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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

Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#86401: May 12th 2018 at 10:49:43 AM

pfff bras who needs em

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Bocaj Funny but not helpful from Here or thereabouts (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
Funny but not helpful
#86402: May 12th 2018 at 10:54:14 AM

Cap does

I just said

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Cross (Don’t ask)
#86403: May 12th 2018 at 11:20:10 AM

Steve should speak to Shuri, I would imagine she has a closet full of BRAs including the perfect one for him.

edited 12th May '18 11:30:29 AM by Cross

Bocaj Funny but not helpful from Here or thereabouts (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
Funny but not helpful
#86404: May 12th 2018 at 11:24:10 AM

Would it be a Stars and Stripes one?

I don't think you're supposed to wear a flag but ship is sailed on that and a man bra isn't really beyond the pale

edited 12th May '18 11:24:48 AM by Bocaj

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Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#86405: May 12th 2018 at 11:24:20 AM

I have the feeling that they are slowly moving into the direction of the Young Avengers.

Bocaj Funny but not helpful from Here or thereabouts (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
Funny but not helpful
#86406: May 12th 2018 at 11:25:04 AM

I'd be down for that

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Tuckerscreator (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Drift compatible
#86407: May 12th 2018 at 11:28:08 AM

Might be a little hard to introduce Wiccan if both Wanda and Vision are dead. And only Doctor Strange has begun to touch on the Multiverse.

Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#86408: May 12th 2018 at 11:35:31 AM

I'm surprised nobody's talking about Kamala being confirmed as down the pipe somewhere.

Figuratively speaking, though I'm sure she could fit herself down a literal pipe if she was needed for plumbing work.

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comicwriter Since: Sep, 2011
#86409: May 12th 2018 at 11:36:46 AM

Marvel has plans for Kamala after Captain Marvel

Fucking nice!

[up][up]Well, in the comics it was eventually revealed Wanda created her children out of nothing subconscious by using her Reality Warper abilities. That could be utilized here.

KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#86410: May 12th 2018 at 2:13:47 PM

I just don’t want them to make a tv show with her: Marvel Studios has shown that in the grander scheme of things they consider their tv show characters second stringers.

Young Avengers movie with Kampala Khan leading, please.

LordVatek Not really a lord of anything Since: Sep, 2014
Not really a lord of anything
#86411: May 12th 2018 at 2:14:57 PM

I don't know much about Wiccan but from what little I've read about him I really think he needs to be in the movies.

This song needs more love.
Sigilbreaker26 Serial Procrastinator Since: Nov, 2017
Serial Procrastinator
#86412: May 12th 2018 at 2:15:00 PM

A TV show would be a better fit for her style of stories though.

"And when the last law was down and the Devil turned round on you, where would you hide, the laws all being flat?"
AlleyOop Since: Oct, 2010
#86413: May 12th 2018 at 2:17:38 PM

Since Feige is the one bringing it up, it's probably going to be a movie. Marvel Studios operates pretty separately of Marvel TV.

Continuing on with the subject of Chinese nicknames for MCU characters from last page, I think Shatterstar is onto something with how many of the nicknames have to do with weight. Might be a cultural thing, my mom's nickname for me was "chubby chick" and she still calls me that sometimes. Guess it's extra cute in Chinese.

edited 12th May '18 2:18:28 PM by AlleyOop

Mizerous Pet Owner from Hell Since: Oct, 2013 Relationship Status: Brewing the love potion
Pet Owner
#86414: May 12th 2018 at 2:18:22 PM

Will they keep her an Inhuman or with the potential Fox merger not...

Just Makima.
slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#86415: May 12th 2018 at 2:19:37 PM

Man I hope they change her to a Mutant. evil grin

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#86416: May 12th 2018 at 2:20:42 PM

[up][up]That's how she got her powers. Why retcon it? I think there's room for both Inhumans and Mutants, and all the bullshit going on between them in both the comics and media was never necessary.

I mean, it was pretty much the vendetta of one dude that forced the Inhumans into a role that didn't in any way suit them, while desperately trying to push the X-Men out.

[up] No. I'm not gonna tolerate changing her origin just because you want to spite fans of the inhumans. She stays what she is. If we change it, it's no different from throwing away years of Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver's history as mutants.

Do you want that?

edited 12th May '18 2:21:53 PM by HandsomeRob

One Strip! One Strip!
comicwriter Since: Sep, 2011
#86417: May 12th 2018 at 2:22:21 PM

I think the potential issue is the Inhumans have never been brought up in the movies, so it might be weird to do so here.

Of course, they could always just say she's a distant descendant of an Eternal.

AlleyOop Since: Oct, 2010
#86418: May 12th 2018 at 2:23:18 PM

Explaining the lore of the Inhumans would probably be complicated especially since nobody even liked the show about them. But they don't have to change it. As I mentioned in the main Inhumans thread, a simple flashback of Kamala getting sprayed with odd blue Kree gas and suddenly gaining powers is as much as many people will really need. Or they could go the Spider-Man route and just gloss over it altogether with a tiny mention in dialogue being enough.

edited 12th May '18 2:23:43 PM by AlleyOop

Bocaj Funny but not helpful from Here or thereabouts (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
Funny but not helpful
#86419: May 12th 2018 at 2:24:11 PM

The Inhuman origin as an "alien" works slightly better for her than the vague every oppression ever mutants does

Plus I want her to have Lockjaw. He likes hugs

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slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#86420: May 12th 2018 at 2:24:18 PM

What history?

She's like 5 in real-life.

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Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#86421: May 12th 2018 at 2:25:13 PM

here's the thing.tv shows allow you flesh out the character over a series of episodes.the character is allowed to evolve,different directions can be explored,and you don't have to do everything at once

But,you're always working within a TV budget.where as a film budget let's you do so much more,your not limited in the way a tv show would be

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Mizerous Pet Owner from Hell Since: Oct, 2013 Relationship Status: Brewing the love potion
Pet Owner
#86422: May 12th 2018 at 2:26:43 PM

Also, I would rather her be in the sequel like a trainee of Carol akin to Tony and Peter in Civil War. Perhaps they both work together to stop Mystique or some non X-men villain.

Just Makima.
KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#86423: May 12th 2018 at 2:27:40 PM

It could be a plot point in Captain Marvel than when Carol gets involved in the alter / Skrull War, some kind of alien tech fell to Earth or detonated or whatever, and now twenty years later people or their kids are starting to gain superpowers.

Then if they want to reintroduce the Royal Family down the line, they could establish that that incident was not the first time that’s happened.

Bocaj Funny but not helpful from Here or thereabouts (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
Funny but not helpful
#86424: May 12th 2018 at 2:30:06 PM

Terrigen and such was left behind by aliens in AOS

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comicwriter Since: Sep, 2011
#86425: May 12th 2018 at 2:46:26 PM

Just say she was bitten by a radioactive rubberband.


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