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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

SonOfSharknado Love is Love is Love Since: Oct, 2013 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
Love is Love is Love
#80951: Feb 22nd 2018 at 8:31:13 PM

Winston Duke is fucking gorgeous. Luke Cage needs to go to Wakanda, like, yesterday.

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wisewillow She/her Since: May, 2011
She/her
#80952: Feb 22nd 2018 at 8:34:52 PM

The entire cast is, to quote twitter, “a buffet” of gorgeous people. My bisexual heart is screaming/crying.

AdricDePsycho Rock on, Gold Dust Woman from Never Going Back Again Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
Rock on, Gold Dust Woman
#80953: Feb 22nd 2018 at 8:35:54 PM

Look my heart skipped a beat when Michael B. Jordan took his shirt off and I feel no shame in admitting that.

Have you any dreams you'd like to sell?
wisewillow She/her Since: May, 2011
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#80954: Feb 22nd 2018 at 8:37:18 PM

Siiiiiiiigh. Same. Also, I need to start building a shrine to Lupita Nyong’o. My god, she’s beautiful.

edited 22nd Feb '18 8:37:34 PM by wisewillow

SonOfSharknado Love is Love is Love Since: Oct, 2013 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
Love is Love is Love
#80955: Feb 22nd 2018 at 8:38:50 PM

I need Letitia and Tom Holland to be onscreen together in Infinity War, just for a second. My bi-heart screams for it.

edited 22nd Feb '18 9:16:33 PM by SonOfSharknado

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wisewillow She/her Since: May, 2011
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#80956: Feb 22nd 2018 at 8:40:40 PM

Bi-five. Tom Holland is adorable, though too young for me to crush on. Tbh I have a stronger need to see Shuri and Peter nerding out together.

If Chris Evans and Lupita are on the same screen, I may just die from too much bi. Chadwick and Lupita already nearly killed me.

edited 22nd Feb '18 8:42:16 PM by wisewillow

Tuckerscreator (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Drift compatible
#80957: Feb 22nd 2018 at 8:41:36 PM

M'baku's reception pre-2018: "Urgh, such a stereotype..."

M' baku's reception 2018: "YESSS GIVE ME THICC BOI"

edited 22nd Feb '18 8:43:00 PM by Tuckerscreator

SonOfSharknado Love is Love is Love Since: Oct, 2013 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
Love is Love is Love
#80958: Feb 22nd 2018 at 8:59:27 PM

Yeah, my feelings for Holland are complicated. On the one hand, he's adorable, but on the other hand...

He's both my son and my husband.

edited 22nd Feb '18 9:18:10 PM by SonOfSharknado

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wisewillow She/her Since: May, 2011
She/her
#80959: Feb 22nd 2018 at 9:01:31 PM

Goddammit now I have to watch that dance again.

edited 22nd Feb '18 9:18:59 PM by wisewillow

slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#80960: Feb 22nd 2018 at 9:06:46 PM

Letitia Wright is a beautiful woman I will say.

What are the odds of BP saying "Then you have already lost. For I have trained my entire life to face the unknown." in Infinity?

That is like one of the MOST badass lines I have ever read in my entire life.

edited 22nd Feb '18 9:07:22 PM by slimcoder

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
SonOfSharknado Love is Love is Love Since: Oct, 2013 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
Love is Love is Love
#80961: Feb 22nd 2018 at 9:18:32 PM

[up][up] I edited both posts, but I don't know if I come out looking any better. tongue

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wisewillow She/her Since: May, 2011
She/her
#80962: Feb 22nd 2018 at 9:20:01 PM

[up][up] I want- no, I NEED that line. But who can T’Challa use it against? He may need to save it for Black Panther 2.

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#80963: Feb 22nd 2018 at 9:24:55 PM

Wow, I cannot watch that video without seeing MJ and Peter Parker.

And in the span of that one entirely unrelated to the MCU video, they just became the best couple in the MCU.

edited 22nd Feb '18 9:27:25 PM by TobiasDrake

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wisewillow She/her Since: May, 2011
She/her
#80964: Feb 22nd 2018 at 9:28:35 PM

They’re adorable, yes, but how dare you disrespect Steve/Peggy and T’challa/Nakia like this? tongue

edited 22nd Feb '18 9:28:43 PM by wisewillow

slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#80965: Feb 22nd 2018 at 9:31:40 PM

[up][up][up] The line is gonna be difficult cause he's saying it to someone who has trained all their life to beat him so the purpose of the line is to explain that no matter much you trained to fight him he's trained to fight everything & anything that will come at him & win.

And I can't imagine any of Thanos' forces "trained their entire life" to face him.

edited 22nd Feb '18 9:32:02 PM by slimcoder

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
SonOfSharknado Love is Love is Love Since: Oct, 2013 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
Love is Love is Love
#80966: Feb 22nd 2018 at 9:39:50 PM

The easiest way is to just change the preceding line of the person he says it to, then. For example.

Thanos: Foolish child. You dare to oppose me? I am unlike anything you have ever faced.

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Gaon Smoking Snake from Grim Up North Since: Jun, 2012 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
#80967: Feb 23rd 2018 at 4:17:25 AM

@Tuckerscreator: Meanwhile, I'm like:

My view of M'baku pre-2018: "If you look past the stereotype there's actually a pretty interesting character here, that's why he's my favorite black panther villain."

My view of M'baku in 2018: "WITNESS THE MIGHT OF THE JABARI FIRSTHAND!".

"All you Fascists bound to lose."
ComicFan Since: Sep, 2016
#80968: Feb 23rd 2018 at 11:19:26 AM

Black Panther becomes highest grossing mcu film in first week[1]

AdricDePsycho Rock on, Gold Dust Woman from Never Going Back Again Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#80970: Feb 23rd 2018 at 11:57:39 AM

[up] And now they will claim that it is just because of the MCU. We know this game, don't we? Female lead movies have been among the highest grossing pretty much since the beginning of theatres, and the industry is just now catching on that giving them a bigger role in general might be a good idea after all.

Gaon Smoking Snake from Grim Up North Since: Jun, 2012 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
#80971: Feb 23rd 2018 at 12:09:52 PM

I think Panther will probably actually change things because it seems to be a success even by MCU terms. The only possible negative lesson you could conceivably spin from this is "black-starring films are only viable financially if you set them Africa" Which I don't think anyone is stupid enough to arrive to.

So naturally, the executives will arrive to it

"All you Fascists bound to lose."
Discar Since: Jun, 2009
#80972: Feb 23rd 2018 at 12:26:42 PM

Hey, if that gets us more movies about African culture (as opposed to African-American culture), then it's not necessarily a bad thing. If it gets us more Darkest Africa crap, then yes, that's very much a bad thing. But I think we're past that, for the most part.

Writing a post-post apocalypse LitRPG on RR. Also fanfic stuff.
LordVatek Not really a lord of anything Since: Sep, 2014
Not really a lord of anything
#80973: Feb 23rd 2018 at 12:32:44 PM

Which I don't think anyone is stupid enough to arrive to.

I don't know anymore.

edited 23rd Feb '18 12:33:34 PM by LordVatek

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Hodor2 Since: Jan, 2015
#80974: Feb 23rd 2018 at 12:55:49 PM

So something I was thinking, I saw a tweet suggesting that Coogler do an adaptation of The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps, which would be kind of coo, and it struck me that you could have Michael B. Jordan/ Chadwick Boseman and Winston Duke as the main characters, thereby satisfying people's desire for Slash Fic with the characters/actors.

edited 23rd Feb '18 12:56:13 PM by Hodor2

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#80975: Feb 23rd 2018 at 1:17:46 PM

Yeah, if Black Panther hits that vaunted billion dollar mark, it's going to be really hard to claim it was just because it's an MCU film. Only the Avengers films, Civil War, and Iron Man 3 have ever done so well.

And the fact that the film's already had the biggest opening in MCU history outside the original Avengers film is a good start.

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