Marvel Cinematic Universe - Timeline

Spoon_Wielder said:
http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/movienewsandreviews/news/?a=94672 While it's probably just a mess up by someone not fully in the know. But the composer for Winter Soldier, says the movie takes place in 2013. Not 2014 like we all thought. Again it's probably just the guy misspeaking, so don't change anything yet.
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Yeah, most likely, especially since a few other stars of the film (Johanssen specifically) mentioned it takes place two years after Avengers, and the fact Agents of SHIELD is pretty firmly set as starting in September 2013 (and so far there's been no mention or allusions as to the events of Cap 2 occurring yet... but there will be around Episode 20, 21, or 22).

I'll wait until I've at least seen the film. Though I don't expect any specific year references in the film itself, as Marvel seems to have sized up and tried to avoid date stamps in the more recent films (unlike Iron Man, where we see a specific date on Tony's computer screen showing a specific May, 2008 date). Since then most dates have had to be derived from props or statements by actors/directors/producers/Feige. Captain America - TFA also featured a few specific dates (on Steve's draft card and a newspaper), but that's easier since it was a period piece set in the 1940's.

But yeah, I'd be quite surprised if any future MCU films feature exact dates/years onscreen, as I think they're trying to create something of a floating timeline, which makes it easier to avoid continuity mistakes.
 
Yeah, at this point I don't think the actual 'numbered' date really matters anymore. As it's more than likely gonna be 'this took place this many months/years after the last movie' from now on. I was more excited about maybe the movie taking place in the same year as Thor 2 and Iron Man 3. Maybe even having some overlap with Thor. But really that's only to calm my own selfish desires to make my timeline fan edit more fun to work on. Not a lot of overlap in this Phase.
 
Spoon_Wielder said:
Yeah, at this point I don't think the actual 'numbered' date really matters anymore. As it's more than likely gonna be 'this took place this many months/years after the last movie' from now on. I was more excited about maybe the movie taking place in the same year as Thor 2 and Iron Man 3. Maybe even having some overlap with Thor. But really that's only to calm my own selfish desires to make my timeline fan edit more fun to work on. Not a lot of overlap in this Phase.
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Hehe, well there is a bit if you include the Agents of SHIELD episodes, since those sort of overlap with Thor - TDW and CA - TWS. But yeah, nothing like Phase 1.
 
Hopefully there will be another Fury's Big Week comic to help place this stuff. I really enjoyed that comic.
 
wyokid said:
Hopefully there will be another Fury's Big Week comic to help place this stuff. I really enjoyed that comic.
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I'd wager they'll do something similar next year before Avengers 2 comes out, but I wouldn't count on precise dates/years.

It would be a cost effective way of tying up some left over plot threads left over by the Phase 2 films (like the giant monster stomping around London in the Thor-TDW post credit scene).
 
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Hey Spoon, you gonna put Agents of SHIELD into your next fan edit? Or Agent Carter? How are you going to do this lol. So much work. I couldn't do it.
 
wyokid said:
Hey Spoon, you gonna put Agents of SHIELD into your next fan edit? Or Agent Carter? How are you going to do this lol. So much work. I couldn't do it.
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My intent for the fan edit, has always been to make it one giant movie that you could potentially sit down and marathon. So I'm not putting Agents of SHIELD in there because not only would make the length of the fan edit a minimum of 17 hours longer, it also screws up the flow and momentum of the entire thing.
If I were to put Agents of SHIELD in, the Phase 2 timeline would go something like this;
Item 47
Iron Man 3
5 hours of Agents of SHIELD
Thor The Dark World
All Hail the King (?)
like another 12 hours of Agents of SHIELD
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Guardians of the Galaxy
potentially another 17 hours of Agents of SHIELD (if it gets picked up for a second season)
then finally concluding with Avengers: Age of Ultron.

That doesn't include whether or not the Agent Carter tv show gets picked up. So that means, the Phase 2 fan edit would clock at around 44 hours (if each movie is around 2 hours in length).

So A) Nobody's gonna sit through that, and B) if I did do that and upload it for you guys, that would be a HUGE file.
Plus, if the show is gonna go for 8 episodes straight before there's any crossover, then there's really not a lot of editing for me to do, other than taking out the opening and closing credits. So why would I put it in, it'd be faster to put a flashcard up on the screen and say watch Agents of SHIELD episodes 1-8. I wouldn't do that, but it would be basically the same amount of work. And it'd save a lot of room on my harddrive.
So unless, there's a future episode of Agents of SHIELD that actually has some REAL crossover with the movies, I'm not including it at this time. The fan-edit will only contain the movies and marvel one-shots for now.

However, I do have a full timeline going that I go back and edit when new stuff comes up. For example, I recently added the 1999 prologue scene from Iron Man 3, and the one shot Agent Carter to it. Maybe some day I'll add Agents of SHIELD to that. If I'm ever bored and have nothing to do on a Saturday.
 
Spoon_Wielder said:
My intent for the fan edit, has always been to make it one giant movie that you could potentially sit down and marathon. So I'm not putting Agents of SHIELD in there because not only would make the length of the fan edit a minimum of 17 hours longer, it also screws up the flow and momentum of the entire thing. If I were to put Agents of SHIELD in, the Phase 2 timeline would go something like this; Item 47 Iron Man 3 5 hours of Agents of SHIELD Thor The Dark World All Hail the King (?) like another 12 hours of Agents of SHIELD Captain America: The Winter Soldier Guardians of the Galaxy potentially another 17 hours of Agents of SHIELD (if it gets picked up for a second season) then finally concluding with Avengers: Age of Ultron. That doesn't include whether or not the Agent Carter tv show gets picked up. So that means, the Phase 2 fan edit would clock at around 44 hours (if each movie is around 2 hours in length). So A) Nobody's gonna sit through that, and B) if I did do that and upload it for you guys, that would be a HUGE file. Plus, if the show is gonna go for 8 episodes straight before there's any crossover, then there's really not a lot of editing for me to do, other than taking out the opening and closing credits. So why would I put it in, it'd be faster to put a flashcard up on the screen and say watch Agents of SHIELD episodes 1-8. I wouldn't do that, but it would be basically the same amount of work. And it'd save a lot of room on my harddrive. So unless, there's a future episode of Agents of SHIELD that actually has some REAL crossover with the movies, I'm not including it at this time. The fan-edit will only contain the movies and marvel one-shots for now. However, I do have a full timeline going that I go back and edit when new stuff comes up. For example, I recently added the 1999 prologue scene from Iron Man 3, and the one shot Agent Carter to it. Maybe some day I'll add Agents of SHIELD to that. If I'm ever bored and have nothing to do on a Saturday.
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Well Sif is appearing in a few episodes, but I get what you're saying, though it breaks my completist chronologer heart.

But that's what the timeline is for, so people can do it on their own if they choose too, and your fan edit makes it MUCH easier to do.
 
Some dates from CA: TFA adaptation:

May, 1942: World Expo of Tomorrow
December, 1943 (France): When Cap fires with his gun after he opened big doors. (1:19:17)
January, 1944 (Belgium): When Cap and the Howling Commando leave a hangar. (1:19:27)
February, 1944 (Czechoslovakia): When Cap and the Howling Commando explose a hangar. (1:21:13)
 
Captain France said:
Some dates from CA: TFA adaptation: May, 1942: World Expo of Tomorrow December, 1943 (France): When Cap fires with his gun after he opened big doors. (1:19:17) January, 1944 (Belgium): When Cap and the Howling Commando leave a hangar. (1:19:27) February, 1944 (Czechoslovakia): When Cap and the Howling Commando explose a hangar. (1:21:13)
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Excellent. Did you pick up the single issues or the TPB? I've been waiting on the TPB to come out since my comic shop didn't order any of the single issues.
 
Spoon_Wielder said:
However, I do have a full timeline going that I go back and edit when new stuff comes up. For example, I recently added the 1999 prologue scene from Iron Man 3, and the one shot Agent Carter to it.
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I don't remember if I already asked or not when I PM'd you, but will you be re-upping the "phase 1" edit with the new material added?
 
Is anyone else disappointed by the lack of Hulk material? Iron Man has a bunch of stuff, Thor has a bunch of stuff, Captain America has a bunch of stuff, The Avengers have a bunch of stuff, and Guardians of the Galaxy has a lot of stuff planned. Hulk has a name drop in Thor, a name drop in Agents of SHIELD, a small followup for Sterns in Fury's Big Week, The Incredible Hulk, and The Avengers. I feel like that stuff is the black sheep of the MCU and as a Hulk fan that has me quite upset.
 
wyokid said:
Is anyone else disappointed by the lack of Hulk material? Iron Man has a bunch of stuff, Thor has a bunch of stuff, Captain America has a bunch of stuff, The Avengers have a bunch of stuff, and Guardians of the Galaxy has a lot of stuff planned. Hulk has a name drop in Thor, a name drop in Agents of SHIELD, a small followup for Sterns in Fury's Big Week, The Incredible Hulk, and The Avengers. I feel like that stuff is the black sheep of the MCU and as a Hulk fan that has me quite upset.
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Eh, I agree to a point, but I think the big reason Hulk didn't get a lot of spin off material is Incredible Hulk was only the second MCU film, which debuted before they knew each of their films would be huge box office hits. In fact while Iron Man did well, IH did only ok at the box office, and it was only after Iron Man's success that they started to release all the Iron man related MCU comics, etc. Both Iron Man and Incredible Hulk also got console video games, whereas most films since only receive mobile games now.

Also, I think a certain air of mystery and unknowing works well when wrapped around the character. A bunch of MCU spin off Hulk comics may detract from that.

Don't worry, Hulk will get a sequel eventually. It just may not happen until Phase 4.
 
I feel the pain too.. I want at least a Marvel's The Incredible Hulk Adaptation comic. :(

If we think about it, we had already our 'sort of Hulk sequel' with Iron Man-Hulk: Heroes United :s
 
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