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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

Beatman1 Since: Feb, 2014 Relationship Status: Gone fishin'
#103326: Jun 5th 2019 at 11:09:02 AM

[up]Eh, couldn’t have been as bad as Darkseid karaoke.

No, that really happened once.

alliterator Since: Jan, 2001
#103327: Jun 5th 2019 at 11:20:41 AM

Thanos sang "Dust in the Wind." Nobody clapped.

Edited by alliterator on Jun 5th 2019 at 11:20:46 AM

Bocaj Funny but not helpful from Here or thereabouts (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
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#103328: Jun 5th 2019 at 11:25:52 AM

I however clapped at your post

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#103329: Jun 5th 2019 at 11:37:58 AM

So, the official term for the dusting of half the universe is the Snap.

Should the official term for the undusting of half the universe be the Snapback?

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jakobitis Doctor of Doctorates from Somewhere, somewhen Since: Jan, 2015 Relationship Status: I'd need a PowerPoint presentation
Doctor of Doctorates
#103330: Jun 5th 2019 at 11:43:47 AM

It is now.

"These 'no-nonsense' solutions of yours just don't hold water in a complex world of jet-powered apes and time travel."
Bocaj Funny but not helpful from Here or thereabouts (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
Funny but not helpful
#103331: Jun 5th 2019 at 11:44:06 AM

Exceptionally yes

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#103332: Jun 5th 2019 at 11:45:57 AM

It's a shame Steve didn't get to be the one wearing the Infinity Gauntlet for that event. He could have been Snapback Cap.

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KarkatTheDalek Not as angry as the name would suggest. from Somwhere in Time/Space Since: Mar, 2012 Relationship Status: You're a beautiful woman, probably
Not as angry as the name would suggest.
#103333: Jun 5th 2019 at 11:56:19 AM
Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#103334: Jun 5th 2019 at 12:18:14 PM

I thought the official term for the snap was the Decimation?

Which ticks me off. It has "deci-" right in it. That means tenth!!

Edited by Anomalocaris20 on Jun 5th 2019 at 3:18:44 PM

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Bocaj Funny but not helpful from Here or thereabouts (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
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#103335: Jun 5th 2019 at 12:30:45 PM

Language evolves and that word is almost never used etymologically correctly anymore.

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Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#103336: Jun 5th 2019 at 12:36:46 PM

They can call it whatever they want, the fans have decided on the snap.

Gaon Smoking Snake from Grim Up North Since: Jun, 2012 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
#103337: Jun 5th 2019 at 12:38:22 PM

On Thanos's playlist: Thanos looks like he sings Frank Sinatra's "My Way" to himself a lot.

"Regrets, I've had a few / But then again, too few to mention. / I Did What I Had to Do / And saw it through, without exemption."

Edited by Gaon on Jun 5th 2019 at 12:39:11 PM

"All you Fascists bound to lose."
slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#103338: Jun 5th 2019 at 12:43:34 PM

Huh fitting.

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
Bocaj Funny but not helpful from Here or thereabouts (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
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#103339: Jun 5th 2019 at 12:45:30 PM

I don’t believe they ever call it Decimation (which was originally used in the comics for Wanda’s no more mutants and also etymologically incorrect in that instance) but they do say Snap a lot so sticking with Snap is only appropriate.

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Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#103340: Jun 5th 2019 at 12:53:54 PM

Language evolves, yes, but when it's something as blatant as a word that uses a numerical prefix being used in a context with the wrong number, that's just silly and inconsistent.

That would be like if we all decided that the word "four" can refer to either 4, 5, or 97.

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Bocaj Funny but not helpful from Here or thereabouts (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
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#103341: Jun 5th 2019 at 12:54:34 PM

I address you to October, the tenth month

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Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#103342: Jun 5th 2019 at 12:59:27 PM

Yeah, it's dumb. Blame the Romans fiddling with their calendar too much. The numerical shift is the result of moving the beginning of the new year from March to January.

I would love if we all collectively agreed to fix the names of September through December, but that's obviously never gonna happen.

Edited by Anomalocaris20 on Jun 5th 2019 at 4:06:19 AM

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Bocaj Funny but not helpful from Here or thereabouts (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
Funny but not helpful
#103343: Jun 5th 2019 at 1:07:28 PM

Not with that attitude

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Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#103344: Jun 5th 2019 at 1:07:43 PM

stuupid Romans what did they ever do for us

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alliterator Since: Jan, 2001
#103345: Jun 5th 2019 at 1:10:01 PM

Sanitation, medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, the fresh-water system, and public health.

slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#103346: Jun 5th 2019 at 1:11:19 PM

Roman Reigns gave us all that? tongue

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#103347: Jun 5th 2019 at 1:26:40 PM

Frankly, if we're going to fix the calendar, we can start by fixing the ungodly mess that is the day-per-month pattern.

For the most part, the months follow an alternating 31-30 pattern. That makes sense. What's weird is that the pattern stutters in July. July and August are a 31-31 repeat before kicking the pattern off again with 30 in September and 31 in October. Then the pattern stutters again from December to January; another 31-31 moment to reset the original pattern.

Why the record scratch, Romans? The answer is that the stutter is needed to account for the extra day created by February's combo-breaker of being a 28-day month. But why do we need to account for that? Why can't February just have 29 days instead? Then the pattern could continue unabated.

31 days for odd months. 30 days for even months. All year long. With the exception of February, which is burdened by only having its appropriate 30-day length on leap years but still otherwise follows suit as an even month.

This would make remembering how many days are in a month so much simpler. HOW LONG IS AUGUST? Well, it's month 8, so August is 30 days. BAM. No need to account for the mid-year stutter.

Edited by TobiasDrake on Jun 5th 2019 at 2:27:34 AM

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alliterator Since: Jan, 2001
#103348: Jun 5th 2019 at 1:29:17 PM

But then I couldn't use this rhyme: Thirty days hath September / April, June, and November / All the rest have thirty-one / Except February, which has twenty-eight / except on leap years when it's twenty-nine.

Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#103349: Jun 5th 2019 at 1:29:43 PM

I propose we abolish February!

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alliterator Since: Jan, 2001
#103350: Jun 5th 2019 at 1:32:27 PM

I agree! You can't even pronounce it like it's spelled!


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