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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

AlleyOop Since: Oct, 2010
#110351: Sep 26th 2019 at 8:14:48 PM

Rush Hour had good fight scenes, but the ones in Shanghai Noon and Around the World in 80 Days were extremely choreographed to the point they resembled a dance routine and weren't fun to watch. They likely hired him for the Jackie Chan associations but that actually puts a damper on my expectations for this film as I was hoping for the fight scenes to be closer to The Raid or Sha Po Lang in terms of ferocity.

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#110352: Sep 26th 2019 at 8:49:42 PM

[up][up] Yeah pretty much, I guess. Maybe I need to rewatch the film. It just seems like, with the exception of a couple scenes (Thor learning about the Infinity Stones; Hawkeye's pep talk to Wanda), regardless of how involved the Avengers are, Tony still seems like the center or focus of whats happening.

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Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#110353: Sep 26th 2019 at 8:51:41 PM

Other than having a hand in Ultron's creation and getting the Hulkbuster fight, I don't really think Age of Ultron is more Iron Man's film than anybody else's.

In fact, out of all four Avengers films, I'd argue Age of Ultron is the furthest from being an Iron Man film. The other three all feature him in even more prominence.

Edited by Anomalocaris20 on Sep 26th 2019 at 11:55:39 AM

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chasemaddigan I'm Sad Frogerson. Since: Oct, 2011
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#110354: Sep 26th 2019 at 8:59:15 PM

Was bored and looked it up. Tony gets the most screen-time in Age of Ultron, beating out Steve by six minutes. For comparison's sake, he beat Cap by three minutes in The Avengers (2012) and by four minutes in Endgame. The only Avengers film where Tony didn't have the most screen-time was Infinity War, where both Thanos and Gamora had more screen-time than him.

Yeah, yeah, screen-time isn't everything, but I just think it's neat to talk about.

Edited by chasemaddigan on Sep 26th 2019 at 12:00:51 PM

Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#110355: Sep 26th 2019 at 9:01:32 PM

We all know Endgame was really an Ant-Man & The Nebula film, anyway.

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HamburgerTime Since: Apr, 2010
#110356: Sep 26th 2019 at 9:01:46 PM

There are some mysterious viral marketing things related to Far From Home floating around. Nobody seems to know what's going on.

alliterator Since: Jan, 2001
#110357: Sep 26th 2019 at 9:31:17 PM

It's for the home video release.

TargetmasterJoe from Velocitron Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: I like big bots and I can not lie
#110358: Sep 26th 2019 at 9:35:46 PM

[up][up] If you're referring to the Daily Bugle stuff, I'm pretty sure we all know that that was planned before the Disney/Sony split.

EDIT: [nja]

Edited by TargetmasterJoe on Sep 26th 2019 at 12:46:36 PM

fredhot16 Don't want to leave but cannot pretend from Baton Rogue, Louisiana. Since: Jan, 2015 Relationship Status: Too sexy for my shirt
Don't want to leave but cannot pretend
#110359: Sep 26th 2019 at 9:40:46 PM

[up]Glad to see you've moved on, dude.

Edited by fredhot16 on Sep 26th 2019 at 9:41:53 AM

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TargetmasterJoe from Velocitron Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: I like big bots and I can not lie
#110360: Sep 26th 2019 at 9:44:39 PM

I don't want any trouble, so I'm just saying NVM.

Edited by TargetmasterJoe on Sep 26th 2019 at 12:45:53 PM

fredhot16 Don't want to leave but cannot pretend from Baton Rogue, Louisiana. Since: Jan, 2015 Relationship Status: Too sexy for my shirt
Don't want to leave but cannot pretend
#110361: Sep 26th 2019 at 9:45:36 PM

[up]Neither is the bitterness.

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TargetmasterJoe from Velocitron Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: I like big bots and I can not lie
#110362: Sep 26th 2019 at 9:48:13 PM

[up] I'm overdue for sleep, so I'm just going to say you win and drop it.

alliterator Since: Jan, 2001
#110363: Sep 26th 2019 at 9:48:39 PM

How about both of you drop it?

fredhot16 Don't want to leave but cannot pretend from Baton Rogue, Louisiana. Since: Jan, 2015 Relationship Status: Too sexy for my shirt
Don't want to leave but cannot pretend
#110364: Sep 26th 2019 at 9:49:22 PM
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#110366: Sep 26th 2019 at 9:52:37 PM
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slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
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#110368: Sep 26th 2019 at 9:59:33 PM

I'm curious if Shang will be an immense Blood Knight or a noble heroic character.

[up] Gotta love Alfred's unflappable politeness & work ethic.

Edited by slimcoder on Sep 26th 2019 at 10:02:12 AM

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
windleopard from Nigeria Since: Nov, 2014 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
#110369: Sep 26th 2019 at 10:37:19 PM

They don't really use the past to move on. They use the past to hit an Undo Button that reverses all of the trauma and tragedy and lets life return to the way it was forever. I like the theme of dealing with pain and loss. But. Like. Maybe this wasn't the right place for it. When you're mourning the death of a loved one, you don't get to end your mourning period by having that loved one come home and then everything goes back to normal. Endgame was always destined to end in a Reset Button, which made it a bit of an inappropriate choice for "The movie about mourning tragedy." It's a good theme, but the wrong movie to use that theme in.

Then again, Tony, Natasha and Nebula are dead at the end and in Guardians 3, Quill will have to deal with a version of Gamora that doesn’t know or like him.

How did Dick Rider get over Namorita’s death? He found a version of her from another time and brought her back
Which is what happened to Gamora in the MCU. Interesting because in the comics, Gamora and Nova were in a relationship for a short period before Richard’s temporary death. So, five word nightmare scenario – Richard, Gamora, Quill love triangle.

slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#110370: Sep 26th 2019 at 10:40:43 PM

Like when it comes to martial artists, there are a couple sentences that can completely describe them & the very philosophy they ascribe to.

"You wanna fight, too?"

"I wish to know defeat."

"I can't stand that there's someone stronger than me"

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#110371: Sep 26th 2019 at 10:43:58 PM

Though in traditional martial arts, it's supposed to also be something of a spiritual experience.

Edited by M84 on Sep 27th 2019 at 1:45:47 AM

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AyyItsMidnight Look, just be decent to one another ok? Since: Oct, 2018
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#110372: Sep 27th 2019 at 6:41:04 AM

Looks like Mark Mothersbaugh is coming back for Thor: Love and Thunder.

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Prowler I'm here for our date, Rose! Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: Arm chopping is not a love language!
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#110374: Sep 27th 2019 at 8:16:23 AM

Well damn, that's fantastic news! I was really worried that we'd just be left on that brutal cliffhanger forever.

HamburgerTime Since: Apr, 2010
#110375: Sep 27th 2019 at 8:18:29 AM

Ha. I'll bet you anything the whole chutzpah was mostly a bluff, likely on both sides.


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