Spoilers Marvel Cinematic Universe spoiler-heavy speculation thread
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According to the official timeline, Iron Man took place in 2008 and The Marvels takes place in 2025, so about 17ish years. The real world has been catching up to the MCU timeline slowly but surely.
But The Incredible Hulk, despite coming out in 2008, takes place in the same week as Iron Man 2 and Thor. The MCU Wiki places them in 2010.
As a former admin at that site, believe me when I say there are certain aspects of the timeline that they won't budge on despite any and all evidence to the contrary. I'm going by the official chronology released by Marvel last year, which I have sitting right next to me at the moment.
I suspect that the thing they won't budge on is the tag at the beginning of Iron Man 2 that reads "six months later". But, just like the tag in Spider-Man Homecoming claiming that The Avengers took place 8 years prior rather than 4, that is something that needs to be discarded for the larger timeline to make sense.
I suspect that the thing they won't budge on is the tag at the beginning of Iron Man 2 that reads "six months later". But, just like the tag in Spider-Man Homecoming claiming that The Avengers took place 8 years prior rather than 4, that is something that needs to be discarded for the larger timeline to make sense.
I think it's something like in the 5 years since Endgame (real world) the MCU has aged maybe 2.5 to 3 yrs. With nothing else until Agatha series in the fall and no movie until 2025 (Captain America) with Deadpool probably not being inside the MCU's main universe much (if at all?) there's probably not going to be much chronological movement there either. So MCU prob will be around maybe 2 years ahead of the real world by the time they get back into regular movie releases.
Does the official timeline ignore the six months later for IM2, and Avengers being 8 years before Homecoming?
The official timeline book has Iron Man taking place in spring of 2008 and Iron Man 2 taking place in spring of 2010. Everyone ignores the "8 years ago" line in Spider-Man Homecoming because it was just flat out wrong from the start. It had been 8 years since Iron Man, not The Battle of New York.
In most cases in which there is a discrepancy, there will be a "TVA Alert" in the book from Miss Minutes. About the discrepancy in Homecoming, Miss Minutes says, "This one's a real head scratcher for us -- I reckon an Analyst misplaced the case file."
However, in the case of Iron Man 2, there is no TVA Alert with Miss Minutes. The text of the book straight up says that Tony Stark has been Iron Man for 2 years.
The book also shows Anton Vanko preparing for his confrontation with Tony for the span of 2008-2010. "The 6 months later" line could perhaps refer to the last time we saw Vanko in his arc-reactor building montage, rather than the events of the first movie.
However, in the case of Iron Man 2, there is no TVA Alert with Miss Minutes. The text of the book straight up says that Tony Stark has been Iron Man for 2 years.
The book also shows Anton Vanko preparing for his confrontation with Tony for the span of 2008-2010. "The 6 months later" line could perhaps refer to the last time we saw Vanko in his arc-reactor building montage, rather than the events of the first movie.
Nice; can Andor S1 be far behind?Looks like the physical releases of Loki & Wandavision did well as F&TWS and Moon Knight are next at end of April. No Hawkeye though; maybe saving it for a release date closer to Christmas?
*searches* Nope; it's coming, too!
Giancarlo Esposito Still Wants to Play Professor X — But With a Big Twist
African American Professor X played by Esposito? Sure.
African American Professor X played by Esposito NOT in a wheelchair? No thank you, sir.
African American Professor X played by Esposito? Sure.
African American Professor X played by Esposito NOT in a wheelchair? No thank you, sir.
Oh, I have to agree. The wheelchair is more iconic than the bald head.
To be fair, Professor X has been freely walking around for most of the time I've been a regular comic reader, so since the mid 2000s (not counting the times that he's been dead). A Professor X without the chair is just as common as one with the chair at this point, at least from the perspective of a comic reader.
I've been reading comics for 40+ years and Xavier has been in and out of his chair multiple times. So, Xavier walking doesn't bother me.
Beau DeMayo has been fired as writer/producer for 'X-Men 97' days before its launch. He's also simultaneously deleted his own social media accounts. Bad news incoming? (He was accused of unpleasant behaviour when he worked on 'The Witcher' I recall.)
https://deadline.com/2024/03/x-men-...arvel-disney-plus-animated-series-1235856406/
https://deadline.com/2024/03/x-men-...arvel-disney-plus-animated-series-1235856406/
Sounds like potentially good news, if they hire a replacement showrunner who treats the staff better. The story direction might change, but that wouldn't necessarily be a bad thing. You can see a distinct change in the writing between season 1 of the original X-Men animated series and subsequent seasons. Characters in season 1 were portrayed or given cameos in ways that didn't make sense in context of how they were later developed. The X-Men only called each other by their code names in season 1 (leading to the wince-inducing finale moment: "Jean, will you marry me?" "Oh, Cyclops!"), but used real names more often in later seasons. And the change made the show better, more faithful to the comics.