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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

Akirakan Since: Feb, 2015 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
Weirdguy149 Former King from Lumiose City Since: Jul, 2014 Relationship Status: I'd jump in front of a train for ya!
Former King
#125477: Feb 26th 2021 at 10:57:18 AM

He looks like a typical Red Shirt from Star Trek but with a crab shell breastplate. I’ll get used to it.

The legend has returned.
KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#125478: Feb 26th 2021 at 10:59:24 AM

[up][up][up] Well, not necessarily.

Ever since Dr. Strange a few years ago, LEGO sets that release or get advertised before comic book films come out typically either follow the trailers exactly, or make up an entirely new situation for the characters to fight to avoid spoilers.

It's why, for instance, people thought Shuma Gorath was going to be in Dr. Strange, since the set for that depicted the characters fighting a tentacle monster that wasn't in the actual film.

The cast of characters given LEGO versions is probably accurate, but whatever they're doing you should probably take with a grain of salt.

Also, also that's clearly not Fing Fang Foom either way.

Edited by KnownUnknown on Feb 26th 2021 at 11:01:18 AM

Blueace Surrounded by weirdoes from The End Of the World Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Surrounded by weirdoes
#125479: Feb 26th 2021 at 11:03:53 AM

Fing Fang Foom resembles more a Western dragon, IIRC. Does Marvel has any known Eastern ones?

Wake me up at your own risk.
Beatman1 Since: Feb, 2014 Relationship Status: Gone fishin'
#125480: Feb 26th 2021 at 11:08:47 AM

A few. Dei Guan, Shou Lau, although he's probably being kept when they redo Iron Fist, and presumably more of the other Makulan species.

EmeraldEmperor Lies and Violence! Since: Oct, 2020
Lies and Violence!
#125481: Feb 26th 2021 at 11:10:07 AM

I don't care what the LEGO set looks like, give me my Fin Fang Fucking Foom!

Tuckerscreator (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Drift compatible
#125482: Feb 26th 2021 at 11:12:11 AM

If there's one thing LEGO's loved since 2011, it's dragons. [lol]

Zeromaeus Since: May, 2010
#125483: Feb 26th 2021 at 11:14:21 AM

LEGO lies, anyway. Remember the Mandarin riding around in his death tank in Iron Man 3? Because that was a LEGO set.

Beatman1 Since: Feb, 2014 Relationship Status: Gone fishin'
#125484: Feb 26th 2021 at 11:15:44 AM

[up]Having Ben Kingsley running around in a death tank would have been pretty fun.

HalfFaust Since: Jan, 2019
#125485: Feb 26th 2021 at 11:16:13 AM

Either way, that is a pretty sweet looking set, might pick it up.

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
#125486: Feb 26th 2021 at 12:32:56 PM

Which comics would you recommend to get acquainted with Sang-Chi? Since most of my knowledge of Marvel comes from animated adaptations, this is a character I know next to nothing about since I don't remember having seen him in any of those I've watched nor the comics I've read.

Whatever your favourite work is, there is a Vocal Minority that considers it the Worst. Whatever. Ever!.
Blueace Surrounded by weirdoes from The End Of the World Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Surrounded by weirdoes
#125487: Feb 26th 2021 at 12:35:38 PM

Shang had a recent 5-issue series by Gene Luen Yang. And apparently a new origin, but that's just a start.

Wake me up at your own risk.
slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#125488: Feb 26th 2021 at 12:38:48 PM

He’s an extremely low-tier character, only getting new material at all due to the movie announcement.

He’s very lucky Marvel doesn’t have many Asian characters because he is an extremely basic Bruce Lee clone.

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
comicwriter Since: Sep, 2011
#125489: Feb 26th 2021 at 12:40:04 PM

[up]x13 Morris seems to be one of these.

Edited by comicwriter on Feb 26th 2021 at 12:40:43 PM

ClancyGardener life is a state of mind from 53 miles west of Venus Since: Jun, 2020 Relationship Status: Can't buy me love
#125490: Feb 26th 2021 at 12:47:55 PM

[up]x4 I would highly recommend the issues drawn by Paul Gulacy and written by Doug Moench in the 70s, if you can get a hand on them.

Edited by ClancyGardener on Feb 26th 2021 at 12:48:48 PM

Trope Editor (he/him)
Beatman1 Since: Feb, 2014 Relationship Status: Gone fishin'
#125491: Feb 26th 2021 at 12:48:13 PM

[up][up][up]That was his creation. Built to capitalize on the kung-fu trend, and originally the son of Fu Manchu. It's no wonder they keep trying to redo his origin.

Edited by Beatman1 on Feb 26th 2021 at 3:48:28 PM

Akirakan Since: Feb, 2015 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
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
#125493: Feb 26th 2021 at 1:38:18 PM

[up]x3 & [up]x6: Thanks, I will try to get my hands on those.

I'm somehow relieved to hear that he's a minor character, because I had never heard about him before. I'm very, very far from being a comic buff, but I usually manage to have at least a cursory knowledge of the heroes most likely to appear in films (though I had never heard of Photon before reading the comments on Captain Marvel either).

Whatever your favourite work is, there is a Vocal Minority that considers it the Worst. Whatever. Ever!.
comicwriter Since: Sep, 2011
#125494: Feb 26th 2021 at 5:46:17 PM

[up]He's also the subject of an arc of Secret Avengers that deals with his family legacy.

FOFD Since: Apr, 2013
#125495: Feb 26th 2021 at 6:47:07 PM

I'm trying to imagine an alternate universe where Tony's recklessness got him killed here.

Edited by FOFD on Feb 26th 2021 at 6:48:57 AM

Bocaj Funny but not helpful from Here or thereabouts (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
Funny but not helpful
#125496: Feb 26th 2021 at 6:51:18 PM

That’s good fodder for a What If

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Tuckerscreator (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Drift compatible
#125497: Feb 26th 2021 at 6:57:28 PM

Tony dies, Stane builds the Iron Monger (unclear if he could eventually manufacture its power source), the Mark II is probably claimed by Stane too, he's possibly arrested or killed later, events of The First Avenger and Thor proceed pretty much like normal, come The Avengers Loki wreaks havoc in Germany until Thor stops him, Hawkeye's attack on the Helicarrier sinks it without anyone to repair the rotors, Loki has to pick some other flashy place with a reactor to unleash his army, Avengers fight the Chitauri with even heavier casualties, someone else has to stop the nuke fired at Manhattan (Thor?) which the Avengers may get no warning about if Fury died when the Helicarrier crashed, and that's just Phase 1.

Edited by Tuckerscreator on Feb 26th 2021 at 6:59:14 AM

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#125498: Feb 26th 2021 at 7:19:32 PM

Damn. That's a lot of lives saved because Tony nearly killed himself by not considering the icing problem.

One Strip! One Strip!
Bocaj Funny but not helpful from Here or thereabouts (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
Funny but not helpful
#125499: Feb 26th 2021 at 7:20:53 PM

Tony is a force of good in the universe that balances out Tony as a source of petty grievances

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HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#125500: Feb 26th 2021 at 7:26:16 PM

[up]

Pssh! Now you're talking crazy.

That's like saying Magneto is wrong, or Spiderman isn't responsible for the death of Gwen Stacy.

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