The unofficial "Do I have to watch Defenders" Guide
I've seen a fair amount posters pick up one of the Netflix shows and then ask if they have to watch Defenders. With the new season of Daredevil coming out soon, I'm willing to bet more people are picking up the original series, so because I'm currently sick, bored and unproductive in my sickness and boredom, here is the unofficial guide to whether or not you have to watch Defenders.
If you watch Daredevil: You have to watch Defenders. The first scene of Daredevil season 3 picks up straight from a scene in Defenders and a lot of the first half of the season is dealing with the consequences from the events of Defenders. Furthermore most of the plot threads set up in season 2 and two separate DD characters' major story arcs are resolved in Defenders, so if you want any closure, you kind of have to watch.
If you watch Jessica Jones: You don't have to watch Defenders. Outside of maybe one or two minor references at the beginning season 2, JJ really isn't really impacted at all by the events of Defenders. There is one character conflict in season 1 that is resolved in Defenders, but it's a story thread that has no impact on seasons 2 and 3.
If you watch Luke Cage: You should probably watch Defenders. The season 1 cliffhanger is resolved in Defenders, and one major character goes through an event that is integral to their character going forward. While the other events of Defenders aren't really impactful to plot of season 2, a few characters from Defenders make notable guest appearances (i.e. roles more significant to the plot/episode than just cameos) throughout season 2.
If you watch Iron Fist: If you're bothering to watch Iron Fist you're probably already a completionist planning to watch Defenders. Either way almost all of season 1 is spent setting up Defenders and season 2 is significantly impacted by the events of Defenders. One character from Defenders is a major character in season 2 as well. Out of all the shows this would probably be the weirdest one to watch and skip Defenders.
If you watch Punisher: You can absolutely skip Defenders. Punisher isn't in Defenders and the impact of the show is pretty minimal outside of a maybe a minor reference or two in this series.
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I really hope Daredevil: Born Again feels like a proper TV show
I know this post might seem a bit pointless since...duh, it IS a TV show, right?! well, let me explain what I mean...
As much as I've enjoyed the other MCU shows (more than most people have, it seems), I still feel like the individual episodes have been missing that television structure. Everyone has complained about the seasons not being long enough and I totally agree with that, but it's more about the episodes themselves for me. Each episode of Daredevil was an hour long and it felt like A LOT happened. I can't remember ever finishing an episode of Daredevil and thinking "that's it???" whereas I have felt that way with most of the other Marvel shows. I think this is because they would usually focus on the main hero(s) for the majority of the episode and then occasionally cut to whatever the villain was up to. It felt like each episode was structured similarly to a movie, not a TV show. They weren't balancing multiple plots like most dramas do.
Born Again has 4 episodes less than each season of the Netflix show had, but I don't think that's necessarily an issue. I just hope that each episode is an hour long and they pack each one with several plots so that we feel like we've gotten a lot of stuff each week. I want them to cut between whatever Matt is doing, whatever Fisk is doing, whatever Muse is doing, whatever Karen is doing, and whatever Punisher is doing. Obviously they shouldn't try and pack too much into a single episode, but I don't want there to just be one or two plots that we cut back and forth between, with each episode landing somewhere between 30 and 55 minutes.
Everything else about this show seems like it's going to be top notch, but the structure of the episodes is the only major concern I have right now. I never want to finish an episode of Born Again and think to myself "that's it???"
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Which series to watch in the lead up to the new DareDevil show?
Just watched the new trailer and it looks fantastic!
I’ve watched series 1 of Daredevil and season 2
Which other series do I need to watch in order to get the full context for the new series?
Thanks!
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A breakdown of Eternals' flipbook intro and where some of these panels came from.
# TL;DR: This is just some select panels, because some are obscure, some are too under/oversaturated, and some are just copies of already flipped panels.
And apologize for having to format like this because it's wonky. I did things.
From S.H.I.E.L.D #1 by Hickman and Weaver.
From Fantastic Four #603 by Hickman and Kitson.
From Eternals #6 \(2006\) by Gaiman and Romita Jr.
From Avengers #5 \(2018\) by Aaron and Medina.
From What If? Secret Wars \(2009\) by Bollers and Molina.
From Eternals #11 \(1976\) by Jack Kirby.
From Avengers #5 \(2018\) by Aaron and Medina.
From Uncanny Avengers #7 \(2012-2014\) by Remeder and Acuna.
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What I love about the #SaveDaredevil movement is how non toxic it was
They don't attack other fandoms, they don't call for petition to fire others who don't support it, they don't call people "fake Daredevil fans" for having a more lighthearted Daredevil in She Hulk. Even though a lot of us didn't like it, they still appreciated just having Charlie Cox back and now we still ended up getting our R Rated Daredevil back in the mcu.
Charlie Cox himself said he never thought Daredevil would ever return and encouraged them to stop, but they never did and they were polite about it. I have seen so many toxic fandoms and petition over the years get so angry over minor things, but the #SaveDaredevilMovement was truly humble and polite and not cult like at all.
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What is an (old) easter egg you discovered recently?
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Anyone else think anchor beings are stupid?
I doubt it’s a hot take as such but really the concept seems dumb… So all of a sudden anchor beings are the basis of each and every timeline?! What about the fact the universe has been around for billions of years and will be (irl at least) for many more, so how can one person, who at most, like wolverine, lives for ~200 years, allow the universe to exist. Is everything scientists know about the universe wrong in the MCU? Do the creators of the MCU expect us all to accept that every universe will degrade in a few years? How can you say a single person is inexplicably linked to the survival of something so grand. Personally, I would make it so anchor beings are either just ignored or are shown to be a mistaken view as I don’t think they work. What do you think? Sorry now if this sounds more like a rant, just wanna know if I’ve missed something.
Edit: wanna add for all the people who say it’s ‘satire’… I’m not disagreeing, maybe it is, but if so that’s the problem. We went from a time where shit meant something up until endgame and for some few films after, and now apparently the premise of a film is a ‘joke’. Definitely out of the golden age now
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So...has there been any POSITIVE word surrounding Captain America: Brave New World?
I feel like all I've heard arpund this movie has just been doom and gloom. People freaked about the reshoots, bad test screenings, etc. I've even seen people who have "seem the film" criticizing it all over reddit.
So, I'm curious, in an effort to not get all sucked up in all the negative noise, has there been any positive news or feedback about this film? It can't be all horrific, right?
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Multiverse as a forest or a singular tree?
I've seen lots of discussion but different posts are saying different things about what the multiverse is.
I'd say there are two main possibilities.
1. Forest
Each tree in a forest is a universe with branches being different timelines.
Sacred timeline just being one tree representing one universe and it's different timelines. But it's not representative of the multiverse as a whole and other universes still exist outside the Sacred timeline.
2. Individual tree
One tree, the Sacred timeline, consists of multiple universes inside it and branches include timeline branches of universes within the Sacred timeline.
In this scenario there are no other universes outside as the Sacred timeline is the only tree in the forest.
Which version do you think makes the most sense?
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First time watching Eternals
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Romanoff feeds that. And continues to feed it, sifting through a slew of brief but meaningful manipulation tactics until she gets what she wants. (“So: Banner. That’s your play.”)
These are scenes that are absolutely dripping in characterization. We witness in this movie too the beginning of a long and tumultuous relationship between Steve Rogers and Tony Stark. For however much S.H.I.E.L.D. may have briefed them regarding Loki’s attack and the Avengers Initiative, Steve and Tony come to the table with an incomplete portrait of the other, demonstrating another instance of personal biases feeding into their convicted and supposedly-objective assessment of each other.
STEVE: I’ve seen the footage. The only thing you really fight for is yourself. You’re not the guy to make the sacrifice play, to lay down on a wire and let the other guy crawl over you…You know, you may not be a threat, but you better stop pretending to be a hero.
TONY: A hero, like you? You’re a laboratory experiment, Rogers. Everything special about you came out of a bottle.
Tony harbors a prejudiced attitude towards Steve due to the overwhelming favor and acclaim he received from Tony’s late father Howard, who could be characterized as distant to Tony though during Tony’s upbringing. (“That’s the guy my dad never shut up about? Wondering if they shouldn’t have kept him on ice.”) On the other hand, Steve is someone established to have a personal distaste for bullies and disagreeable temperaments and so it is no wonder from the get-go that he is rubbed very much the wrong way by Tony’s supposed disregard for the dire circumstances they, and the world for that matter, find themselves in. (“Is everything a joke to you?”) Steve sees the Iron Man and the Stark Tower as nothing more than instruments Tony can use to soak up more adoration and fame, and project to the world in flashy fashion how imporant he is.
In the wake of Loki’s Hellicarrier attack though, the two immediately take heed of the call to action. Together, they use their actual strong suits - their cunning, quick-thinking and courage - to assist in keeping the Hellicarrier afloat, and to have each other’s back against the onslaught of Loki’s gun-toting pawns. In the wake of their phyrric victory and Coulson’s untimely demise, it is clear that a reassessment of each other is warranted, even if it it not spoken aloud yet. Before this, their exchanges were laced with insults and snubs, but as they hone in on Loki’s endgame, their conversation quickly takes a turn towards mutual and cooperative collaboration. And by the time the Chitauri invasion is underway, the two have to eat their own words; Tony is the first to signal directly that The Avengers will look to Steve, an established and well-respected tactician, to guide their mobilization and response. And when a missile is launched towards New York City in the hopes of quelling the invasion, Tony takes it upon himself to guide the missile through Loki’s wormhole, despite the risk that doing so may cut off his only means of returning home.
It should be noted that despite Steve’s faulty accussation, Tony is not someone who has been shown to shy away from heroic endeavors that may cost him his own life. He was willing to sacrifice himself at the end of Iron Man in order to defeat Stane and preserve his company’s legacy; this move to potentially make a one-way trip to the depths of outer space and not return for the sake of humanity is just simply that attitude but on a much grander scale.
In the wake of The Avengers’ victory, there’s no need for an overt exchanging of apologies or reconciliation from Steve and Tony, because the manner in which these two conduct themselves with one another going forward says it all. Whatever personal differences they may experience down the line, there is a recognition between the two that their merit and their strengths and their character go well beyond trivial surface-level details.
There is so much more I could continue to favorably go on about with this movie, like the specific tactician utilized
correctly assesses the scenario from a completely alternative lens. By highlighting how doors work in the literal and figurative sense, and thus demonstrating how different biases can lead us to form contrasting hypotheses.
CLINT: If there was any tampering, sir, it wasn't at this end…the cube is a doorway to the other end of space, right? Doors open from both sides.
Appropriately for a superhero story, there is a heavy emphasis on the prioritizing of saving as many lives as possible. In the beginning, when the Tesseract threatens to collapse the Project P.E.G.A.S.U.S. base, Coulson urges other agents to forsake S.H.I.E.L.D. personnel and evacuate immediately. After Loki’s pawns compromise one of the Hellicarrier’s engines, one of Fury’s immediate concerns is for the aircraft to be moved over a body of water in order to mitigate collateral damage. (Fury: “Bring the carrier inwards and head south. Take us to the water.”) In the third act during the Chitauri invasion, we witness numerous instances of The Avengers emphasizing and executing upon saving citizens caught in the crossfire of the invasion, from Captain America soliciting assistance from the police to aid trapped citizens (Steve: “ You need men in these buildings. There are people inside and they can be running right into the line of fire. You take them to the basement or through the subway, you keep them off the streets.”), to Black Widow and Hawkeye working diligently to evacuate those trapped in a compromised bus.
This is in line directly with the ethos of these characters as we have come to understand them so far in the broader MCU; for wherever they may have started, they are now staunchly invested in the safeguarding of innocent life, and will prioritize that alongside the addressing of global threats, not after.
When it comes to the movie’s thematic throughline, there are no shortage of examples one can pull from to emphasise the importance of sticking up for your principles or how “teamwork makes the dreamwork”. I believe too that you can extract this idea that there is importance in contemplating just how vast your world is around you, and that the people around you can help build you up, can make you stronger, if you should choose to capitalize upon what can be offered. Alternatively, failure to do so and to truly grasp that notion can be your undoing as well. Loki does not seem to understand nor care about what it means to be a strong king and a strong leader, one that is bolstered by the support that can be granted by a healthy and secure sovereign (Thor: “You think yourself above them…then you miss the truth of ruling, brother. The throne would suit you ill”). And when he is defeated in the third act, the like-minded and selfish figure that is Thanos whom he originally allied himself with is nowhere to be found. Loki and the scourges he sought aid from in subjugating Earth neglect trust and mutual support, and instead bully, intimidate and kill to get what they want. They will not stick their necks out to rally for one another if it is not directly advantageous to them, in the way The Avengers do.
For example, when the stakes are dire, Tony will shelve all traces of ego (“Call it Cap.”) for the sake of doing what is truly his biggest priority - it isn’t hogging the limelight or trying to one-up Steve Rogers as a result of personal grievances, it is protecting the innocent. Bruce, the man who is hyper-conscious of the danger that the brute within him can present to those around him, deliberately induces his own transformation into Hulk, because his desire to help others (“I focused on helping other people. I was good!”) in this instance and risk collateral damage outweighs the repercussions of what may likely happen if Hulk is not there.
While we’re on the subject of Bruce, it is not a stretch at all to highlight that this movie endures also as the best Hulk content we have so far in the MCU. Despite the audience having context for most of the key players in this movie thanks to previous entries, it is worthwhile to note that their
Are mutants able to use their powers in the TVA?
Loki series told us that magic beings don't have power while in the TVA (examples being Loki unable to summon his suit/weapons, Sylvie unable to enchant, Infinity Stones not working at all).
Do mutant powers count in though? We never saw Cassandra Nova in the TVA but based on Deadpool's power basically letting him live with cancer (in Deadpool 2 he was dying after collar to disable mutants powers was put on him) and the fact he was fine while in TVA we can assume mutants rely on diffrent rules.
Never read any comics maybe answer is there
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Does Ultron's ideology not make sense, or have I misunderstood it?
Hello 🖤 So I was watching AoU this week, and even with Jim Spader brilliantly guiding me through the robot's mind, his plan still doesn't make much sense. I mean, Ultron wants the human race to evolve, he wants to save the world; but he wants to throw an artificial meteor on the planet and exterminate all humanity? that way there will be no one to evolve, he himself says that "when the dust settles, the only living thing in this world will be metal." Did he completely lose his mind or did I just not understand what his objective was? Or did the film really not know what to do with him anymore? Thanks in advance for any help.
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I think the Sacred Timeline doesn't have an anchor being
The whole concept of anchor being in D and W was that if the anchor being dies, the universe it resided in will also die. [ I mean it contradicts the importance of Galactus , but we'll see about that in f4\]. The anchor beings are set an expiration date to the universe . So my theory is that the anchor beings were set up by he who remains as an ultimate backup plan , so that even if the TVA fails the multiverse may remain streamlined. So by this theory the Sacred Timeline shouldn't have an anchor being.
Am I Delusional or is this possible?
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Who would you want to be the “Big Bad” of the Mutant Saga?
Curious to see what people think when the Mutant Saga inevitably comes. I’d personally imagine they would 1. avoid too many references to the Fox movies (so not Magneto, Stryker, etc.) and 2. Keep the villain big and fantastical, because goodness knows they won’t go grounded again (and also, it would separate themselves from the Fox movie approach). Maybe Onslaught?
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My recommended watchlist if you want full context on the characters in Daredevil: Born Again
- Daredevil (S1-2) Daredevil, Kingpin, Karen Page, Foggy Nelson, Vanessa Fisk & The Punisher
- The Defenders Daredevil, Karen Page & Foggy Nelson
- The Punisher (S1) Karen Page & The Punisher
- Jessica Jones (S2E3) Foggy Nelson
- Daredevil (S3) Daredevil, Kingpin, Karen Page, Foggy Nelson, Vanessa Fisk & Bullseye
- The Punisher (S2) The Punisher
- Hawkeye (E3) Kingpin
- Spider-Man: No Way Home Daredevil
- Hawkeye (E6) Kingpin
- Ms. Marvel (E1-4,6) Yusuf Khan
- She-Hulk: Attorney at Law (E8-9) Daredevil
- Echo (E1,3-6) Daredevil & Kingpin
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Obscure heroes for future MCU movies/shows
MCU has many big names already. And we also get some obscure characters getting spotlight and being successful like Agatha.
Who do you think can be a random character that can come in and have a movie or show of their own that can make viewers go who is that?
I honestly want to see a Squirrel Girl show after we have Mutants
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Fan cast: Damian Lewis for MCU Norman Osborn
His character ‘Bobby Axelrod’ in the show ‘Billions’ is awesome, and he can flip the switch between friend/foe like its nothing.
He can be menacing through the screen when he needs to be, yet also a likeable businessman persona, family man, tough negotiator, and cut-throat corporate mogul.
His voice also fits so well imo.
I can see it.
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Deadpool & Wolverine tops 2024's top selling discs.
# Source: Media Play News
Year-end list, top 10:
1. Deadpool & Wolverine (Disney)
2. Dune: Part Two (Warner)
3. Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (Warner)
4. Oppenheimer (Universal)
5. Twisters (Universal)
6. The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (Lionsgate)
7. Aquaman & the Lost Kingdom (Warner)
8. Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (Sony)
9. Wonka (Warner)
10. Despicable Me 4 (Universal)
Compared to other Disney titles released on home media in 2024:
Deadpool & Wolverine (1st)
Inside Out 2 (12th)
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (18th)
The Marvels (21st)
Alien: Romulus (23rd)
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (25th)
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Loki S2 chronological order
So im doing the chronological mcu timeline on Disney plus and i realize with season 2 of Loki idk where it lines up and i get different awnsers with every post i see so just tryna see what the masses think
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Secret Wars Aftermath
With Secret Wars coming closer and Closer, it got me thinking about the Projects and Characters we’ve got since Endgame. I’m not talking about main Live Action MCU characters (She Hulk, Ms Marvel, Moon Knight ETC)
Your Friendly Neighbourhood Spider-Man is Coming soon and is confirmed to have Oscorp in the Series Where Peter will get a New Suit. So Oscorp will be Providers of the technology for Spider-Man to save the City with. Got me thinking that this (After Secret Wars) could be our New Prime MCU Oscorp.
Series like Marvel Zombies won’t be able to fit in the New Prime Universe so that can be struck off. They might appear in Secret Wars though, Similar to Marvel Age of Ultron Vs. marvel Zombies.
Xmen 93, Like Marvel Zombies, I can’t see really making an Impact too much.
In what If S3, we were introduced to Byrdie who is voiced by Natasha Lyonne who is also in the Fantastic Four: First Steps cast. She may be playing another version of the character but it’s strange that she’s appeared twice as an Original Character.
As for Eyes of Wakanda and Cooglers other Wakanda Spin-off, I’m not sure if they take place in different Universes or if they are just Cartoony MCU Adventures.
Spider-Man 4 (I’m guessing based off the Kang Dynasty Script) was gonna Include Miles Morales. Whether or not he was a Multiversal Variant or not is Unknown.
Let me know what you think, It’s all speculation and not confirmed but this is just Things I’ve managed to dig up and/Or Find.
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Are the Watchers more powerful than the Celestials?
After watching What If...? Season 3, I’ve been wondering if the Watchers are more powerful than the Celestials.
1. The Watchers seem to operate across the multiverse, while Celestials like Arishem or Tiamut are tied to specific universes. Like in Episode 5, the world was destroyed by the birth of Tiamut. Does this broader scope make the Watchers superior in power or just different?
2. If there are infinite versions of Celestials but only a few Watchers across the multiverse, does this rarity suggest the Watchers have greater cosmic authority?
3. In What If...? Season 3, characters like Captain Carter become Watchers just by taking an oath. Does this mean anyone can become a Watcher, or is it a temporary empowerment from Uatu?
I wonder if there's already a post about this, and I don't even know where to post this. I’d love to hear your thoughts on the Watchers' place in the MCU's cosmic hierarchy. Are they truly above the Celestials, or do they just play a different role?
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Official Poster for "Daredevil: Born Again"
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in the third act or why Loki is effective as a vicious villain or the building of Tony’s and Bruce’s friendship.
TL:DR: Marvel’s The Avengers is a near-masterclass in executing compelling characterization and a grand climax for a story that was four years in the making up to its release in 2012. This is not to say the movie is perfect and without blemish, but it does make for a very stark comparison against recent entries in the flailing franchise that is the MCU, ones that do not regard cohesive character, theme or world-building as essential in the way The Avengers’ script does. Its critical acclaim and box office triumph were absolutely warranted, and it sports the sort of storytelling we all ultimately want and need more of.
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introductory sequences in this movie are still wonderfully exploited. Bruce’s introduction in this movie shows him isolated in Calcutta, helping those who are in need of a doctor, and putting his expertise and intellect to work in ways that will diminish the chances of the Hulk emerging. He has forsaken as of now the prospect of a life he craves yet ultimately knows he cannot have (Note that the line “I don’t always get what I want” is delivered while Bruce is fidgeting with a nearby and empty infant’s crib). While the Hulk may be dormant, his presence is still felt indirectly in all of the ways that Bruce has chosen to carry out his life.
As part of her appeal to Bruce, Romanoff lures him to the edge of the settlement (stressing once again the diligence in ensuring that injury or loss of life is mitigated on the off chance that the Hulk emerges) with a request to assist S.H.I.E.L.D. in locating the Tesseract. But for however caring and attentive Bruce is, he is not a stooge; he understands almost immediately the apparent subtext in Romanoff’s request, and he knows as well, given his experience, that it would be a mistake to take S.H.I.E.L.D. at face value here, so he plays Romanoff for a moment, faking a “Hulk-out” just so that he can evaluate her response. (“I’m sorry. That was mean.”) In Bruce’s mind, this is a utilitarian decision: an authentic Hulk-out would be a devesating risk indeed, but it is a greater risk to allow unchecked the theft and unruly wielding of an energy source that could have lasting and global consequences.
Though Romanoff is swift and immediate with her response here - drawing a gun on Bruce - she is notably on edge in this sequence. On paper, she seems to hold all the cards, she has an entire squadron outside ready to assist if needed, and she is able to lure Bruce to the table that her weapon is hidden under during their exchange. And she is uncomfortable as well with the idea that Bruce was able to get one over on her, for she is someone who is quite secure in always being the one in absolute control during her missions. It ought to be stressed as well that the performances from Scarlett Johansson and Mark Ruffalo (the star power in this movie overall is brilliant) here do wonders to help convey these little nuances about the characters.
This is reinforced as well if we go back one scene prior to Romanoff’s first scene. In her introduction, we are shown that Romanoff has been duped while spying on the activity of Russian arms dealers and is tied to a chair while seemingly being interrogated. Again, the performance here seems to tell us that this is a character on edge and out of her depths, at the mercy of her tormentors. But this is the trick. This is the Black Widow’s shtick. When Coulson interrupts the interrogation via phone call to let Romanoff know that she needs to reconvene and that Clint has been compromised, we are treated to this lovely revelation:
COULSON: We need you to come in.
ROMANOFF: Are you kidding? I'm working!
COULSON: This takes precedence.
ROMANOFF: I'm in the middle of an interrogation, this moron is giving me everything.
Black Widow doesn’t sport a suit of armor or a magic hammer, but her superpower nonetheless is using her appearance and her adept profiling skills to her advantage. She will not hesitate to play the part of a doey-eyed and vulnerable woman because that unassuming guise enables her to then foster others’ egos and goad them into divulging crucial information while their guards are down. The Black Widow knows how others will immediately perceive her in the right light, and so she leans into that. She lets them underestimate her because by the time they realize they’ve been played, it’s too late. It works with the arms dealers and it works with Loki as well. To Loki, a character who already holds a lowly and scathing view of humans, he takes Romanoff immediately for an emotional and self-deluded scourge (“You lie and kill in the service of liars and killers. You pretend to be separate.”) irrationally pleading for the life of her friend, and so
Marvel’s The Avengers (2012) is a Near-Masterclass in Storytelling for the MCU
Nearly thirteen years after its initial release, not only would I to this date regard Marvel’s The Avengers (2012) as one of the MCU’s strongest entries, I feel pretty convicted in asserting as well that it has the strongest script amongst all of the films. To put it broadly, The Avengers excels at its characterization, its thematic throughline, its direct plot, and in the way it sports its relation to the stories which preceded it. Nearly everything in its script is deliberate. There is no payoff in the story or progression of the characters that is accidental. And make no mistake - The Avengers’ appeal cannot be boiled down simply to just surface-level marvel that comes with watching a (at the time) novel crossover unfold on the big screen after five preceding installments.
I want to start by highlighting the “small potatoes” when it comes to the deliberate details in the movie - ones that do not necessarily warrant immediate inclusion in the film per se but are nonetheless lovely features, before working up to the grander components, i.e. theme and character.
In the wake of Loki making off with his pawns and the Tesseract, S.H.I.E.L.D. pivots to pulling out all the stops to bring in those Nick Fury had marked previously for his Avengers Initiative. It is clear from the get-go that though Fury will not waste time when it comes to mounting a counteroffensive, he is precise still in the way he coordinates his outreach; of the agents dispatched, Agent Coulson maintains the sturdiest of rapport and trust comparatively with Tony Stark (Romanoff: “Coulson, you know that Stark trusts me about as far as he can throw me…”), and while Coulson and Agent Natasha Romanoff each brief Stark and Bruce Banner on the nature of Loki’s attack through modern instruments - phones and tablets, Fury instead briefs Steve Rogers - the man who was just thawed out from preservation after going under the ice in 1945 - through a more old-fashioned file folder. Notably, when compared to subsequent portrayals where Steve is more even-tempered and assured, Steve here is a much more reserved and restless figure, and for much of the movie as well. The “language” being conveyed here is clear in that it has not been a long duration since Steve was awakened, and he is still very reasonably acclimating to the 21st century and the history he was unable to experience for himself firsthand. (Steve: “I went under, the world was at war, I wake up, they say we won. They didn't say what we lost.”)
There’s a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it but absolutely intentional sequence right before the Hellicarrier attack where Bruce, who had previously arranged a model with Tony to sweep for the Tesseract’s signal, takes note of said model locking in within half a mile on the Tesseract’s location, in New York City. This provides an ample explanation for how Bruce knew to rally exactly at Stark Tower, once the Chitauri invasion got underway.
In the movie’s opening, Clint Barton, established as a figure with an incredibly sharp perception, is assigned personally by Fury to monitor those involved in Project P.E.G.A.S.U.S. to ensure that research of the Tesseract could not be compromised. When the Tesseract “awakens” and displays bouts of energy spikes, the research team that is involved, led by Dr. Erik Selvig, is shown to be reasonably assessing the anomaly through a strictly scientific lens.
FURY: How soon until you pull the plug?
SELVIG: She's an energy source. If we turn off the power, she turns it back on. If she reaches peak level…
FURY: We've prepared for this, doctor. Harnessing energy from space.
SELVIG: We don't have the harness. Our calculations are far from complete. She's throwing off interference, radiation. Nothing harmful, low levels of gamma radiation.
Clint Barton is arguably the closest thing in this room to a layman when it comes to theoretical physics. And yet it is Clint, upon concluding that the Tesseract could not have been compromised from S.H.I.E.L.D. 's end, who
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Highest impact moment of Endgame
Talking about emotional impact.
Which scene went hardest for you? Not just sad but also hype or funny. We have many like Portals opening, Cap and Mjolnir, Iron Man snap and him dying, Female power and many more.
For me it was Natasha's sacrifice. From being considered an eye candy to going to being the person who held everyone together during the Blip years just to end up there with Clint and saving him by sacrificing herself was a perfect story for her. Least talked about death/departure with Tony and Steve always getting more attention but she was the true hero
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