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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

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
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#23326: Dec 5th 2014 at 2:46:48 PM

[up] Aw, but that's boorrring...

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Hodor Cleric of Banjo from Westeros Since: Dec, 1969
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#23327: Dec 5th 2014 at 2:49:16 PM

Yeah, I know it is an obvious bit of "realism".

One other consideration I had though is that it would make him scarier if besides the Red Right Hand he really didn't look different than a normal person, which would also make it harder for his victims to realize he was controlling them.

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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
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#23328: Dec 5th 2014 at 2:52:05 PM

[up] I suppose that would work if he started out like that, then turned purple later on.

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#23329: Dec 5th 2014 at 3:09:09 PM

[up][up][up][up][up]I remember way back when this show was first announced Rosenberg said Carol was going to appear as one of the major supporting parts. I imagine that's no longer the case since she's getting her own movie, unfortunately.

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#23330: Dec 5th 2014 at 4:08:24 PM

He just needs to have an odd fetish for bathing in grape juice. Bam, justified.

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#23332: Dec 5th 2014 at 4:42:34 PM

Maybe he likes purple suits and they just call him "the man in purple"

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#23333: Dec 5th 2014 at 5:13:30 PM

I don't see what's wrong with him just being purple.

What they really need to work on is his development. He was a spy, then he got dosed in chemicals, then he discovered he could control the minds of people. Rather than use this power to live as a king without openly doing anything illegal, he immediately decided to crime.

Purple Man is the type of character that necessarily must be written stupidly, because if he was written intelligently, he could live out the rest of his days without ever crossing a law officer or superhero's path.

edited 5th Dec '14 5:14:43 PM by TobiasDrake

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#23335: Dec 5th 2014 at 6:06:24 PM

That might mean a trailer soon.

kalel94 Rascal King from Dragonstone Since: Feb, 2011
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#23336: Dec 5th 2014 at 6:24:47 PM

Yeah, I don't see why someone having purple skin is suddenly crossing some line of disbelief. Hulk has green skin.

As for him being "written stupidly", well, sometimes it's just that the character himself is stupid. Chalk it up to human error. These guys don't have the hindsight we do.

edited 5th Dec '14 6:28:23 PM by kalel94

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#23337: Dec 5th 2014 at 6:34:57 PM

It doesn't take much hindsight to be able to control minds so completely you can basically live invisibly and without disrupting the world order in a manner in which you'll be noticed. You would have to be megamaniacal and arrogant and want far too much out of life to screw up having the Purple Man's powerset.

The issue is that he has to do something to draw the attention of heroes in order to be interesting.

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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
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#23338: Dec 5th 2014 at 6:49:51 PM

[up] You could make him smart, if sadistic. It wouldn't be implausible for him to screw up once, which gets, say, Coulson's team on his trail (they probably wouldn't be involved, but I guess we'll see).

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#23339: Dec 5th 2014 at 7:37:06 PM

It depends on how he is written but Purple Man is usually depicted as someone whose desire to cause mayhem simply outweighs the Cut Lex Luthor a Check aspect. He could use his abilities to become legitimately wealthy or powerful but he simply prefers to use them to kill, torture, and rape people because he's a sick fuck who finds stuff like that amusing.

edited 7th Dec '14 1:52:16 PM by comicwriter

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#23340: Dec 5th 2014 at 7:55:17 PM

That's a thing comics these days love exploring. After a while many writers realized the Cut Lex Luthor a Check made plots make a seriously small amount of sense, so they ended up noticing the obvious: Comic book villains are mentally unhealthy people.

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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
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#23342: Dec 7th 2014 at 5:09:56 PM

[up] Thanos vs. the World. (That actually works, what with Death and all).

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#23343: Dec 7th 2014 at 6:45:17 PM

I want to see that drawn in the Scott Pilgrim art style.

jdj42 Since: Oct, 2012
#23344: Dec 8th 2014 at 4:39:15 AM

[up][up] Don't you mean Thanos versus the universe?

edited 8th Dec '14 8:51:07 AM by jdj42

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#23345: Dec 8th 2014 at 8:31:09 AM

Eh, I'm more partial towards Thanos: The Hand of Fate myself.

edited 8th Dec '14 8:31:53 AM by Nightwire

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#23346: Dec 8th 2014 at 8:33:38 AM

if there are multiple books/issues they can be named multiple things

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#23347: Dec 8th 2014 at 8:48:49 AM

Any reason why they're keeping Coulson out of the upcoming films?

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#23348: Dec 8th 2014 at 8:53:54 AM

They'd have to explain how he's alive to thsoe who don't watch Ao S, which could get kinda awkward. Additionally, New-SHIELD is pretty underground so they probably wouldn't jump right into a conflict the whole world will see.

Hodor Cleric of Banjo from Westeros Since: Dec, 1969
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#23349: Dec 8th 2014 at 8:58:33 AM

I'd like for Loki to see him alive in a film and comment something to the effect of "No harm, no foul amirite?"

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Gaon Smoking Snake from Grim Up North Since: Jun, 2012 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
#23350: Dec 8th 2014 at 9:04:30 AM

What I'd like to see is Loki crossing paths with Thanos and desperately trying to make up excuses as to why he lost the scepter while stuttering in terror.

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