TVTropes Now available in the app store!
Open

Follow TV Tropes

Following

Marvel Cinematic Universe

Go To

Welcome to the main discussion thread for the Marvel Cinematic Universe! This pinned post is here to establish some basic guidelines. All of the Media Forum rules still apply.

  • This thread is for talking about the live-action films, TV shows, animated works, and related content that use the Marvel brand, currently owned by Disney.
  • While mild digressions are okay, discussion of the comic books should go in this thread. Extended digressions may be thumped as off-topic.
  • Spoilers for new releases should not be discussed without spoiler tagging for at least two weeks. Rather, each title should have a dedicated thread where that sort of conversation is held. We can mention new releases in a general sense, but please be courteous to people who don't want to be spoiled.

If you're posting tagged spoilers, make sure that the film or series is clearly identified outside the spoiler tagging. People need to know what will be spoiled before they choose to read the post.

    Original post 
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

JoLuRo075 Since: Jan, 2019
#114326: Jan 6th 2020 at 5:15:36 PM

I don't know how true it is, but there are rumors that Finn wolfhard is candidate for the role of Kid Loki in the new series.

http://www.thathashtagshow.com/2020/01/04/is-marvel-replacing-tom-hiddleston-as-loki/

—-

I have the theory that one of the two new lokis (Lady Loki and Kid Loki), is "our" Loki but with a new body.

Edited by JoLuRo075 on Jan 6th 2020 at 5:19:14 AM

Demongodofchaos2 Face me now, bitch! from In a Cultivation World (Ancient one) Relationship Status: 700 wives and 300 concubines
Face me now, bitch!
#114327: Jan 6th 2020 at 5:43:30 PM

Will Loki turn into a horse and give birth to Fenrir, still?

Watch Symphogear
dRoy Professional Writer & Amateur Scholar from Most likely from my study Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: I'm just high on the world
Professional Writer & Amateur Scholar
#114328: Jan 6th 2020 at 8:17:10 PM

That's Sleipnir. Mother of Fenrir and the siblings is Angrboda the giantess.

Still, it would make them siblings of sort...

Continuously reading, studying, and (hopefully) growing.
slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#114329: Jan 6th 2020 at 8:20:17 PM

I wonder if Thor here ever crossdressed.

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
chasemaddigan I'm Sad Frogerson. Since: Oct, 2011
I'm Sad Frogerson.
#114330: Jan 6th 2020 at 8:23:55 PM

[up] Well, Loki used his magic to turn him into Sif briefly in Thor: The Dark World.

Edited by chasemaddigan on Jan 6th 2020 at 11:26:15 AM

dRoy Professional Writer & Amateur Scholar from Most likely from my study Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: I'm just high on the world
Professional Writer & Amateur Scholar
#114331: Jan 6th 2020 at 8:25:07 PM

I'd like to see a scene in Thor 4 or GOTG 3 where Thor tries to crossdress to sneak into somewhere, only for his companions to point out that he makes a terrible woman.

Then Thor would grumble about how it worked in Jotunheimer, only for Loki to point out it was because those giants were idiots and even then it almost failed if not for Loki's rapid-fire excuses. [lol]

Continuously reading, studying, and (hopefully) growing.
TargetmasterJoe from Velocitron Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: I like big bots and I can not lie
#114332: Jan 6th 2020 at 9:27:10 PM

Not MCU-related, but it IS Marvel-related:

Morbius is finally getting its first trailer next week.

Edited by TargetmasterJoe on Jan 6th 2020 at 12:29:35 PM

TobiasDrake (•̀⤙•́) (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Arm chopping is not a love language!
(•̀⤙•́)
#114333: Jan 7th 2020 at 7:22:57 AM

Huh. Film's still more than half a year away. It doesn't come out until July 31st.

IIRC Full trailers typically drop about four months before release on average. I wonder if this will just be a teaser?

Edited by TobiasDrake on Jan 7th 2020 at 8:23:23 AM

My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.
Akirakan Since: Feb, 2015 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#114334: Jan 7th 2020 at 7:31:01 AM

Prediction: JJJ is gonna be heavily used in marketing, since Sony can do that and they want to trick people that this is a actual honest to god MCU movie.

TargetmasterJoe from Velocitron Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: I like big bots and I can not lie
#114335: Jan 7th 2020 at 8:00:18 AM

[up][up] See, that part worries me. We have been getting zero updates on that movie beyond how it filmed for 12 weeks and wrapped in June of last year, and teases from Jared Leto via Instagram which was just him brooding in dark clothes.

Beyond that? Total radio silence. No hype whatsoever. I even asked around a few times and no one knew zilch about Morbius.

Heck, The New Mutants has more buzz than Morbius and that was comatose for two years until yesterday (still banking on a Magik tease in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness btw).

And it's only now we're getting the first proper trailer? Reminds a little too much of Fant4stic and...do I have to remind everyone how that one worked out?

Consider me passing on Morbius.

C105 Too old for this from France Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: Yes, I'm alone, but I'm alone and free
Too old for this
#114336: Jan 7th 2020 at 8:19:31 AM

Well I enjoyed Venom much more than I thought I would, so maybe there is hope for Morbius.

Whatever your favourite work is, there is a Vocal Minority that considers it the Worst. Whatever. Ever!.
TobiasDrake (•̀⤙•́) (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Arm chopping is not a love language!
(•̀⤙•́)
#114337: Jan 7th 2020 at 8:33:10 AM

I'm keeping an open mind.

My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.
Akirakan Since: Feb, 2015 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#114338: Jan 7th 2020 at 9:38:52 AM

[up][up] At least this one doesn't seem to have all the behind the scenes problems Fant4stic had. Everything went just smoothly, there hasn't been any controversies surrounding it, yet.

My guess is that is going to be a very meh movie. The director previous movies where competent, but meh, and the writers are the ones from Gods of Egypt and Dracula Untold, two completely forgettable movies.

unknowing from somewhere.. Since: Mar, 2014
#114339: Jan 7th 2020 at 11:03:15 AM

[up]Which to be fair, meh movies are not a big deal a this point.

I mean marvel does chunk a huge amount of meh movies and people still see it, so as long is end as meh, nothing to be worry about.

"My Name is Bolt, Bolt Crank and I dont care if you believe or not"
chasemaddigan I'm Sad Frogerson. Since: Oct, 2011
I'm Sad Frogerson.
#114340: Jan 7th 2020 at 11:12:25 AM

I haven't heard stories about Jared Leto attempting to suck the blood of his co-stars, so this is already going much smoother than Suicide Squad (2016).

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
#114341: Jan 7th 2020 at 12:58:57 PM

[up]Nani?

Trans rights are human rights. TV Tropes is not a place for bigotry, cruelty, or dickishness, no matter who or their position.
Blueace Surrounded by weirdoes from The End Of the World Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Surrounded by weirdoes
#114342: Jan 7th 2020 at 1:01:31 PM

Dude tried to method his way into the Joker role, but just was a vulgar asshole.

Wake me up at your own risk.
unknowing from somewhere.. Since: Mar, 2014
#114343: Jan 7th 2020 at 1:02:09 PM

[up]He is making a reference to some publicity stunts jared make in suicide squad in order to get into the chararter and make him seen crazier.

Which is redundant because is Jared leto, that speak of himself.

"My Name is Bolt, Bolt Crank and I dont care if you believe or not"
TargetmasterJoe from Velocitron Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: I like big bots and I can not lie
#114344: Jan 7th 2020 at 1:51:19 PM

And therein lies another reason I'm less than confident about this movie's worth:

The lead actor's a creep.

AyyItsMidnight Look, just be decent to one another ok? Since: Oct, 2018
Look, just be decent to one another ok?
#114345: Jan 7th 2020 at 2:35:24 PM

Giving Cloak and Dagger a shot. Lessee how this fares.

Self-serious autistic trans gal who loves rock/metal and animation with all her heart. (she/her)
alliterator Since: Jan, 2001
Forenperser Foreign Troper from Germany Since: Mar, 2012
Foreign Troper
#114347: Jan 7th 2020 at 10:42:57 PM

Season 2 was great.

Also, after hearing that the PRIDE parents pull a collective Karma Houdini at the end of Runaways season 3, I am utterly unmotivated to watch it....

Certified: 48.0% West Asian, 6.5% South Asian, 15.8% North/West European, 15.7% English, 7.4% Balkan, 6.6% Scandinavian
JoLuRo075 Since: Jan, 2019
#114348: Jan 8th 2020 at 6:48:14 AM

After all, Jared Leto's strange "method acting" was useless, not only was his character downgraded to extra, but many people consider him The Scrappy of the Jokers.

Draghinazzo (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: I get a feeling so complicated...
#114349: Jan 8th 2020 at 7:02:11 AM

Worth noting that Heath ledger did some method acting of his own but nothing that involved harassing or being gross to the rest of the cast, and his performance was far better received.

Weirdguy149 Former King from Lumiose City Since: Jul, 2014 Relationship Status: I'd jump in front of a train for ya!
Former King
#114350: Jan 8th 2020 at 7:12:27 AM

He’s not just the Scrappy among Jokers, he’s vastly inferior to pretty much every Joker you can think of: the harmless prankster Romero, the hammy badass Hamill, the mad artist Nicholson, the anarchist mastermind Ledger, and the batshit insane Phoenix are all awesome while the damaged thug Franco is the worst part of the worst movie in the DCEU.

The legend has returned.

Total posts: 186,763
Top