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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

KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#99651: Mar 31st 2019 at 8:36:41 AM

It's not like the Marvel Cinematic Universe doesn't already have tons of ancient secretive orders out to manipulate the world that somehow had no idea any of the others existed.

Hell, if the Shang Chi movie follows his standard origin, we're about to get another one.

Though for vampires, they hardly need to go that far. Just have them be... well... monsters. Some of them are organized, some of them are not. People think they're myths, but they walk among us (boogedy boogedy).

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#99652: Mar 31st 2019 at 8:50:49 AM

I'm hoping for Werewolves,but please,no swear wolves

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AlleyOop Since: Oct, 2010
#99653: Mar 31st 2019 at 8:56:24 AM

Didn't Brother Voodoo's brother appear in Doctor Strange?

HalfFaust Since: Jan, 2019
#99654: Mar 31st 2019 at 8:57:08 AM

The monsters gel alright if they're basically just people; the nice ones just find ways to hide their condition, the worse ones are killers covering their backs. Maybe the occasional secret society.

Theokal3 Since: Jan, 2012
HailMuffins Since: May, 2016 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
#99657: Mar 31st 2019 at 11:01:38 AM

I think he means that time Captain America was turned into a werewolf.

Which I remember being well-liked, actually, if only because it was very dumb.

Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#99658: Mar 31st 2019 at 11:17:48 AM

So, weekend estimates are in and Captain Marvel has now grossed 990 million. I think we can now safely say that it will hit the billion mark soon.

alliterator Since: Jan, 2001
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#99661: Mar 31st 2019 at 12:12:45 PM

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#99662: Mar 31st 2019 at 12:45:26 PM

So, weekend estimates are in and Captain Marvel has now grossed 990 million. I think we can now safely say that it will hit the billion mark soon.

YOSH

I was worried it wouldn't make it on account of it having been out for a few weeks already. This news lit up my weekend! grin

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alliterator Since: Jan, 2001
#99663: Mar 31st 2019 at 12:47:00 PM

Captain Marvel will be the first superhero to make a billion dollars without first appearing in a previous film.

Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#99664: Mar 31st 2019 at 1:00:13 PM

Huh, that didn't even occur to me.

It hasn't been out THAT long. This was only its third weekend. But it also has pretty good legs.

alliterator Since: Jan, 2001
#99665: Mar 31st 2019 at 1:02:17 PM

I just want to hear how the misogynist trolls are going to justify it. I want to taste their tears — the tears of unfathomable sadness.

Edited by alliterator on Mar 31st 2019 at 1:02:31 AM

Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#99666: Mar 31st 2019 at 1:11:01 PM

[up] "It hasn't beat Wonder Woman domestically".

No kidding, that is the new goal post they have set for Captain Marvel to pass.

Theokal3 Since: Jan, 2012
#99667: Mar 31st 2019 at 1:24:52 PM

[up][up]To answer the question: they still aren't abandoning. I actually just got agressed by another one on Youtube who insisted to me that it was a proven fact the movie was actually failing and corporations were just lying about the numbers. He gave as a proof the 69% decline and the fact merchandises sold badly, among other bs. I guess there's just no way to reason with these idiots.

Edited by Theokal3 on Mar 31st 2019 at 10:25:21 AM

Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#99668: Mar 31st 2019 at 1:34:05 PM

The merch sells badly? Where is this coming from?

A thing which kind of frustrates me is that Brie Larson ended up to be right. The narrative out there is that Captain Marvel is an okay movie and a nice pop corn flick. It seems that the majority of the reviewers totally miss the bigger message in the movie. A few female ones got it, but since they aren't dominating the conversation…

Apparently white male reviewer have an easier time to get that there is a message speaking to the black community than recognizing that there is a message geared towards females.

Theokal3 Since: Jan, 2012
#99669: Mar 31st 2019 at 2:02:10 PM

[up]Don't worry too much about it. The female audience got it, judging by the box office. And I, despite being a white male, got it^^

slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
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#99670: Mar 31st 2019 at 2:07:08 PM

And you can both acknowledge the themes & that the movie was pretty okay.

It’s not exclusive concepts.

Edited by slimcoder on Mar 31st 2019 at 2:07:20 AM

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HailMuffins Since: May, 2016 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
#99671: Mar 31st 2019 at 2:36:49 PM

Having interesting or novel themes doesn't make a movie any better, in fact, sometimes it can make the movie worse, as the ambition shines a light on the lack of artistic skill.

So yes, it is perfectly possible to get the and not think the movie was all that great, let's not fall into the Opinion Myopia trap, here.

Protagonist506 from Oregon Since: Dec, 2013 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
#99672: Mar 31st 2019 at 2:45:37 PM

Well, with Black Panther, ignoring the group it's trying to reach, it adds a big new element to the MCU (Wakanda, a cool setting) and Black Panther is a fairly cool character himself. Captain Marvel doesn't add much to the MCU other than Captain Marvel herself (who to be fair is pretty good).

I don't think the movie is bad, it's just not as good as other recent Marvel movies (which isn't saying much).

Edited by Protagonist506 on Mar 31st 2019 at 2:46:02 AM

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alliterator Since: Jan, 2001
#99673: Mar 31st 2019 at 2:56:56 PM

[up] It added the Skrulls and expanded the Kree.

HailMuffins Since: May, 2016 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
#99674: Mar 31st 2019 at 4:22:02 PM

I just want to point out, for the record, that I have yet to watch Captain Marvel.

I do, however, stand by my above argument: having good themes does not make a movie great, or for that matter good, for themes are only a part of what makes a story.

Theokal3 Since: Jan, 2012
#99675: Mar 31st 2019 at 4:24:30 PM

Also it expanded on Fury's backstory and how SHIELD came in possession of the Tesseract.


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