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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

Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#89076: Sep 14th 2018 at 11:47:02 PM

[up] Not necessarily. They simply might want to get a grip of the hype so that there is less backlash if the trailer doesn't drop.

Granted, I lean more towards it dropping, it is time to start the advertising, but I wouldn't take anything as confirmed at this point.

comicwriter Since: Sep, 2011
#89077: Sep 15th 2018 at 12:11:17 AM

I've never heard of someone being asked by Disney to remove speculation that turned out to be wrong. Sometimes a spade is a spade.

And again, they would not be bringing Brie Larson onto GMA 7 months before the film opens and before an actual trailer dropped if it weren't to actually show some footage.

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#89078: Sep 15th 2018 at 8:07:31 AM

I'm not expecting to be wowed by this trailer. Mainly because I'm expecting it to actually be a teaser. If there is any more substance to it than, like, a floating logo and some footage of Brie Larson wearing her costume, I'll be genuinely surprised.

To this end, Disney may be trying to tamp down the hype because of the inevitable backlash if everyone's like "CAPTAIN MARVEL TRAILER WHOOO" and then it's just thirty seconds of Brie and logo.

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#89079: Sep 15th 2018 at 11:06:13 AM

wild mass guessThe March 2019 release will be of the trailer. Only the trailer. You will have to pay tickets in a theater to see the trailer.wild mass guess

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#89080: Sep 15th 2018 at 11:35:56 AM

Didn't that kind of happen with The Phantom Menace or something?

wild mass guessThe trailer will be approximately thirty seconds of Ben Mendelson saying "Skrullin'" repeatedly.wild mass guess

Edited by Pseudopartition on Sep 15th 2018 at 1:38:46 PM

Discar Since: Jun, 2009
#89081: Sep 15th 2018 at 12:52:08 PM

It was A New Hope that people were buying tickets to unrelated movies to see the trailer, then walking out after without bothering to watch the other movie.

Ah, the days before YouTube.

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#89084: Sep 16th 2018 at 7:51:17 PM

Someone made a kill count in defense of Hawkeye due to the frequent accusation of him being useless.

Edited by comicwriter on Sep 16th 2018 at 7:53:29 AM

unknowing from somewhere.. Since: Mar, 2014
#89085: Sep 17th 2018 at 7:15:26 AM

[up]Kill count is useless if you dont stop the villian.

In the end is the problem of avenger movies finishing with big climatic battles were raw power is favoure way more than being sneaky, widow kinda suffer the same problem.

Also I watch part of the first thor movie and is visually the best of phase 1, asgard look gorgous.

But....is REALLY hard to watch Thor telling Odin he is a good king AND and good father after ragnarok.....is just painfull.

If anything it show how disconect the first movie is related to the third, being diferent directors and the like.

Edited by unknowing on Sep 17th 2018 at 10:34:02 AM

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comicwriter Since: Sep, 2011
#89086: Sep 17th 2018 at 8:58:08 AM

Kill count is useless if you dont stop the villian.

His arrows have plenty of stopping power.

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#89087: Sep 17th 2018 at 8:58:25 AM

Odin was an asshole in the first film too, its just not the focus of the narrative. I always felt like Odin's pedistal breaking was an obvious direction of the Trilogy.

Thor's main character arc beyond learning not to be a prick is learning how his family works... I think.

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#89088: Sep 17th 2018 at 8:59:22 AM

I'd argue that stopping the big bad isn't the end all. Hawkeye took down his share of mooks and often shows ingenuity and cleverness. He pulls his tiny weight.

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#89089: Sep 17th 2018 at 9:05:41 AM

[up]This.

It’s not about stopping the Big Bad. It’s about making sure that the rest of the world is still there afterwards.

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#89091: Sep 17th 2018 at 9:19:44 AM

I like that Hawkeye accounted for Loki's smugness for that.

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unknowing from somewhere.. Since: Mar, 2014
#89092: Sep 17th 2018 at 9:24:57 AM

" I always felt like Odin's pedistal breaking was an obvious direction of the Trilogy."

Kinda, Odin being a bad father is one thing, him being a imperalistic colonizer is.....another, it feel it cross a moral line that the movies(even ragnerok) didnt try to recognize.

And I dont know, killing mooks is a given for superheroes, so Im not as impress for that.

Granted doing that to loki? impresive as hell, I will give to him that.

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#89093: Sep 17th 2018 at 9:35:32 AM

The assumption that even when we don't see Clint's arrows hitting someone that they are still kills is a fair one.

One thing that can be said about him is that having a ridiculously good aim is too firm a part of his character. I admit, I'm surprised at just how much bang he gets for his buck, taking out so many with so little.

And yeah, the Loki thing should be earning him a lot more props. It was a good move. Sure it was Hulk who took him down in the end, but Clint set that one up.

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comicwriter Since: Sep, 2011
#89095: Sep 17th 2018 at 3:44:28 PM

From ABC:

TOMORROW ONLY ON @GMA: @brielarson brings us the first full trailer of @captainmarvel, LIVE

Sometimes the simplest explanation is the correct one.

Edited by comicwriter on Sep 17th 2018 at 3:44:59 AM

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#89097: Sep 17th 2018 at 4:29:59 PM

Of course they are. Captain Marvel is a stage performance. Hadn't you heard?

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#89099: Sep 17th 2018 at 5:16:56 PM

All the CGI is painstakingly animated in front of a live audience.


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