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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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#67101: Mar 10th 2017 at 9:20:28 PM

I don't have one...

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#67102: Mar 10th 2017 at 9:23:12 PM

Well, it would have to take place WAY after the movies, since Star Wars films are always prefaced by 'a long time ago'.

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#67103: Mar 10th 2017 at 9:23:12 PM

Blasters also suffer the number one disadvantage of laser weapons in that they cut neat little holes through their targets rather than the huge bloody chunks that conventional arms make. Blasters are just shitty weapons all around, really.

edited 10th Mar '17 9:23:27 PM by TobiasDrake

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#67104: Mar 10th 2017 at 9:24:04 PM

Why would Mephisto be Thanos's right hand bad guy?

Because Thanos isn't left handed?

...

I'll just show myself out.

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#67105: Mar 10th 2017 at 9:27:10 PM

Easy fix for that: Wormholes, parallel-universe bollocks.

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#67106: Mar 10th 2017 at 9:29:01 PM

[up][up][up] The sacrifices we make to have cool pew pew weapons

edited 10th Mar '17 9:29:10 PM by Bocaj

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MapleSamurai Since: Aug, 2014 Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
#67107: Mar 10th 2017 at 9:33:17 PM

Isn't it also Star Wars canon (idk if it was thrown out with the Expanded Universe) that ordinary firearms are an effective anti-Jedi weapon because instead of deflecting a bullet, a lighsaber slash would merely melt it, thus creating a bolt of molten metal that still goes through the unlucky wielder at full force?

edited 11th Mar '17 3:57:39 PM by MapleSamurai

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#67108: Mar 10th 2017 at 9:39:16 PM

Semi-seriously, though, since Grandmaster's thing is collecting various combatants from across the expanse to compete for him, his realm would be a great place to see a random out-of-universe cameo. A Wookie in a pile of defeated challengers, or something along those lines.

edited 10th Mar '17 9:39:24 PM by KnownUnknown

PincerMove Since: Feb, 2017
#67109: Mar 11th 2017 at 1:24:30 AM

[up][up]Wouldn't it just vaporize the bullet? I mean, those things can easily vaporize the bolts Chewie shoots from his railgun crossbow, and those are way bigger than a bullet.

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#67110: Mar 11th 2017 at 1:49:07 AM

The theory is that the bullets travel too quickly to be vaporized but just long enough to melt.

Worth noting is that XKCD tested what would happen if a bullet passed through a lightning bolt and the result was not much because the projectile is moving too quickly through the bolt to be affected more than a second. And lightning bolts can heat the air to a temperature of over 50K degrees Farenheit, five times that of the sun, so presumably that's around lightsaber range.

edited 11th Mar '17 1:52:28 AM by Tuckerscreator

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#67111: Mar 11th 2017 at 4:43:30 AM

Indeed. Temperature shifts don't happen instantly. A bullet would barely even notice being present in a lightsaber's beam for the tiniest fraction of a second as it travels its course into a Jedi's sternum.

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#67112: Mar 11th 2017 at 5:41:14 AM

An alert Jedi would presumably just slightly telekinesis the bullets off course

There was a thing in... Clone Wars where Obi-Wan deflected a bunch of tiny projectiles

Alert is the key

Also lightsabers are dubiously solid. They don't just splash around stuff they don't cut

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#67114: Mar 11th 2017 at 6:35:53 AM

He even has a sweet flying horse some of the times.

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#67115: Mar 11th 2017 at 9:14:14 AM

That horse has been Valkyrie's since the 70's. Also, is that Black Knight art from back when the Avengers all wore matching leather jackets?

edited 11th Mar '17 9:16:51 AM by FoxBoxKid

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#67116: Mar 11th 2017 at 9:33:14 AM

He made the horse. He can make another one.

That's what science is for.

Just filling the skies with flying horses.

Pedestrians will never be safe again.

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#67117: Mar 11th 2017 at 9:34:22 AM

[up][lol][tup]

Goddammit, Bocaj....

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#67118: Mar 11th 2017 at 9:49:21 AM

He did get more flying horses later.

Speaking of which I hope Valkyrie gets her horse at some point.

RavenWilder Since: Apr, 2009
#67119: Mar 11th 2017 at 11:05:03 AM

Y'know, since Disney owns Marvel, I kinda want the final showdown between Thor and Hela to feature this little exchange:

'Now shall you deal with me, O Prince, and all the powers of Hela!'

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#67120: Mar 11th 2017 at 11:08:51 AM

Hey, both Maleficent and Hela have swanky headdresses, and both Philip and Thor have cool red capes! Aesthetically, it all checks out.

Oh God! Natural light!
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#67121: Mar 11th 2017 at 11:12:14 AM

I want Thor to have words with someone.

I want him to tell them that he's going to have words with someone.

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PincerMove Since: Feb, 2017
#67123: Mar 11th 2017 at 11:34:26 AM

The Avengers already have a dude with a lightsaber anyway

Before I clicked this, I thought it was gonna be Nick Fury.

That's not even a mythology gag. He legit has a lightsabre. He used it to cut his way outta the car and into the sewers in Winter Soldier.

edited 11th Mar '17 11:34:46 AM by PincerMove

KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#67124: Mar 11th 2017 at 11:35:50 AM

I wonder if that leaves Hulk as Aurora...

alliterator Since: Jan, 2001
#67125: Mar 11th 2017 at 11:36:41 AM

"Hulk feels like pretty princess!"


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