. Strange is all about spectacular mystical stuff spilling out into the mortal plane - since that's what he's specifically trying of avoid, it's often a way to raise the stakes.

Wormholes and rifts opening over the streets, innocents getting pulled into the spirit realm, cthuloid gods manifesting in the middle of New York.... Dr. Strange's adventures get big, they're just almost entirely separate from Avengers' adventures.

Funnily enough, the first thing I thought of as a climax to a Dr. Strange film is the climax of Dark World, except with banishment spells and weird hand gestures instead of portal sticks.

ultimatepheer Since: Mar, 2011
#59108: Jun 9th 2016 at 3:13:15 PM

Is there a Velociraptor-themed superhero/villain?

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#59109: Jun 9th 2016 at 3:15:07 PM

I have a velociraptor themed super genius in my superhero setting.

She's called Clever Girl and she's fossil accurate.

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#59111: Jun 9th 2016 at 3:17:14 PM

There's an actual velociraptor superhero, if that counts. Her name is Old Lace.

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#59112: Jun 9th 2016 at 3:19:03 PM

She's too big.

Not to body shame but. She huge.

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#59113: Jun 9th 2016 at 3:24:36 PM

Blame Jurassic Park. Pop culture has yet to discover the awesomeness that is awesome scientifically accurate raptors.

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#59114: Jun 9th 2016 at 3:26:00 PM

I wouldn't mind seeing Burgess Shale themed heroes.

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#59115: Jun 9th 2016 at 3:26:36 PM

You posted the exact links I hoped for. Thank you.

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#59116: Jun 9th 2016 at 3:27:28 PM

The Exposition Dragon's got you covered.

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#59118: Jun 9th 2016 at 5:25:56 PM

We talked about it yesterday.

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#59119: Jun 9th 2016 at 6:06:51 PM

Pretty much any use of velociraptors in fiction is going to actually be using a austroraptor or utahraptor; velociraptor is simply the much more awesome name.

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#59121: Jun 9th 2016 at 6:21:38 PM

I'm already headcanoning him as being related one of the Howling Commandos.

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#59123: Jun 9th 2016 at 6:27:05 PM

I'd note that at least one person has been arrested under the accords despite only committing the crime of vigilantism. Black Panther gets throw in the car with the rest of them at the start, and he never assaulted any police and was never associated with the Avengers, so it's entirely possible that if Strange gets involved in a big situation he could end up in jail.

Which just means his situation won't be visibly big.

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Punisher286 Since: Jan, 2016
#59124: Jun 9th 2016 at 6:51:00 PM

No he just chased down a wanted fugitive in the middle of a busy freeway, which also involved a confrontation with noted Avenger Captain America which also resulted in multiple car crashes and property damage. And he did it, for a personal vendetta.

So yeah, he's getting arrested. Also T'Challa DID sign up for/support the Accords, so that makes him fair game as well.

edited 9th Jun '16 6:51:51 PM by Punisher286

comicwriter Since: Sep, 2011
#59125: Jun 9th 2016 at 7:22:34 PM

Would the Accords even apply to him? I don't think anyone knew he was the Black Panther until he got arrested. And since they made a point of saying Wakanda was mostly isolationist before that, I'm no sure how many people would know what the Black Panther is to begin with.

edited 9th Jun '16 7:23:22 PM by comicwriter


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