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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
#111751: Oct 24th 2019 at 12:46:06 PM

I believe the closest comic Pepper came to having interest in Tony was her crush on his Iron Man persona, but since comics Iron Man was still going with the secret identities thing she didn't know it was him inside.

Forenperser Foreign Troper from Germany Since: Mar, 2012
Foreign Troper
#111752: Oct 24th 2019 at 12:56:02 PM

Comic Book Tony is one of Marvel's biggest man whores.

And that's quite a feat, with people like Hercules, James Howlett, Matt Murdock, Clint Barton etc around.

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unknowing from somewhere.. Since: Mar, 2014
#111753: Oct 24th 2019 at 1:02:32 PM

I now we move past this but I want to add my two cent to the whole "devoloing of comic book movie genre"

I will said the start of comic book movie as something big start with sam remi spiderman, if anything because it show the special efect have evolved in a way capable of reproducing the stuff we see in comic books, we see that it stuff like Fantastic four(the first movie) or X men series.

I will said the peak of this "Phase 0" as the dark night in which need is seen as "just a movie" without the scifi ghetto.

Also I will said that MCU is the biggest example of franshinsezation(ok I dont know th word, bite me) in which the movie are thinking as part of a bigger whole and it shows, a good example is Thor raganrok, consider by many the only good Thor movie of a trilogy,very few time you can said the third installment is the only one wort seen or remembering(mostly because if the first dosent work, the idea ends there), in part because Marvel brand of good, if safe movie secure people will watched while they get blow away by the good one of the branch.

Or at least that is my opinion, I know we move from that but I really wanted to said it.

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Demongodofchaos2 Face me now, bitch! from In a Cultivation World (Ancient one) Relationship Status: 700 wives and 300 concubines
Face me now, bitch!
#111754: Oct 24th 2019 at 1:02:43 PM

Meanwhile, Peter Parker keeps getting it on with various girls with out even meaning too.

Black Cat, Mary Jane, Gwen Stacy, Carol Danvers....

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slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#111755: Oct 24th 2019 at 1:04:57 PM

Superheroes don’t get STD’s. tongue

Especially in Hercules case where a villain once tried to trick him into getting one.

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
Blueace Surrounded by weirdoes from The End Of the World Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Surrounded by weirdoes
#111756: Oct 24th 2019 at 1:13:08 PM

With all the love interests that appeared through the years, most heroes' love lives would raise eyebrows. Particularly once you take the sliding timeline into account and all that happens in a couple years.

Wake me up at your own risk.
Bocaj Funny but not helpful from Here or thereabouts (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
Funny but not helpful
#111757: Oct 24th 2019 at 1:31:59 PM

[up][up] I think I need to know more about that because that sounds bananas

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slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#111758: Oct 24th 2019 at 1:36:58 PM

[up] Here is the story on the Superior Foes of Spider-Man page under STD Immunity.

“Speed Demon tried to get revenge on Hercules for catching Demon so often by setting Herc up on a date with a girl that he knew who had the clap. As Beetle points out Hercules is basically a god so he probably can't even contract normal diseases, let alone an STD. So all Speed Demon's revenge attempt accomplished was getting Hercules laid.”

"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
Funny but not helpful
#111759: Oct 24th 2019 at 1:37:32 PM

Huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuh.

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windleopard from Nigeria Since: Nov, 2014 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
#111760: Oct 24th 2019 at 1:45:23 PM

[up]I second that "Huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuh".

alliterator Since: Jan, 2001
#111761: Oct 24th 2019 at 1:45:30 PM

Hell, Hercules probably cured that woman of any STDs she had. And any woman who sleeps with the Odinson will definitely be Thor in the morning.

ba dum tish

I'll see my way out.

windleopard from Nigeria Since: Nov, 2014 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
#111762: Oct 24th 2019 at 1:46:51 PM

Hell, Hercules probably cured that woman of any ST Ds she had.

Could this actually happen? You never know when it comes to gods or demigods.

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#111763: Oct 24th 2019 at 1:52:37 PM

If Spider-Man's radioactive sperm can give Mary-Jane cancer, then I'll believe that god-boning cures diseases.

God, that comic was dumb.

Edited by TobiasDrake on Oct 24th 2019 at 2:55:30 AM

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alekos23 Since: Mar, 2013
#111764: Oct 24th 2019 at 1:56:58 PM

Has that ever been anyone's superpower origin? Sex with a super?

Bocaj Funny but not helpful from Here or thereabouts (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
Funny but not helpful
#111765: Oct 24th 2019 at 1:57:21 PM

Thor Love Interest: "I think you knocked the flu right out of me."
Thor Love Interest: "And am I just imagining it or has my credit score gotten better?"
Thor: "Verily."

[up] There's a character in Empowered with that origin, yes.

Edited by Bocaj on Oct 24th 2019 at 4:57:39 AM

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Tuckerscreator (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Drift compatible
#111766: Oct 24th 2019 at 2:00:58 PM

A month ago Gwenpool tried to get bitten by Peter Parker in an attempt to get superpowers because she’d read Spider-Man: Reign.

Edited by Tuckerscreator on Oct 24th 2019 at 2:06:23 AM

alliterator Since: Jan, 2001
#111767: Oct 24th 2019 at 2:45:57 PM

Has that ever been anyone's superpower origin? Sex with a super?
In Rachel Pollack's Doom Patrol run, Coagula got her powers from having sex with Rebis. She's also one of the few transgender characters in comics.

Edited by alliterator on Oct 24th 2019 at 2:46:56 AM

Discar Since: Jun, 2009
#111768: Oct 24th 2019 at 2:56:38 PM

I saw a comic page where Tony was going to sleep with Black Widow, only for her to reveal herself as a Skrull, and he's just like "I'm still up for it if you are."

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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
#111769: Oct 24th 2019 at 2:58:05 PM

Link.

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Tuckerscreator (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Drift compatible
#111770: Oct 24th 2019 at 3:27:05 PM

Ah, Stjepan Šejić, ever the thirsty one.

alliterator Since: Jan, 2001
#111771: Oct 24th 2019 at 3:28:35 PM

I love his Wonder Woman/Lara Croft crossover comics. They are delightful.

chasemaddigan I'm Sad Frogerson. Since: Oct, 2011
I'm Sad Frogerson.
#111773: Oct 24th 2019 at 4:14:12 PM

Should I bring up Wanda and Pietro's relationship in the Ultimate Universe?

... Ah dang it, I just did...

[down] ... I guess I have a poor sense of humor then. sad

Edited by chasemaddigan on Oct 24th 2019 at 7:36:30 AM

Blueace Surrounded by weirdoes from The End Of the World Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Surrounded by weirdoes
#111774: Oct 24th 2019 at 4:20:40 PM

The Ultimate universe was dumb in so many ways. That's something better left buried or only mentioned by people with poor sense of humor.

Wake me up at your own risk.
slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#111775: Oct 24th 2019 at 6:21:33 PM

Wait The Runaways bought Spidey Chinese food?

That was nice of em.

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."

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