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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

Unsung it's a living from a tenement of clay Since: Jun, 2016
it's a living
#63126: Oct 4th 2016 at 7:32:47 PM

I'd love that too, although Squirrel Girl's probably off the D-List by now, right?

AdricDePsycho Rock on, Gold Dust Woman from Never Going Back Again Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
Rock on, Gold Dust Woman
#63127: Oct 4th 2016 at 7:32:52 PM

Shit, somebody needs to ask Feige if they have the rights to Gwenpool.

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DeathsApprentice The Ultimate Lifeform from The Ark Since: Aug, 2011 Relationship Status: Is that a kind of food?
The Ultimate Lifeform
#63128: Oct 4th 2016 at 7:38:12 PM

I like Gwenpool way more than I thought I would. Her meta humor shtick is basically exactly the sort of humor I love. So I would love to see her in the MCU... though she is a very new character so I doubt that will happen of course.

Besides, I want Kamala in the MCU first.

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RBluefish Since: Nov, 2013
#63129: Oct 4th 2016 at 7:39:47 PM

Once Captain Marvel is out, they will have no excuse for not introducing Kamala.

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edvedd Darling. from At the boutique, dear. Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: We finish each other's sandwiches
Unsung it's a living from a tenement of clay Since: Jun, 2016
nervmeister Since: Oct, 2010
#63132: Oct 4th 2016 at 7:50:49 PM

Looks like Strange will be more Urban Fantasy than Horror.

Horror would involve Strange having to go into a Dimension Lord's realm for most of the movie where he'd be more vulnerable than ever.

Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#63133: Oct 4th 2016 at 7:57:35 PM

Thyme.

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Gaon Smoking Snake from Grim Up North Since: Jun, 2012 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
Nightwire Since: Feb, 2010
Unsung it's a living from a tenement of clay Since: Jun, 2016
it's a living
#63136: Oct 4th 2016 at 8:04:12 PM

These are the voyages of...

Time.

Nightwire Since: Feb, 2010
#63137: Oct 4th 2016 at 8:08:03 PM

Will the Hero of Time please stand up?

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AdricDePsycho Rock on, Gold Dust Woman from Never Going Back Again Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
Rock on, Gold Dust Woman
#63139: Oct 4th 2016 at 8:11:36 PM

Doctor Strange, starring Dave Strider

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fredhot16 Don't want to leave but cannot pretend from Baton Rogue, Louisiana. Since: Jan, 2015 Relationship Status: Too sexy for my shirt
Don't want to leave but cannot pretend
#63141: Oct 4th 2016 at 8:15:23 PM

To D-D-D-D-D-D-D-D-D-D-D-D-D-D-D-D-D-D-D-D-D-D-D-DUEL!!

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MedusaStone Since: Jan, 2015
#63142: Oct 4th 2016 at 8:15:44 PM

So... was that meant to be a giant hint that they're going to introduce the Time Stone? 'Cause that's what I took away from all that.

Unsung it's a living from a tenement of clay Since: Jun, 2016
it's a living
#63143: Oct 4th 2016 at 8:29:46 PM

That was the speculation earlier in the thread, I think. That'd be one way for him to go from journeyman/apprentice to Sorcerer Supreme, too.

AdricDePsycho Rock on, Gold Dust Woman from Never Going Back Again Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
Rock on, Gold Dust Woman
#63144: Oct 4th 2016 at 9:10:32 PM

So remind me, what's the timeline for the Netflix TV series and Agents of SHIELD in relation to the movies?

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KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#63145: Oct 4th 2016 at 9:20:45 PM

Since I couldn't find a short version of the original.

Gee, I wonder what Infinity Stone we'll be seeing in this one.

alliterator Since: Jan, 2001
#63146: Oct 4th 2016 at 9:48:51 PM

Angel was fighting the abstract concept of evil itself. Dare Devil is fighting a mortal human man. The Kingpin is not an eternal force of nature intrinsically bound with the very concept of free will.
The Senior Partners are not the abstract concept of evil. They are quite clearly demons from an alternate plane of existence. They represent the concept of evil, though, just like the Kingpin represents the concept of corruption, of the evils mankind can do. Just because the Kingpin is human doesn't mean he's doesn't represent anything.

Also, I can turn this around, too: Angel is an immortal vampire. Matt Murdock is a blind lawyer with good senses.

edited 4th Oct '16 9:49:20 PM by alliterator

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#63147: Oct 4th 2016 at 9:54:33 PM

Incidentally, my Marvel t-shirt helped me out today. I was paying for a parking permit at a machine, but it malfunctioned and ate my money. Afterward it took me a long time to find the parking safety center (apparently a ton of buildings in the area had power outages for whatever reason), but the cop there liked my Marvel shirt and reimbursed me out of his own wallet. Said his favorite movie was Age of Ultron, I told him mine was The Winter Soldier.

AlleyOop Since: Oct, 2010
#63148: Oct 4th 2016 at 10:57:26 PM

Years of watching shitty TF2 GMod videos has clearly fried my brain because all I could think of listening to that teaser was the Vagineer.

Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#63149: Oct 4th 2016 at 11:05:02 PM

[up]Pu raeg taht evom attog!

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alliterator Since: Jan, 2001
#63150: Oct 4th 2016 at 11:09:25 PM

All I could think about was this:


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