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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

JoLuRo075 Since: Jan, 2019
#100976: Apr 22nd 2019 at 7:24:17 AM

Speaking of alternative universes and how the same people are born despite that.

I would like to mention Earth 2 of the Flash (Tv series.)

Something funny is that Earth 1 and Earth 2 have very different timelines, but for a strange reason, almost the same people were born with the exact same names and faces. (With the exception of Jessie and Wally)

Galadriel Since: Feb, 2015
#100977: Apr 22nd 2019 at 7:26:29 AM

I think that’s a basic conceit of a lot of AU stories. Fringe did it too.

slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#100978: Apr 22nd 2019 at 9:51:17 AM

Just in case I got the idea of the future kids thing from a somewhat recent Justice League storyline...... that wasn’t very good.

I especially didn’t like the future kids much. Wonder Woman’s son treated her like shit because in the future Wonder Woman abandoned her son apparently & they teased who the father is only to reveal lacklusterly that he had no father, but was instead produced by “darkness” or the main villain of that arc whose entire existence was barely explained.

There were also these kids, twins & another one who were the product of Jessica Cruz & Barry Allen because the author at the time Hitchman liked to ship them. Did not like that pairing which became weirder if you were reading either Jessica or Barry’s seiries where they had their own stuff going like Barry’s romance with Iris so it all didn’t mix well. Which annoyed me when Barry & Jessica started acting all couply just cause these kids showed up. Plus I found the Lantern Twins kinda annoying.

The funny thing is that like a month before the Justice League storyline the Flash had to deal with the Reverse-Flash again & was brought to the future Flash Musuem where he was forced to face past & future by Thawne. One thing he was shown was a future where his old-self battled his future kids (the product of him & Iris) who became the supervillain duo the Tornado Twins who like destroyed the world.

So the fact Barry had to see 2 versions/possibilities of his own future children made me think just how subject to change future children are because the future is so malleable. I’d like for someone to point that out.

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#100979: Apr 22nd 2019 at 10:11:59 AM

Is there some sort of meme going on? There are suddenly a lot of videos popping up in my abos and recommendations on Youtube, all titled "One Marvellous Scene" (though the scenes are different ones), all from different creators….

Dirtyblue929 Since: Dec, 2012 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
#100980: Apr 22nd 2019 at 10:12:10 AM

Yet another TV spot. Looks like they're gonna be dropping a new one every day until release. No new footage from what I can tell, but one new badass one-liner.

EDIT: Also just noticed - yesterday's was titled "Powerful." Today's is titled "Time." One for each stone, maybe?

Edited by Dirtyblue929 on Apr 22nd 2019 at 10:13:34 AM

Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#100981: Apr 22nd 2019 at 10:13:57 AM

Well, good thing that there will only drop one more before I see the movie.

I love living in Germany!!!!

Ah, I have figured out where the titles are coming from...apparently some youtubers have decided to cooperate:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLd7v7nQLQGwKQxfPtUPz6i1h3-JVxBx0D

That's the playlist...looks like fun and a good way to distract yourself while waiting for the release….

Edited by Swanpride on Apr 22nd 2019 at 10:32:54 AM

SonOfSharknado Love is Love is Love Since: Oct, 2013 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
Love is Love is Love
#100982: Apr 22nd 2019 at 10:38:31 AM

I've got my tickets for Thursday night!

My various fanfics.
KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#100983: Apr 22nd 2019 at 10:45:40 AM

A basic rule in DC is that everyone from the future grows up to be evil.

DC’d so attached to the Teen Titans becoming evil in the future that the Titans Tomorrow keep finding reasons to show up even though they’ve been definitively established as not being the future any more.

slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#100984: Apr 22nd 2019 at 10:46:36 AM

Well Future Tim Drake is a massive motherfucker so that adds up.

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
unexplainedEnemy from hell pit Since: Apr, 2016 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
#100985: Apr 22nd 2019 at 10:51:06 AM

I've got a ticket for Thursday evening as well, although most of my friends are probably not going to see it on opening weekend just because the theaters are going to be really, really crowded.

they're gonna find intelligent life up there on the moon/and the canterbury tales will shoot up to the top of the best-seller list
KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#100986: Apr 22nd 2019 at 10:53:24 AM

On the flip side, the basic rule in Marvel is that the future is always fucked. You can fix Bishop’s awful future, but you’ll just ensure Cable’s awful future in the process. There’s some point in the future where it stops being totally screwed and eases back into sorta screwed, but it’s a pretty long time off.

M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#100987: Apr 22nd 2019 at 10:54:45 AM

A consequence of Marvel having so many Big Bads itching to fuck the world up.

Disgusted, but not surprised
Bocaj Funny but not helpful from Here or thereabouts (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
Funny but not helpful
#100988: Apr 22nd 2019 at 10:56:30 AM

I blame the X-Men.

They have more Bad Future per capita than anyone else.

Forever liveblogging the Avengers
Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#100989: Apr 22nd 2019 at 10:57:17 AM

There are no xmen,no mutants and no inhumans

period

have a listen and have a link to my discord server
slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#100990: Apr 22nd 2019 at 10:57:50 AM

That be more Marvel is incapable of letting the X-Men have any form of happiness.

Pretty much all comic events recently have been extinction events for one.

Shit I’m hoping the MCU can add some levity back to the franchise.

Edited by slimcoder on Apr 22nd 2019 at 10:58:02 AM

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
alliterator Since: Jan, 2001
#100991: Apr 22nd 2019 at 10:58:28 AM

On the flip side, the basic rule in Marvel is that the future is always fucked.
Except for "Old Woman Laura," where Kamala Khan was President. Sure, World War Doom saw a lot of superheroes die, but afterwards, things looked pretty damn good.

Edited by alliterator on Apr 22nd 2019 at 10:59:04 AM

Bocaj Funny but not helpful from Here or thereabouts (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
Funny but not helpful
#100992: Apr 22nd 2019 at 11:00:30 AM

[up][up] I don't know that its just a recent thing considering that the most famous one that the comics just can't let go is Days of Future Past. The New Mutants had their own Bad Future where they turned villain. And then there's Bishop's Bad Future and Cable's, which seem distinct from Days of Future Past. Possibly because of all the time travel, idiots. Then there's Age of Apocalypse which is more like Bad Alternate Present but close enough.

Forever liveblogging the Avengers
Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#100993: Apr 22nd 2019 at 11:02:53 AM

There are Inhumans! And Daisy is their awesome leader!

Bocaj Funny but not helpful from Here or thereabouts (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
Funny but not helpful
#100994: Apr 22nd 2019 at 11:03:21 AM

Yeah, Agents of SHIELD Inhumans are rad.

Forever liveblogging the Avengers
Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#100995: Apr 22nd 2019 at 11:03:57 AM

Heretic!

You have spread your foul lies for the last time

The sentinels are on their way to location,to not resist!

have a listen and have a link to my discord server
Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#100996: Apr 22nd 2019 at 11:05:00 AM

So, I am one video into the You Tube collaboration and I already love it for honouring Sarah Finn for her excellent work. We really should credit her more often!

(And since I suspect that most here don't even know: She is the casting director for Marvel!).

HailMuffins Since: May, 2016 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
#100997: Apr 22nd 2019 at 11:16:04 AM

Sarah Finn is, for me, up there with Kevin Feige as one of the masterminds of the MCU.

All the good writing in the world won't matter if the actors can't pull it off.

Edited by HailMuffins on Apr 22nd 2019 at 3:16:18 PM

Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#100998: Apr 22nd 2019 at 12:34:05 PM

So, watching some of the vids (too bad that a few creators had to spoil the mood a little bit by being all gloomy about the newer Avengers) I noticed that all the scenes are either from one of the original Avengers plus the Got G and one scene from Spider-Man Homecoming (the one I would have picked, too). And now I am wondering:

If you had to pick one scene for the new heroes...which one would you pick? My pick is:

Ant-man: The bedroom fight (for now, I have the feeling there might be something even more emotional in End-game)

Spider-Man: the Identity reveal on the prom scene or the Peter is trapped under concrete scene

Doctor Strange: I've come to bargain

Black Panther: The talk with Zemo

Captain Marvel: Her blasting Yon-Rogg away

HailMuffins Since: May, 2016 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
#100999: Apr 22nd 2019 at 1:17:30 PM

Capt America: "I'm with you to the end of the line".

Iron Man: the first suit up scene.

Gamora: Her ripping out and using a spaceship gattling gun.

Rocket: the prison break.

Thor: Led Zeppelin!

Clint: the speech. I really love that speech.

Daredevil: Him unmasking so as to not scare the kid.

Jessica: "And then there's the matter of your bill".

Luke: him smacking Cottonmouth's goons silly in their own hideout.

Ant-Man: the training montage.

Hulk: the fight on the college campus.

Wanda: the Battle of Wakanda.

Spider-Man: Oh, you know the one.

KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#101000: Apr 22nd 2019 at 1:18:41 PM

If I were to pick one scene to show off Carol it’d be her facing down a warship alone and making it back down.

Edited by KnownUnknown on Apr 22nd 2019 at 1:19:33 AM


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