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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.

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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

AlleyOop Since: Oct, 2010
#98576: Mar 16th 2019 at 11:26:01 AM

Looks like Heimdall found himself a new job.

SonOfSharknado Love is Love is Love Since: Oct, 2013 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
Love is Love is Love
#98577: Mar 16th 2019 at 11:26:47 AM

On another note, I'd just like to agree that, yes, Brendan Fraser is an amazing actor.

My various fanfics.
Lymantria Tyrannoraptoran Reptiliomorph from Toronto Since: Apr, 2015 Relationship Status: Historians will say we were good friends.
Tyrannoraptoran Reptiliomorph
#98578: Mar 16th 2019 at 11:38:47 AM

What? What does Winnie the Pooh have to do with any of this?

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Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#98579: Mar 16th 2019 at 11:50:34 AM

[up] That's a little bit too complicated to explain if you don't have the scene we are referring to in your mind.

MadSkillz Destroyer of Worlds Since: Mar, 2013 Relationship Status: I only want you gone
Destroyer of Worlds
#98580: Mar 16th 2019 at 1:47:09 PM

Beautiful.

TheAirman Brightness from The vicinity of an area adjacent to a location Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Historians will say we were good friends.
Brightness
#98581: Mar 16th 2019 at 2:00:53 PM

Silhouette, while a decent song in it’s own right, is a hella overrated OP; Sign and Closer GOAT (for Shippuden, anyways).

If anything, Thanos movie should be using Death Note’s first OP

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slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#98582: Mar 16th 2019 at 2:03:47 PM

Oh wow I would like to see Thanos in Light’s place during the first Death Note OP.

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fasoman1996 Google "big ears" from Argentina (A.K.A. Naziland) Since: Dec, 2014 Relationship Status: Baby don't hurt me!
Google "big ears"
#98583: Mar 16th 2019 at 8:39:39 PM

Ok this if funny. Apparently some people got mad that Carol is using a bit of make-up in the Endgame trailer. Or at least i assume that's something the Anti-Captain Marvel crowd is trying to portray.

Are these people really that petty? Wow, i wonder how they took the news about Gunn returning if they are that petty

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#98584: Mar 16th 2019 at 8:41:30 PM

... do they not know that all of the actors are always wearing make-up?

SonOfSharknado Love is Love is Love Since: Oct, 2013 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
PushoverMediaCritic I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out. from the Italy of America Since: Jul, 2015 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
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#98586: Mar 16th 2019 at 8:53:28 PM

For what little they had to work with, that was good. Smart of them to go the route of "OP showing the characters dealing with the events of the previous season(?)" as a way to justify putting in flashbacks to the previous Avengers movies. The only bit that looked off (for obvious reasons) was the quick pan over the concept art image.

MedusaStone Since: Jan, 2015
#98587: Mar 16th 2019 at 9:37:33 PM

Is there a thread for Endgame? Like spoilers included and all that?

HailMuffins Since: May, 2016 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
#98588: Mar 16th 2019 at 9:40:38 PM

Not yet, we only create those about a week before the movie is released. That's generally when everyone goes into overdrive.

PushoverMediaCritic I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out. from the Italy of America Since: Jul, 2015 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
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#98589: Mar 16th 2019 at 9:42:10 PM

I think the Infinity War thread was made earlier than a week before it, but there was a whole big media campaign focused around not spoiling that movie, which hasn't happened yet with Endgame.

Edited by PushoverMediaCritic on Mar 16th 2019 at 9:42:29 AM

AlleyOop Since: Oct, 2010
#98590: Mar 16th 2019 at 9:44:41 PM

We do have an Endgame thread of sorts here although it's within the context of post-Infinity War speculation.

Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#98591: Mar 17th 2019 at 1:20:39 AM

Maybe it is time to rename it as official Endgame thread.

Falrinn Since: Dec, 2014
#98592: Mar 17th 2019 at 8:34:34 AM

Looks like Captain Marvel is projected to make 69.3 million in it's second weekend in North America.

That's about a 55% drop from the opening weekend, which is pretty normal for the kind of movie Captain Marvel is. I believe anything below a 60% drop is generally considered a successful second weekend for movies with 100+ million openings.

Worldwide it's total is (assuming Sunday estimates are accurate) is up to 760 millon. Really starting to look like it might cross the billion dollar line before it's run is wrapped up.

Edited by Falrinn on Mar 17th 2019 at 11:55:03 AM

Theokal3 Since: Jan, 2012
#98593: Mar 17th 2019 at 9:04:02 AM

yet you can bet the trolls will roar victory at that drop.

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Disasturbator
#98594: Mar 17th 2019 at 9:13:14 AM

Personally I think we need to stop focusing on trolls's reaction

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Lost in Space
#98595: Mar 17th 2019 at 9:15:35 AM

Yeah, can we just start ignoring them? It's not worth it. They thrive on attention, positive or negative.

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Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#98596: Mar 17th 2019 at 9:21:45 AM

Yes and no. On the one hand: I make a point of not clicking their videos if I can avoid it (sometimes it is hard to tell if you stumbled over a proper review or essay or more of this nonsense). On the other hand: I want this to be remembered! I want that everyone is aware of how much they attacked Captain Marvel before it was released and how much they tried to push an alternative narrative, and that all their efforts did nothing than perhaps ensure that even more people went to see Captain Marvel (and, I guess, Alita: Battle Angle). I want that every knows how ridiculous they act! Because soon they will move towards another movie - most likely Star Wars Episode 9 - and spread their hatred again while pretending that their motives are completely pure and that they just speak for the fans who have more honest grievances with the direction the Star Wars movies took.

Because frankly, ignoring is the approach a lot of people took at the beginning, and it only lead to them growing strong and stronger.

Discar Since: Jun, 2009
#98597: Mar 17th 2019 at 10:29:37 AM

That's a good point. The trolls have bitched about every major female-led movie in the past decade, but the only time anyone remembers it is the new Ghostbusters, because they were seemingly right. (note: the new Ghostbusters being a mediocre adaptation has nothing to do with it being female-led) They insisted that Wonder Woman would be terrible, and then slunk back into the shadows when it was good. So now people don't talk about how they were hideously wrong about that.

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Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#98598: Mar 17th 2019 at 10:55:33 AM

And this time they went so far overboard that I hope everyone will remember!!! I mean, they are already spreading the narrative that they NEVER claimed that Captain Marvel would lose Disney money (while also peddling their conspiracy theories). It's pathetic, but I think we need to point it out because you can BET that the same people who say now "black Widow deserved it more" will line up next year to explain why a Black Widow movie is doomed to fail.

wanderlustwarrior Role Model from Where Gods Belong Since: Jun, 2009 Relationship Status: What's love got to do with it?
Role Model
#98599: Mar 17th 2019 at 11:22:28 AM

@Infinity War Opening: I remember sharing that a few times some months ago. Still a big fan. Especially how they worked with the Infinity Stones.

@Endgame Opening: Instead of that concept art pan, they should've used the Avengers walking through the hangar in those suits. They also should've used a bit of Rocket in that regret montage, and a shorter song. Carol's lenghty clip and Thanos' ending clips were somewhat jarring.


As for the trolls, why aren't they complaining that no one is smiling on the Endgame poster?

Edited by wanderlustwarrior on Mar 17th 2019 at 1:23:16 PM

Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#98600: Mar 17th 2019 at 12:26:47 PM

On a slightly different note, in the Captain Marvel Spoiler discussion a topic came up which I think suits this thread better: Other genre we want the MCU to explore. So, someone wished that Shang-Chi will fall into the wǔxiá genre, there is a lot of demand for a musical and I add my own desire for the Black Widow movie being a Bond Style spy movie with a LOT of fun inserted into it.

Genres the MCU hasn't explored yet include Western, Pirate movie and Sword and Sandal (unless you count part of Ragnarök, I guess), and a good old fashioned crime story.

But I am sure that there are more.

I like the idea of a Pirate movie set in space.


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