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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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A funny bit of Wikipedia trolling in the She-Hulk article, under the cast section:

Bob Odenkirk as Saul Goodman: A dirty lawyer who serves as an Antagonist to Walters. Odenkirk reprises a variant of his role from Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul. When asked about the role Odenkirk stated “It was a new experience” and that “It gave me a new mindset on superhero media.”
But that's not all!

Lavell Crawford reprises his role as Huell Babineaux as well.​
 
and Evangeline Lily is a nutjob

Eh?

Well, maybe Scott and his daughter will get more screen time then Wasp

I seriously doubt that. Marvel made a deliberate effort to make Hope a prominent character at a level equal to Lang (arguably more in the sequel) and they will never reverse that direction.


and whoever the villain is (I doubt that Kang will be the main villain of the movie).

If Kang serves any purpose similar to his earlier comic appearances, then one should expect more time travel shenanigans.
 
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Seeing the full picture Blade seems a bit out of place.

That's what happens when Marvel never fully merges the supernatural side with the long-john side--a problem even in the comics. While Dracula, the Jack Russel Werewolf, Morbius, Brother Voodoo and Frankenstein's monster all crossed over into various superhero titles (most prominently with Dracula in Doctor Strange), they were never as widely acknowledged in that universe (by the general population). Either spookums exists in that universe or it does not. Marvel needs to straighten that out in the films.
 
Yup. These are fantastical films. Nothing needs explanation.

Mr. Adventure said the full (MCU) picture made Blade seem out of place. That is true: stories and characters must have a purpose related to the world they inhabit, otherwise they--and that world--do not make sense, even in fantasy. Blade's sole existence is hunting vampires. That's how he was created, introduced and written, so in a film universe where vampires--up to this point--do not exist and were never even hinted at, the sudden appearance of something as impossible to avoid/ignore as vampires (after--who knows how many years the in-universe MCU is supposed have existed) comes off as pulling random characters out of their butts just to add yet another piece of their IP to the films.
 
Not really. Almost every vampire story in modern history hinges on the assumption that the vast majority of people never notice the existence of vampires. Secrecy is built into the genre. And Marvel Comics vampires even have built-in justifications about how the species has been basically wiped out at various times only to be brought back through magical shenanigans, if they choose to use those.
 
One person accidentally said anti-vax instead of anti-vax-mandate. There's no mob for this one.

And there's not much difference. The only way vaccines can be truly effective is if they're administered to as large a percentage of the population as possible, which is why many forms of vaccination have been mandatory in the past. It's not about "individual preference," it's about the need for herd immunity as the only way a disease can ever really be contained or eradicated. Being opposed to vaccine mandates is as ignorant and dangerous as being opposed to vaccination in general. It's like saying that speed limits or pollution laws should be left to individual preference. When it's a matter of public safety, it can't be optional.
 
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