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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
#89951: Oct 4th 2018 at 2:10:05 PM

wild mass guessCap will die by slipping on soap. Thanos used the Reality Stone to turn the ground slippery.wild mass guess

Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#89952: Oct 4th 2018 at 2:14:59 PM

Everyone is reading too much into this. It is a milestone and he won't see a lot of the people involved again anytime soon.

TobiasDrake (•̀⤙•́) (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Arm chopping is not a love language!
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#89953: Oct 4th 2018 at 3:22:39 PM

If he does die, I hope there's a sequence of him and Peggy dancing in the afterlife

Meanwhile, her actual husband to whom she spent her life blissfully married to is standing there like, "Dude? The f*ck?"

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LordVatek Not really a lord of anything Since: Sep, 2014
Not really a lord of anything
#89954: Oct 4th 2018 at 3:33:16 PM

[up]"Sorry I had a crush on her first. That overrules marriage."

Edited by LordVatek on Oct 4th 2018 at 6:32:59 AM

This song needs more love.
Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#89955: Oct 4th 2018 at 4:12:49 PM

[up] Pretty much why I don't like the idea. Makes a woman the property of a guy for live, narratively speaking.

unknowing from somewhere.. Since: Mar, 2014
#89956: Oct 4th 2018 at 4:16:15 PM

I mean, Cap can always have peggy niece after all....

And yeah, I now that sound bad.....

"My Name is Bolt, Bolt Crank and I dont care if you believe or not"
slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#89957: Oct 4th 2018 at 4:20:14 PM

I mean he does owe her a dance.

It doesn't have to be romantic.

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
Tuckerscreator (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Drift compatible
#89958: Oct 4th 2018 at 4:40:53 PM

wild mass guessCap’s afterlife is a quindrouple with himself, Peggy, Angie, Sousa, and Bucky.wild mass guess

There, I closed all the shipping wars.

Edited by Tuckerscreator on Oct 4th 2018 at 4:40:58 AM

DeathsApprentice The Ultimate Lifeform from The Ark Since: Aug, 2011 Relationship Status: Is that a kind of food?
The Ultimate Lifeform
#89959: Oct 4th 2018 at 4:42:07 PM

Bucky's not dead though. And also, what about Sam? surprised

When we're done, there won't be anything left.
windleopard from Nigeria Since: Nov, 2014 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
#89960: Oct 4th 2018 at 4:48:25 PM

Meanwhile, her actual husband to whom she spent her life blissfully married to is standing there like, "Dude? The f*ck?"

Plus, wouldn't this basically be the ending to Titanic?

Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#89961: Oct 4th 2018 at 4:53:35 PM

> There, I closed all the shipping wars.

You just started World shipping war

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TobiasDrake (•̀⤙•́) (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Arm chopping is not a love language!
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#89962: Oct 4th 2018 at 4:53:55 PM

Peggy should have made room on the door for Steve. NEVER FORGET.

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Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#89963: Oct 4th 2018 at 5:01:10 PM

Anyone else think of King of Hill when they read Peggy and Steve?

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dRoy Professional Writer & Amateur Scholar from Most likely from my study Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: I'm just high on the world
Professional Writer & Amateur Scholar
#89964: Oct 4th 2018 at 5:38:11 PM

So, Avengers 4 is the last film with Chris Evans as Captain America.

I wonder what would happen to Captain America's character.

My bet is that he will either die/retire and pass on the title to someone else. Dying sounds more likely for his character, methinks.

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PushoverMediaCritic I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out. from the Italy of America Since: Jul, 2015 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out.
#89965: Oct 4th 2018 at 5:50:21 PM

Uh, Chris Evans isn't actually saying that he's retiring from Captain America in that Tweet. Like, yeah it sounds final, but all he's saying is that he's wrapped up filming for Avengers 4 and that's it's been an honor playing as Steven Rogers for the past 8 years. He also thanks the cast, crew, and audience, but he's not actually saying that he's done as Cap.

Like, he very well might be retiring as Captain America after Avengers 4, but that Tweet is not positive confirmation of that.

unknowing from somewhere.. Since: Mar, 2014
#89966: Oct 4th 2018 at 5:53:59 PM

Or maybe is just mean he finally will be with the Nomad identity and not used the shield ever again....

that will be bold

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comicwriter Since: Sep, 2011
#89967: Oct 4th 2018 at 7:21:30 PM

Rumored title of Avengers 4 is Avengers: Annihilation.

For context, Conrad is the guy who correct called that Marvel was working on the Eternals movie.

Unsung it's a living from a tenement of clay Since: Jun, 2016
it's a living
#89968: Oct 4th 2018 at 7:24:35 PM

...Huh. How is that gonna work?

alliterator Since: Jan, 2001
#89969: Oct 4th 2018 at 7:26:33 PM

Hmm. That makes sense, but I'm still wary.

PushoverMediaCritic I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out. from the Italy of America Since: Jul, 2015 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out.
#89970: Oct 4th 2018 at 7:29:32 PM

Just based off the cropped image, it looks like Thanos is cosplaying as Saitama.

alliterator Since: Jan, 2001
#89971: Oct 4th 2018 at 7:41:26 PM

That's the cover to Annihilation #4. The reason why I'm wary is that the Annihilation crossover wasn't really about Thanos or had Thanos as a bad guy — the bad guy was Annihilus and his Annihilation Wave. Thanos actually tried to help stop Annihilus before Drax killed him.

Edited by alliterator on Oct 4th 2018 at 7:42:07 AM

Unsung it's a living from a tenement of clay Since: Jun, 2016
it's a living
#89972: Oct 4th 2018 at 7:48:22 PM

Yeah, there's kind of a lot of... stuff in Annihlation that the MCU doesn't really have yet. In part because most of the Guardians got snapped, and Xandar got wrecked and presumably most of the Nova Corps along with it, and Ronan is dead and the Skrulls will have only just been introduced and there's no actual Annihilus or Galactus or Silver Surfer.

comicwriter Since: Sep, 2011
#89973: Oct 4th 2018 at 8:32:20 PM

Folks might be taking the title a bit too literally, given that both Age of Ultron and Infinity War had little, if anything to do with those actual stories.

Unsung it's a living from a tenement of clay Since: Jun, 2016
it's a living
#89974: Oct 4th 2018 at 8:54:41 PM

Well, I do understand it's not going to be Annihilation proper. And I guess a title that confirmed alternate universes or some kind of time travel would be a little on the nose. But I am wondering what parts (if any) they might adapt, in a roundabout way, since they're presumably going to go fully cosmic to battle Thanos.

KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#89975: Oct 4th 2018 at 9:02:26 PM

If it was In Name Only, the title wouldn't be a spoiler for Infinity War and they wouldn't have kept it from us on the grounds that it was one. Plus the last time they did that they got some backlash, and Marvel has shown that they're capable of - even if through baby steps - learning from their mistakes even in success.

Either way, the other thing going against it is the rights. Annihilus is a Fantastic Four villain, and Marvel Studios by way of Disney just got the film rights back. Films take a long time to make, and Avengers 4 - having been in production for a while yet - isn't going to be about Annihilus, and unless they only finalized the name after the deal went through it probably wouldn't be named after a story arc that would probably have fallen under Fox's purview (since it's about a character they had providence over) either.

I wouldn't put it past them to quickly put together a stinger about Annihilus being the next Big Bad of The 'Verse, though, and maybe that's the kernel of the truth that the rumor really caught on to.

Edited by KnownUnknown on Oct 4th 2018 at 9:05:50 AM


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