Marvel Cinematic Universe - Timeline

wyokid said:
I want two quick scenes with Spidey in the Battle of New York and Ultron's invasion just freaking out not knowing what's going on in the slightest.
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Lol. I have a feeling they're just going to take the approach of Spidey getting his powers sometime after Avengers - Age of Ultron. I also think they're not going to spend much time covering his origin/getting bitten by the spider, and that it'll likely be shown through a quick flashback.

It'd actually be really cool if they took a sort of joking, self-referential approach (regarding that this will be the third version of Spidey in the past 10 years once the new Spider-Man film is released) and have him monologuing over the montage with something like "with all the super-powered people in the world, it's a tale that's been told dozens of times with minor differences... guy gets bit by spider, and suddenly he can climb walls..."

Something to that effect.
 
Out of curiosity, have you thought about putting a brief description next to each date? I know it would be a ton of work, but it would help when going back and adding new flashbacks in between existing footage. (The 1944 Leviathan scene for example. Trying to go by the chapter times is hard when working with edited footage.)

Nothing too in-depth, something just to break it up a bit like: 965 Thor Chapter 1 (0:03:20 - 0:05:51) - Odin and Asgardians battle the Frost Giants.

By no means is it a necessity, just a suggestion :)
 
Hurricanebtvs said:
Out of curiosity, have you thought about putting a brief description next to each date? I know it would be a ton of work, but it would help when going back and adding new flashbacks in between existing footage. (The 1944 Leviathan scene for example. Trying to go by the chapter times is hard when working with edited footage.)

Nothing too in-depth, something just to break it up a bit like: 965 Thor Chapter 1 (0:03:20 - 0:05:51) - Odin and Asgardians battle the Frost Giants.

By no means is it a necessity, just a suggestion :)
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That's a good idea!
 
Hurricanebtvs said:
Out of curiosity, have you thought about putting a brief description next to each date? I know it would be a ton of work, but it would help when going back and adding new flashbacks in between existing footage. (The 1944 Leviathan scene for example. Trying to go by the chapter times is hard when working with edited footage.)

Nothing too in-depth, something just to break it up a bit like: 965 Thor Chapter 1 (0:03:20 - 0:05:51) - Odin and Asgardians battle the Frost Giants.

By no means is it a necessity, just a suggestion :)
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I've thought about it, but am reluctant to do so because it would change the approach of the timeline, and would likely become sort of messy (and require repeating descriptions of the same thing in the case of the adaptations). Plus, Orphix's version does that already.

I decided awhile ago I just wanted to keep it simplified and reflecting the chronological order.
 
I don't mind having a bash at it, and posting it in here. It wouldn't need to be posted on the front page, but could be linked. That's if you're okay with me trying it out? Like you said, there really aren't any other chronologies like this one. And definitely not as organised.
 
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Hurricanebtvs said:
I don't mind having a bash at it, and posting it in here. It wouldn't need to be posted on the front page, but could be linked. That's if you're okay with me trying it out? Like you said, there really aren't any other chronologies like this one. And definitely not as organised.
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Absolutely!

Feel free to just copy and paste this version, if you like, and adding the notations/descriptions to it.

I can email you the HTML code version so it'll retain the color coding and font coding, too, if you prefer (would make it a lot easier for you). I'll link it on the top of the description post/reading guide (second post on the first page). Just PM me your email address and I'll send it over, then you can just copy and paste it and make the additions.

Actually now that I think about it, you can probably just quote the first post and remove the quote tags to do that. If not let me know and I'll email it.
 
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Just re-read GotG infinite comic. I'm wondering how realistic it is that Tivan bade Gamora retrieve the Orb as fast as she can in September 2013 (Earth time) and she couldn't get to Morag before either Quill or Korath did, some time in 2014.

I understand the placement of

Thor - The Dark World Chapter 17: "End Credits" (1:43:54 - 1:45:51)
Guardians of the Galaxy - Prequel Infinite #1

and

Guardians of the Galaxy Chapter 2: "Morag" (0:04:05 - 0:11:20)

where they are, but I'd love to hear your thoughts on how to resolve this problem. Or perhaps this is a sign that the events of GotG took place in late 2013?
 
dsethlewis said:
Just re-read GotG infinite comic. I'm wondering how realistic it is that Tivan bade Gamora retrieve the Orb as fast as she can in September 2013 (Earth time) and she couldn't get to Morag before either Quill or Korath did, some time in 2014.

I understand the placement of

Thor - The Dark World Chapter 17: "End Credits" (1:43:54 - 1:45:51)
Guardians of the Galaxy - Prequel Infinite #1

and

Guardians of the Galaxy Chapter 2: "Morag" (0:04:05 - 0:11:20)

where they are, but I'd love to hear your thoughts on how to resolve this problem. Or perhaps this is a sign that the events of GotG took place in late 2013?
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GotG definitely occurs in 2014 based on the opening scene occurring in 1988 and the tag in the next scene placing it "24 years later".

The reason I placed it as I did is because, as far as I know, the Collector, Gamora, nor Thanos or anyone else knew exactly where it was, thus, they had an entire galaxy to search. If I'm wrong, let me know, as I haven't read it since it came out, but that's how I remember it.
 
Both the Collector and Gamora know.

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But the fact that this takes place immediately after Thor: The Dark World and immediately before Guardians of the Galaxy is a problem. Ugh, I wish they were as careful as a team of amateur timeliners.
 
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dsethlewis said:
Both the Collector and Gamora know.

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But the fact that this takes place immediately after Thor: The Dark World and immediately before Guardians of the Galaxy is a problem. Ugh, I wish they were as careful as a team of amateur timeliners.
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I'll re-read it. It may be possible to put a break between the scene that adapts Thor-TDW's post credit scene of Sif and Volstagg delivering the Aether to the Collector, and the rest of the comic.

It's also important to remember "whereabouts" exact definition is:

where or approximately where

Meaning he could very well mean he's narrowed it down to a solar system or the planet Morag, but not know the exact location, thus requiring searching the planet. Even that would take time, presumably.

Either way could work.

The other thing is I only have the digital version of the comic, still need to pick up the printed version of the comic that's in the GotG Prelude TPB, since the page numbering between the digital and print versions is drastically different. Once I pick that up I can break up the comic pages should that be necessary.
 
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dsethlewis said:
Oh, I love that explanation. And now I'm picturing "Comb the planet!" from Spaceballs.
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Lol. Once I pick up the printed version in the TPB I'll see which approach works better: the "whereabouts" explanation or breaking up the page numbers approach.

It's the same reason I haven't been able to break up the Avengers - Age of Ultron: This Sceptre'd Isle Infinite comic. Once I pick up the TPB for all of those I can lay those issues out correctly.
 
DIrishB said:
Lol. Once I pick up the printed version in the TPB I'll see which approach works better: the "whereabouts" explanation or breaking up the page numbers approach.

It's the same reason I haven't been able to break up the Avengers - Age of Ultron: This Sceptre'd Isle Infinite comic. Once I pick up the TPB for all of those I can lay those issues out correctly.
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I was just about to ask you about the Age of Ultron Prelude. I was re-reading it last night and was wondering where you were going to put it haha.
 
DIrishB said:
I'll re-read it. It may be possible to put a break between the scene that adapts Thor-TDW's post credit scene of Sif and Volstagg delivering the Aether to the Collector, and the rest of the comic.

It's also important to remember "whereabouts" exact definition is:

where or approximately where

Meaning he could very well mean he's narrowed it down to a solar system or the planet Morag, but not know the exact location, thus requiring searching the planet. Even that would take time, presumably.

Either way could work.

The other thing is I only have the digital version of the comic, still need to pick up the printed version of the comic that's in the GotG Prelude TPB, since the page numbering between the digital and print versions is drastically different. Once I pick that up I can break up the comic pages should that be necessary.
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I'd also add that as an after credit sequence the scene with Volstagg and Sif delivering the Aether to Tivan could have happened pretty much at anytime. We know that when Coulson finds Mjolnir at the end of IM2 that it is basically a flashback in that film.

I can't scene any reason why that scene couldn't be a flashforward - although it does ask the question who has been looking after the Aether for the interim time from the end of T:TDW until that after credit scene. I know Thor took it back to Asgard but why would Loki (as ruler) let it go??
 
Orphix said:
I'd also add that as an after credit sequence the scene with Volstagg and Sif delivering the Aether to Tivan could have happened pretty much at anytime. We know that when Coulson finds Mjolnir at the end of IM2 that it is basically a flashback in that film.

I can't scene any reason why that scene couldn't be a flashforward - although it does ask the question who has been looking after the Aether for the interim time from the end of T:TDW until that after credit scene. I know Thor took it back to Asgard but why would Loki (as ruler) let it go??
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That's why I have a feeling that scene occurs pretty soon after the final battle/ending of the movie. As they said, it wasn't wise to keep two Infinity Stones in one place, so I doubt much time passes between the film's end and the after credit scene. Maybe a few hours? Maybe a day or two at most? Besides, the post credit scene with Thor returning to Earth and seeing Jane occurs 2 days after the final battle (if I recall correctly), and there's no indication that the mid credits scene (with Sif and Volstagg delivering the Aether to the Collector) occurs after that.

All indicators seem to place that scene occurring within a couple days of the film's end. Likely a day maximum, given the inherent danger of keeping two Infinity Stones in one place, and all the attention that would bring from extremely dangerous parties (like Thanos)... And given Asgard was already bruised from the Dark Elves' attack, I don't see them risking taking on Thanos immediately after.
 
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