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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

KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#122001: Oct 15th 2020 at 3:53:13 PM

In other Spidey news, unless he's bullshitting, Jimmy Kimmel claims he's been cast as Kraven the Hunter.

If he is playing Kraven, I imagine he's playing the "celebrity hunter" version a la Ultimate Marvel or the Marvel's Spider-Man show.

Edited by KnownUnknown on Oct 15th 2020 at 3:53:30 AM

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#122002: Oct 15th 2020 at 4:06:00 PM

He's Jimmy Kimmel. Of course he's bullshitting.

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KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#122003: Oct 15th 2020 at 4:09:42 PM

Reminds me of that time Conan O' Brian claimed he was going to be in Young Justice.

And then the Young Justice crew actually animated his nonsense superhero as part of a bit.

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#122004: Oct 15th 2020 at 4:54:36 PM

Has kimmel been in any serious roles. Just curious ?

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#122005: Oct 15th 2020 at 4:55:31 PM

He had a role in the Jurassic Park movie as far as I know

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#122008: Oct 15th 2020 at 11:37:15 PM

The denial comes several weeks after the reports were made, so maybe she was in talks back then that were misreported as having been cast.

KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#122009: Oct 15th 2020 at 11:46:12 PM

I'd be amused if she got cast, but as someone else - someone they weren't supposed to reveal yet. Like Titania or Superia or something.

It's probably less likely than [up] that, though.

Edited by KnownUnknown on Oct 15th 2020 at 11:48:41 AM

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#122010: Oct 16th 2020 at 5:33:15 AM

RE: Tatiana:

First, I was like "YOU WHAT?!"

But then, I recall that Paul Rudd and Jonathan Majors made similar denials?

Maybe it's a non-disclosure agreement thing and she can't say it aloud until Disney announces it later. Maybe in the Investors Meeting?

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#122011: Oct 16th 2020 at 9:29:39 AM

Xochitl Gomez cast for Doctor Strange.

They don't say the role, but it's speculated she could eb playing America Chavez.

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#122012: Oct 16th 2020 at 9:33:27 AM

It seems to me there are an awful lot of speculations going around. I remember reading somewhere a theory that the entire phase four would be an adaptation of House of M. While I think this is quite unlikely, it would be actually quite fun (and no less unlikely) if it actually ended up being in fact a reverse House of M, culminating with "More Mutants"...

Edited by C105 on Oct 16th 2020 at 6:33:51 PM

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#122013: Oct 16th 2020 at 9:48:30 AM

I would honestly appreciate if they'd refrain from going the 'Wanda goes crazy and commits genocide' route as well.

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#122015: Oct 16th 2020 at 11:00:46 AM

I'd much more appreciate Wanda goes crazy and accidentally alters the timeline such that mutants exist.

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#122016: Oct 16th 2020 at 11:04:44 AM

I’m somewhat convinced that that the Wandavisiom / Dr. Strange is going to be The Reveal that the bubble Wanda’s stuck-in / creating that grants her greatest desires was the result of her tapping into the Dream Dimension, leading into Nightmare as Big Bad of Multiverse of Madness.

It’d be cool if they did a thing where Nightmare offers Wanda a reality altering Deal with the Devil for everything she wants, and she ends up possessed or something in Strange’s movie.

Edited by KnownUnknown on Oct 16th 2020 at 11:05:04 AM

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#122017: Oct 16th 2020 at 12:47:01 PM

I have been hearing the rumors of Mac in Doctor Strange 2 for a while. It might be a stuffed introduction in a movie that also features Wanda and Monica and Strange, but I want to believe...

AlleyOop Since: Oct, 2010
#122018: Oct 16th 2020 at 2:42:56 PM

Gomez is only 14, and Clea is Strange's long-term love interest, so I hope that's not the case unless she's a shapeshifter who will get replaced by an older actress by the time they do the romance.

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#122019: Oct 16th 2020 at 2:56:46 PM

She could be some measure of take on Zelma Stanton from the Aaron run off the top of my head, but I don't know. Zelma is Ambiguously Brown but generally drawn as African-American-esque, while Gomez doesn't seem to have african ancestry (though evidently Hispanic and her first name would imply some Native Toltec ancestry, but far from clear).

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#122020: Oct 16th 2020 at 3:22:33 PM

Wouldn't Wanda going crazy and adding mutants to the MCU feel a bit same-y with the Snap being so recent?

I know they're different things, but both would still be huge reality altering events that resonate across the whole MCU.

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#122021: Oct 16th 2020 at 3:38:47 PM

The long-term consequences of the Blip seem to have been glossed over in the MCU, so I'm not entirely sure it can count as a reality-changing event. The world in Far from Home seemed remarkably close to our own, and the Blip was mainly acknowledged in the form of jokes. I don't know if this will be the case for future films, but the main long-term effects of the Snap on the universe seem rather underplayed. There is a lot of potential there (such as the fact that puny Earthlings were the ones who managed to Unsnap the universe) but that does not seem to be the direction they were taking.

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#122022: Oct 16th 2020 at 3:43:03 PM

They're deliberately underplaying it,I imagine it's because it could easily lead to a much darker tone,probably one they're uncomfortable with

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#122023: Oct 16th 2020 at 3:50:43 PM

As much as I hate to say it, I'd love to see how the DCEU would tackle something like the Blip.

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#122024: Oct 16th 2020 at 4:03:48 PM

I think they'd go for the Flash using the speed force to undo everything that ever happened

good old fashioned reset button

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#122025: Oct 16th 2020 at 4:04:15 PM

Thats what they did in Apokolips War.

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