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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

slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#90551: Oct 30th 2018 at 6:01:30 PM

Ah finally a buddy cop superhero series. tongue

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comicwriter Since: Sep, 2011
JRads47 Since: Nov, 2014
#90553: Oct 30th 2018 at 6:18:07 PM

Inb 4 it's a season of Wipeout to see who becomes the new Captain America tongue

AlleyOop Since: Oct, 2010
#90554: Oct 30th 2018 at 6:39:02 PM

OK, this idea would be very cool.

wisewillow She/her Since: May, 2011
She/her
#90555: Oct 30th 2018 at 7:01:57 PM

... Falcon and... Winter Soldier... buddy cops.. O.O

I think I heard my wallet just start crying.

AyyItsMidnight Look, just be decent to one another ok? Since: Oct, 2018
Look, just be decent to one another ok?
#90556: Oct 30th 2018 at 7:07:03 PM

Could be cool. Don't know what else to say about this or Loki and Wanda's potential series until they actually come out.

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Tuckerscreator (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Drift compatible
#90557: Oct 30th 2018 at 7:12:55 PM

Two piles of dust, fighting over a shield and a seat in a car.

Whowho Since: May, 2012
#90558: Oct 30th 2018 at 8:03:27 PM

Wonder if they'll be able to make Sam fly on a Game of Thrones budget.

Also, Sam should start talking with birds in this series.

DeathsApprentice The Ultimate Lifeform from The Ark Since: Aug, 2011 Relationship Status: Is that a kind of food?
The Ultimate Lifeform
#90559: Oct 30th 2018 at 8:43:32 PM

A Sam and Bucky buddy series? YES PLEASE THIS IS EVERYTHING I HAVE EVER WANTED!

When we're done, there won't be anything left.
TobiasDrake (•̀⤙•́) (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Arm chopping is not a love language!
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#90560: Oct 30th 2018 at 9:21:54 PM

Shut up and take my money. This is literally exactly what I wanted Captain America 4 to be.

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Unsung it's a living from a tenement of clay Since: Jun, 2016
it's a living
#90561: Oct 30th 2018 at 9:47:41 PM

Bucky's getting too old for this.

Seriously, he's over a hundred.

HallowHawk Since: Feb, 2013
#90562: Oct 30th 2018 at 10:56:09 PM

Has that official MCU timeline been released yet?

KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#90563: Oct 30th 2018 at 11:18:09 PM

This could be nothing but a series of Sam and Bucky sitting in traffic trying to get to the latest disaster and I'd watch it. For two guys each made to be foil for an entirely separate third guy, they've got some serious chemistry.

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
#90564: Oct 31st 2018 at 12:49:59 AM

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/james-gunn-billboard-asks-disney-rehire-him-guardians-3-1156340?utm_source=twitter

Wow, that's an awful lot of money spent to most likely achieve absolutely nothing

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Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#90565: Oct 31st 2018 at 1:20:08 AM

YES!!!!

And I chose to believe that someone at Disney read my various comments on it and thought "yeah, that would be cool". I have screaming for something like this since I saw Civil War.

Tuckerscreator (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Drift compatible
#90566: Oct 31st 2018 at 8:47:25 AM

It only cost $5000?

That’s surprisingly low. A tiny billboard on a small street I just passed last weekend was worth 40K.

It read: “yeah sex is cool but have you ever paid &40000 to rent yourself a billboard” tongue

TobiasDrake (•̀⤙•́) (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Arm chopping is not a love language!
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#90568: Oct 31st 2018 at 3:11:07 PM

I do feel like this show is another Death Flag for Cap. It's basically a tacit admission that Sam and Bucky's actors won't be needed for movies anymore.

Edited by TobiasDrake on Oct 31st 2018 at 4:11:23 AM

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alliterator Since: Jan, 2001
#90569: Oct 31st 2018 at 3:16:18 PM

Not necessarily. Cap might not die, but rather become the head of SHIELD/Whatever Comes After SHIELD, like he was in the comics. Just because he won't have any more movies doesn't mean he's dead.

Hodor2 Since: Jan, 2015
#90570: Oct 31st 2018 at 8:25:35 PM

I also share the perception that going to tv is like going to die, which concerns me because I had thought/hoped both Sam and Bucky would take on the Cap identity in the films or otherwise still have an active presence.

But I have to agree with Tobias that the tv show likely means they are being written out of future MCU films.

alliterator Since: Jan, 2001
#90571: Oct 31st 2018 at 8:33:00 PM

Not necessarily. Coulson has been the lead of a TV show for five seasons now and he's back in a movie.

Unsung it's a living from a tenement of clay Since: Jun, 2016
it's a living
#90572: Oct 31st 2018 at 8:37:56 PM

Not as the star, though, which is kind of the point being made.

alliterator Since: Jan, 2001
#90573: Oct 31st 2018 at 8:46:21 PM

Coulson was never the star in films, though. In fact, neither was Falcon or Bucky.

Unsung it's a living from a tenement of clay Since: Jun, 2016
it's a living
#90574: Oct 31st 2018 at 9:00:45 PM

Yes, that's the point. So you can see how for people who were hoping to see the two of them graduate to becoming stars of their own Captain America movies, this comes as something of a disappointment. If they follow Coulson's example, which I'm not absolutely saying they will, but to whatever extent they do, there is a certain sense of being put out to pasture.

Edited by Unsung on Oct 31st 2018 at 10:09:28 AM

alliterator Since: Jan, 2001
#90575: Oct 31st 2018 at 9:18:12 PM

Yes, that's the point. So you can see how for people who were hoping to see the two of them graduate to becoming stars of their own Captain America movies, this comes as something of a disappointment.
They were never stars of their own movies...so making them stars of their own television show is somehow a bad thing? Because it replaces a hypothetical film that was probably never going to be made in the first place? And fans are upset because this hypothetical film (which, again, there is no evidence was ever going to be made) isn't going to happen now?

...Seriously, though, what's the big deal? Unless you hate watching stuff on TV and only watch stuff on theaters, who gives a shit? If being "put out to pasture" means getting 10 hours of a television show with more characterization and better plots and better villains, shit, put all the characters "out to pasture."

Edited by alliterator on Oct 31st 2018 at 9:19:16 AM


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