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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

Bocaj Funny but not helpful from Here or thereabouts (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
Funny but not helpful
#81777: Mar 7th 2018 at 9:14:17 PM

In fairness Tony seems to find fresh new ones every time he turns around

But we still like him better than Danny Rand in aggregate

Forever liveblogging the Avengers
HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#81778: Mar 7th 2018 at 9:32:34 PM

Yes.

It's fun to make fun of Tony.

The only thing fun about Danny is hoping he gets his ass kicked by everything.

One Strip! One Strip!
Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#81779: Mar 7th 2018 at 9:33:54 PM

Speaking of Netflix, Jessica Jones is out now, right?

You cannot firmly grasp the true form of Squidward's technique!
HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#81780: Mar 7th 2018 at 9:36:47 PM

Cool. Gotta remember to check that out.

One Strip! One Strip!
slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#81781: Mar 7th 2018 at 10:15:06 PM

When are they ever gonna adapt Bullseye?

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#81782: Mar 7th 2018 at 10:18:37 PM

Probably Daredevil Season 3.

You cannot firmly grasp the true form of Squidward's technique!
Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#81783: Mar 7th 2018 at 11:54:15 PM

Tony didn't expect the fight to escalate that badly, which is why he was comfortable with bringing Peter as a non-lethal option to tie everyone up.

I just realized...while Scott represents the generation which grew up with Cap's comic book, Peter represents the generation growing up with actual Superheroes being around. He must have seen Ironman fly over the city multiple times.

KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#81784: Mar 8th 2018 at 12:40:25 AM

I can't remember - does this Peter invent his web shooters? Because if the plan really was just to have him sit far away from the action and tie people up, Stark could have probably borrowed the shooters and used a robot instead.

Peter invented his web shooters, and then Tony gave him better ones. Same deal with the rest of Peter's equipment: he technically invented them first, but the things he uses are not his inventions.

edited 8th Mar '18 12:40:40 AM by KnownUnknown

slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#81785: Mar 8th 2018 at 12:43:20 AM

I dislike how sidekicky Peter feels.

I've stated this many times before but I feel he's lost a good deal of his superhero independence.

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
Xopher001 Since: Jul, 2012
#81786: Mar 8th 2018 at 1:04:48 AM

It’s been confirmed that Peter Parker was that kid dressed as Iron Man at the tech expo in Iron Man 2

Punisher286 Since: Jan, 2016
#81789: Mar 8th 2018 at 5:33:14 AM

I believed then and continue to believe now that Ant-Man and Hawkeye especially were just shoehorned into the film for the sake of a fight scene. And yeah, it does go against his arc in his own movie. But hopefully Reed can make something interesting out of it.

Like 80% of the movie being everyone telling Scott how stupid and reckless he was to jump the gun like that and screw up everyone else's lives because "Cap said so, and he's cool."

Hey Scott, the villain there only succeeded because Cap did it "his way" and Tony went along with it, just thought that you should know that.

Aleistar Since: Feb, 2018 Relationship Status: Hugging my pillow
#81790: Mar 8th 2018 at 5:53:02 AM

I agree with slimcoder, but I think that, absent an "event" like Infinity War, Peter is going to stick to"street level" crime. At least, that was the direction I got from his rejecting the suit at the end.

ComicFan Since: Sep, 2016
#81791: Mar 8th 2018 at 6:49:04 AM

New EW Infinity War covers[1]. Minor Black Panther spoiler regarding the covers: Looks like Bucky will be going by White Wolf

Hodor2 Since: Jan, 2015
#81792: Mar 8th 2018 at 7:15:29 AM

To clarify, my post a page back was mostly joking, because I found the quote appropriate to how Tony is constantly trying to do the right thing and make amends for previous bad decisions, but his amends generally turn out to be new bad decisions.

Which in fairness is probably something true of not only other MCU superhero characters, but also people generally. But it's definitely a distinct character trait of his.

[up] Ooh, that's interesting. Someone needs a Composite Character entry, if one hasn't been added already. I had figured that that line was just a brief Genius Bonus. Although I doubt it, wonder if at some point Bucky will wear something like the White Wolf costume. I doubt it, because it's kind of on the nose in the comics that a white guy version of Black Panther wears what's essentially a white Black Panther costume, but it would make a lot of sense that Bucky would wear a mask and rely on Wakandan diplomatic immunity to travel around the world, since he's not a very popular person.

Edit- And unsurprisingly, it's already there. Thank you Wiki Magic.

edited 8th Mar '18 7:35:01 AM by Hodor2

wisewillow She/her Since: May, 2011
She/her
#81793: Mar 8th 2018 at 7:35:08 AM

[up][up]

1) Some of the pairings are really random and I don’t like it;

2) The photoshop is questionable. T’Challa looks weird and Cap’s beard is a monstrosity.

comicwriter Since: Sep, 2011
#81794: Mar 8th 2018 at 7:55:07 AM

[up][up][up] a nice alias given he probably doesn’t want to be called Winter Soldier.

Star-Lord / Okoye romance confirmed!

Pseudopartition Screaming Into The Void from The Cretaeceous Since: Dec, 2013 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
Screaming Into The Void
#81795: Mar 8th 2018 at 7:57:39 AM

[insert joke about Superman's 'mustache']

Which in fairness is probably something true of not only other MCU superhero characters, but also people generally. But it's definitely a distinct character trait of his.
Definitely seems more true to my life than "and then I never made any similar mistakes again." tongue

Tuckerscreator (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Drift compatible
#81796: Mar 8th 2018 at 8:11:56 AM

So now we legitimately have a white character who goes by a “White” adjectival alias. [lol]

comicwriter Since: Sep, 2011
#81797: Mar 8th 2018 at 8:34:14 AM

[up]At least now we have a comeback for “If there was a white hero named White ____, people would think it was racist!”tongue

edited 8th Mar '18 8:35:03 AM by comicwriter

ComicFan Since: Sep, 2016
#81798: Mar 8th 2018 at 8:40:10 AM

New Infinity War stills[1] with some spoilers.

comicwriter Since: Sep, 2011
#81799: Mar 8th 2018 at 9:31:20 AM

winkEW article confirms the planet in the trailer is Titan.

edited 8th Mar '18 9:31:47 AM by comicwriter

Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#81800: Mar 8th 2018 at 9:37:43 AM

So, a few episodes into Jessica Jones and I really need to say this: I am so glad that they dropped those idiotic descriptions whenever they mention something Avengers related. This time around they outright say "Captain America" and even mention the Raft at one point. THANK YOU!!!!


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