Avengers Endgame: Appreciating the enormity of the MCU
A review \n\n
Spoiler alert: we liked this movie
\n\n Phase 1 \n\nAppreciating the establishment of the characters of Iron Man and Captain America. That grenade scene. Joss Whedon writing and directing teams of characters learning to work together. Realizing the first movie in the MCU came out in 2008. Realizing just how long ago 2008 was.
\n\n Phase 2 \n\nJames Gunn appreciation (ps Super was really really good!). Guardians introducing a new level of comedy into the MCU.
\n\nPhase 3
\n\nGuardians dad feels. Our favorite MCU movies. Appreciating Spiderverse even though it doesn\u2019t count.
\n\n Money and The Mouse \n\nThe huge money-making power of this franchise. A review of budgets and revenue in the MCU. Feeling conflicted about enjoying these otherwise-impossible projects while Disney slowly buys up the entirety of western media.
\n\n Time travel quantum gobbledlygook \n\nTime travel. Single-timeline time travel vs branching-timelines. The classic scientific \u201cLoki-Hypercube paradox.\u201d Timeline diagram for Avengers: Endgame. Avoiding the Novikov self-consistency principle for paradox avoidance. The \u201cDeutsch proposition.\u201d Robbing Peter in one timeline to pay Paul in another. Playing the time travel genie to wish for more wishes.
\n\n Characters \n\nCharacter growth. Going over Cap, Iron Man, Hulk, Thor, etc. Observing how these characters have grown over time.
\n\n Past Coverage \n\n- \n
- Guardians of the Galaxy: Groot language, intelligent animals, and where do trees get their mass? \n
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2: space jumps, empathy telepathy, and \u2764\ufe0f Yondu \n
- Avengers Infinity War: space mapping, Dyson spheres, and the purple coin purse \n
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- \n\t\t\t\tAvengers: Endgame timeline diagram: imgur\n\t\t\t \n\t\t\n\t\t\t
- \n\t\t\t\tMarvel movie budgets and box office revenue: Reddit\n\t\t\t \n\t\t\n\t\t\t
- \n\t\t\t\t"The Limitations of the Marvel Cinematic Universe" by Patrick Willems Part 1: YouTube\n\t\t\t \n\t\t\n\t\t\t
- \n\t\t\t\t"The Limitations of the Marvel Cinematic Universe" by Patrick Willems Part 2: YouTube\n\t\t\t \n\t\t\n\t