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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

Bocaj Funny but not helpful from Here or thereabouts (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
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#99151: Mar 23rd 2019 at 6:44:13 PM

I read that mini

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HailMuffins Since: May, 2016 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
#99152: Mar 23rd 2019 at 6:53:35 PM

Here's a new title for his MCU Wiki page: Thanos, the Purple DILF.

Edited by HailMuffins on Mar 23rd 2019 at 10:59:43 AM

Pseudopartition Screaming Into The Void from The Cretaeceous Since: Dec, 2013 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
Screaming Into The Void
#99153: Mar 23rd 2019 at 6:56:29 PM

I relate to Thanos' assistant on a spiritual level.

RavenWilder Since: Apr, 2009
#99154: Mar 23rd 2019 at 7:09:14 PM

They could have always kept Thanos as in love with Death, but portrayed it as more like religious devotion rather than romantic obsession.

slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#99155: Mar 23rd 2019 at 7:11:38 PM

Death’s quite the lady to have a genocidal all-powerful Godlike alien & an immortal insane cancerous mercenary fighting over her.

Edited by slimcoder on Mar 23rd 2019 at 7:11:53 AM

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OmegaRadiance Since: Jun, 2011
#99156: Mar 23rd 2019 at 7:45:11 PM

She makes loads of Death obsessed heralds from what I've understand shes mentioned in a few comics. Marks them from birth to be death craxy.

Aka Death is a dick.

Edited by OmegaRadiance on Mar 23rd 2019 at 7:45:49 AM

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#99157: Mar 23rd 2019 at 10:23:16 PM

No wonder she's into both Deadpool and Thanos.

Also, regarding the video on the last page, I did not realize Thanos was that much of a player. Shouldn't surprise me too much that comic artists have lovingly rendered him in all his purple beefcake glory considering how much half-joking thirst I've seen of him but I still prefer Thor's siblings for the Draco in Leather Pants treatment.

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#99158: Mar 23rd 2019 at 10:32:30 PM

Also, regarding the video on the last page, I did not realize Thanos was that much of a player.

Of course he is. Dude is a 9-foot-tall thicc DILF beefcake.

wisewillow She/her Since: May, 2011
She/her
#99159: Mar 23rd 2019 at 11:07:15 PM

[up][up] Actually if I recall correctly she’s either neutral or dislikes Thanos.

slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#99160: Mar 23rd 2019 at 11:08:42 PM

She’s only into Wade.

Thanos just annoys her.

Which makes their whole dynamic hilarious. tongue

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
GAP Formerly G.G. from Who Knows? Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: In love with love
Formerly G.G.
#99161: Mar 23rd 2019 at 11:24:56 PM

And there is the part where she really hated how Thanos was acting in Infinity Gauntlet.

Edited by GAP on Mar 23rd 2019 at 1:36:01 PM

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slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#99162: Mar 24th 2019 at 12:52:08 AM

It only begs the most important question? Which villain would you sleep with?

Would you be willing to lay with Thanos' overwhelming purple THICCNESS, Ultron's cool metal body & reverberating voice that can give Garrus Vakarian a run for his money, Hela's svelte curves whilst wearing a deer antler helmet, or Loki's Tom Hiddleston impression? tongue

Edited by slimcoder on Mar 24th 2019 at 12:52:45 PM

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
OmegaRadiance Since: Jun, 2011
#99163: Mar 24th 2019 at 1:01:30 AM

She's basically just death digging Thanos. She only ever wants him round for the mass murder but god forbid she decding tocommit to him when he should be happy just killing everyone for her.

Edited by OmegaRadiance on Mar 24th 2019 at 1:02:09 AM

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HailMuffins Since: May, 2016 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
#99164: Mar 24th 2019 at 6:21:50 AM

[up][up]Hela and Killmonger.

Oh, and Mariah from Luke Cage.

I don't actually care all that much about Loki, even if I understand the Pretty Boy appeal.

AyyItsMidnight Look, just be decent to one another ok? Since: Oct, 2018
Look, just be decent to one another ok?
#99165: Mar 24th 2019 at 6:35:16 AM

Ava Starr, though "villain" in this case would be a bit of a stretch. Though perhaps that may lend credence to my choice since outside of how reckless she is sometimes in pursuit of saving herself, she's obviously much nicer than any other MCU antagonist.

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I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out.
#99166: Mar 24th 2019 at 7:08:02 AM

I know a lot of people suddenly became super hot for Mysterio after the Far From Home trailer dropped.

As for myself, Ghost is pretty cute, I'm glad she no longer suffers from chronic pain.

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#99167: Mar 24th 2019 at 7:10:33 AM

The question remains,how do we get more people to care about Antman?

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HailMuffins Since: May, 2016 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
#99168: Mar 24th 2019 at 7:20:09 AM

Oh yeah, I had forgotten about Ghost, I'll add her to my list as well.

[up]I'd say plenty of people already care about Ant-Man, particularly after his showing in Civil War and his much better second film.

Edited by HailMuffins on Mar 24th 2019 at 11:20:22 AM

Forenperser Foreign Troper from Germany Since: Mar, 2012
Foreign Troper
#99169: Mar 24th 2019 at 7:20:45 AM

Actually, Death has reciprocated Thanos' feelings on occasion. Mostly at times when he is acting humble instead of a maniac.

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#99170: Mar 24th 2019 at 7:23:50 AM

Hela's svelte curves whilst wearing a deer antler helmet

Yes.

I don't even care if she kills me. That would be a life well lived for a day in heaven.

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Bocaj Funny but not helpful from Here or thereabouts (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
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#99171: Mar 24th 2019 at 7:29:46 AM

Her big problem in Infinity Gauntlet was that he had become stronger than her

It’s actually quite silly if taken only from the perspective of Thanos’ love life

Before he got the Infinity Gauntlet, he was a servant and Death does not tarry with hired help

So he got the Infinity Gauntlet under the guise that it would help with her ‘kill half of things’ goal and showed up at the end and her mouthpiece said ‘ooo so sorry she says now she’s not worthy of you’

After an entire mini of scheming and outwitting the dumb Elders of the Universe Thanos gets told that his princess is in another castle

It’s why he spends the entire Gauntlet story trying to woo her in various ways and why she wasn’t into it

Jim Starlin did write them getting together in one of his various Thanos books though

Edited by Bocaj on Mar 24th 2019 at 10:30:14 AM

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Zanthype from The Tardis Since: May, 2016 Relationship Status: Hoping Senpai notices me
#99172: Mar 24th 2019 at 7:30:17 AM

I will admit that I've had a crush for Hiddleston as Loki since I was a teenager back in 2011. I can't help it, it's the accent and his pretty boy eyes. I really swooned around Dark World when he got the long pretty boy hair [lol]

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Soble Since: Dec, 2013
#99173: Mar 24th 2019 at 7:41:43 AM

I'm secure enough to admit I can see what people like about Chris Hemsworth - dude's jacked, has a thick voice, plays a Norse god, a'ight.

I'm insecure enough to say I think Hiddleston's highly overrated in terms of looks and acting, and that clearly the girl I had a crush on in my freshman year of high school who was unequivocally in love with Hiddleston and refused to pay any attention to me must have been going through some kind of teenage girl phase.

I mean the guy plays a guy who is constantly back-stabbing people. I just don't understand why this man is such a magnet.

Disclaimer: not bitter.

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Forenperser Foreign Troper from Germany Since: Mar, 2012
Foreign Troper
#99174: Mar 24th 2019 at 7:48:23 AM

All Girls Want Bad Boys, basically.

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Zanthype from The Tardis Since: May, 2016 Relationship Status: Hoping Senpai notices me
#99175: Mar 24th 2019 at 7:51:48 AM

A big part of it was that scene in Thor where he confronts Odin and has a full on melt down. The sad eyes go a long way. Then there was that scene in Dark World where he's a total wreck after Frigga dies. I'm a sucker for crying villains.

Also, are we counting Ava as a villain? I find Hannah John-Kamen irresistibly cute.

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