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Is there anything preventing Season 1 from taking place in January-February 2015, before Jessica Jones? I'm assuming a little snow wouldn't be out of place then, and it'd keep the time gap between the two seasons at less than a year, making Fisk's comment technically correct. I know there's the reference to the Incident, but I don't remember how specific it was.

I have to go back and rewatch but I'm pretty sure DD Season 1 had same weather patterns: started with it warm and gradually got colder, indicating transition from Summer/Fall to Winter. I have to go back and rewatch Season 1 to be sure. I'll get started on that this week.

Lil' Cottonmouth mentions Video Music Box, a program that debuted in 1983.

Yup, I set those scenes in 1986, figured that works best to account for that and the character age.

Is it possible to push back some of those Agents of SHIELD season 3 episodes to account for the Hell's Kitchen gang wars reference in "Watchdogs"? I know it's a pretty vague, hard to spot reference, but as it's one of the few "real-time" cross references it'd be neat to keep it in.

I have it set in January, a month or two after conclusion of DD Season 2. The assumption is the gang war is still occurring even after DD Season 2 ends. Watchdogs has to occur in January to make sense of the flash forward of 3 months in Bouncing Back to line up with Civil War and the crossover elements of the final few episodes of AoS Season 3 crossing over with CW (set definitively in March/April).

Are the flashbacks with Cottonmouth and Pop where Pop's nickname is established on there? I'm sure they are, but I keep missing them. IIRC there was a reference to them happening in the late 90s.

I left those as memories due to Pop's voice over running over them the whole time. I can separate those if you guys think it appropriate. Have to be earlier than late '90's based on their portrayed ages and clothing. Maybe early '90's? I'd push it even earlier but the Cottonmouth flashbacks seem set in mid '80's so can't go too much earlier.
 
I agree that it works better where it is now, even though it means a lot of work to get my edit right. Have you moved around AoS series 3 aswell?

Yes, a bit in relation to DD Season 2 and moved a few episodes up to January to account for the CW crossover episodes and the 3 month flash forward in AoS episode "Bounce Back" which confirms there's only a 3 month span between, and that latter portion must occur in at least April due to the hard dates given in Civil War and AoS crossover epis SS toward end of season having to happen before the flash forward which occurs towards very end of 3x22 before flash forward of 6 months in that case.
 
I left those as memories due to Pop's voice over running over them the whole time. I can separate those if you guys think it appropriate. Have to be earlier than late '90's based on their portrayed ages and clothing. Maybe early '90's? I'd push it even earlier but the Cottonmouth flashbacks seem set in mid '80's so can't go too much earlier.

Personally, I would separate them. There's a couple flashback scenes in the timeline with voiceovers throughout that are separated (Will's astronaut scenes) (Hank and Janet's jet scene). It wouldn't hurt for them to stay memories, but I also think they could fit well as flashbacks.
 
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Yup, I set those scenes in 1986, figured that works best to account for that and the character age.

How old were the characters supposed to be? The across who played Luke, Misty, Shades, and Cottonmouth are all close to 40 in real life. The actor who played Pop is 57, but he was made to appear older in the show. On the flipside, the actress that played Mariah is 63, though she doesn't look quite that old.

The actor who plays young Cottonmouth is 20, but says he's playing him at age 15.. If Mariah changed his diaper, she would need to be at least 8-10 years older. Were Mariah and Pop supposed to be 25 and 30 in 1986? I would have guessed 17 and 20ish (although the actor who plays young Pop is about 30, and I couldn't find an age for the actress who played young Mariah). Also, I would have guessed 50 and 60 in the modern part, which fits better with the older ages for the flash back.

All that to say, I don't know How old any of them are supposed to be.
 
Personally, I would separate them. There's a couple flashback scenes in the timeline with voiceovers throughout that are separated (Will's astronaut scenes) (Hank and Janet's jet scene). It wouldn't hurt for them to stay memories, but I also think they could fit well as flashbacks.


Yeah I'll go back and separate them, using the (Audio/Video Only) tags.

How old were the characters supposed to be? The across who played Luke, Misty, Shades, and Cottonmouth are all close to 40 in real life. The actor who played Pop is 57, but he was made to appear older in the show. On the flipside, the actress that played Mariah is 63, though she doesn't look quite that old.

The actor who plays young Cottonmouth is 20, but says he's playing him at age 15.. If Mariah changed his diaper, she would need to be at least 8-10 years older. Were Mariah and Pop supposed to be 25 and 30 in 1986? I would have guessed 17 and 20ish (although the actor who plays young Pop is about 30, and I couldn't find an age for the actress who played young Mariah). Also, I would have guessed 50 and 60 in the modern part, which fits better with the older ages for the flash back.

All that to say, I don't know How old any of them are supposed to be.

All really good questions. Hopefully we'll get more info from show runners that may shed more light on that stuff.
 
Personally, I would separate them. There's a couple flashback scenes in the timeline with voiceovers throughout that are separated (Will's astronaut scenes) (Hank and Janet's jet scene). It wouldn't hurt for them to stay memories, but I also think they could fit well as flashbacks.

I thought about this while watching the episode, and I think I'm going to leave them as memories when editing Luke Cage. It's a lot of work just for a couple of seconds of video.
 
I thought about this while watching the episode, and I think I'm going to leave them as memories when editing Luke Cage. It's a lot of work just for a couple of seconds of video.

That's how I've kept all of the flashback-memories. Keeps things a bit more coherent (although parts of AoS 2x17 are put in twice, once at the right time and again when Jaiying was telling Skye about them)
 
That's how I've kept all of the flashback-memories. Keeps things a bit more coherent (although parts of AoS 2x17 are put in twice, once at the right time and again when Jaiying was telling Skye about them)

I've seperated many of the memories, but the one with Young Pops is just so short it doesn't seem worth the work.
 
That's something I've been meaning to go back and do, but just so busy with the various other timelines I'm doing or updating the existing ones I can't seem to find the time.

If anyone is up for collating all the timeline info from here in the thread (that's where most is contained, actually probably ALL of it), please do, and I'll credit you on the timeline summary. I'll add it to a new summary page after the initial timeline post.

I was gonna start working on that and then my laptop charger bit the dust so ive been without my computer. Currently heading out of town to escape the hurricane so I may have time to just sit on my phone and try to at least start up a nice template to keep things organized and then start adding info at a later point, or share the template with someone else to add the info.
 
I'm praying for your safety!

Thanks man. I appreciate the sentiment. I'm sure I'll be fine, but I just didn't want to chance it. When Hermine came through a few weeks ago all we really got was wind but it was enough to knock branches down at my apartment complex. I didn't want to stick around for something worse. I have a lot of friends who aren't leaving town though, and I'm hoping they all remain safe.
 
I was gonna start working on that and then my laptop charger bit the dust so ive been without my computer. Currently heading out of town to escape the hurricane so I may have time to just sit on my phone and try to at least start up a nice template to keep things organized and then start adding info at a later point, or share the template with someone else to add the info.

Hey!
Stay safe
 
Thanks everybody for the well wishes, the hurricane should be hitting my area tonight, and hopefully I'll be able to return home tomorrow or Sunday at the latest.

That being said, I did start on the google docs note template, I still need to add some episode titles, and I kept some shorts on there that I don't remember if we deemed non-canon or not. If anyone wants to look at what the general idea is for organization, here's the link:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/115a24LE6Y9wLxsOsBfcydVoWQRCogMP9JVIeK7Fv7_8

As I stated before, I'm working from mobile so it's pretty bare bones as of right now, but the idea is to have everything have different billeted categories for note including:

Hard dates given:
References made to time passing:
References made to other canon material:
Real world events/pop culture references:
Location (Including Time Zone/Travel time)
Retcons made in later material:
Production team statements:
Other:

I feel like that covers most categories we've brought up throughout the thread for placement evidence, but if there's anything specific I didn't think of, feel free to mention it. Like I said, right now it's just a template, and I probably won't be able to fill it all in by myself, but once I (or anyone who's willing to) can put time into working on it, it should make things so much easier moving forward for us to place future projects.
 
Thanks everybody for the well wishes, the hurricane should be hitting my area tonight, and hopefully I'll be able to return home tomorrow or Sunday at the latest.

That being said, I did start on the google docs note template, I still need to add some episode titles, and I kept some shorts on there that I don't remember if we deemed non-canon or not. If anyone wants to look at what the general idea is for organization, here's the link:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/115a24LE6Y9wLxsOsBfcydVoWQRCogMP9JVIeK7Fv7_8

As I stated before, I'm working from mobile so it's pretty bare bones as of right now, but the idea is to have everything have different billeted categories for note including:

Hard dates given:
References made to time passing:
References made to other canon material:
Real world events/pop culture references:
Location (Including Time Zone/Travel time)
Retcons made in later material:
Production team statements:
Other:

I feel like that covers most categories we've brought up throughout the thread for placement evidence, but if there's anything specific I didn't think of, feel free to mention it. Like I said, right now it's just a template, and I probably won't be able to fill it all in by myself, but once I (or anyone who's willing to) can put time into working on it, it should make things so much easier moving forward for us to place future projects.



Glad you and everyone else stayed safe, iammattie. The hurricane was pretty tame for me now that I live inland. Used to live on Intracoastal and that was always a pain due to massive waves crashing over sea wall bringing massive amounts of mud.

I think that approach you're using for the notations/references is great. When you're done I'll collect them and post a FAQ/Guide explaining reasons for various placements into the second post/existing guide.

Great work, man. I, for one, really appreciate it. I'll probably break up each film's info into a section covering that film, and same for entire seasons of the TV series, with specific references for each episode noted as well (when they're given).

I need to go back and do a rewatch of all the AoS episodes to follow time passed between/during episodes more specifically... it's much easier doing so watching it all in one go as opposed to week by week as I've done for it to keep up to date with each new release... and Daredevil Season 1 to see if I can reposition it to make sense of Fisk's comment in Season 2 that the art gallery where Matt met him and Vanessa was only several months ago. I have to see if doing so makes sense given the weather pattern changes and any other info provided within the first season.

Anyway, just let me know when it's done and I'll get it all posted, and add new notations for newer releases when available.
 
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Going through editing in Luke Cage and I've spotted a few little errors. You've got the following:

Luke Cage 1x08: "Blowin' Up the Spot" (0:06:30 - 0:06:35 ) (Video Only)
Luke Cage 1x08: "Blowin' Up the Spot" (0:06:43 - 0:06:48 ) (Video Only)
Luke Cage 1x08: "Blowin' Up the Spot" (0:06:57 - 0:07:00 ) (Video Only)
Luke Cage 1x08: "Blowin' Up the Spot" (0:07:03 - 0:07:19 )
Luke Cage 1x08: "Blowin' Up the Spot" (0:07:37 - 0:08:23 )
Luke Cage 1x08: "Blowin' Up the Spot" (0:09:37 - 0:09:49 )
Luke Cage 1x08: "Blowin' Up the Spot" (0:09:53 - 0:46:38 )

However at 7:03 Misty walks into the club and exclaims "Oh my god" indicating that she hasn't seen the body already. She goes upstairs at 10:01 to see Mariah and interview Candace. It would be after this at about 12:24 that I believe the visual parts take place.

Also in 1x10 there is the second flashback between 35:30 and 36:14. Whether that can be moved or not is up for debate I guess due to adult Luke being there as well.

Finally you've got 1x11 ending at 0:40:26 when I'm sure it is meant to be 0:49:26.
 
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Some new Doctor Strange information from the 15-minute IMAX screening (WARNING: SPOILERS): https://www.reddit.com/r/marvelstudios/comments/56v5o4/doctor_strange_imax_preview_reaction/

Not much information is given, but apparently, a Marine with a back injury from an exosuit is mentioned as a patient for Dr. Strange. Some people thought he might be referring to Rhodes' injury from Civil War (although it's confirmed that he isn't here: https://www.reddit.com/r/marvelstudios/comments/56v5o4/doctor_strange_imax_preview_reaction/d8murlk), while other users speculate he might be referring to one of Justin Hammer's test pilots for one of his experiments.

Just some food for thought, but I guess we'll wait until the movie comes out so we can have more information to work with.
 
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Going through editing in Luke Cage and I've spotted a few little errors. You've got the following:

Luke Cage 1x08: "Blowin' Up the Spot" (0:06:30 - 0:06:35 ) (Video Only)
Luke Cage 1x08: "Blowin' Up the Spot" (0:06:43 - 0:06:48 ) (Video Only)
Luke Cage 1x08: "Blowin' Up the Spot" (0:06:57 - 0:07:00 ) (Video Only)
Luke Cage 1x08: "Blowin' Up the Spot" (0:07:03 - 0:07:19 )
Luke Cage 1x08: "Blowin' Up the Spot" (0:07:37 - 0:08:23 )
Luke Cage 1x08: "Blowin' Up the Spot" (0:09:37 - 0:09:49 )
Luke Cage 1x08: "Blowin' Up the Spot" (0:09:53 - 0:46:38 )

However at 7:03 Misty walks into the club and exclaims "Oh my god" indicating that she hasn't seen the body already. She goes upstairs at 10:01 to see Mariah and interview Candace. It would be after this at about 12:24 that I believe the visual parts take place.

Good call, fixed that.

Also in 1x10 there is the second flashback between 35:30 and 36:14. Whether that can be moved or not is up for debate I guess due to adult Luke being there as well.

Yeah I left that as a memory happening in present day since the adult Luke is visible in the shot. Same thing happened in Jessica Jones, a flashback to her family going on vacation. Any shots featuring the flashbacks are treated as such, but if the present day version of character is present in shot it has to be treated as a memory or dream (whatever the situation is).

Finally you've got 1x11 ending at 0:40:26 when I'm sure it is meant to be 0:49:26.

Thanks, yeah must've hit the 0 instead of the 9 when editing.
 
Some new Doctor Strange information from the 15-minute IMAX screening (WARNING: SPOILERS): https://www.reddit.com/r/marvelstudios/comments/56v5o4/doctor_strange_imax_preview_reaction/

Not much information is given, but apparently, a Marine with a back injury from an exosuit is mentioned as a patient for Dr. Strange. Some people thought he might be referring to Rhodes' injury from Civil War (although it's confirmed that he isn't here: https://www.reddit.com/r/marvelstudios/comments/56v5o4/doctor_strange_imax_preview_reaction/d8murlk), while other users speculate he might be referring to one of Justin Hammer's test pilots for one of his experiments.

Just some food for thought, but I guess we'll wait until the movie comes out so we can have more information to work with.

The overwhelmingly positive fan responses have me really hyped for this film now. I was interested before, but now... Doctor Strange has my attention.
 
Tonight's episode of AoS featured a flashback that was vaguely worded as occurring "then" (no specific dates or years ago). However, it's said on the MCU wikia that the "ghosts" were held in the containment cubes for several years, so it must be at least 3-4 years before, possibly longer if we account for the time it took for them to discover book, study it, and apply what they'd learned from it in the failed experiment.

So, to be safe, I'm placing those flashbacks 5 years previous, in 2011.
 

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