TVTropes Now available in the app store!
Open

Follow TV Tropes

Following

Marvel Cinematic Universe

Go To

Welcome to the main discussion thread for the Marvel Cinematic Universe! This pinned post is here to establish some basic guidelines. All of the Media Forum rules still apply.

  • This thread is for talking about the live-action films, TV shows, animated works, and related content that use the Marvel brand, currently owned by Disney.
  • While mild digressions are okay, discussion of the comic books should go in this thread. Extended digressions may be thumped as off-topic.
  • Spoilers for new releases should not be discussed without spoiler tagging for at least two weeks. Rather, each title should have a dedicated thread where that sort of conversation is held. We can mention new releases in a general sense, but please be courteous to people who don't want to be spoiled.

If you're posting tagged spoilers, make sure that the film or series is clearly identified outside the spoiler tagging. People need to know what will be spoiled before they choose to read the post.

    Original post 
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

shatterstar Since: Apr, 2015 Relationship Status: I wanna know about these strangers like me
#61576: Aug 17th 2016 at 11:36:14 AM

[up] You just summed up my feeling towards the entire Runaway comics pre-Secret Wars minus the ending.

edited 17th Aug '16 11:36:27 AM by shatterstar

AlleyOop Since: Oct, 2010
#61577: Aug 17th 2016 at 11:42:24 AM

Meh. Runaways works best as a movie or pair of movies to keep itself from getting out dragged out farther than it needs to be.

TobiasDrake (•̀⤙•́) (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Arm chopping is not a love language!
(•̀⤙•́)
#61578: Aug 17th 2016 at 11:44:16 AM

Runaways is finally greenlit?! Oh frabjous day, callooh, callay, I chortle in my joy!

My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.
HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#61580: Aug 17th 2016 at 3:13:12 PM

Well, lets see how it goes.

One Strip! One Strip!
HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#61582: Aug 17th 2016 at 4:42:46 PM

He's hanging upside down.

All is right with the world.

One Strip! One Strip!
yellowturtle from Nowhere Important Since: Feb, 2015 Relationship Status: Coming soon to theaters
#61583: Aug 17th 2016 at 5:54:13 PM

I wonder if Hulu will give enough budget to each episode for special effects.

Like a dinosaur.

Crow: There's a plot?
RBluefish Since: Nov, 2013
#61584: Aug 17th 2016 at 6:29:46 PM

About time, I've been saying they should do this for ages.

It's their show to screw up now. I'll cross my fingers.

"We'll take the next chance, and the next, until we win, or the chances are spent."
Unsung it's a living from a tenement of clay Since: Jun, 2016
it's a living
#61585: Aug 17th 2016 at 6:41:35 PM

[up][up][up][up]Looks...fun? It's weird to feel like I have to be cautious throwing that word around with superheroes, and Spider-Man in particular, but such is the way of things.

The poster looks very '90s, between the colour palette and the shininess and soft, somewhat geometric athleticwear lines of the costume. I don't mean that as a bad thing, because Spider-Man is a character whose personality comes through very strongly via body language (despite his costume not having a mouth), yet somehow this is the first time they've really gotten that across on the posters. A good sign, I think.

edited 17th Aug '16 6:46:06 PM by Unsung

MousaThe14 Writer, Artist, Ignored from Northern Virginia Since: Jan, 2011 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
Writer, Artist, Ignored
#61586: Aug 18th 2016 at 5:52:53 AM

That's why the poster was giving me such a weird loving reaction, it was reminding me exactly of that awesome 90s Spider-man cartoon I grew up with

@Runaways news, Should I be worried that it's ending up on Hulu? I mean mind you I've only read the first arc and after things I've heard it's better if I stay naively unaware of how things go on for the Runaways.

The Blog The Art
comicwriter Since: Sep, 2011
#61587: Aug 18th 2016 at 8:02:17 AM

Why is it worrying that it's on Hulu? They're no Netflix but they have some great programming.

First (blurry-ass) look at Hela and Executioner.

VeryMelon Since: Jul, 2011 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#61588: Aug 18th 2016 at 8:02:51 AM

I don't have Hulu, but I'm also not interested in the Runaways so it's a net loss for me.

AlleyOop Since: Oct, 2010
#61589: Aug 18th 2016 at 8:43:53 AM

[up]I'm confused. You don't care about either so not watching it is a loss for you?

VeryMelon Since: Jul, 2011 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#61590: Aug 18th 2016 at 9:29:38 AM

I'm saying if I did care about the Runaways, I'd be bummed about the inability to watch it. Since I don't, it isn't something I'm losing out on.

thatindiantroper Since: Feb, 2015
#61591: Aug 18th 2016 at 9:38:03 AM

[up] That's not what a net loss means. It means that once all factors have been considered you have suffered an overall loss. This is a neutral outcome.

VeryMelon Since: Jul, 2011 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
MousaThe14 Writer, Artist, Ignored from Northern Virginia Since: Jan, 2011 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
Writer, Artist, Ignored
#61593: Aug 18th 2016 at 10:20:27 AM

@Comicwriter, I don't really hear about Hulu's programming in general which was what got me worried, it made me wonder how much pop culture penetration it has or if I'm just not hearing the right people.

The Blog The Art
alliterator Since: Jan, 2001
#61594: Aug 18th 2016 at 10:26:16 AM

Hulu has several great programs like Casual and 11/22/63.

AdricDePsycho Rock on, Gold Dust Woman from Never Going Back Again Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
Rock on, Gold Dust Woman
#61595: Aug 18th 2016 at 10:46:25 AM

Plus they brought The Mindy Project back, and that show has a sizeable fanbase.

Have you any dreams you'd like to sell?
thatindiantroper Since: Feb, 2015
#61596: Aug 18th 2016 at 10:49:41 AM

[up] It really lost me on the back end of the last season.

MousaThe14 Writer, Artist, Ignored from Northern Virginia Since: Jan, 2011 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
Writer, Artist, Ignored
#61597: Aug 18th 2016 at 10:50:12 AM

Okay see I've heard of the Mindy Project, heard good things about it, never knew it was on Hulu, like it's never come up. Feeling a little less weird about it now.

The Blog The Art
thatindiantroper Since: Feb, 2015
#61599: Aug 18th 2016 at 11:24:39 AM

[up][up] I really loved the episode where she's worried about not being Indian enough . I was like ,'mindy, you're obsessed with fashion and celebrities , you're often loud, have a poor sense of boundaries and a garish wardrobe. Come down to Delhi square peg square hole.'

AlleyOop Since: Oct, 2010
#61600: Aug 18th 2016 at 11:30:47 AM

[up][up]

How many of those people are not in Marvel or DC movies? Four?


Total posts: 186,763
Top