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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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#73877: Aug 14th 2017 at 10:00:42 AM

Hallucination or flashback? I feel like the former is getting overused and clishe recently, and Jessica doesn't strike me as crazy enough, so I'd prefer flashback.

Alternatively, they can make it seem like she's hallucinating him at first but he actually is there in the form of a ghost.

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#73878: Aug 14th 2017 at 12:33:09 PM

Oh shit.

I'm guessing it'll just be flashbacks or something, but still, this is unexpected.

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#73879: Aug 14th 2017 at 4:05:37 PM

[up]Not really. They wouldn't just get rid of one of the show's most popular characters and an A-list actor like David Tennant so easily, would they?tongue

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#73880: Aug 14th 2017 at 4:15:03 PM

I'm going to put my money on ostensible hallucination that interacts with Jess when no one's around, ominously revealed halfway through to be an actual person - not Kilgrave but a new villain - manipulating her.

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#73881: Aug 14th 2017 at 6:22:50 PM

[up] And meanwhile, David Tennant's counting just how many greenbacks he earned from his paycheck this week...

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#73882: Aug 14th 2017 at 7:30:02 PM

In any case, you can count me out. I love the guy as an actor, but Tennant in Jessica Jones was way too pants-shitingly scary for me. I'd rather remember him currently as the awesome Scrooge McDuck.

Anyhoo, we might not see Nick Fury in Infinity War...or Avengers 4.

Poo. sad

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#73883: Aug 14th 2017 at 7:34:32 PM

It seems like with S.H.I.E.L.D. only living in the quasi-canon Agents series, Marvel's trying to quietly write Fury out.

It makes sense, really. Without S.H.I.E.L.D., he's basically just Black Widow with a penis. Having him just sorta show up in a barn to give Stark a pep-talk in Age of Ultron was already a pretty awkward and silly way to use him.

There just isn't anything for him to do now other than pop up from time to time to remind us that he exists.

edited 14th Aug '17 7:34:58 PM by TobiasDrake

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#73884: Aug 14th 2017 at 8:11:37 PM

[up]it get to the point of ask why kept him alivie, without shield and now with Bucky arc resolved(well, kinda), he is kinda.....there.

He is pretty much an artefact for phase one

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#73885: Aug 14th 2017 at 8:16:24 PM

I mean, I get it, but I'd honestly prefer if they gave him a definitive ending of some kind.

I mean, it's the culmination of everything that's come before - it'd be weird if the guy who helped start it all never showed up.

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#73886: Aug 14th 2017 at 9:11:06 PM

It would feel like something's missing if he didn't show up for at least a cameo. The cinematic universe didn't truly begin until he showed up, after all.

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#73887: Aug 14th 2017 at 9:39:23 PM

So, the first movie?

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#73888: Aug 14th 2017 at 11:53:17 PM

Well, he is supposed to turn up in Captain Marvel, isn't he? And should they have secret invasion in mind for phase 4, they will need him. Someone has to note what is going on and collect the heroes which haven't been exchanged yet.

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#73889: Aug 15th 2017 at 12:06:42 AM

Provided that Samuel L stays in semi-action condition long enough, it might be nice for him to be offscreen for a while and then pop up down the line to trigger Secret Wars. Of course, they'd probably need a replacement villain for Lucia Von Bardas, and a bigger plot for it to branch into - but Marvel Ultimate Alliance did a decent job of making that a good opening act to something else, so I like the idea in general.

edited 15th Aug '17 12:06:51 AM by KnownUnknown

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#73890: Aug 15th 2017 at 11:15:47 AM

I'm 100 percent certain Jackson is being coy. This would not be the first case of an actor trying to say they might not be in an Avengers movie, only for that to turn out to be bullshit. In May it was also reported that he was shooting with the other Avengers in Scotland, so there's that as well.

Captain Marvel has a new writer. One of the previous co-writers had to bail to direct a movie for Disney.

edited 15th Aug '17 11:33:58 AM by comicwriter

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#73891: Aug 15th 2017 at 12:26:37 PM

More characters for Cloak & Dagger[1]

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#73892: Aug 15th 2017 at 2:06:50 PM

Julian McMahon has been cast in Runaways. The closet we're likely to get to Doctor Doom in the MCU.tongue

edited 15th Aug '17 2:07:07 PM by comicwriter

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#73893: Aug 15th 2017 at 2:22:55 PM

I might just watch the show now.

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#73894: Aug 16th 2017 at 2:29:41 PM

Japanese Ragnarok trailer plus an appearance from Strange.

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#73897: Aug 16th 2017 at 6:45:05 PM

HULK FIGHTS THE FENRIS WOLF!

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#73899: Aug 16th 2017 at 7:05:11 PM

[[spoilers: Tony Stark is Iron Man]]

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#73900: Aug 16th 2017 at 8:48:13 PM

Hey that's three Fantastic Four actors who went on to better superhero adaptations.


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