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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

lbssb The sleepiest good boi Since: Jun, 2020 Relationship Status: is commanded to— WANK!
The sleepiest good boi
#138051: Dec 15th 2021 at 3:59:49 PM

Oh, man, I also had one like you guys did.

Mine had me getting into the theater and sitting down to watch the movie... and then for some reason, they started showing Zack Snyder's Justice League instead of No Way Home. When I got up to ask the manager what was going on, I found the door locked, so I had to sit there the full four hours.

Curiously, Tobey Maguire was still in it. He showed up as Hal Jordan at some point and dream-me didn't question it at all.

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KarkatTheDalek Not as angry as the name would suggest. from Somwhere in Time/Space Since: Mar, 2012 Relationship Status: You're a beautiful woman, probably
Not as angry as the name would suggest.
#138052: Dec 15th 2021 at 4:13:12 PM

[up] Okay, this one wins.

And now I’m picturing Bully Maquire as Parallax!Hal.

Edited by KarkatTheDalek on Dec 15th 2021 at 7:13:54 AM

Oh God! Natural light!
Weirdguy149 Former King from Lumiose City Since: Jul, 2014 Relationship Status: I'd jump in front of a train for ya!
Former King
#138053: Dec 15th 2021 at 4:16:23 PM

And then Norman Sinestro floats in and says "You see, I am somewhat of a Yellow Lantern myself."

The legend has returned.
chasemaddigan I'm Sad Frogerson. Since: Oct, 2011
I'm Sad Frogerson.
#138054: Dec 15th 2021 at 4:17:25 PM

Oh, I do remember one pre-release dream I had, but this was for Avengers: Endgame.

It was kind of mundane by comparison, but I dreamt that shortly after the film came out, it turned out that the film scored a 56% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes'; making it the lowest-rated film in the MCU and the first one to be labeled as "Rotten" by the site.

I remember waking up kind of dreading the possibility of the film scoring that low in real-life and the sheer amount of Internet Backlash that would happen if it did.

Weirdguy149 Former King from Lumiose City Since: Jul, 2014 Relationship Status: I'd jump in front of a train for ya!
Former King
#138055: Dec 15th 2021 at 4:19:49 PM

Meanwhile, Eternals is at 47%. Even though to be honest, I think that it is nowhere near the worst.

The legend has returned.
FGHIK Since: Aug, 2013
#138056: Dec 15th 2021 at 4:57:07 PM

[up][up][up] I could actually see Dafoe fitting well in that role.

MatthewWayne The Tapestry Weaver from Camp Echo One Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: 700 wives and 300 concubines
The Tapestry Weaver
#138057: Dec 15th 2021 at 6:05:44 PM

[up][up] Yeah, agreed. I don't think it's my favorite film by any means, and I kinda wish it was an independent film concept unrelated to the MCU for the most part, but I think it's overhated.

Man, I wish I had crazy Spider-Man dreams. You guys all have vivid ones.

"I'm Mr. Blue, woah-woah-ooh..."
Gaon Smoking Snake from Grim Up North Since: Jun, 2012 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
#138058: Dec 15th 2021 at 6:12:49 PM

I didn't have any spider-man dreams, but I did have a dream I was Moon Knight, who was waking up from a dream. And that dream was the life I had lived up to that point, just a dream Moon Knight needed to wake from so I could serve Khonshu fully.

Now I live with the eternal question: Am I Gaon who dreamed he was Moon Knight, or Moon Knight who is still dreaming he is Gaon?

Particularly considering the Moon Knight trailer contains the line ""I can't tell the difference between my waking life and dreams."

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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
#138059: Dec 15th 2021 at 6:18:52 PM

[up]Go back to sleep, Confucius.

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Tuckerscreator (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Drift compatible
#138060: Dec 15th 2021 at 6:22:19 PM

By far the most surreal Marvel dream I had was a dream of that Ultron’s birth floating around the Internet made of orange boxes… before the movie came out. When I watched that scene I got very scared that either I was dreaming again or Disney found some way to pull memories from my head.

Gaon Smoking Snake from Grim Up North Since: Jun, 2012 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
#138061: Dec 15th 2021 at 6:25:03 PM

[up][up]Right country, wrong philosopher, actually. The philosopher who expressed a similar feeling was Zhuang Zhou in the Zhuangzi, who dreamed he was a butterfly, but when he woke up he knew not if he was a man who dreamed he was a butterfly or a butterfly still dreaming it's a man.

Granted, I think my version is much cooler. I'd rather be Moon Knight than a butterfly.

Edited by Gaon on Dec 15th 2021 at 6:32:10 AM

"All you Fascists bound to lose."
jjjj2 from Arrakis Since: Jul, 2015
#138062: Dec 15th 2021 at 6:27:07 PM

[up][up]But Jarvis is the orange one. Ultron is the blue one.

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slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#138063: Dec 15th 2021 at 6:43:12 PM

I wonder which Eternal will be playable in the next Ultimate Alliance.

"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
#138064: Dec 15th 2021 at 6:53:02 PM

Ikaris is my guess

You don’t really have to stretch yourself to make a moveset for him.

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Weirdguy149 Former King from Lumiose City Since: Jul, 2014 Relationship Status: I'd jump in front of a train for ya!
Former King
#138065: Dec 15th 2021 at 7:25:15 PM

I feel like you could have most of them fit super well. Probably not guys like Ajak, Sprite, or Druig, but definitely people like Ikaris, Makkari, or Thena.

Edited by Weirdguy149 on Dec 15th 2021 at 10:25:36 AM

The legend has returned.
slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#138066: Dec 15th 2021 at 7:34:48 PM

Hopefully the reception doesn't deter Marvel from using them in future products like with the Inhumans.

Obscure properties generally help to spice things up and Eternals has a pretty good mythology that makes them fun to use.

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#138067: Dec 15th 2021 at 8:36:59 PM

Well, I just watched Hawkeye's episode 5. Just wanna say something on its ending twist. Massive spoilers, obviously.

FUCK YES FUCK YES FUCK YES. The king is back in the MCU, baby.

Edited by Anomalocaris20 on Dec 15th 2021 at 11:38:23 AM

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Whowho Since: May, 2012
#138068: Dec 16th 2021 at 2:11:05 AM

Marvel has this thing that even when their films under perform, I end up being so invested in the characters that the idea of not seeing them aving subsequent appearences hurts a little.

Even though I love the Eternals film, ai understand why audiences and critics struggled with it, but I still want to see more from them regardless.

Ah well, What If serves a nice safety net for the MCU. Any character who fails to get their due in screen is sure to be utilised somewhere in that anthology it seems.

Heck I half expect the MCU to redeem my opinions of Malaketh at some point.

Watchtower Since: Jul, 2010
#138069: Dec 16th 2021 at 5:27:09 AM

Eternals is going to be fine financially, and I honestly think you can chalk up the RT score to Critical Backlash. A lot of critics came in expecting an "auteur blockbuster" typified by the works of Christopher Nolan, Denis Villeneuve, and even Zack Snyder, and what they got was a typical (if longer and messier) MCU film with only subtle touches of Chloé Zhao's style. There was a lot of pitting it and Dune (2021) as Dueling Works, and in that sense Dune came out the winner by miles. And to be fair, it's not like Marvel didn't hype up Eternals in this vein.

Still, the parts of the movie that needed to work work really well and Marvel has done a lot with worse material. So yeah, Eternals is gonna be fine.

Edited by Watchtower on Dec 16th 2021 at 10:45:38 AM

dmcreif Vault Dweller from Vault 33 (Troper Knight) Relationship Status: Robosexual
Vault Dweller
#138070: Dec 16th 2021 at 7:38:20 AM

Ah well, What If serves a nice safety net for the MCU. Any character who fails to get their due in screen is sure to be utilised somewhere in that anthology it seems.

Ultron has definitely been one of the most defining examples of this.

Okey Dokey!
MatthewWayne The Tapestry Weaver from Camp Echo One Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: 700 wives and 300 concubines
The Tapestry Weaver
#138071: Dec 16th 2021 at 9:47:12 AM

While I'm not exactly the biggest fan of Eternals, I generally agree that the film will do fine, and that the characters still have a lot of potential.

Personally, I'm very curious about what the spacebound Eternals and Starfox are going to do going forward.

"I'm Mr. Blue, woah-woah-ooh..."
Tuckerscreator (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Drift compatible
#138072: Dec 16th 2021 at 10:45:39 AM

Hasbro put out a preview of America Chavez’s action figure, and it turns out her jacket has “Amor es Amor” (“Love is Love” in Spanish) sewn on it.

That’s cute to see. smile

slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#138073: Dec 16th 2021 at 10:49:23 AM

We shall soon see her punch teleport stars into the interdimensional planes

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
lbssb The sleepiest good boi Since: Jun, 2020 Relationship Status: is commanded to— WANK!
The sleepiest good boi
#138074: Dec 16th 2021 at 10:57:17 AM

Got my opening night Spider-Man tickets!

Just one more day! One more day!

...Wait, that feels wrong to chant about a Spider-Man thing...

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Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#138075: Dec 16th 2021 at 10:59:11 AM

If you chant that three times you'll summon Mephisto!

have a listen and have a link to my discord server

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