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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

Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#63151: Oct 4th 2016 at 11:39:30 PM

The movies are in general set when they are released (though it does make more sense to shuffle Ironman to one year later based on the information in the movie)....Ao S roughly, too (not exactly but close). The Netflix shows: DD 1 is set in Summer 2014, Jessica Jones Early 2015, DD 2 in the time-span from the very last hot days of the year to Christmas Eve 2015 and Luke Cage in Fall 2015 (so yes, it is basically set during DD 2 and yes it doesn't work out quite...I am currently trying to figure the whole thing out properly).

RulerOfImagineverse Since: Sep, 2016
#63152: Oct 5th 2016 at 4:41:27 AM

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."

Kingpin is indeed the personification of crime. He uses his unscrupulous, almost infernal power of corruption to capitalize on human weakness. He will stop at nothing to expand his power base, knowing people are easily seduced to commit an immoral act. He also has more power than any mobster found in our America. Eighty percent of the crime from the East Coast is ruled under his wing, while in New York he is organized crime; not a lot can happen without his say.


A study says GOG 2 has the largest body count for a live action film ever.

Did anyone catch the Trans woman in Luke Cage?

edited 5th Oct '16 5:09:43 AM by RulerOfImagineverse

DeathsApprentice The Ultimate Lifeform from The Ark Since: Aug, 2011 Relationship Status: Is that a kind of food?
The Ultimate Lifeform
#63153: Oct 5th 2016 at 6:12:50 AM

I didn't notice the trans woman until I saw a post pointing her out.

When we're done, there won't be anything left.
RulerOfImagineverse Since: Sep, 2016
#63154: Oct 5th 2016 at 10:17:08 AM

Here are the magical events before Dr. Strange.

[1]

[2]

[3]

edited 5th Oct '16 10:18:40 AM by RulerOfImagineverse

Guy01 Since: Mar, 2015
#63155: Oct 5th 2016 at 10:51:59 AM

A study says GOG 2 has the largest body count for a live action film ever.

Force Awakens had several planets going boom.

Gonna be tough to top that. tongue

Ok, who let Light Yagami in here?
Unsung it's a living from a tenement of clay Since: Jun, 2016
it's a living
#63156: Oct 5th 2016 at 10:53:43 AM

Well, not if they also have several planets going boom. Which I wouldn't rule out.

edited 5th Oct '16 10:55:36 AM by Unsung

RBluefish Since: Nov, 2013
#63157: Oct 5th 2016 at 10:55:00 AM

Hey, they are the Guardians of the Galaxy. Maybe in this one, they royally screw up guarding the galaxy.

edited 5th Oct '16 10:55:09 AM by RBluefish

"We'll take the next chance, and the next, until we win, or the chances are spent."
Guy01 Since: Mar, 2015
#63158: Oct 5th 2016 at 11:04:26 AM

All I really want to see is Starlord starting one of his song and dance routines and the villain just shoots him. [lol]

Ok, who let Light Yagami in here?
Unsung it's a living from a tenement of clay Since: Jun, 2016
it's a living
#63159: Oct 5th 2016 at 11:08:08 AM

[up][up]Tsk, tsk. False advertising. It was right in the name.

[up]You underestimate the power of the dance-off.

Who exactly commissioned this study, anyway? SURGEON GENERAL WARNING This Product Contains/Produces Chemicals Known To The State Of California To Bring About The Destruction Of Multiple Fictional Worlds.

alliterator Since: Jan, 2001
#63160: Oct 5th 2016 at 11:13:14 AM

First off, the study wasn't about just deaths, it was specifically for on-screen deaths. So no "blowing up planets" doesn't count. And second, it wasn't for Guardians vol 2, it was for the first Guardians of the Galaxyhere is the article and here is the actual list.

However, I don't know where they got their numbers. It says that 80,000 Nova Corps pilots died in the last battle, but where they got that number, I don't know. And it certainly didn't look like 80,000 — and even if it was, if they are going by "on-screen" deaths, that doesn't count, since most of those deaths happened off screen. And, I mean, Nova Prime certainly looks too happy in the end to have 80,000 of her pilots killed. So I think they are just making that number up.

edited 5th Oct '16 11:14:15 AM by alliterator

Unsung it's a living from a tenement of clay Since: Jun, 2016
it's a living
#63161: Oct 5th 2016 at 11:56:31 AM

...this was an actual 'study'? I was kidding.

Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#63162: Oct 5th 2016 at 12:04:52 PM

I wouldn't kind the Pilots as onscreen deaths...other than the ones whose face we actually see beforehand, which are four or five I think...but yeah, the death toll of the movie is actually pretty high. Just consider all the people they killed in the Kyln alone.

alliterator Since: Jan, 2001
#63163: Oct 5th 2016 at 2:09:10 PM

[up] Those were still off-screen.

hollygoolightly Since: Apr, 2012 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
#63164: Oct 6th 2016 at 7:01:52 AM

Did anyone catch the Trans woman in Luke Cage?

I did not know she was trans until it was pointed out. She appears in one of Cottonmouth's flashbacks, doesn't she?

edited 6th Oct '16 7:03:05 AM by hollygoolightly

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#63165: Oct 6th 2016 at 8:13:53 AM

Yeah.

Sister Boy. I assumed she was just an extremely effeminate man.

Not a great role (no lines, and just got beat up offscreen) but I suppose it's something.

One Strip! One Strip!
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.
#63166: Oct 6th 2016 at 9:04:57 AM

I caught it. Didn't think much of it, considering she was a one-shot background character in a flashback with no lines.

AlleyOop Since: Oct, 2010
#63167: Oct 6th 2016 at 9:14:35 AM

"Sister Boy"? Probably not the best nickname to give a trans person, unless it's inflicted by outsiders.

hollygoolightly Since: Apr, 2012 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
#63168: Oct 6th 2016 at 9:30:58 AM

[up]It likely was, given that she seemed to be working for Ma Mabel. I guess the remarkable thing was Mabel berating Cornell for not being respectful towards her. Mabel being both a madame and a gangster boss, and not exactly gentle towards people who crossed her, that seemed like a fascinatingly positive trait. But it's characterization for her, not for Sister Boy, which makes the role kind of lacklustre.

Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#63169: Oct 6th 2016 at 9:42:18 AM

Well, it is not like she truly cared about Sister Boy...after all, she was mostly glad that she wasn't hit in the face. She is a pimp, and even though she is at least responsible enough to not want the goods damaged, it is not like she particularly cares for the well-being of her workers otherwise. I also felt that she was less angry about Cornell not being respectful towards Sister Boy and more angry about him arguing with her.

edited 6th Oct '16 9:42:58 AM by Swanpride

comicwriter Since: Sep, 2011
#63170: Oct 6th 2016 at 9:51:19 AM

Punisher cast announced.

Ben Barnes is playing Jigsaw, Ebon Moss-Barach is playing Micro, and Amber Rose Revah is playing a Canon Foreigner named Dinah Madani, a Homeland Security agent after Frank.

edited 6th Oct '16 10:01:09 AM by comicwriter

Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#63171: Oct 6th 2016 at 9:58:14 AM

So...what do we expect form New York Comic Con? A last push for Doctor Strange? More Got G stuff? A glimpse on Iron Fist?

alliterator Since: Jan, 2001
#63172: Oct 6th 2016 at 9:59:06 AM

[up][up]Interesting. Dinah Madani might be an expy of Kathryn O'Brien.

[up] I'm hoping for more scenes of Iron Fist. After all, Doctor Strange is just a month away, so it doesn't really need any more pushes, but Iron Fist does.

edited 6th Oct '16 9:59:46 AM by alliterator

comicwriter Since: Sep, 2011
#63173: Oct 6th 2016 at 10:02:12 AM

I wouldn't expect much from NYCC in the way of movies but Marvel is going to have a very big TV panel there. They will probably show off some stuff (maybe confirm whether or not that Agents of SHIELD crossover is happening.)

alliterator Since: Jan, 2001
#63174: Oct 6th 2016 at 10:11:52 AM

[up] I kind of doubt the AOS/Punisher crossover is going to happen, mainly because they now appear to be filming at the same time but in different coasts. If AOS was filming in New York or the Punisher filming in LA maybe, but not with both on opposite sides of the country.

hollygoolightly Since: Apr, 2012 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
#63175: Oct 6th 2016 at 10:17:13 AM

[up]x6 You're totally right, it just seemed interesting to me that Mabel wasn't contemptuous or abusive towards Sister B. . That hardly makes her a saint, but they also weren't going out of their way to show her as a pimp violent towards her prostitutes. Whereas we see her at the same time both ordering violence/forcing Cornell to murder someone who is close to him, and being violent towards one of her employees herself.

edited 6th Oct '16 10:18:16 AM by hollygoolightly


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