Spoilers Marvel Cinematic Universe spoiler-heavy speculation thread

[Saul]

Makes me wonder if they will pull a Crisis On Infinite Earth and smoosh not only worlds but timelines together and the FF will be part of the New Sacred Timeline.

I'd put hard money on it. It's how you get X-Men.
And it's long been the rumor.

 

[Set Harth]

How would smooshing timelines even work?

 

[Nerys Myk]

How would smooshing timelines even work?

You wake up one morning and find the FF and X-men have always been part of the MCU.

 

[Set Harth]

 

[theenglish]

I'd put hard money on it. It's how you get X-Men.
And it's long been the rumor.

Yep, the whole multiverse saga has been building up to some version of the Battle World story.

MY biggest concern with that though, is that the actors who are the FOX-Men are twenty years past the time they should be headlining X-Men movies, so something needs to be done about that.

 

[TREK_GOD_1]

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Still the most compelling superhero movie trailer of the year (aside from the overused drum punctuation soundtrack). While the actual film could go in any direction, it still feels like the FF will finally have a proper live action adaptation.

I get the feeling that the movie will end with their Earth and possibly entire universe destroyed, this is what forces them to go to the MCU.

Interesting theory. I can see that happening, and justifying a time-jump.

 

[Awesome Possum]

Interesting theory. I can see that happening, and justifying a time-jump.

Less a time jump and more a jump to another universe where it is 2026(??? or whenever the MCU is currently set).

 

[TREK_GOD_1]

Female Silver Surfer dies in the process because they will likely want to bring in Norrin Radd in future movies. I feel a big reason they aren't using him now is they are saving him for the sequel.

Possibly.

One problem with that idea is if they are Earth's only defenders, don't they leave it defenseless if they all go explore the Multi-verse?

Circumstances likely dictate they have no choice in the matter---the FF may find themselves the unintentional last representatives of their Earth, sort of in the spirit of Jor-El deciding to rocket his son off to another world as a last chance for his family / species situation.

 

[Nerys Myk]

Yep, the whole multiverse saga has been building up to some version of the Battle World story.

MY biggest concern with that though, is that the actors who are the FOX-Men are twenty years past the time they should be headlining X-Men movies, so something needs to be done about that.

Cannon fodder.

 

[Jayson1]

How would smooshing timelines even work?

We sort of already seen this done in the Arrowverse. After the Crisis story they found out Supergirl and Black Lightening were now part of the Arrowverse instead of being in different universes. Though their was still some alternate universes out their, I guess not as many as before.

 

[Caretaker]

We sort of already seen this done in the Arrowverse. After the Crisis story they found out Supergirl and Black Lightening were now part of the Arrowverse instead of being in different universes. Though their was still some alternate universes out their, I guess not as many as before.

Which is why The Flash series then showed Cisco charting out a map of the new reality and writing out a timeline/chronology of the new reality. Plus, certain survivors of the previous reality maintained their memories and managed through a variety of means to allow other characters to view those memories.

I'll be curious if Marvel does something similar.

 

[Jayson1]

Which is why The Flash series then showed Cisco charting out a map of the new reality and writing out a timeline/chronology of the new reality. Plus, certain survivors of the previous reality maintained their memories and managed through a variety of means to allow other characters to view those memories.

I'll be curious if Marvel does something similar.

It would probably in a case by case situation. Like when X-Men characters are talking with MCU characters. Lots of it though I think will be fans sort of finding the connections and a whole lot of head canon to make things make sense.

 

[Nerys Myk]

How would smooshing timelines even work?

You wake up one morning and find the FF and X-men have always been part of the MCU.

We sort of already seen this done in the Arrowverse. After the Crisis story they found out Supergirl and Black Lightening were now part of the Arrowverse instead of being in different universes. Though their was still some alternate universes out their, I guess not as many as before.

Oh, my sweet summer children

 

[Nerys Myk]

 

[Nerys Myk]

 

[Nerys Myk]

 

[Nerys Myk]

 

[Nerys Myk]

 

[Jayson1]

Now I feel a hankering to go read some old Superman comics.

 

[JD]

Yep, the whole multiverse saga has been building up to some version of the Battle World story.

MY biggest concern with that though, is that the actors who are the FOX-Men are twenty years past the time they should be headlining X-Men movies, so something needs to be done about that.

I'm pretty sure this will the last time we see those versions of the characters. Marvel thinks long term, and they have to know there's no way Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart will be able to keep playing these characters for another decade plus.

Less a time jump and more a jump to another universe where it is 2026(??? or whenever the MCU is currently set).

The last items on the MCU Wiki's timeline are The Marvels and Agatha All Along, and it has them both in 2026.