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Spoilers Marvel Cinematic Universe spoiler-heavy speculation thread

What grade would you give the Marvel Cinematic Universe? (Ever-Changing Question)

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Anwar said:
Right, right right, killing off characters is the only way to have "stakes" and "tension".
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Well...he COULD retire or be incapacitated due to his heart...I know that was a plotline before....but now for real.

For me it might be if be get too much Loki...excellent villain and actor...but there should be a limit
 
Alidar Jarok said:
I also read some Roy Thomas Thor stuff with the Eternals I found to be about as dull as dishwater.
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I know exactly the storyline you're talking about -- Roy Thomas uses the framework of Thor to retell Wagner's Ring of the Nibelung. Then Thomas left the book halfway through, so Mark Gruenwald had to finish it. I'm not a huge Ring nerd (there are such things), but I like the story and music of the Ring, and when I heard about this I had to track it down, and it was every bit as weird -- and, frankly, dull -- as its reputation.

I've read the Neil Gaiman/John Romita, Jr. Eternals series from about fifteen years ago. I think the only reason it exists is that Gaiman wanted to write something "cosmic." If you like Romita, it looks nice.
 
IMO a lot of characters had to die in order to make room for the new ones.

My theory is some of the original MCU Avengers will ultimately have to sacrifice themselves to ensure that the new ones live on.

I'm not gonna trust any 'deaths' in Infinity War until Avengers 4 is out.
 
Allyn Gibson said:
I've read the Neil Gaiman/John Romita, Jr. Eternals series from about fifteen years ago. I think the only reason it exists is that Gaiman wanted to write something "cosmic." If you like Romita, it looks nice.
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I just reread that yesterday. I rather liked it.
 
Morpheus 02 said:
Hey...does Black Panther count as part of Sebastian Stan's 9 picture deal? How many more does he have?

Ans also curious....who are the youngest MCU actors , specifically the Heroes...just wondering who might have the longest time in the MCU after the first generation is done
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Elizabeth Olsen at 29, and Tom Holland at 21 are the two youngest cast members of Infinity War, most of the others are in their 30s-50s.
 
Allyn Gibson said:
I've read the Neil Gaiman/John Romita, Jr. Eternals series from about fifteen years ago. I think the only reason it exists is that Gaiman wanted to write something "cosmic." If you like Romita, it looks nice.
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I had forgotten about that series. I should check my library to see if they have it. I'm a huge Gaiman fan and I'll read anything he writes.
 
Turtletrekker said:
Lots and lots of rumors.

Black Widow is reportedly to be a prequel set before Iron Man 2. Interesting if true. We could see her past with Hawkeye and Bucky and finally learn what went down in Budapest, but I'd rather her story move forward.

Marvel is actively developing Jack Kirby's Eternals. I can see this working, but would rather that Marvel had been patient and given Inhumans the big-screen treatment that it deserved.

Finally, Nova has "immediate potential".
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Nova better be Richard Rider and not the 5 year old (I think his name is Sam), otherwise that will definitely be a skip for me. Black Widow sounds interesting, I'd definitely be up for a prequel (it could mean more Sam Jackson, and maybe some Coulson).

The Eternals are a group I like but haven't read much of. As long as they don't use a single word from Gaiman's run (which is one of the only not good comics he's written, in my opinion) I'm definitely interested, although not as much as I would have been in a real Inhumans movie.
 
Anwar said:
Eh, wouldn't matter...the deal Marvel had with Fox means that if they try to sell to another company then the Marvel rights FOX has would automatically revert.
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That could be worse. If Comcast then litigates and argues that they Fox didn't sell off the rights, but the company was acquired so rights remain.

Was the agreement specific enough to differentiate between selling off the rights and the company which owned the rights being taken over?
 
FreezeC77 said:
That could be worse. If Comcast then litigates and argues that they Fox didn't sell off the rights, but the company was acquired so rights remain.

Was the agreement specific enough to differentiate between selling off the rights and the company which owned the rights being taken over?
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I think it was.
 
crookeddy said:
Isn't that the best outcome for the industry then? Universal and Fox unite to take on Disney, while we comic nerds get some great characters in the MCU.
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Comcast is a giant company as well. The reason Fox didn't sell to Comcast is because they thought there would be bigger antitrust issues than selling to Disney.
 
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