# Captain Marvel Movie (The Marvel one) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 18, 2018, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captain-marvel-movie-the-marvel-one/821533 "2018-09-18T13:32:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2019, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captain-marvel-movie-the-marvel-one/821533/81 "2019-01-08T13:26:08Z")
> [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](#): > > And this was noticed yesterday but there is a cat in the lower right corner of the Captain Marvel poster: > > [That cat in the new Captain Marvel poster is really an alien - CNET](https://www.cnet.com/news/captain-marvel-cat-in-poster-is-really-an-alien/) Since Disney now owns Marvel, that opens up an interesting possibilty. > **[The Cat from Outer Space](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cat_from_Outer_Space)** > > The Cat from Outer Space is a 1978 American science fiction comedy film directed by Norman Tokar (his final film before his death the following year) starring Ken Berry, Sandy Duncan, Harry Morgan, Ronnie Schell, Roddy McDowall and McLean Stevenson. > Produced by Walt Disney Productions, it was shot at the studio's Golden Oak Ranch and Santa Clarita, California. It paired Harry Morgan with McLean Stevenson whom Morgan had replaced on M\*A\*S\*H three years prior. > A UFO makes an emergency landing on ... ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2019, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captain-marvel-movie-the-marvel-one/821533/82 "2019-01-08T14:53:43Z")
I bought tickets! I’m going 2 nights in a row. On Thursday the 7th I’ll see it in 2D at the Navy Pier IMAX (a REAL IMAX), and the next night I’ll see it in 3D at Block 37 Dine In. Thank you AMC A\*List! I’m so excited. Thanks everyone for all the background info ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2019, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captain-marvel-movie-the-marvel-one/821533/83 "2019-01-08T14:58:38Z")
> [@mbh](#): > > Since Disney now owns Marvel, that opens up an interesting possibilty. > > [The Cat from Outer Space - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cat_from_Outer_Space) Oh man, I would be down for that. There may be one big difference between That Cat From Outer Space and Captain Marvel’s Cat though: [Captain Marvel’s Cat](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/ef/ca/43/efca43a46dd28d3c7822b2ab71166e1b.png) ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2019, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captain-marvel-movie-the-marvel-one/821533/84 "2019-01-08T15:03:06Z")
> [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](#): > > Oh man, I would be down for that. There may be one big difference between That Cat From Outer Space and Captain Marvel’s Cat though: > [Captain Marvel’s Cat](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/ef/ca/43/efca43a46dd28d3c7822b2ab71166e1b.png) So…her cat is outwardly a horrible demon from outer space as opposed to regular cats who are just horrible demons from outer space…but keep it quiet? Also, thank you for the “first look” thing Marvel. That was the first trailer that made me think this movie actually looked GOOD. ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2019, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captain-marvel-movie-the-marvel-one/821533/85 "2019-01-08T20:06:22Z")
Showed during last night’s game. I wasn’t as impressed with it as with the prior trailer. ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2019, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captain-marvel-movie-the-marvel-one/821533/86 "2019-01-09T01:45:12Z")
[Captain Marvel Featurette](https://youtu.be/FHFhDl2UgZQ). A behind-the-scenes look at the movie. Brie Larson is smiling! ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2019, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captain-marvel-movie-the-marvel-one/821533/87 "2019-02-11T15:48:55Z")
Marvel’s new Captain Marvel website has a “retro” look: > **[\[current-page:title\] | \[site:name\]](https://www.marvel.com/captainmarvel)** > > Marvel.com is the official website of Marvel Entertainment! Browse official Marvel movies, characters, comics, TV shows, videos, & more. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2019, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captain-marvel-movie-the-marvel-one/821533/88 "2019-02-11T15:54:19Z")
I bought a ticket for opening weekend and I saw a trailer for it recently. One question, though. I think the trailer described Captain Marvel as the most powerful of the Marvel characters. Is that correct? And I never read the comics, so I went to Wikipedia to catch up. I was amused that the upcoming DC superhero movie is about Shazam, who is also called Captain Marvel, although I’ll bet that will never get mentioned in the DC movie, because that would be way too confusing. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2019, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captain-marvel-movie-the-marvel-one/821533/89 "2019-02-11T16:06:29Z")
> [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](#): > > Marvel’s new Captain Marvel website has a “retro” look: > > [https://www.marvel.com/captainmarvel](https://www.marvel.com/captainmarvel) I’ll give it 9/10 but it got dinged a point for lacking an animated “Under Construction” workman sign gif. ---
**Author:** ![GreedySmurf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a698b9/32.png) [@GreedySmurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreedySmurf)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2019, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captain-marvel-movie-the-marvel-one/821533/90 "2019-02-11T16:29:58Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > I bought a ticket for opening weekend and I saw a trailer for it recently. One question, though. I think the trailer described Captain Marvel as the most powerful of the Marvel characters. Is that correct? That’s a loaded question, presuming you mean in the source comics. To clarify, and presuming we’re excluding ‘cosmic’ entities, short answer is no, with a but: As _Ms Marvel/Captain Marvel/Warbird_ she’s certainly up there in power terms, but definitely not the most powerful. In her _Binary_ incarnation, she is easily within that top echelon of ‘most powerful’ characters. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2019, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captain-marvel-movie-the-marvel-one/821533/91 "2019-02-11T17:06:59Z")
My problem with the trailer - well, I hjave a lot of problems, but this is the biggest one - is that for the great, great majority of people, who don’t know anything about Captain Marvel, the heroine appears to have an unlimited set of powers. She can fly, and is super strong, and lasers shoot out of her eyes and phasers out of her hands and there’s electric stuff. What the hell is her superpower? So she’s going to be this incredibly multi-superpowered lady who fights ugly aliens. Meh, it’s been done. ---
**Author:** ![epbrown01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@epbrown01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown01)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2019, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captain-marvel-movie-the-marvel-one/821533/92 "2019-02-12T21:45:37Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > I bought a ticket for opening weekend and I saw a trailer for it recently. One question, though. I think the trailer described Captain Marvel as the most powerful of the Marvel characters. Is that correct? For the movies, yes. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2019, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captain-marvel-movie-the-marvel-one/821533/93 "2019-02-12T22:00:45Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > I’ll give it 9/10 but it got dinged a point for lacking an animated “Under Construction” workman sign gif. And no unrelenting midi song playing. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2019, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captain-marvel-movie-the-marvel-one/821533/94 "2019-02-13T00:06:42Z")
You know, it really makes me feel old to see the '90s as a time when things can be set. By my standards, it’s just part of the broad range of “around now”. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2019, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captain-marvel-movie-the-marvel-one/821533/95 "2019-02-13T00:47:55Z")
Time for us nouveau-geezers to get used to the idea. There are children who were born after the first Harry Potter book was published that can now legally purchase alcohol. ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2019, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captain-marvel-movie-the-marvel-one/821533/96 "2019-02-13T01:22:42Z")
> [@cmkeller](#): > > Time for us nouveau-geezers to get used to the idea. There are children who were born after the first Harry Potter book was published that can now legally purchase alcohol. you take that back - you take that back RIGHT NOW. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2019, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captain-marvel-movie-the-marvel-one/821533/97 "2019-02-13T10:55:41Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > So she’s going to be this incredibly multi-superpowered lady who fights ugly aliens. Meh, it’s been done. It has? In a recent movie? Which one? I wouldn’t count\* Wonder Woman\* in the DC movies, she doesn’t really have the same flight+blasting powerset. _Supergirl_, sure, but that’s TV. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2019, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captain-marvel-movie-the-marvel-one/821533/98 "2019-02-13T11:20:47Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > My problem with the trailer - well, I hjave a lot of problems, but this is the biggest one - is that for the great, great majority of people, who don’t know anything about Captain Marvel, the heroine appears to have an unlimited set of powers. She can fly, and is super strong, and lasers shoot out of her eyes and phasers out of her hands and there’s electric stuff. What the hell is her superpower? > > So she’s going to be this incredibly multi-superpowered lady who fights ugly aliens. Meh, it’s been done. Almost every movie has been done. That’s not a predictor of whether a movie will be good. Was the world screaming for Jason Bourne or John Wick or Ethan Hunt? Those are all pretty much the same concept. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2019, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captain-marvel-movie-the-marvel-one/821533/99 "2019-02-13T12:23:37Z")
I’m not a fan of most of those movies, either. “Mission: Impossible” movies are reliably entertaining, but forgettable. I LIKE most Marvel movies, I just don’t get the drooling anticipation. They are reliably well-structured punchfests. There is something to be said for that. Who’s the biggest movie star who hasn’t yet been in a Marvel movie? I guess Tom Hanks. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2019, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captain-marvel-movie-the-marvel-one/821533/100 "2019-02-13T12:47:35Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > I’m not a fan of most of those movies, either. “Mission: Impossible” movies are reliably entertaining, but forgettable. > > I LIKE most Marvel movies, I just don’t get the drooling anticipation. They are reliably well-structured punchfests. There is something to be said for that. > > Who’s the biggest movie star who hasn’t yet been in a Marvel movie? I guess Tom Hanks. Okay. But that’s a different point. “It’s been done before” isn’t a strong criticism of concept. Remember Roger Ebert — whether a movie is good isn’t based on what it’s about but how it’s about what it’s about. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captain-marvel-movie-the-marvel-one/821533.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captain-marvel-movie-the-marvel-one/821533.md?page=6)