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Original post
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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#84559: Apr 12th 2018 at 6:22:56 PM
I just want Punisher to join the Defenders, then for the Netflix shows to cross over with the movies so we can have Drax, Hawkeye, and Punisher bonding over being each of their team's Team Dad.
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#84561: Apr 12th 2018 at 6:24:31 PM
x2 When The Punisher is the Team Dad y'know something's gone wrong.
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So it's looking like if the merger goes through, it'll be in Summer 2019
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