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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

VeryMelon Since: Jul, 2011 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#90201: Oct 12th 2018 at 7:13:10 PM

Eh, I liked season 2 but I don't mind the show ending on the note it did.

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#90202: Oct 12th 2018 at 8:05:42 PM

I'm both happy and sad for the cancellation.

Sad because it means we won't get more of Typhoid Mary. Hopefully she'll find her way over to another series or maybe get a spinoff of her own.

Happy because it means the show ended before the inevitable story where Danny reclaims the Fist for himself. Now Colleen can keep it forever and pop up in other people's shows from time to time.

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slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
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#90203: Oct 12th 2018 at 8:07:08 PM

Yeeeeeah pretty sure Danny's gonna pop up on occasion too.

And chances are he will have the title back.

Edited by slimcoder on Oct 12th 2018 at 8:07:32 AM

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VeryMelon Since: Jul, 2011 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#90204: Oct 12th 2018 at 8:07:47 PM

This will probably bother you, but if he did get the Fist back I wouldn't have minded.

slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#90205: Oct 12th 2018 at 8:09:33 PM

Neither would I honestly.

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#90206: Oct 12th 2018 at 8:15:01 PM

Huh, this is surprising. Hopefully they re-negotiate or something, it's pretty obvious they were setting up a third season.

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alliterator Since: Jan, 2001
#90207: Oct 12th 2018 at 8:18:10 PM

They might shift the show to Disney's own streaming service. Iron Fist was a show that never really needed to be R-rated or "mature." It was always supposed to be a kung fu show.

If Disney does bring it back for their streaming service, they should just go all out and give us the Tournament of Heaven arc.

Edited by alliterator on Oct 12th 2018 at 8:19:23 AM

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#90208: Oct 12th 2018 at 8:20:37 PM

I'll say the same thing I said on the Iron Fist thread:

There's no guarantee that Danny would have to take back the fist from Colleen. After all, wasn't there an arc with multiple Iron Fists in the comics? Plus, Danny with those guns indicates that there's more than one way to use channel your chi.

That first season just murdered all the potential of the series.

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slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
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#90209: Oct 12th 2018 at 8:21:01 PM

Have Danny truly prove his worth by going the distance with the best of the best.

Go all Rich Kung-Fu Rocky Balboa with this shit. tongue

Edited by slimcoder on Oct 12th 2018 at 8:26:04 AM

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alliterator Since: Jan, 2001
#90210: Oct 12th 2018 at 8:25:27 PM

[up] Well, that will give new meaning to the quote "Eat lightning and crap thunder."

LordVatek Not really a lord of anything Since: Sep, 2014
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#90211: Oct 12th 2018 at 8:29:43 PM

I could certainly see them bringing it back on a different platform more than I could them shoving it into a closet and throwing away the key like they did with Inhumans.

Edited by LordVatek on Oct 12th 2018 at 11:30:00 AM

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HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#90212: Oct 12th 2018 at 8:34:35 PM

I don't know man.

Wasn't Iron Fist Season 1 as bad as Inhumans?

I mean, the only reason anyone has any regrets about it's cancellation is because Season 2 was actually worth watching, but that first part still stunk it up hard, and there have to be people who still judge the series entirely based on that.

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alliterator Since: Jan, 2001
#90213: Oct 12th 2018 at 8:35:46 PM

Hell, I say that even Inhumans could be saved. I mean, not any of what happened in the actual show — god, it was terrible, did Karnak really get involved in pot smuggling? — but just the basic concept of an Inhumans TV show. Just say that the ABC Inhumans show was, I don't know, a TV show made by Maximus the Mad or something.

This is what I would do if I was in charge of the Inhumans.

ComicFan Since: Sep, 2016
#90214: Oct 12th 2018 at 9:03:47 PM

Avengers 4 has wrapped up filming[1]

AlleyOop Since: Oct, 2010
#90216: Oct 12th 2018 at 11:41:41 PM

What are the chances this will free Colleen up for a Daughters of the Dragon spinoff?

MrHellboy The Shadow from A world of my own Since: Dec, 2017 Relationship Status: Yes, I'm alone, but I'm alone and free
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#90217: Oct 12th 2018 at 11:44:31 PM

[up][up][up]How could they be finished already? There's some actors who haven't gone in for reshoots yet

And I thought reshoots were supposed to go until March

Edited by MrHellboy on Oct 12th 2018 at 1:44:44 PM

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alliterator Since: Jan, 2001
#90218: Oct 12th 2018 at 11:48:59 PM

Not all actors are needed for reshoots. And March 2019 seems a bit late, considering the movie itself comes out April 2019.

Edited by alliterator on Oct 12th 2018 at 11:50:21 AM

MrHellboy The Shadow from A world of my own Since: Dec, 2017 Relationship Status: Yes, I'm alone, but I'm alone and free
The Shadow
#90219: Oct 13th 2018 at 12:05:02 AM

May, actually (sorry for correcting you).

I guess I'm just wondering if this is good news for the Guardians (Drax in particular). If they're done with reshoots now, maybe that means their storyline won't be altered significantly in the wake of the James Gunn firing and delay of Got G 3

Then again, Bautista said he had 2 days of reshoots to do, and we never got any word that he had done them yet so... I dunno

Edited by MrHellboy on Oct 13th 2018 at 2:07:17 PM

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Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#90220: Oct 13th 2018 at 12:21:33 AM

I wonder if there is any chance that Iron Fist goes over to the Disney Streaming service and gets there a proper show with a proper budget.

Whowho Since: May, 2012
#90221: Oct 13th 2018 at 1:55:22 AM

The character not being in active association with a show does allow Danny and Colleen to show up elsewhere more easily. Be it Luke Cage or a Daughters of the Dragon show or even Agents of SHIELD or the Scarlet Witch Miniseries or even the films.

Punisher286 Since: Jan, 2016
#90222: Oct 13th 2018 at 2:06:57 AM

Colleen and Mary Walker at least are too good to just be discarded after this.

Whowho Since: May, 2012
#90223: Oct 13th 2018 at 2:45:32 AM

Mary Walker's actress is keen to appear in other Netflix shows if I remember correctly.

Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#90224: Oct 13th 2018 at 3:26:48 AM

But I don't want Danny to show up elsewhere. I was hoping that the third season would properly explore the lore of the Iron Fist, maybe complete with a tournament. You can't fold a story like this in the background of another show. I mean, his New York activities, yes, those can be folded into Luke Cage, but there is so much more to the character I want to see.

slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#90225: Oct 13th 2018 at 3:42:52 AM

If they do retool the show into a new show away from NY, it be great.

Finally wholly ditch the realism & just go straight up maximum kung-fu wushu Enter the Dragon type shit.

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."

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