Welcome to the main discussion thread for the Marvel Cinematic Universe! This pinned post is here to establish some basic guidelines. All of the Media Forum rules
still apply.
- This thread is for talking about the live-action films, TV shows, animated works, and related content that use the Marvel brand, currently owned by Disney.
- While mild digressions are okay, discussion of the comic books should go in this thread
. Extended digressions may be thumped as off-topic.
- Spoilers for new releases should not be discussed without spoiler tagging for at least two weeks. Rather, each title should have a dedicated thread where that sort of conversation is held. We can mention new releases in a general sense, but please be courteous to people who don't want to be spoiled.
If you're posting tagged spoilers, make sure that the film or series is clearly identified outside the spoiler tagging. People need to know what will be spoiled before they choose to read the post.
Edited by Mrph1 on Jul 29th 2024 at 3:09:00 PM
Avengers: Endgame may have an intermission.
Quick, someone contact Disney and request they play an animated short during that time!
Like creepy stories? Check out my book!Oh no.
I mean, that doesn't even make sense, since there are usually people waiting outside for one screening to end before another screening begins, so they would hear spoilers anyway. The way to avoid spoilers is just to not listen to anyone coming out of the theater playing the movie you want to see and even that's not a guarantee. (I was once spoiled for a film while in the bathroom.)
I mean, yeah, the point of an intermission is so people can leave without missing anything. I could maybe see them throwing something non-essential in there, I dunno. It's weird, and would buff the show time even more, but might get rid of some complaints if it runs pretty long.
Intermissions are... rare, to say the least. Last I saw was Barry Lyndon (rerelease, on account of not being alive for it's original release) I think, which does go over 3 hours. I think my cinema had one for Pirates 3.
The trailer placement for blockbusters is heavily negotiated. Notice how the least valued trailers tend to go at the start while the most valued by the studio tend to go at the end. No big studio would like their trailer placed during a point when only a fraction of the audience will see it.
Edited by Tuckerscreator on Feb 8th 2019 at 9:56:14 AM
Cinemas like Intermissions because they give patrons another opportunity to buy things in the lobby. Smaller cinemas tend to have Intermissions for this reason: they're not big enough to stay afloat without that double dip into the lobby.
So the cinema in my fiancé's village has an intermission in EVERY FILM. And some films do not have convenient places to put Intermissions.
Captain Marvel: “BLEEAAARGH!!!”
In gif form for all your Blearghs.
Edited by Tuckerscreator on Feb 8th 2019 at 10:20:24 AM
![]()
I actually don't think it was an illegitament observation to watch the first couple teasers and walk away with the impression that the main character was going to be emotionally stilted for most of the movie. And that's not going to be everyone's cup of tea, regardless of how well it's justified in the story.
But the later teasers have very successfully shown that is not the case.
Bleaarrrg!
I have to admit I'm finally starting to feel the superhero movie burnout with this film. Inklings of it were starting to settle in around Doctor Strange, but the movies that came after had the benefits of being from established franchises that I had already developed attachments to the characters from, and Black Panther demonstrated amazing promise out the door.
I'm sure Captain Marvel will be a very competent film that I'd still enjoy if I see it, but unlike Black Panther I have yet to see a strong enough Godzilla to really pull me in. Perhaps if they sold themselves harder on the 90s aesthetic, as the younger cameos do have their appeal, but after Black Panther (and Thor Ragnarok) it's hard to go back to such a desaturated color scheme. This is definitely something I'd rather wait a few weeks for positive word-of-mouth to weigh in on.
x7 I've never noticed that. Now I'll be on the lookout for that whenever I go to the movies.
An easy pattern to notice: in front of MCU movies, the first two trailers are usually for some actor’s indie project or a new franchise attempt that will probably die. DC trailers rarely ever play, and the last two trailers are the next big Disney and/or Marvel Studios blockbuster.
I knew some kind of negotiating deal between Sony and Disney had gone horribly wrong when Into The Spider-Verse had only Christian movie trailers and that one dog trailer that spoiled the entire movie.
Edited by Tuckerscreator on Feb 8th 2019 at 3:47:33 AM

Yeah, the photoshop work is pretty terrible, but what we're seeing is pretty much the real deal.
I'm digging the scale texture in Cap.