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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
#89051: Sep 13th 2018 at 4:05:46 PM

Captain America's biography sells more copies anyway,Tony's ends up in the bargain bin

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SonOfSharknado Love is Love is Love Since: Oct, 2013 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
Love is Love is Love
#89052: Sep 13th 2018 at 6:05:28 PM

Luke Cage Season 2 Danny Rand is best Danny Rand.

My various fanfics.
Blurring One just might from one hill away to the regular Bigfoot jungle. Since: Oct, 2010 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
One just might
#89053: Sep 13th 2018 at 7:45:53 PM

Nick Fury managed to drop the pager before it was dusted. Stormbreaker's handle is no longer part of Groot anymore than our hair and skin are no longer part of us when we shed them. The weapons might depend on how quick their owners dropped them.

If a chicken crosses the road and nobody else is around to see it, does the road move beneath the chicken instead?
Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#89054: Sep 13th 2018 at 7:47:33 PM

If contact with the victims is the mechanic, then why doesn't the whole earth disintegrate from people standing on it when they disintegrate?

You cannot firmly grasp the true form of Squidward's technique!
Blurring One just might from one hill away to the regular Bigfoot jungle. Since: Oct, 2010 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
One just might
#89055: Sep 13th 2018 at 7:57:08 PM

I think it is the stuffs carried by the victim will be dusted. This should explains why vehicles don't get dusted along with their occupants.

If a chicken crosses the road and nobody else is around to see it, does the road move beneath the chicken instead?
Unsung it's a living from a tenement of clay Since: Jun, 2016
it's a living
#89056: Sep 13th 2018 at 8:10:05 PM

The mechanism can be as intelligent and context-sensitive as Thanos wants it to be. It's more like making a wish than running a computer algorithm. These things gave Ultron and Vision their minds with plenty to spare, and that's just the Mind Stone by itself.

Discar Since: Jun, 2009
#89057: Sep 13th 2018 at 10:04:29 PM

The Soul Stone was a large part of it too, so I suspect it depends on what each individual considers "part of them." Clothes are included (sure, it's not the most important part of who you are, but it is part of you), but weapons are usually more temporary. Spidey's suit is definitely part of him, metaphorically, as is Bucky's arm. I suspect if Cap had been dusted while holding his shield, the shield would have disappeared too.

Writing a post-post apocalypse LitRPG on RR. Also fanfic stuff.
KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#89058: Sep 13th 2018 at 10:14:42 PM

Fun random idea. Not really a prediction, even, just a passing thought. Let's say, provided Infinity War pt 2 does a Bad Future first and then uses time travel to undo it, they could do a thing kind of like Justice League did with Vandal Savage in "Hereafter."

Basically, the world is going to shit after the snap, and we get a bunch of shots of how bad it is a la Flashpoint or something (outside of this specific idea, I expect this to happen anyway). But then we get a news snippet about a surviving villain, who redeemed themselves and stepped up to try and help people in a world turned upside down. The heroes remember this even after they undo the timeline, and when it comes time for a Thunderbolts / Masters of Evil storyline they try to reach out to that villain who then becomes one of the villains to turn against the Evil Plan.

I could see that working with Vulture, for example. Like, we find out Vulture has been protecting New York in Spider-Man's absence. And then when everything is done, someone tells Peter about it and Pete remembers it when the Sinister Six hopefully happens even though Vulture doesn't.

Edited by KnownUnknown on Sep 13th 2018 at 10:15:22 AM

TobiasDrake (•̀⤙•́) (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Arm chopping is not a love language!
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#89059: Sep 13th 2018 at 11:08:03 PM

  • Nat: We can figure someting out. We've come back from worse than this.
  • Rhodey: No, we haven't.
  • Nat: Do you mind? I'm trying to be optimistic here.
  • Steve: Nat's right. We need to head back to the Quinjet and regroup.
  • Bruce: ...heh. Hehe. Hahaha.
  • Rhodey: There something funny about this?
  • Bruce: No, it's just... have you ever had one of their days where everything is so stressful that all you can do is laugh at how petty the little barbs life throws at you are? Like, I'm already down, but sure, you can kick me too.
  • Steve: We'll get through this.
  • Bruce: Steve. Sam had the keys to the Quinjet.

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slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#89060: Sep 13th 2018 at 11:20:51 PM

[up][up] That be pretty damn cool. [tup]

Ya could easily do it with Vulture or Zemo really.

[up] Heh. tongue

Edited by slimcoder on Sep 13th 2018 at 11:22:54 AM

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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
#89062: Sep 14th 2018 at 5:40:52 AM

"Who knows how to hotwire a quinjet?"

Forever liveblogging the Avengers
XJTordecai Watch the seventh wave Since: Jun, 2013
Watch the seventh wave
#89063: Sep 14th 2018 at 5:46:35 AM

They could still use one of those Wakandan aircrafts at least.

On my wave, passing oooooooon
Tuckerscreator (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Drift compatible
#89064: Sep 14th 2018 at 8:55:28 AM

What about all those other times the Quinjet was stolen, like in Age of Ultron or Civil War?

Mizerous Pet Owner from Hell Since: Oct, 2013 Relationship Status: Brewing the love potion
Pet Owner
#89066: Sep 14th 2018 at 12:11:36 PM

Finally

Just Makima.
TobiasDrake (•̀⤙•́) (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Arm chopping is not a love language!
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#89067: Sep 14th 2018 at 2:02:01 PM

Idle thought: there's a clever Fridge Brilliance implication regarding the Black Panther suit. In the wake of her father dying in an explosion during a meeting at the U.N., Shuri designed a suit for her brother that he could have at all times in case such an occasion ever happened again.

It didn't help.

Edited by TobiasDrake on Sep 14th 2018 at 3:05:14 AM

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Falrinn Since: Dec, 2014
#89068: Sep 14th 2018 at 5:18:08 PM

[up][up][up] Going to advise caution at this stage.

All we know is that Brie Larson will appear on GMA on Tuesday. While trailers have debuted on GMA in the past, and given when Captain Marvel releases we should be getting an initial teaser trailer sooner rather than later, all we can safely assume is that Brie Larson will be on GMA this coming Tuesday, nothing else whatsoever.

Now I'm not going to fall over in shock if the trailer does end up dropping on Tuesday during GMA, I simply advise to not get too hyped up for it until we get more explicit confirmation.

Bocaj Funny but not helpful from Here or thereabouts (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
Funny but not helpful
#89069: Sep 14th 2018 at 5:21:24 PM

Back to the drawing board

All she needs to do is create an infinity proof suit!

Forever liveblogging the Avengers
HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#89070: Sep 14th 2018 at 9:09:45 PM

Idle thought: there's a clever Fridge Brilliance implication regarding the Black Panther suit. In the wake of her father dying in an explosion during a meeting at the U.N., Shuri designed a suit for her brother that he could have at all times in case such an occasion ever happened again.

Hey!

...oh....sad

Welp! That's the way your brother crumbles...

...I'm gonna burn for that one.

One Strip! One Strip!
XJTordecai Watch the seventh wave Since: Jun, 2013
Watch the seventh wave
#89071: Sep 14th 2018 at 9:15:08 PM

And considering Shuri's basically confirmed alive, boy is she in for some news.

On my wave, passing oooooooon
LordVatek Not really a lord of anything Since: Sep, 2014
Not really a lord of anything
#89072: Sep 14th 2018 at 9:19:31 PM

*After Shuri hears the news*

Shuri: Okay someone bring me a dustpan and a lot of glue.

This song needs more love.
TobiasDrake (•̀⤙•́) (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Arm chopping is not a love language!
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#89073: Sep 14th 2018 at 10:50:05 PM

I mean, this is based on comic books, so it's not out of the question that they could just go out there and collect every individual dust particle that used to be T'Challa, atomically bond them together, and then blast them with photo-nuclear hyper-magnetized gamma rays until they form into a living person again.

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Tuckerscreator (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Drift compatible
#89074: Sep 14th 2018 at 11:01:01 PM

wild mass guessAnt-Man is hired to put everyone's atoms back together. It takes him a very, very, very long time. The entirety of Avengers 4 is watching him doing this. At the end Thanos just snaps his fingers again.wild mass guess

comicwriter Since: Sep, 2011
#89075: Sep 14th 2018 at 11:02:55 PM

[up][up][up][up][up][up][up]The person who initially posted that we are getting the trailer was subsequently told to remove his Tweet by Disney, which would be odd if they weren't actually gonna show it there.

Also, just logistically, they wouldn't have Brie Larson on to promote the movie so far in advance if there weren't a trailer. Usually when someone gets called in for one of these talkshows and it's not to reveal a trailer, it's because the movie is close to release.

Edited by comicwriter on Sep 14th 2018 at 11:02:29 AM


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