Xander ,'Empty Places'
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You need a fancier phone.
Could it fight crime?
(My phone currently has tape on it, because I dropped it 2 nights ago and the faceplate popped off but a tiny piece broke off, so it won't snap back in. I take this as a sign that I need a fancier phone.)
It just makes me so giddy that all these Marvel heroes exist in a shared movieverse and are going to be in a movie together. I feel like such an undertaking is unprecedented in film history, but I'm sure Hec will prove me wrong.
What's everyone's favorite shared movieverse?
Could it fight crime?
You'll want the iStab.
but I'm sure Hec will prove me wrong.
The Magnificent Seven?
I'm not sure of the criteria here.
Until there's a Justice League movie I guess this trumps Watchmen?
You'll want the iStab.
Or the iNdict.
It just makes me so giddy that all these Marvel heroes exist in a shared movieverse and are going to be in a movie together.
When we watched the trailer, Tim asked, "Where's Batman?"
Me: t withering glance
Tim (quickly): I know, I know! Avengers is Marvel, Batman is DC, punched a hole in reality, I know!
My indoctrination has progressed nicely.
I also think he has a mancrush on Hawkeye.
Oh lord -- my mother asked if the Avengers were the X-Men. I was like, @@! They have two different names RIGHT THERE! Motherrrrr.
The Magnificent Seven?
I'm not sure of the criteria here.
The criteria are (1) Multiple movies (2) not directly connected to each other (ie, not a single movie series/franchise) (3) that exist in a shared universe. The View Askewniverse is the closest thing I can think of, although I think it's a different beast if they're all the same writer/director.
I think by your criteria this is the first time it's been done in movies. Because obviously it's been done a lot in books and comics, but you really needed a huge budget for FX and have a ripe environment for superhero movies.
However, the Philip Jose Farmer books ita and I were discussing attempt to do a kind of reverse-engineered shared universe - The Wold Newton Family.
And in TV there's a shared universe largely through St. Elsewhere which links everything from CSI to Homicide to Cheers to ER to Friends.
ETA: The TV one is better known as the Tommy Westphall Universe.
Yep, that's the other one I was thinking of.
you really needed a huge budget for FX and have a ripe environment for superhero movies.
Well, it doesn't HAVE to be superhero movies. That was not in the criteria!