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Edited by Mrph1 on Jul 29th 2024 at 3:09:00 PM
Case in point: Samuel L. Jackson, who is pushing 70 and was still throwing punches around and looking 40 years younger in Captain Marvel.
If for no other reason I’m glad that they didn’t use that because it would have meant yet another infinity stone on Earth
Interestingly Infinity Wars, the comic intended to maybe promote the movie, ended with the new quo that the stones would fuse with people
Forever liveblogging the AvengersThe real Soul Stone is the friends we made along the way.
And then murdered.
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.Although I realize that it gets into the Unfortunate Implications of Ancient Astronauts, I remember liking that theory that the Soul Stone was in Wakanda, because it would neatly explain how Wakandans were able to communicate with the dead and why those visions had a purple tint.
Edited by Hodor2 on Apr 30th 2020 at 1:33:06 PM
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One thing that bugged me for a while in the MCU was the severe Arc Welding with the Infinity Stones, and how for a while everything seemed to be rewritten into actually being because of an Infinity Stone. Imo, it put a stopper on the universe actually growing.
So I say let the mysticism just be mysticism.
It's the product of Disney not really having a long-term plan. The thing that served as the bane of the Star Wars Sequel Trilogy is also visible in the Marvel Cinematic Universe; it's just that the MCU was packaged on the premise of individual franchises that cross into each other here and there instead of being one single absolute vision of a story, so the inconsistency was less of a problem.
Edited by TobiasDrake on Apr 30th 2020 at 12:48:07 PM
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.It also helped that the MCU was built with the idea that everything would be in one world and be somewhat consistent. Iron Man 1/Thor 1/First Avenger were all made with the end goal of Avengers but also made to stand on their own in case any of the Phase 1 films bombed and took the entire Marvel Studios with it. So it did have a better foundation than the Star wars Sequel Trilogy.
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Ryan Coogler didn’t want that because he believed that vibranium was already enough of a MacGuffin device.
I also remember the theory that Heimdell possessed the soul stone because of his sight abilities and that his eyes were orange.
Either way. Glad they went with it on Vormir. Having all 6 stones be tied to Earth and Asgard, compared to the whole universe would be unreal.
I do like the idea that one of the stones in an enormous universe didn’t enter semi common knowledge
Execution wasn’t the best but the basic concept of a doom planet where the stone has successfully remained obscure is good
Forever liveblogging the AvengersIt does make you wonder how Gamora learned about it.
And when for that matter.
One Strip! One Strip!When I first watch Thor: Ragnarok, I thought it was going to be revealed that the Eternal Flame was the Soul Stone. It was orange, and Hela used it to resurrect her army. Obviously, that didn't end up being the case.
Gamora apparently found a map which she memorized and then burned
Half of this was a mistake
But presumably it’s like the Infinity Quest comic where Thanos went on a big research kick and found scraps of information in old old records and ruins that he eventually pulled together to learn the true power of the Infinity stone gems
Forever liveblogging the AvengersI actually wouldn't have had a problem with all the Infinity Gems being connected through Asgard, not Earth. It would have required doing something very different with some of the Gems than what they actually wound up doing (especially the Time and Soul Gems), mind. So it wouldn't be something they could just start writing when Infinity War came along.
But as a long-term plan, the idea that Asgard has some connection to the secret locations of each Infinity Gem would actually gel with Odin's imperialism. Like, I could totally believe that Old Imperialist Odin hunted down the Infinity Gems and maybe even used them to make Asgard the shimmering titan of an Empire that it became, but as part of realizing the folly of his conquering, decided that the Gems need to be hidden away.
So that's why the Space Gem was stashed on Earth. The Reality Gem was in the asscrack of some planet somewhere. The Power Gem was left in a ruin that nobody would ever visit. Etc. etc. You could even justify the Time Gem and Mind Gem being where they are by saying that those Gems' secret hiding places were discovered by the wizards and Thanos, respectively. Maybe Odin found a way to hide the Time Gem in the Dark Dimension?
The only thing you'd really have to throw out is Vormir. And then nothing of value is lost, really.
Shit, there's even an Easter Egg that could easily become retroactive foreshadowing that way. "Odin once gathered the Infinity Gems?" Yeah, why do you think he has an Infinity Gauntlet in his vault?
Edited by TobiasDrake on Apr 30th 2020 at 2:56:44 AM
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.I'd like to observe Disney SW and MCU are wholly different beasts. MCU was set up and organized when Marvel Studios was a independent entity: Disney bought the franchise in late 2009 and only assumed full control in 2010. By that time, Iron Man, Incredible Hulk and Iron Man 2 had all been released and Thor and Captain America: The First Avenger were well into production (so much so both that they were distributed by Paramount, rather than Disney, due pre-existing contracts). The Avengers could be called the first MCU movie of the "Disney era": produced by Disney, distributed by Disney.
The whole set-up of a cinematic universe under the auspices of Kevin Feige was already there and a proven money-maker by Marvel Studios, Disney bought it after it was solidified and just sit back and let it roll.
Disney SW, on the other hand, was built from scratch. The closest thing to a Kevin Feige equivalent beforehand was George Lucas, and Disney put him out to pasture alongside his pet project (The Clone Wars).
The fact Disney didn't built the functioning engines of the MCU (Marvel Studios did), rather just appropriated what was already there, is a factoid to keep in mind when it comes to SW and the MCU.
"All you Fascists bound to lose."Since I am playing the PS4 game now and there is a lot of it there too, when exactly did Spider-Man being an Iron Man Jr. in terms of tech start being a thing?
I mean sure, from time to time he wore some armor like in Civil War, but most of the time he is just in his spandex and the most he has are his web shooters.
Nowadays he has drones, electro shockers, AI and what not.
Did the MCU start that trend? Not sure I like that.
Edited by Forenperser on Apr 30th 2020 at 11:04:20 AM
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retconreveal that she's a member of the Hand hadn't come yet."Mixed bag" is definitely how I'd describe DD S2. The first four episodes are incredibly strong, arguably the peak of the entire Marvel Netflix Universe, but then the remaining nine episodes really fluctuate in quality from moment to moment. Stick's scenes— past and present —are great, but Daredevil and Electra investigating the Hand is dull. Frank Castle's trial is great, but Matt's increasing flakiness toward his friends gets really obnoxious and unbelievable as it continues. Punisher's scenes in prison are great, but once he escapes from prison his plotline becomes dull and disconnected. The final rooftop battle is amazing, but we have to go through a really half-baked and ambiguous Hand plot to get there.
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