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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

Tuckerscreator (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Drift compatible
#86651: May 20th 2018 at 5:09:14 PM

wild mass guessDoctor Strange can't count. Especially not to 14 million.wild mass guess

Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#86652: May 20th 2018 at 5:10:51 PM

Now that's hash,I'm sure Dr.Strange can count to three because its a magic number

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KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#86653: May 20th 2018 at 7:04:50 PM

Anyone else kind of want The Hobgoblin to be an antagonist in one of the upcoming Spider-Man movies? Even incorporating the mystery around his identity, throwing a lot of the alternate Hobgooblins into the mix (Macendale, Urich, etc) as part of the plot, maybe even the "Ned gets framed bit" somehow.

It'd be a nice way to give us some cool Goblin stuff without bringing in the "corrupt Norman and jealous/resentful Harry" plot again.

KazuyaProta Shin Megami Tensei IV from A Industrial Farm Since: Jan, 2015 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
Shin Megami Tensei IV
#86654: May 20th 2018 at 7:34:04 PM

[up] That is a really good idea

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Draghinazzo (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: I get a feeling so complicated...
#86655: May 20th 2018 at 7:35:37 PM

[up][up] I'd be down with that. We've never gotten Hobgoblin in a film either, so that'd be something new.

Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#86656: May 20th 2018 at 9:46:20 PM

Art of Ebony Maw torturing Doctor Strange.

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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
#86657: May 20th 2018 at 9:47:14 PM

I love behind the scenes stuff like this

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Nightwire Since: Feb, 2010
#86658: May 20th 2018 at 9:53:52 PM

This has better not awakened anything in me.

Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#86659: May 21st 2018 at 12:16:17 AM

Well, I can't just ignore dates unless they directly contradict other dates...plus, if Doctor Strange needed years to learn, well, then it begs the question what Casilliius did all the time.

Whowho Since: May, 2012
#86660: May 21st 2018 at 5:27:46 AM

Read books. Recruited followers. Had unsuccessful attempts on the sanctums.

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wisewillow She/her Since: May, 2011
She/her
#86662: May 21st 2018 at 8:27:11 AM

I hope he isn’t cast.

comicwriter Since: Sep, 2011
#86664: May 21st 2018 at 9:04:07 AM

Damn that'd be a good choice.

Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#86665: May 21st 2018 at 10:10:47 AM

> I hope he isn’t cast.

How come?

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Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#86666: May 21st 2018 at 10:14:22 AM

Isn't the bigger news that they apparently want to introduce Mysterio?

wisewillow She/her Since: May, 2011
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#86667: May 21st 2018 at 10:18:02 AM

[up][up] I don’t like him as an actor. It’s mostly subjective; I don’t like his face/body language/vibe. I didn’t like him in October Sky or the Prince of Persia clips I saw. I will freely admit this may not be a good sample size/examples of his work. There’s certain actors I just find off putting for some reason or other; he’s one of them.

LordVatek Not really a lord of anything Since: Sep, 2014
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#86668: May 21st 2018 at 10:20:29 AM

Regardless of who's playing Mysterio, I'm glad that Scorpion won't be the sole villain. From what we saw of his personality in Homecoming I don't think he would have been able to carry a film. Especially not one following Vulture.

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Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#86670: May 21st 2018 at 10:24:40 AM

I was thinking someone like Morbius, the Living Vampire could make a decent villain for a spiderman film,especially since Doctor Strange started introducing the supernatural and magic

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#86671: May 21st 2018 at 10:27:33 AM

Okay, for a second I'd mixed up Gyllenhaal with Ryan Gosling. I uh, I don't think I've watched much of anything with Gyllenhaal. Dunno how to react if he's cast but I hope he's really hammy.

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LordVatek Not really a lord of anything Since: Sep, 2014
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#86672: May 21st 2018 at 10:34:36 AM

I've only seen Gyllenhaal in Zodiac (which also had Mark Ruffalo and RDJ, funnily enough) which he was okay in but I'm sure there are more recent movies that would give a better indication of how he'd be in this.

edited 21st May '18 10:35:16 AM by LordVatek

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Tuckerscreator (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Drift compatible
#86673: May 21st 2018 at 10:51:21 AM

Jake Gyllenhaal was very good and creepy in Nightcrawler, where he may as well be the Joker on petty cash jobs before the supervillain schtick. As an LA County resident, I highly recommend the film as a satire of local news stations. Todd in the Shadows used to work as a reporter, and he called Nightcrawler “chillingly familiar”. It also has pre-Rogue One Riz Ahmed.

edited 21st May '18 10:53:14 AM by Tuckerscreator

Hodor2 Since: Jan, 2015
#86674: May 21st 2018 at 11:06:32 AM

Gyllenhaal seems like a cool guy (I basically think of him as the Good Counterpart of Jared Leto, given similar choices in roles), and it is kind of a clever casting as he really looks like Tobey Maguire/a Spider-Man actor.

However, I'm a bit wary because he's acted in almost exclusively serious roles and I want "wacky" and relatively harmless Mysterio not manipulative sociopath Mysterio, and with Gyllenhaal, I'd only expect the latter, unless he's really Playing Against Type.

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#86675: May 21st 2018 at 11:59:47 AM

Vulture. Shocker. Scorpion. Mysterio.

Not saying they're going there, but we got 2/3 of a Sinister Six right there. And unlike Sony, Marvel might actually be able to pull it off.

EDIT: Especially if Venom gets pulled in after his solo film.

edited 21st May '18 12:00:28 PM by TobiasDrake

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