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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

Tuckerscreator (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Drift compatible
#100001: Apr 5th 2019 at 4:25:59 PM

but is it morally right to do so, and at what point does the equation change? Basically, Thanos has set up a trolley problem.

There are lots of people, myself included, who would not have been born without the Atlantic slave trade or Spanish invasion of the Americas, and would still rather that they had not happened.

Edited by Tuckerscreator on Apr 5th 2019 at 4:27:42 AM

wanderlustwarrior Role Model from Where Gods Belong Since: Jun, 2009 Relationship Status: What's love got to do with it?
Role Model
#100002: Apr 5th 2019 at 4:28:35 PM

[up]Sad, but noble. I don't really know how to respond to that.

If I could change the past, if it was an option, I wouldn't kill (insert specific person here), because as others have pointed out, it doesn't really address the root issue. If possible, I'd go back enough to eradicate the concept of tribalism. But that might be hard-wired into a lot of animal life.

Of course, if I had the full Infinity Gauntlet, I'd just rewrite the rules of the universe so that it was easier to create than to destroy. And also use the Mind and Soul Stones to have everyone understand true empathy and compassion.

Damn his plan was dumb.

Edited by wanderlustwarrior on Apr 5th 2019 at 6:32:22 AM

slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#100003: Apr 5th 2019 at 4:39:18 PM

Why save the universe when you can prove a point? tongue

Edited by slimcoder on Apr 5th 2019 at 4:39:28 AM

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
Protagonist506 from Oregon Since: Dec, 2013 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
#100004: Apr 5th 2019 at 4:42:38 PM

To be fair, simply creating more resources (and the like) is such an obvious solution that I'm certain it's impossible, otherwise Thanos would have done that instead. He's a close-minded idiot (even more so than the movie makes out), but I refuse to believe he's that stupid.

Leviticus 19:34
LordVatek Not really a lord of anything Since: Sep, 2014
Not really a lord of anything
#100005: Apr 5th 2019 at 4:45:21 PM

I'd almost bet money that Endgame will reveal that the Infinity Stones can't create real, permanent matter (as opposed to the temporary Reality Stone stuff).

This song needs more love.
Tuckerscreator (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Drift compatible
#100006: Apr 5th 2019 at 4:51:30 PM

If the Infinity Gauntlet can’t create more permanent matter, he could’ve tried shrinking everybody. Less size, more room, less resources consumed.

Somebody mail Thanos a copy of Downsizing.

Edited by Tuckerscreator on Apr 5th 2019 at 4:52:26 AM

alliterator Since: Jan, 2001
#100007: Apr 5th 2019 at 4:56:01 PM

Great, now you just placed the entire universe into the Quantum Realm.

fasoman1996 Google "big ears" from Argentina (A.K.A. Naziland) Since: Dec, 2014 Relationship Status: Baby don't hurt me!
Google "big ears"
#100008: Apr 5th 2019 at 5:04:10 PM

Insert joke about how everyone will target Thanos butt

Uni cat
Brandon Deadly Vu! from Between Thanksgiving and Christmas (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Don't hug me; I'm scared
Deadly Vu!
#100009: Apr 6th 2019 at 12:14:50 AM

Anyone know a good place to create those "Avenge the Fallen" memes?

I tried Meme Generator, but I can't figure out how to get the template to work.

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windleopard from Nigeria Since: Nov, 2014 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
#100010: Apr 6th 2019 at 2:09:57 AM

There sure is a lot of talk about Thanos' ass on the net these days.

Brandon Deadly Vu! from Between Thanksgiving and Christmas (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Don't hug me; I'm scared
Deadly Vu!
#100011: Apr 6th 2019 at 2:15:06 AM

[up] I already did my own take on that. It was not well received.

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Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#100012: Apr 6th 2019 at 3:59:50 AM

you don't need a meme template,you just need to add a black and white filter and then add text

have a listen and have a link to my discord server
JoLuRo075 Since: Jan, 2019
#100013: Apr 6th 2019 at 8:47:10 AM

Question for comic readers,how powerful is Thanos for the Eternals' standards.?

Is he among the most powerful or is a "normal fish"?

Edited by JoLuRo075 on Apr 6th 2019 at 8:47:41 AM

jakobitis Doctor of Doctorates from Somewhere, somewhen Since: Jan, 2015 Relationship Status: I'd need a PowerPoint presentation
Doctor of Doctorates
#100014: Apr 6th 2019 at 9:31:14 AM

Both. Or neither. Eternals' power levels go up and down and hereabouts depending on the writer, though Thanos is always on the high end.

"These 'no-nonsense' solutions of yours just don't hold water in a complex world of jet-powered apes and time travel."
TargetmasterJoe from Velocitron Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: I like big bots and I can not lie
#100015: Apr 6th 2019 at 12:39:17 PM

Astrophysicists Neil deGrasse Tyson and Charles Liu throws their two cents regarding the "Ant-Man kills Thanos by going up his butt" theory.

Tyson: It's less than practical since A) Thanos, being who he is, will have very huge poop, which will be immensely unpleasant for a living person and B) why would it have to be Ant-Man when it could be some object that's been shrunken down and can be expanded remotely?

Liu: Thanos, being the Crazy-Prepared SOB that he is, would probably see it coming and have special butt armor to avoid death by shrunken man growing to normal size.

Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#100016: Apr 6th 2019 at 12:46:05 PM

more like sneaking up Thanos's butt would kill him because the anus is a kinda like vacuum in that it would lead to Antman getting sent to another part of his body,there's a reason they stick suppositories up there

Anyway,the subject is gross and really juvenile

Edited by Ultimatum on Apr 6th 2019 at 7:47:21 PM

have a listen and have a link to my discord server
Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#100017: Apr 6th 2019 at 1:04:34 PM

Two adjectives not mutually-exclusive with "funny".

You cannot firmly grasp the true form of Squidward's technique!
LordVatek Not really a lord of anything Since: Sep, 2014
Not really a lord of anything
#100018: Apr 6th 2019 at 1:08:21 PM

This meme has gained way more traction than I would ever have thought.

This song needs more love.
TargetmasterJoe from Velocitron Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: I like big bots and I can not lie
Brandon Deadly Vu! from Between Thanksgiving and Christmas (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Don't hug me; I'm scared
Deadly Vu!
#100020: Apr 6th 2019 at 3:17:37 PM

[up] But he wouldn't be alive long enough to experience being humiliated.

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VeryMelon Since: Jul, 2011 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
PushoverMediaCritic I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out. from the Italy of America Since: Jul, 2015 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out.
#100022: Apr 6th 2019 at 3:29:00 PM

Yeah, you don't have to risk Scott's life by having him personally go on a Fantastic Voyage, you could just use something less risky, like an entire grain silo. Or the Washington Monument. Or a sewing needle made giant.

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
#100023: Apr 6th 2019 at 5:12:03 PM

Or a Pear of Anguish

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Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#100024: Apr 7th 2019 at 2:41:40 AM

So apparently the actor of Cloak wrote the song specifically for the show and sung it himself…

God, I really love this show!

Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#100025: Apr 7th 2019 at 11:30:39 AM

Well, weekend numbers are in and Captain Marvel lurched up again (honestly, the movie has way better legs than I expected). It now sits at $1,037,633,563 worldwide (seventh in the MCU), $374,133,563 domestically (eight in the MCU, ninth adjusted for inflation). This also pushes it into the top 30 of the highest grossing movies of all time (top 40 domestically, not adjusted for inflation).

Overall the MCU has now grossed $18,567.4 averaging to $884.2 per movie. It will be interesting to see if they will reach an average of one billion per movie once Endgame is done.

On a different note, I have written a new article. I have tried to lay out who Anti-SJ Ws are, why they are so dangerous and I have addressed some of the so called controversy (and why it isn't really one) surrounding Captain Marvel. If you think it is convincing, maybe share it? Not for the clicks, but I think we need more awareness in our fandoms who the Anti-SJ Ws are, and why it is so dangerous to buy into their narratives. (though I am sure that there are videos out there who do a better and more accessible job than I do....)

https://swanpride.wordpress.com/2019/04/07/is-it-sexist-criticism-of-female-lead-movies/


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