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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

IFwanderer use political terms to describe, not insult from Earth Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Wishfully thinking
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#77076: Nov 29th 2017 at 10:11:20 AM

Thanos still looks ugly.

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eligram Since: Sep, 2009 Relationship Status: In denial
#77077: Nov 29th 2017 at 10:12:18 AM

[up][up] How do you know it's not the other way around?

Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#77078: Nov 29th 2017 at 11:08:23 AM

Something just occurred to me...we somehow all thought that Thanos comes to earth, collects the stones and that is where the battle happens...but what if he comes to earth collect all the stones but one and in Avengers 4 the surviving Avengers and Got G are all on some sort of race to get to the last stone before Thanos?

LordVatek Not really a lord of anything Since: Sep, 2014
Not really a lord of anything
#77079: Nov 29th 2017 at 11:10:07 AM

That looks awesome!

This song needs more love.
BigK1337 Since: Jun, 2012
#77080: Nov 29th 2017 at 11:35:22 AM

Loki better be saving the Asgardians. I’m gonna be real mad if he heel-face-revolving-door’s AGAIN. It’d be too predictable and annoying.

At this point Loki might as well be a follower of Tzeentch. He will continually screw over and heel turn people, all part of his master plan of continuously screwing over and heel turning people.

Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#77081: Nov 29th 2017 at 11:40:18 AM

Loki is a snake that tries to slither away from danger,but he won't escape Thanos,who'll kill him for real this time,presumably while Loki is trying to save the Asgardians

edited 29th Nov '17 11:41:33 AM by Ultimatum

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unknowing from somewhere.. Since: Mar, 2014
#77082: Nov 29th 2017 at 11:40:23 AM

[up][up]Why....loki wasnt tzeecht is disguise? that would be a twist.

edited 29th Nov '17 11:40:33 AM by unknowing

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BigK1337 Since: Jun, 2012
#77083: Nov 29th 2017 at 11:49:30 AM

[up] Yep. JUST AS PLAN!

[down] JUST AS PLAN!!!!1!!!

But seriously, that is amazing. Just like the two times the Black Panther trailer hit Yout Tube

edited 29th Nov '17 12:39:11 PM by BigK1337

Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#77084: Nov 29th 2017 at 12:19:19 PM

Holy shit....the trailer now has 13.000.918 views....

HisInfernalMajesty Since: Dec, 2013 Relationship Status: Gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
#77085: Nov 29th 2017 at 2:34:05 PM

I'm torn between being hype for Vision and Wanda feels and hype for Corvus Glaive seemingly ripping the gem out of Vision. Also pretty sure that's him that throws the spear at cap. Thanos looks silly without his armor but the Black Order look dope. I'm eager to see that Quirky Miniboss Squad in action.

Still lowkey hoping for at least an Adam Warlock cameo. I need his Friendly Enemy status with Thanos in this universe eventually.

"A king has no friends. Only subjects and enemies."
Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#77086: Nov 29th 2017 at 2:37:11 PM

Adam Warlock is like Dr.Strange,no?

seems like they'll just merge the characters

And yeah,Thanos without his amour is weird,but maybe there's good reason for that

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AlleyOop Since: Oct, 2010
#77087: Nov 29th 2017 at 2:44:06 PM

He's supposed to be in GOTG 3 which takes place after both Avengers films I think? I was thinking Thanos already comes into possession of the Soul Stone on his own towards the beginning before hunting the rest down from the other heroes but looking at him putting the stones into the gauntlet that's not the case.

HisInfernalMajesty Since: Dec, 2013 Relationship Status: Gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
#77088: Nov 29th 2017 at 2:49:16 PM

In the original Infinity Gauntlet Adam Warlock's basically the Big Good that actually gets everyone on the same team, and Strange is assigned mostly to maintain portals, grab a few heroes and teleport them so they can plan stuff, and casts the spell that lets everyone breathe in space. But Adam's more directly in charge, serving as a kind of backline general for the whole battle.

The only reason I suspect he might show up earlier than GOTG 3 is Peter Dinklage looks like he'll be playing Pip the Troll, Adam's sidekick basically. At the very least I hope they keep Thanos around after this whole thing blows over. I'd dig an Infinity Watch movie.

"A king has no friends. Only subjects and enemies."
AlleyOop Since: Oct, 2010
#77089: Nov 29th 2017 at 3:07:59 PM

I'm starting to lean towards the Eitri theory myself. Anyway tying back to the talk about Dr. Strange's cameo in Thor Ragnarok, since Bruce ends up in his Sanctum some people've been theorizing that would be a lead-in to Thor directly sending him to Strange somehow with news of Thanos' arrival.

wisewillow She/her Since: May, 2011
She/her
#77090: Nov 29th 2017 at 3:17:14 PM

It’s very unlikely, but it would be hilarious if Loki used the Tesseract to send Bruce to the only wizard that he knows of on earth while Thanos’ ship is approaching. The bodies around Loki could be Loki making an illusion of dead Asgardians to convince Thanos that Loki is totally evil, was just on my way to bring you the tesseract boss.

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Funny but not helpful
#77091: Nov 29th 2017 at 3:17:39 PM

Movie Thanos is apparently a weird case where his fanciest clothes are his lounging around clothes and the more comfortable looking clothes are his business clothes

Forever liveblogging the Avengers
Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#77092: Nov 29th 2017 at 3:21:48 PM

His good clothes just so happen to be in the washing machine during Infinity War. It was bad timing for all parties.

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Gaon Smoking Snake from Grim Up North Since: Jun, 2012 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
#77093: Nov 29th 2017 at 3:37:52 PM

They'll probably pull a Netflix and have Thanos be suited and ready for war by Part II.

"All you Fascists bound to lose."
comicwriter Since: Sep, 2011
#77094: Nov 29th 2017 at 3:56:09 PM

The specific explanation they gave is that Thanos no longer needs to wear a helmet or armor because obviously, having Infinity Stones makes that kind of redundant.

That makes sense from a logic perspective, but he still looks really weird with no helmet.

Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#77095: Nov 29th 2017 at 4:07:05 PM

He's become arrogant because of his supposed invincibility fitting really

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VoidsEmpathy Emissary of the Void from Realm of In-Between Since: Jan, 2011 Relationship Status: A heart full of love
Emissary of the Void
#77096: Nov 29th 2017 at 4:10:41 PM

22,916,421

edited 29th Nov '17 4:10:57 PM by VoidsEmpathy

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MadSkillz Destroyer of Worlds Since: Mar, 2013 Relationship Status: I only want you gone
Destroyer of Worlds
#77097: Nov 29th 2017 at 4:11:05 PM

Looks like the reality stone is the one Thanos gets first, which was in Knowhere with the Collector, but maybe that's been collected off screen. Thanos has the space stone by the time he gets to earth, so I think we can assume Loki has a bad day.

It isn't. Look at his Infinity Gauntlet. He's only ever shown with two stones, Power and Space.And there's a shot of Loki offering the Space Gem up. So presumably what ends up happening is Infinity War starting up with the last scene of Thor 3.

Predictions:

This is what I expect:

First scene: Thanos shows up, kills some Asgardians, beats Thor and Hulk badly, Loki sees they can't win and zaps them both behind their backs and offers Thanos the Space Gem in return for safe passage for the Asgardians. Thanos takes his offer and leaves.

Thor is presumably zapped into space where the Guardians find him and the Hulk is presumably zapped into Earth's sky and lands in Doctor Strange's place. (It's kind of too coincidental so hopefully Loki does it on purpose to help them out)

And that's how all the heroes are alerted to Thanos making his move now.

Thanos takes on the Nova Corps and goes for the Collector while Thor and the Guardians try to help and probably are only able to keep the Reality Stone out of his hands.

The Black Order is sent to Earth to collect the other stones. Time and Mind in NYC with Strange and Vision and Soul in Wakanda. Hence all those battles in different areas with Thanos' forces.

I assume the Black Order doesn't succeed forcing Thanos to go Earth and fighting all the heroes that have now collected together for the climax.

And Thanos wins and leaves with just one stone missing. The Reality Stone.

I'm guessing at least half the heroes die here.

At the end, Captain Marvel arrives and rallies the broken remnants of Earth's Mightiest Heroes. And declares that they're going to bring them all back and that this doesn't have to be the end for them if they win.

Final line is "Avengers Assemble"! as they plan their next move.

(It can be uttered by either Captain America or Captain Marvel)

AlleyOop Since: Oct, 2010
#77098: Nov 29th 2017 at 4:52:54 PM

About the Reality Stone, we know he gets it from the Collector in the leaked video.

KarkatTheDalek Not as angry as the name would suggest. from Somwhere in Time/Space Since: Mar, 2012 Relationship Status: You're a beautiful woman, probably
Not as angry as the name would suggest.
#77099: Nov 29th 2017 at 4:55:48 PM

I was under the impression that the Stone wasn't there, so he didn't get it.

What's the timeline here, anyway? When does Thanos show up in New York, and when does he go to the Collector's lair?

Of course, he teleports in, so I'm assuming he heads to New York from the Collector's lair. Come to think of it, Loki probably told him that he gave the Aether to the Collector for safekeeping.

Oh God! Natural light!
Gaon Smoking Snake from Grim Up North Since: Jun, 2012 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
#77100: Nov 29th 2017 at 4:56:32 PM

If I had to guess the only Stone Thanos won't capture is the Time Stone, to give the heroes a ghost of a chance via some Time bullshit.

"All you Fascists bound to lose."

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