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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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#76976: Nov 28th 2017 at 5:21:44 PM

[up]What exactly would be the repercussions of this?

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Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
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#76977: Nov 28th 2017 at 5:22:53 PM

Disney gets a bigger stake in Marvel,they already own them,but now they own everything else

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#76978: Nov 28th 2017 at 5:28:47 PM

I don't think it'd be legal for Disney to have that much power. Like, literally. It was a whole thing with Paramount in 1948.

TargetmasterJoe from Velocitron Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: I like big bots and I can not lie
#76979: Nov 28th 2017 at 5:29:58 PM

[up][up][up] They'll also probably have the rights to the likes of:

  • The Simpsons
  • Family Guy
  • Futurama
  • Bob's Burgers
  • American Dad(?)
  • King of the Hill(?)
  • Alien
  • Predator
  • James Cameron's Avatar
And if FX counts (it probably does), then they'll also potentially own...
  • Archer

edited 28th Nov '17 5:30:13 PM by TargetmasterJoe

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#76980: Nov 28th 2017 at 5:30:51 PM

[up][up] The government hasn't tried to enact anything even vaguely resembling the Antitrust act in like, twenty years. The entire fucking planet is owned by two corporations.

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Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
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#76981: Nov 28th 2017 at 5:33:48 PM

> The entire fucking planet is owned by two corporation

Which two are they?

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Whowho Since: May, 2012
#76983: Nov 28th 2017 at 5:51:03 PM

Finally we can get a Spider-man Vs Predator film!

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#76984: Nov 28th 2017 at 5:52:15 PM

It might mean a decent if made to formula Fantastic four film/Xmen film

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#76985: Nov 28th 2017 at 5:56:34 PM

Holy shit, they could canonize the Alien vs Darth Vader fan comic and make a movie out of it.

Whowho Since: May, 2012
#76986: Nov 28th 2017 at 6:04:09 PM

I really couldn't care less for an MCU Fantastic Four film. The MCU has enough privelaged white people.

Ben Grimm, Ben Grimm I like the idea of. If we could get him without having to cater to the rest of the four that would be fine by me.

Actually I would like to see the 4 if if, they had Franklin and Valeria as tweens, AND the focus was on them as explorers, rather than super heroes, and maybe if they didn't undo the race bending that Fox experimented with. (If all the storms could be people of colour, I would dig it)

Skip the origin. Say they were established in the 90s, and they've spent the last ten years off world (Possibly with time dilation? Might be more fun if Valeria and Franklin were raised off world)

edited 28th Nov '17 6:13:11 PM by Whowho

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#76987: Nov 28th 2017 at 6:29:34 PM

Actually, antitrust laws have already come into play regarding the deal. Back before negotiations fell through, Fox News was stated to be excluded from the deal due to antitrust laws.

Which is disappointing because Fox News is the part of Fox I'd be most interested in Disney taking ownership of.

edited 28th Nov '17 6:29:56 PM by TobiasDrake

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#76988: Nov 28th 2017 at 6:35:28 PM

Mickey News: Is former President Obama using the terrorist fist jab to signal the New Black Panther Party... Ha-huh.

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#76989: Nov 28th 2017 at 6:46:41 PM

See, now I'm picturing Donald Trump giving a speech about how Fox has been taken over by FAKE NEWS, and Fox editing Donald Duck into the footage, standing behind him and mockingly pantomiming his movements.

Sometimes Trump likes to turn to the side to address someone on the stage with him during his speeches, so if you put Donald on that side, then you can do the gag where he puts his hands behind his back and pretends like he wasn't doing anything, only to resume pantomiming him as soon as he's not looking.

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#76990: Nov 28th 2017 at 7:17:37 PM

Who's got the sweetest disposition?

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#76992: Nov 28th 2017 at 8:03:16 PM

I'm not sure I want mutants in the MCU. I love the current X-men cinematic universe. I'd like to see where it's going for a while longer. Not sure I'd like to see a team reboot, especially when we've just seen the text get soft rebooted twice.

However, I would like characters like Storm and Knightcrawler but mostly Storm to get solo movies in the MCU. a Storm trilogy would be amazing.

I'm not sure how you'd introduce mutants to the MCU.

You could say they've existed for a while, but have been largely underground (figuratively) Xavier has been finding them and and networking safe communities for them. Or heck! People used to know about mutants, but Xavier memory wipped the planet.

In a world where superheroes exist, you'd have to have the discovery of mutants being someing really polarising. I love how in the FOX-men verse the public discovered mutants because Magneto being implicated with the Kennedy assassination, and the first big public exposure to mutant society was mutants campaigning for the innocence/release of this terrifying terrorist.

The revelation that this mutant professor guy wiped everyone's memory on the planet and lots of mutants are in on it might just be enough for the feared and hated scenario.

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#76993: Nov 28th 2017 at 8:18:51 PM

Knightcrawler would be a very interesting direction to take the character.

Whowho Since: May, 2012
#76994: Nov 28th 2017 at 8:22:49 PM

I mean I just want to see him be a swash buckling pirate.

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#76995: Nov 28th 2017 at 8:24:03 PM

I uhm. I want a Taika Waititi Thor 4. GIVE ME ASGARD ON EARTH.

Whowho Since: May, 2012
#76996: Nov 28th 2017 at 8:27:14 PM

I'd like him to direct other MCU properties. I'd prefer a female, Muslim director for an eventual Kamala Khan film, but dang his tone would work great for it.

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#76997: Nov 28th 2017 at 8:33:17 PM

I just. I love Valkyrie so much, you guys. And Thor and Loki had perfect characterization. And Heimdall got to shine!

Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#76998: Nov 29th 2017 at 1:23:02 AM

Well, thank god I have come prepared:

https://swanpride3.wordpress.com/2017/11/29/a-disney-and-fox-merger/

Because everything one has to consider is a little bit too much to put it into one post.

Regarding the Fantastic 4: One shouldn't forget that those rights are not just about them, but about a whole bunch characters connected to them. Currently there are quite a few neither Fox nor Marvel dares to touch because they are in this weird limbo between them.

And I always wanted a Silver Surfer Origin movie. If they adapt the story from the animated series, this would be a wonderful tragic film.

edited 29th Nov '17 2:01:20 AM by Swanpride

TargetmasterJoe from Velocitron Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: I like big bots and I can not lie
#76999: Nov 29th 2017 at 3:36:40 AM

Well.

Today's the day we're getting the Infinity War trailer.

...Are your hearts prepared?

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#77000: Nov 29th 2017 at 3:46:03 AM

[up] Our hearts were born prepared. waii

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