Marvel Cinematic Universe - Timeline

dsethlewis said:
Have you guys seen this timeline? http://www.tiki-toki.com/timeline/e...verse-Timeline/#vars!date=0715-05-05_09:36:25!

If we're sure we're right then that timeline is wrong. But damn if it ain't as pretty as Skye.
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I used that timeline a long time ago and found plenty of things I've come to disagree with. Had no clue he was still updating it though. (He is missing AOS though)
As for validity, I'd trust the one here over his because his seems to be one person's work, whereas ours has come together over discussion and delibiration between a team of dedicated fans and people popping in every now and then to question and help tweak placement.

I'm really curious though how he got All Hail The King placed to the exact day.
 
His timeline has to be wrong because he has Thor 2 before Iron Man 3 which is impossible.
 
I'm pretty sure the guy who made that based his placements on an early version of this timeline and then just went in his own direction. I may be wrong but I notice a lot of similarities in comparison to the version of this from before Avengers came out a couple years ago.

I'm on my phone so I can't really move the timeline to view a lot of the stuff.

Does he include the MCU comics?

iammattie said:
I'm really curious though how he got All Hail The King placed to the exact day.
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I'm almost positive there were no timeline placements in that One Shot, unless he was able to magnify in on a newspaper or something, but I doubt that. What date did he place it at?

wyokid said:
His timeline has to be wrong because he has Thor 2 before Iron Man 3 which is impossible.
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Really? That's such an obvious mistake, though, just from dialogue in the film themselves. Even if you want to debate what year Avengers occurs, it's said in Avengers that the events of Thor occurred a year prior. Iron Man 3 firmly places itself 6 months after Avengers. And Thor - The Dark World occurs 2 years after Thor and a year after Avengers, based on a line said by Jane. I wonder why he placed Thor 2 before Iron Man 3?

Someone should really ask him about that and the exact date for the All Hail the King One Shot. I'm quite curious as to his reasoning for both of those.

I'm wondering if that program/site doesn't require specific dates to be used or something. Maybe he's forced to use specific days to place things, and just uses the real world release date of the films when other timeline info isn't given in the films themselves? I don't know. There's no way to know All Hail the King occurs exactly two weeks after the end of Iron Man 3, though I doubt it occurs too long after, as I doubt Mandarin (whoever he is) would wait long to enact his revenge against Slattery.

I'm also mystified at him placing Thor - The Dark World before Iron Man 3. That just makes no sense.
 
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There is a few mistakes and weird placements in it.

For example:
- Tony Stark's birth is 29th May 1970. He put 10th May 1971, it's the one from here: http://www.filmbuffonline.com/FBOLN...1/05/02/a-marvel-cinematic-universe-timeline/

- A lot of dates have the day and month, when in reality we know only the year.

- A lot of dates are placed in function of the birth of Tony Stark.. but as he puts a wrong date, all the rest is false. Tony Stark graduated MIT in 1987, not 1988. Same for Tony's first engine and first circuit board.

- Howard and Maria Stark die the 17th December 1991, not the 16th.

- Some Inspired Canon comics are in the timeline. (Iron Man: Fast Friends, for example)

- Iron Man clearly happens in 2008. He put it in 2009.

I stop here, I think you all understand the timeline need more work than the DIB's one.
But it's cool to have placed birthdates and pictures. :)
 
DIrishB said:
Does he include the MCU comics?
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It looks like some, but not al, and as Capt. France said, some inspired canon ones as well.


DIrishB said:
I'm almost positive there were no timeline placements in that One Shot, unless he was able to magnify in on a newspaper or something, but I doubt that. What date did he place it at?
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He placed it January 14th. I started looking again, and started thinking the program required him to have an exact date, but right before this entry is the Bruce/Tony post-credit scene just dated as "January 2014"

Side note: if there's a way we could convert this timeline into a similar format, that would be hella cool, that way we could include offscreen events as well.
 
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iammattie said:
Side note: if there's a way we could convert this timeline into a similar format, that would be hella cool, that way we could include offscreen events as well.
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We don't need to convert it to do that... we could just put that in parentheses. It would add a lot of text to the timeline, though.

1970
May 29
(Tony Stark's Birthday)
 
dsethlewis said:
We don't need to convert it to do that... we could just put that in parentheses. It would add a lot of text to the timeline, though.

1970
May 29
(Tony Stark's Birthday)
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With it all as text though, it would look more cluttered, whereas, with a site like that it would flow more naturally.
 
Captain France said:
There is a few mistakes and weird placements in it. For example: - Tony Stark's birth is 29th May 1970. He put 10th May 1971, it's the one from here: http://www.filmbuffonline.com/FBOLNewsreel/wordpress/2011/05/02/a-marvel-cinematic-universe-timeline/ - A lot of dates have the day and month, when in reality we know only the year. - A lot of dates are placed in function of the birth of Tony Stark.. but as he puts a wrong date, all the rest is false. Tony Stark graduated MIT in 1987, not 1988. Same for Tony's first engine and first circuit board. - Howard and Maria Stark die the 17th December 1991, not the 16th. - Some Inspired Canon comics are in the timeline. (Iron Man: Fast Friends, for example) - Iron Man clearly happens in 2008. He put it in 2009. I stop here, I think you all understand the timeline need more work than the DIB's one. But it's cool to have placed birthdates and pictures. :)
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He seems to be basing all his dates off the Grand Prix Monaco dates and working out from there. Normally that'd make sense but it occurs every year, and him choosing the 2010 date (when Iron Man 2 was released) ignores the date seen onscreen on Tony's computer in Iron Man 1, as well as the fact back dating using Iron Man 3, Thor - The Dark World, and Agents of SHIELD all indicate Avengers occurring in 2012 (as well as a date on a prop banner in the background at the museum battle). Thus that places Iron Man 2, Thor, and Incredible Hulk in 2011, not 2010. He's apparently holding to the "Six Months Later" timeline between Iron Man 1 and 2, and ignoring Iron Man 1's clearly visible on screen date of occurring in 2008.

The Tony's birthday thing is also strange, as that can be found through a simple Internet search.
 
iammattie said:
It looks like some, but not al, and as Capt. France said, some inspired canon ones as well. He placed it January 14th. I started looking again, and started thinking the program required him to have an exact date, but right before this entry is the Bruce/Tony post-credit scene just dated as "January 2014"
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I really don't get where he pulled that date from.

Side note: if there's a way we could convert this timeline into a similar format, that would be hella cool, that way we could include offscreen events as well.
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Eh, I honestly don't have the time. If you want to adapt this timeline into one like that, feel free to use this one as a template and add text descriptions of events.

My whole motivation for this was to make a chronological guide/watch order for the MCU. I've never been big on making timelines including summaries of events. I know that's what most timelines are, but just I prefer making chronological breakdowns, if you will. ;)
 
Just receive the Iron Man Manual... this book is the MCU Bible!

There is a lot of infos and removable props inside.
Some props can help the timeline too!

This book is so much a MCU-fan must-have that I think I will buy another one only to remove all the props and exhibit them in displays..
 
iammattie said:
Drew Goddard Leaves Daredevil to direct Sinister Six. Replaced by Steven DeKnight.
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That's disappointing. I'm also not hyped the guy who created Spartacus is now show runner, as I found Spartacus to be inherently shallow and gratuitous. Granted a certain amount of gratuitous violence, nudity/sex makes sense for a show about Roman slaves forced to fight in the arena, etc, but Spartacus was a thoroughly immature show. I'm really not pleased with this.

Between this and Ant Man losing Wright, Marvel Studios seem to have hit a rough patch.
 
Goddard didn't left, it was a misunderstanding.
He is always executive director on Daredevil.
It's like Joss Whedon on Agents of SHIELD, Drew Goddard wrote and will direct the first 2 episodes. Then Steven DeKnight will work on the other episodes, but Goddard will always watching on it.
 
I'm not happy about Wright either, since I loved Scott Pilgrim, but this post by Gunn makes me feel a little better about it.

As far as DeKnight taking over Daredevil, that's not such good news. I didn't like Smallville all that much, either. I get the feeling Marvel scrambled a little to find someone.
 
Captain France said:
Goddard didn't left, it was a misunderstanding. He is always executive director on Daredevil. It's like Joss Whedon on Agents of SHIELD, Drew Goddard wrote and will direct the first 2 episodes. Then Steven DeKnight will work on the other episodes, but Goddard will always watching on it.
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Goddard was originally the show runner for Daredevil. Due to his working on Sinister Six he's no longer the show runner, Steven Deknight is now show runner. So in that sense he left. I'm sure he'll still offer input, though.
 
I don't really like posting fan art but this poster is too awesome

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Just picked up a copy of GotG prelude #2. Thought I'd remind you guys about it before it's out of print. It looks good.
 
dsethlewis said:
Just picked up a copy of GotG prelude #2. Thought I'd remind you guys about it before it's out of print. It looks good.
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Forgot about that. I just moved into a new house and been unpacking all week. I'm downloading it now on my phone, will update in a bit.


EDIT: Ok, updated for GotG Prelude #2.

The placements for GotG Prelude #1-2 are mostly arbitrary since there are no definitive timeline markers for them. The film may make mention of events covered in those which may help pin them down more accurately, but we'll have to wait and see. Luckily the GotG - Prequel Infinite comic is able to very definitively be placed due to it picking up during Thor - TDW's mid credit scene. I have a feeling the upcoming GotG - Galaxy's Most Wanted issue will be pretty unspecific about placement, though its possible it could act as a direct lead-in to the film itself. We'll hopefully get some answers in July (when GotG-GMW #1 comes out) and in August (when the film comes out).
 
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