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moki-dokie · 2 years

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Spiderman NWH initial thoughts

Spoilers, obviously!!!

happy and may breaking up hurted :( yeah they were weird but kinda cute together

its the shirt!!! the shirt tony got him!!!!

DUM-E!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

mj is way more feminine in this which, i mean, its neat to see her develop as a character but also i really really liked the more tomboyish mj but its still neat to see the subtle changes

MATT. FUCKING. MURDOCH. MY BELOVEDDDDDDDDD. I FOR REAL DID NOT EXPECT THIS AND HOLY SHIIIIIIIIT ITS MY BOYYYY!!!!!!

i was REALLY hoping the sanctum was snowing because stephen was just being an Extra Bitch like that. alas.

wait. was that zelma?? ZELMA WAS THAT YOU SHOVELLING SNOW???????

stephen and wong bickering like they’ve been married for 75 years. classic.

that mug. i need it.

wong is sorcerer supreme!!!! HELL YEAH ITS WHAT HE DESERVES!! (but also oh no something is gonna happen to him bc we can’t not have strange be sorcerer supreme)

stephen strange is the most intellgent DUMBASS motherfucker in all the multiverse. we don’t adore him for making good decisions though.

peter why didn’t you just fucking ask to have mysterio erased from memory. like???

honestly stephen and peter might as well just share the same fucking brain cell. idiots.

“CALL ME SIR” i’ve never seen stephen so irritated 10/10 amazing

oh hey its doc ock

oh hey its green goblin

wait why did octavious react like that to seeing him. something lgbt is happening here.

so we’re catching bad guys like pokemon now. got it.

bruh i do not remember this sandman dude. either he was hella unimpressive or i just need to watch that movie again.

goddamn stephen just straight up sentencing everyone to death like my guy. my man. you yourself told the ancient one to her face that your doctoring comes first. why is this 18 year old boy having to remind you that people can be saved??? maybe they die anyway when they go back because that is indeed their fate but damn at least try.

the contained spell is definitely a call back to what-if. i like it.

lmao at peter still having spider reflexes while out of his body.

strange literally took on a whole ass dimensional god and a titan and you’re telling me he can’t catch and outsmart a kid. really. REALLY. cmon now.

“the mirror dimension is just geometry” I MEAN. EVERYTHING IS IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT. PETER.

“ow” he says as the sling ring is ripped off his fragile hands. oof my heart. but also lol at how Done he is.

peter deadass just fuckin left him there with no escape without a clue about how long this little plan of his would take. kid has balls of absolute steel apparently.

love how peter is able to just. fix octavious. without any medical training at all. if ever there was a time he needed stephen’s medical advice it was then.

the baddies kind of making fun of how they got their powers. splendid.

may thinking octavious was part octopus was fuuuuucking hilarious. love that woman.

gee. didn’t see norman turning into green goblin again and sabotaging everything. not at all. couldn’t have been more of a twist. gasp.

oh my goD dafoe why are you LIKE THIS

THERES SOMETHING LGBT HAPPENING WITH THESE OLD MEN PLSSSSS

“HONEY” IM FUCKING DEAD

it only took them forever to finally use the iconic spiderman line, nice to see it switched up a bit.

aight marvel. we’re throwing some fucking hands now. first natasha, now may??? MAY??? jon favreau sacrifice your own goddamn useless character challenge fuck you. how tf is happy still alive. peter has been super close to happy over the years, it would have still given him motivation. especially after he just lost tony, you know. fuck. may didn’t have to die. anyway.

well hello there natural wizard ned. where did this come from

ANDREW GARFIELD BABEYYYYYYYYYYYY LETS GOOOOOOOO EVERYONE IS CHEERING HELL YEAH FUCK ALL YOU BITCHES THAT HATED ON HIS SPIDERMAN

LOOK AT HIM I LOVE HIM SO MUCH LMAO HE GOT THE COBWEB FOR LOLA BLESS

well damn tobey, age did you a favor didn’t it??? i love how his smile literally looks like :)

both of them just immediately being concerned and protective for this peter despite not even meeting him yet. ugh.

peterrrrr :(((((((( babyyyyyy even in his grief and in need of medical attention he gets up to protect his friends from these two strangers.

honestly really appreciate this scene cause no one going through this heavy shit wants to hear anything remotely like “I know how you feel”. even if they do, you don’t want to hear it. but tobey!peter knowing what andrew!peter was trying to convey, and being the oldest just... tells our peter how it is. tells him about ben. gives andrew!peter the chance to tell him about gwen. both letting our peter know that they know how terrible loss feels without having to say it.

god. fuck. andrew!peter really out here with the self-loathing and simply wanting our peter not to end up like that. that got me. get this man an oscar for that shit. it hurted.

our peter really should like. go to a hospital or something. this boy doesn’t stop.

i smell foreshadowing with ned actually becoming a villain

allllmost expected andrew!peter to mention a boyfriend when talking to tobey!peter. sad it didn’t happen. even just something like “yeah i’ve been seeing someone, he’s pretty great” and just move along. robbed, i tell you. marvel and sony let andrew be the bi spiderman we deserve goddammit.

ayyyyyy its The Meme!

LMAO the two peters being awstruck by the natural webbing

the statue of liberty getting caps shield is the dumbest fucking thing in ths history of this franchise

i could literally watch a 2 hour movie of JUST three spidermans doing normal things and having random ass conversations. i live for this shit. this is wholesome. this is funny. this is spiderman at his best.

oh my god our peter really just fucking implied tobey!peter shoots web out his dick and andrew!peter WENT RIGHT ALONG WITH IT. SIRS.

“WEBBLOCK” ARE YOU FUCKING ASLKGDHASLKdgha;skljdh KIDDING ME this is what they mean by boys will be boys

“i wanna fight an alien :(” andrew baby never change. also if sony is smart, you will very soon and it will be very gay.

i’m here for tobey basically being like BITCH SHUT UP YOURE AMAZING. and also ayyyy reference haha.

the two spidermans over 30 having back problems is hands down the single most relateable thing any superhero film has ever done

why do tobey and andrew have this chemistry what the fuck is happening right now aaaaNNNNDDD NOW THE BACK POPPING IS HAPPENING HELP????? thiS IS NOT what i exPECTED christ

ok but our peter trying to sum up the last 10 years and like 25 films to explain who the avengers are and andrew!peter just like “ARE YOU IN A BAND???? :D” your honor i love him

but that begs the question of where tf is tony stark in their universes

love that andrew!peter continues to be genuinely nice to max after curing him and legit apologizes for not being black LOL what a goddamn sweetheart i can’t handle it. also, hellow foreshadowing for miles. spiderverse/amazing spiderman crossover pls????

there have been 2 buck ass nekkid dudes in this movie now. these peters are seeing a fair share of dick

“i’ve been falling over the grand canyon for 12 hours” hi loki would like a word with you, stephen. more of a laugh, really.

“did you just make a portal?” “yeah” “hm” same, stephen. my thoughts exactly.

for such a catastrophic spell you didn’t really secure it that well my man.

welp there goes the timeline. again. honestly stephen, this one is kinda on you.

cloak saving ned. nice. this boy is definitely gonna be a wizard.

andrew!peter catching mj and saving her and then him getting teary eyed when he realized what he did 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺 my fucking heart. he spared our peter that pain. he probably relived that moment with gwen when it happened. bless his fucking heart. someone hold him.

d a m n our peter being murderous is kinda scary actually. but i also kinda love how the other peters just like, let hiim beat on norman for a while before intervening rofl

tobey!peter stopping him was sooooo goddamn symbolic. he could have just webbed the thing out of his hands or webbed him for that matter. but he put himself between them. he looked our peter in the eye and waited for him to make the choice to not kill. without a word. this peter will never have to live with the burden of taking a life because of that.

its not lost on me that our peter almost murdered norman on cap’s shield, and tobey!peter stopped him not even knowing what that shield means. hell yeah.

jesus again with this chemistry between andrew and tobey i cannot handle this pls help i’m shipping two of the peters

i need a still image of all the things coming through those fractures cause i was too busy CRYING to make anything out.

stephen getting choked up and saying “we” to include himself in the list of people who love peter broke me goddamn itttttt

andrew!peter giving a peace sign before he goes back. what an icon.

damn they really erased the whole world’s memory just to give peter a coffee shop au with mj didn’t they.

damn they really like, stripped peter of everything but in the process made him wholy spiderman. he’s now lost ben and may. he’s lost his mentor. he’s lost his best friend. he’s lost his girlfriend. he’s lost his tech. now it’s just peter all by himself in his underoos. at least he learned how to sew finally. sucks he’s gone through so much trauma so young, but i’m excited to see where this clean slate takes him

i’m guessing the spell worked by simply replacing his identity with spiderman cause otherwise none of this shit would make sense. so the avengers know they saved the world with spiderman, not peter. pepper knows tony was partially driven to invent time trival to save spiderman, not peter. mj and ned think they were involved with some shit with spiderman, not peter. yeah, that would have been way easier to just erase mysterio lmao

also lmao poor eddie and venom. wonder who is gonna be our venom now tho hm

#spiderman spoilers #spiderman nwh #marvel

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lightandwinged · 3 years

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In context Mandalorian spoiler feelings!

Non-spoiler: 10/10 episode, gave that very rare “Star Wars” feeling that the ST very occasionally brushed up against for a scene or two... but in this case, it was the whole damn episode.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA THAT WAS SUCH A GOOD EPISODE

I love how every couple of episodes, there’s a line from an Imp that’s 100% a soft fashy talking point (like “we’re returning order” or “we’re defeating terrorists”), and I hope it makes people think.

Shame Cara Dune is gone forever.

(GOD why do people have to be transphobes, she cracked me the fuck up at least eight times this episode)

The Mando vs. Dark Trooper fight made me think of the Arishok fight in DA2 because it was annoying and involved annoying mechanics but was ultimately kind of an unimportant plot point.

I feel like they’ve got to have more Dark Troopers hanging out somewhere. Like surely Sheev (who is obv. behind all of this, because OF COURSE HE IS) wasn’t like “I shall now give Giancarlo Esposito my entire stock of murder robots, that won’t backfire.”

Then again, this is Sheev, and everything he does backfires, sometimes literally.

And to hilarious effect.

ANYWAY.

I am so SO blessed that Dave Filoni and Jon Favreau are as about Mandalorians as I am. They’re just such a fun Star Wars culture. The Darksaber being a Thing still and being a Major Plot Point and not just the macguffin we’re hunting this season but actually something that creates some conflict between Mando and my wife Bo-Katan is just *chef’s kiss*

I’m not saying that getting married would solve this, but in some sense of the word, allowing yourself to be topped by your very deserving Princess of Mandalore wife is being defeated in combat, and I feel like Mando would be 100% for it.

I’m 100% for it and I’m not even in that galaxy.

Giancarlo Esposito is a man who is doing what he loves and loves doing it. I love that about Star Wars villain actors, the real villains, not Anakin or Kyle Ron. They’re just like “yes, I am pure evil with zero other motivation, but I am having the time of my FUCKING LIFE” and the actors get to enjoy themselves. He just was clearly having so. much. fun. and I envy him. If I ever become an old lady actress, may there be a Star Wars villain role for me.

I spoiled myself for this episode because I needed to know if I should have a whole-ass box of tissues (I did need said tissues), so I knew Luke was coming. And honestly I kiiiiiiiind of wish they’d just implied his presence instead of CGI’ing it? Or... well, honestly, Disney needs to start doing some deep faking shit with actors’ permission. Like 100% Mark Hamill would’ve been like “shit yeah, pay me and we’re golden.” And they could’ve just done that and it would’ve looked great. CGI Luke looked... sometimes like Luke and sometimes like some random guy they got off the street that looked a little like young Mark Hamill and they were like “eh close enough.” I wasn’t angry about it or offended by it--they’ve got the technology, we need to expect them to use it--but it wasn’t as good as it could’ve been.

But it was still REALLY GOOD.

GROGU AND MANDO SAYING GOOD-BYE AND THE HELMET AND THE HUGGING AND I WILL NEVER BE OKAY. Like I’ve mentally kind of always associated Grogu and Isaac, just similar mannerisms and behaviors and all, and then him going away and I just

AND THEN WE GET TO POST CREDITS and okay, fucking Dave Filoni and Jon Favreau have taken me from I WILL PISS ON ROBERTA FETTUCCINE’S GRAVE to I AM SO HERE FOR CRIME LORD BOBA in three fucking episodes what is these idiots’ magic omg

If someone wants to send me a Darksaber for Christmas, btw. Like I’m just sayin.

#star wars #the mandalorian #the mandalorian spoilers #goodbye i am gone and dead

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ourimpavidheroine · 3 years

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Happy Belated New Year! I was just wondering if, during the pandemic, you found any new (or old, but new to you) tv shows that you've fallen in love with? Or otherwise liked enough to binge and/or watch on a regularly basis? I remember noticing you mention something about the books you've read, and I wondered if the same could be applied to another creative media.

So I suppose I should preference this by saying that sometimes I watch things because they are excellent television and sometimes I watch things because they amuse me regardless of quality. I am not above being merely entertained by media; sometimes that’s all I want and frankly, I think that’s fine.

1. The Mandalorian. Which, if I am going to be honest, has saved the bloated, rotting carcass of my once-beloved Star Wars franchise for me. And not just because of Grogu, either; Pedro Pascal is great as a character who never shows his face (but still manages to express so much emotion and intent through voice and movement) and frankly, anybody who would bring Amy Sedaris in as a reoccurring character has my vote, so thank you for everything, Jon Favreau.

2. RWBY. I am not a big fan of Rooster Teeth - that sort of frat boy geek club thing they do there holds no interest for me. But I do love RWBY and, no offense to the late Monty Oum at all, but the past few seasons have really tightened the storylines and improved the writing. Also, they’ve been making an effort to bring in some diversity there which I have appreciated. (For a very much adult show, I really enjoyed gen:LOCK and am looking forward to its second season. I’ve actually been wanting to write some gen:LOCK fanfiction, so that should tell you something!)

3. Snowpiercer (Netflix). Yeah, I enjoyed this! Great cast and plot twists and turns that were earned, not just thrown in there for shock factor. Daveed Diggs and Jennifer Connolly have great chemistry and it works, especially in the sort of claustrophobic atmosphere the show has. I love it when characters are morally gray and both of them play morally gray characters and it works.

4. The Untamed (Netflix). I loved this so much I watched the entirety of it twice. Obviously China took out the love story between the two main characters in the book when they filmed it (hello, state-sanctioned homophobia!) but it’s still there if you are looking for it. Gorgeous, lush costuming and scenery (although terrible wigs on the guys, wtf, ever heard of a lace front?) and some inspired casting in some of the roles. It’s that sort of swooping, epic story that I love and you don’t realize until the very end who has been pulling a lot of the strings (and when you do find out, it’s glorious).

5. Doom Patrol. This is a weird fucking show and I love it. I mean, it’s weird. But in all the ways that tick my boxes. And bless, but Brendan Fraser as a foul-mouthed Dale Earnhardt robot man is something I never knew I needed or wanted but I did, I really, really did. Also, Diane Guerrero is astonishingly good. She won’t get any awards for it - Doom Patrol is not the kind of show that gets awards - but she should.

6. Queer Eye. I watched the original when it aired nearly 20 years ago but the reboot is so much better. SO MUCH. The original was so elitist...I remember in one episode that Thom, the interior decorator, gave this couple with three small kids a glass coffee table and I was like, the fuck is wrong with you? Not only is it dangerous for them in terms of injuries but do you have a clue how often they will be cleaning dirty handprints off that thing? Same with Ted, the cooking guru, who gave complicated recipes with difficult to source ingredients which was just ridiculous. The reboot, on the other hand, is wonderful. Antoni not only teaches cooking techniques but gives recipes that people can realistically make (and pays attention to if the person has kids, is of a certain heritage, etc.). Bobby designs real homes that can be used by the people who live in them (including being kid-friendly, and disability-friendly, for example). Tan is an endless resource of real fashion advice that can benefit ANYBODY, not just sample sized people, and he doesn’t try to make people into someone they aren’t - he just enhances and polishes who they are and who they want/need to be. Jonathan is not only a joy to behold but again, is someone who gives people real grooming advice and haircuts that they can actually keep up with (as opposed to a fancy cut that will take a lot of upkeep that you know the person won’t do) and he gladly delegates to other professionals when he knows he can’t do what is needed (fixing some matted dreads, for example). Karamo is a former social worker who LISTENS to people and really connects with them one on one to help build their confidence and tackle issues. (His predecessor, Jai, was completely useless and to this day I have no idea what he was supposed to be accomplishing.) I love Queer Eye. I love how these five men show by example how men can be nurturing, caring, affectionate and supportive. I love how open they are about their own issues, how open they are with their clients about it as well. (Although I will never EVER stop being pissed off that the producers allowed that fucking white cop to pull over Karamo like that for a “joke”.)

7. The Expanse. Yes, there are a lot of differences between the show and the books. But I don’t mind them; if anything I just look at the TV show as a different entity altogether and judge it accordingly. This is the first “hard” sci-fi I’ve really enjoyed since the Battlestar Galactica reboot ended. (The reboot of Galactica remains one of my favorite TV shows of ever, btw. I’ve tried to re-watch it but it reminds me too much of my late wife and I just can’t. But that’s on me and not the show.)

8. Good Omens. This was a delight, from start to finish. I read the book when it originally came out (my paperback copy is battered and well-loved) and it makes me laugh just as much today as it did 30 years ago. What more can be said about how absolutely fantastic David Tennant and Michael Sheen are? Or the careful and loving way Douglas Mackinnon handled the source material? Neil Gaiman meant this as a love letter to his much-missed friend Terry Pratchett and it succeeded in every single way.

9. RuPaul’s Drag Race. What can I say? I watch all of its variations. It’s overblown and relies on cheap, drummed up drama and I don’t give a shit. I’ve been watching since it first premiered and continue watching. Although I’m not yet sold on the new Porkchop plot twist thing this season.

10. Killing Eve. Oh man. A love story between two women, one of whom is a sociopathic serial killer? It’s so wrong and yet so, so right. Great performances by Sandra Oh and Jodie Comer. I especially love that they don’t try to somehow rehabilitate Villanelle; that would just ruin the entire thing. Oh and Fiona Shaw is one of my favorite character actresses and she does not disappoint. If you like your TV dark then this is the show for you.

2020′s been a weird year for TV, for sure. Kind of scarce, thanks to the pandemic, but what can you do? Anyhow, here’s my top 10, Anon!

#tv recommendations #personal #long post #Anonymous

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iron--spider · 5 years

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Worried that Tony Stark is going to die in Avengers: Endgame? Do you want proof that he logically shouldn’t and the citations needed to die on that hill in the event that the powers that be do the unthinkable? Well step right up, fans and friends, because @whimsicalethnographies and I have compiled everything you might need, from canon quotes to future promotional appearances, that prove Tony Stark is not destined to die, and if they do kill him, they are ignoring the path that they laid out themselves and are thus causing his character arc to fail.

Here we go:

Canon evidence

“Don’t waste your life, Stark”

“A man with everything and nothing”

Both of these quotes are referencing family. Yinsen was referring to his own loving family, and Tony revealed that he didn’t have one (of course it’s hinted that this is Pepper—she’s supposedly his frantic text when they’re first attacked—but he doesn’t explicitly have it or her yet). Yinsen’s sacrifice was not for Tony to become Iron Man. It was for Tony to have a life, to have a family. What he didn’t have in the beginning and what he wanted to stay alive for. Tony ultimately fulfilling Yinsen’s true wish for him to stop isolating himself and make a family would be the most satisfying way for Tony’s story to end.

Yinsen is able to die peacefully because he has family that has already passed, and he wants to see them again. There is no way Marvel can properly parallel this because Tony’s family (the ones he genuinely loves anyway, other than his mother) are still alive, or still in the future (his children). If he dies he will leave everyone behind. The love of his life will still be here, and he’ll never be able to have children. If Pepper is pregnant, this is even worse. He will have a child, as he wanted to do, as he was looking forward to doing, but he will never meet it. This is especially cruel.

This would be a gross subversion of Yinsen, and ruin any meaning the character actually had in Tony’s life. He wanted him to be more, to have more, and to Yinsen, more was a family who was waiting for him.

In IM3, a little boy in a restaurant ominously whispers, “How did you get out of the wormhole?” It’s heavily implied that that line is entirely in Tony’s head as he’s descending into a panic attack and represents his fear of the unknown, and his fear of how he’ll handle the unknown, essentially finding the man behind the Mandarin mask who is coming after the people he loves AND fear of what he’ll do if he doesn’t have his armor to protect him. He obsessively spent a year(ish) building suits (of questionable quality) to keep that unknown away. By the end, he’s faced *that* fear, the fear of who he is without the suits. His anxiety/PTSD shifts from that point to Thanos himself, but he doesn’t yet have a face or an actual explanation until Infinity War, even though the magnitude of it is ramped up in Ultron by Scarlet Witch using the power of the Mind Stone. This is the start of facing an unknown, and if it follows the narrative comparison, coming out on the other side victorious, better, and stronger as a person. Rising above and moving on, not dying in the process, continuing to carry the self-inflicted weight of the entire universe.

“A famous man once said, ‘we create our own demons.’” Dying when he comes into contact with and defeats his true demon—“my only curse is you”—is not giving Tony his good ending.

An article on Iron Man 3, arguably the most important movie in Tony’s arc https://filmschoolrejects.com/finding-the-place-of-iron-man-3-in-the-marvel-cinematic-universe/

“Tony is defined by his desire to set arms down and leave war behind; Steve is defined by his inability to do the same”

“If Marvel really wants to give Tony the ending he deserves, they’ll let him live. Fans will continue to push their predictions down the pipleline until they eventually come true, but the arc laid out for Tony, starting in Iron Man 3, is clear. He needs to let go, but he can’t. The conclusion of Tony Stark’s arc isn’t death; it’s learning to pass responsibility on not to an army of robots, but to the people he trusts. After ten years, Tony Stark deserves his time in the sun.”

Tony’s PTSD - it would be a punch in the face to those of us with anxiety/PTSD/OCD who identify with him. He's got one of the most realistic portrayals of mental illness in film, and the powers that be acknowledge that, and it would SUCK for a company like Marvel to rip it all away when he's almost to the point of letting go of the responsibility he's carried—rightly or wrongly, because Thanos would still be collecting those stones even if Tony had never been in that cave—since the beginning of his story. Dying? That's not letting go. That's saying "sorry you went through all this, it sucks and then you die, because it really was all YOUR responsibility and you have to suffer to fix it."

In Ultron, Helen Cho says Tony’s “bulky metal suits will be left in the dust”. Tony says that’s “exactly the plan”. He wants to retire. He wants to be able to stop being Iron Man so he can live his life.

“Isn’t that why we fight? So we can end the fight and go home?” Tony in Ultron. None of this has ever been continuous for Tony. He’s consistently been heading towards his future goals and fighting when he has to—he gets derailed because he feels it’s his duty to step back in. He does not seek out the fights, and he doesn’t necessarily want to be a part of them. He wants to make his life and that’s where his narrative is heading. If it doesn’t make it there, it fails. He fails.

“Maybe I should take a page out of Barton’s book. Build Pepper a farm, hope nobody blows it up.” “The simple life.” “You’ll get there one day. “I don’t know. Family, stability...the guy who wanted all that went into the ice 75 years ago. I think someone else came out.” End of Ultron conversation with Steve. Tony wants to settle down, buy a farm for Pepper (representing retirement and the start of his family). He is the one, out of himself and Steve, that is actively seeking to “tap out” of the fighting life so he can be with Pepper, and start a family. Steve says “I’m home” when he hears the soldiers chanting.

Wedding conversations in Civil War, Homecoming and Infinity War. The amount of mentions this has is huge. It would be a major hanging thread if it never happens.

The original plan was for Pepper to be pregnant during CW, however this was changed to put Tony in a darker place. They are going for Dad-Tony eventually, and that wasn’t conducive with where he was in CW. Yet.

Happy has been carrying “that thing” since 2008. Would they really do that to Happy/Jon Favreau, perhaps the other father of the MCU as he directed Iron Man—have him carry the ring for 10 goddamn years just to cut that storyline off with no resolution? Happy deserves to see this man-child he’s chased around forever get married and settle down.

Specifically, “Wong, you’re invited to my wedding.” It would be a terrible subversion if instead he goes to his funeral.

And per the writers (who also wrote the CA movies),

Markus: Things always shift in the writing, but I think we all knew where it was going and it was a matter of how best to get there so that it feels most satisfying or most earned. What was that adjustment process like? How much did the script have to change from when you were breaking it in 2015 to when they went to film it? Were there big things that you had to account for that you just hadn't had any idea about? Markus: Because of the other movies? No. I don't think there was anything massive that we had to change gears for. There were things that became better because of the value that the other movie had acquired. https://www.etonline.com/how-the-avengers-endgame-writers-arrived-at-the-most-satisfying-ending-possible-exclusive-123477 That would be an absolutely collosal shift to wipe it away entirely

The baby conversation in Infinity War. Why set all this up so blatantly if they weren’t going to use it? For a cheap emotional rug pull? Tony wants children, not just another set of his genes in the world.

And Pepper’s response; she doesn’t want children if he’s still Iron Man, for fear that he’ll be distracted, or something worse. If she’s going to have a kid with him, she wants him there. If the point was simply a baby, not a baby AND Tony, this is pointless exposition. Also, Pepper has thought Tony was dead at least four times: IM1, Avengers, IM3 and IW. Would they really make her watch it happen for real after that? Rob her of her family and make her worst fear come true, right in front of her eyes?

Tony as Odysseus - A lot of us—who've watched and identified with this character—realize that this is an Odyssey, not a Tragedy. Odysseus makes all kinds of mistakes while trying to get home, but he gets there, after 10 years. And then,

“As for yourself, death shall come to you from the sea, and your life shall ebb away very gently when you are full of years and peace of mind, and your people shall bless you. All that I have said will come true.” He makes it home. He got super lucky a lot of times, but he made it home, to his family. He found his everything.

“You’re a hard man, Odysseus. Your fighting spirit’s stronger than ours, your stamina never fails. You must be made if iron head to foot.”

Alternate translation- “You’re a hard man, Odysseus, stronger/ Than other men, and you never wear out, / A real iron-man.” (both quotes taken from starkravinghazelnuts, http://starkravinghazelnuts.tumblr.com/post/181064173168/so-i-did-more-research-about-tony-steve-and-thor)

Promotional

https://www.themeparkinsider.com/flume/201812/6461/ Tony Stark is heading up a new rollout in Disneyland parks. Speaks for itself, they’re making Tony have a very strong presence in the parks. Disney is for kids, kids love Iron Man, and they will be aware of his death and reminded of it when they see him and Stark Industries everywhere on their family vacation. Longtime fans will also have to deal with this. If they were actually going to kill him, why would they make his presence in the future of these parks so big?

“In California and Paris, Tony Stark is retrofitting two of his father’s Stark Industries sites into new hubs for training and innovation. Through partnerships with S.H.I.E.L.D., Pym Technologies, Masters of the Mystic Arts and the new Worldwide Engineering Brigade, The Avengers and their allies will forge new global campuses to champion the next generation of heroes.” We know Hank Pym hates the Starks because he feels Howard betrayed him by trying to replicate the Pym Particle. As Scott says, “Hank Pym always said you could never trust a Stark.” How does this work, unless there is something forward that allows them to establish a better relationship? This can’t be retrofitted to anything before a potential Endgame end.

https://youtu.be/0tW77VFKQC0 https://youtu.be/EVIu43xSeYY In the Ant-Man and the Wasp ride, they collaborate with Tony/Iron Man in their ride mission. You see him, they speak to him, and it seems like a new storyline. It connects to the Iron Man Experience’s storyline, the ride they already had there in Hong Kong.

https://www.playstation.com/en-us/games/marvels-iron-man-vr-ps4/ upcoming Iron Man VR game. It would be very morbid playing this game, from Tony’s POV, if Tony is dead.

That giant Iron Man statue for Endgame in Hong Kong (https://www.timeout.com/hong-kong/news/a-giant-4-5m-iron-man-installation-and-life-sized-avengers-have-taken-over-hysan-place-041219). Imagine coming across that thing if you just saw him die. It’s staying up until May 13th. Do they want it looking like a place of mourning? A monument with flowers and notes? Shit, that’s a spoiler in itself that I don’t think they want. It would also be incredibly depressing.

https://www.tmz.com/2018/01/12/avengers-4-wrap-party-cake-drops-clues/ Endgame wrap party cake. If Tony died, he would be on this thing. It wouldn’t even be considered a spoiler because Iron Man is literally the face of the MCU, so people wouldn’t look twice at it. But his absence does say something—that they didn’t think they needed to pay tribute to him here, because he is still around to pay tribute to later, if need be. This cake is implying different characters are in peril, with certain hands shooting up out of the ground. But Iron Man is only represented with his logo on the bottom, as are all the rest of the heroes. If he died, he’d be the centerpiece. More on this theory by starkravinghazelnuts http://starkravinghazelnuts.tumblr.com/post/180160474003/the-cake-theory-proposes-that-cap-nat-and-bruce

Cast quotes regarding Endgame

Gwyneth - (on a picture of her and RDJ) “you know I will be this guy’s Pepper any time he needs me” why would she say this if he’s dead? If he was dead and she didn’t want to spoil, she didn’t need to say anything at all.

And this wasn’t a one-off referring to playing opposite him, she was referring to Tony/Pepper, after an interview in which she said she was probably done, but would come back for a day if they wanted her.

Gwyneth again - https://www.etonline.com/how-the-avengers-endgame-writers-arrived-at-the-most-satisfying-ending-possible-exclusive-123477 “Pepper and Tony have had a real long journey together. She obviously starts as his dutiful assistant, and then the relationship evolves, and now this decade later they're married, and they have a child. Their relationship has evolved in all of the ways that great romances evolve.” Now, I always saw this as—Gwyneth was done filming when this quote was given. She was aware of the end of her character’s journey, so this is obviously something that happens at the END chronologically. Why would she reference something smack dab in the middle of the film, especially if it was just going to be erased by time travel/quantum realm shenanigans? She’s also wearing an engagement ring and a wedding band in some interview photos where she’s in costume. Plus, possible/probable spoilers…….Pepper is going to be suiting up as Rescue, which really knocks off the possibility of a mid-movie child for Pepper and Tony. It would be completely against her character to suit up and leave a kid behind, considering how much flack she gave Tony for his suits before, and how her hesitation to have a child hinged on Tony re-inserting his arc reactor. Plus, on a more emotional note, Gwyneth refers to Tony/Pepper as a great romance, and it is. But I feel like she and Robert combined would not be happy at all if the writers were to destroy this great romance by killing one of its members. That way it falls flat, it never finishes, it doesn’t get its rightful end. I feel like she and RDJ (who has significant sway over what happens to Tony) would argue against this happening. This is a great romance, and those end in happily ever afters. This isn’t West Side Story. This is a Disney movie.

Evans - https://youtu.be/bH0frwdtmXM (when asked to describe the movie in one word on GMA) “Satisfying. It’s like TV shows, the final finale—how many times do they stick the landing? How many times do you walk away saying that went exactly how I wanted it to go? This movie—I think they deliver, I think they really do stick the landing in terms of, you know—addressing the arcs and really finding a completion.” I think this definitely speaks for itself. The arcs are important and we know what they are. One of our main concerns is them tossing out the true endings to these arcs for cheap, cruel emotional shocks. If Chris says specifically that the arcs are addressed, then we know what that SHOULD mean for each character. Plus, saying “that went exactly how I wanted it to go”? I don’t believe any genuine fans want deaths. Especially fans with children. People who genuinely care about these characters want to see them succeed and live to reap the rewards. So saying it went “exactly as I wanted it to go” and that they “stick the landing” bodes well for things ending up nicely for our heroes. Nothing in his speech here screams death.

Hemsworth - https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a27110673/avengers-endgame-chris-hemsworth-interview/ also uses the word cathartic. Nothing about Tony dying would be cathartic. It would be sickening and depressing and we wouldn’t get anything out of it.

Taika Waititi https://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/films/1082838/Avengers-Endgame-Korg-Taika-Waititi-Thor-Ragnarok-Avengers-Infinity-War-MCU-Marvel “They keep their cards so close to their chests, but from what I’ve heard, it wraps up everything in a really great way." “It feels like the fans are getting rewarded for hanging around for 10 years and watching all these films.” “Because the more you know about the characters and the stories and stuff, the more satisfying this film will be.” These feel particularly important. A reward would not be killing the biggest character in the MCU. And he mentions the fact that really knowing the characters makes everything more satisfying. We all know where Tony is heading, and what he wants. These quotes particularly point to Tony surviving, and maybe everyone surviving.

Scarlett - https://wegotthiscovered.com/movies/scarlett-johansson-calls-avengers-endgame-beautiful-valentine-decade-madness/ “a beautiful valentine to a decade of madness” Not ‘my bloody valentine’. A gift full of love for the people that have been here for ten years watching these characters grow.

RDJ - https://twitter.com/our_rdj/status/1118891286763798528?s=21 https://twitter.com/caplovesfondue/status/1118764023397249024?s=21 https://twitter.com/MCU_Direct/status/1119043210553249792 “I guarantee you that this will pay off. This Avengers Endgame, I’ve said it before, is our finest hour.” “The last eight minutes of that movie are maybe the best eight minutes in the entire history of the whole run of them, in a way. Because everyone’s involved. So I was delighted.” Both of these quotes, from the man himself, the man who loves Tony Stark with his entire being, do not feel like a Tony death at all. Because if we know Tony, we know what a payoff for him is. It’s getting the life, the family he’s been fighting for since the beginning. And as for the second one, logically, eight minutes does not feel like enough time to send Tony off in an out-of-left-field death. And I think our final battle will be longer than eight minutes. So I personally believe he’s referring to the wedding. He loves Tony/Pepper enough to hold their wedding in extremely high regard. He’s always delighted with Tony’s happiness and Tony advancing in his journey, especially with Pepper by his side.

“Cathartic” - https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/herocomplex/la-et-hc-avengers-endgame-press-conference-20190407-story.html said by the Russos at the press conference

“Satisfying” - https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a27110673/avengers-endgame-chris-hemsworth-interview/ , https://www.etonline.com/how-the-avengers-endgame-writers-arrived-at-the-most-satisfying-ending-possible-exclusive-123477

“Earned” https://www.etonline.com/how-the-avengers-endgame-writers-arrived-at-the-most-satisfying-ending-possible-exclusive-123477 When you think about Tony, you do not think his death is earned at this stage, because so much is left hanging that his story has been calling for since moment one. What would be “earned” for Tony is him marrying Pepper. He has more than earned that. She has earned this wedding, too.

Misc (POTENTIAL SPOILERS)

Tony has sacrificed over and over and over again, in almost every movie we see him in. Doing it in Endgame would be a rehash of the same storyline, and sacrifice is not something Tony has to learn. He already knows how, he’s already willing. He needs to learn how to live. Bringing him to that realization at the end of it all would be the most appropriate route to take.

Iron Man 1 - he implores Pepper to hit the button, even though she tells him, “but you’ll die.”

Iron Man 2 - while it could be said he would be killed by the presence of the reactor itself, JARVIS explicitly says the use of the suit is accelerating the palladium poisoning that is killing him. Tony doesn’t stop. Part of this could be attributed to his reckless end-of-life attitude, but it’s clear from the Senate hearing—he wouldn’t have stopped

The new element is obviously something in itself. While the IM2 novel called it vibranium, this was retconned in CA, and then set up for more in Captain Marvel when it was revealed the project involving the Tesseract was called Project Pegasus, first called that when Fury dropped off Howard’s things at Tony’s mansion. Tony withstood the power of the Mind stone in A1 with the arc reactor, and then again in IW when Thanos unleashed the power of the Power stone on him and the suit merely blocked it. The suit is literally powered by the Space stone, much like Carol is, and for IM2-IM3, the Space stone literally powers Tony, which is more than you can say for a Mad Titan. Even Hulk doesn’t have the power of the Space stone behind him. You don’t hang a gun on the wall unless you plan on firing it later.

Also tied into IM2 - “if you could make a god bleed” … Tony is the only one to actually injure Thanos.

Avengers - Tony lays down on the wire. The arc set up by Steve’s comment is fulfilled when he flies the nuke through the wormhole. He knew it would probably kill him, which is why he tried to call Pepper.

Iron Man 3 - he sends his suit to Pepper first, when the “Mandarin” comes for him. Then in a deleted scene, he removes his arc reactor to save Harley’s bully, and nearly dies before Harley puts it back

Age of Ultron - Tony, despite wishing to go home and buy Pepper her farm, is willing to stay with Thor on the flying rock, even though he knows he could die, it’s his responsibility to fix this.

Civil War - this is a bit of subversion, as Tony is in a dark place and never needs to sacrifice his life. But as we saw in IM3, Tony IS Iron Man. And he’s willing to turn over power of Iron Man, which he wasn’t in IM2, to a higher power. He’s willing to give up his autonomy to keep the rest of the team out of jail and assuage his guilt (he’s starting to see the repercussions of bearing it all on his own). We can have discussions about who was right about which part, but Tony was willing to sacrifice a big part of himself.

Infinity War - duh. He got on that spaceship. He was planning on it being a one way trip (which incidentally, is why Pepper wasn’t keen on a kid). And then he took Thanos on one-on-one. And then, the look of despair when Strange gave up the stone to save him? He was more than willing to die.

Endgame - eventually, he will be willing to try, even if it means his death, because he’s always been willing to sacrifice himself. Remove that burden from his shoulders.

(It is interesting to note that the one time Tony is not in the position to sacrifice his life is in Spider-Man: Homecoming. When he is in the overseeing/mentor position, which could be his role in the MCU after Endgame, and when he’s starting to take up the role of “father figure”, which he should also be after Endgame, but to his own biological children as well. He is however, appalled and terrified at the thought of someone else, this crazy Spider-child who’s just a bit too much like him, being reckless and willing to sacrifice himself. Maybe Tony needs to take a bit of his own advice.)

The endings of the Iron Man movies are all tonally upbeat and to end Tony’s story for good on a “downer” note does not go along with his storyline --from starkravinghazelnuts http://starkravinghazelnuts.tumblr.com/post/181110494893/avengers-endgame-is-said-to-be-the-end-of-many-of

The Infinity Saga is Tony Stark’s arc. Every other character, including Cap, is ancillary. Every character is where they are because of a Stark. What happens to him will be the defining characteristic of the Saga, and it isn’t set up to be a Tragedy.

RDJ says the last eight minutes of Endgame has “everybody” involved, which would obviously include Natasha, who is extremely important. Which contradicts the reddit “leaks.”

https://twitter.com/stevcrogvrs/status/1118853707280601088?s=21 Chris Evans says if Steve had a choice, he would go back in time to be with Peggy. Since he was able to say this, there’s no doubt that it doesn’t happen, as the Marvel spoiler snipers would have switched from Mark to Chris and put five holes in his head before he hit the ground. This contradicts the reddit “leaks.”

https://comicbook.com/marvel/2019/04/19/avengers-endgame-hawkeye-black-widow-relationship-jeremy-renner/ Jeremy Renner also says Clint and Natasha’s relationship will last “forever”, which seems to underline their closeness and how much they mean to each other. All of this contradicts the reddit “leaks”, which describe a horrible thing happening to the two of them that wouldn’t ever actually happen if they were to stay in character. Plus, Chris Evans apparently called these dudebros out and straight up denied their “leaks”, so these “leaks” have no veracity either way.

When asked to draw their favorite characters, Anthony Russo drew Iron Man and Joe drew Spider-Man. The Iron Dad relationship is obviously going to be important in the movie, and it would bode well for these characters to get a good ending in the movie if they’re the very favorites of both directors.

RDJ is screening Endgame at his house for family and friends on Easter Sunday. Would he really ruin a holiday with a movie in which his character dies an unwarranted death?

There has not been a wedding in the MCU yet. What would be a better way to end the MCU’s first romance than with the MCU’s first wedding? We’ve had a funeral already, for a side character, and that was bad enough. Imagine how horrible it would be to witness Tony Stark’s funeral as the ending for Endgame. That does not seem like the kind of feeling the Russos want to leave us with. The wedding seems far more appropriate for a movie of this scale and importance.

The chess theory (courtesy of starkravinghazelnuts) — “The last piece to discuss on the chess board is the King piece. This piece is the game winner. Once your king is check-mated, the game is over, and your opponent wins, regardless of the score. The king chess piece is the piece you must protect the most and the one you cannot live without. Many experienced players may find themselves utilizing the king in an attempt to gain an advantage over an opponent, something weaker chess players are leery of doing. No matter how you choose to use your king piece, he must stay alive at all costs.” Tony and Thanos are the Kings on opposing sides. The king must be kept alive in order to win, which is why Tony should make it to the end of the film intact. Thor also literally mentions someone “playing an intricate game” and says that person “has made pawns of us” at the end of Ultron when discussing the Infinity Stones. http://starkravinghazelnuts.tumblr.com/post/181491397743/starkravinghazelnuts-quite-frankly-this-is-the

Two very important meta pieces by starkravinghazelnuts, who has essentially been funding my positive attitude for a while now http://starkravinghazelnuts.tumblr.com/post/182086909963/looking-back-over-everything-i-still-feel-really http://starkravinghazelnuts.tumblr.com/post/182017989478/i-agree-with-you-the-rhodey-show-sounds-good-but-i

https://fanfest.com/2018/08/16/the-russos-reflect-on-iron-man-being-the-heart-and-soul-of-the-mcu/ “I think, in a lot of ways, he is the heart and soul of the Marvel universe,” Infinity War co-director Joe Russo said during a video interview with Wired. “He’s a fascinating character, a character that we love because he is imminently flawed and we like characters that are challenging and express their humanity and I think Tony Stark does that as well as any of the characters. He started off as a narcissistic alcoholic and grew into a hero which, I think, makes him imminently relatable and signifies what the Marvel universe stands for, which is character first and the heroes are defined through the choices that they make.” The Russos love Tony. And you cannot live without your soul, you cannot live without your heart. No matter what you say about Tony, losing him to death would leave a massive, gaping hole in the MCU. Keeping him available to return is the safer bet in almost every regard.

https://youtu.be/f0Ai05cUQoM “If there were no RDJ, there would be no MCU.” - Kevin Feige. RDJ started it all, and Tony shouldn’t die, his presence should remain. He should be able to pop in and out as he sees fit. They know his star power and how important Tony is to the MCU.

https://www.newsarama.com/39526-rdj-as-iron-man-irreplacable-but-will-eventually-leave-says-avengers-infinity-war-directors.html “One closeup from RDJ is worth another actor’s entire performance, he’s incredibly gifted and insanely talented” - Joe Russo. May be a weak reason, but would they really...make him permanently lost to them? They’ve expressed interest in coming back. Would they really banish their most talented and lucrative actor to the darkness of a character death for a cheap shock?

https://youtu.be/5ljluGA4dQU (around ten minutes in) In the Jimmy Kimmel interview, they show the clip they’ve been showing everywhere of Carol’s meeting with some of the Avengers. Jimmy points out that RDJ isn’t in the clip, and he asks if that means something bad for Tony. RDJ says “No, no, no. Not in the slightest.” He could and probably is referring to the fact that Tony is definitely alive at this point, sure, but his attitude and the way he says it points to an overall confidence about Tony that bleeds over to the viewer. In fact, Robert’s whole demeanor during this press tour has been one of pure joy. He is having the time of his life, dancing and laughing, moreso than we have seen before. It could be a man enjoying his last tour with a very special group, but, somehow, I don’t believe someone who loves Tony as much as RDJ does would be this happy if Tony died. Especially if Tony’s death was unwarranted and out-of-left-field, which it absolutely would be if it happened. And this is in contrast to Chris, who has been, while not sad, far more reserved.

Some on-point thoughts from some of the few sane people on reddit:

“After Infinity War went out of its way to establish Thanos as a physical embodiment of Tony’s PTSD (“he’s been in my head for 6 years,” “My only curse is you”, *author’s note: see also above with coming to face an unknown fear like in IM3*), the idea of him ultimately defeating Thanos by killing himself is like... morally reprehensible as a message. I’d like to think Markus and McFeely would know better than that, but honestly, I’ve felt since Civil War that they don’t have the best grasp on his character. Edit: someone asked me in a PM to elaborate on this, so I’m just gonna go ahead and post what I wrote just in case anyone’s interested. Ok, this is gonna be kinda long, but I’ve been sitting on this for a while. so Iron Man 3 was the beginning of Tony’s new character arc that’s gone from phase 2 up till now. In phase 1, his whole journey was learning not to be selfish, and to be willing to put himself on the line to protect others. Avengers 1 completes that arc, and Iron Man 3 sets up a new conflict, where he’s driven entirely by his trauma from the events of The Avengers. He’s obsessed with protecting the world from threats beyond his control- we see it in Iron Man 3 with the house party suits being products of his anxiety, and in Age of Ultron with the Ultron program. He feels like it’s his responsibility to be everyone’s protector, and he’s desperately clinging to any sense of control he can still have in a world that he now realizes is much bigger than him. In Infinity War, he finds out that the event that left him traumatized was orchestrated by Thanos, and for the rest of the movie is driven by a single-minded need to confront Thanos directly and put an end to him, in order to finally be free of the PTSD that’s dominated his life for 6 years. By taking on that responsibility and ambushing him on Titan instead of reaching out to his support system (Steve + the other Avengers), Tony inadvertently puts everything he cares about at risk. In the context of Tony’s story, Thanos is his trauma- and Tony’s defeat on Titan is a direct result of his compulsive need to carry the burden of that trauma alone. So to then have him sacrifice himself to defeat Thanos in Endgame essentially sends the message that “yes, it is a good thing to bear that trauma on your own, and in fact, if you can’t see any other option, killing yourself is an acceptable solution.” It sends a horrible message in the context of the ongoing story, and it doesn’t tell us anything new about Tony as a character- we already know he’s self-sacrificing, it’s been his defining character flaw for four movies already. It’s just a really poor way to end his story.” — msg53

“This. Tony’s arc has been about letting go of his ego while learning to rely on others. His first step was handing Stark Ind. over to Pepper. He tried letting go with Ultron, but it failed cuz Ultron was just an extension of himself. Then he started seeing how being a mentor/father figure could help a kid in need of both (Peter) and the eventual next step should be family and real retirement while others defend/avenge Earth, once he’s done with his Thanos curse. Aside from Thor, His death would feel the most gratuitously out of sync with his journey of all the OG Avengers.” —VictorVonDoomBots

(special shoutout to cuddlebirb over there, consistently fighting for Tony rights)

The absolute nastiness to take out their main character, their cash cow, the one that started it all, when he’s got so much still hanging simply makes no sense. They would leave people with a sick feeling in their stomachs over this movie. People would not be happy with the turn of events, they would feel cheated out of a proper ending for the main character of the whole franchise. It would not be an event movie, it would be the movie that Killed Tony Stark. It would be tainted, and I don’t think the Russos want that. I know they say they think about their own reactions when writing these films, but they’ve gotta be smart enough to realize what a mistake this would be for the die-hard, longtime fans.

Plus, this is an ending to one generation and a lead-in to another. They don’t have Stan anymore to do their cameos, and some people will be on edge about whether to continue. Having RDJ hang around to do cameos and show up here and there to help the new heroes will put people in those seats for the upcoming films. His fifteen minute presence in Homecoming made many people go see the film that wouldn’t have otherwise. They need a hero that people know and love to remain a constant, even if he’s not in a starring role, and Tony Stark is the perfect person to do this. He always helped the younger heroes in the comics, and he’s already taken the mentor mantle with Peter. It’s a natural progression.

The amount of suffering that Tony has been through in the entirety of the MCU and in Endgame in particular, should lead to him finally getting something good in the end, a retirement where he gets to relax and let someone else carry the weight of the world instead of him, for once. Endgame will begin with Tony in extreme anguish, sick, hurt, sad and alone (save for Nebula). In the end, he should be healthy and happy, surrounded by the people who love him, with his future bright, full of possibility, and free of threats because Thanos is gone. That is simply good writing and good bookending. The writers shouldn’t be in the business of torturing Tony for torture’s sake. If he begins in such a dark place, he should end somewhere promising.

Happy’s behavior in FFH trailer. Tony is Happy’s best friend. Would the man be acting so chill, flirting with May, if his BFF just died? It is confirmed that FFH takes place minutes after Endgame. Plus, in a deleted Infinity War scene that featured Happy, Tony says that he and Pepper should set him up with someone. Would that someone be May?

Pepper is literally Tony’s endgame—he says it himself, “in the end, it’s always you.”

#tony stark #avengers endgame #avengers #marvel #endgame speculation #this is massively long but i think it really gets its point across #there is just way way too much pointing to his survival #robert downey jr #rdj

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My Top/Bottom “10″ Moments of Avengers: Endgame [Spoilers Ahead]

In no particular rank…

The Good and the Legendary Moments (I had a hard time limiting it to 10, clearly there are more)

Cap’s “don’t do anything stupid while I’m gone” and Bucky’s reprise “How can I? You’e taking all the stupid with you…I’m gonna miss you.” He knows his friend well enough through all the years that he understands and accepts (and in that second, we do too) that Cap’s not coming back the fast way, that he’s chosen the slow path to the end of the line.

Sam inheriting the Shield from Rogers with Bucky’s blessing, “go to him.” Because Bucky knows that, even though they are the best of friends and fellow supersoldiers, Sam has kept an eye on Steve while Bucky was MIA, and that puts him in a reasonable position to inherit the mantle.

Post-snap “5 years later” we see Steve taking up Sam’s role as a group counselor, our first hint at the transition of roles later to come, capped off with Sam emerging from the portal with a timely “on your left.”

Hawkeye’s opening: the very real, personal, character driven moment in which Clint is with his family, and shortly thereafter the snap is dragged out of retirement kicking and screaming.

Tony’s and Stark’s intellectual interactions which began as animosity and conlcuded as a kind of mutual admiration “is this the one we win? / if I tell you, it won’t happen (almost apologetically because Strange knows what is about to happen and is letting it go forward anyway),” culminating with “I am Iron Man” and thunderous applause.

EVERYTHING having to do with Tony’s daughter Morgan. From her interaction with Jon Favreau aka Happy about cheeseburgers, to finding her dad’s suit mask, to Stark calculating time-travel while doing the dishes, then swearing, then swearing Morgan to secrecy, and most heartrendingly “I love you 3000.” Tony’s father-daughter relationship is one of those key character pieces that elevates this whole film from a Marvel capstone to a best picture.

Steve’s moment watching Peggy even though he never interacts with her, in 70s at the Pymm/Stark research facility. It’s the most poignant foreshadow of his destination to come. He doesn’t make that mistake twice.

Natasha’s character development. Five years later, even as she falls apart spinning her wheels about deep sea tectonic quakes, and she still cuts her peanut butter sandwich corner to corner as if daring “Nick” Fury to unsnap himself and say “no, let me show you how it’s done.” Two great insights into the depth of their familial relationship courtesy of the Captain Marvel film. Also a shout-out Steve’s subsequent offer to cook Nat dinner. Steve and Nat always carry great character moments, all the way back to CA:WS when she was setting him up on dates.

The small moments of battlefield humor that were just enough not to break the moment: Steve calling out to Parker “Hey Queens,” Peter engaging the Spidey suit kill mode and then him curled up in the fetal position, Wong’s deadpan “were you expecting more?” Jesus, just give Wong an entire act in the next Doctor Strange movie and I will be happy. I adore him. PS: what a pleasant surprise the way the Russos put Tilda Swinton in as Sorcerer Supreme opposite Banner. That was just the right character for the exposition on the perils of altered reality.

The overarching theme of premonitions as it deals with crossing through the quantum realm into the past, and the ensuing parallels from what we’ve already seen in the Marvel past. Specifically the ‘premonitions’ that past-Nebula had when future Nebula past through time and how they could access each others memories, which puts the interesting and poetic possibility that Tony’s dreams/visions this whole time (ex: Infinity War’s “[Pepper] we had a kid, it was so real”) were never a direct result of Thanos, but rather his travel through time. The Time Travel element also relates to parallels where Howard Stark meets “Howard Potts” and the potshots at his questionable beard. Tony meets Stark Sr. at the exact right moment when Maria is expecting and they relate to the perils and joys of fatherhood: “there’s no manual for this/ there’s nothing I wouldn’t do for this kid / you did your best”, which sets up Howard’s video journal to Tony and Tony’s post-battle video journal to Morgan as even more powerful together, in the context of each other, then when we saw the original Iron Man films. Endgame brings new depth / meaning to those historic moments.

Honorable mention to Thor who, after the “I aimed for the head” reprise, developed a sense of crippling anxiety and notable weight gain within his depressive reclusiveness, and still managed to suit up and be a hero anyway. While I didn’t necessarily like the fact that Thor dealt with his PTSD through hardcore gaming, I like the direction that the Russo’s steered him after subsequently calling him an “Angel Pirate” in Infinity War. The message, by contrast, that you don’t have to look a certain way, or step into the role that everyone expects of you (King of Asgard), or even have your shit together to be heroic - you just have to step your foot out of the door and face the day - is damn brilliant.

Honorable mention #2: Rocket’s speech to Thor “you’re not the only person to have ever lost someone.” Great BroTP, with tha dash of crossover Whovian.

Honorable trifecta: Steve Rogers wielding the Mjolnir and FINALLY. FIN-A-LLY “Avengers: Assemble!” What great standing ovation moments.

OVERALL: What this film misses in building the tension (it cycles down before it revs up), it makes up for by setting up the small, poignant character moments that show off the emotional talent of these actors in a way that I’ve never seen with this impact before: Infinity War, Black Panther, and Civil War being the runners up.

The Disappointing:

The “Smart Hulk” / Ant Man “little man” gag didn’t work for me. The autographs, the tacos, the test time travel run. It got stale very quickly.

Speaking of Ant Man, by contrast to Tony and Morgan, Scott Lang’s reunion with his daughter after 5 years didn’t hit the emotional note it was meant to. It make sense how they use Lang as perspective of “what’s going on / fish out of water” to drive the aftermath of the snap home and to introduce quantum science. But out of all the characters, I was probably least invested in him.

The female-led gauntlet scrimmage in the final act across the battlefield felt like more of a “set piece” rather than really earned emotion by comparison to Infinity War’s female tag team (Okoye, Nat, and Wanda) against Proxima, where Nat defends Wanda and says “she’s not alone.”

I didn’t like the script choice of killing the complex, Infinity War version of Thanos so quickly (while it was unexpected and paid off big time for a hot second when Thor’s said “I aimed for the head”) and taking on Past-Thanos. For me, it undermined and underdeveloped the villain. I would have wanted a deeper understanding of “The Garden” and flashbacks to Titan or young Gamora, or even more interaction between him and his daughter present-Nebula, before the war-torn Thanos gets the 1-2 chop, but I understand the choice given time constraints of a three hour film.

Hawkeye’s ronin montage: his revenge against criminals in the post-snap era, “why are you here, why did you get to survive and my family didn’t?” could have had the ability to be powerful, especially considering that Natasha has been keeping tabs on him and didn’t intervene until critical mass. But instead, I feel like it was mishandled, too thematic, it takes your out of the moment like a set piece.I loved Natasha’s bond with Clint up to and after the ronin sequence, it took two characters that I was on the fence with and got me emotionally invested in them as a team, I just hated the montage itself.

No Vision? What?! Hardly even a mention in this film except for Wanda’s wrath when she is resurrected and brings that house down on Thanos, but even then Thanos essentially said “who the heck are you and what did I do to make you mad?” completely taking the steam out of Vision’s fall. Hopefully Phase 4 addresses / fixes that.

No Loki resurrection? At the very least, no past-Loki dialogue?! Come on. I thought for a second, when Loki escaped STRIKE custody in the alternate timeline with the tessaract, that maybe the team had created a and untrimmed time branch (I still think they did, because if Rogers returned the Stone to 1970, it doesn’t fix the later botched attempt to steal it, so maybe there’s a branch reality where Loki is alive with witty trickster lines and I’ll cling to it). Then I was fooled again when Mjolnir went flying through the air I thought perhaps that Loki Odinson had returned and was worthy to wield it through his selfless sacrifice (I was only momentarily disappointed / awed to see it was Cap instead). Again, Phase 4, give me some help here!

The fact that Black Widow got no proper funeral sendoff, concluding Natasha’s long history of under-use throughout the entire Infinity Saga. Don’t get me wrong: I understand her soul stone sacrifice, and in a way I understand the people who say, “don’t take that away from her, it’s powerful.” It is. She comes from a manipulative, violent background that made her who she is and good at what she does. Throughout her history, she never had family, which she admits: “Red Skull knew my father’s name, that’s more than I ever did.” So it makes the choice more poignant that she built a family around herself and did whatever it took to keep them safe and united. That said, I wasn’t (until this film) necessarily invested in Black Widow like I am the other Avengers characters, but she’s had some great moments with Clint (I still want to see the Budapest mission, and the Iran extraction that Bucky compromised) and Rogers (Endgame: I’ve been telling everyone to move on, but not us. Winter Soldier: their getaway from Hydra-infested SHIELD) and Fury. Which is why I HATE that her only tribute was a bunch of men standing around lamenting over her (while simultaneously being oblivious to the Nebula swap, seemingly incapable of intelligent script development by McFeely and Markus around those two female characters). It would have at least been fitting if they had more regrets “why didn’t we know her better, we were supposed to be her family”, “why didn’t we appreciate her while we could” or her name added to an altered “fallen” monument. There was no payoff to her chemistry with Bruce, and no final closure with un-dusted Fury to pay his respects, which would have been a small but vastly fitting gesture. WHAT A WASTE.

Captain Marvel’s use in the film as essentially a ballistic, ship-destroying missile and her anticlimactic Thanos battle. Why use her at all in this film if it’s going to be as a plot device? She could have had potential opposite Thor, and I’ll argue that she should have been Banner’s tag-team person to bring him out of new-Asgard exile. But the Russos and writing team missed that opportunity as well. Danvers’ appearance felt hollow.

The pacing / cycle down of tension post-opening sequence was off-putting to me. I was revved up to level 10 ready to go to 11, but had to dial back down by half (ex: even though I love the montage of Tony and Nebula playing table football, it crawls by comparison to the expectations set right after Infinity War). The tonal shifts between the three acts of Endgame made me feel like I was watching two good films as opposed to the one great, legendary film I was expecting. Perhaps I came in to Endgame too pumped and needed to be more in the moment, because this displaced feeling was very strong on initial viewing, but faded the second time I saw the film.

Honorable mentions: Parts of the alternate reality “time travel” sequence really bothered me: ie the battle of New York (from A1). Hulk smash didn’t work for me, though Hulk “take the stairs” and Stark’s minor cardiac dysrhythmia corrected by Thor’s hammer were funny. Also Cap’s “I found Loki” was priceless. So I guess you have to absorb the disagreeable montages of time alterations to enjoy the good, like Banner and the Sorcerer Supreme, Howard and “Howard.”

Honorable mention #2: This movie did a hell of a job at all the couple / BroTP splitting, WTH! Steve and Sharon never stood a chance, Wanda and Vision, Banner and Natasha, Steve and Bucky, Steve and Sam, Thor and Loki, Gamora and Quill. Dammit, I hope Phase 4 at least patches up a few holes in these ships before sending in the speculated new ensemble of comics characters.

In SUMMARY: as my dislikes wane with time and my likes grow in retrospect with each saga part I rewatch, and each time I revisit A4 in theaters, I think that Avengers: Endgame, while not quite my favorite installment, will stick with me forever. What a decade! And my next great joy will be 10…15…20 years from now, when I get to meet a kid, let’s call her Morgan, who’s never seen an MCU film before and vicariously relive that first joy watching it with them. To the end of the line.

I can’t wait.

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the first character i ever fell in love with: tony stark. :’) i saw all the films in the order they came out, when they came out, so iron man was actually the first mcu film i saw and i already liked tony as a character in the comics by that point but watching the movie made it go from “neat i guess” to “i love him so much i would move mountains for him”. he’s still my absolute fav to this day.

a character i used to love/like, but now do not:this is rly more to do with his fans than anything actually in canon but i used to be quite fond of steve (and still am wrt to 616!steve) but ime since civil war many mcu steve fans are, uh, Very Particular about their interpretations of the canon and particularly A Certain Character and VERY insistent that those interpretations must be enforced at all times and so i find a lot of content centred on him very grating.

a ship i used to love/like, but now do not: i used to like tony/pepper in im1 and im2 and i thought they were honestly cute but by im3 it was already waning and then the whole on/off thing in later films just got annoying because pepper really just turned into a plot device rather than a character.

my ultimate favourite character:tony!!! i love his disasterific self so much and i am so so so proud of him and how far he’s come and also like, wrt to cinematic quality, i honestly think the iron man films are the saving grace of the mcu. shoutout to shane black and jon favreau. also natasha because she’s actually my absolute favourite character in the comics so i HAVE to be secondhand in love with her in the mcu but honestly i hate the way the russos write her so i’m just desperately praying for anyone to take them out of their grasp. (fingers crossed for her solo film)

prettiest character:sorry i’m still like very tragically attracted to scarlett johansson because i’m weak and gay and have had a crush on her since i was 9 so natasha

my most hated character:i just. literally never ever want to hear a single word about coulson ever again. i also really hate vision and i hope he stays permanently dead (lol fat chance of that) and i want jarvis back. also peter quill can bite me. g-d.

my OTP:tony/rhodey is real and tru and canon and The Only Way. idk how anyone could deny they’re in love.

my NOTP:wanda/vision is by far the worst het in the mcu which is saying a lot because there is a lot of terrible het in the mcu. every time they make me sit thru any scene with them desperately trying to muster up any chemistry at all it makes me want to physically flee my cinema seat.

saddest death:loki’s died like five hundred times now but honestly? good for him, he’s clearly excellent at it! all of his death scenes are absolutely gutting and make me genuinely emotional and i love him so much.

favourite movie: iron man 3 and i will throw hands with anyone who tries to argue it’s not objectively the best mcu film

character that everyone else in the fandom loves, but i hate: i don’t hate him but i don’t care in the least about bucky.

my ‘you’re piece of trash, but you’re still a fave’ fave: loki lmao. gay icon, undisputed mvp of the thor films, absolutely correct about everything, never did anything wrong in his life, etc

my ‘beautiful cinnamon roll who deserves better than this’ fave: bring jarvis back please i miss him so much he didn’t deserve what they did to him and everything about vision is a disservice to his memory

my ‘this ship is wrong, nasty, and makes me want to cleanse my soul, but i still love it’ ship: me/scarlett johansson

my ‘they’re kind of cute, and i lowkey ship them, but i’m not too invested’ ship: tony/bruce is cute in theory but i’m too invested in tony/rhodey to rly be into it.

also i have eyes and a functioning brain and so i know that nat and pepper absolutely fucked in im2 and so did pepper and maya in im3 (and bless the one good fic that actually exists for them) but there’s not enough content to keep me afloat

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' The Mandalorian' Phase 4 Reaches Peak Infant Yoda In A Psychological Episode.

Cloning has actually been a part of Celebrity Wars considering that the very beginning, with the Duplicate Battles being discussed as early as A New Hope, but not described until Attack of the Clones. This bit of odd sciene is going through a renaissance of types, many thanks to follower concepts about Rey's orphan childhood as well as the return of Emperor Palpatine. That establishes that Force level of sensitivity can be moved to genetically similar people if Rey is a clone. Possibly one developed during the very same experiments that caused Rey? Or, it's feasible that Pershing demands this Child Yoda to start duplicating the types.

What animal is Yoda based on?

The Jedi Master Yoda was the best-known member of a species whose true name is not recorded. Known in some sources simply as Yoda's species, this species of small carnivorous humanoids produced several well-known members of the Jedi Order during the time of the Galactic Republic.

Moments later, Obi-Wan's ghost helps Luke concern the awareness that the "other" of whom Yoda spoke is Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher), who is his twin sis. In the prequel trilogy, established a generation prior to the original trilogy, Yoda is among one of the most effective participants of the Jedi Order and also a general of clone troopers during the Clone Battles. He likewise trains all Jedi kids, before they are appointed a Jedi master.

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At the orgasm of the film, Yoda gets here in time to conserve Obi-Wan and also Anakin from the Separatists as well as defeats his former apprentice, Count Dooku (Christopher Lee), the Separatists' leader as well as a Sith lord, in a lightsaber duel. When Qui-Gon is mortally wounded in a duel with Sith Lord Darth Maul (played by Ray Park and articulated by Peter Serafinowicz), his dying demand to his Padawan Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor) is that Anakin be trained as a Jedi. Obi-Wan, determined to accomplish his pledge to his master, tells Yoda that he will certainly train the boy, also without the Council's approval. Yoda makes Obi-Wan a Jedi Knight, and hesitantly gives his true blessing to Anakin's training.

Is Baby Yoda the chosen one?

No, we are not leaving Baby Yoda behind. Just when he's about to ditch his tiny ward and move on, another bounty hunter tracks him to the village, meaning it's no longer safe for either of them. So they both have to leave, and we will probably never see that pretty widow again.

The Mandalorian found The Child, also known as Child Yoda, on a desert world called Arvala-7 that looked a great deal like Luke's childhood years residence of Tatooine. There's no sign that there are much more little Yodas around, so that's possibly not its varieties' residence globe, either. As a mechanic in Mos Eisley, Peli Motto (Amy Sedaris) was assured to earn factors with "Star Wars" fans that fondly bear in mind Tatooine as the earth where all of it started.

Why is Yoda a baby in the Mandalorian?

There is a Reddit page dedicated to calling Baby Yoda "Yiddle", a nod to both Yoda and Yaddle, a female of the same species who appeared in the Star Wars prequel trilogy. The Yiddle theory is that Baby Yoda is the product of Yoda and Yaddle.

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Character introduction.

However mainly for his cuteness, improved by his diminutive size as well as expressive eyes and also ears.

For the longest time it seemed that Yoda was the only creature of his specific varieties, a sort of uniquely Force delicate creature.

The priestesses inform Yoda that his training will certainly return to in time.

Or perhaps Child Yoda as well as the mop child from completion of The Last Jedi are hanging around on Dagobah waiting to begin their training.

Component of the reason the episode 1 expose is so exceptional is that Lucas has actually long supported for keeping Yoda's varieties key. When whatever in Celebrity Wars is explained, the universe feels huge, yet it can also really feel rote. The Yoda types remains a component that can not be canonized, can not be commodified. It gestures at Celebrity Wars' dream influences while not going so far regarding straight-out discuss the inspiration behind the gesture.

Not much is known about Child Yoda's species, yet probably, at 76 years of ages it would certainly still need help getting around as well as making it through. The creature from The Mandalorian whomStar Warsfans adoringly call "Child Yoda" is not Yoda as a kid. We aren't even sure how, if in all, he relates to Yoda besides being within the exact same species.

Yoda's syntactic selfhood is evidently an outgrowth of the same internal tranquility that makes him such an effective warrior. Espindola believes that Yoda's speech is insane, however insane like an extremely type fox. This five-toed variation stays the least used in any type of manifestation of Celebrity Wars media. Adults of the species were identified by sharp, elfin ears, ridges on their temples, tridactyl hands and also (most typically) anisodactyl feet. The diet plan of the most renowned member of the varieties, Jedi Master Yoda, contained nutrient most other beings considered revolting.

Either way, this infant has the prospective to seriously change the material of Star Wars moving forward. That would be new area for Star Wars, but the post-Disney acquistion Star Wars cosmos has actually often experimented with the guidelines of the Force, so it's not impossible.

Why is Yoda 50 years old?

The final moments of the episode reveal the asset, who turns out to be super cute. The Internet has dubbed the adorable creature Baby Yoda because he or she bears a strong resemblance to the legendary Jedi master. As an ill-fated droid informs the Mandalorian, â€œspecies age differently,â€ and Baby Yoda is a young 50.

Since making his debut in The Mandalorian in November 2019, Baby Yoda has been a feeling. A cuter, younger variation of the ancient Jedi master, he's one of one of the most endearing animals ever seen in the Star Wars world, as well as has since come to be the talk of the web-- a strolling retailing opportunity, as well as the source of wholesome memes. Celebrity Wars followers were thrilled concerning The Mandalorian the 2nd it was announced as the flagship program of Disney And also, but couple of might've predicted that Infant Yoda would certainly swipe the show. The initial live-action TV collection ahead out of the Star Wars world features an individual that dresses a whole lot like Boba Fett with his own fascinating background tale, but The Child, as he's known, is perhaps the real star. The 2008 animated movie and tv collection The Duplicate Battles makes use of a CGI model of Yoda that matches the one-off tridactyl plan from The Phantom Threat, with 3 forward-facing toes and a blunted heel.

Build-A-Bear Workshop has actually likewise introduced it will certainly release a version of a Youngster doll in early 2020. Lego has announced plans for an August 2020 launch of BrickHeadz figures of both the Child and also the Mandalorian, in addition to a September 2020 release of a Lego set for the Mandalorian's Razor Crest spacecraf, which will include a tiny figurine of Child. In March 2020, an informal user-created mod for the video game Celebrity Wars Battlefront II allowed the personality BB-8 to be changed with a usable variation of the Kid. The Kid as well as the Mandalorian are the only personalities that have appeared in every episode of the collection. He was produced by The Mandalorian designer as well as showrunner Jon Favreau based upon his wish to discover the mystery around Yoda as well as his varieties.

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Top 10 Action Movies rate and review

1.Bad boys for life

An action movie bad boy for life is release on 7 January 2020 by Columbia picture Production Company. The producers of the film are William smith, Doug Belgard and Jerry Bruckheimer. The story is based on the revenge of son and wife of Mexican drug lord. Both the son and wife of lord wanted to kill all those involved in his trial and imprisonment. The movie is full of action, crime and comedy.

2.The Gentleman

Guy Ritchie is the director of the movie. It is released in United Kingdom on 1st January 2020. The story is revolving around rich person Mickey Pearson. He was Emigrant who becomes rich by building a highly gainful marijuana empire in London. He was blackmailed by other characters who wanted to steal his domain.

3.Godzilla: the king of monster

Godzilla was released on 31st May 2019. Michael Dougtary directed the film. This movie has made a business of 385.9million USD. The story is battle between god sized monster and crypto-zoological agency Monarch.

4.The snatch

The snatch is a British crime comedy film that was released on 23rd August 2000. The film has won four awards and six nominations. Guy Ritchie directed the film. The story tells us about an escapade including a boxing advertiser who is acquainted with direct fixing by a heartless, pig-reproducing ruffian. Push into the brawl are a road battling vagabond and his family, and a horrendous pit-bull.

5.Midway

Midway is the historic film directed by Roland Emmerich. Midway has made the business of 123.3 million USD.It is the story of battle fought between leaders and sailors. It is based on the true story of real people of World War II. The stars of the film beautifully portray in the honor of the people who sacrifices for the country.

6.Shazam

Shazam was released on 15 March 2019. The film is directed by David Sandberg. The film is full of action, comedy and adventure. It has a great momentum to fall in love with the new superhero. The film has made a business of about 364.5 million USD.

7.The aeronauts

Aeronaut is a biographical film that is full of adventure and action. The characters are motivating, the story components interesting, and the special visualizations stunning. Film is directed by Tom Harper. It is based on 2013 book falling upward.

8.The Jungle book

The jungle book is Disney’s best live action movie directed by Jon Favreau. The Film was released on 4th April 2016. Story is about an orphaned boy mowgoli who was guided by animals who sets on an adventure of self discovery.

9.Shadow

Shadow is Chinese film directed by Zhang Yimou. Film was released on 30 September 2018. This film is an outwardly luxurious and meticulously made period piece. The director of the film also won golden award for best direction of the film shadow.

10.Looper

Looper is a pleasurable stumble into a fascinating vision of things to come, where we are blessed to receive an intriguing arrangement of inquiries and situations, set against wild science fiction plot gadgets. The film is directed by Rian Johnson. Looper has made a business of 176.5 million USD. Read the full article

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'It's Heavy on the Vaginas': Inside Three Female-Dominated Productions

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'It's Heavy on the Vaginas': Inside Three Female-Dominated Productions

When Frances McDormand took the stage at the 2018 Oscars and uttered the words inclusion rider, the Internet rushed to break down the latest in Hollywood vernacular. But while the inclusion rider—a contract amendment that guarantees cast and crew diversity—is something many productions are scrambling to adopt, there are a few women for whom the practice comes naturally. Starting with…

After a 12-year hiatus from TV, Jennifer Garner needed some persuading to return to the medium’s punishing pace. But it took only one meeting with Lena Dunham and Jenni Konner to convince her that Camping, the duo’s comedy based on the British series about a weekend in the outdoors gone awry, would be different. “They have a great reputation for running a tight ship but one that also makes room for people’s lives and families,” says Garner, who took on the role of wilderness-averse camper Kathryn. “On top of that they said, ‘It’s really important to us that this show is run by women.’ But what I love is you don’t walk on set and feel like [the female crew] is some statement. It’s just a lot of competent people working together who happen to be women.”

Just 11 percent of all showrunners are women, so for Dunham and Konner, collaborating with this many women is a point of pride. “The same cluster of white men get hired over and over, not because they’re better at their jobs but because people get lazy,” Dunham says. “This crew makes it clear that you can have a very diverse group of people without compromising the quality of the work.” Adds Konner: “Our production designer, script supervisor, cinematographer, stunt coordinator, and wardrobe and props department heads are all women. It’s heavy on the vaginas.”

While the show centers on what Dunham calls “complicated, thorny, and intense women,” the cast found solace in one another’s tenderness off set. “I shot a scene with Jennifer Garner, and it wasn’t Shirley MacLaine in Terms of Endearment, but it was pretty ride-or-die,” says Bridget Everett, who plays zany campground director Harry. “Having a friend to hug you at the end was a real blessing and something you don’t always experience. And that’s what’s great about having a sisterhood on a set.”

Written by Samantha Leach, Photo by Anne Marie Fox

Camping premieres on HBO next month.

Olivia Wilde is the first to admit she wasn’t born with the confidence to direct a film. “It took me well into my career, maybe 10 or 12 years, to make the leap,” she says of Booksmart, her directorial debut about two high school seniors who vow to let loose on prom night. Even though Hollywood big shots like Jon Favreau, Ron Howard, and CAA superagent Bryan Lourd had encouraged her (“You’re a director; I’ve always known that about you,” Lourd said back in 2013), it took working with Reed Morano on the 2015 drama Meadowland to make her believe it was possible. “Women don’t see themselves in that role, so they don’t take it seriously for themselves,” Wilde says. “I think we all need that person who allows us to see it in order to believe it.”

And in that magical way of paying it forward, Wilde has been that person for cast members Beanie Feldstein and Kaitlyn Dever. “We did a lot of scenes that were one long shot, something Kaitlyn and I didn’t anticipate nailing,” Feldstein says. “Olivia would be like, ‘We’re going to get this and it’s going to be amazing.’ When we did, it was like, ‘Oh my God. You were the only one who knew we could.’” According to Dever, that support was a game changer. “A director sets the tone,” she says, “and if the tone isn’t right, a shoot can be stressful. Olivia created the easiest set I’ve ever worked on. She really is an inspiration, because now I want to direct movies.”

With so many women on set (Billie Lourd and Jessica Williams also costar), Wilde and writer Katie Silberman were able to weave personal stories and perspectives into the script in real time. “Every day it felt like there was this pot of brewing energy and everyone was putting their ideas into it,” Wilde says. “When we wrapped, I told each person in the crew, ‘Your DNA is all over this film.’”

Written by Justine Harman

Booksmart hits theaters next spring.

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Ever since hip-hop and pop artist Lizzo launched her solo career in 2013, she’s unintentionally surrounded herself with a female crew. “I just hire the best people,” she says, “and those people happen to be women.” But Lizzo, whose team consists of DJ Sophia Eris, creative director and makeup artist Quinn Wilson, dancers Grace Holden and Courtney Hollinquest (dubbed The Big Grrrls), hairstylist Shelby Swain, and manager Alana Balden, knows that in a world where only 17 percent of pop musicians are women, this contingent makes a statement.

They’ve worked hard to get here. “We were those girls going into these grody nightclubs and bars, having to literally fight for our lives to be respected,” Lizzo says of the years before the release of her critically loved 2016 EP, Coconut Oil. Next came a gig opening for Haim on their nationwide tour and the opportunity to twerk onstage at England’s prestigious Glastonbury Festival. “[Now we’re] a middle finger in the face of what the industry says women are capable of.” Adds Eris: “I definitely understand that [a team like this] is not common, but it’s really important to show other young women that we can stick together and be strong and as powerful as any man, or even stronger.” Wilson, who describes the crew as a family, is adamant that these women “are going to grow old as fuck together.”

One thing Lizzo wishes people would stop asking for? Tour gossip. “Like, no one asks Maroon 5 if there are drawbacks touring with all men,” she says. “You assume when you see a tour of all women that there’s cattiness and drama, and I don’t want to talk about that stuff anymore.”

Written by Caitlin Brody

Catch Lizzo on tour with Florence and the Machine this fall.

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It Really Would Have Been Better If Iron Man 2 Had Never Been Made.

In May of 2008 we were blessed with a movie that changed the superhero genre as we knew it. A film that despite 10 years of incredible Marvel spectacle still stands as one of the best.Iron Man.Iron Man introduced us to Robert Downey Jr. playing not so much, “Iron Man” but Billionaire Tony Stark. And we loved it.Then in 2010 we were introduced to something all together different. Iron Man 2.And we loved it as well.Until we thought about it.Iron Man is disappointing, and I often wish that Iron Man 2 had never been made.There are so many reasons that this movie fails.

Plot Holes – Expecting us to believe that Ivan Vanko putting on a jacket that doesn’t even cover his whole body could survive multiple hits from one of the heaviest cars in the world is absolute trash and takes me out of the movie every single time.

Plot Holes - The nation of Monaco (where Monte Carlo is) has the largest per-capita police force in the world. They just chose not to even try to stop a man with no real body armor on threatening one of the richest men in the world in the middle of one of the richest places in the world?

The main premise of the movie counters with Iron Man 3. The fact that Tony searches desperately to find an arc reactor technology that won’t kill him only to just have it removed, “no fuss no muss” in the third movie is ridiculous. Choose one or the other but allowing both plot points sabotages the quality of both movies.

The other main plot point of the movie. Tony is using an unsanctioned weapons technology so the government wants it. His rebuttal basically, “no one else will have this for 10 years or more, so I’m going to keep it.” Then Anton Vanko shows up with a technology that doesn’t look similar at all other than the arc reactor, and the government is like, “You told us it would be 10 years but somebody’s already got it so we need it.” By the end of the movie there are dozens of similar droids. What’s the government reaction to this. Who Knows? None of this makes sense.

Doubling down on the personality problems. I know that some disagree with me on this. I’m fine with watching Tony struggle through his emotional problems and spiraling out of control due to his impending death. But to then, watch him deal with a panic attack in Iron Man 3 and a new but similar set of emotional problems is redundant. Choose one movie to do this in or the other. I choose Iron Man 3 since it’s the better movie.

Iron Man 3 was a real let down to me. It sullied the amazing movie that was Iron Man and to me brought down the overall quality of Jon Favreau as a director. It’s hard to believe that Iron Man 1 & 2 were made by the same person.

Additionally, since the writers of Iron Man 3 just basically decided to ignore it, it’s plot points and theme bring down what could have been great things about Iron Man 3.

To me the only thing good that Iron Man 2 gave us is the intro to Black Widow, the video of Tony’s father and Thor’s hammer.

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'Destiny 2': Jordan Vogt-Roberts Directs Promo

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'Destiny 2': Jordan Vogt-Roberts Directs Promo

Destiny 2, the follow-up to 2014’s hit first-person shooter/RPG hybrid from Bungie and Activision, is almost here. And now the first television spot for the upcoming AAA title has been released — and it’s helmed by a familiar Hollywood name.

Jordan Vogt-Roberts, whose Kong: Skull Island was a critical and commercial success this spring, has delivered a promo that captures the humor, aesthetic and action of the futuristic shooter.

Vogt-Roberts caught up with Heat Vision to discuss the challenges of translating a vast world of rendered characters and environments to live-action, shooting in his native Detroit and his personal love of video games. He also offered up a bit of insight into his future video-game-related project, a film based on long-running stealth game franchise Metal Gear Solid.

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This trailer was a lot funnier than I expected.

I’m actually curious how people will react. We had such a weird task of simultaneously trying to have humor and really expose people who might not know about Destiny to broaden the audience. But also, for me, it’s such an important thing to protect your core and be respectful to the people who made the first game such a success. So, the spot is trying to walk a lot of lines. I’m curious to see how that humor will translate with people.

One of the challenges of working on something like this is finding that balance between fans of the franchise and newcomers.

For me as a gamer, and the world is changing so much, but I just remember so vividly when I was younger marketing campaigns hadn’t figured out how to be respectful and loving to the actual people playing games in their basements before gaming was cool. Now, I think people like Activision and Sony are getting much smarter, and they should be rewarded a bit for actually giving a shit about real gamers, people who made Destiny a success, logged in hundreds and hundreds of hours.

You’re not the first Hollywood director to do a spot for a AAA video game title. Jon Favreau did a trailer for the original Destiny game. How did this opportunity come about?

Kong had finished, and I was trying to figure out how to process what the last two and a half years of my life was. I’m so proud of the collaborations with Kong, but that was a quarter of a decade, essentially, so I wasn’t looking to jump into a project right away. I was sort of looking at commercials and TV stuff. This sort of randomly came up, and I was joking, “Well, I love comedy, I love sci-fi and I love video games, so this is sort of a perfect combination.” It only got sweeter when during my pitch I said I wanted to actually shoot it in Detroit. Luckily, [Activision CEO] Eric Hirshberg is from Michigan as well and saw that and said, “All right, cool. Let’s do that.” So, the job kept getting sweeter and sweeter for me.

Did you have a crash course in Destiny?

I had read so much about it and had so many friends that played it that I really did read about it regularly. I’m kind of a weirdo like that; I’m obsessed with games journalism. I went up to Bungie, in Seattle, to play this new one and meet with the team up there — with Luke Smith [Destiny 2‘s game director] and the artists to sort of play around up there, sit down with them, pick their brains. It’s rare to get in the attic, in the spider webs, of somebody else’s creation. It was such a nerdy, great experience. Those guys are all such masters.

Did you pick the song “Sabotage” by the Beastie Boys for the spot?

The Beastie Boys are one of my favorite bands on the planet. It was something that I brought up to the agency about temping in [using a song as a placeholder until rights are secured] really early. And it was one of those things that you say and think that there’s no way we’re ever going to get this song. You’re waiting for the inevitable moment when the rug gets pulled out from under you and you have to change the song. I ended up writing a letter directly to the remaining two Beastie Boys just telling them how important that song is to me and how important the creative decision was between me and everyone involved, and they approved it — which is shocking. [Laughs.] It’s also funny because we were trying to figure out if a younger generation was really aware of the Beastie Boys, and one of our ad execs was texting his little brother, who’s a teenager, asking, “Do you know the Beastie Boys?” and his response was “Who?” But then he Googled the song and was like, “Oh, I love those guys!” It’s so crazy to think that we’re in a time period where that’s a classic song now!

Was Nathan Fillion (whose character Cayde-6 narrates the spot) on set for the shoot?

Nathan was not on set with us, but he was incredibly involved. I can’t say enough good things about that guy. We had a bunch of emails going back and forth and a couple calls. He actually went and recorded video of himself riffing the speech. I was able to take the video of that to the actor who did the motion capture for Cayde-6 in the game who was there on set with us in the Cayde suit. It was a really lovely collaboration between the artist who does the mo-cap and Nathan who does the voice.

Luke Smith is a character. Did he have a lot of input into what he wanted in this spot?

No, it was a real collaboration. I really can’t say enough good things about the Bungie guys where they just give a shit. You would think since they’ve had such success and made such enormous money with their franchises that you would really expect it to be a slightly more corporate environment. But then you go up there and it’s a bunch of people who just really give a shit about what they’re doing — blood, sweat and tears and wanting to make something great not just for their audience but for them.

I was up there for a full day just doing a deep dive into the world, and for me it was just important to convey just how important games are to me and how important the fusion of gaming and films are to me. I really wanted to always have that Bungie blessing, of them vouching for the aesthetic of the world. There’s such a bold color palette and visual world to those games that a lot of video games don’t have, so it was very important to me to try to bring that to life properly.

How do you bring that style to live-action?

[Laughs.] A lot of trial and error. For me, it’s just about committing to what the games are. Destiny really does have a very bright, almost primary color palette. Instead of running away from that, I said, “Let’s lean into that.” In video games I’m just so fascinated with how you translate the vibe of a game into a film. Obviously, no one’s really done that properly. It was one more test of saying how do we commit to being true to this without being afraid of it? There were times on the set where you would look at some of these colors and go, “Wow, this is not how we’d usually do this.” We just said, “No, let’s lean into the world that Bungie and Activision have created and just go for it.” I love the idea of leaning into what games make you feel — the type of gameplay, how you translate an active experience of playing a game into a passive experience of watching something. How you re-create and elicit emotions is what’s interesting to me. This is just one smaller representation of how you make these leaps.

Did you learn anything from translating this game to live-action that you plan to use on the upcoming Metal Gear Solid film?

I think for me there is always going to be a little bit of exploration of playing with that translation of active experience to passive experience. And I think that builds into what I’m trying to achieve with Metal Gear and takes the first steps into that world of how these things can translate. Metal Gear is an infinitely tricky project, and there’s a billion ways to go wrong with that. Every little experiment is ultimately going in that reservoir of knowledge of how to protect an equally important property to people.

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