The Marvel Cinematic Universe is based on Greek tragedies

[SSgt Dickweed]

Longish video but well worth the watch if you are an MCU fan. It references the stories of Troy and Oedipus towards the end.



I never really understood the line Cap said to Stark in Avengers II: AoU: "Every time someone tries to win a war before it starts, innocent people die. Every time." But this video makes it clearer.

 

[Fedorgasm]

Oedipus?

Dunno about that, but if I were Spiderman I'd totally bang my aunt marisa tomei.

 

[chickenluver]

Jack Kirby wasn't Greek bro

 

[BisexualMMA]

I never really understood the line Cap said to Stark in Avengers II: AoU: "Every time someone tries to win a war before it starts, innocent people die. Every time." But this video makes it clearer.

Coming from Marvel, doesn't this sound more like a criticism of Bush, Desert Storm, Enduring Freedom, etc...?

 

[SSgt Dickweed]

Coming from Disney / Marvel, doesn't this sound more like a criticism of Bush, Desert Storm, Enduring Freedom, etc...?

I read in another yt vid that the quote is about a pre-emptive strike/pre-emptive war.

 

[SSgt Dickweed]

Oedipus?

Dunno about that, but if I were Spiderman I'd totally bang my aunt marisa tomei.

The Oedipus reference is about visions/foreknowledge and not about incest.

Jack Kirby wasn't Greek bro

The vid is about the Marvel movies. The MCU scribes steal from everywhere to write the movies.

 

[loyalyolayal]

I'm pretty sure they just read @Dragonlordxxxxx's screenplay that he posts from time to time, tweak it a bit and passed it off as theirs.

 

[SmilinDesperado]

Coming from Marvel, doesn't this sound more like a criticism of Bush, Desert Storm, Enduring Freedom, etc...?

I read in another yt vid that the quote is about a pre-emptive strike/pre-emptive war.

I just started reading 'Civil War 2'. The basic story is about an Inhuman that has the ability to see the future.
The basic moral dilemma is, if you "know" the future, should you change it? Should you go after people before they actually commit crimes? Can you punish people for things they haven't done yet, or things they are thinking?
I don't know if that line from Cap caqme from there or not..

 

[Fedorgasm]

The Oedipus reference is about visions/foreknowledge and not about incest.

Oh in that case I'm not interested

 

[bosox32]

What’s not?

 

[Magooglie]

Hercules should have been in Civil War

 

[El_Diazo]

I just started reading 'Civil War 2'. The basic story is about an Inhuman that has the ability to see the future.
The basic moral dilemma is, if you "know" the future, should you change it? Should you go after people before they actually commit crimes? Can you punish people for things they haven't done yet, or things they are thinking?
I don't know if that line from Cap caqme from there or not..

So basically minority report?

 

[SSgt Dickweed]

Holy amazeballs Batman!

 

[MadSquabbles500]

There is nothing new under the sun. I think the Greeks hit all the possibly scenarios for interesting story telling. I am sure lots of different cultures did.