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SPOILER WARNING: Do not read if you haven’t seen all of Season 1 of “Loki,” currently streaming on Disney Plus.

Ever since “Loki” first premiered in June, Kate Herron, who directed all six episodes of the Marvel Studios series, has had to pretend like she knew far less than she really does. For one, she couldn’t acknowledge that the homages to sci-fi classics like “Blade Runner” and “Brazil” that she’d baked into the elaborate sets for the Time Variance Authority — the cosmic bureaucracy tasked with maintaining the sacred timeline — were “meant to be sinister” rather than just “playful and quirky.”

For another, Herron was delighted to see fans theorizing after the very first episode that Kang the Conqueror — a character already set to appear in the Marvel Studios feature “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania,” as played by Jonathan Majors — was really pulling the strings of the TVA. But until the finale streamed last Wednesday, she couldn’t even hint that those fans were only half right: Majors does play the mastermind of the TVA, but he’s a variant of Kang referred to as He Who Remains. It’s only after He Who Remains encounters Loki (Tom Hiddleston) and his female variant counterpart Sylvie (Sophia Di Martino), and Sylvie plunges a blade into his heart, that the multiverse is reborn, creating the possibility for Kang the Conqueror to emerge.

Again, though: Herron couldn’t acknowledge any of that, even to those closest to her.

“Nothing has prepared me better for working with Marvel than playing tabletop games with my friends,” she says with a laugh. “It definitely taught me how to have a good poker face. You have to hide your hand — and sometimes lie.”

Now, thankfully, all of that is behind her — as is “Loki” itself. Despite receiving widespread acclaim for her assured, ambitious, and visually sumptuous work directing the show, Herron says she has decided not to return for Season 2 of the series.

“I gave it everything — in my soul, in my heart, everything,” she says. “I feel so proud of the work we’ve done. And yeah, I’ll be enjoying Season 2 as a fan.”

She’s quick to sing the praises of everyone she worked with at Marvel, and she says she’s “sure” she’ll work again with the studio. For now, however, she’s ready to take a holiday, and then turn to a project she’s writing herself “that’s really close to my heart that I really want to make.”

“It’s my own decision, but I just feel like my part with ‘Loki’ is finished now and I’m just excited to see where his story goes,” she says.

Before she parts ways for good, however, Herron spoke with Variety about bringing Jonathan Majors into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, what she thought of the shocking revelation about infinity stones and what she would like to see happen in Season 2.

She always knew “Loki” would introduce Kang and the Multiverse…

From the very start, Herron says, she and head writer Michael Waldron knew that their six-episode run of “Loki” would always end with Loki and Sylvie meeting He Who Remains at his citadel, the result of which would cause the creation of the multiverse.

As Episode 6 makes clear, both of these events were massive turning points for the future of the MCU — and Herron still can’t quite believe she got to be the one to make them a reality.

“We were just, like, waiting to be told, ‘Actually, guys, we’ve had a change [of heart],'” Herron says. Instead, Herron says she and “Quantumania” director Peyton Reed participated in casting Majors in the role.

“I was just like, pinch me,” she says. “I can’t believe I was at the table for that, because I know it was such a big decision for them all.”

Herron also decided to have Majors provide the voices for all three “Timekeepers” who are supposedly at the head of the TVA, but are revealed by Sylvie to be nothing more than “mindless androids.”

“We didn’t have someone cast for those voices,” she says. “I remember thinking, well, ‘Wizard of Oz’ is clearly a reference for us. We should have the wizard. It’d be great if it’s Jonathan. So we sent him all the art of the timekeepers. And he just kind of came up with these incredible voices for each of them.”

…but not with a cliffhanger.

The most significant decision of the season, though, may be that it ends with a giant cliffhanger, when Loki discovers he’s in a brand new reality for the TVA in which Mobius (Owen Wilson) and Hunter B-15 (Wunmi Mosaku) don’t even recognize him. But while Herron knew how this season of “Loki” would end, at first, she did not know that there would be any more seasons after it.

“When I started, there wasn’t a discussion of Season 2, exactly,” she says. “It was just that season of ‘Loki.’ As we got deeper into production, everyone was very happy, and obviously there’s so much to explore with Loki. It felt like we should continue the story. So I think the cliffhanger ending came in later in the process.”

Herron says she sprinkled in some hints to viewers that Loki is in a new timeline, like redressing sets to look slightly off, and recasting Eugene Cordero’s TVA receptionist Casey as a hunter headed to the armory in a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it moment. But her favorite bit is that the final line — said by Mobius to Loki — is the same as the first line spoken in the show, by a woman in the Gobi desert, also to Loki: “Who are you?”

“That was kind of the question of the whole first season,” Herron says.

She was just as shocked about the Infinity Stones as everyone else.

In the first episode, Loki discovers to his horror that not only does his magic not work inside the TVA, but Infinity Stones — heretofore believed to be the most powerful objects in the known universe — are just inert rocks there. The revelation sent shockwaves across the Marvel fandom; Herron was right there with them.

“That was in Michael’s script when I first got it to pitch [for the directing job],” she says. “I remember being like, ‘WHAT?! You put me through so much!’ But then I thought, ‘Oh, it’s kind of genius, because it shows how powerful the TVA are. Who are these people? What is this place?'”

Herron especially appreciated how her shock — and the audience’s — mirrored Loki’s own as the rug gets pulled out from under him. “I was quite excited by it,” she says. “It really shows you that there’s a new power in the MCU — and it’s not what we we spent the last decade dedicating our lives to.”

She told Kevin Feige she wanted gender parity among her crew.

Prior to “Loki,” Herron’s most high profile job was directing the second half of the first season of the Netflix dramedy “Sex Education.” She got the “Loki” job thanks to a 60-page pitch memo that filled out just about every detail of the world of the show. After hiring her, she says Marvel Studios chief Kevin Feige asked her, “What are your terms?”

“This was the first time I was gonna get to hire my heads of department on a television show I worked on,” she says. “I was like, I’d really love [the crew] to be 50/50 across gender.”

Herron says she wasn’t out to fill any jobs on the film with a specific gender. But, she says, “There aren’t enough women in these roles. They’re out there. It’s a lack of opportunity. It’s not a lack of interest.”

She did end up hiring two women for critical roles that are still rarely occupied by women: cinematographer Autumn Durald (“The Sun Is Also a Star”) and composer Natalie Holt (History’s “Knightfall”).

“I felt like she was inside my mind,” Herron says of Durald. “We have the same taste. And I love the way that she talks about light as a character.”

Herron hired Holt unusually early for a composer, after she’d completed editing the first episode during the pandemic shutdown. She knew that the particular sci-fi film noir look of the show that she was developing with Durald needed similarly unique music, and she liked that part of Holt’s pitch was focusing on Loki’s identity as a character.

“Her music then started to inspire how I wanted to shoot other scenes,” Herron says. She’s especially enamored of Holt’s vision for her dynamic and foreboding theme for the TVA.

“She was like, ‘Oh, let’s have that theme be Kang’s’ — well, He Who Remains, I guess, in our show. But I hope that will go on to be Kang’s theme. That was the real fun of it is that you feel like he’s really played a hand now across the whole show, because you realize that music is his music.”

Herron, Durald, and Holt all deliver distinctive and superlative work that’s nothing like the MCU has quite seen before — and nothing quite like anything previously in their careers, either. And that’s entirely the point.

“I think for us, it was about just showing people what we could do and that we could do it at this level,” Herron says.

The episode in which Loki comes out as bisexual was inspired by Alfonso Cuarón and Richard Linklater.

Every episode of “Loki” features multiple extended scenes of two characters just talking to one another, a rarity in a comic book production. Herron says that cutting Episode 1 together during the pandemic lockdown and seeing the scenes between Loki and Mobius (Owen Wilson) play out so well “definitely gave us confidence” to continue that rhythm for the rest of the show.

That was especially true for Episode 3. Written by Bisha K. Ali (who went on to create the upcoming Marvel Studios series “Ms. Marvel”), the episode is essentially an extended meet-cute between Loki and Sylvie as they get to know each other on a planet doomed for total annihilation.

“Bisha’s reference was ‘Before Sunrise’ and ‘Children of Men,'” says Herron. “And it lit my brain on fire. It was kind of weird. It was almost like a bottle episode in the sense that we’re just with the two characters, but obviously, it’s Marvel, right? So they’re bonding in this Apocalypse, which also feels very Loki at the same time.”

That episode is best known for making Marvel Studios history, when Loki casually mentions that he’s had dalliances with both men and women. Herron says that when she first interviewed for the job, she asked if the show was going to acknowledge Loki’s sexuality, which had long been established in the comics as bisexual or pansexual.

“I think everyone wanted to acknowledge it,” she says. “It was just really about giving a care and consideration and doing it in the right way. I think everyone knew it was gonna be quite a big moment. So it was just really about doing it in a way that felt respectful. And honoring it.”

Herron also confirms what many fans had suspected, that she deliberately made the lighting scheme for the scene evoke the blue, purple and red of the bisexual flag. “We knew what we were doing with that scene,” she says with a smile.

She has a lot of ideas for what she’d like to see in Season 2.

Since Herron will be watching Season 2 of “Loki” only “as a fan,” she is also free to wildly speculate as to what she’d most like to see happen — like how, wherever Loki story leads, “we’ve opened the door” for the character to explore his sexuality with men as well as women.

Otherwise? She says she wants to know where Judge Ravonna Renslayer (Gugu Mbatha-Raw) goes to when she leaves the TVA in search, she tells Mobius, of “free will.”

“I love her,” Herron says. “Gugu used to always call her an indoor girl, which made me laugh, but she is. She’s in the office, but she used to be this kick-ass Hunter. So I’m like, Okay, well, where’s her path going?”

Herron is also keen to learn more about Hunter B-15’s backstory — since she deliberately decided to hide it in the scene in Episode 4 when Sylvie shows B-15 her repressed memories as a variant.

“I was like, we shouldn’t see her memories,” Herron says. “It’s a character that thought they had power and realizes they have no power. It felt really powerful to at least give her some power in that scenario. The memories are private. They’re hers.” She pauses. “Also as a fan, I’m like, ‘Oh my God, who is she?!'”

“And obviously, you know, Loki and Sylvie?” Herron continues, on a roll. “He’s in a completely different reality. What’s going to happen to him? How will he get back? Or will he get back? And where’s Sylvie? She’s still in the Citadel? And the multiverse of it all. What the hell is going to happen?!”

Herron chuckles at her own excitement. “So I think there’s so many questions to be answered, and so much more road to travel with all our characters,” she says. “You know, I’m really proud that I got to set up Loki’s story here. But there’s so many different aspects of his identity and personality that’s yet to be explored. I’m excited to see where it goes.”

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Tom Hiddleston on The Evolution of Loki: From Villain to Hero and Back

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After playing the cosmic superbeing and anti-hero Loki for a decade in six Marvel Cinematic Universe movies, actor Tom Hiddleston says he was “surprised, delightedm and in some ways completely thrilled” by the notion of continuing to personify the God of Mischief in the new Marvel/Disney+ series Loki.

“When I first started playing the character, I did a lot of research,” Hiddleston tells Den of Geek. “And the thing I realized at that time was the character has so much range and contains all these different characteristics sometimes which contradict each other. I loved what Marvel Studios had invented as a context for exploring and externalizing some of these things that he’s always contained.”

In Loki, an earlier version of the character than the one we have seen in recent years manages to escape the custody of the Avengers in 2012 with the help of an errant Infinity Stone. But he inadvertently creates an alternate timeline by doing so, bringing him to the attention of the extra-dimensional bureaucracy known as the Time Variance Authority, who are charged with keeping the timeline secure.

“I think the TVA, the institution that claims to govern the order of time, is a fascinating place to put Loki,” says Hiddleston. “Loki represents chaos and mischief and transgression and disruption, and he’s playful and charming and can be very dangerous. To have these two forces of order and chaos meet in the middle is really exciting.”

We first met the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s version of Loki, God of Mischief and member of the royal family of Asgard, in 2011’s Thor. He was a loyal brother to the title character and a dutiful son to Odin, ruler of the Nine Realms.

But doubt and ambition began to quickly chip away at Loki, especially once he found out he was not a true Odinson but the child of Laufey, leader of the Frost Giants, taken by Odin after the last major war between the Asgardians and the Giants.

Feeling hurt, betrayed and passed over in favor of the full-blooded Thor, Loki schemed to align himself with Laufey and his people, bring down Thor and Odin, and rule Asgard himself.

Defeated at the end of Thor, Loki survived a plunge into the void of space and aligned himself with the Mad Titan, Thanos, gaining possession of the Tesseract, vessel for the Space Stone, and leading an army of Chitauri to invade Earth in 2012’s The Avengers.

Although he was beaten back by Earth’s Mightiest Heroes in that epic battle, Loki would appear in four more MCU films — Thor: The Dark World (2013), Thor: Ragnarok (2017), Avengers: Infinity War (2018) and Avengers: Endgame (2019). Over the course of the first three, he would gradually evolve from a complex villain into an anti-hero of sorts — fighting once again alongside his adopted brother — and finally into a hero who sacrificed himself in a doomed, fatal bid to stop Thanos.

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But it’s in Endgame that a trip back to 2012 by several Avengers goes astray and allows that version of Loki — the still unrepentant trickster who just tried to conquer Earth — to snatch the Tesseract and vanish into space and time. So the Loki we meet in the new series is not the regretful and ultimately noble warrior who gave his own life in Avengers: Infinity War.

“I had to un-stitch some of the evolution that Loki had gone through in The Dark World and Ragnarok,” says Hiddleston when asked about resetting the character back to an earlier stage in his development.

“It was kind of like time travel in its own way, because I was going back to a time when I performed the character again in a particular context, in the first Avengers movie,” Hiddleston elaborates. “It was really interesting, because obviously Loki hasn’t lived through the successive evolution, but I have. I actually have real memories of doing those things. It was a really curious day at work.”

For director Kate Herron, who is guiding Loki’s progression as a character through all six episodes of the series, picking up with the God of Mischief as he was nine years ago was a “unique opportunity.” She explains, “I’ve loved Loki’s arc over the last 10 years of Marvel. I just was so pleased that I got to be the one that goes back in with him.”

Herron continues, “But he’s from Avengers, so he’s in a very different emotional head space. A really cool question I wanted to explore in the show was, is anyone truly bad or truly good or in that gray area in between? I feel Loki lives in that gray area so often for so many of the films. That to me was really exciting — can he move past decisions that he’s made in his past or will he always be defined by them?”

Although Hiddleston has had other successes on the stage, TV and in the movies — including hits like The Night Manager and Kong Skull Island — Loki remains his breakout role and, for millions of fans, the one that defines the actor in pop culture. But even after inhabiting Loki for more than a decade (and perhaps more to come), Hiddleston is careful to separate himself from the character.

“I can tell you, I am not an iconic character from ancient Norse myth,” he says with a laugh. “That’s not one of the strings in my bow, as it were. (But) I found him such a fascinating character and I understand that he means a lot. He means a great deal to a great number of people and that something he represents is something that’s part of the experience of being alive. He is unpredictable and spontaneous and playful, but he’s also emotionally complex and there’s some fragmentation there.”

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As for the appeal of Loki, Hiddleston adds, “I think his kind of chaotic energy is something that people are drawn to, as well as his vulnerability at the same time. Tricksters in all mythologies occupy this position, that you can’t ever pin them down. You can’t put them in a box or categorize them. It has been a real honor to step into those shoes for the time that I’ve been able to do it. Loki will live on in the minds of human beings for some time, I think, and I’m just a temporary passenger.”

Loki is now streaming on Disney+, with new episodes premiering every Wednesday.

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The Marvel Cinematic Universe comes to television with WandaVision the new Disney+ series that places a super-powered Elizabeth Olsen and Paul Bettany in the suburbs of classic sitcoms.

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EMMY – When you wish upon a luxurious star, you just might land at Club 33 in Disneyland.

Tucked away above New Orleans Square and decorated with historic flourishes (the harpsichord at reception belonged to Walt Disney’s wife, Lillian), it’s a pricey, ultra-exclusive club for members and VIPS. On August 25, 2019, Marvel Studios president and chief creative officer Kevin Feige, joined by producer-director Matt Shakman, enjoyed lunch and swapped stories there with Dick Van Dyke and his wife, Arlene.

“It was unbelievable!” Feige recalls. “You sit down and don’t know what to say because you’re so starstruck.” Shakman is more succinct: “It was the best afternoon of my life.”

They weren’t there just to catch up with a 93-year-old legend. They were about to start production on an innovative Disney+ series called WandaVision — which Shakman will only describe as a “love letter to television” — and they wanted to hear about the star’s experiences on his groundbreaking 1960s sitcom, The Dick Van Dyke Show.

Van Dyke waxed about his fellow actor and the show creator, Carl Reiner, who mined real-life anecdotes for the episodes, as well as his own delight at filming in front of live studio audiences.

In turn, Feige talked about the new series he was executive-producing with Shakman, among others. “I tried to explain how there was this robot and a witch and how she had to kill him because Thanos reversed time,” he says with a laugh. “I’m thinking, ‘He doesn’t need to hear this!'”

With the premiere of WandaVision on January 15, it will all click. Set after the events of the 2019 blockbuster Avengers: Endgame, the weekly series — which is patterned on prototypical sitcoms of various eras — explores the adventures of Wanda Maximoff (Elizabeth Olsen) and her love, an android named Vision (Paul Bettany).

Yes, Vision died when the Mind Stone was ripped from his forehead in the 2018 film Avengers: Infinity War, and he is still dead. But rules can be malleable when one of the two main characters is also known as Scarlet Witch.

“What I love about Wanda in the comic books, and what drew me to her originally,” Olsen says, “is what we get to explore in a beautiful way.” To that end, even a witch couldn’t have manipulated the series’ timing any better.

When Disney+ launched in November 2019, it did so with the promise that the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) would soon unveil new series based on some of its lower-profile action heroes. At last, fans of the gazillion-grossing, 23-movie Infinity Saga would enjoy extensive and exclusive insights into the likes of Falcon, the Winter Soldier, Wanda, Vision, Loki and others, all in episodic installments.

But the global pandemic wreaked havoc on production schedules. The Falcon and the Winter Soldier — which required a complex, multi-city shoot and was set to lead the charge — got pushed to 2021. That left WandaVision, which aims to change the future of the medium by paying homage to its past.

“The show is complicated,” explains co-executive producer Mary Livanos, “because we’re incorporating the rules of the MCU and narrowing in on suburban family sitcoms — but not all the episodes are structurally similar.

“What’s fun about it is that it leads the audience to ask questions about when this takes place or whether this is a social experiment and if this is an alternative reality and an unraveling of the mystery. We’re excited that the Disney+ platform allows us the creative space to play around.”

Indeed, with revenues from cruises, theme parks and cinema down sharply due to the pandemic, Disney+ emerged as the clear winner in the Disney portfolio, signing more than 73 million global members in just 11 months. (The company had initially set its five-year goal at 60 million to 90 million.)

Meanwhile, the Star Wars series The Mandalorian nabbed an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Drama Series — and seven awards in crafts categories — and the MCU has expanded into the freshly minted series She-Hulk, Moon Knight and Ms. Marvel.

Those successes led to a major announcement this fall from new chief executive Bob Chapek: Disney would realign its business divisions to focus future creative efforts squarely on Disney+.

Feige admits to growing up with “a near-unhealthy love and obsession” for some of the characters on his favorite shows, like Alice and Little House on the Prairie, and he’s just as committed now to his behemoth production studio.

“Streaming is 100 percent the future and where consumers want to watch things,” he says. “And hopefully they’ll want to watch our longform narrative series. An experience like WandaVision is something you can’t get in a movie. You go to movies for things you can’t get on streaming, and you go to streaming for things you can’t get in a theater. And of course, everything in a theater goes to streaming eventually.”

It was back in the days of yore — ahem, early 2018 — when then–Disney CEO Bob Iger approached Feige about extending the MCU for what would be a new Disney streaming service. At the time, Feige, who started at Marvel Studios as a producer in 2000 and became president of production in 2007, was wrapping up the 10-year-long Infinity Saga storyline.

“My team and I were wondering internally about where to go from here, and what would be the next step that was equally challenging and unexpected,” he relates. The notion of extending the brand to television “was an adrenaline boost.” Looking to showcase MCU characters who hadn’t yet reached their potential in terms of screen time, he zeroed in on Wanda and Vision and their romantic but doomed love story.

“Elizabeth and Paul were these amazing actors — who had done amazing things in four movies — but never had a chance to dominate the narrative because there was so much else going on,” he explains. “It felt fun to finally give them a platform to showcase their astounding talent.”

Bettany, for one, assumed that his run as Vision had ended with his death in Infinity War. “I was called in to see Kevin and [Marvel copresident] Louis D’Esposito and was convinced that they were going to be gentlemen and say, ‘It’s been a great ride; thank you for your work and good luck,'” he recalls. Instead, they pitched him what he describes as an “exciting and bonkers” idea for the character’s return. “Of course, I said I was in.”

During Olsen’s meeting? “Kevin told me he wanted to merge two different comic series as inspiration. He explained the series would show how Wanda is originally from an Eastern European country and grew up on American black-market products like television,” she says, then cuts herself off to avoid revealing spoilers.

At first, she says, “I was a little bit nervous about Marvel doing something on television, because what does that mean and how could it possibly intertwine? But I got so excited when I heard that nugget of the idea.”

That nugget grew into a fleshed-out narrative in early 2019 after Livanos, who is also director of production and development at Marvel Studios, tapped screenwriter Jac Schaeffer (Captain Marvel, Black Widow) as head writer. “We envisioned Wanda and Vision in this sitcom setting but didn’t know what that meant until Jac came on,” Livanos says.

Schaeffer remembers: “I got wind of this percolating crazy notion of this project and told myself that I needed to get in on that!” …

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How to Watch Marvel's Movies in Order

Marvel Studio is a famous American film producing company specialized in directing and producing movies of superheros. It’s parent company, Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) produces web and TV series, comic books and short films. All over the world, people are Marvel fans and crazy to watch each production of Marvel.

Marvel has copyrights of the main superhero characters and every movie the character remains with unique characteristics in terms of their power and weapons. Marvel’s Universe is out of imagination.

Marvel studio movies receive an average of 64 nominations and awards per movie.

Most of the climatic battles that are seen in the Marvel studio movies among superheroes and villains rely heavily on computer generated effects. As we all know, each movie that Marvel studio makes has a signature shot of a cameo appearance of the late Stan Lee (the writer of many original comics). The first movie released by them was in 2008 but it all began in 1941. Most of the Marvel studio movies can be found online on streaming services like Amazon, iTunes and Disney+.

Characters of Marvel Movies

The following table gives you an overview of some characters of Marvel, their powers and weapons.

CharacterHow they got powersWeaponsCaptain AmericaThe Super Soldier Serum was injectedVibranium shieldMoon KnightThe ancient Egyptian Moon God, Khonshu and got the Werewolf scratchCrescent darts, truncheon, ankhLoki He got the power from his mother’s teachings and learnt wizardry.His magic sword, LaevateinHulk Gamma radiationHis Huge Body is enoughSpider Man Radioactive spider bite himWeb-shootersDaredevil Radioactive isotopeManrikigusariBlack PantherHad the juices of the heart-shaped herb and Wakandan God blessed him with strengthEnergy dagger, anti-metal clawsCaptain Marvel Accidental Photon Energy bestowed upon herNega BandsUltron Dr. Henry Pym created himRepulsor, plasma weaponsGhost RiderZarathos His Hellfire ChainJessica JonesRadioactive chemicals after she caught with car accident and went in comaHer talentWolverineMutant-bornAdamantium claws, daggers, katana, gunsBlack BoltInhuman-bornHis speech and strengthSpider WomanMother hit by a radiation beam during pregnancyHer powersSilver SurferCosmic Power by Galactus.His boardDoctor StrangeStudied and trained with the Ancient One.Cloak of Levitation, Eye of Agamotto, Orb of Agamotto etc.Beast Mutant-bornRazor-sharp clawsNick Fury ArmyUSP pistol, SHIELD weaponsVenom Sensory perception and talent to reproduce itselfWeb ShootersDeadpoolMysterious serum to cure his cancerGuns, grenades, knives, katanasStorm Earth’s electromagnetic fieldHandguns, firearms, knivesIron Man Armour suite and technologyRepulsor rays, uni-beam projector, lasersThanosDeath, an abstract entityStasis Rifle, Infinity GauntletThor Technological PowerWarhammer MjolnirAnt ManThe Pym Particles created by himself and experimentation on himselfStinger firearmMagnetoMutant-bornHelmet, powersDoctor DoomMagical power blessed by his mother, Roma His powersThe MandarinReceived 10 Rings from alien technology10 Rings of PowerThe Winter SoldierSuper soldier serum as a sourceSnipers, riflesStar-Lord Planet Ego’s EnergyElement Gun

Marvel Movies Release Order

The table below lists the movies already released. Phase 3 is completed. A list of movies for Phase 4 is ready. Please visit https://www.cinemablend.com/new/upcoming-marvel-movies-release-dates-for-phase-4-and-5-67944.html

Phase IIron Man (2008)The Incredible Hulk (2008)Iron Man 2 (2010)Thor (2011)Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)The Avengers (2012)Thor 2 (2013)Phase IIIron Man 3 (2013)Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)Ant-Man (2015)Phase IIICaptain America: Civil War (2016)Doctor Strange (2016)Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. II (2017)Spiderman: Homecoming (2017)Thor: Ragnarok (2017)Black Panther (2018)Avengers: Infinity War (2018)Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)Captain Marvel (2019)Avengers: Endgame (2019)Spiderman: Far From Home (2019)

Watch Marvel Movies in Sequence to Get All of it

Below is the sequence in which you need to watch the moveis if you are new to the Marvel world and get the understanding of the superheroes and their role in each movie.

1. Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)

In the first avenger which is most logical to watch first, Captain America is introduced through flashback as well as connecting the film to the major antagonist threat.

2. Captain Marvel (2019)

Captain Marvel can be viewed in various aspects but if we are striving to timeline continuity it makes sense to watch next where we are introduced to the most powerful superhero in the MCU and this film could exist entirely on its own outside the marvel timeline also a way to introduce important characters for later. It has been taken from endgame so it expects you to know who all the characters are.

3. Iron Man (2008)

Iron man introduces us to Tony Stark, his origin and idea of avengers initiative. This film has as well begun post credit scenes tradition.

4. Iron Man 2 (2010)

Iron man 2 introduction to another important character. This movie lays the groundwork for events and also introduces us to Black Widow.

5. The Incredible Hulk (2008)

The Incredible Hulk can be skipped.

6. Thor (2011)

Thor, first foray into cosmic elements of marvel introduces us to one of the original six The Norse God of Thunder, Thor and Norse God of Mischief, Loki.

7. The Avengers (2012)

Assembling this movie brought all the MCU heroes together and united them against a common threat. Now, the movie takes elements from the Ultimates comic and introduced both mid credit and end credit scenes and was the first step towards infinity war.

8. Iron Man 3 (2013)

We see Toney dealing with the personal aftermath of events in Avengers and introduces us to his greatest enemy.

9. Thor: The Dark World (2013)

This movie also is dealing with the aftermath.This film is important because it has a direct connection with Thor: Ragnarok.

10. Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)

In this movie, we see Captain America and Black Widow team up for a mission.

11. Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)

This movie has a first hand introduction of the cosmic side of marvel introducing Star Lord, Gamora, Nebula, Groot, Drax and Rocket and finally introducing to an alien, Thanos.

12. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)

Not much has changed in this movie. The details about all the characters are extended.

13. Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)

In this movie, Avengers is an already established team where they team up again to take down a big threat and also sets up a lot of things heading into Phase III.

14. Ant-Man (2015)

Ant Man is the conclusion of phase 2 and also setting up the groundwork for the endgame.

15. Captain America: Civil War (2016)

This movie brings together the whole team, deals with the fall out events in Age of Ultron and also deals with the introduction of winter soldiers from the previous film.

16. Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)

In this movie, the spiderman is adjusting to life and it gives us a spider man origin story.

17. Doctor Strange (2016)

This is the first film to introduce Mystic Arts into the MCU as well as alternative dimensions.

18. Black Panther (2018)

Black panther doesn’t tie much into the rest of the MCU but shows the story of an original hero.

19. Thor: Ragnarok (2017)

It is an adorable comics adventure. The post credits scene leads directly into the events of Avengers: Infinity war.

20. Ant-Man and The Wasp (2018)

Ant man and The Wasp introduces Quantum Realm and also the post credit scene shows a lot of characters get dusted.

21. Black Widow (2020)

One of the strongest female superheroes playing an important role in the following movies. Must watch to understand her skills.

22. Avengers: Infinity War (2018)

It is largely a showdown between Avengers and Thanos. Avengers: Endgame final chapter of phase 3.

23. Avengers: Endgame (2019)

Going back to the time machine and getting all the power stones back and getting to the end of Thanos.

24. Spiderman: Far From Home (2019)

Spiderman facing monsters behind his life and fellow superhero Mysterio helps in saving him from these monsters.

Marvel has set a standard and gained popularity over the years

Marvel movie’s success is has four core principles:

(1) Select for experienced inexperience.

(2) Grasp a stable core.

(3) Need for challenging the formula.

(4) Foster customers’ curiosity.

Marvel Studios believes in granting directors majority of control in areas where they have the most experience. In order to balance the ideas, new talents and voices which are brought into each movie, the Marvel studio holds on to a tiny percentage of people from one to the next. The support and footing provided by them allows Marvel to maintain continuity among products and to give birth to an attractive community for fresh talent.

It has been noticed that Marvel movies portray differing emotional tones, that is the steadiness between positive and negative emotions conveyed verbally by its characters. Analysing the experience of Marvel shows us that franchises gain from continual experimentation.

Creativity, Animation, Character Building, and the Story Line are the main attributes of each Marvel movie and the fan followers just love to watch each of them over and over again!

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your-frenchblondgirl · 5 years

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We’ve known for a while that Tom Hiddleston’s Loki is getting his own Marvel TV series on upcoming streaming service Disney+ – though the character’s surprise death in 2018’s Avengers: Infinity War left a big question mark over how exactly the God of Mischief would return.

However, its sequel Avengers: Endgame sheds new light on just how Loki could make his big comeback, albeit with a twist that few fans would have seen coming.

Loki’s main Endgame appearance comes during the “Time Heist” portion of the movie, when Captain America, Hulk, Iron Man and Ant-Man travel back in time to the original 2012 Avengers movie in order to nab the Time, Mind and Space Infinity stones.

While our heroes manage to get their hands on the Time and Mind stones, an incident involving the 2012 Hulk and some stairs means that the Space stone (aka the cube-shaped Tesseract) ends up sliding to the feet of Loki, specifically the Loki that had just been defeated and captured at the end of the first Avengers movie.

Grabbing it, Loki uses the Tesseract’s abilities to teleport away, leaving the 2012-era Avengers nonplussed and the 2023 Avengers forced to travel even further back in time to get their hands on a version of it. Loki, meanwhile, is in the wind – and in the perfect free position to star in his TV series.

This certainly seems to be what the scene is alluding to given that the thread of Loki’s disappearance is never picked up in Endgame itself. But what does a loose Loki tell us about what to expect from the series as a whole?Well, possibly quite a bit. We shouldn’t forget that by the time he was killed in Infinity War, the later version of Loki had gone through a few more movies of character development, teaming up with his brother Thor (Chris Hemsworth) in both his solo movies the Dark World and Ragnarok and also ruling over Asgard for a number of years between them (albeit disguised as Anthony Hopkins’ Odin).

By the time of Infinity War, Loki was even willing to fight for his brother’s life at risk to his own – but the Loki we see in Endgame hasn’t been through any of that. Instead, he’s still more villainous and self-involved, which could make for an interesting contrast if he is somehow able to learn about his later growth.

That is, of course, if Loki interacts with the main Marvel Universe at all from hereon out. During the film it’s made clear that materially altering the past – say, by taking the Infinity stones – would branch things off into a parallel reality, and now that Loki’s nicked the Space stone we can assume his escape branches things off into an entirely different continuity to the films that came after.

Not everything would change but without Loki imprisoned, Thor: The Dark World doesn’t happen, possibly not Ragnarok either, and maybe not parts of Avengers: Infinity War, and that’s not to mention the huge ripple effect that this change could wreak on the rest of the MCU as well.

And even without these changes the newly-formed parallel universe means that the Loki streaming series can go in very surprising directions, with real stakes – just because the world was always saved in the main MCU doesn’t mean it will be here – and shocks that don’t have to tightly adhere to the rock-solid continuity of the main movie series.

That is, of course, if Loki stays put in his new universe at all. Arguably, having parallel universes of Marvel characters could end up being a bit confusing, unless Loki just travels around the other Nine Realms and avoids the parallel Earth entirely so that we don’t notice. More likely, he finds his way back to the main MCU for whatever reason.

You see, Endgame directors Joe and Anthony Russo have explained that it is possible for characters to cross back from branched alternate worlds into the main one, revealing that Chris Evans’ Captain America achieves that very feat when he time travels towards the end of the film, lives a full life then returns to the present to hand his shield over to good friend Sam (Anthony Mackie).

“If Cap were to go back into the past and live there, he would create a branched reality,” Joe Russo told EW.

“The question then becomes, how is he back in this reality to give the shield away?”

“Interesting question, right?” he added.

“Maybe there’s a story there. There’s a lot of layers built into this movie and we spent three years thinking through it, so it’s fun to talk about it and hopefully fill in holes for people so they understand what we’re thinking.”

And frankly, if someone like Captain America can manage a return to the main Marvel universe, how much more likely is it for a Norse God with a history of using powerful magic to be able to achieve the same feat?

In short, Avengers: Endgame sets up a Loki series that takes us back to the popular, villainous God of Mischief that fans fell in love with in 2012’s Avengers , pops him in a parallel universe of limitless potential AND establishes that he may be able to tie back into the Marvel movies again at some point in the future.

To us, that sounds like a pretty potent combination. Mischief managed.

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maryxglz · 5 years

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Marvel Studios reveals Loki TV show has recruited director Kate Herron for all six episodes at D23 Expo 2019. Marvel wrapped up Phase 3 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe earlier this year with the release of Avengers: Endgame - the swan song of many original MCU characters like Tony Stark's Iron Man and Steve Rogers' Captain America - as well as Spider-Man: Far From Home. As Marvel moves into Phase 4, the studio is expanding to television through the upcoming Disney+ streaming platform that will launch in November.

A handful of Marvel TV shows were confirmed for Disney+ during Marvel Studios' San Diego Comic-Con panel last month, each following one or two key characters from the MCU, including Loki, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, WandaVision, Hawkeye and an animated What If project. As confirmed during that panel, the Loki TV show won't follow the version of the character who died in Avengers: Infinity War, but 2012 Loki (Tom Hiddleston) who escaped with the Tesseract in Avengers: Endgame. According to the official logline for Loki, the God of Mischief "pops up throughout human history as [an] unlikely influencer on historical events."

Now at the Disney+ panel at D23, it was revealed that Herron (Sex Education) will helm all six of the Loki TV show episodes. It was previously confirmed that Michael Waldron will serve as head writer on the series, while Hiddleston himself confirmed the six-episode count for Loki. Hiddleston wasn't in attendance at the D23 panel, but did send a video message in which he said, "This journey that you and I have been on isn’t over yet. In fact, it’s only just begun."

Meanwhile, Herron hinted at what's to come in the TV show, saying, "We’re taking Loki to an entirely new part of the MCU." And Waldron teased the questions the Loki TV show aims to answer, "[Loki will] explore questions we all have: Where did Loki go after Endgame? Could he ever make a friend? Will the sun shine on him again?” Feige rounded out the Loki teases with a promise that it's going to be an ambitious show for Marvel Studios.

A TV show that'll tackle an alternate timeline in which Loki has the power of the Tesseract/Space Stone at his fingertips is no doubt a major project. Loki is a much-beloved MCU character, having debuted all the way back in Phase 1 as the villain of 2011's Thor. Herron, for her part, doesn't have any blockbuster experience, with Netflix's Sex Education being her most major credit. But it's not uncommon for Marvel Studios to hire up-and-coming directors to join the MCU, and it's great to see the studio give a non-female-fronted project to a female director. After all, women can direct stories about men.

Now it just remains to be seen if Waldron and Herron will be able to craft a Loki TV show that lives up to the character's popularity among MCU fans. Thankfully, they'll be getting started soon, with Loki set to start filming in early 2020 ahead of its Spring 2021 release window.

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sage-nebula · 5 years

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I saw Endgame

And overall I liked it, although I think I liked Infinity War more. I really want to make a long post detailing all my feelings in a coherent way, but I’m not sure I’m in the headspace to do it now, and I can’t do it at a later date because the memories won’t be as fresh, so I’m just going to make a list that might be all over the place beneath the cut (with TREMENDOUS SPOILERS, obviously).

Things I Loved:

Peter was the catalyst for Tony deciding to help with the time machine business. This isn’t specifically stated, it’s not said out loud, but it didn’t have to be. Tony turned Steve and the others down. He flat out refused to help them. But when he caught sight of that photo of him and Peter? When he remembered just who he had lost? That was when he decided to see if he could find a way to make time travel work. Peter was his motivation. I think that for the most part he was repressing his grief over Peter (and more on that in a bit), but he couldn’t repress it entirely, not when a photo of Peter being so exuberant and happy was staring him right in the face. If there was any glimmer of hope at getting Peter back, Tony was going to take it. Yeah, he cared about the trillions of others, too---but Peter was the catalyst, Peter was the reason he was willing to take the risk, and I loved that.

THE REUNION HUG. Honestly, this should have been first on my list, but I’m not going to erase the above paragraph. GOD, if I don’t get ten million gifsets of both that hug, and also how it’s development from the “this is not a hug, we’re not there yet” scene in Homecoming, I’m going to lose my mind. Fuck, the fact that Tony couldn’t even speak, the fact that he just pulled Peter into his arms and hugged him so tightly, hugged him tighter when Peter said “this feels nice” was just everything to me. I could watch that for ten hours. Also, Peter’s rambling preceding the hug was fucking adorable. “Do you remember when we were in space? And I got all dusty and then I must have passed out or something because I woke up and you were gone, but Dr Strange was there and he said five years had passed and we had to go---” NO WONDER TONY HUGGED THE BUHJEEZUS OUT OF HIM. HE HASN’T HEARD THAT RAMBLING FOR FIVE YEARS, DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH HE MISSED HIS BOY? NO WORDS NEEDED TO BE SAID THERE. THAT HUG SAID IT ALL.

Peter in general, honestly. Tom Holland didn’t get to do very much in this movie, for obvious reasons, but he stole every single goddamn scene he was in. The reunion rambling, everything he said while he had the gauntlet and was trying to get it to the van, THE FACT THAT HE GOT A MOMENT WITH PEPPER WHERE SHE SAVED HIM, his scream when he was on Valkyrie’s pegasus, and of course the heartbroken sobbing when Tony died. I do wish that Tony had been more coherent at that point, that he’d been able to tell Peter that he was proud of him, and I also kind of wish that Peter hadn’t called him “Tony” because I’m going to be real with you, I like how he calls him “Mr Stark.” But everything else about it was perfect, including the bit where Rhodey had to pull Peter away because Peter was just falling to pieces. (And note, I mean as perfect as it can get given that Tony died, but you know.)

The fear in Thanos’ eyes when he headbutted Carol and she didn’t even FLINCH. I do have some issues with Carol’s (lack of) involvement in this movie, which I’ll get to later, but while it was unrealistic that Thanos got the jump on her at any point (please), the fact that she didn’t flinch when he headbutted her and just the TRUE FEAR IN HIS EYES KJFDSKFJDS. GOD. I love Carol so much. Oh Captain, My Captain.

Morgan requesting a cheeseburger, just like her daddy, and Happy saying he’ll get her all the cheeseburgers she wants. I don’t even have anything to add onto this. It just made me cry even more than I already was.

Loki stealing the Tesseract (AGAIN) as a way to bring him back. Apparently Loki is going to be in a new TV show streaming on Disney’s service (whether it’s the same one Sam and Bucky are going to have, I’m not sure), so this was a clever way to ensure that Loki can make a comeback in the future without having to have found a way to revive him, and only him, from Infinity War. Of course, this also means that the Loki we see in the TV show or whatever won’t have any of the character development post-Avengers, which is . . . eh . . . but it’s better than having him be permanently dead, I guess. (Also, did anyone tell Thor this happened? No? Someone might want to fill him in so he can be cautious when picking up snakes for the foreseeable future.)

Thor getting Mjolnir back, and then dual wielding. Though the dual wielding was more temporary than I would have liked (more on that in a bit, too), I love dual wielding so I was happy to see him doing it, and also I love Mjolnir (a.k.a. “mya-mya”) so I was happy to see that back, too. It put a definite smile on my face.

Valkyrie being the new Queen of Asgard. No offense to Thor, because I get that he was going through a lot, but he was also being a terrible king, particularly since I don’t think he ever really wanted to be king, anyway. Like he accepted the duty because he felt he had to, not because he wanted to, and so I think it’s good that he’s going to get out there and see new parts of the universe (and hopefully clean himself up some, and also not actually answer to Quill because I mean, come on). That said, Valkyrie was the one keeping everything in order, and she deserves to be queen. I love her. I’m so happy for her.

All the ladies coming forward to back up Carol. I mean, Carol doesn’t really need backup, but I looooved seeing all the ladies assemble ready to beat some fucking ass. The MCU has such powerful women and a good number of them, too, and I love that that was highlighted in that moment of this film. It was a great moment.

Nebula’s character development. She’s had such an arc despite being in so few movies and I love it. I loved how invested she was in the paper football game she played with Tony. I love how she took care of him, even in gentle ways such as moving him off the floor and onto a chair. I love how she killed her past self in order to save Gamora without a second of hesitation, as well as how she talked Gamora into turning against Thanos long before it happened in the timeline we know. (On that note, I’m fine with how they’re keeping Gamora in the picture, and I laughed at her “whomst” expression when Quill approached her jkdlsfds.) Nebula had a great arc and I loved it, although I can’t believe she didn’t warn Natasha and Clint about how they’d have to get the Soul Stone. Like, she knew. Why didn’t she say anything?

Sam getting a private goodbye with Steve, and having the shield passed onto him. I’m okay with the fact that Steve did get a happy ending. I always shipped him with Peggy and I think that, overall, he was just not happy in our time period, even if he had some moments of happiness, so I think that being able to go back in time and live the life he actually wanted was a good ending for him. But I’m also glad that Sam got that private goodbye, as well as the shield, because Sam goddamn deserved that after everything he’s been through and everything he gave to Steve’s cause. Sam doesn’t get enough respect in-universe or out of it, so I was glad to see him get this. On that note, I also like the fact that Bucky knew before Steve even left that Steve wasn’t coming back, and that he was the one to draw Sam away and point him to where he needed to be.

There’s probably more that deserves to be in this list, but these are the only things I can think of right now. More can always be added later, especially if / when I see the movie a second time.

Things I’m Okay With:

Tony’s death. I know this sounds like a weird thing to be okay with, but hear me out. Obviously, my preference would be for Tony to be alive, and still making appearances in future movies, such as Far From Home. But the thing is, we already know that he’s not going to be in Far From Home. He’s not in any of the trailers, it’s been confirmed again and again that he’s not in that movie. We know that Peter is still involved with Stark Industries and the Stark family, but Tony himself is not around. And fam, the only way that makes sense from a character standpoint is if Tony is dead. Tony retiring from being Iron Man wouldn’t necessitate him taking himself out of Peter’s life. He just wouldn’t do that, not after he already lived five years without him because of the snap. So if Tony were alive, but he just decided, “I’ve got my own kid now, I don’t need Peter anymore”? That would be so disgustingly out of character I’d drop all future movies in . . . well, a snap. So in that sense, I’m okay with Tony dying since RDJ didn’t want to do any future movies, and if he’s not doing future movies and isn’t going to be in Peter’s life anymore, then the only way that makes sense without assassinating his character is to assassinate him. It’s sad and I cried, but at least this doesn’t destroy Iron Dad & Spider-Son, which, as selfish as this may sound, is what’s most important to me. I can live with this, especially since fanfic exists for this very reason.

Carol’s lack of presence in the movie. This is very nearly a “Thing I Didn’t Like,” but I’m putting it here because I understand it. Thing is, Carol is too strong for Thanos. Carol could atomize Thanos if she was allowed to do so. And forget Thanos; Carol could take out literally every member of his army in a second if she was allowed to do so. The thing is, that also takes all stakes out of the movie, as well as negates the need for Tony to make the heroic sacrifice he did. And while they did weaken her a little and let Thanos overpower her for a second (unrealistic tbh), they couldn’t weaken her enough to conceivably have her not end that battle, and as such they just took her out of the movie entirely, for the most part, with the excuse that “other planets need me and they don’t have you.” And like, again, I get it. Carol is too OP. If she stuck around the movie would have been a lot shorter. But at the same time it bummed me out because she’s my favorite hero, so I did want to see her doing more things than what she was allowed to do.

The lack of quantity of Iron Dad & Spider-Son. Don’t get me wrong, quality wise it was almost perfect. The only way it could have been more perfect would be if Tony had managed to tell Peter that he was proud of him while he was dying (especially since Peter apologized to Tony, meaning that Peter blames himself for Tony’s death), and if, when telling Steve that they had to keep what they’d gained in the past five years at all costs, Tony had explained his reasoning as, “I already lost one kid. I’m not gonna lose another.” My entire year would have been made had Tony said that line. The literal entire thing. But while the quality was great, I do wish that we could have felt Peter’s presence more in Tony’s life. Like, again, Peter was the catalyst for Tony getting involved at all, and that was great, but I just wanted . . . more. There was a lot going on in this movie, and I get that, and there’s also the fact that I got the feeling that Tony repressed what happened with Peter hard over the past five years, that he had to repress it or else he wouldn’t have been able to function. Like part of me was surprised that no one brought up Peter when they were trying to get Tony to help with the time machine, but at the same time I also think that Steve at the least knew they’d get hit if they did that. But I felt a lot of repression going on, repression that was ripped off once Tony caught sight of that picture, but at the same time once that repression was ended I kind of wish the floodgates had opened. I wish that Tony would have had the line about not wanting to lose another kid. I wish that when thinking about time traveling back to New York, there would have been a moment when Tony would think about returning to New York during a time when Peter Parker was still alive. I wish that Tony would have made mention after Bruce’s snap about Peter being stuck in space, or that he would have told Peter at the end that he was proud of him, or that Peter would have been present during the final message hologram, and so on and so forth. I’m okay with what little we got because it was excellent, there was a lot going on, and also Tony was repressing (with the floodgates truly opening once Peter was babbling in front of him again), but since this was our absolute last chance to get Iron Dad & Spider-Son with both of them alive, I really do wish we had gotten more. I’m okay with it, but I’m still kind of sad.

Bruce being Hulk physically all the time now. This is also almost a “didn’t like,” because it’s just . . . weird . . . but I’m also okay with it, I guess. He reminded me of Beast from X-Men, and I didn’t really see a reason for him to be like this, especially since we’re just told how he got to that point, rather than shown. It was just kind of . . . weird. It could have been done better.

Thor traveling with the Guardians. I kind of hope this is just a temporary thing, because as I mentioned, I don’t very much like the idea of him answering to Quill, and I also feel like he’s less of a team player and more of a solo artist. I’m okay with it for now because at least he’s not dead or wallowing anymore, and also it means that Valkyrie gets to be Queen of New Asgard, but I really hope it’s just temporary because he deserves more than to be just another crew member on that ship.

Again, more could probably go here, but this is what I’ve got for now.

Things I Didn’t Like:

Steve wielding Mjolnir. I get that this was a callback to Age of Ultron, and specifically the scene where they all tried to wield Mjolnir and couldn’t, but it did tremble a bit under Steve’s grasp, but I didn’t like it. I don’t hate Steve, by any means, but particularly after all that shit in Civil War I don’t think he’s worthy, and it also doesn’t make a lot of sense to me that he just magically knows how to flawlessly use Mjolnir with no practice or training. Sure, Thor picked it up quickly, but Thor is also an Asgardian. It doesn’t make sense that Steve, a human, would know how. And also, Thor’s “I knew it!” was strange, considering he seemed anxious about the possibility of Steve being able to wield Mjolnir in Age of Ultron. Like it was just . . . I didn’t like it. Especially since it cut so much into Thor’s dual wielding time. On that note . . .

Thor. Just . . . Thor all around. Aside from how his “let himself go” look was his look for the entire movie, I felt like his portrayal in this movie was really . . . shallow, flat, and lacked all of the emotional weight he carried in Infinity War. Like in Infinity War he was raw with grief, he’d just lost everyone, and you could feel that in every action he took. And yeah, he felt that he failed at the end of that movie, even though he did kill Thanos, so it makes sense that he’d need time to process that grief. But five years of processing led him to lose all the emotional weight he had originally. Like, we were supposed to get the feeling that this was Thor grieving, but it just didn’t feel that way. Moreover, it felt like they were trying to bring in Ragnarok flavored humor with him, but it didn’t work because it didn’t fit the tone of the movie. I usually love Thor, he’s always been one of my faves, but I just was not vibing with him in this movie. The dual wielding was cool, as was his excitement to get Mjonir back, but the rest of it? Bleh.

Natasha’s death. I mean, I get it on some level. I get that she didn’t have a family to go back to, whereas Clint did. I get that Scarlett Johansson probably didn’t want to do any more MCU movies / her contract was up. But that doesn’t make me feel any more okay that yet another woman was fridged so that Clint could have some manpain. It doesn’t make feel any more okay that a character who actually routinely did things and contributed in these movies (Nat) was sacrificed for one who pretty much never does anything ever (Clint). To be fair, far more male characters were removed from the cast in this movie than female ones, but that doesn’t make this jive with me any more. I was totally rooting for Clint to bite it instead. Like let him do something for once in these movies, ffs.

Harley being present at Tony’s funeral. Look, I’m going to be honest: Harley had no reason to be there. I get that he was in Iron Man 3 and that he was like the prototype for the Iron Dad we’d all come to love, but that’s the thing: He was the prototype, he was like foreshadowing. From a narrative perspective, Harley’s purpose was to foreshadow how Tony was with kids, so that when he met Peter in Civil War and came to bond with him over the course of the following films, we’d be able to see where that paternal side of Tony came from. There’s a reason why Harley was not seen or mentioned after Iron Man 3, and it’s because his narrative purpose was fulfilled, and therefore Tony presumably didn’t have any further contact with him after that. And I mean, no offense to those who liked Harley or his role in Iron Man 3, but the Tony & Harley relationship was not the one that was developed over the course of the following movies. Again, he wasn’t shown, nor was he even mentioned. Instead, it was Tony & Peter in Civil War, Homecoming, and Infinity War. Harley might as well have not even existed. The only reason I even recognized him was because I knew ahead of time that he was going to be in the film. My best friend (who I saw the movie with) didn’t even recognize him and was wondering who tf he was. So to that end, I just . . . I don’t think it was necessary for him to be there. Like it felt more like a move for us, the audience, of them saying “see, Tony impacted all these people, everyone who was important at some point in his life is there.” But it didn’t even really work that way because the funeral was so small and private. So it just seemed really random for Harley to be there, when he hasn’t been relevant at all since Iron Man 3. And I know it’s not that big a deal and I honestly wouldn’t care, except every time I see something about “Morgan and her big brother Harley” or “Tony’s three kids” I can’t help but roll my eyes because, no. There was nothing post-Iron Man 3 that would lead us to believe that Tony considered Harley to be like a son to him. The fact that Harley was standing awkwardly way in the back at the funeral, instead of up front where Peter and Morgan were, says it all. If Harley had been present in movies following Iron Man 3 and we actually saw his relationship with Tony on-screen, okay, fine. But that’s clearly not the case, and wasn’t even in the case in this movie (like he was clearly not around for those five years!) so it just . . . I don’t know. It felt really unnecessary to me. I’m not a fan. (And I know some people are like, “He’s going to pick up the mantle from Tony, he’s going to be Iron Lad!” which gets a very hard no from me, for two reasons: 1.) If anyone is picking up the torch from Tony, it’s Peter. Peter has been Tony’s protégé for the past several movies, Peter is the one that the Russos have specifically said had a father-son relationship with Tony, Peter is the one that Tony made tech for and trained, the one who was sobbing by his side when he died. If anyone is picking up the torch from Tony, it’s Peter. 2.) If it’s not Peter, it’s Tony’s biological daughter Morgan. Yes, she’s too young now, but give her some time and she’d make a fantastic Iron Lady, or even Ironheart if they don’t want to introduce Riri. Morgan has far more reason to pick up that mantle than Harley does, just like Peter. Send Harley back to Tennessee where he belongs and stop acting like he’s super mega important when he clearly wasn’t important enough to even get name dropped after his initial appearance in any of the movies before this one. Jesus.)

Thanos going from “you drew blood from me, I respect that” to “you keep resisting me so I’m going to enjoy killing you.” Like, it just made him seem so petty? I feel like it would have made more sense for him to make the jump to “I’ll kill EVERYONE and make a WHOLE NEW UNIVERSE this time” if his rationale was “I can’t have anyone around trying to undo what I do.” It would have felt more in line with his characterization from Infinity War. I get it, Thanos is a sociopath, no one is arguing with that. But he wasn’t a petty sociopath in Infinity War, so it feels a bit disappointing to me that they made him such a petty, smug bastard in Endgame. I liked him more when he was acting like a Well-Intentioned (In His Mind) Extremist than a Petty Purple Bitch.

And once again, there could possibly be more here, but this is all I can think of for now.

All in all, I did like it, just not as much as I liked Infinity War, and that probably has to do with (as I said) the fact that Infinity War had more Iron Dad & Spider-Son content / interactions, and that’s my favorite relationship in the whole MCU, so obviously I’m going to prefer the movies where that’s a bigger focus. But I did like Endgame well enough all the same, and I can’t wait for Far From Home this summer. And on that note, some wishes for it:

The reason why Peter doesn’t have the Iron Spider suit in Far From Home is because it hurts too badly to wear / he doesn’t feel like he deserves it after what happened to Tony. I want to see his grief over Tony’s death brought up.

An AI / hologram message that Tony made for Peter at some point.

May to not date Happy, but instead to bond with Pepper, and for them to eventually find love again in each other’s arms and get married so that Peter and Morgan can be official stepsiblings. (Like Peter is Morgan’s big brother anyway, but this would make it Official™.) Happy can date someone else. (Also I know that May is Peter’s aunt and not his mom, technically, but come on. She might as well be his mom.)

But that’s it for now. Time to go nurse the pain with some fics (including potentially a couple of my own.)

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Avengers: Endgame, a spoiler review

(Disclaimer: The following is a non-profit unprofessional blog post written by an unprofessional blog poster. All purported facts and statement are little more than the subjective, biased opinion of said blog poster. In other words, don’t take anything I say too seriously. Just the facts 'Cause you're in a Hurry! Ticket Price: Will Vary Theater to Theater How much I paid: Nothing. A friend took me to a screening. Rated: PG-13 for sequences of sci-fi violence and action and some language Running time: 181 minutes (3 Hours and 1 Minute) 3-D: Yes, but I didn't see it in 3-D. Post-Credits Sequences: None at my screening. (Rumor there are Post-credits sequences in other screenings). My Personal Biases: I like Superheroes. I like superhero movies. I like the DCEU and I have a disposable amount of income that means going to see an overpriced movie means nothing to me. Sorry if you were looking for someone harsher. Wait, is Brie Larson as Captain Marvel in this: Yes, but she’s barely in the movie. If you want a metric, Ant-man has more screentime than she does. My Verdict: Go see it already. Even if you hate the Marvel Cinematic Universe and hate giant plot holes, the fact that there’s this large of a cast and this scope of a story told at all is an accomplishment in of itself. Besides, don’t you want to know what to talk about when you do your Youtube video on why the movie sucks? A/N: I am going to SPOIL Avengers: Endgame. Unless you don’t want to get SPOILED, do not proceed below. Avengers: Endgame, a spoiler review

It seems like a lifetime ago when the first Iron Man hit theaters and started off the phenomenon that would be known as the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Say what you will about the light-hearted tone and constant joking the MCU does, every studio has been attempting to ape the formula and replicate it (to varying degrees of success). Now, we come to the end of Phase 3 and might say goodbye to the original team of Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, Hulk, Black Widow and Hawkeye. Let’s finish it off with this review of “Avengers: Endgame”. I am going to spoil the movie just so I can discuss what I liked and what I didn’t like. This is your last chance.

-The Avengers go and try to reverse the damage but find the Infinity Stones were destroyed by Thanos after the snap. Outraged, Thor beheads Thanos. -5 years pass and the Avengers changed. Steve becomes a counselor, Tony and Pepper have a daughter, Morgan, Hulk merges with his psyche and becomes Professor Hulk and Thor gets fat (Thorlax). Ant-man comes, stating that 5 hours for him in the quantum realm has been 5 years. The Avengers come up with a plan to go back to the past and take the Infinity Stones and make their own Infinity Gauntlet. However, they need to use Pym Particles, of which there are a limited supply. This is called "Operation Time Heist”. -Thor goes back to the timeline of “The Dark World” and meets his mother. She knows she will die but chooses to go to her death and tells Thor she’s proud of him. Thor grabs Mjolnir that was has yet to be destroyed in “Thor: Ragnorok” and takes it back with him. -Black Widow sacrifices herself so they can obtain the Soul Gem, much to Hawkeye’s remorse. She dies. -Hulk uses the Snap to bring people back. They are not retroactively brought back but come back as if they’ve been missing for 5 years. -Past Thanos finds out about the plan and destroys Avengers headquarters and attacks Earth. Thor, Captain America and Iron Man fight him but are quickly overwhelmed. -Captain America Wields Mjolnir (And it’s FUCKING awesome!) and beats the crap out of Thanos before he calls his giant army to attack Earth. -Doctor Strange comes in and summons all of the Avengers from the previous movies and they gather for a massive army battle. (But none from the Netflix series, and no Deadpool and no X-men). -Thanos takes the Infinity Gauntlet made by Iron Man and snaps. He looks to find the Infinity Stones are gone. Tony has the stones and does the Snap. Thanos’ army and Thanos all turn to dust. -Gamora isn’t Gamora but is instead a version of Gamora from 5 years ago and is confused that she fell in love with Peter Quill. -Tony Stark dies from using the Snap. There is a funeral held in his name with all the Avengers gathered. -Thor chooses to give up the throne and let Valkyrie rule Asgard. He chooses to hang out with the Guardians of the Galaxy. (Heh. The ‘Asgardians of the Galaxy’). -To keep the Timeline stable, Captain America has to go back to the past and return the Stones and Mjilonir to their original places. When they try to bring Captain America back, they cannot but see someone sitting on a log. It’s an old Steve Rogers, stating he chose to stay in the past and live out the rest of his life with Peggy Carter. He gives the shield to Falcon. -The film’s final shot is Steve dancing with Peggy in a house they own. Obviously, this is going to cause a SHIT TON of controversy because when you’re dealing with time travel in a comic book movie, expect plotholes the size of Giant Ant-man. For example, a lot of fans decried the ending in which Steve chooses to stay behind in the past and have that dance with Peggy Carter because it creates an inconsistency in The Winter Soldier and the Agent Carter spin-off TV show. I think even the producers are aware of this. Very early on, one of the characters says “That’s not how quantum physics work”. Clearly, the traveling back to the past mechanic is used so that each of the Avengers has some type of closure. Tony talks with Howard Stark, now having the ability to relate to him as a father (though, Howard says jokingly, “Nothing that can’t be fixed with a belt”), Steve sees Peggy through a window and Thor talks with his mother. It wouldn’t surprise me if Marvel were to pursue the diversity route by having Riri Williams (or possibly even Morgan Stark) take on the Iron Man / Iron Heart mantle and America Chavez take on the Captain America mantle after Falcon. (I believe Kevin Feige already announced a Ms. Marvel project with Kamala Khan would be in the works). I actually heard a fan theory that Shuri might take on the mantle of Iron Man since it’s established she’s the tech expert of Wakanda. For the most part, I enjoyed the movie and I enjoyed watching this group of actors work together. It wouldn’t surprise me if the Marvel Cinematic Universe were to divert focus towards the upcoming Disney Plus streaming service since several characters from the MCU, such as the Scarlet Witch, Falcon, Vision and Loki already have TV shows announced. For now, let’s just relax and enjoy the ride. CAVEAT: Avengers: Endgame is sure to stir up the classic “fans vs critics” debate because of the plot inconsistencies and, to a large degree of the fanbase, mischaracterization of various individuals. But, the fact we’re getting a film on the scope of something like Endgame is an accomplishment of itself. And while that final battle is something comic book fans dream of, the highlights of the film were watching as subtle and intimate as watching Thor talk with his mother or Tony chatting with Howard about being a father. Just go see it already. If nothing else, you’ll have plenty of ammunition to use when you make your Youtube review. Verdict: Full Price!

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Alright so let’s try to make sense of that fucking Endgame ending

Time travel. Oh where oh where oh where do I fucking begin

So, I saw Endgame after sitting through a showing of IW, so my brain was partially mush by then, and I’m gonna see it again on Friday so it might be better explained by then but like

So the entire time travel caveat is that if an Infinity Stone is completely removed from a timeline, that timeline becomes bust. So they need to go back and put the stones back where they got it from so the Time Happens as It Happen

So I assume they??? reinject Jane with the Aether?? So she can be?? Sucked off by Malekith later??

Soul Stone is self explanatory (icb we were robbed of a scene of Steve awkwardly meeting Red Skull again. Give me that scene instead of 5 minutes of Clint and Nat arguing about who should die when I don’t care about either of them. Okay, that’s a lie, this movie made me care about Clint .5 percent more)

I’m guessing they put the Power Stone back to Morag while Peter is still knocked the fuck out, so GotG happens as it should be

They put the Mind Stone back in the scepter so Age of Ultron can happen later on since Wanda is clearly kicking (but no Vision. Fuck him I guess)

BUT THEN??? 2012 LOKI JUST??? GRABS THE TESSERACT AND PEACES OUT??? DOES THAT MEAN THE DARK WORLD HAPPENS WITHOUT LOKI??? THEN THAT WOULD MEAN FRIGGA NEVER DIES SINCE LOKI WAS THE DIRECT CAUSE OF THAT??? OR WILL THIS ALL BE EXPLAINED IN LOKI SERIES, COMING IN 2020 TO DISNEY PLUS STREAMING SERVICE(tm)???

BUT THEN NEBULA KILLS HER PAST SELF!?!?! BUT SHE DOESN’T BLINK OUT OF EXISTENCE?! [out of breath wheezing] WHAT THE FUCK

And then the ending...

So, from what I can gather, people who got dusted reappear after a blink, for them no time has passed but it’s still five years later in the Rest of the World

BUT THEN WE SEE PETER GO BACK TO MIDTOWN?!?!? WITH NED?!?!?! THAT IS NOT HOW CHILDREN FUCKING WORK, THEY SHOULD ALL BE IN COLLEGE THEN

So my fix for it is

Thanos flat out says if he can snap again he’ll just reset the entire fucking universe for his liking, right? Then Tony snaps and Thanos and all the Chitauri is dusted....

Which should mean IW never happens since, you know, this Thanos is from 2014

Except the Avengers clearly fucking remember it

So like, Tony resets the universe, but they cannot alter their own personal past, so they all Experienced it, but time is still circa IW but the snap and such never happens. But people remember it. And Tony’s fucking child and aged-up Cassie is still around. But it never happens to begin with. Because time travel.

We are operating on DW levels of BS time travelling, bois

My head hurts trying to make sense of it

aLSO WHERE ARE THE INFINITY STONES NOW?!?!?!

MY MIND STONE OC WOULD LIKE TO FUCKING KNOW THIS THANK YOU

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The Mind Control Thing

I've always believed Loki was being subtly influenced by the sceptre. Not controlled, but influenced. I believe he was at rock bottom, full of hatred and more likely to act irrationally and commit the appalling acts we see in ‘Avengers.’ He was already fairly far gone after his identity crisis in ‘Thor’ but equally I feel that it’s uncharitable when some fans won’t believe he experienced pain of some description in the void. I mean, you’ve met Thanos right? That guy doesn’t strike me as the shake your hand, send you on your merry way type. There was probably some coercion fuelling the fire as much as there was Loki’s already existing resentment.

But I'm not sure I'm here for meta *completely* erasing Loki’s past villainy. I've always liked villains, often almost as much if not more than heroic characters in some cases. I don't need to be excused from enjoying something that isn't real and I know it isn’t real. That's just a fundamental misunderstanding of how consuming fiction works. And I still don't know how we got to this point where folk feel like they need to justify enjoying a completely made-up totally not real fictional character just because they’re a bad guy. Perhaps it’s my age but I don’t remember things being like this when I first got into fandom in what feels like the Stone Age.

Anyway. Not sure where Marvel are going with this edit in Loki’s biography but what would make it interesting to me would be:

1. If it's some sort of foundation work for going back to 2012 Loki and breaking the Mind Stone's influence on him. Despite this I reckon he still probably would’ve done some of the shitty things he did in ‘Avengers’ (because even before 'Avengers' he enjoyed messing with people) but at least now, after susequent films, we know he’s not a total lost cause.

2. IF he does get resurrected in the present time line, the above is somehow connected to allowing him to make amends with the people he once hurt. One of my enduring instances of Being Mad about how Infinity War went down is I never got not-completely-redeemed-but-trying Loki attempting to win the trust of the Avengers or ffs Earth in general. That's more compelling (and complicated) to me than yet another villain redemption = death sequence.

In the second point you can even still kill him eventually if you want to! Not that I would hate him being dead any less but I’d feel like he had much more lasting influence on events than just making Thor sad about his brother again.

What I’m worried this is about:

1. Marvel and/or Disney panicking because a lot of Loki’s fanbase was upset with the manner of his death and they think by doing this it’s throwing a bone. A sort of “ta-dah look he wasn’t all bad all the time, we admit that now! Please stop raging at us!” But he still won’t feature in Endgame much, if at all. And his will be the only Infinity War death that sticks, which I already suspected months ago is going to happen anyway. But it would still be an extra slap in the face by this point.

2. Marvel and/or Disney panicking because god forbid you have a morally grey character as an apparent protagonist on your kid-friendly streaming service so it’s better to just lazily hand wave away some of the more unsavoury parts of the parent canon.

Happy for you to prove me wrong Marvel.

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Avengers: Endgame Plot Concerns

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Avengers: Endgame Plot Concerns

The following article contains a spoiler of the major plot point of this movie. If you have not seen it and don’t want to be spoiled, please read no further.

It seems like it has been forever since the cliffhanger at the end of Avengers: Infinity War. Now we have the continuation of that story line to end and wondering how this all wraps up in a neat little bow. Although it would seem like all the remaining heroes need to do is recover the Infinity stones and change everything back. Simple yet futile since Thanos wished the stones away and all hope was dashed until five years later Scott Lang comes back with a wild theory of using the quantum realm to travel back in time.

We all know how this is going to go and even the characters also refer to a ton of time travel movies that either got it right or so far fetched that it would have messed things up which includes mentioning Back to the Future twice. While time travel could work, but for some reason certain things did change even though we never saw it like when Loki escaped and took the tesseract with him to where ever he went. It seems Loki’s story is being told in a future Disney series that we know is in the works for their streaming service. Since they have a story to tell, they have to end it with him being brought back to where he was so that Thor can take him back to Asgard.

Throughout the time the Avengers went back in time to get the Infinity stones in order to bring the people back from turning to ashes they did do their part right by not interfering too much in the past barring the fact that they bumped into a few characters like future Steve fighting past Steve which we’ve been told that you aren’t supposed to touch or come in close contact with your past self. It makes you wonder if this were the writers telling you that this won’t happen so long as you don’t take your past self’s life you should be good. With Tony meeting his dad in 1970, it appeared that Tony needed that and found it fitting that he would ease his dad’s mind about being a father. Plus we got to see Jarvis with whom we haven’t seen since the Agent Carter TV series!

While most of the story got the time travel part done right, here’s the part where the time travel story line becomes muddled. Thanos in the past finds out everything that has occurred in the future just because Nebula from the past linked up with Nebula from the future. They use that knowledge to their advantage and travel into the future to make sure when Thanos uses the Infinity stones to totally wipe the slate clean and create a universe to his own making to ensure that no one remembers this being done and try to undo what he has done to the universe. The people that turned to dust came back because Dr. Bruce Banner did it with a snap of his fingers, and after the large battle Tony Stark sacrifices himself by snapping Thanos and his army to dust.

Now if Thanos and his army from the past gets turned to dust, what does that happen to the timeline of him collecting the Infinity stones and snap 1/3 of the population of the universe? They made it seem like the timeline was still intact, and yet it should seem like the timeline they are in should diverge into something that it isn’t. You could say that they did go back into the past with know memory of what transpired when the Avengers traveled into the past to get the Infinity stones at the various points in time in order to fix everything the way it was, but then it would be a cop out.

Even though the little flaw using time travel as a major plot device, this movie was a great action film to where we got to see lots of things going on especially during that major battle with Thanos’ army not to mention how powerful Captain Marvel is when Thanos try to punch her away from taking that Iron Man Infinity Gauntlet! There’s still more MCU stories to come so lets see what other tricks they are going to pull out of the hat especially when we get to see Sam Wilson: Captain America.

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How Is Vision Alive in Marvel’s WandaVision?

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This article contains spoilers for Avengers: Infinity War, Avengers: Endgame, Dallas and Roseanne.

When Marvel first announced that it would be creating a spinoff show for Disney+ led by MCU superheroes Wanda Maximoff aka Scarlet Witch (Elizabeth Olsen) and Vision (Paul Bettany), there was some understandable confusion from fans who weren’t quite sure how it would work. After all, WandaVision wasn’t supposed to be a prequel, and as far as we were aware post-Avengers: Infinity War, Vision was, well, very dead. Dead as a doornail. Gone before The Snap and therefore quite lost. RIP to a real one, etc.

During the closing stages of Infinity War, the Avengers – along with T’Challa and the Wakandan armies – had tried to mount a defense against the forces of Thanos while Shuri worked to extract the Mind Stone from Vision’s forehead, but she was unable to remove it before Thanos arrived. Wanda eventually managed to destroy the Mind Stone – and Vision – but Thanos turned back time and plucked it out anyway. Both outcomes killed Vision.

In promoting WandaVision, Marvel played its cards close to its chest by keeping the plot fairly secretive, and simply teased that Wanda and Vision would be taking a trip down TV memory lane by living in their own versions of sitcoms past, like Bewitched and Roseanne, while something unsettling gnawed at the edge of their perfect white picket fence life. In embracing these old shows, the new series could certainly lean on any number of classic TV tropes to drag Vision back from the dead: true to the influences of WandaVision itself, the death of Dan Conner’s patriarch wasn’t a stumbling block for the Roseanne revival. Nor did Dallas have any problem revealing a previously extremely dead Bobby Ewing in the shower one fateful morning.

Wanda Alters Reality

However, many fans kinda assumed that Wanda, devastated by the loss of Vision, had just decided to use amplified reality-altering powers to create a world where Vision was alive and well. It seemed the most logical scenario, as Wanda still clearly had a massive amount of untapped power – we’d just seen her shatter an Infinity Stone and she was pretty close to killing Thanos, too.

But arguably, WandaVision needs to have a more intriguing set-up beyond “Wanda has manifested a reality in which Vision is now alive and they have a lovely family,” because that’s what a lot of people – especially comic book geeks – expect. Could the series sign off with anything more complex than Wanda breaking away from this new reality and saying a teary goodbye to Vision again? It’d probably make for a heartbreaking nine-episode love story, but would also feel a little redundant.

Admittedly, when she was first introduced in Joss Whedon’s Avengers: Age of Ultron, Wanda already seemed quite adept at messing with other peoples’ perception of reality, but the focus on her powers subsequently shifted toward the more telekinetic, and away from her mind games. As Disney+ geared up to debut WandaVision, though, Olsen said that the series would explore more of Scarlet Witch’s comics-based powers.

This seems to align with Marvel boss Kevin Feige’s angle for the character’s spinoff series.

The Mutant Factor

“If you look at the Infinity Saga, I don’t think any single person has gone through more pain and trauma than Wanda Maximoff,” Feige told Empire. “And no character seems to be as powerful as Wanda Maximoff. And no character has a power-set that is as ill-defined and unexplored as Wanda Maximoff. So it seemed exploring that would be worthwhile post-Endgame. Who else is aware of that power? Where did it come from? Did the Mind Stone unlock it?”

This feels like a key comment from Feige. Pre-Age of Ultron, Wanda and Pietro joined HYDRA and signed up to undergo experiments that involved the Mind Stone when it was still secured in Loki’s Scepter. These experiments were performed under the supervision of HYDRA leader Wolfgang von Strucker, who was said to have been killed shortly after Ultron went rogue.

If we take that story at face value, we might assume that Wanda’s powers were created by the Mind Stone, but what if they were only magnified by it? Are we about to find out that Wanda and Pietro had powers before those experiments began? Is this the start of “mutants in the MCU”?

Chaos Magic

In the comics, Scarlet Witch – who was once said to be the mutant daughter of Magneto before that backstory was retconned – is a Transian Sorceress, who was “enhanced” as a young orphan by the High Evolutionary at Mount Wundagore. Wanda became a conduit of Chaos Magic which gave her the power to manipulate probability and warp reality.

She fell in love with Vision, but was deeply affected by the fact that they couldn’t have kids together – so she altered reality to create some. When this scenario broke down, she lost the plot. Crucial to this fractured story was the involvement of Wanda’s mentor, Agatha Harkness, who Kathryn Hahn is rumored to be playing as nosy neighbor “Agnes” in WandaVision.

The MCU Multiverse

Marvel has also linked WandaVision to its upcoming MCU sequel, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, noting that Olsen’s Scarlet Witch (and her Disney+ series) would be key to the movie’s plot.

Perhaps the grand story of WandaVision has even more tricks up its sleeve, and the multiverse will turn out to be a bigger factor than Wanda’s reality-bending powers. In one of the many, many possible futures that Stephen Strange saw during Avengers: Infinity War, was there one where Vision eventually regained the Mind Stone? If we’re dipping into the possibilities of the MCU multiverse, Vision might not be the only resurrected character in WandaVision – Pietro could be speeding around somewhere, too.

We’re about to find out if there really is a wizard (or witch) behind the curtain. WandaVision will be streaming on Disney+ from January 15.

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Marvel Studios' Loki TV show will start production in early 2020, says star Tom Hiddleston, ahead of the series' premiere on Disney+ in Spring 2021. Disney and Marvel's Loki TV show was confirmed late last year as one of many Marvel Cinematic Universe projects set to be exclusive originals for the upcoming streaming service Disney+. However, it wasn't clear exactly what Loki would be about at the time since, following Loki's death in Avengers: Infinity War, it seemed the character had no future. There was speculation it would be a prequel, and that turned out to be true - in a manner of speaking

When Loki escaped with the Tesseract in Avengers: Endgame, many recognized the scene as setup for his solo TV show. That wasn't confirmed until Marvel Studios' Hall H panel at San Diego Comic-Con 2019, but fans figured out the basis of Loki's TV show due to Endgame not addressing where he escapes to with the Tesseract. Further, Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige confirmed Loki will premiere Spring 2021 on Disney+, meaning it will have to get underway next year. Now, returning Loki actor Hiddleston has confirmed when exactly production will start.

In an interview with EW discussing his role in the Broadway production Betrayal, Hiddleston was asked about his upcoming MCU schedule. The actor confirmed when his Disney+ series will begin, saying, "Loki will start at the top of next year." Further speaking to EW, Hiddleston teased this version of Loki in the TV Show:

It’s very, very exciting because in many ways it’s the character you know, but in a context you’ve never seen him in before. And if I say any more, I’m gonna say too much. So that’s what’s so thrilling - there’s so much to explore that I haven’t yet explored. That’s very exciting.

Although Hiddleston's comments about the character of Loki in the upcoming series are vague, they do further confirm what fans can expect. The version of Loki from The Avengers and 2012 is one that many fans love, but it's also before his redemptive arc in Thor: The Dark World and Thor: Ragnarok. So while it's a character that viewers know, it's not the one they may remember most recently, the one that died trying to save Thor and prevent the Tesseract from falling into Thanos' hands. So both Hiddleston and the fans will need to reacquaint themselves with this version of Loki - and it's coming up relatively soon for Hiddleston if he's going to suit up as the God of Mischief again early next year.

Fans of the character are no doubt eager to see more of Loki, perhaps especially the version of him from The Avengers. But fans may also be curious to see what Loki surviving Avengers: Endgame for his TV show means for the larger MCU timeline. Based on the explanation of time travel given by the Ancient One, by taking the Space Stone out of the main timeline, Loki created an alternate timeline. But that throws the main timeline out of whack, meaning Loki will have to return the Space Stone or it'll affect other MCU properties. Perhaps that's what Loki is really about.

That's just speculation for now, until more is revealed about Loki by Marvel Studios. Until that point, fans can at least know that Loki will start production early next year ahead of its Spring 2021 premiere date.

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10 Characters Who Should Probably Retire From The MCU Soon

All good things must come to an end. While the Marvel Cinematic Universe itself looks set to continue indefinitely until either the Sun burns out or people stop watching superhero movies, its individual character arcs can’t go on forever. That’s why Robert Downey, Jr. and Chris Evans triumphantly ended their MCU tenures this year with the perfect conclusion for each of their characters’ arcs in the final moments of Avengers: Endgame. Downey said recently that he and Evans “will be there to welcome others as they retire their jerseys.”

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So, here are 10 characters who should probably retire from the MCU soon.

10 The Hulk

The Hulk has finished his character arc, which has many MCU fans wondering what his place in the franchise’s future is. The Phase 4 slate announced by the studio proves that he has no place in the franchise’s future. As perfect as Mark Ruffalo was for the role of Bruce Banner, he’s told Banner’s story now.

His Jekyll-and-Hyde struggle with the Hulk took him to space and had him stuck as a gladiator on Sakaar for two years and then got him killed by Thanos (to then be resurrected by Heimdall) and then left him unable to join in the fight on Wakanda. Now, he’s Smart Hulk, his internal conflict has been resolved, he used the Infinity Stones to save the world, and we’ve left him in a good place.

9 Thor

It’s a shame that Thor’s time in the MCU could be coming to an end, because it feels so recent that the character became interesting. Taika Waititi turned him into a comedy character and Chris Hemsworth leaned into the wackiness, which aside from making the character more exciting, has also made the subtler dramatic scenes displaying Thor’s despair even more powerful.

However, his arc has seen him lose a battle for the first time and live with the guilt and depression for five years before finally getting his groove back. He’s getting another solo movie, but it’ll see him hand off the reins of his mantle and his kingdom, so it could be time for Thor to retire.

8 Rhodey

James Rhodes’ place in the story of the MCU has always been as a supporting character to Tony Stark. Whereas Sam Wilson, who was similarly introduced as an Avenger’s supporting character, was given Cap’s shield and mantle in Avengers: Endgame, therefore taking his place in his absence, Rhodey has no place in a world without Stark.

If Marvel had made the War Machine solo movie they promised years ago, that would be one thing, but they didn’t, and the time to make one has passed. Rhodey has enjoyed plenty of great moments in the MCU, but there doesn’t seem to be a place for him in the future.

7 Ant-Man

Although Ant-Man has only been given two solo movies in the MCU, he was integral to saving the world in Avengers: Endgame and, as a result, is in a good position to end his superhero career. Plus, with his relationship with Hope going well and his family troubles all smoothed over, his character arc in the MCU is effectively over.

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Kevin Feige has mentioned that the five-year time jump aging Scott Lang’s daughter Cassie into a teenager (“You’re so big!”) set her up to take on her own superhero mantle, so maybe Scott will be passing the torch in the next couple of years.

6 Hawkeye

Clint Barton is actually about to hand off his superhero alter ego to a successor, so there’s a good chance he will be retiring from the MCU. The Hawkeye series on Disney+ will revolve around Clint training Kate Bishop, his successor in the comics, to take on the “Hawkeye” mantle and replace him in the Avengers roster.

The MCU has gotten plenty of mileage out of Clint’s relationship with his family and the extent he went to in order to bring them back from the dead in Endgame, so his journey is over. If he gets one last moment with Black Widow in her upcoming prequel to sum up their relationship and bring everything between them full circle, that’ll be it.

5 Happy Hogan

Happy Hogan has always been a fun character. From getting undermined by Tony Stark to being disrespected by Pepper Potts to groaning cynical complaints at Peter Parker, Jon Favreau has always played Happy as a likably sarcastic guy. And he’s always been a “regular” guy, to off-set the superheroics of characters like Black Widow and Iron Man (his hallway scene with Natasha Romanoff remains one of Iron Man 2’s greatest moments).

However, Tony is out of the MCU, Pepper is probably out of the MCU, Natasha is out of the MCU, and now, sadly, due to a rights dispute with Sony, Peter Parker’s out of the MCU, too. So, where does that leave Happy?

4 Bucky

Bucky has been a key player in the MCU since Phase 1 and he’s enjoyed a very complex character arc, which was played brilliantly by Sebastian Stan. He was Steve’s best friend who “died” in World War II, but was actually brainwashed by Hydra as an assassin and sent after Steve in 2014.

Then, he started to remember his past life and committed to undoing his brainwashing, even getting himself cryogenically frozen in Wakanda so that Shuri could sort out his head. Now, he’s all better and he’s about to take on a heroic role in his own Disney+ series The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. After that, there won’t be much use in keeping him around.

3 Pepper Potts

Gwyneth Paltrow said in the months leading up to Avengers: Endgame’s release that it would be her final appearance in the MCU. However, she did say that if Marvel asked her to return for a cameo appearance or a supporting role in another movie, she’d be open to returning.

RELATED: MCU: 10 Ways Pepper Potts Could Return In The Future

Pepper has been with this franchise since the beginning, like Tony Stark, so she deserves a proper send-off. It’s likely that she’ll retire as CEO of Stark Industries and focus on raising Morgan and signing giant charity checks, but Marvel owes it to the character to show this and not just leave it to be assumed.

2 Rocket

When James Gunn was hired back to direct Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, he said that one of the biggest reliefs was getting to finish Rocket’s character arc. We first met Rocket as a cynic who didn’t care about anybody but himself (and also Groot). He was very reluctant to help Peter Quill save the galaxy and he was even more reluctant to accept love from his new family.

However, over the course of the last two Avengers movies, we’ve seen him grow into a sensitive hero. With Gunn ending Rocket’s character arc, it might be time for him to leave the MCU.

1 Loki

Loki’s “final” appearance in the MCU has been teased for a while now. He was killed off in Thor: The Dark World, but this turned out to be a fake-out as he posed as Odin and took over Asgard. He was killed off in Avengers: Infinity War, but then he used the Space Stone to alter the past and save himself in Avengers: Endgame.

Now that he’s getting his own six-episode solo series on Disney’s new streaming service, Disney+, it might be time to finally end Loki’s character arc and retire him from the MCU, despite the fans’ adoration for him.

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