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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

AdricDePsycho Rock on, Gold Dust Woman from Never Going Back Again Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
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#69976: May 5th 2017 at 3:04:24 PM

So it's super powerful heroin, then.

Yeesh...yeah, that needs to go.

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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
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#69977: May 5th 2017 at 3:05:26 PM

[up] So, what I'm hearing is that it's a step up from China Cat.

Porcelain Blue Dog, perhaps?

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Gaon Smoking Snake from Grim Up North Since: Jun, 2012 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
#69978: May 5th 2017 at 3:05:34 PM

Are you saying it shouldn't exist because it's bad writing/doesn't make sense or it shouldn't exist because it's too EVIL?

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AdricDePsycho Rock on, Gold Dust Woman from Never Going Back Again Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
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#69979: May 5th 2017 at 3:07:30 PM

It shouldn't exist because it's a way to give out a super powerful high while still being addictive, thereby allowing the Hand to hold more power by selling this super heroin to people and getting them hooked on it. How is it bad writing?

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Gaon Smoking Snake from Grim Up North Since: Jun, 2012 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
#69980: May 5th 2017 at 3:09:24 PM

I don't think it is, either, I was just asking. Very Melon's statement could be taken either way.

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VeryMelon Since: Jul, 2011 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
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
#69982: May 5th 2017 at 3:14:44 PM

LET US BAN THE EVILS OF PORCELAIN BLUE DOG!

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Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#69983: May 5th 2017 at 3:19:44 PM

I never thought about it, but it is kind of perfect, isn't it? You can hook those people permanently, without the danger of your customers dying like flies, and they will always want it. Or the cure for it.

That was btw a detail I liked...they show the drugs on the street and then they go and show that the drugs are not just there but that there also a huge group of rich consumers who can fall off the bandwagon any time.

edited 5th May '17 3:20:54 PM by Swanpride

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#69984: May 5th 2017 at 3:47:52 PM

It seems slightly less evil than regular heroin. No needles and no tolerance buildup so less chance of OD'ing.

Then again, its funding a ninja cult.

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eligram Since: Sep, 2009 Relationship Status: In denial
#69985: May 5th 2017 at 4:42:32 PM

An evil ninja cult.

... Am I being redundant? Is there an example of a good ninja cult?

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#69988: May 5th 2017 at 4:44:23 PM

Ninja Turtles maybe

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eligram Since: Sep, 2009 Relationship Status: In denial
#69989: May 5th 2017 at 4:48:39 PM

Oh yeah, the Chaste. Still, they haven't shown enough numbers to be considered a cult. Hell, it wouldn't surprise me Stick is the only member thanks to Matt telling him GTFO and Elektra dying.

Gaon Smoking Snake from Grim Up North Since: Jun, 2012 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
#69990: May 5th 2017 at 4:53:55 PM

Season one showed there's at least one more: Stone. And in the flashbacks for season two we saw Star, so presumably the organization is more vast.

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alliterator Since: Jan, 2001
#69991: May 5th 2017 at 5:02:14 PM

New rule: everyone in the Chaste needs to have a name that starts with "St."

Unsung it's a living from a tenement of clay Since: Jun, 2016
it's a living
#69992: May 5th 2017 at 5:04:43 PM

Think that's the old rule, actually.

...Statt Sturdock, Staredevil.

eligram Since: Sep, 2009 Relationship Status: In denial
#69993: May 5th 2017 at 5:10:25 PM

Confirmed. Steve Rogers is a member of the Chaste.

Gaon Smoking Snake from Grim Up North Since: Jun, 2012 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
#69994: May 5th 2017 at 5:37:48 PM

In the comics the other members were Claw, Wing, Flame and fucking Shaft.

Oh and Master Izo the best character in the entire canon of Daredevil.

But sure I'm on-board with that rule. New members be Strife, Strike, Stride, Strigoi, Stricken, Stall and finally St. George.

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#69995: May 5th 2017 at 6:11:09 PM

So Steve Rodgers and Stephen Strange are both members, then?

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eligram Since: Sep, 2009 Relationship Status: In denial
#69996: May 5th 2017 at 6:25:00 PM

We could add Stark too, but I doubt he would willingly be part of a group called "the Chaste".

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#69997: May 5th 2017 at 6:29:42 PM

Ok, so I saw the photos of the Inhumans...

The fuck? Seriously, the fuck? I'm still pissed that Scott Buck didn't give Danny his outfit in Iron Fist, but the costumes for the Inhuman royal family look cheap.

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#69998: May 5th 2017 at 6:32:02 PM

Can St. George be a Stallion?

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#69999: May 5th 2017 at 6:33:31 PM

Watching Jessica Jones and Luke Cage calling The Hulk and the Avengers "The Big Green Dude and his crew" got an audible "Fuck off" from me.

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comicwriter Since: Sep, 2011
#70000: May 5th 2017 at 6:39:18 PM

[up][up][up]The best joke I saw was someone saying the bland costumes were yet more proof Marvel wants the Inhumans to be the X-Men.

[up]I'll actually take that over AOS constantly referencing the heroes by name at every available opportunity and then not showing them.


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