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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

windleopard from Nigeria Since: Nov, 2014 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
#77451: Dec 2nd 2017 at 2:23:33 PM

[up][up]probably some cushy prep school.

comicwriter Since: Sep, 2011
wisewillow She/her Since: May, 2011
She/her
#77453: Dec 2nd 2017 at 3:06:26 PM

Are you sure that’s not photoshopped?

comicwriter Since: Sep, 2011
#77454: Dec 2nd 2017 at 3:11:09 PM

I'm watching the clip again and that definitely looks like him.

Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#77456: Dec 2nd 2017 at 3:20:09 PM

Toby from arrested development

have a listen and have a link to my discord server
LordVatek Not really a lord of anything Since: Sep, 2014
Not really a lord of anything
#77457: Dec 2nd 2017 at 3:22:38 PM

Just watched the clip and yeah it's there. Whether or not it's supposed to be seeing as how it's unfinished footage is another question.

This song needs more love.
Pseudopartition Screaming Into The Void from The Cretaeceous Since: Dec, 2013 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
Screaming Into The Void
#77458: Dec 2nd 2017 at 4:11:52 PM

Hope they keep it in because it's officially my favourite Marvel cameo.

MadSkillz Destroyer of Worlds Since: Mar, 2013 Relationship Status: I only want you gone
Destroyer of Worlds
#77459: Dec 2nd 2017 at 6:36:08 PM

Captain Marvel will be in Avengers 4 and she has a scene with the Hulk.

ArthurEld Since: May, 2014
#77460: Dec 2nd 2017 at 9:33:10 PM

[up][up] it's not strictly speaking a cameo, more of a Shout-Out. There being a Kree who also apparently happens to be a never nude.

windleopard from Nigeria Since: Nov, 2014 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
#77461: Dec 2nd 2017 at 9:33:49 PM

Disney and 21st Century Fox are back in talks to discuss buying Fox assets

https://io9.gizmodo.com/

edited 2nd Dec '17 9:34:12 PM by windleopard

Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#77462: Dec 3rd 2017 at 1:24:29 AM

If something comes out of it, I am sure that Disney and Fox are hurrying up. There has never been a better time for a deal like this, considering that the US government is in chaos and full off corruption.

Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#77463: Dec 3rd 2017 at 1:24:40 PM

I'll be happy if they just take the rights to the fantastic Four and leave everything else,although Spiderman hanging out with Deadpool will be a missed opportunity for those who read the comics

Also,I've been catching up on Marvel films thanks to the free trial on Netflix,and I've just finished watching Antman,great film and I could not stop laughing at the enlarged Thomas tank engine

edited 3rd Dec '17 1:27:31 PM by Ultimatum

have a listen and have a link to my discord server
comicwriter Since: Sep, 2011
#77464: Dec 3rd 2017 at 1:59:38 PM

Honestly I'm mixed because I think Logan was easily the best superhero movie of the year so far, and that Fox was finally getting their groove back by tackling untapped niches in the superhero genre (R-rated comedy with Deadpool, R-rated western with Logan, and now horror with New Mutants).

I'd be happy if Marvel got Doom and Galactus though. Once Thanos is over, Doom is the ideal candidate for a villain that could be used in future Avengers movies.

TargetmasterJoe from Velocitron Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: I like big bots and I can not lie
#77465: Dec 3rd 2017 at 2:10:01 PM

[up] Although if they get Doom, they'll probably have to find someone who isn't Mads Mikkelsen, since he was already an MCU bad guy.

(When Fox announced plans for a solo Doom movie, there was something about Mikkelsen being Doom.)

Unsung it's a living from a tenement of clay Since: Jun, 2016
it's a living
#77466: Dec 3rd 2017 at 2:16:52 PM

It was an interview from when Mikkelsen auditioned for a previous Fantastic Four. They apparently had him wave his arms around (like they were stretching and bending) until he politely asked to be excused.

...He would still make a great Doom, though, damn. He was completely underused as Kaecilius.

edited 3rd Dec '17 2:18:22 PM by Unsung

LordVatek Not really a lord of anything Since: Sep, 2014
Not really a lord of anything
#77467: Dec 3rd 2017 at 2:16:52 PM

Has he ever really done a Large Ham villain, though? Every time I've seen him he's been the more soft-spoken type and that is like the exact opposite of Doom.

edited 3rd Dec '17 2:18:21 PM by LordVatek

This song needs more love.
Unsung it's a living from a tenement of clay Since: Jun, 2016
it's a living
#77468: Dec 3rd 2017 at 2:18:00 PM

Cold Ham, I think you'd call it.

Gaon Smoking Snake from Grim Up North Since: Jun, 2012 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
Unsung it's a living from a tenement of clay Since: Jun, 2016
it's a living
#77470: Dec 3rd 2017 at 2:21:49 PM

It could happen, but I stand by my statement that I'd rather see Shuma-Gorath in any Doctor Strange sequel that might be forthcoming.

edited 3rd Dec '17 2:32:29 PM by Unsung

Draghinazzo (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: I get a feeling so complicated...
#77471: Dec 3rd 2017 at 2:22:26 PM

It was an interview from when Mikkelsen auditioned for a previous Fantastic Four. They apparently had him wave his arms around (like they were stretching and bending) until he politely asked to be excused.

...He would still make a great Doom, though, damn. He was completely underused as Kaecilius.

Funny, I was watching Hannibal the last few weeks and this exact thought crossed my mind.

edited 3rd Dec '17 2:29:17 PM by Draghinazzo

KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#77472: Dec 3rd 2017 at 2:29:40 PM

The MCU is low going forward on big, global but terrestrial threats, and Doom would be a great way to change that.

They can’t use the Leader, they already did HYDRA loads of times, the Mandarin is a quagmire I doubt they’ll ever revisit, they screwed up AIM, Osborn - if we even get him - is years away, and as fantastic as their spin on Zemo was it’s 50/50 on whether he would end up leading he Masters in this version (they could always use Justine Hammer or something, but with the way they screwed up her father he very name might be mud).

It seems like a waste to have the Avengers go into or against space every time when there’s a whole library of foes at their fingertips, but while they do have loads of other global or Avenger-level Earthborne threats (Marvels been around for decades, after all), there aren’t many that can believably unite the team and being the hype for a whole plot the way Doom can.

Bocaj Funny but not helpful from Here or thereabouts (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
Funny but not helpful
#77473: Dec 3rd 2017 at 2:39:02 PM

Ironically part of the point in Ultimates

Forever liveblogging the Avengers
Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#77474: Dec 3rd 2017 at 2:45:26 PM

I wouldn't worry too much about Deadpool. Even if Fox and Disney come to an agreement before the year is over (and they might), and even if they really hurry up to get the basics done before the US government has stabilized (just in case), it will take time until everything has truly moved over to Disney. By the time Disney has shuffled all those rights safely back to Marvel, we might already be sick of Deadpool.

Most of the directors aso seem to be pretty unconcerned about their various projects. It is more the management and administrative staff which is worried about their job getting cut in the merger.

Gaon Smoking Snake from Grim Up North Since: Jun, 2012 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
#77475: Dec 3rd 2017 at 2:46:30 PM

@Unsung: My vote would be for Nightmare. I want to see what can be done with Strange's trippy visuals when he's up against a Dream Weaver. Particularly since every single film aside from Strange and The Day the Earth Stood Still that Scott Derrickson has directed or written has been a horror film.

Imagne the Nightmare on Elm's Street shenanigans Nightmare would be up to.

"All you Fascists bound to lose."

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