Marvel Cinematic Universe Discussion Thread

[Thedoctor]

Wait he executed a few million people and he's supposed to be a super hero?

[GhostDIGIT]

Yes.

[TheInfamousMan]

Wait he executed a few million people and he's supposed to be a super hero?

Nope. Kid is a complete psychopath and considered one of the most horrifying villains in comics. He's even called in-story as the Nemesis, their Loki, their Satan, and in a sense their Ragnarok.

Moore's words not mine.

[Imperial]

Wait he executed a few million people and he's supposed to be a super hero?

He's not, and that's the point.

The notion of a hero who would turn to torture and sadism like that was unthinkable at the time. Better yet, there's no effort made to excuse his crimes with some sort of possession or mind control the way it gets retconned away in comics these days. The dude was essentially Uryuu with superpowers.

[TheInfamousMan]

Basically think it like this: You have an eight year old who can transform into a super-powered kid with unlimited power when they say a word. One day, the people who helped to mentor the kid supposedly die, and for all the kid knows he is alone. Because he is a scared little eight year old kid, he decides to STAY in his super powered body to feel safer. He then grows up in it. Grows up having unlimited power in a world full of weaker beings. And most importantly, now nobody is around to tell the kid what to do.

He can now do anything he likes.

And thus, that super-powered kid grew up and became a psychopath.


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He's not, and that's the point.

The notion of a hero who would turn to torture and sadism like that was unthinkable at the time. Better yet, there's no effort made to excuse his crimes with some sort of possession or mind control the way it gets retconned away in comics these days. The dude was essentially Uryuu with superpowers.

It's also the reason why Miracleman was forced to put Kid down.

[Mattias]

Alan Moore wrote some of it? Now I'm really wary. I've never been a big fan of his. Maybe the Hellblazer stuff, but little else.

[Arashi_Leonhart]

Alan Moore wrote some of it? Now I'm really wary. I've never been a big fan of his. Maybe the Hellblazer stuff, but little else.

Dude's as cracked as a riverbed in the Sahara, it's only natural that his stuff is either absolutely brilliant or absolutely inane with little in between.

[TheInfamousMan]

Miracleman was made when he just started, so while it's heavy on the prose in the first two books it gets better every issue.

And since this is when he just started, Miracleman is absolutely brilliant. Especially since all three of the big British writers now have a hand in this thing. Alan Moore did the first three books, Gaiman continues after him and picking up from where Moore left off, and Morrison wrote a side-chapter.

But yeah, Moore is coco for coca puffs, but he can still be a damn good writer. Though that was more of the truth back then than it is now.

[Thedoctor]

Basically think it like this: You have an eight year old who can transform into a super-powered kid with unlimited power when they say a word. One day, the people who helped to mentor the kid supposedly die, and for all the kid knows he is alone. Because he is a scared little eight year old kid, he decides to STAY in his super powered body to feel safer. He then grows up in it. Grows up having unlimited power in a world full of weaker beings. And most importantly, now nobody is around to tell the kid what to do.

He can now do anything he likes.

And thus, that super-powered kid grew up and became a psychopath.


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It's also the reason why Miracleman was forced to put Kid down.

Was this made in the 70s?

[TheInfamousMan]

Was this made in the 70s?

Nope. 80's.

Anyone think the Jessica Jones show will follow the basic story of Alias?

[Mattias]

Nope. 80's.

Anyone think the Jessica Jones show will follow the basic story of Alias?

If it starts the same as the comic, with Jones booty calling Cage, I'll laugh so hard. And the show will have me won me over.

Who am I kidding? They got me the minute they said there would be a Jessica Jones series.

[Servant Shiki]

Never been much a fan of Jessica Jones, will only watch because Daredevil impressed me so much (and I want to be caught up with everything for Defenders).

[OdaNobunaga]

I'll be watching Jessica Jones because of a) Daredevil and b) David Tennant.
Although the fact that showrunner for this series is a person, who was a scriptwrighter for a Twilight really bothers me.

[Thedoctor]

urgh Defenders, something has always bothered me about that name.


How good is Daredevil? is it better than Agents of Shield because that kinda wasn't what I was expecting at all.

[TheInfamousMan]

I'll be watching Jessica Jones because of a) Daredevil and b) David Tennant.
Although the fact that showrunner for this series is a person, who was a scriptwrighter for a Twilight really bothers me.

Think of it like this: nobody wants to be the one that made a Marvel Studios movie/show fail. So everyone will at least try to bring their A-game. Or try not to suck too much.

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urgh Defenders, something has always bothered me about that name.


How good is Daredevil? is it better than Agents of Shield because that kinda wasn't what I was expecting at all.

YES. Go watch it.

[Imperial]

urgh Defenders, something has always bothered me about that name.


How good is Daredevil? is it better than Agents of Shield because that kinda wasn't what I was expecting at all.

Daredevil is the best thing to come out of Marvel movies/TV to date. I was amazed by how good it was.

[mewarmo990]

Not sure if this was posted yet, it is a few weeks old.

A recent SNL hit:



oh, and compare to the real Supergirl trailer which came out later:

[GhostDIGIT]

Hehehe! That was hilarious

[mewarmo990]

They're not THAT similar but people are making comparisons haha

[Renko]

Supergirl is....meh for me.

Dunno, it seems just like your typical girl drama filled with the usual stuff that you find on other girl dramas.