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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

Unsung it's a living from a tenement of clay Since: Jun, 2016
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#75301: Oct 6th 2017 at 7:40:15 PM

[up][up]I kind of figured the 'superiors' in question could've been the demon or demons the Hand served, like in the comics.

edited 6th Oct '17 7:43:00 PM by Unsung

thatindiantroper Since: Feb, 2015
#75302: Oct 6th 2017 at 9:51:58 PM

"still don't understand why everyone except actual neo-nazis are pissed about it."

The actual new-Nazis don't really like it that much, they just know liberals were upset so they ran with it.

AdricDePsycho Rock on, Gold Dust Woman from Never Going Back Again Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
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#75303: Oct 6th 2017 at 10:16:37 PM

Changing gears a bit, apparently at the New York Comic-Con they gave out free condoms to promote Cloak and Dagger or something?

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Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#75304: Oct 6th 2017 at 10:20:48 PM

I guess in a way condoms are kinda like a Cloak to wear on your dick, and Daggers are vaguely phallic in shape?

Yeah, that's the reason.

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edited 6th Oct '17 10:21:22 PM by Anomalocaris20

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Unsung it's a living from a tenement of clay Since: Jun, 2016
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#75305: Oct 6th 2017 at 10:24:54 PM

...What happened at NYCC, man. This is some serious self-sabotage.

Discar Since: Jun, 2009
VeryMelon Since: Jul, 2011 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#75307: Oct 6th 2017 at 10:26:03 PM

Not quite Jared Leto, but close.

AdricDePsycho Rock on, Gold Dust Woman from Never Going Back Again Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
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#75308: Oct 6th 2017 at 10:27:49 PM

I think it was a Freeform thing. Gotta promote safe sex to the teens or some shit.

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LordVatek Not really a lord of anything Since: Sep, 2014
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#75309: Oct 6th 2017 at 10:36:19 PM

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windleopard from Nigeria Since: Nov, 2014 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
#75310: Oct 7th 2017 at 12:21:44 AM

I would have thought they'd have gone for an anti-drug message given the characters' origins.

thatindiantroper Since: Feb, 2015
#75311: Oct 7th 2017 at 12:42:36 AM

Somehow, still not the stupidest thing they planned for the Con.

Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#75312: Oct 7th 2017 at 4:39:42 AM

Promoting safe sex vs Doing deals with an arms company

I think Marvel was told to pick one and they were like 'Why not both?"

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Luigisan98 A wandering user from Venezuelan Muscat Since: Oct, 2013 Relationship Status: I <3 love!
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#75314: Oct 7th 2017 at 5:41:38 AM

[up] Good grief, they knew how stupid it was.

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#75315: Oct 7th 2017 at 6:32:35 AM

But is the comic still happening? Because that's what I was most concerned with.

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Unsung it's a living from a tenement of clay Since: Jun, 2016
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#75316: Oct 7th 2017 at 6:41:03 AM

My understanding was that the comic *had* happened, that it was viewable on the website before it was taken down. I could be wrong about that.

I'm guessing this is a throwback to the time when Marvel would have loved a comic tie-in with just about anyone, some executive (maybe even Perlmutter himself) who could have only dreamed of the day when some advanced weapons firm would want a piece of the comics industry, when some of those comics' made-up technology was actually becoming real. But once again, you'd have to be pretty out of touch not to realize how big a portion of your company's money is now coming from your film division, which has already made their stance on this pretty clear, pretty much from day one. So...yeah.

Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#75317: Oct 7th 2017 at 7:27:05 AM

I honestly don't see an issue with promoting save sex. It's just condoms for god's sake! Why are Americans so weird about something totally natural?

Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#75318: Oct 7th 2017 at 7:30:35 AM

There is a time and a place for promoting safe sex,it just seems out of place.

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comicwriter Since: Sep, 2011
#75319: Oct 7th 2017 at 7:31:57 AM

You've never been to Comic Con then. A lot of fucking goes on.

Unsung it's a living from a tenement of clay Since: Jun, 2016
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#75320: Oct 7th 2017 at 7:32:45 AM

Condoms are fine, but this would be like getting a free condom in a box of cereal, or something.

Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#75321: Oct 7th 2017 at 7:36:09 AM

> You've never been to Comic Con then. A lot of fucking goes on.

I have never been so I have no fucking idea what goes on aside from showing new products/tv shows

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TheAirman Brightness from The vicinity of an area adjacent to a location Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Historians will say we were good friends.
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#75322: Oct 7th 2017 at 7:39:15 AM

@Swanpride: Because it's perfectly healthy for little Timmy to watch movies and cartoons where grown men beat the ever loving shit out of eacbother and blatantly violate local, national, and international law on a regular basis, and get praised as heroes for it; but if we dare to properly inform him about how human reproduction works, well, Satan is going to steal his precious little soul. And probably also turn him into a gay atheist Muslim commie.

I exaggerate a bit, but it is a fact that certain political and religious groups here are pretty much dead set on stigmatizing everything to do with sex. I'm partially hoping for them to go too far and it backfires with their followers becoming so scared of / negative towards sex that they stop doing it even with the lights out for the sole purpose of recreation in holy matrimony as God intended.

As far as rational people are concerned, there may or may not be something to say about "time and place", but to me this isn't much different than free condoms being handed out at the Olympics. A bunch of people of sexually active ages with like interests, many of whom are very attractive and wearing at least somewhat revealing attire, packed into occasionally very tight quarters due to sheer number of people? Better safe than sorry.

edited 7th Oct '17 7:50:48 AM by TheAirman

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Unsung it's a living from a tenement of clay Since: Jun, 2016
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#75323: Oct 7th 2017 at 7:49:16 AM

The Puritans left a powerful legacy, I'll say that.

I'm fine with condoms being given out, but I guess I just wasn't expecting Disney-owned Marvel to handing them out at a publicity event for their new teen romance. I suppose Cloak and Dagger is a love story, and maybe these aren't monogrammed condoms like I'm picturing, but it just seems like the kind of potential controversy they'd usual steer right around.

edited 7th Oct '17 8:32:06 AM by Unsung

Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#75324: Oct 7th 2017 at 8:30:37 AM

I have never been to Comic Con (nor do I have any intention of ever going, I consider those things giant scams, you shouldn't have to PAY for the "honour" to get thrown advertisement at you, and if you pay, you should get a guarantee that you have reasonable chance to go to the events which interest you without having to wait in line for hours), but I heard that there is a lot of "connecting" going on during those events, so this might be the perfect place to remind everyone to be responsible about it.

Discar Since: Jun, 2009
#75325: Oct 7th 2017 at 8:55:59 AM

[up][up] Glad to see I'm not the only one who was thinking of monogrammed condoms.

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