10 years ago something happened at the end of a pretty decent comic book film about a C or B list character that the public hadn't really heard of before.
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At the time it seemed like a cute little throwaway for fans of the comics or people that had watched a bunch of the Fox Kids cartoons when they were wee little sprogs.
But the thing was, Marvel actually meant it, so four years later in 2012, after another Iron Man, a fantastic Captain America, a greatly enjoyable introduction to Thor and the final solo outing for the Hulk, what seemed like a hopelessly ambitious hail mary that any sane movie studio would dismiss as nigh on impossible actually came together.
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That shot wouldn't be equalled in terms of holy shit they pulled it off until Star Wars returned a few years later. It lit a fire in the cash registers of almost every other film studio, all of whom began to chase the new hotness that was a shared cinematic universe. None of them got that close and most imploded after a single picture (RIP Dark Universe). Now, after 6 years spent building up the rest of the pieces with 12(!) more films, everything is coming together again and it looks like Marvel Studios is going to recreate that feeling once more for the victory lap.
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The gang's all (mostly) here! Even Spider-Man, who seemed to be forever doomed to the endless cycle of reboots at Sisyphean Sony Pictures.
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Reviews are being held until very late due to wanting to keep the story under wraps, to the extent that at the time of posting, only a handful of people will have seen the finished film in its entirety. There's even been a plea from the production team.
The Première was in LA on Monday night with press screenings, hot takes and probably spoiler-filled SURPRISE TWIST/CAMEO/PLOTPOINT headlines to follow, so beware the internet from that point. The film releases on Friday, or Thursday, depending on the machinations of the villain known as The International Date Line (Or maybe Wednesday in The Netherlands apparently? I don't know, it's all getting a bit Boxing Day Sales on Christmas Eve).
Tag your spoilers and commiserate with your fellow posters on the loss of your favourite Avenger because there's good odds that the whole team isn't getting out alive.
Who will win?
At the time it seemed like a cute little throwaway for fans of the comics or people that had watched a bunch of the Fox Kids cartoons when they were wee little sprogs.
But the thing was, Marvel actually meant it, so four years later in 2012, after another Iron Man, a fantastic Captain America, a greatly enjoyable introduction to Thor and the final solo outing for the Hulk, what seemed like a hopelessly ambitious hail mary that any sane movie studio would dismiss as nigh on impossible actually came together.
That shot wouldn't be equalled in terms of holy shit they pulled it off until Star Wars returned a few years later. It lit a fire in the cash registers of almost every other film studio, all of whom began to chase the new hotness that was a shared cinematic universe. None of them got that close and most imploded after a single picture (RIP Dark Universe). Now, after 6 years spent building up the rest of the pieces with 12(!) more films, everything is coming together again and it looks like Marvel Studios is going to recreate that feeling once more for the victory lap.
The gang's all (mostly) here! Even Spider-Man, who seemed to be forever doomed to the endless cycle of reboots at Sisyphean Sony Pictures.
Reviews are being held until very late due to wanting to keep the story under wraps, to the extent that at the time of posting, only a handful of people will have seen the finished film in its entirety. There's even been a plea from the production team.
The Première was in LA on Monday night with press screenings, hot takes and probably spoiler-filled SURPRISE TWIST/CAMEO/PLOTPOINT headlines to follow, so beware the internet from that point. The film releases on Friday, or Thursday, depending on the machinations of the villain known as The International Date Line (Or maybe Wednesday in The Netherlands apparently? I don't know, it's all getting a bit Boxing Day Sales on Christmas Eve).
Tag your spoilers and commiserate with your fellow posters on the loss of your favourite Avenger because there's good odds that the whole team isn't getting out alive.
Who will win?