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The film Captain Marvel takes place mostly in 1995. I couldn't find any plot explanation in the film for why that particular time period was selected as the basis of the story.

I mean, it certainly fit in well with the status of S.H.I.E.L.D. at the time, Ronan of the Kree was still around, Captain America was still frozen, no Iron Man yet, etc. The world of 1995 was not really primed for Captain Marvel and that aspect contributed to the plot & characters.

But that all seems somewhat unselective. If they just wanted an "old timey" effect it just as easily could have been set in 1975 as 1995. In contrast the time period of the first Captain America film was essential to the character's origin as a WWII soldier and the specific rationale for his being brought-into-being, etc. I don't see any equivalent in Captain Marvel.

The time period seemed like a major element of the story and a lot of energy went into its realism - from soundtrack to settings to wardrobe, etc. So I had expected there so be some decisive plot rationale within the film why that point in time was necessary to the story - but can't identify what this is.

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The film Captain Marvel takes place mostly in 1995. I couldn't find any plot explanation in the film for why that particular time period was selected as the basis of the story.

I mean, it certainly fit in well with the status of S.H.I.E.L.D. at the time, Ronan of the Kree was still around, Captain America was still frozen, no Iron Man yet, etc. The world of 1995 was not really primed for Captain Marvel and that aspect contributed to the plot & characters.

But that all seems somewhat unselective. If they just wanted an "old timey" effect it just as easily could have been set in 1975 as 1995. In contrast the time period of the first Captain America film was essential to the character's origin as a WWII soldier and the specific rationale for his being brought-into-being, etc. I don't see any equivalent in Captain Marvel.

The time period seemed like a major element of the story and a lot of energy went into its realism - from soundtrack to settings to wardrobe, etc. So I had expected there so be some decisive plot rationale within the film why that point in time was necessary to the story - but can't identify what this is.

marvel marvel-cinematic-universe captain-marvel-2019

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  My guess is they wanted to make the personal connection between Fury and Captain Marvel, when Fury was still young and giving him a reason to press on with forming the Avengers. Just hunch though, hence only a comment.
  
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  Voted to leave open, it doesn't feel opinion based, there could very well be an interview from the writers/Feige/ someone about this
  
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  It could simply be for story-line issues / integrity ~ remember that Captain Mar-Vel dies in the comics from incurable cancer at a specific time that can be traced & connected to the various story arcs of a whole slew of other characters in the marvel universe, some of which they've already used in MCU films ~ he's part of Carol Danvers Captain Marvels backstory ~ so if the MCU thought they might want to use that same story arc sometime that may have limited them to a degree on when they can set this film.
  
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  My guess was it was an excuse to bring Fury, Coulson, and Hill out again without conflicting with what's currently going on. That's just an opinion, though.
  
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  See it as a Nick Fury Origin Story. It had to be some years before the first Iron Man movie.
  
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The film Captain Marvel takes place mostly in 1995. I couldn't find any plot explanation in the film for why that particular time period was selected as the basis of the story.

I mean, it certainly fit in well with the status of S.H.I.E.L.D. at the time, Ronan of the Kree was still around, Captain America was still frozen, no Iron Man yet, etc. The world of 1995 was not really primed for Captain Marvel and that aspect contributed to the plot & characters.

But that all seems somewhat unselective. If they just wanted an "old timey" effect it just as easily could have been set in 1975 as 1995. In contrast the time period of the first Captain America film was essential to the character's origin as a WWII soldier and the specific rationale for his being brought-into-being, etc. I don't see any equivalent in Captain Marvel.

The time period seemed like a major element of the story and a lot of energy went into its realism - from soundtrack to settings to wardrobe, etc. So I had expected there so be some decisive plot rationale within the film why that point in time was necessary to the story - but can't identify what this is.

marvel marvel-cinematic-universe captain-marvel-2019

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Plot-wise, once they decided to have Nick Fury working with Captain Marvel, they needed him to be old enough to have the skills and expertise to help her, but young enough for this to be his first encounter with anyone super-powered. That puts us in the ball park.

Then, out-of-universe, I suspect they wanted the movie to have a strong sense of nostalgia for a specific period, cos, y’know, it’s fun. The 80s has been extensively done already (in the superhero genre alone by X-Men: Apolcaypse and the upcoming Wonder Woman: 1984), and the 90s is probably the latest period that currently has any nostalgia value for most of the audience.

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This was addressed in an interview with Kevin Feige of Marvel. In short, it was driven by the fact that this was a previously unexplored period in the Marvel timeline.

EW: I wanted to ask you a little more about Captain Marvel. It’s set in the 1990s. How does shifting that timeline back open up new storytelling for the MCU?

KF We wanted to explore a period before Samuel L. Jackson’s Nick Fury had any idea about any of the other heroes and crazy stuff going on in the world. You know, we first met Nick when he told Tony, “You’re part of a big universe. You just don’t know yet.” Well, we want to go back to a time when he didn’t know it yet, and really showcase and announce that Carol Danvers was that first hero that Nick came across. That meant she could be the singular hero, but place it within timing of the MCU. It also got us talking about different genres, exploring this notion of sort of the ‘90s action film. We hadn’t necessarily done anything like that before either, so there are definitely homages to our favorite ‘90s action films within Captain Marvel.

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Plot-wise, once they decided to have Nick Fury working with Captain Marvel, they needed him to be old enough to have the skills and expertise to help her, but young enough for this to be his first encounter with anyone super-powered. That puts us in the ball park.

Then, out-of-universe, I suspect they wanted the movie to have a strong sense of nostalgia for a specific period, cos, y’know, it’s fun. The 80s has been extensively done already (in the superhero genre alone by X-Men: Apolcaypse and the upcoming Wonder Woman: 1984), and the 90s is probably the latest period that currently has any nostalgia value for most of the audience.

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Plot-wise, once they decided to have Nick Fury working with Captain Marvel, they needed him to be old enough to have the skills and expertise to help her, but young enough for this to be his first encounter with anyone super-powered. That puts us in the ball park.

Then, out-of-universe, I suspect they wanted the movie to have a strong sense of nostalgia for a specific period, cos, y’know, it’s fun. The 80s has been extensively done already (in the superhero genre alone by X-Men: Apolcaypse and the upcoming Wonder Woman: 1984), and the 90s is probably the latest period that currently has any nostalgia value for most of the audience.

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Plot-wise, once they decided to have Nick Fury working with Captain Marvel, they needed him to be old enough to have the skills and expertise to help her, but young enough for this to be his first encounter with anyone super-powered. That puts us in the ball park.

Then, out-of-universe, I suspect they wanted the movie to have a strong sense of nostalgia for a specific period, cos, y’know, it’s fun. The 80s has been extensively done already (in the superhero genre alone by X-Men: Apolcaypse and the upcoming Wonder Woman: 1984), and the 90s is probably the latest period that currently has any nostalgia value for most of the audience.

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This was addressed in an interview with Kevin Feige of Marvel. In short, it was driven by the fact that this was a previously unexplored period in the Marvel timeline.

EW: I wanted to ask you a little more about Captain Marvel. It’s set in the 1990s. How does shifting that timeline back open up new storytelling for the MCU?

KF We wanted to explore a period before Samuel L. Jackson’s Nick Fury had any idea about any of the other heroes and crazy stuff going on in the world. You know, we first met Nick when he told Tony, “You’re part of a big universe. You just don’t know yet.” Well, we want to go back to a time when he didn’t know it yet, and really showcase and announce that Carol Danvers was that first hero that Nick came across. That meant she could be the singular hero, but place it within timing of the MCU. It also got us talking about different genres, exploring this notion of sort of the ‘90s action film. We hadn’t necessarily done anything like that before either, so there are definitely homages to our favorite ‘90s action films within Captain Marvel.

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This was addressed in an interview with Kevin Feige of Marvel. In short, it was driven by the fact that this was a previously unexplored period in the Marvel timeline.

EW: I wanted to ask you a little more about Captain Marvel. It’s set in the 1990s. How does shifting that timeline back open up new storytelling for the MCU?

KF We wanted to explore a period before Samuel L. Jackson’s Nick Fury had any idea about any of the other heroes and crazy stuff going on in the world. You know, we first met Nick when he told Tony, “You’re part of a big universe. You just don’t know yet.” Well, we want to go back to a time when he didn’t know it yet, and really showcase and announce that Carol Danvers was that first hero that Nick came across. That meant she could be the singular hero, but place it within timing of the MCU. It also got us talking about different genres, exploring this notion of sort of the ‘90s action film. We hadn’t necessarily done anything like that before either, so there are definitely homages to our favorite ‘90s action films within Captain Marvel.

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This was addressed in an interview with Kevin Feige of Marvel. In short, it was driven by the fact that this was a previously unexplored period in the Marvel timeline.

EW: I wanted to ask you a little more about Captain Marvel. It’s set in the 1990s. How does shifting that timeline back open up new storytelling for the MCU?

KF We wanted to explore a period before Samuel L. Jackson’s Nick Fury had any idea about any of the other heroes and crazy stuff going on in the world. You know, we first met Nick when he told Tony, “You’re part of a big universe. You just don’t know yet.” Well, we want to go back to a time when he didn’t know it yet, and really showcase and announce that Carol Danvers was that first hero that Nick came across. That meant she could be the singular hero, but place it within timing of the MCU. It also got us talking about different genres, exploring this notion of sort of the ‘90s action film. We hadn’t necessarily done anything like that before either, so there are definitely homages to our favorite ‘90s action films within Captain Marvel.

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