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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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#59176: Jun 11th 2016 at 7:40:51 AM

The existence of an action piece involving tentacles coming out of a portal doesn't mean it's Shuma-Gorath. There could be any number of reasons why tentacles are coming out of a portal.

But it could be him.

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#59177: Jun 11th 2016 at 10:43:20 AM

Statistically speaking, opening any random portal has about a 40% chance of resulting in tentacles, assuming the laws of mathematics haven't been fucked up by it.

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HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
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#59178: Jun 11th 2016 at 10:52:39 AM

...When it comes to Tentacles, 40% is too high.

Well, honestly, when it comes to Tentacles, 1% is too high. I mean, they're fucking Tentacles. The implications are not good.

edited 11th Jun '16 10:56:10 AM by HandsomeRob

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#59179: Jun 11th 2016 at 10:54:18 AM

Who are fucking tentacles? Kind of gross.

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#59180: Jun 11th 2016 at 10:55:01 AM

It could be an inkling universe

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HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#59181: Jun 11th 2016 at 10:57:06 AM

Right. I know there are still implications to what I said, but at least I fixed the grammar.

Your move internet.

Your move.

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#59182: Jun 11th 2016 at 10:59:20 AM

Who is 'they' and why are they fucking tentacles?

unknowing from somewhere.. Since: Mar, 2014
#59183: Jun 11th 2016 at 11:02:05 AM

Meh, everything would be fine....uless there is japanise girl nearby, in that case yeah, tentacles

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AlleyOop Since: Oct, 2010
#59184: Jun 11th 2016 at 11:04:38 AM

At any rate it's probably going to be good fodder for the Benedict Cumberbatch Yaoi Fangirls.

unknowing from somewhere.. Since: Mar, 2014
#59185: Jun 11th 2016 at 11:11:04 AM

[up]Put him close of tony stark them, you will see tumblr melting itself in Strangex Start shipping, specially the ex-Tonyx Steve shippers

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#59186: Jun 11th 2016 at 11:25:44 AM

Beard bros?

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unknowing from somewhere.. Since: Mar, 2014
#59187: Jun 11th 2016 at 11:26:48 AM

[up]the sherlock bros

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AlleyOop Since: Oct, 2010
#59188: Jun 11th 2016 at 12:31:32 PM

I think Bocaj is talking about this.

unknowing from somewhere.. Since: Mar, 2014
#59189: Jun 11th 2016 at 12:34:41 PM

[up]Oh dear.....

Make that happen

Make,that,happen, NOW!

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#59190: Jun 11th 2016 at 1:52:54 PM

"Must resist making anime joke, too easy."

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#59191: Jun 11th 2016 at 1:57:02 PM

Obviously Strange is into tentacle hentai and opened that portal to get his rocks off.

There, I made the joke. Now we can move on to less tentacle related matters.

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#59192: Jun 11th 2016 at 2:47:48 PM

It's hard to tell, but I think the tentacle monster has way too many eyes to be Shuma-Gorath.

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#59193: Jun 11th 2016 at 2:52:53 PM

[up] It can be Shuma's movie-verse minion (like Thanos) or its difference in design.

AlleyOop Since: Oct, 2010
#59194: Jun 11th 2016 at 3:02:02 PM

Just curious but does Marvel give Lego playsets their own universe designation? Like how the Ultimates are 1610 and the MCU is 1999999999?

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#59195: Jun 11th 2016 at 3:08:07 PM

Shuma-Gorath is usually green. He also seems a bit too powerful for a first movie villain. I doubt it's him.

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#59196: Jun 11th 2016 at 3:10:05 PM

[up][up] Probably not, since all the sets are not necessarily set in the same continuity.

edited 11th Jun '16 3:10:20 PM by DeadlyAssassin

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KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#59197: Jun 11th 2016 at 4:34:30 PM

The monster also has pincers and a mouth. It's probably a random demon or monster, not Shuma. I don't see why they would redesign Shuma, especially not to that extent. They don't have to worry about him having an outfit that's too 60's or doesn't work in live action, since he's an entirely inhuman monster anyway.

[up][up][up] I could see Shuma-Gorath working the same way in the Strange movies Thanos works in the Avengers/Guardians stories - present in some way from the beginning, but not directly involved in the plot until the end.

I'd love it if the Strange series set up Shuma, and then the next big crossover movie after Infinity War had everybody against him.

edited 11th Jun '16 4:35:37 PM by KnownUnknown

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#59199: Jun 11th 2016 at 7:48:41 PM

wild mass guessLego sets are Earth-0937

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LordVatek Not really a lord of anything Since: Sep, 2014
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#59200: Jun 11th 2016 at 7:50:04 PM

I swear if we don't get a Thanos-Copter LEGO set for Infinity War I will refuse to watch the movie.

edited 11th Jun '16 7:50:36 PM by LordVatek

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