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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

Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#103351: Jun 5th 2019 at 1:32:44 PM

It'd also make more sense to me that we begin months on the solstices and equinoxes instead of having them two-thirds of the way through. Then each season has three whole months instead of two full months and two pieces of other months.

[up]Really? I know some pronounce it "Feb-yew-air-ee" but I've always pronounced it "Feb-rew-air-ee".

Edited by Anomalocaris20 on Jun 5th 2019 at 4:35:36 AM

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
#103352: Jun 5th 2019 at 1:48:06 PM

I'm reminded of the old myth that Augustus demanded that August have the same number of days as July so they stole one from February.

It's not true but I choose to believe it because that's hilariously petty.

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Tuckerscreator (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Drift compatible
#103353: Jun 5th 2019 at 1:56:17 PM

Thanos snaps his fingers and fixes the calendar.

He cuts out half the days and replaces Thor’s Day with Thanos Day.

Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#103354: Jun 5th 2019 at 1:58:28 PM

worse he removes Friday as well

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alliterator Since: Jan, 2001
#103355: Jun 5th 2019 at 2:32:33 PM

And F.R.I.D.A.Y. becomes pissed.

Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#103356: Jun 5th 2019 at 2:43:26 PM

he'll remove Wednesday too because that's Odin's day

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Gaon Smoking Snake from Grim Up North Since: Jun, 2012 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
#103357: Jun 5th 2019 at 2:56:21 PM

Thursday, Wednesday, Friday? What are you guys talking about? Are you talking about Thanosday, Mawsday and Cullday? Or do you mean Proximonday? Maybe Glaiveday? You guys must come from some weird alternate reality where The Great Titan is not our only guide.

"All you Fascists bound to lose."
Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#103358: Jun 5th 2019 at 2:57:54 PM

At least he left Saturday and Sunday alone

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Gaon Smoking Snake from Grim Up North Since: Jun, 2012 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
alliterator Since: Jan, 2001
#103360: Jun 5th 2019 at 3:12:03 PM

Tessa Thompson pitches a Thor-Valkyrie-Captain Marvel rom com.

Asked what she would like to see in a buddy spinoff movie set in the MCU, Thompson had an immediate answer: "A rom com, like we both try to fix each other's love lives. Everyone know who I'm dating!" When Hemsworth looked puzzled, she explained, "I'm being shipped with Captain Marvel."

"I thought Thor was being shipped with Captain Marvel?" Hemsworth replied.

"That's why I'm saying let's make a love triangle!" she said. "Oh my gosh, let's make an MCU thriller, like a — you know those old 90s... who's gonna be with who? It could be light! It could be just a rom com about the three of us."

"Or like The Hand That Rocks the Cradle," he added, to which she responded with an enthusiastic, "Yes!"

Also, Elizabeth Hurley joins the cast of Runaways as Morgan le Fey. I'm intrigued. Hurley is a big enough actress that she could play Morgan le Fey in the movies, too. And Le Fey has never really been an enemy of the Runaways either, so I wonder if they are going to go in a different, more magic-based direction next season? They are certainly going to team up with Cloak and Dagger, as per C&D's last episode.

Edited by alliterator on Jun 5th 2019 at 3:13:49 AM

LordVatek Not really a lord of anything Since: Sep, 2014
Not really a lord of anything
#103362: Jun 5th 2019 at 4:54:03 PM

he'll remove Wednesday too because that's Odin's day

Offended for the last time, Odin comes back from the dead to square up with Thanos.

Odin: You. Took. Everything from me.

Thanos: I don't even know who you are.

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Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#103363: Jun 5th 2019 at 5:09:48 PM

I wonder how Loki felt about the fact that there is a day for Odin, Frigga and Thor but not one for him...

Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#103364: Jun 5th 2019 at 5:13:34 PM

his day is April first

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TobiasDrake (•̀⤙•́) (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Arm chopping is not a love language!
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#103365: Jun 5th 2019 at 5:46:07 PM

  • Romans: Let's see, we've got days for the Sun and the Moon.
  • Loki: Yes....
  • Romans: Then we have Tyr's Day.
  • Loki: Uh-huh.
  • Romans: Odin's Day. Thor's Day.
  • Loki: Right, right. Go on.
  • Romans: Frigga's Day. Hmm....
  • Loki: (grin) You're missing one.
  • Romans: Odin and Frigga. Odin's sons Tyr and Thor. There's a pattern here.
  • Loki: There is.
  • Romans: So then the last day....
  • Loki: Yes?
  • Romans: Shall be Saturn's Day!
  • Loki: WHAT?!
  • Romans: Praise be to the lord of Olympus!

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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
#103367: Jun 5th 2019 at 6:26:20 PM

Aww

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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
#103369: Jun 5th 2019 at 10:02:31 PM

Reed would be a decent choice. Antman 1&2 show he can do some inventive visual stunts and gags (c.f. The growing and shrinking, quantum realm) and can do good family scenes as well - as in Scott's family, not the Pyms who are just messed all the way up.

"These 'no-nonsense' solutions of yours just don't hold water in a complex world of jet-powered apes and time travel."
slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#103370: Jun 5th 2019 at 10:03:45 PM

Funny thing in that the FF kinda skid between both.

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
alliterator Since: Jan, 2001
#103371: Jun 5th 2019 at 10:26:54 PM

It also makes sense because Peyton Reed was in the running to make the FF film back when they were first making it at Fox:

Reed explained that he wanted to make Fantastic Four as a period piece set in the 1960s, mirroring when they first appeared in the comics. He also had an interesting idea of how to approach the team’s celebrity status.

“I developed it for about a year and we went through some different permutations and some different writers, but yes, one of the big ideas was a set-in-the-’60s thing that at the time was structurally gonna be basically like [The Beatles’] A Hard Day’s Night, where we were not going to even deal with the origin story,” said Reed.

Edited by alliterator on Jun 5th 2019 at 10:28:01 AM

Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#103372: Jun 5th 2019 at 11:34:05 PM

Ant-Man & The Wasp is one of my favorite MCU films and I think a tone like that would fit the Fantastic Four well, so I'd be down for him helming FF.

You cannot firmly grasp the true form of Squidward's technique!
Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#103373: Jun 5th 2019 at 11:46:59 PM

I am not sure...for one, I want him to continue with the Ant-man franchise. But I also think that he might be a little bit too light-hearted. He would do well with the family stuff, though.

KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#103374: Jun 5th 2019 at 11:57:23 PM

The big thing from Ant-Man that would especially be great for Fantastic Four is the creation of amazing, fantasical environments - both of their own cloth, and sometimes by reimagining mundane situations from a creative perspective.

The FF should be able to make an antimatter dimension and a land underneath the Earth equally awesome simply to travel through.

Edited by KnownUnknown on Jun 5th 2019 at 11:57:39 AM

RavenWilder Since: Apr, 2009
#103375: Jun 5th 2019 at 11:57:28 PM

Obviously, the FF as 60's era celebrities pitch isn't gonna be used, though. They were able to get away with a 60's era Ant-Man because they established he was a secret agent, the public only knowing him (if at all) as an urban legend.

The FF could not keep a low profile if they tried.


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