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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!)
#112426: Nov 12th 2019 at 8:56:15 PM

No doubt there would be an "I can do this all day" in there.

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alliterator Since: Jan, 2001
#112427: Nov 12th 2019 at 9:02:21 PM

It would be funny if Doctor Strange trapped Steve in a time loop, so "I can do this all day" was literal.

...okay, it would be funny to me.

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
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#112428: Nov 12th 2019 at 9:06:15 PM

No, the funny thing is that despite knowing he's in a time loop (if he did) Steve probably would do it all day.

And do you know why?

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#112429: Nov 12th 2019 at 9:08:14 PM

[up][up]"I can come to bargain all day."

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#112430: Nov 12th 2019 at 9:13:04 PM

Another reason I said this about Tchalla is that if you think about it, their reaction are not different, Killmonger entire catalyst is how they kill is father, and what Tchalla does the moment they kill him? he used is suit to pursuit a nearly pointless vendetta, get into a fight he didnt need to be(and is father was in a way, trying to prevent) to satifies is need for revenge.

Not much diferent from Killmonger, all things consider, Tchalla very could end like him in fact.

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#112431: Nov 12th 2019 at 9:22:33 PM

I've always found Black Panther interesting, especially in the MCU. While his physical attributes are nothing to sneeze at, they're only about a 3/10, but his Vibranium suit is so absurdly busted that it makes his durability stat alone shoot all the way up to a 9/10. It's just not often you see such a huge gap between a character's abilities in one area and a character's abilities in another.

Normally, characters are more well-rounded, so it's an interesting challenge to write battles for a guy only as strong as Captain America, but wearing a suit that makes his whole body as durable as Cap's shield.

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
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#112432: Nov 12th 2019 at 9:23:31 PM

Huh.

That's actually pretty obvious.

I guess that's another reason why T'challa was somewhat sympathetic to Eric's plight: he'd been Eric not too long ago.

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#112433: Nov 12th 2019 at 9:25:36 PM

Now I'm sad that they didn't have that "all day" bit in Infinity War.

  • Steve: I can do this all day.
  • Thanos: (blasts him with the Power Gem) I don't have all day.

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HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
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#112434: Nov 12th 2019 at 9:30:31 PM

Hah.

I still think Steve would have gotten back up.

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Tuckerscreator (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Drift compatible
#112435: Nov 12th 2019 at 9:51:26 PM

But does the stamina stat go down for future "getting sick of my own catchphrase" Steve?

Edited by Tuckerscreator on Nov 12th 2019 at 9:51:59 AM

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#112436: Nov 12th 2019 at 9:57:12 PM

God, that whole scene was awesome.

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#112437: Nov 12th 2019 at 10:09:18 PM

What is intersting is that he pretend to be a HYDRA goon, fight himself(who is more moraly uptight), use the same trick Crossbone used agains him to knock is past self.....

Yeah, we can see how underhanded and pragmatic cap have become.

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HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
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#112438: Nov 13th 2019 at 8:10:31 AM

Huh.

Though to be fair, if he hadn't done that, they'd have been at it forever, and unlike Past Steve, our Steve did not have all day.

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AyyItsMidnight Look, just be decent to one another ok? Since: Oct, 2018
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#112439: Nov 13th 2019 at 8:32:48 AM

Ramin Djawadi and Dylan Tichenor are onboard for Eternals.

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#112440: Nov 13th 2019 at 9:24:49 AM

  • Sam: So what happened to doing this all day?
  • Old Steve: I did do this all day. Then I watched the sun come up and realized it was time to start a new day.

Edited by TobiasDrake on Nov 13th 2019 at 10:25:09 AM

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#112441: Nov 13th 2019 at 9:30:13 AM

Steve: It's not day anymore, it's night. And the nighttime is time...for dancing!

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#112442: Nov 13th 2019 at 9:33:26 AM

Steven is an early to bed man

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#112443: Nov 13th 2019 at 9:54:37 AM

What happens in time travel stays in time travel.

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#112444: Nov 13th 2019 at 10:15:01 AM

Djawadi is great. I thought his OST on the first Iron Man was quite memorable and it's a shame they didn't treat that song as his leitmotif going forward instead of Brian Tyler's mostly forgettable one.

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#112446: Nov 13th 2019 at 5:19:14 PM

So correct me if I'm wrong, but I couldn't find anything about whether Disney+ includes The Incredible Hulk or the two MCU Spider-Man films.

I know they have most of Phase One, so I guess Disney's got the full ownership of them from Paramount. But it seems the films I mentioned aren't up, probably due to licensing issues. Obviously there's Sony to deal with, but Universal also has partial ownership of the Hulk's film rights. Is this a similar situation to why they haven't made another solo Hulk film?

alliterator Since: Jan, 2001
#112447: Nov 13th 2019 at 6:19:22 PM

One of the writers of the She-Hulk streaming show is going to be Dana Schwartz. She's the writer of The White Man's Guide to White Male Writers of the Western Canon, which is based on her parody GuyInYourMFA twitter.

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#112448: Nov 13th 2019 at 6:39:59 PM

Her writing style definitely indicates to me that the series could be a meta-comedy akin to the Byrne run and sometimes Slott run.

alliterator Since: Jan, 2001
#112449: Nov 13th 2019 at 6:54:10 PM

Well, it's definitely going to be a comedy, which is awesome. I don't think Marvel Studios/TV has made any comedies, aside from the New Warriors show that was never greenlit.

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#112450: Nov 13th 2019 at 6:54:40 PM

So, Disney+ just got installed on my television.

Members of this forum, which should be my inaugural movie? Oh, and I've already seen Avengers: Infinity War and I'm not going to watch Avengers: Endgame yet.

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