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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

Bocaj Funny but not helpful from Here or thereabouts (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
Funny but not helpful
#124226: Jan 10th 2021 at 4:16:31 PM

And Moon Girl.

She's getting a cartoon and is apparently a Phoenix candidate.

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HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#124227: Jan 10th 2021 at 4:24:43 PM

Not true, Lockjaw is still around.

Oh. That's good. I think Lockjaw is the only Inhuman character everyone likes.

One Strip! One Strip!
Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#124228: Jan 10th 2021 at 4:25:48 PM

Black Bolt says hi[up]

have a listen and have a link to my discord server
Bocaj Funny but not helpful from Here or thereabouts (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
Funny but not helpful
#124229: Jan 10th 2021 at 4:26:52 PM

Oh god that entire city has been flattened

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HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#124230: Jan 10th 2021 at 4:44:54 PM

[up][up]

Last I checked, he was on board with the Inhuman cloud killing mutants because reasons.

Plus, he's not a cute giant teleporting puppy.

Edit: Plus he can't actually say hi, as [up] pointed out. He'd end up causing a cataclysm.

Edited by HandsomeRob on Jan 10th 2021 at 5:45:35 AM

One Strip! One Strip!
Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#124231: Jan 10th 2021 at 4:48:04 PM

Black Bolt says he's very sorry

have a listen and have a link to my discord server
jouXIII The One Who Knows Many Things from Between the Multiverses (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
The One Who Knows Many Things
#124232: Jan 10th 2021 at 4:49:37 PM

Aaand there goes another city.

I assure you, I'm perfectly trustable person
AmazingSpiderHam Since: Sep, 2020
#124233: Jan 10th 2021 at 4:50:17 PM

What do you have to say in your defense, Black Bolt?

slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#124234: Jan 10th 2021 at 4:51:06 PM

He has a cool power. Really my defense of him boils down to power-levels.

He is the almighty king of the Inhumans with a voice as destructive as a nuke.

Edited by slimcoder on Jan 10th 2021 at 4:51:59 AM

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
AmazingSpiderHam Since: Sep, 2020
#124235: Jan 10th 2021 at 5:01:20 PM

Why doesn't he just learn ventriloquism?

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#124236: Jan 10th 2021 at 5:01:34 PM

[up][up]That's a good defence.

Edited by HandsomeRob on Jan 10th 2021 at 6:40:26 AM

One Strip! One Strip!
slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#124237: Jan 10th 2021 at 5:03:33 PM

It’s more kingly to flower and grunt in silence.

Well his queen tends to speak for him.

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#124238: Jan 10th 2021 at 5:11:12 PM

What do you have to say in your defense, Black Bolt?

Speak up, now!

Falrinn Since: Dec, 2014
#124239: Jan 10th 2021 at 5:12:24 PM

[up]x4 Probably because the practice sessions might explode the moon.

Edited by Falrinn on Jan 10th 2021 at 5:12:38 AM

M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#124240: Jan 10th 2021 at 6:33:08 PM

Why doesn't he just learn ventriloquism?

He'd still be using his vocal cords to make noise. He'd still be destroying shit.

You gotta remember that his actual power isn't just a really loud voice. He has the power to disturb electrons - he's basically a Reality Warper not unlike the Molecule Man - but that power is linked to the speech center of his brain.

Black Bolt over the course of his life learned to harness his Reality Warper powers so that he can do a lot more than just destroy shit by saying stuff. But he's never been able to not destroy shit by saying stuff.

Edited by M84 on Jan 10th 2021 at 10:37:56 PM

Disgusted, but not surprised
RavenWilder Since: Apr, 2009
#124241: Jan 10th 2021 at 6:37:57 PM

Question: is Lockjaw a dog with the same sort of genetic alterations as the Inhumans, or is he an Inhuman whose power turned him into a dog?

M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#124242: Jan 10th 2021 at 6:41:49 PM

He's a dog who was experimented on by the Inhumans.

Specifically, his mother was experimented on as a puppy, then impregnated with her own cloned genetic material. Her litter of five was then exposed to Terrigen in the womb. Lockjaw was the only one who went through it successfully, and he unwittingly used his powers to teleport his unborn siblings around the world before appearing to be the only puppy born.

The Inhumans are kind of a fucked up society.

Edited by M84 on Jan 10th 2021 at 10:42:07 PM

Disgusted, but not surprised
chasemaddigan I'm Sad Frogerson. Since: Oct, 2011
I'm Sad Frogerson.
#124243: Jan 10th 2021 at 6:42:03 PM

The comics have suggested both interpretations over the years. Although I think right now, Lockjaw's just supposed to be a super-doggo.

The alternative is... existentially horrifying?

Also, checking his Wikipedia page, he's apparently dead now. sad

Edited by chasemaddigan on Jan 10th 2021 at 9:44:10 AM

Tuckerscreator (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Drift compatible
#124244: Jan 10th 2021 at 6:42:44 PM

Lockjaw’s a dog, a very good boi. But he was born from the Inhumans’ own experiments, not the Kree’s experiments that made the Inhumans.

M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#124245: Jan 10th 2021 at 6:43:53 PM

His powers do still come from Terrigenesis like the Inhumans.

Edit: That Wikipedia page is really out of date.

Edited by M84 on Jan 10th 2021 at 10:45:23 PM

Disgusted, but not surprised
slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#124246: Jan 10th 2021 at 6:50:30 PM

Hes alive.

He just appeared in last weeks Thor teaming up with Throgg Frog of Thunder to combat a rogue Donald Blake.

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
Bocaj Funny but not helpful from Here or thereabouts (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
Funny but not helpful
#124247: Jan 10th 2021 at 6:56:08 PM

It was once revealed that Lockjaw was an Inhuman so mutated by terrigenesis that he appeared like a dog. And was treated like a pet by the other Inhumans, wtf.

But it was then later retconned that this was a big lie that some of the Inhumans told Quicksilver to fuck with him.

Which, honestly, is the best way to retcon something.

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slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#124248: Jan 10th 2021 at 6:58:27 PM

"I was not hiding. I was hunting. Now get up and run."

Edited by slimcoder on Jan 10th 2021 at 6:58:38 AM

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#124249: Jan 10th 2021 at 7:16:16 PM

[up][up]Nobody likes Quicksilver. For good reason, mind you.

Disgusted, but not surprised
AmazingSpiderHam Since: Sep, 2020
#124250: Jan 10th 2021 at 7:22:57 PM

His sister likes him a bit too much, but we don't talk about that.


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