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Welcome to the main discussion thread for the Marvel Cinematic Universe! This pinned post is here to establish some basic guidelines. All of the Media Forum rules still apply.

  • This thread is for talking about the live-action films, TV shows, animated works, and related content that use the Marvel brand, currently owned by Disney.
  • While mild digressions are okay, discussion of the comic books should go in this thread. Extended digressions may be thumped as off-topic.
  • Spoilers for new releases should not be discussed without spoiler tagging for at least two weeks. Rather, each title should have a dedicated thread where that sort of conversation is held. We can mention new releases in a general sense, but please be courteous to people who don't want to be spoiled.

If you're posting tagged spoilers, make sure that the film or series is clearly identified outside the spoiler tagging. People need to know what will be spoiled before they choose to read the post.

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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

Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#101151: Apr 23rd 2019 at 9:37:18 AM

I guess now the internet is starting to become dangerous...

Spinosegnosaurus77 Ramen Fairy from Ontario, Canada Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: All I Want for Christmas is a Girlfriend
Ramen Fairy
#101152: Apr 23rd 2019 at 9:39:13 AM

I haven’t read the spoilers & I plan to keep it that way.

Peace is the only battle worth waging.
Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#101153: Apr 23rd 2019 at 9:51:39 AM

I peeked at all spoilers for I am a Spoiler Hound

have a listen and have a link to my discord server
HallowHawk Since: Feb, 2013
#101154: Apr 23rd 2019 at 9:51:53 AM

Personally, I don't mind being spoiled because I believe it's a different experience seeing something rather than reading it. It helps me understand plots better.

Now, considering that it's going to be almost three hours, I'm hoping we're getting explanations behind the Infinity Stones. I mean, there has got to be a good reason why they were separated in the first place and using all six for whatever reason isn't the end because there has to be a catch to it.

Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#101155: Apr 23rd 2019 at 9:57:04 AM

I peaked just enough so that I could manage my expectations...at least this was the plan. But apparently the excitement is real and I don't want to dig deeper for the caveats.

So, I guess, I'll spend the night telling myself "it is okay, the movie might simply be serviceable, don't expect too much".

They better don't kill Cap. and that is an entire non-sequitur. But the one thing I want from the movie is that they don't kill Cap. I won't be able to handle it.

KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#101156: Apr 23rd 2019 at 10:03:26 AM

It’s a running gag for me that I nearly always chance upon a major spoiler within the final week of a big movie experience, despite my best efforts.

Luckily, the spoiler I did run across (because of course I did) for this is something tiny and unimportant, but I still ain’t taking any more chances.

LordVatek Not really a lord of anything Since: Sep, 2014
Not really a lord of anything
#101157: Apr 23rd 2019 at 10:05:00 AM

Nevermind.

Edited by LordVatek on Apr 23rd 2019 at 1:38:31 PM

This song needs more love.
wisewillow She/her Since: May, 2011
She/her
#101158: Apr 23rd 2019 at 10:17:02 AM

That’s incredibly vague and ominous and unhelpful. Sometimes silence is golden.

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
#101159: Apr 23rd 2019 at 10:20:41 AM

Yeah, just gonna give a friendly reminder that we have a dedicated spoiler thread for a reason.

If anyone reading this thinks they're going to be cute and subtly tease at the ending here: you aren't cute, you aren't clever, you aren't in any way subtle, and you are both an a-hole and a dick.

It wasn't funny when someone spoiled Infinity War in here the very morning I went to see it, it won't be funny if anyone does it again now for Endgame.

And right now, yes this post is directed at Zarius and Lord Vatek. Not saying that you two are a-holes and dicks, but no one is ever as vague as they think they are being. Take it to the spoiler thread.

Edited by TheAirman on Apr 23rd 2019 at 12:22:32 PM

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HailMuffins Since: May, 2016 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
#101160: Apr 23rd 2019 at 10:24:52 AM

So does that mean I can't talk about the musical number at the end?

wisewillow She/her Since: May, 2011
shackwave Ultraman Omega from Nebula M78 Since: Sep, 2018 Relationship Status: Hooked on a feeling
Ultraman Omega
#101162: Apr 23rd 2019 at 10:28:43 AM

I'm not gonna visit here anymore till I've watched Endgame just in case.

ReynTime250 Since: Jan, 2015 Relationship Status: You cannot grasp the true form
#101163: Apr 23rd 2019 at 10:30:22 AM

Kermit the Frog and Shaggy Rogers defeat Thanos.

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
#101164: Apr 23rd 2019 at 10:31:41 AM

As wisewillow said, not cute.

For clarity on what specifically I was referring to with IW, someone came in here and straight up openly said "I won't spoil anything, but lets just say I'm never going to look at dust the same way again."

Which was, you know, kind of a really shitty thing for someone to do in a place where everyone had committed themselves to not even remotely discussing potentially spoiler stuff outside of the relevant thread.

Edited by TheAirman on Apr 23rd 2019 at 12:32:07 PM

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LordVatek Not really a lord of anything Since: Sep, 2014
Not really a lord of anything
#101165: Apr 23rd 2019 at 10:39:55 AM

Message received.

My comment wasn't intended to subtly tease at anything (at least not to my knowledge it didn't) but you're right.

This song needs more love.
Zarius Since: Nov, 2012
#101166: Apr 23rd 2019 at 10:40:50 AM

All I said was I had a migraine, not that something was good or bad, just that it was a lot to take in.

If anything, I was hyping the movie up. It is an attack on the senses.

Edited by Zarius on Apr 23rd 2019 at 10:44:02 AM

TargetmasterJoe from Velocitron Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: I like big bots and I can not lie
#101167: Apr 23rd 2019 at 10:43:55 AM

Apparently Natalie Portman was at the premiere for Endgame...

Anything to do with her might be a spoiler, so I'm just going to say "Isn't that intriguing? Thought she was done with the MCU after Thor: The Dark World."

Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#101168: Apr 23rd 2019 at 10:46:04 AM

Anyway back to great moments: One of my favourite is from The First Avenger when Steve is grieving over Bucky. Honestly, this might be my favourite moment in the whole movie, and that movie has a lot of great moments. It is just that it tells so much just over the setting. I think a lot of people might miss it, but that is the same bar in which the Howling Commandos were formed, where Bucky said that he would follow Steve, not Captain America. The last time we saw it, it was a place of celebration and optimism. And now it is bombed out, showing the harsh realities of war. And then the talk between Steve and Peggy, the last moment they will have outside of battle, and Peggy tells Steve that Bucky's fate wasn't his fault, that Bucky had a choice and Steve should respect it...the same line Steve will quote back to Peggy later on. This scene is basically tying everything about the third act together.

[up] Not really. A lot of former characters plus TV actors were at the premiere.

Edited by Swanpride on Apr 23rd 2019 at 10:47:27 AM

HailMuffins Since: May, 2016 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
#101169: Apr 23rd 2019 at 10:50:30 AM

If we're back to great moments, another favorite of mine is Yondu's funeral.

In fact, that scene is what makes the second Guardians movie better than the first in my eyes: yes, maybe the jokes are repetitive and the structure isn't as sound, but the first movie didn't make me cry.

And making you feel is what art is all about at the end of the day, right?

TargetmasterJoe from Velocitron Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: I like big bots and I can not lie
#101170: Apr 23rd 2019 at 10:51:22 AM

Not really. A lot of former characters plus TV actors were at the premiere.

Well, nuts to me. tongue

Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#101171: Apr 23rd 2019 at 10:52:40 AM

[up][up] Well "We are groot" (another fav of mine) did make me cry, but the funeral scene is naturally emotionally more satisfying. It's a nice little rollercoaster.

ReynTime250 Since: Jan, 2015 Relationship Status: You cannot grasp the true form
#101172: Apr 23rd 2019 at 11:14:01 AM

@The Air Man My spoiler comment wasn't actual spoilers. It was a complete joke. I know as much as everyone who hasn't seen it yet.

Although I do wonder when the pages are going to be editable. After reviews are out and it comes out internationally or when it comes out in America?

Edited by ReynTime250 on Apr 23rd 2019 at 7:16:58 PM

slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#101173: Apr 23rd 2019 at 11:16:31 AM

I like chicken.

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#101174: Apr 23rd 2019 at 11:20:53 AM

I like squirrel girl

have a listen and have a link to my discord server
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