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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

shackwave Ultraman Omega from Nebula M78 Since: Sep, 2018 Relationship Status: Hooked on a feeling
Ultraman Omega
#100151: Apr 8th 2019 at 12:14:21 PM

[up][up][up] Agreed.

Edited by shackwave on Apr 8th 2019 at 8:15:04 PM

windleopard from Nigeria Since: Nov, 2014 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
#100152: Apr 8th 2019 at 12:15:33 PM

Nolan had Bruce kill at least one person per movie and commit multiple acts of torture. The entire point of his movies was showing how toxic Batman was.

Snyder had Clark kill one person (which he wasn't about) and had him saving people even before he put on the Superman costume. He also had the guy avoiding fights before Zod's invasion and offering help to a woman who was being sexually harassed.

Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#100153: Apr 8th 2019 at 12:23:19 PM

He was just joking is the favourite excuse for everyone who faces backlash for his BS. We are talking about the guy who talked about how meaningful the role of Turkish airways was for Batman vs Superman.

Edited by Swanpride on Apr 8th 2019 at 12:24:06 PM

Tuckerscreator (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Drift compatible
#100154: Apr 8th 2019 at 1:44:24 PM

I recall Nolan’s Batman attempted to retire after one instance of having to consider killing the Joker.

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#100155: Apr 8th 2019 at 3:04:33 PM

He retired after the Harvey Dent incident.

He did end up killing Harvey by accident. Though considering how Rises put things, after everything with Two-Face and the Joker, there were no big threats to Gotham until Bane gently sauntered into Gotham.

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ReynTime250 Since: Jan, 2015 Relationship Status: You cannot grasp the true form
#100156: Apr 8th 2019 at 3:22:40 PM

The Dark Knight Rises is not considered shitty. It's just considered a lot weaker than the second one and underwhelmed because of the hype and how good TDK was.

wisewillow She/her Since: May, 2011
She/her
#100157: Apr 8th 2019 at 3:26:01 PM

TDK is overrated. I am entirely serious.

Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#100158: Apr 8th 2019 at 3:33:18 PM

I've always wanted to see Nolan direct a marvel movie entirely because of his Batman films,which while overated for the most part are really entertaining

Though which superhero property I'm not so sure of,any ideas?

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wisewillow She/her Since: May, 2011
She/her
#100159: Apr 8th 2019 at 3:39:12 PM

I never, ever want Nolan anywhere near the MCU. God no.

Protagonist506 from Oregon Since: Dec, 2013 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
#100160: Apr 8th 2019 at 3:42:40 PM

Well, the thing with Nolan is that his style really works best for Batman specifically. It does not necessarily work for other heroes.

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wisewillow She/her Since: May, 2011
She/her
#100161: Apr 8th 2019 at 3:43:29 PM

I prefer TAS Batman so I disagree. I like compassionate family Batman.

LordVatek Not really a lord of anything Since: Sep, 2014
Not really a lord of anything
#100162: Apr 8th 2019 at 3:51:46 PM

I second TDK being overrated.

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Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#100163: Apr 8th 2019 at 3:51:52 PM

> Well, the thing with Nolan is that his style really works best for Batman specifically. It does not necessarily work for other heroes.

I was thinking his style could work with Punisher or Daredevil

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Theokal3 Since: Jan, 2012
#100164: Apr 8th 2019 at 3:56:46 PM

Uh... I am confused, why are we suddenly talking about Nolan and TDK in the MCU section?

Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#100165: Apr 8th 2019 at 4:00:58 PM

Well I was wondering about Nolan directing a Marvel movie as he had previously directed films for DC,that's fairly on topic for Marvel Cinematic Universe thread.

Edited by Ultimatum on Apr 8th 2019 at 11:01:17 AM

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Ikedatakeshi Baby dango from singapore Since: Nov, 2015 Relationship Status: Singularity
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#100166: Apr 8th 2019 at 4:01:27 PM

[up][up]alliterator brought up Animal Man, Ultimatum brought up how surprising DC hasn't made a movie about Animal Man, then Handsome Rob say it can't do worse than the Justice League movie and how bad it handled the two headliners, and it spiralled out from there.

Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#100167: Apr 8th 2019 at 4:02:43 PM

I'm innocent your honour! As The One Above all as my witness I have not derailed this topic!

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alliterator Since: Jan, 2001
#100168: Apr 8th 2019 at 4:19:06 PM

Nolan would make an interesting Moon Knight movie, but I think that's about the only property I would trust him on.

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#100169: Apr 8th 2019 at 4:19:09 PM

Eh. I'll fix this.

So...do we have any final predictions on who will live through this?

I'm gonna predict a dark horse here and say...Thunderbolt Ross dies.

Nobody would see it coming.

...wait, was Ross caught in the Snap or not?

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Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#100170: Apr 8th 2019 at 4:22:28 PM

> ...wait, was Ross caught in the Snap or not?

I imagine he was

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KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#100171: Apr 8th 2019 at 4:24:18 PM

The rule of everything going to crap as badly as possible, as completely as possible, makes me think he wasn't. It would be too convenient if he wasn't still around.

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#100172: Apr 8th 2019 at 4:33:17 PM

Yeah, that's why I'm wondering about it.

It'd be perfect if he was one of the survivors.

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slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#100173: Apr 8th 2019 at 4:35:06 PM

Ah overrated, a word whose true definition is “wah wah wah.” tongue

Shit a Moon Knight movie would be dope.

Gotta focus on the theme of mental illness & Egyptian Mythology to get really right though.

Edited by slimcoder on Apr 8th 2019 at 4:36:09 AM

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Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#100174: Apr 8th 2019 at 4:39:08 PM

The reason the Dark Knight is 'Overated' is that Rachel dies and this led to cries of fridging and man pain,understandable but I don't think that makes it overrated

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alliterator Since: Jan, 2001
#100175: Apr 8th 2019 at 4:41:16 PM

See, I once thought up an idea of how to make The Dark Knight better: what if Rachel became Two-Face?


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