Captain Marvel (2019)

[thribs]

I just said it was interesting that the movie is based on the latest version of her that’s only a few years old. I never said it was a issue.

 

[Reverend]

Infiltration of Stark Industries would make sense, as they represent the peak of human technology, so something to keep an eye on / influence.

Coulson would make no damn sense unless they're just going to ignore the show, which isn't unlikely unfortunately. Hard to believe that he died and got brought back to life via Kree DNA without his being a Skrull revealed somehow. Even ignoring the show, traditionally shapeshifters tend to change back when they die.

I think if the Skrull were to replace Tony that far back, it would have more to do with getting close to one of the heads of SHIELD than Stark Industries. I mean as advanced as Stark weapons are to us, to a species that's been in a thousands, possibly *millions* of years long war with a galaxy spanning empire, Stark is basically selling rocks and pointy sticks.

Even better idea: They replaced Peggy in the 60's or 70's and put her on ice so we get to have Hayley Atwell back, with no need for digital age make-up!

I just said it was interesting that the movie is based on the latest version of her that’s only a few years old. I never said it was a issue.

As opposed to the MCU's version of Nick Fury being the classic, well established white guy with the silver fox hair and not the more recent Sam Jackson lookalike---Oh wait...

 

[Reverend]

Double Post.

 

[The Nth Doctor]

Even better idea: They replaced Peggy in the 60's or 70's and put her on ice so we get to have Hayley Atwell back, with no need for digital age make-up!

This is the best idea I've seen yet.

 

[The Old Mixer]

I think if the Skrull were to replace Tony that far back, it would have more to do with getting close to one of the heads of SHIELD than Stark Industries. I mean as advanced as Stark weapons are to us, to a species that's been in a thousands, possibly *millions* of years long war with a galaxy spanning empire, Stark is basically selling rocks and pointy sticks.

I’m not saying Stark specifically...just someone on the inside.

 

[The Nth Doctor]

Yeah, that's what I'm saying, too. Further, it's not so much the weapon's company but because Tony is the son of the famous Howard Stark who did much more than found that company.

 

[Reverend]

My point was that the Skrulls getting someone close to Howard Stark (whomever that may be) isn't going to be because they're interested in his company, but because of his close connections with SHIELD, since they're a logical threat to a bunch of clandestine alien infiltrators.

Why the Skrulls are on Earth at all is the real question. Maybe they're after one of the two infinity stones known to be on the planet at the time? One of which Stark has (or had) locked up somewhere...

 

[JD]

Yeah, they'll probably after an Infinity Stone or some other McGuffin.

The trailers seems to quite clearly imply that all conscious memory of Earth and her life there has been erased or at least suppressed.

Yeah, it looks like the main story of the movie is going to be her returning to Earth and learning about her history there. Making her an alien or someone who didn't actually live that history would be a really odd choice.

One of the flashbacks seems to feature something alien blowing up in her face and infusing her with some kind of energy following what looks like a crash. I think it's safe to assume the basic gist of her comic origin is essentially the same. Meaning she's not a Kree or half-Kree programmed with human memories but a human accidentally infused with Kree DNA. Basically an ad-hoc Inhuman.

I missed that watching the trailer, but IGN and/or Io9 pointed it out in their analysis. The theory is that she's testing a new plane/craft in or near orbit, and that while up there she's runs into a Kree ship and they crash, and during the crash she's exposed to the energy that infuses her with Kree DNA and gives her her powers.

I think that if it's anyone (and I agree that it is a strong possibility), it'll be a supporting character. My money is on Happy or maybe even Pepper.

I think Happy would make the most sense, he's a character we're attached to, and whose reveal would be a big shock, but he's not important enough to either invalidate any stories by making him a bad guy, or whose lose would have a huge impact on whatever they have planned for the future.

Even better idea: They replaced Peggy in the 60's or 70's and put her on ice so we get to have Hayley Atwell back, with no need for digital age make-up!

OK, now I really, really want this to happen.

 

[Turtletrekker]

I think she'll regain her memory when she sees Chewie.

 

[Reverend]

I missed that watching the trailer, but IGN and/or Io9 pointed it out in their analysis. The theory is that she's testing a new plane/craft in or near orbit, and that while up there she's runs into a Kree ship and they crash, and during the crash she's exposed to the energy that infuses her with Kree DNA and gives her her powers.

Yeah, as I mentioned earlier, from the glimpses we've got of it I'm fairly certain it's an early model Quinjet. Indeed, I'm pretty sure that's what we see blow up right at the beginning of the trailer, with Carol in the ejection pod.

 

[Guy Gardener]

Okay, the one thing the Earth had which should have been respected and feared universally was the Ancient one defending this universe from the multidimensional horrors of the omniverse... Are we even sure that the Ancient one is Human?

Earth is from where the universe must be guarded, but when it comes time to chose a sorceror supreme, it'd be a little like the first few weeks of American idol from space, in the beginning.

 

[Nerys Myk]

Okay, the one thing the Earth had which should have been respected and feared universally was the Ancient one defending this universe from the multidimensional horrors of the omniverse... Are we even sure that the Ancient one is Human?

Earth is from where the universe must be guarded, but when it comes time to chose a sorceror supreme, it'd be a little like the first few weeks of American idol from space, in the beginning.

She's Celtic.

 

[Guy Gardener]

Worst Basketball team Ever.

 

[Nerys Myk]

Worst Basketball team Ever.

Nah that's the Celtics.

 

[Guy Gardener]

Basketball during the Eugenics War would have been amazing,

 

[Mudd]

That was completely generic and uninvolving.

The only interest or curiosity it aroused in me was "how many scenes of Jackson's CG'd face can they afford and BTW when did Fury get the eyepatch?"

 

[Reverend]

Okay, the one thing the Earth had which should have been respected and feared universally was the Ancient one defending this universe from the multidimensional horrors of the omniverse... Are we even sure that the Ancient one is Human?

Earth is from where the universe must be guarded, but when it comes time to chose a sorceror supreme, it'd be a little like the first few weeks of American idol from space, in the beginning.

Earth/Midgard does appear be some kind of cosmic crossroads; certainly within our universe by way of yggdrasil, but it's unclear if that extends to the multiverse too. I mean we as in both GotG2 & IW that there are magic users elsewhere in the galaxy, so perhaps the Ancient One only protected this little corner of this universe that just so happened to be a soft point for transdimensional incursions, but by no means the only possible point of entry.

As such I doubt anyone within our larger cosmos was even aware the Ancient One existed. Aliens after all are just other life in the universe and not within her purview.

 

[Guy Gardener]

The Manthing guards the nexus of realities too.

Mark Waid's book right now is about Stephen wandering about in space looking for Alien magic because all the Earth Magic is spent.

A website called the marvel database, which looks official, even it's written by twits, says that there is one sorcerer supreme per "dimension or planet" which is shit since it's rare to find a dimension full of life that doesn't have more than one planet, all though it's far more common to find dimensions devoid of life, since you know because of how mathematics work.

Loki was recently the Sorcerer Supreme in the comics, maybe a year ago.

In the 80s graphic novel where Doom almost becomes Sorcerer Supreme, after the powers that be, submit for new jobseekers, were there Alien applicants?

Nope.

Although, that page does suggest term limits.

100 years, and then you have to reapply.

Rintrah wasn't exactly a demon, but an Alien from another dimension, and he was allowed to apprentice to Strange... Was Clea his apprentice? Student maybe, but apprentice? Once she took over leadership for the Dark Dimension, she may have had the political leverage to take the title of Sorcerer Supreme for the Dark Dimension, or just inherited it from her uncle's flaming dead claws.

http://marvel.wikia.com/wiki/Rintrah_(Earth-616)

If the job is about protecting the dimension, then it's about protecting every planet in the universe, and anyone in the universe with enough power, should be able to apply for the job, when the position falls vacant.

If the job is about protecting Earth, then I'd say it's a question of residence more so than origin. Aliens like Loki or Rintrah can become Sorcerer Supreme of Earth and protect Earth, if they can be trusted to live on Earth for the foreseeable future.

"sigh"

 

[Turtletrekker]

Brie Larson has a 7 picture deal which will "lock her in to multiple franchises".

https://comicbook.com/marvel/2018/10/11/brie-larson-captain-marvel-seven-picture-avengers-deal/

 

[JD]

Or not.