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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

Blueace Surrounded by weirdoes from The End Of the World Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Surrounded by weirdoes
#104376: Jun 26th 2019 at 2:42:03 PM

It'll be pretty difficult or outright impossible for Natasha to beat him on a straight up fight. She is gonna need to get a good trick on him and hope is enough.

Wake me up at your own risk.
Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#104377: Jun 26th 2019 at 4:52:52 PM

She could get a mirror and make him copy his reflection..

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alliterator Since: Jan, 2001
#104379: Jun 26th 2019 at 7:31:59 PM

If Angelina Jolie is playing Sersi, then Salma Hayak might be playing Thena.

Or, hey, she might be playing the villain, in which case she's probably Ereshkigal.

windleopard from Nigeria Since: Nov, 2014 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
#104380: Jun 26th 2019 at 11:35:41 PM

Anthony Mackie originally auditioned for the role of the Mandarin.

Edit: Also Lexi Rabe being bullied had nothing to do with people thinking she would play Riri Williams but with people mad about her not signing an autograph.

Edited by windleopard on Jun 27th 2019 at 12:55:13 PM

HailMuffins Since: May, 2016 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
TargetmasterJoe from Velocitron Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: I like big bots and I can not lie
#104382: Jun 27th 2019 at 6:55:21 AM

Looks like reviews for Spider-Man: Far From Home are trickling down onto the Internet.

ComicBook.com calls it "a thrilling, daring masterpiece."

Don't want to give too much, but overall it looks like it's nailed its plan of being much bigger than Homecoming while still being a small personal adventure after the 3-hour super-epic that was Avengers: Endgame.

Oh and there's something about 2 stingers that are so huge that to say anything would be spoilerific to the highest degree.

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Lost in Space
#104383: Jun 27th 2019 at 6:58:01 AM

Ooooh, I'm excited. No spoilers, please. Hopefully I can see it this weekend.

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
Beatman1 Since: Feb, 2014 Relationship Status: Gone fishin'
#104384: Jun 27th 2019 at 6:58:52 AM

[up]I thought it wasn’t out till next Tuesday.

Theokal3 Since: Jan, 2012
#104385: Jun 27th 2019 at 7:14:42 AM

Eh, I'll wait and see. Critics have overhyped movies before.

Cross (Don’t ask)
#104386: Jun 27th 2019 at 7:16:52 AM

Guess what I read was true. Some people are going to be very happy.

HailMuffins Since: May, 2016 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
unknowing from somewhere.. Since: Mar, 2014
#104388: Jun 27th 2019 at 8:25:08 AM

I finally saw capitan marvel and I will said the movie is.....sort of meh?.

I mean I feel it kinda have the same thor problem of a awsome movie about space and all that....and getting stuck in earth, speak more since a) carol dosent remenber anything on earth and b) she barely used her power, in fact the biggest money show of the movie(her in a super sayaian esque transformation) only happen at the end.

Also nick fury is.....weird, is hard to see the always posturing as mysterious kind of guy as this kinda comical sidekick, granted he need to start somewhere but the contrast is baffing at times.

I like monica and I like talos waaaaaaaaay to damn much, the villian were forgottable and very 90 so whatever.

"My Name is Bolt, Bolt Crank and I dont care if you believe or not"
AyyItsMidnight Look, just be decent to one another ok? Since: Oct, 2018
Look, just be decent to one another ok?
#104389: Jun 27th 2019 at 8:31:13 AM

Yon-Rogg is a perfectly adequate villain in the context of Carol's journey and I have no major complaints with him (the deleted scene with him talking to...himself via the Supreme Intelligence is interesting but I'm not sure where if anywhere I would've had it in the movie), but in the same Phase as the likes of Vulture or Killmonger (also Mariah Dillard and Bushmaster), well, next to them he obviously comes up a bit short.

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unknowing from somewhere.. Since: Mar, 2014
#104390: Jun 27th 2019 at 8:46:32 AM

[up]Yeah he kinda come as really short in general and I feel they should have put that scene, in fact is hard to said he is a villian because his goal and not enterely is but the kree as whole and he care of "vers" as kind of a friend.

"My Name is Bolt, Bolt Crank and I dont care if you believe or not"
Gaon Smoking Snake from Grim Up North Since: Jun, 2012 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
#104391: Jun 27th 2019 at 9:55:03 AM

I'm glad that the last-released Stan Lee cameo movie (and a film of his proudest creation, according to himself) is good.

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HailMuffins Since: May, 2016 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
#104392: Jun 27th 2019 at 9:59:05 AM

Man, I'm betting I'm gonna cry a bit at this one.

GNinja The Element of Hyperbole. from The deepest, darkest corner of his mind. Since: Apr, 2015 Relationship Status: I'd need a PowerPoint presentation
The Element of Hyperbole.
#104393: Jun 27th 2019 at 10:12:53 AM

God I hope Mysterio is good in this.

I know critics, the villain being lackluster doesn't rate all that highly for them. So I'm not completely out of the woods yet just because they liked it.

Edited by GNinja on Jun 27th 2019 at 5:13:28 PM

Kaze ni Nare!
comicwriter Since: Sep, 2011
#104394: Jun 27th 2019 at 10:26:52 AM

I actually tend to notice critics pointing out the weak Marvel villains first and foremost. The number of reviews for Marvel movies I've read that boil down to "The movie is fun, the acting is good, but the villain is forgettable" could fill a house (albeit with the older movies and generally not the post-Ultron ones).

Theokal3 Since: Jan, 2012
#104395: Jun 27th 2019 at 10:32:36 AM

I mean I feel it kinda have the same thor problem of a awsome movie about space and all that....and getting stuck in earth, speak more since a) carol dosent remenber anything on earth and b) she barely used her power, in fact the biggest money show of the movie(her in a super sayaian esque transformation) only happen at the end.

I see what you mean for Thor, but to be fair Carol at least keeps her base powers for most of the movie rather than being mostly depowered at first like in Thor, and to be fair the movie made it perfectly clear it was gonna focus on Earth.

Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#104396: Jun 27th 2019 at 10:54:42 AM

> Guess what I read was true.

at long last

Inhumans are coming to the MCU!

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unknowing from somewhere.. Since: Mar, 2014
#104397: Jun 27th 2019 at 11:10:29 AM

[up][up]Sure, it still a problem with more space chararter like carol, hal jordan or thor, in this case she suffer in that all secondary casting kinda outshine her.

"My Name is Bolt, Bolt Crank and I dont care if you believe or not"
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Funny but not helpful
#104398: Jun 27th 2019 at 11:15:08 AM

I feel that with Carol, being of Earth origin, her connection to Earth is important

To contrast with Peter Quill whose connection to Earth he actively runs away from.

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Theokal3 Since: Jan, 2012
#104399: Jun 27th 2019 at 11:16:26 AM

[up][up]It definitely was a problem with Hal Jordan and Thor. Didn't really bother me with Carol, as despite it taking place on Earth, we still get the aliens coming on Earth and the plot and characters are primarily alien-focused. Plus if you want full space stuff, you got Guardians of the Galaxy and Thor Ragnarok. I do think future Captain Marvel movies should be space-based, though.

Edited by Theokal3 on Jun 27th 2019 at 8:16:58 PM

unknowing from somewhere.. Since: Mar, 2014
#104400: Jun 27th 2019 at 11:21:29 AM

[up][up]Even with those two make a total of what, three space relate movies? and while it was important, it also means carol cant relate until late on the movie while the kree feel intersting, earth is kinda oversued as setting and I dont feel it place capitan marvel strenght

"My Name is Bolt, Bolt Crank and I dont care if you believe or not"

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