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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

Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#114976: Jan 24th 2020 at 3:12:30 PM

> And all this in the price of fridging one poor girl for the sake of Cyclops x JEAAAAAAAAAAN

damn it wolverine

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Beatman1 Since: Feb, 2014 Relationship Status: Gone fishin'
#114977: Jan 24th 2020 at 5:03:21 PM

Hey, remember those Hulu cartoons that was set to include Tigra and Dazzler and ''Howard the Duck'’?

Yeah, both have been axed. The MODOK cartoon is still going forward, and so is Hit-Monkey.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/amp/live-feed/marvels-howard-duck-tigra-dazzler-dead-at-hulu-1272751?__twitter_impression=true

Zeromaeus Since: May, 2010
#114978: Jan 24th 2020 at 5:06:20 PM

Howard the Duck was the title among those that I was really looking forward to. Damn.

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#114979: Jan 24th 2020 at 5:09:19 PM

Howard will get his time. He's slowly redeeming himself for ...well you know.

...oddly enough, I'm a little bummed that Tigra and Dazzler fizzled. Sure I'm not sure how good an idea it was, but I'm a sucker for concepts that pair together characters who don't normally associate with each other, and those two fit the bill. With how hard Marvel's often leaned into Mutants doing mutant things at times, the idea of two character who wouldn't normally share a panel in a single comic book being in a show together had me paying attention.

I'm weird that way, but I doubt that shocks anyone here.

One Strip! One Strip!
Blueace Surrounded by weirdoes from The End Of the World Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Surrounded by weirdoes
#114980: Jan 24th 2020 at 5:10:32 PM

The usual trouble or they just didn't want to restart the project for the third time?

Wake me up at your own risk.
Tuckerscreator (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Drift compatible
#114981: Jan 24th 2020 at 5:15:13 PM

Tigra continues to be left out. sad

TargetmasterJoe from Velocitron Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: I like big bots and I can not lie
#114982: Jan 24th 2020 at 5:18:01 PM

Nerts. I was looking forward to Kevin Smith's Howard the Duck. sad Then again, I guess some of us figured this was going to happen when Marvel Television got rebranded as Marvel TV Studios?

Hang on, is Jeph Loeb still hanging around? Because what if the shows that got canned weren't really making progress anyway? Or what if Feige has plans for them?

MCU!Howard show on Disney+ or I riot.

Edited by TargetmasterJoe on Jan 24th 2020 at 8:20:55 AM

Beatman1 Since: Feb, 2014 Relationship Status: Gone fishin'
#114983: Jan 24th 2020 at 5:19:34 PM

[up]Tigra and Dazzler ended up 15 weeks into a 20 week production before Marvel ordered everything, literally everything thrown out.

TargetmasterJoe from Velocitron Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: I like big bots and I can not lie
#114984: Jan 24th 2020 at 5:24:55 PM

[up] Yikes...I wonder how much of this has to do with Jeph Loeb getting the boot.

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
#114986: Jan 28th 2020 at 10:03:06 PM

Random musing.

Man, I love the Funny page for Endgame. Whatever moment I think of, it has it.

In particular, in my opinion the final big battle had a lot of very understated but great humor, like Tony looking at Cap summoning Mjolnir like "Wait, what? What happened while I got knocked out? Okay, I should totally ask later." and Thanos going "Okay wow, my future self must've pissed off a LOT of people." [lol]

Continuously reading, studying, and (hopefully) growing.
Cross (Don’t ask)
#114987: Jan 29th 2020 at 5:54:28 AM

Thanos was genocidal warlord bent on culling half, then the entire, universe. So I sure his past self pissed off enough people to the point where he's used to it.

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
#114988: Jan 29th 2020 at 8:17:14 PM

Yeah, but I'm pretty sure he never had to face an army that diverse. [lol]

Continuously reading, studying, and (hopefully) growing.
HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#114989: Jan 29th 2020 at 9:19:35 PM

I do have to admit, the look on Thanos' face when everyone shows up on Cap's left, and then when Captain Marvel shows up and massacres his ship is quite beautiful.

Those are the looks of a man who does not know how he lost control of the situation so thoroughly.

Kinda makes him just sitting down when he's being snapped even funnier. He literally doesn't have the strength to be mad about it. He's just like wow. this is not my day.cool

One Strip! One Strip!
slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#114990: Jan 29th 2020 at 9:22:49 PM

As the saying goes, you won’t know the kind of person you truly are until you are at death’s door.

And in Thanos’ final moments, he doesn’t yell, he doesn’t flail, beg, scream in impotent rage...... No all he does is sit calmly & waits for his demise without making anymore trouble for anyone, solemnly contemplating the events of his life.

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#114991: Jan 29th 2020 at 9:52:46 PM

His main timeline self who actually performed the Snap also went out rather quietly. He just spent his last moments apologizing to Nebula for being an abusive asshole of a father.

Disgusted, but not surprised
AyyItsMidnight Look, just be decent to one another ok? Since: Oct, 2018
Look, just be decent to one another ok?
#114992: Jan 29th 2020 at 9:56:28 PM

The bastard basically weaseled his way out of being satisfying for the Avengers to kill.

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Tuckerscreator (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Drift compatible
#114993: Jan 29th 2020 at 9:57:58 PM

Barely an apology, closer to an abuser's Bait the Dog, or an admission he should've rethought this if it was going to lead to him getting his arm chopped off.

slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#114994: Jan 29th 2020 at 9:58:43 PM

Well it’s not like they had anything that could make him beg.

All they could do is threaten him with death which in his line of work is threatening a sushi chef with fish smell.

Edited by slimcoder on Jan 29th 2020 at 9:59:44 AM

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
TargetmasterJoe from Velocitron Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: I like big bots and I can not lie
#114996: Jan 30th 2020 at 8:25:46 AM

In other rumor news, Emily Blunt has spoken with Marvel Studios about being in a movie.

While some fancast her as Sue Storm, it's now being speculated that she could be Clea in Multiverse of Madness.

alliterator Since: Jan, 2001
SonOfSharknado Love is Love is Love Since: Oct, 2013 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
Love is Love is Love
#114998: Jan 30th 2020 at 9:28:20 AM

"I swear Loki said there were only six of these motherfuckers."

My various fanfics.
TobiasDrake (•̀⤙•́) (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Arm chopping is not a love language!
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#114999: Jan 30th 2020 at 9:30:52 AM

"Loki says a lot of things."

My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.
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
#115000: Jan 30th 2020 at 9:38:04 AM

"Loki keeps saying that he gave birth to an eight-legged horse. I don't know what it says about us when he talks about that or that I can't dismiss the possibility."

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