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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

HailMuffins Since: May, 2016 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
#96001: Jan 30th 2019 at 10:29:37 AM

Don't care who is the Rider, all I want is that sick motorcycle back.

Forenperser Foreign Troper from Germany Since: Mar, 2012
Foreign Troper
#96002: Jan 30th 2019 at 10:40:08 AM

Yeah. The reason I dislike Robbie is that car. Ghost Rider should have his damn bike!

Edited by Forenperser on Jan 30th 2019 at 7:40:22 PM

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alliterator Since: Jan, 2001
#96003: Jan 30th 2019 at 10:41:26 AM

If they include Galactus in the MCU, they better bring in Robbie Reyes so they can recreate this scene
You've been watching Agents of SHIELD, right?

Beatman1 Since: Feb, 2014 Relationship Status: Gone fishin'
#96004: Jan 30th 2019 at 10:43:42 AM

[up]Not a lot of people are. That’s the long and short of it.

alliterator Since: Jan, 2001
#96005: Jan 30th 2019 at 10:45:53 AM

Well, Robbie Reyes was in Season 4 and he was awesome.

Forenperser Foreign Troper from Germany Since: Mar, 2012
Foreign Troper
#96006: Jan 30th 2019 at 10:52:03 AM

Even though his Arc was pretty boring.

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Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#96007: Jan 30th 2019 at 10:52:48 AM

My favorite thing about Lifebringer Galactus is that even with the power boost he got that let him stomp on some once-higher cosmic beings, he's still terrified of Owen Reece the Molecule Man.

You cannot firmly grasp the true form of Squidward's technique!
alliterator Since: Jan, 2001
#96008: Jan 30th 2019 at 11:10:30 AM

Of course. That's because while Galactus can eat planets, Owen Reece can destroy entire universes. Thankfully, due to Reed Richards and the Future Foundation, he recreated the multiverse, but if the Beyonders had their way, he (and every alternate version of him) would have exploded and destroyed everything.

Forenperser Foreign Troper from Germany Since: Mar, 2012
Foreign Troper
#96009: Jan 30th 2019 at 11:13:22 AM

Molecule Man is another one of these characters that just does whatever the plot demands of him.

One second he wrestles with the Beyonder, the other he gets torn apart by the Sentry. Never liked the concept behind him much.

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Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#96010: Jan 30th 2019 at 11:16:14 AM

[up][up]I know, but look at him.

Edited by Anomalocaris20 on Jan 30th 2019 at 2:16:27 PM

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alliterator Since: Jan, 2001
#96011: Jan 30th 2019 at 11:16:22 AM

One second he wrestles with the Beyonder, the other he gets torn apart by the Sentry. Never liked the concept behind him much.
Part of that is due to Owen Reece's own self-esteem issues. For the longest time, his own issues held back his powers from the fullest. Even then, after the Sentry tore him apart, he came back. This pretty much all stems from the fact that he was created to be a "multiversal bomb" by the Beyonders.

Edited by alliterator on Jan 30th 2019 at 11:16:48 AM

Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#96012: Jan 30th 2019 at 11:17:34 AM

I can't wait for the Sentry to show up in the Cinematic Universe

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HalfFaust Since: Jan, 2019
#96014: Jan 30th 2019 at 11:17:55 AM

Ao S did basically-confirm another Ghost Rider (Johnny Blaze) but told us basically nothing about him so they could always use him to avoid crossover issues.

Molecule Man is kind of a difficult character. There's some potential there but he's too OP and there's a limit to what a mental block can excuse

Forenperser Foreign Troper from Germany Since: Mar, 2012
Foreign Troper
#96015: Jan 30th 2019 at 11:18:24 AM

Anything but that. Keep that sorry excuse of a Fan Fiction Escapist character out of my MCU.

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slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#96016: Jan 30th 2019 at 11:18:58 AM

Worlbreaker Hulk vs Sentry in maximum live-action would be the Dragon Ball Z fight to end all Dragon Ball Z fights.

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
alliterator Since: Jan, 2001
#96017: Jan 30th 2019 at 11:20:44 AM

He was great when he was written by Paul Jenkins in his original mini-series. It served as half a "What If?" story (What if there was a Superman-type character that had a long history in the Marvel universe, but nobody remembered him?) and half a deconstruction of Silver Age superheroes (The Sentry got his powers from drugs...because he was a junkie...and his arch-enemy, the Void, is actually a part of him and will always come back unless the Sentry goes away, too).

Edited by alliterator on Jan 30th 2019 at 11:21:03 AM

eligram Since: Sep, 2009 Relationship Status: In denial
#96018: Jan 30th 2019 at 12:53:28 PM

If they include Galactus in the MCU, they better bring in Robbie Reyes so they can recreate this scene:

Imagine Endgame ended like that. The Avengers losing to Thanos and then Ghost Rider came out from nowhere and used the penance stare on him, and from all the guilt he feels undo the snap, and Ghost Rider just up and leaves the very second without any explanation of who he is.

I can't decide if I would feel disappointed or would love it

HailMuffins Since: May, 2016 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
#96019: Jan 30th 2019 at 12:57:33 PM

Just give someone else a powerup and have them go at it with Broly-Hulk.

Or better yet don't, 'cause these sort of over-the-top fights just look ridiculous outside of the animated medium, and not the good kind of ridiculous.

I mean, just compare this:

With this:

Forenperser Foreign Troper from Germany Since: Mar, 2012
Foreign Troper
#96020: Jan 30th 2019 at 12:59:00 PM

Oh yeah, if there is one thing I do not wish to see in the MCU, it is the ridiculously drawn out fight scenes ala Zack Snyder.

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Unsung it's a living from a tenement of clay Since: Jun, 2016
it's a living
#96021: Jan 30th 2019 at 1:23:32 PM

You know, just looking at the two thumbnails one above the other, you can see one big problem — the expressions. Naturalistic expressions of pain and rage combined with the over-the-top action of a fight like this turns what could be an operatic battle of the titans and reduces it to a teenage slapfight. But that's where you want to take a page from wushu and anime — as animators will do — and remember that this heightened reality you're trying to create doesn't stop when the battle music begins.

Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#96022: Jan 30th 2019 at 1:41:49 PM

> The Avengers losing to Thanos and then Ghost Rider came out from nowhere and used the penance stare on him

"It's no use!"

( penance stare has no effect on Thanos because requires them to fell bad,which Thanos incapable of)

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alliterator Since: Jan, 2001
#96023: Jan 30th 2019 at 1:52:12 PM

In the storyline "Thanos Wins!" the Cosmic Ghost Rider used to use the Penance Stare on Thanos, because Thanos would insist on it...because he enjoyed re-experiencing all of the pain he caused other people.

Forenperser Foreign Troper from Germany Since: Mar, 2012
Foreign Troper
#96024: Jan 30th 2019 at 1:53:55 PM

Johnny once also used the Stare against Frank Castle to no avail - because he has ZERO regrets about doing what he does!

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HailMuffins Since: May, 2016 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
#96025: Jan 30th 2019 at 2:09:04 PM

[up][up][up]But Thanos does feels bad, that's what makes him engaging

Edited by HailMuffins on Jan 30th 2019 at 7:09:27 AM


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