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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

comicwriter Since: Sep, 2011
#24626: Jan 5th 2015 at 5:02:29 PM

[up][up][up]I forgot that one.

Who is the idiot who passed up the opportunity for an Age of Ultron Quicksilver motorcycle?

edited 5th Jan '15 5:02:53 PM by comicwriter

spashthebandragon thebandragoness from USA Since: Feb, 2010 Relationship Status: Yes, I'm alone, but I'm alone and free
thebandragoness
#24627: Jan 5th 2015 at 5:44:24 PM

[up][up]Gaaaaah, that's not Godfrey's glorious Young Justice voice! It sounds so strange to my poor little ears!

Also, that clearly provides a totally plausible reason for Flash to have a Flashmobile. So he can have sex in it.

I've got fanfics for Frozen, Spectacular Spider-Man, Crash Bandicoot, and Spyro the Dragon.
VeryMelon Since: Jul, 2011 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#24628: Jan 5th 2015 at 5:45:42 PM

Oh these are fantastic to remember.

Canid117 Since: Oct, 2010 Relationship Status: Hello, I love you
#24629: Jan 5th 2015 at 5:51:41 PM

[up][up]And the way he invited Green Lantern inside.

"War without fire is like sausages without mustard." - Jean Juvénal des Ursins
Mattonymy Mr. Dr. from The Evils of Free Will Since: Jul, 2010
Mr. Dr.
#24630: Jan 5th 2015 at 6:12:07 PM

Someone mentioned "Jan's hair" in the previous page.

Does this mean she's not going to be killed off then?!

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Canid117 Since: Oct, 2010 Relationship Status: Hello, I love you
#24631: Jan 5th 2015 at 6:16:46 PM

There is a flash of an image in the Teaser where someone who may or may not be Evangeline Lilly possessed a bob haircut very much like the one Jan has been sporting for several years in the comics.

"War without fire is like sausages without mustard." - Jean Juvénal des Ursins
KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#24632: Jan 5th 2015 at 6:17:56 PM

"Killed off" implies that she would die during the course of the plot. It seems more likely that she's going to be a Posthumous Character.

Also, that was apparently Hope Van Dyne wearing her mother's hairstyle. Or maybe not. We'll see tomorrow.

[nja]'d.

edited 5th Jan '15 6:19:10 PM by KnownUnknown

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.
#24633: Jan 5th 2015 at 8:47:51 PM

Also, that clearly provides a totally plausible reason for Flash to have a Flashmobile. So he can have sex in it.

Well, that one button's function was somewhat suggestive...

It's weird - despite calling himself "The Glorious One", Godfrey just seems to be a regular human television host in this show, albeit kind of a jackass. Perhaps he was in hiding after Darkseid's death?

edited 5th Jan '15 8:48:10 PM by KarkatTheDalek

Oh God! Natural light!
VeryMelon Since: Jul, 2011 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#24634: Jan 5th 2015 at 8:48:38 PM

DCAU Godfrey was a normal human.

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.
#24635: Jan 5th 2015 at 9:02:48 PM

[up] I guess. Still, the idea is intriguing. There's another New Gods plot in there somewhere...

Oh God! Natural light!
LDragon2 Since: Dec, 2011
#24636: Jan 6th 2015 at 1:10:11 AM

Ant-Man trailer is tomorrow? Dang, I almost forgot. tongue

You know what I want Marvel Studios to do from know on? Get the fight choreographer from WS for all of their films Seriously, that dude deserves a fricken award.

Though I do have one nitpick. During the highway scene where Winter Soldier kills Sitwell and the like, why didn't he just shoot the heroes' car with his grenade launcher?

Tuckerscreator (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Drift compatible
#24637: Jan 6th 2015 at 1:19:44 AM

Probably because it's harder to hit a moving vehicle with a grenade launcher, especially when you're also in/on a moving vehicle and fairly close to your target. They only busted out the weapons after the first plan of "crash the car with them in it" failed.

KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#24638: Jan 6th 2015 at 1:22:33 AM

Also, singling out the informant just before he's about to say something is more dramatic.

If there's anything HYDRA loves, it's drama. And after decades of hiding themselves within SHIELD, unable to express themselves, dammit they're gonna hit every dramatic trope for what it's worth if it kills them. Which, funnily enough, it kind of did.

edited 6th Jan '15 1:23:02 AM by KnownUnknown

edvedd Darling. from At the boutique, dear. Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: We finish each other's sandwiches
Darling.
#24639: Jan 6th 2015 at 2:11:01 AM

[up][up][up]Star Wars got the guys from The Raid to help with their movie. I wonder...

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Nohbody "In distress", my ass. from Somewhere in Dixie Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Mu
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#24641: Jan 6th 2015 at 7:50:12 AM

The grenade launcher is a fairly large weapon and reasonably unwieldy while scrunched into a small car. Both Cap and the other drivers on the highway would notice a large man with a metal arm leaning out of his vehicle trying to aim a heavy firearm. It would not be possible to use it inconspicuously, and both highway conditions and the nature of hitting a moving target from a position that is also moving more or less ensure the shot would miss anyway.

Also remember that the projectile appears to magnetize onto the target car rather than simply flying in a straight line. This means it would likely be attracted to the first vehicle it comes near, making it impossible to effectively use on a busy highway anyway.

edited 6th Jan '15 7:55:20 AM by TobiasDrake

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Beaver Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#24642: Jan 6th 2015 at 8:20:09 AM

It would be really easy for HYDRA to kill Nick Fury quietly with no one suspecting anything. But for some reason, they decide to stage a massive shootout.

Is this a Jo Jo reference?
comicwriter Since: Sep, 2011
#24643: Jan 6th 2015 at 8:31:50 AM

I think at that point they were trying to do so as quickly as possible, which is why they started shooting as soon as he left the building.

They knew he knew something was up and probably assumed if they didn't silence him quickly he'd start telling people (which he tried to; he immediately called up Maria and told her to come to D.C.)

Mattonymy Mr. Dr. from The Evils of Free Will Since: Jul, 2010
Mr. Dr.
#24644: Jan 6th 2015 at 9:13:24 AM

Agent Carter airs today! Hayley Atwell FTW!

Anyone think that Tommy Lee Jones might make a small cameo like Nick Fury in Agents?

You are displaying abnormally high compulsions to over-analyze works of fiction and media. Diagnosis: TV Tropes Addiction.
comicwriter Since: Sep, 2011
#24645: Jan 6th 2015 at 9:16:17 AM

First Ant-Man poster.

Also, possibly late but Hayley Atwell says Agent Carter has connections to both The First Avenger (OBVIOUSLY) and Ant-Man.

edited 6th Jan '15 9:27:39 AM by comicwriter

Mattonymy Mr. Dr. from The Evils of Free Will Since: Jul, 2010
Mr. Dr.
#24646: Jan 6th 2015 at 9:58:58 AM

Which Ant Man?

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stingerbrg Since: Jun, 2009
#24647: Jan 6th 2015 at 10:03:34 AM

Probably the one that's an old guy in the movie.

comicwriter Since: Sep, 2011
#24648: Jan 6th 2015 at 10:27:03 AM

Yeah I thought that was obvious.

SonOfSharknado Love is Love is Love Since: Oct, 2013 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
Love is Love is Love
#24650: Jan 6th 2015 at 11:06:51 AM

Not bad.

Still hope we get at least a photo of Pym in the red-and-blue Spandex-y costume. "It was the 60s, leave me alone."

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