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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

Tuckerscreator (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Drift compatible
#73376: Jul 24th 2017 at 11:37:29 AM

To be fair, basically every story predicted the Drumpf.

edited 24th Jul '17 11:37:50 AM by Tuckerscreator

Luigisan98 A wandering user from Venezuelan Muscat Since: Oct, 2013 Relationship Status: I <3 love!
A wandering user
#73377: Jul 24th 2017 at 11:40:00 AM

[up][up][up][up] "It's time for Bucky...To soldier the winter!"

edited 24th Jul '17 11:40:22 AM by Luigisan98

The only good fanboy, is a redeemed fanboy.
Thelastwarrior Since: Jun, 2017
#73378: Jul 24th 2017 at 11:41:13 AM

We now live in a world where memes control who becomes president... that is terrifying.

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
#73379: Jul 24th 2017 at 11:42:19 AM

Ultron: Your memes end here.

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ExplosiveLion Since: Mar, 2016 Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
#73380: Jul 24th 2017 at 11:42:27 AM

Things you should know about Metal Gear:

  • Nukes
  • War Economy
  • Bullshit genetic theories
  • Memes (not as funny images, but as in the actual definition of the word)
  • People talking dramatically all the time
  • Lies and manipulation
  • Fission Mailed
  • Butts as plot points
  • Toilet humor related to a single individual
  • Related to the above point, but not exclusive to it: Generation Xerox
  • Big Boss is the all-time charmer, the single sexiest person who has ever honored this mundane earth with his existence
  • Robotic Ninjas with fucked up pasts
  • FOXDIE
  • Everyone wants to kill Solid Snake
  • Cardboard boxes are love, cardboard boxes are life
  • Brotherly rivalry
  • War has changed
  • Revolver Ocelot never misses
  • Revolver Ocelot is a triple-quadruple-double agent.
  • LIQUIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIID!
  • Kept you waiting, huh?
  • Nanomachines
  • Ghosts and psychics are real, tho
  • !

On an related note, the only way I'd ever want another Captain Snake America movie is if it featured a very Metal Gear-ish plot.

edited 24th Jul '17 11:53:35 AM by ExplosiveLion

TheAirman Brightness from The vicinity of an area adjacent to a location Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Historians will say we were good friends.
Brightness
#73381: Jul 24th 2017 at 11:47:19 AM

[up]Don't forget: Nanomachines, son.

Basically if you're playing the games with blonde dude as the PC, pay damn close attention cause the plot basically makes a disturbingly accurate prediction of the then-next decade of the U.S.

Starting with 9/11 and basically everything (Patriot Act, oil spills, War on Terror, Defense contractors, the Internet and all it entails, etc.) up to and including the current political shitstorm. By which I mean the villain of Revengeance, a game released in 2013, literally says "They're going to make America great again!"

edited 24th Jul '17 11:53:36 AM by TheAirman

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AlleyOop Since: Oct, 2010
#73382: Jul 24th 2017 at 11:51:37 AM

MGS 2 was scarily accurate with its prediction of the rise of the alt-right (and by extension leftist equivalents) as well as general online shittiness.

[nja]'d

edited 24th Jul '17 11:54:56 AM by AlleyOop

ExplosiveLion Since: Mar, 2016 Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
#73383: Jul 24th 2017 at 11:51:47 AM

Fuck, forgot about the nanomachines. Editing it right now.

God, I hope Revengeance doesn't turn true/we have another Raiden game. Because either it is a very prophetic character or someone in a very influential position within the U.S. government is a big fan of every game Raiden has been featured in.

[up][up] Edit: I absolutely LOVE your avatar.

edited 24th Jul '17 11:55:27 AM by ExplosiveLion

unknowing from somewhere.. Since: Mar, 2014
#73384: Jul 24th 2017 at 12:00:48 PM

Ok, one question here: you are shield agent before everything went to shit and you have been tasked to recomend Steve some pop culture so he can get around, what would you recommend?.

"My Name is Bolt, Bolt Crank and I dont care if you believe or not"
Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#73385: Jul 24th 2017 at 12:03:33 PM

[up] Nothing. Understanding pop culture references is overrated.

ExplosiveLion Since: Mar, 2016 Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
#73386: Jul 24th 2017 at 12:07:19 PM

I'd definitely show him about Pink Floyd and RATM. And obviously, Metal Gear (though I don't know how much would Metal Gear be considered part of pop-culture; if anything, it both celebrates and makes fun of it).

AdricDePsycho Rock on, Gold Dust Woman from Never Going Back Again Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
Rock on, Gold Dust Woman
#73387: Jul 24th 2017 at 12:09:01 PM

If we're showing him Pink Floyd, keep him as far away from Ummagumma as possible.

Have you any dreams you'd like to sell?
AlleyOop Since: Oct, 2010
#73388: Jul 24th 2017 at 12:11:03 PM

I'd make Cap play Nier Automata, especially after AOU.

TheAirman Brightness from The vicinity of an area adjacent to a location Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Historians will say we were good friends.
Brightness
#73389: Jul 24th 2017 at 12:53:30 PM

Assuming he's in Anytown, USA

Movies: Star Wars; Foot Loose; My Cousin Vinny; The Dollars Trilogy

Books: Lot R; The Outsiders & That Was Then, This Is Now; Harry Potter; To Kill a Mockingbird

Music: David Bowie, Queen, Johnny Cash, Led Zeppelin, Bob Dylan

TV: MASH, Battlestar Galactica; Monk, Psych, and Burn Notice; Star Trek TNG, Stargate SG 1; 999,999,999,999,999,999,999,...999 Law and Order SVU reruns

Animation: Animaniacs, Loony Toons, pre-2000s Disney, most Pixar, At LA (Korra optional), He-Man, Scooby Doo, FMA, anything from Studio Ghibli, Ghost in the Shell, Cowboy Bebop

[down]Also that stuff. I don't really listen to a lot of music.

edited 24th Jul '17 1:05:03 PM by TheAirman

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SonOfSharknado Love is Love is Love Since: Oct, 2013 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
Love is Love is Love
#73390: Jul 24th 2017 at 12:55:39 PM

Fuck it, I'll introduce Steve to rap, hip hop, jazz and soul. Diversify his white bread ass.

My various fanfics.
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
#73391: Jul 24th 2017 at 12:56:48 PM

...Bible Black. That's the first thing I would show him.

What? The world changed.

edited 24th Jul '17 12:56:58 PM by fredhot16

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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
#73392: Jul 24th 2017 at 1:03:31 PM

Show him Trout Mask Replica and he'll hate music forever.

Have you any dreams you'd like to sell?
VeryMelon Since: Jul, 2011 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#73394: Jul 24th 2017 at 1:08:42 PM

These last few pages were fun.

edited 24th Jul '17 1:08:50 PM by VeryMelon

TheAirman Brightness from The vicinity of an area adjacent to a location Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Historians will say we were good friends.
Brightness
#73395: Jul 24th 2017 at 1:31:13 PM

This is good... Isn't it?

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Tuckerscreator (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Drift compatible
AlleyOop Since: Oct, 2010
#73397: Jul 24th 2017 at 1:34:24 PM

Groot is perpetually in the nude because he breathes through his skin.

Ssj3Gojira Arashi Shigehito from The Event Horizon Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
Arashi Shigehito
#73398: Jul 24th 2017 at 1:37:20 PM

So he's Male!Quiet?

Let's see if you can get past my Beelzemon. Mephiles, WARP SHINKA!
eligram Since: Sep, 2009 Relationship Status: In denial
#73399: Jul 24th 2017 at 1:39:09 PM

If they ever make a Ms. Marvel movie, they need to make the opening her imagining a fanfiction of Cap as Big Boss.


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