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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
#60976: Jul 27th 2016 at 10:23:33 AM

The highest profile character they've gotten their hands on is Ghost Rider, and that's only because Feige said there was very little chance of Marvel ever giving him a movie.

edited 27th Jul '16 10:23:53 AM by comicwriter

alliterator Since: Jan, 2001
#60977: Jul 27th 2016 at 10:27:05 AM

I hope they are able to use Karnak. That would be very cool.

hollygoolightly Since: Apr, 2012 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
#60978: Jul 27th 2016 at 10:27:42 AM

Don't know much of the later runs other than T'Challa's marriage with Storm (bad), Wakanda refusing to share the cure for cancer from the rest of the world (very bad), the part where Wakanda gets invaded and a lot of the Priest supporting characters like Zuri get Stuffed In The Fridge (also bad), and T'Challa having a younger sister (could be good).

I know a bit about the earliest stuff, and have just started on Priest's run. Didn't he also develop Shuri, or did she come later?

Apparently, in one of the later runs he takes over for Daredevil for a while. Which seems... unusual.

edited 27th Jul '16 10:29:17 AM by hollygoolightly

comicwriter Since: Sep, 2011
#60979: Jul 27th 2016 at 10:45:58 AM

Shuri didn't come until later. She was a case of Remember the New Guy? and didn't exist in Priest's run.

The Daredevil idea was weird but it's actually very well written.

edited 27th Jul '16 10:46:53 AM by comicwriter

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.
#60980: Jul 27th 2016 at 12:32:41 PM

What was the deal behind the Daredevil thing, anyway?

Oh God! Natural light!
comicwriter Since: Sep, 2011
#60981: Jul 27th 2016 at 1:27:33 PM

A collision of two different storylines. Black Panther got severely injured by Doctor Doom and so his sister Shuri had to become the new Black Panther while he recovered. But because of the way the Panther mantle works, it meant T'Challa lost all his powers. This was compounded by a storyline that destroyed all Wakanda's vibranium (It got better later), meaning all of his gadgets and weapons were now useless.

Then in an unrelated story, Daredevil turned evil and tried to conquer New York. It turned out he was possessed by a Japanese demon, but he was so shaken by what he'd done that he had to go on a trip to take some time off and find himself.

So Hell's Kitchen had no protector and T'Challa wasn't the Black Panther anymore and was trying to prove he could still be a hero without his powers or gadgets. Since Matt and T'Challa are close friends, they decided to have the latter protect Hell's Kitchen until the former got back.

edited 27th Jul '16 1:29:02 PM by comicwriter

higherbrainpattern Since: Apr, 2012
#60982: Jul 27th 2016 at 2:24:16 PM

...I genuinely love how weird comics can get.

Gaon Smoking Snake from Grim Up North Since: Jun, 2012 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
#60984: Jul 27th 2016 at 4:16:27 PM

You cannot conceive the might of weirdness in comics until you know the glory of Armless Tiger Man

"All you Fascists bound to lose."
comicwriter Since: Sep, 2011
#60985: Jul 27th 2016 at 4:17:16 PM

The biggest tragedy of Agent Carter being cancelled is that we could have eventually had Armless Tiger Man as a villain.

comicwriter Since: Sep, 2011
#60986: Jul 27th 2016 at 5:01:22 PM

Speaking of, here's why Netflix didn't pick up the show.

Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#60988: Jul 27th 2016 at 6:17:42 PM

This is still mine.

You cannot firmly grasp the true form of Squidward's technique!
MapleSamurai Since: Aug, 2014 Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
#60989: Jul 27th 2016 at 6:25:09 PM

You think you've shown the weirdest comic book characters ever? Oh, you sweet, innocent children, let me direct to the tale of Combo Man.

You're welcome. tongue

hollygoolightly Since: Apr, 2012 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
#60990: Jul 28th 2016 at 1:44:23 AM

[up][up]... dog welder...? Ahhhgh indeed.

(Is that a dead dog?)

alliterator Since: Jan, 2001
#60991: Jul 28th 2016 at 6:44:10 AM

Dogwelder is a member of Section Eight, a team of the most bizarre superheroes, including Sixpack (who is perpetually drunk), Bueno Excellente (who has the "power of perversion"), and the Defenestrator (who doesn't throw people out of windows, but rather carries windows around which he throws over people).

Dogwelder was also the superhero Garth Ennis came up with when trying to think of the worst superhero ever.

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.
#60992: Jul 28th 2016 at 9:12:17 AM

I love them. I want them to have their own big-budget trilogy. And give Combo Man at least one Darker and Edgier movie to his name.

Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#60993: Jul 28th 2016 at 2:54:12 PM

Dogwelder does indeed carry dead dogs around (he lives in an alley and sets traps for strays), and he does indeed weld them to people's faces.

He's DC, though, so he isn't gonna show up in the MCU sadly.

You cannot firmly grasp the true form of Squidward's technique!
Falrinn Since: Dec, 2014
#60994: Jul 28th 2016 at 4:24:27 PM

This conversation makes me hope that Marvel does eventually get Damage Control or some sort of comedy MCU TV series off the ground. That would be the perfect place to include characters with powersets that are too bizarre to be taken seriously and too impractical to be effective against even a regular SHIELD field agent.

MapleSamurai Since: Aug, 2014 Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
#60995: Jul 28th 2016 at 5:23:45 PM

wild mass guessCombo Man will appear in the MCU with a major case of Adaptational Villainy... as the main villain of a Phase Four Avengers movie. tongue

KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#60996: Jul 28th 2016 at 7:12:28 PM

I'd love a New Warriors faux-reality series, but on the other hand Civil War already happened.

edited 28th Jul '16 7:12:47 PM by KnownUnknown

comicwriter Since: Sep, 2011
HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#60998: Jul 28th 2016 at 8:50:28 PM

[up][up]

Which means they can't get killed off this time.cool

New Warriors mother fucker!

One Strip! One Strip!
kkhohoho (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#60999: Jul 28th 2016 at 9:24:55 PM

[up]Don't be so sure. After all, just because they can't be killed off in Civil War doesn't they can't be killed off period. (Unfortunately.)

Pseudopartition Screaming Into The Void from The Cretaeceous Since: Dec, 2013 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
Screaming Into The Void
#61000: Jul 28th 2016 at 9:49:04 PM

Thank you for explaining the whole "T'Challa takes over for Daredevil" storyline, because I got the first issue for Free Comic Book Day awhile back and was completely confused. This is why I rarely read mainstream comics, despite how good that particular story was I really don't have the patience most of the time.

For more beautiful nonsense like Arm Fall Off Boy definitely read The League of Regrettable Superheroes, I got it from my younger siblings (who will have hour long arguments about "who the worst superhero really is") last year, and it's great.


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