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Welcome to the main discussion thread for the Marvel Cinematic Universe! This pinned post is here to establish some basic guidelines. All of the Media Forum rules still apply.

  • This thread is for talking about the live-action films, TV shows, animated works, and related content that use the Marvel brand, currently owned by Disney.
  • While mild digressions are okay, discussion of the comic books should go in this thread. Extended digressions may be thumped as off-topic.
  • Spoilers for new releases should not be discussed without spoiler tagging for at least two weeks. Rather, each title should have a dedicated thread where that sort of conversation is held. We can mention new releases in a general sense, but please be courteous to people who don't want to be spoiled.

If you're posting tagged spoilers, make sure that the film or series is clearly identified outside the spoiler tagging. People need to know what will be spoiled before they choose to read the post.

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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

wanderlustwarrior Role Model from Where Gods Belong Since: Jun, 2009 Relationship Status: What's love got to do with it?
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#24451: Dec 31st 2014 at 9:11:58 PM

And here I thought that was going.g to end with a joke about Tony Stark the sexual harasser.

MiscellaneousSoup (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#24452: Dec 31st 2014 at 11:39:15 PM

Question: When should I stop reading this thread, for fear of spoilers?

Mattonymy Mr. Dr. from The Evils of Free Will Since: Jul, 2010
Mr. Dr.
#24453: Jan 1st 2015 at 1:38:47 AM

Depends on what you've seen. If you're caught up to Winter Soldier, then you can freely browse but if you're still at Iron Man then you've got a full weekend ahead for you.

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#24454: Jan 1st 2015 at 7:15:09 AM

Until the day of the film's release, spoilers have to be spoiled marked like so: Wolverine died in Captain America 1.5: The Death of Fox's Money and has been a zombie in every MCU film he's appeared in ever since. People typically continue spoilermarking for a while, but that's the point where I usually jettison the thread and return once I've seen it.

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Mattonymy Mr. Dr. from The Evils of Free Will Since: Jul, 2010
Mr. Dr.
#24455: Jan 1st 2015 at 8:27:54 AM

[up]Actually, I think the official rule is that works from films (not in a series) have to wait a month before being free game, at least according to The Rules

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comicwriter Since: Sep, 2011
#24456: Jan 1st 2015 at 8:45:48 AM

We could always open a new thread for whichever movie four years before it's out.

Mattonymy Mr. Dr. from The Evils of Free Will Since: Jul, 2010
Mr. Dr.
#24457: Jan 1st 2015 at 8:50:58 AM

Gotcha covered tongue

edited 1st Jan '15 8:52:01 AM by Mattonymy

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MiscellaneousSoup (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#24459: Jan 1st 2015 at 11:14:03 AM

Okay, because I saw some spoiler tags for The Avengers: Age Of Ultron on the previous page. I managed not to read the spoilers. If I stop reading this thread by, say, March or April, would that work? I've had every MCU film after The Avengers ruined for me by various people. I really don't want it to happen again.

swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#24460: Jan 1st 2015 at 11:23:17 AM

I would stop reading now to be on the safe side. There are some spoilers bound to drop now that we are nearing the release date.

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#24461: Jan 1st 2015 at 11:24:12 AM

HYDRA is probably looking to leak more things.

MiscellaneousSoup (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#24462: Jan 1st 2015 at 11:39:05 AM

Okay. In that case, goodbye! I'll see you all in June or July, because I doubt that I'll be able to see the next MCU film precisely when it comes out.

Mattonymy Mr. Dr. from The Evils of Free Will Since: Jul, 2010
Mr. Dr.
#24463: Jan 1st 2015 at 12:00:08 PM

Spoiler Alert: Stan Lee appears in the film

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#24464: Jan 1st 2015 at 1:46:11 PM

And even with the spoiler text, it can sometimes be easy to tell what the spoilers are anyway. Like, I managed to get spoiled on the appearance of an Infinity Gem in Thor The Dark World by such discussions as

"Can you believe an Infinity Gem is in the movie? I can't wait to see the rest of them! I know they hinted at it in the first Thor, but I didn't think they'd actually do it!"

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#24465: Jan 1st 2015 at 1:56:51 PM

I remember a hilarious spoiler text once where someone thought writing "she" was enough to hide anything. But sometimes even avoiding here isn't safe. I stayed out of any Tv Tropes discussions of The Winter Soldier, only to get spoiled everything on HYDRA by casual Twitter comments and merely seeing "Hail HYDRA" trending everywhere.

Mattonymy Mr. Dr. from The Evils of Free Will Since: Jul, 2010
Mr. Dr.
#24466: Jan 1st 2015 at 2:02:59 PM

[up] [up]Well at that point you could easily replace [Spoiler Redacted] for any other McGuffin collectable and people would still know what you're referring to.

edited 1st Jan '15 2:03:48 PM by Mattonymy

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Discar Since: Jun, 2009
#24467: Jan 1st 2015 at 2:05:20 PM

That's why sometimes on forums people just go whole-hog and tag the whole damn post. It's easier on the webcomic forum, where there's just a five-post buffer between the latest strip and spoilers off.

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LordofLore Since: Jun, 2012 Relationship Status: Consider his love an honor
#24468: Jan 1st 2015 at 2:09:28 PM

I usually go with 3 months for most things from the latest movie/book/game and then I usually keep the big spoilers still hidden but stops tagging the entire post. The 5 post rule is also what we do in the manga threads.

Btw, posting a list of villains I want to see in future movies later. Does anyone have that list of the contract lengths for the different actors?

edited 1st Jan '15 2:48:46 PM by LordofLore

swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#24469: Jan 1st 2015 at 2:54:30 PM

I linked one a while back....Marvel Movie Magic on Wordpress did a complete list with the length of the different contracts as far as they are known. Haven't the time to search for the post, though. Remind me later (unless you find it on your own).

KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#24470: Jan 1st 2015 at 2:57:54 PM

I have a tendency to scroll down stages via highlighting. Which... has typically screwed my over when it comes to avoiding spoilers, especially given my other tendency to enter threads on autopilot.

This year (well, last year) was the first time ever that I successfully avoided being spoiled for an MCU movie. Yay!

Falrinn Since: Dec, 2014
#24472: Jan 1st 2015 at 5:54:25 PM

[up]

Neat.

I'm actually a little surprised we are getting a second trailer so quickly. I expected a second one in late February or March, but not January.

My guess is that they want to show off the Vision in a trailer and his SFK wasn't done when they put together the first trailer. They haven't been holding back in terms of concept art, which tells me they aren't interested in keeping him completely under wraps.

I don't know if they'll go this route but I'd love to see the trailer be built around a "debate" between Vision and Ultron dealing with their opposing outlooks on humanity.

WarriorEowyn from Victoria Since: Oct, 2010
#24473: Jan 1st 2015 at 7:39:30 PM

I hope they hold back on how much they show in the trailers. All too often, I go to a movie and feel like nothing's surprising because I've seen most of it in the trailers before. The Avengers was pretty bad in that respect - I could quote the Tony-Loki showdown in Stark Tower word-for-word before I'd even seen the movie, and it also gave away tons of the prior events (e.g.: Tony's statements make it clear that Loki has previously defeated the Avengers in some way that involves the Hulk).

I don't want a Cliff Notes of the plot before I actually see the movie. (And no, I don't have the self-control to simply not watch the trailers. Not even close.)

Mattonymy Mr. Dr. from The Evils of Free Will Since: Jul, 2010
Mr. Dr.
#24474: Jan 1st 2015 at 8:40:57 PM

Crosses fingers for Maria Hill action

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swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#24475: Jan 1st 2015 at 11:44:08 PM

It's kind of amusing that we now get trailers for the upcoming trailers....


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