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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
#22601: Nov 13th 2014 at 4:31:30 PM

Grimms tales are arguably easy to give Adaptation Expansion to because of their basic structure and the way their themes are portrayed. Beauty And The Beast is another one that hits most of the points of its original story and just adds a bunch of stuff on top of it.

Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#22602: Nov 13th 2014 at 4:45:17 PM

I really like Hunchback of Notre Dame even though it's a complete bastardization of the original book.

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LordOfLore Since: Jun, 2012 Relationship Status: Consider his love an honor
#22603: Nov 14th 2014 at 11:58:17 AM

So what did Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D actually reveal about the Inhumans? The show isn't being shown here after the many breaks and poor ratings from last season.

edited 14th Nov '14 11:59:11 AM by LordOfLore

Bocaj Funny but not helpful from Here or thereabouts (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
Funny but not helpful
#22604: Nov 14th 2014 at 12:02:19 PM

Nothing explicit but the carving that everyone injected with the alien juice has been doing are actually a 3d map of a city. And the city of Attilan is the main location of the Inhumans.

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Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#22605: Nov 14th 2014 at 12:07:29 PM

[up][up]So far, nothing official. They just dropped some hints which sound very much like Inhuman mythology.

BadWolf21 Since: May, 2010
#22606: Nov 14th 2014 at 12:11:53 PM

I'm honestly not sure if it's supposed to be Attilan. The donor still looks very much like a Kree.

I can see it happening, but I'm not sold yet.

comicwriter Since: Sep, 2011
#22607: Nov 14th 2014 at 12:13:15 PM

The donor probably was Kree but the Kree invented the Inhumans so it makes sense. They've also been hinting at the Inhumans with the character of Raina since season one.

BadWolf21 Since: May, 2010
#22608: Nov 14th 2014 at 12:17:19 PM

See, I don't buy that either. Whatever Raina's deal is, it's implied to be the same as Skye's, and Skye's is heavily hinted to be more directly extraterrestrial.

Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#22609: Nov 14th 2014 at 12:23:22 PM

[up]Not really. They only hinted that there might have been alien dna in her before she got injected with it a second time.

comicwriter Since: Sep, 2011
#22610: Nov 14th 2014 at 12:27:58 PM

All we know about Skye is that her dad is apparently not quite human and that she has non-human DNA compatible with the Kree blood, which once again fits since the Kree were the ones who made the Inhumans.

All the stuff with Raina talking about how her grandmother told her fairytales of her people and how she's obsessed with the concept of evolution all point this direction as well. Especially since in the first season finale she asked the Clairvoyant "What will I become?"

CassidyTheDevil Since: Jan, 2013
#22612: Nov 14th 2014 at 1:40:31 PM

Is Inhumans being in the films supposed to be a big deal? Were they some unspeakable taboo or something?

comicwriter Since: Sep, 2011
#22613: Nov 14th 2014 at 1:43:39 PM

I'm not sure what exactly you're asking. Taboo?

MousaThe14 Writer, Artist, Ignored from Northern Virginia Since: Jan, 2011 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
Writer, Artist, Ignored
#22614: Nov 14th 2014 at 2:08:40 PM

@Cassidy, now you're just confusing me. Care to elaborate?

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GethKnight Since: Apr, 2010
#22615: Nov 14th 2014 at 2:10:06 PM

They're X-Men on the Moon. Not taboo to use, just something unlikely. Like an Iron Man movie or Guardians of the Galaxy.

CassidyTheDevil Since: Jan, 2013
#22616: Nov 14th 2014 at 2:20:08 PM

You know, taboo? Like, the authors or the directors or whoever don't want to use the Inhumans in a Marvel movie because they're afraid of new things or whatever.

GethKnight Since: Apr, 2010
#22617: Nov 14th 2014 at 2:29:15 PM

Like a talking tree or a raccoon with a machine gun?

KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#22618: Nov 14th 2014 at 2:33:18 PM

[up][up] Where did you hear this?

Granted, there is some Word of God out there about Feige saying specifically that Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch wouldn't be Inhumans that I wouldn't be surprised got exaggerated into "Feige doesn't want to use the Inhumans" somewhere along the grapevine.

The internet is rather like a giant game of Telephone sometimes.

edited 14th Nov '14 2:35:47 PM by KnownUnknown

CassidyTheDevil Since: Jan, 2013
#22619: Nov 14th 2014 at 2:33:46 PM

Is Inhumans being in the films supposed to be a big deal? Were they some unspeakable taboo or something?

VeryMelon Since: Jul, 2011 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#22620: Nov 14th 2014 at 2:36:36 PM

You aren't being very comprehensible right now.

Hodor Cleric of Banjo from Westeros Since: Dec, 1969
Cleric of Banjo
#22622: Nov 14th 2014 at 3:43:25 PM

(Looks up Daniel Bruhl)

Very prestigious resume. I see he was in Goodbye Lenin.

Not to engage in stereotypes, but seeing as he's German, I wonder if he will be one of HYDRA's... unreconstructed members.

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3of4 Just a harmless giant from a foreign land. from Five Seconds in the Future. Since: Jan, 2010 Relationship Status: GAR for Archer
Just a harmless giant from a foreign land.
#22623: Nov 14th 2014 at 3:49:54 PM

[up]We'll see.

I mean, you could say the same about Thomas Kretschmann...but playing Nazi's and Wehrmacht is kinda half his vita! :P

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comicwriter Since: Sep, 2011
#22624: Nov 14th 2014 at 3:50:27 PM

I'm already seeing people suggest Baron Zemo.

Tuckerscreator (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Drift compatible
#22625: Nov 14th 2014 at 4:01:43 PM

He was also a German WWII sniper esteemed by the Nazis in Inglourious Basterds. And he raced against Thor in Rush.

edited 14th Nov '14 4:02:25 PM by Tuckerscreator


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