Robert Downey Jr.’s Iron Man receives less fan love than these superheroes in the MCU. When fans were asked to poll on the best superhero trilogy in the MCU, most of them chose Chris Evans’ Captain America trilogy and James Gunn’s Guardians of the Galaxy. While the first Iron Man film remains one of the best films in the 30 billion-dollar franchise, Downey Jr.’s third film had unfavorable opinions, which made it many people’s third favorite trilogy.
Robert Downey Jr. in Iron Man (2008) | Marvel Studios
However, the critical and audience opinions are different cases from the box office numbers of these films. Interestingly, the controversial Iron Man 3 had box office earnings higher than any of the Captain America movies or the Guardians of the Galaxy movies.
Fans Pick Two Other MCU Trilogies As Their Favorites Over Robert Downey Jr.’s Iron Man
Stills from Captain America:...
Robert Downey Jr. in Iron Man (2008) | Marvel Studios
However, the critical and audience opinions are different cases from the box office numbers of these films. Interestingly, the controversial Iron Man 3 had box office earnings higher than any of the Captain America movies or the Guardians of the Galaxy movies.
Fans Pick Two Other MCU Trilogies As Their Favorites Over Robert Downey Jr.’s Iron Man
Stills from Captain America:...
- 5/26/2024
- by Hashim Asraff
- FandomWire
Captain America: The Winter Soldier can only be described as a masterpiece. The film perfectly exemplifies the Russo Brothers’ genius, showcasing excellent storytelling, fight sequences like no other, Oscar-worthy acting, and unparalleled cinematography. It was as though the entire cast and crew were in a harmonious dance, with everyone playing their part and doing their best to make one of the best films to come out in the MCU.
Chris Evans and Scarlett Johansson in Captain America: The Winter Soldier [Credit: Walt Disney Studios]There are several iconic scenes throughout the duration of the 2014 film. However, there is one scene that stood out for Chris Evans due to a very specific reason; In an elevator full of people, Cap was on his own for the very first time.
One of the Most Iconic Scenes From Captain America: The Winter Soldier
The fight sequences in Captain America: The Winter Soldier are award-winning,...
Chris Evans and Scarlett Johansson in Captain America: The Winter Soldier [Credit: Walt Disney Studios]There are several iconic scenes throughout the duration of the 2014 film. However, there is one scene that stood out for Chris Evans due to a very specific reason; In an elevator full of people, Cap was on his own for the very first time.
One of the Most Iconic Scenes From Captain America: The Winter Soldier
The fight sequences in Captain America: The Winter Soldier are award-winning,...
- 5/21/2024
- by Ananya Godboley
- FandomWire
Fans were curious about what was in store for the Winter Soldier when Sebastian Stan’s character, Bucky Barnes, was prominently absent from the recent announcement of Julius Onah’s Captain America 4. However, a new theory suggests that his absence from the upcoming flick may allow Bucky Barnes to fully embrace his Wakandan superhero identity.
Despite the disappointment that Bucky was left out of Captain America: Brave New World, the decision actually makes sense. Well, Captain America 4 perfectly justifies his absence, as he moves from a supporting role to a more significant one (White Wolf) in Thunderbolts.
Sebastian Stan as Bucky Barnes
Bucky Barnes has spent more than a decade in the MCU, but aside from becoming the Winter Soldier and ultimately breaking free from Hydra’s hold, he has not undergone much growth.
Not to be overlooked, though, is Stan’s cameo as Barnes in Black Panther’s (2018) post-credits scene,...
Despite the disappointment that Bucky was left out of Captain America: Brave New World, the decision actually makes sense. Well, Captain America 4 perfectly justifies his absence, as he moves from a supporting role to a more significant one (White Wolf) in Thunderbolts.
Sebastian Stan as Bucky Barnes
Bucky Barnes has spent more than a decade in the MCU, but aside from becoming the Winter Soldier and ultimately breaking free from Hydra’s hold, he has not undergone much growth.
Not to be overlooked, though, is Stan’s cameo as Barnes in Black Panther’s (2018) post-credits scene,...
- 3/28/2024
- by Siddhika Prajapati
- FandomWire
Marvel is currently working on a number of new video games with the main characters Iron Man, Captain America, Black Panther, and Blade. One of these games is being developed by Skydance New Media, will have Captain America and Black Panther as the main protagonists, and will be set in the Second World War.
This game has no official title yet but will be set in Wakanda and the countries that were part of the war. The evil organization known as Hydra will be the main antagonist. According to an insider on X, the game will be called Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra.
Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra is not the name that fans were expecting for a game with Captain America and Black Panther Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra is the name of the game with Captain America and Black Panther as protagonists
The MCU is not in the...
This game has no official title yet but will be set in Wakanda and the countries that were part of the war. The evil organization known as Hydra will be the main antagonist. According to an insider on X, the game will be called Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra.
Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra is not the name that fans were expecting for a game with Captain America and Black Panther Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra is the name of the game with Captain America and Black Panther as protagonists
The MCU is not in the...
- 3/18/2024
- by Lucas Lapetina
- FandomWire
The MCU’s upcoming slate continues to face a whole lot of shifting, but for now at least, there’s still a lot more Marvel TV on the way.
At the start of 2022, there were 12 new Marvel Studios series slated to premiere on the streaming platform in the coming months/years, along with two returning series. Then, the studio announced a few more at San Diego Comic-Con. Now, as 2023 speeds to a close, many of those have come and gone. But like we said, there are still more yet.
Of course, it’s hard for anyone to keep track of all these series in their head. So, we went ahead and compiled a list for you of every confirmed Marvel TV show currently in the works to premiere on Disney+.
Below, you’ll find all the information we have about the MCU’s upcoming slate of TV shows, from “Echo...
At the start of 2022, there were 12 new Marvel Studios series slated to premiere on the streaming platform in the coming months/years, along with two returning series. Then, the studio announced a few more at San Diego Comic-Con. Now, as 2023 speeds to a close, many of those have come and gone. But like we said, there are still more yet.
Of course, it’s hard for anyone to keep track of all these series in their head. So, we went ahead and compiled a list for you of every confirmed Marvel TV show currently in the works to premiere on Disney+.
Below, you’ll find all the information we have about the MCU’s upcoming slate of TV shows, from “Echo...
- 11/10/2023
- by Andi Ortiz
- The Wrap
Legacy has been part of superhero storytelling, almost from the beginning. When one character can no longer maintain their super-moniker, they pass it on to another, creating a chain of heroes with different takes on the same identity. Traditionally, legacy heroes have been more of a DC Comics thing than a Marvel thing, resulting in more Flashes than Thors. But with its ever-expanding live-action universe, the MCU is embracing the legacy concept as new actors take on established names.
We’ve already seen glimpses of this with Jane Foster becoming Thor in Thor: Love and Thunder and Shuri stepping in as Black Panther after the death of her brother T’Challa, as well as potential legacy characters with Kate Bishop’s Hawkeye and Yelena Belova’s White Widow.
But Sam Wilson’s path to becoming Captain America has been underway for some time, ever since the elderly Steve Rogers handed...
We’ve already seen glimpses of this with Jane Foster becoming Thor in Thor: Love and Thunder and Shuri stepping in as Black Panther after the death of her brother T’Challa, as well as potential legacy characters with Kate Bishop’s Hawkeye and Yelena Belova’s White Widow.
But Sam Wilson’s path to becoming Captain America has been underway for some time, ever since the elderly Steve Rogers handed...
- 5/16/2023
- by Joe George
- Den of Geek
If for any reason you’ve recently been feeling complacent about global security, international relations and oh, you know, little things like the continued existence of the species, here to herald the end of all that comes Tonje Hessen Schei and Michael Rowley’s “Praying for Armageddon,” a glossy, persuasive and increasingly alarming documentary exposing the influence of the fundamentalist Christian lobby on US politics.
Loosely tracking the investigative sleuthing done by Lee Fang, a reporter at The Intercept, but also taking ample time with parachurch pastors, GOP politicians, Israeli and Palestinian observers and Mission: M25 — an evangelical biker gang who traverse the country on compact-car-sized motorcycles proselytizing and occasionally knighting one another with swords — Schei and co-director/cinematographer Rowley’s film can feel a little scattershot, as it lops off one of the Hydra heads of this malign movement, only for two or three more to sprout in its place.
Loosely tracking the investigative sleuthing done by Lee Fang, a reporter at The Intercept, but also taking ample time with parachurch pastors, GOP politicians, Israeli and Palestinian observers and Mission: M25 — an evangelical biker gang who traverse the country on compact-car-sized motorcycles proselytizing and occasionally knighting one another with swords — Schei and co-director/cinematographer Rowley’s film can feel a little scattershot, as it lops off one of the Hydra heads of this malign movement, only for two or three more to sprout in its place.
- 3/25/2023
- by Jessica Kiang
- Variety Film + TV
Legendary comedian Gilbert Gottfried has died at the age of 67.
Gottfried’s manager Tommy Nicchi tells TVLine that the comedian died at 2:35 pm Et Tuesday from recurrent ventricular tachycardia due to myotonic dystrophy type II.
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“We are heartbroken to announce the passing of our beloved Gilbert Gottfried after a long illness,” the Gottfried family said in a statement. “In addition to being the most iconic voice in comedy,...
Gottfried’s manager Tommy Nicchi tells TVLine that the comedian died at 2:35 pm Et Tuesday from recurrent ventricular tachycardia due to myotonic dystrophy type II.
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“We are heartbroken to announce the passing of our beloved Gilbert Gottfried after a long illness,” the Gottfried family said in a statement. “In addition to being the most iconic voice in comedy,...
- 4/12/2022
- by Ryan Schwartz
- TVLine.com
Despite the abundance of samurai films, Japan is not exactly famous for its martial arts movies, since the genre is not particularly popular in the country. Occasionally, though, such films do come out, with “Re:Born” and “Crazy Samurai Musashi” being among the most notable. Action choreographer turned director Kensuke Shinomura, presents one of the latest.
After her father has disappeared mysteriously, Rina is left with running his bar, “Hydra”, with Kenta, a waiter whom the female customers seem to like particularly, and Takashi, a mysterious middle-aged chef, who very rarely even speaks. Soon, however, both his connection to Rina’s past and to an organization of assassins is revealed, as Takashi has to undertake one last mission. Inevitably, Rina also gets tangled in the case.
After a brutal introduction and an atmosphere filled with 80’s aesthetics, “Hydra” changes pace completely, with the bar and the everyday life...
After her father has disappeared mysteriously, Rina is left with running his bar, “Hydra”, with Kenta, a waiter whom the female customers seem to like particularly, and Takashi, a mysterious middle-aged chef, who very rarely even speaks. Soon, however, both his connection to Rina’s past and to an organization of assassins is revealed, as Takashi has to undertake one last mission. Inevitably, Rina also gets tangled in the case.
After a brutal introduction and an atmosphere filled with 80’s aesthetics, “Hydra” changes pace completely, with the bar and the everyday life...
- 6/26/2021
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
“She certainly didn’t come to us and say, ‘I’ll be in one show once,'” Marvel Studios EP Nate Moore tells Entertainment Weekly
One of the more surprising elements of “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier” was Julia Louis-Dreyfus’ debut as Contessa Valentina Allegra de la Fontaine. And it appears we’ll be seeing much more of her, considering she rebranded John Walker as U.S. Agent by the end of the Disney+ series.
“She’s so talented and you can do so much with her. And she’s game for it,” Marvel Studios executive producer Nate Moore told Entertainment Weekly. “She certainly didn’t come to us and say, ‘I’ll be in one show once.’ She was like, ‘I want to be a part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.’ And we said, ‘Great! Let’s get you in and let’s figure out how to use you.
One of the more surprising elements of “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier” was Julia Louis-Dreyfus’ debut as Contessa Valentina Allegra de la Fontaine. And it appears we’ll be seeing much more of her, considering she rebranded John Walker as U.S. Agent by the end of the Disney+ series.
“She’s so talented and you can do so much with her. And she’s game for it,” Marvel Studios executive producer Nate Moore told Entertainment Weekly. “She certainly didn’t come to us and say, ‘I’ll be in one show once.’ She was like, ‘I want to be a part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.’ And we said, ‘Great! Let’s get you in and let’s figure out how to use you.
- 4/29/2021
- by Tim Baysinger
- The Wrap
Spoiler Warning: Do not read if you haven’t seen Season 1, Episode 5 of Disney Plus’ “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier.”
In the best scene in 2011’s “Captain America: The First Avenger,” Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) asks Abraham Erskine (Stanley Tucci) why Erskine chose him — a skinny, small, sickly kid who desperately wants to serve his country in World War II — to become a super-soldier through Erskine’s serum.
“The serum amplifies everything that is inside — so good becomes great, bad becomes worse,” Erskine explains. “This is why you were chosen. Because the strong man who has known power all his life may lose respect for that power, but a weak man knows the value of strength, and knows compassion.”
It’s a straightforward calculation — only a truly good person would not be corrupted by superpowers. It’s also, in hindsight, a kind of thesis statement for the Marvel Cinematic...
In the best scene in 2011’s “Captain America: The First Avenger,” Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) asks Abraham Erskine (Stanley Tucci) why Erskine chose him — a skinny, small, sickly kid who desperately wants to serve his country in World War II — to become a super-soldier through Erskine’s serum.
“The serum amplifies everything that is inside — so good becomes great, bad becomes worse,” Erskine explains. “This is why you were chosen. Because the strong man who has known power all his life may lose respect for that power, but a weak man knows the value of strength, and knows compassion.”
It’s a straightforward calculation — only a truly good person would not be corrupted by superpowers. It’s also, in hindsight, a kind of thesis statement for the Marvel Cinematic...
- 4/16/2021
- by Adam B. Vary
- Variety Film + TV
(This article contains major spoilers for the fifth episode of the Marvel series “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier” on Disney+)
The 5th episode of “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier” featured a totally unexpected — and tonally strange — surprise appearance by a real-life American national treasure, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, playing a character we’re willing to bet you’ve never heard of named Contessa Valentina Allegra de Fontaine. Who is she? Could she be the mysterious Power Broker who’s been lurking around the edges of the show this whole time?
First, we need to get the context out of the way. So, John Walker (Wyatt Russell) straight-up murdered a member of the Flag Smashers with his shield in last week’s episode, and this week he suffered the consequences. First, he got quite a beatdown from Sam Wilson and Bucky, and then he was formally stripped of his Captain America-ness...
The 5th episode of “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier” featured a totally unexpected — and tonally strange — surprise appearance by a real-life American national treasure, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, playing a character we’re willing to bet you’ve never heard of named Contessa Valentina Allegra de Fontaine. Who is she? Could she be the mysterious Power Broker who’s been lurking around the edges of the show this whole time?
First, we need to get the context out of the way. So, John Walker (Wyatt Russell) straight-up murdered a member of the Flag Smashers with his shield in last week’s episode, and this week he suffered the consequences. First, he got quite a beatdown from Sam Wilson and Bucky, and then he was formally stripped of his Captain America-ness...
- 4/16/2021
- by Ross A. Lincoln and Phil Owen
- The Wrap
This article contains spoilers for The Falcon and the Winter Soldier episode 5.
Both WandaVision and The Falcon and the Winter Soldier had big cameos in store during their fifth episodes, but unlike WandaVision’s Evan Peters reveal, which ultimately proved to be no more important to the MCU than a boner joke, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier’s surprise introduction of Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Contessa Valentina Allegra de Fontaine will have much more of an impact on the future of the MCU – and we may see her again very soon after the series ends.
Julia Louis-Dreyfus Joins the MCU
The multi-multi-awarded Seinfeld and Veep actress marched into The Falcon and the Winter Soldier on booted heel with recruitment on her mind in episode 5 like a troublesome female Nick Fury (more on that in a bit) leaving a disgraced John Walker – now well on his way to becoming the morally muddy U.
Both WandaVision and The Falcon and the Winter Soldier had big cameos in store during their fifth episodes, but unlike WandaVision’s Evan Peters reveal, which ultimately proved to be no more important to the MCU than a boner joke, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier’s surprise introduction of Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Contessa Valentina Allegra de Fontaine will have much more of an impact on the future of the MCU – and we may see her again very soon after the series ends.
Julia Louis-Dreyfus Joins the MCU
The multi-multi-awarded Seinfeld and Veep actress marched into The Falcon and the Winter Soldier on booted heel with recruitment on her mind in episode 5 like a troublesome female Nick Fury (more on that in a bit) leaving a disgraced John Walker – now well on his way to becoming the morally muddy U.
- 4/16/2021
- by Kirsten Howard
- Den of Geek
This week on Disney+’s The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Sam and Bucky reunited in the wake of a new Captain America being unveiled. Is their biggest adversary now themselves, the Flag-Smashers, or Cap himself?
To start, we got to know a bit about the new Captain America, John Walker, during his sitdown with GMA‘s Sara Haines on the football field of his high school alma mater. He’s a husband (to Olivia), a decorated war hero (who only weeks ago was prepping a special ops team for a mission in Chile), and a rather elite, non-enhanced physical specimen.
To start, we got to know a bit about the new Captain America, John Walker, during his sitdown with GMA‘s Sara Haines on the football field of his high school alma mater. He’s a husband (to Olivia), a decorated war hero (who only weeks ago was prepping a special ops team for a mission in Chile), and a rather elite, non-enhanced physical specimen.
- 3/26/2021
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
(Warning: Spoilers ahead for the series finale of “WandaVision.”)
The Hex is down, and the people of Westview are free. And the situation with Vision is…complicated.
The Vision we’ve come to know and love — the sarcastic, the earnest, the, well, pink Vision — is gone. When Wanda finally pulled down the Hex, it erased him, and the twins, and the house that they lives in, from existence.
And the White Vision, built from Vision’s destroyed body by Hayward and S.W.O.R.D., is still alive and well. And he’s very, very very confused.
Upon his entry into Westview, one thing becomes immediately clear: this Vision is not a friendly. He attacks Wanda immediately — acting according to, he says, his orders. Fortunately, the “real” Vision swoops in just in time to face down his doppleganger. And it turns out that’s who White Vision was truly looking for.
The Hex is down, and the people of Westview are free. And the situation with Vision is…complicated.
The Vision we’ve come to know and love — the sarcastic, the earnest, the, well, pink Vision — is gone. When Wanda finally pulled down the Hex, it erased him, and the twins, and the house that they lives in, from existence.
And the White Vision, built from Vision’s destroyed body by Hayward and S.W.O.R.D., is still alive and well. And he’s very, very very confused.
Upon his entry into Westview, one thing becomes immediately clear: this Vision is not a friendly. He attacks Wanda immediately — acting according to, he says, his orders. Fortunately, the “real” Vision swoops in just in time to face down his doppleganger. And it turns out that’s who White Vision was truly looking for.
- 3/5/2021
- by Andi Ortiz and Phil Owen
- The Wrap
Warning: Spoilers ahead for “WandaVision” episode 8, “Previously On.”
In its penultimate episode, “WandaVision” dropped a whole bunch of brand new information. But let’s start with something that we can’t get out of our heads after seeing “Previously On”: That image of the Scarlet Witch that Wanda saw when she had her connection with the Mind Stone?
When Agatha is forcing Wanda to relive significant moments in her life in order to figure out how she became so powerful, one of the memories is Wanda’s time with Hydra. We see her during an experimentation where she’s locked in a room with the scepter, which houses the Mind Stone. She’s told to touch it, even though we hear a scientist say that not one subject has survived direct contact. But Wanda does, and the blue casing around the stone explodes, revealing the Mind Stone’s actual...
In its penultimate episode, “WandaVision” dropped a whole bunch of brand new information. But let’s start with something that we can’t get out of our heads after seeing “Previously On”: That image of the Scarlet Witch that Wanda saw when she had her connection with the Mind Stone?
When Agatha is forcing Wanda to relive significant moments in her life in order to figure out how she became so powerful, one of the memories is Wanda’s time with Hydra. We see her during an experimentation where she’s locked in a room with the scepter, which houses the Mind Stone. She’s told to touch it, even though we hear a scientist say that not one subject has survived direct contact. But Wanda does, and the blue casing around the stone explodes, revealing the Mind Stone’s actual...
- 2/26/2021
- by Andrea Towers
- The Wrap
WandaVision's eighth episode answered so many questions and left us with so many more. Not only did we get the first-ever mention of the Scarlet Witch in the MCU, but we also found out how Marvel is working around Wanda's mutant backstory.
Titled "Previously On," the episode reveals that Wanda has always had magical abilities. It shows her performing a probability hex on the bomb dropped in their Sokovian home, disrupting its mechanisms and keeping it from going off for the two days she and Pietro were trapped. As Agatha explains, Wanda was a "baby witch" whose powers would have eventually dwindled if she hadn't been exposed to the Mind Stone during Hydra's experimentations. The stone gave her a mega boost of power, which transformed her basic witch abilities into what Agatha calls Chaos Magic.
Related: WandaVision: The Latest End-Credits Scene Spells Big Trouble For the Scarlet...
Titled "Previously On," the episode reveals that Wanda has always had magical abilities. It shows her performing a probability hex on the bomb dropped in their Sokovian home, disrupting its mechanisms and keeping it from going off for the two days she and Pietro were trapped. As Agatha explains, Wanda was a "baby witch" whose powers would have eventually dwindled if she hadn't been exposed to the Mind Stone during Hydra's experimentations. The stone gave her a mega boost of power, which transformed her basic witch abilities into what Agatha calls Chaos Magic.
Related: WandaVision: The Latest End-Credits Scene Spells Big Trouble For the Scarlet...
- 2/26/2021
- by Mekishana Pierre
- Popsugar.com
This article contains spoilers for WandaVision
Hello, and welcome to our WandaVision episode 8 magic explainer. Before you go any further, please be aware that we’ll be going into big spoiler territory, so if you haven’t yet seen this week’s installment, avert your eyes immediately.
The eighth episode of Marvel’s first MCU spinoff was largely expository in nature, as Agatha Harkness (Katherine Hahn) forced Wanda Maximoff (Elizabeth Olsen) on a trip down memory lane.
First, we saw the incident Wanda originally described in Avengers: Age of Ultron where she and her twin brother Pietro were trapped by a Stark Industries bomb as children in Sokovia, then we cruised by Strucker’s lab to check out one of the experiments that Hydra performed on Wanda using Loki’s stolen scepter and the Mind Stone, before wandering down to Sword headquarters to witness the dismantling of Vision’s vibranium body.
Hello, and welcome to our WandaVision episode 8 magic explainer. Before you go any further, please be aware that we’ll be going into big spoiler territory, so if you haven’t yet seen this week’s installment, avert your eyes immediately.
The eighth episode of Marvel’s first MCU spinoff was largely expository in nature, as Agatha Harkness (Katherine Hahn) forced Wanda Maximoff (Elizabeth Olsen) on a trip down memory lane.
First, we saw the incident Wanda originally described in Avengers: Age of Ultron where she and her twin brother Pietro were trapped by a Stark Industries bomb as children in Sokovia, then we cruised by Strucker’s lab to check out one of the experiments that Hydra performed on Wanda using Loki’s stolen scepter and the Mind Stone, before wandering down to Sword headquarters to witness the dismantling of Vision’s vibranium body.
- 2/26/2021
- by Kirsten Howard
- Den of Geek
As WandaVision nears its end, the next Marvel show, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, is already on its way. But just how many episodes will the new series be? As it turns out, it's set to be the shortest entry in the Marvel TV canon to date.
We won't get to spend much time with Sam Wilson, Bucky Barnes, and their adventures. The Falcon and the Winter Soldier is scheduled to run for exactly six episodes. It will debut right on the heels of WandaVision wrapping up: WandaVision is scheduled to release its final episode on March 5, and The Falcon and the Winter Soldier will arrive only two weeks later, starting on March 21 and running through April 23. Reportedly, it should end a couple of weeks before the Loki series debuts in early May, keeping the Marvel buzz going for several months across multiple shows.
The details of The Falcon...
We won't get to spend much time with Sam Wilson, Bucky Barnes, and their adventures. The Falcon and the Winter Soldier is scheduled to run for exactly six episodes. It will debut right on the heels of WandaVision wrapping up: WandaVision is scheduled to release its final episode on March 5, and The Falcon and the Winter Soldier will arrive only two weeks later, starting on March 21 and running through April 23. Reportedly, it should end a couple of weeks before the Loki series debuts in early May, keeping the Marvel buzz going for several months across multiple shows.
The details of The Falcon...
- 2/24/2021
- by Amanda Prahl
- Popsugar.com
“WandaVision” fans continue to be skeptical that Evan Peters’ Pietro Maximoff is the real deal. And in the continued trend of Marvel merchandise serving as potential spoilers or clues about the Disney+ MCU shows, a newly revealed Funko figurine seems to hint that people may be on the right track when it comes to Pietro’s real identity.
Here’s what the packaging looks like:
Funko
Notice the character’s name in quotation marks — “Pietro Maximoff.” That feels like a deliberate choice. Why would quotation marks be used if it wasn’t Pietro himself?
We’ve already theorized at length about what Pietro’s whole deal is and if he’s a potential way to introduce Fox’s X-Men into the MCU. The ongoing theory among fans is that Pietro is actually Mephisto, a devil character who plays a prominent role in Wanda’s comic story. While a lot of the Mephisto clues line up,...
Here’s what the packaging looks like:
Funko
Notice the character’s name in quotation marks — “Pietro Maximoff.” That feels like a deliberate choice. Why would quotation marks be used if it wasn’t Pietro himself?
We’ve already theorized at length about what Pietro’s whole deal is and if he’s a potential way to introduce Fox’s X-Men into the MCU. The ongoing theory among fans is that Pietro is actually Mephisto, a devil character who plays a prominent role in Wanda’s comic story. While a lot of the Mephisto clues line up,...
- 2/16/2021
- by Andrea Towers
- The Wrap
This article contains WandaVision spoilers.
Marvel’s WandaVision is many things: The story of one of comics’ most iconic couples, a love letter to the American sitcom, and a bizarre, genre-hopping mystery through an alternate – or altered, none of this is super clear just yet – reality.
It’s also the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s first real story about grief. Sure, sad things have happened in this franchise before: Multiple characters have died, in satisfyingly heroic (Tony Stark) and frustratingly sexist ways. Others bear lingering scars from the things that have happened to them, both physical (James Rhodes) and mental (Bucky Barnes). To put it bluntly: Tragedy is nothing new in this universe. But realistic, extended fallout from it is.
WandaVision is the first time the MCU is actively exploring the consequences – emotional and otherwise – of what it means to be a superhero and doing so by focusing on the Avenger...
Marvel’s WandaVision is many things: The story of one of comics’ most iconic couples, a love letter to the American sitcom, and a bizarre, genre-hopping mystery through an alternate – or altered, none of this is super clear just yet – reality.
It’s also the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s first real story about grief. Sure, sad things have happened in this franchise before: Multiple characters have died, in satisfyingly heroic (Tony Stark) and frustratingly sexist ways. Others bear lingering scars from the things that have happened to them, both physical (James Rhodes) and mental (Bucky Barnes). To put it bluntly: Tragedy is nothing new in this universe. But realistic, extended fallout from it is.
WandaVision is the first time the MCU is actively exploring the consequences – emotional and otherwise – of what it means to be a superhero and doing so by focusing on the Avenger...
- 2/5/2021
- by Lacy Baugher
- Den of Geek
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. has been off doing its own thing for the past few seasons, displaying little interest in tying into the wider McU. However, the show’s seventh and final run seems to be bucking this trend. The time travel-centric storyline means the resurrected Coulson and the gang are dabbling in established history, with the season opener already introducing a major MacGuffin that could have direct connections to Captain America.
In “The New Deal,” the team arrive in 1931 New York in order to stop the alien Chronicoms from preventing the foundation of S.H.I.E.L.D. They initially believe their enemies are targeting future President – and founder of S.H.I.E.L.D.’s precursor, the Ssr – Franklin D. Roosevelt. However, they’re mistaken, as the Chronicoms are really after Wilfred Malick, the father of future Hydra leader Gideon Malick. Without Hydra, we learn, S.H.
In “The New Deal,” the team arrive in 1931 New York in order to stop the alien Chronicoms from preventing the foundation of S.H.I.E.L.D. They initially believe their enemies are targeting future President – and founder of S.H.I.E.L.D.’s precursor, the Ssr – Franklin D. Roosevelt. However, they’re mistaken, as the Chronicoms are really after Wilfred Malick, the father of future Hydra leader Gideon Malick. Without Hydra, we learn, S.H.
- 5/29/2020
- by Christian Bone
- We Got This Covered
This article contains spoilers for the Agents of Shield season 7 premiere.
There were plenty of surprises in the Agents of Shield season 7 premiere, but none were as unexpected as the true target of the Chronicom infiltration into 1931. While the team assumed the sentient robots were after New York governor Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who would eventually establish the Strategic Scientific Reserve as a precursor to Shield, they were actually after a lowly bartender named Freddy. Learning that his last name is “Malick” tells us that he’s the father of former World Security Council member and season 3 villain, Gideon Malick, but even with those powerful connections how could he be the thread that unravels it all?
Coulson quickly realizes that the idea is to remove Shield’s greatest enemy to prevent its need to be founded in the first place, but he also knows the old Hydra saying: take out one...
There were plenty of surprises in the Agents of Shield season 7 premiere, but none were as unexpected as the true target of the Chronicom infiltration into 1931. While the team assumed the sentient robots were after New York governor Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who would eventually establish the Strategic Scientific Reserve as a precursor to Shield, they were actually after a lowly bartender named Freddy. Learning that his last name is “Malick” tells us that he’s the father of former World Security Council member and season 3 villain, Gideon Malick, but even with those powerful connections how could he be the thread that unravels it all?
Coulson quickly realizes that the idea is to remove Shield’s greatest enemy to prevent its need to be founded in the first place, but he also knows the old Hydra saying: take out one...
- 5/28/2020
- by Michael Ahr
- Den of Geek
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. kicked off its seventh and final season last night, and it wasted no time in setting up the enormous stakes for the resurrected Phil Coulson and his team this year. The gang have had to travel back to the 1930s in order to stop the Chronicoms from changing the past so that Earth is weaker and vulnerable to an invasion in the future. Their big gambit is preventing the formation of S.H.I.E.L.D. itself.
As the trailers revealed, though, the Chronicoms’ plan has an extra wrinkle our heroes weren’t expecting: the aliens are going to destroy Hydra in order to stop S.H.I.E.L.D. from ever being founded. And herein lies a massive retcon to established McU history, as we’ve previously been told that Hydra infected S.H.I.E.L.D. after it was formed, not that Hydra was behind it all along.
As the trailers revealed, though, the Chronicoms’ plan has an extra wrinkle our heroes weren’t expecting: the aliens are going to destroy Hydra in order to stop S.H.I.E.L.D. from ever being founded. And herein lies a massive retcon to established McU history, as we’ve previously been told that Hydra infected S.H.I.E.L.D. after it was formed, not that Hydra was behind it all along.
- 5/28/2020
- by Christian Bone
- We Got This Covered
This article contains spoilers for the Agents of Shield season 7 premiere.
With most television series stuck in production limbo as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, the return of Agents of Shield for its seventh and final season is exciting to say the least. With the team on a journey back in time, fans will get a peek into the pre-Hydra world of 1931, providing a much needed break from real world complications.
We shared our thoughts on the premiere in the following video as well as in our episodic review.
Penned by George Kitson and directed by Kevin Tancharoen, “The New Deal” adroitly places Director Mackenzie’s team in an unfamiliar setting and allows sufficient space for each character to find an anchor point in the continued fight with the Chronicoms and their plot to control Earth. Daisy’s forced to lose the black leather and purple hair, but it...
With most television series stuck in production limbo as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, the return of Agents of Shield for its seventh and final season is exciting to say the least. With the team on a journey back in time, fans will get a peek into the pre-Hydra world of 1931, providing a much needed break from real world complications.
We shared our thoughts on the premiere in the following video as well as in our episodic review.
Penned by George Kitson and directed by Kevin Tancharoen, “The New Deal” adroitly places Director Mackenzie’s team in an unfamiliar setting and allows sufficient space for each character to find an anchor point in the continued fight with the Chronicoms and their plot to control Earth. Daisy’s forced to lose the black leather and purple hair, but it...
- 5/28/2020
- by Michael Ahr
- Den of Geek
Spoiler Alert: This article contains details of tonight’s Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. seventh and final season premiere.
Exclusive: “I want to say that because this was our last season and because there was an underlying nostalgia, we really went for it with stories,” says Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. executive producer and co-showrunner Jeffrey Bell of the final season of the ABC superspy drama that kicked off tonight. “I mean, we took chances. There’s a lot of fun things that we would’ve never attempted earlier in the show and I’m really curious to see how fans respond to some of those bolder choices.”
“There are some bold choices, that’s for sure,” notes fellow S.H.I.E.L.D. Ep and co-showrunner Maurissa Tancharoen with a trace of no small amount of secrets to be revealed in her voice.
Back for its seventh and...
Exclusive: “I want to say that because this was our last season and because there was an underlying nostalgia, we really went for it with stories,” says Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. executive producer and co-showrunner Jeffrey Bell of the final season of the ABC superspy drama that kicked off tonight. “I mean, we took chances. There’s a lot of fun things that we would’ve never attempted earlier in the show and I’m really curious to see how fans respond to some of those bolder choices.”
“There are some bold choices, that’s for sure,” notes fellow S.H.I.E.L.D. Ep and co-showrunner Maurissa Tancharoen with a trace of no small amount of secrets to be revealed in her voice.
Back for its seventh and...
- 5/28/2020
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
It always comes back to Hydra, doesn't it?
The promos for Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 7 teased the terrorist organization, but their incorporation into the story was shocking.
But the real enemy seems to be the Chronicoms, who proved on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 7 Episode 1 that they will stop at nothing to erase S.H.I.E.L.D. from existence.
The fact that the Chronicoms have both brains and brawns means it's going to be a fierce battle between them and the team.
The sentential beings were able to throw the remaining agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. off their trail without even meaning too. However, that doesn't negate the ability of Coulson, Mack, Daisy, and everyone to take down the Chronicoms.
It makes perfect sense that they believed the Chronicoms were targeting Fdr and not a seemingly average guy like Freddy to erase S.H.I.E.L.D. from existence.
Deke: Navigating the past happens to be my specialty.
The promos for Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 7 teased the terrorist organization, but their incorporation into the story was shocking.
But the real enemy seems to be the Chronicoms, who proved on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 7 Episode 1 that they will stop at nothing to erase S.H.I.E.L.D. from existence.
The fact that the Chronicoms have both brains and brawns means it's going to be a fierce battle between them and the team.
The sentential beings were able to throw the remaining agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. off their trail without even meaning too. However, that doesn't negate the ability of Coulson, Mack, Daisy, and everyone to take down the Chronicoms.
It makes perfect sense that they believed the Chronicoms were targeting Fdr and not a seemingly average guy like Freddy to erase S.H.I.E.L.D. from existence.
Deke: Navigating the past happens to be my specialty.
- 5/28/2020
- by Sarah Little
- TVfanatic
Prior to the release of Avengers: Endgame, the smart money was on Bucky Barnes becoming the next Captain America. He’s Steve Rogers’ oldest friend, has received the super-soldier treatment and was on a big redemptive arc. But then Steve made the decision to go with Sam Wilson (aka Falcon) as his successor. Bucky appeared to be cool with it at the time, but being passed over like that must have stung. Ever since then, fans have been debating Steve’s choice, but now there’s a theory that might provide some justification.
You see, just before Rogers travelled back in time to return the Infinity Stones to their home universes, he speaks with both Sam and Bucky. Realizing the potential danger of the journey, Sam asks if Steve wants him to accompany him. Steve replies, “You’re a good man Sam. This one’s on me though.”
This could...
You see, just before Rogers travelled back in time to return the Infinity Stones to their home universes, he speaks with both Sam and Bucky. Realizing the potential danger of the journey, Sam asks if Steve wants him to accompany him. Steve replies, “You’re a good man Sam. This one’s on me though.”
This could...
- 10/24/2019
- by David James
- We Got This Covered
Gavin Jasper Sep 17, 2019
McU Phase 4 will introduce many established characters in the upcoming Marvel movies and TV shows. Here's who's coming.
Now that Thanos has been dusted and the Infinity Saga is over, things aren’t slowing down in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. McU Phase 4 is going to not only have a bunch of movies, but a bunch of new TV shows on Disney+ and elsewhere that will feed into the overall narrative.
With the recent acquisition of the Fox movie properties, Marvel is going to wait on bringing Fantastic Four and X-Men into the forefront. And while stalwarts like Iron Man and Captain America are getting phased out, the McU has no shortage of new heroes and villains to spotlight in their upcoming projects.
Black Widow
First up, we have the characters coming to the Black Widow movie.
Yelena Belova
In the comics, Yelena was trained as an assassin...
McU Phase 4 will introduce many established characters in the upcoming Marvel movies and TV shows. Here's who's coming.
Now that Thanos has been dusted and the Infinity Saga is over, things aren’t slowing down in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. McU Phase 4 is going to not only have a bunch of movies, but a bunch of new TV shows on Disney+ and elsewhere that will feed into the overall narrative.
With the recent acquisition of the Fox movie properties, Marvel is going to wait on bringing Fantastic Four and X-Men into the forefront. And while stalwarts like Iron Man and Captain America are getting phased out, the McU has no shortage of new heroes and villains to spotlight in their upcoming projects.
Black Widow
First up, we have the characters coming to the Black Widow movie.
Yelena Belova
In the comics, Yelena was trained as an assassin...
- 9/4/2019
- Den of Geek
It could certainly been argued that the past fifteen or so years of Captain America comics have been the most complicated time for Steve Rogers in the character’s entire history. I mean, he’s been “dead,” he aged up for a bit, a doppelganger of his aligned with Hydra, and he was succeeded as Captain America by Bucky Barnes and Sam Wilson at different points. On the plus side, this stuff has made for great reading more often than not.
Well, get ready for another shift in status quo, because Steve has hung up his cowl yet again in the pages of Marvel Comics. In the recently published Captain America #12 written by Ta-Nehisi Coates and illustrated by Adam Kubert and Matt Milla, our hero finds himself as the most wanted man in the United States.
Basically, someone posing as the Sentinel of Liberty has framed him for various crimes,...
Well, get ready for another shift in status quo, because Steve has hung up his cowl yet again in the pages of Marvel Comics. In the recently published Captain America #12 written by Ta-Nehisi Coates and illustrated by Adam Kubert and Matt Milla, our hero finds himself as the most wanted man in the United States.
Basically, someone posing as the Sentinel of Liberty has framed him for various crimes,...
- 8/1/2019
- by Eric Joseph
- We Got This Covered
Want to see how Alex Ross imagined Brandon Routh as the Kingdom Come version of Superman? Could Baron Zemo bring back Hydra in the Marvel Cinematic Universe? How was Hulk created for Avengers: Endgame? Do you think the X-Men need a break before entering the McU? Want to see some of the bloopers that happened […]
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- 7/27/2019
- by Ethan Anderton
- Slash Film
A photo of Marianne Ihlen from Marianne And Leonard: Words Of Love. Photo Credit: Courtesy of Roadside Attractions
Leonard Cohen and his one-time lover and muse Marianne Ihlen are the subject of the documentary Marianne And Leonard: Words Of Love. Leonard Cohen is a legendary figure in pop music, whose songs include “Hallelujah,” “Susanne,” and “So Long, Marianne,” the later written about his muse. However, music fans hungry for a film that offers insight on the Canadian-born poet/novelist/singer/songwriter and his artistry may feel let down by this documentary. The order of names in the documentary title is important, as the film focuses more on Marianne and her sad decline after the end of their romance, shortly after Leonard achieved a degree of fame in the folk music movement of the 1960s. However, Marianne’s story is really only told in terms of her relationship with Leonard, rather than in her own right.
Leonard Cohen and his one-time lover and muse Marianne Ihlen are the subject of the documentary Marianne And Leonard: Words Of Love. Leonard Cohen is a legendary figure in pop music, whose songs include “Hallelujah,” “Susanne,” and “So Long, Marianne,” the later written about his muse. However, music fans hungry for a film that offers insight on the Canadian-born poet/novelist/singer/songwriter and his artistry may feel let down by this documentary. The order of names in the documentary title is important, as the film focuses more on Marianne and her sad decline after the end of their romance, shortly after Leonard achieved a degree of fame in the folk music movement of the 1960s. However, Marianne’s story is really only told in terms of her relationship with Leonard, rather than in her own right.
- 7/26/2019
- by Cate Marquis
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
When you’re dealing with characters such as Captain America who have many, many decades of history in the comics backing them up, it’s not like there’ll ever be a shortage of villains/supporting characters to choose from when making the movies. As such, we’ve already seen folks like Red Skull, Bucky Barnes, Arnim Zola, the Falcon and more show up over the course of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
But if there’s one Cap-related character who many feel got over-looked, it’s without a doubt Crossbones, who was played by Frank Grillo in the McU. First introduced simply as Brock Rumlow, a sleeper agent of Hydra, in 2014’s Captain America: The Winter Soldier, his screentime was unfortunately reduced when he finally became Crossbones a few years later in Civil War. And, of course, he was then killed off in the opening salvo.
Still, there are many...
But if there’s one Cap-related character who many feel got over-looked, it’s without a doubt Crossbones, who was played by Frank Grillo in the McU. First introduced simply as Brock Rumlow, a sleeper agent of Hydra, in 2014’s Captain America: The Winter Soldier, his screentime was unfortunately reduced when he finally became Crossbones a few years later in Civil War. And, of course, he was then killed off in the opening salvo.
Still, there are many...
- 7/14/2019
- by Matt Joseph
- We Got This Covered
Relationships are all about honesty and you can't have a sucessful one without it.
Related: 13 Romances Ruined by Age
There's a difference between a white lie here and there, and a lie so catostrophic that it can change the way you see another person.
Whether or not they managed to reconcile in the end, we created a slideshow below of 17 lies that destroyed relationships.
1. Troy Lies to Veronica About his Intentions - Veronica Mars Instead of actually being interested in her, Troy was just using Veronica as a ploy in his drug trafficking scam. But Veronica managed to figure it out and ruin his operation. Troy should have known better than to try and outsmart Veronica Mars. 2. Rafael Lies to Jane About Michael - Jane the Virgin When they were giving their relationship another chance, Jane discovered that Rafael reported Michael to the police. The worst part about it was that when Michael accused him,...
Related: 13 Romances Ruined by Age
There's a difference between a white lie here and there, and a lie so catostrophic that it can change the way you see another person.
Whether or not they managed to reconcile in the end, we created a slideshow below of 17 lies that destroyed relationships.
1. Troy Lies to Veronica About his Intentions - Veronica Mars Instead of actually being interested in her, Troy was just using Veronica as a ploy in his drug trafficking scam. But Veronica managed to figure it out and ruin his operation. Troy should have known better than to try and outsmart Veronica Mars. 2. Rafael Lies to Jane About Michael - Jane the Virgin When they were giving their relationship another chance, Jane discovered that Rafael reported Michael to the police. The worst part about it was that when Michael accused him,...
- 7/12/2019
- by Rachel Foertsch
- TVfanatic
Steve Rogers’ friend Bucky Barnes isn’t exactly known for his moments of comic relief. In a pretty tragic saga that’s seen him transition from World War II sergeant in Captain America: The First Avenger to brainwashed Hydra assassin in Captain America: The Winter Soldier to wandering man out of his time in Captain America: Civil War, the hundred-year-old Avengers ally has developed an understated persona as one of the broodier, more serious-minded characters in the Marvel universe.
Of course, that doesn’t stop actor Sebastian Stan from goofing around behind the scenes. Speaking on Earth’s Mightiest Show, the McU regular looked back on the time he was given a brand new metal arm for Winter Solider, and how he used this replacement limb as an excuse to act a little silly.
“I did not do the robot,” Stan said. “I was just more like going around like grabbing things left and right,...
Of course, that doesn’t stop actor Sebastian Stan from goofing around behind the scenes. Speaking on Earth’s Mightiest Show, the McU regular looked back on the time he was given a brand new metal arm for Winter Solider, and how he used this replacement limb as an excuse to act a little silly.
“I did not do the robot,” Stan said. “I was just more like going around like grabbing things left and right,...
- 8/12/2018
- by David Pountain
- We Got This Covered
Like his friend Steve Rogers, Bucky Barnes is a man out of his time, having spent decades as the brainwashed puppet of Hydra before eventually returning a world he no longer recognized. But as the character’s arc has seen him progress from unwilling villain in Captain America: The Winter Soldier, to ally to Earth’s Mightiest Heroes in Avengers: Infinity War, his prosthetic arm has done a little adjusting, too.
On a visual level, you may have noticed that the Winter Soldier’s black, vibranium-enhanced arm sported in Wakanda is a little different from the shiny metal design we’ve seen him utilize in previous films. Speaking on Earth’s Mightiest Show, Sebastian Stan observed how the changes undergone by his replacement limb in some ways mirror the development of Bucky himself.
“The funny thing is the arms have changed throughout the movies. It’s just very interesting because...
On a visual level, you may have noticed that the Winter Soldier’s black, vibranium-enhanced arm sported in Wakanda is a little different from the shiny metal design we’ve seen him utilize in previous films. Speaking on Earth’s Mightiest Show, Sebastian Stan observed how the changes undergone by his replacement limb in some ways mirror the development of Bucky himself.
“The funny thing is the arms have changed throughout the movies. It’s just very interesting because...
- 8/10/2018
- by David Pountain
- We Got This Covered
In celebration of the July 4th, Us Independence Day, Sneak Peek footage, plus images from Marvel Comics' newest "Captain America" title, written by Ta-Nehisi Coates and illustrated by Leinil Francis Yu, with covers from Yu and Alex Ross, available July 4, 2018:
"..."it is winter in America. For over 70 years, he has stood in stalwart defense of our country and its people. But in the aftermath of the radical left-wing 'Hydra' takeover of the nation...
"...Captain America is a figure of controversy, carrying a tarnished shield, Now a new enemy is rising! Who are the 'Power Elite'? And how do they intend to co-opt and corrupt the symbol that is Captain America?..."
"Those of you who've never read a 'Captain America' comic book or seen him in the 'Marvel' movies, would be forgiven for thinking of Captain America as an unblinking mascot for American nationalism," said writer Coates.
"..."it is winter in America. For over 70 years, he has stood in stalwart defense of our country and its people. But in the aftermath of the radical left-wing 'Hydra' takeover of the nation...
"...Captain America is a figure of controversy, carrying a tarnished shield, Now a new enemy is rising! Who are the 'Power Elite'? And how do they intend to co-opt and corrupt the symbol that is Captain America?..."
"Those of you who've never read a 'Captain America' comic book or seen him in the 'Marvel' movies, would be forgiven for thinking of Captain America as an unblinking mascot for American nationalism," said writer Coates.
- 7/5/2018
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Marvel couldn’t have planned this better if they’d tried, as July 4th is, of course, the perfect day to launch a brand new series of Captain America. This relaunch is one of the most exciting in years, too, with writer Ta-Nehisi Coates taking over the reins. An American author and journalist, over the last little while, Coates has become one of the most important comic book writers at Marvel. His Black Panther run had a massive impact on this year’s blockbuster superhero movie and now, he’s taking over Captain America and teaming up with artist Leinil Francis Yu – one of the company’s best.
The sad truth though is that Marvel has backed themselves into something of a corner when it comes to Captain America. Last year’s “Secret Empire” event saw Steve Rogers transformed into a Hydra leader, and he actually led a terrifying attempt to take over the world.
The sad truth though is that Marvel has backed themselves into something of a corner when it comes to Captain America. Last year’s “Secret Empire” event saw Steve Rogers transformed into a Hydra leader, and he actually led a terrifying attempt to take over the world.
- 7/4/2018
- by Tom Bacon
- We Got This Covered
Fans have thought a lot about Doctor Strange’s role in Avengers: Infinity War. When the sorcerer hands over the Time Stone to Thanos, giving him the means to destroy half the universe, conventional wisdom has it that he secretly knows what he’s doing. Most agree that he believes he has to do this in order to make the one timeline in which the Avengers win come to pass, and not the 14 billion others where things go wrong. Even the Russo brothers have suggested that this is the case.
Clearly, then, Strange could be something of a master puppeteer, orchestrating events while – for some reason – withholding his actual plans from his allies. But it is possible that he’s actually pulling more strings than we initially thought? Is Strange actually responsible for what happens in Infinity War’s post-credits scene, when Nick Fury summons Captain Marvel?
That’s what this new fan theory suggests,...
Clearly, then, Strange could be something of a master puppeteer, orchestrating events while – for some reason – withholding his actual plans from his allies. But it is possible that he’s actually pulling more strings than we initially thought? Is Strange actually responsible for what happens in Infinity War’s post-credits scene, when Nick Fury summons Captain Marvel?
That’s what this new fan theory suggests,...
- 6/2/2018
- by Christian Bone
- We Got This Covered
Deadpool's Ryan Reynolds recently tweeted a rejection letter that Wade Wilson receives from Tony Stark with regards to joining the Avengers. If you were wondering if Infinity War's devastating ending bears any weight on the new Deadpool 2 movie, the straightforward answer is no.
While the characters in Infinity War and Deadpool hail from the same comic book universe, the films have different distribution companies - Avengers with Disney and Deadpool with Fox. This divide, however, will soon end with Disney's acquisition of Fox. Given Deadpool's alliance with the Avengers in the comics, we might see Wade Wilson go toe to toe in a joke-off with Thor on the big screen, say, ten to twenty years from now.
From a guy who never knows when to quit, I'm glad you guys never did. Congrats #Avengers. pic.twitter.com/voJshTKx5E
- Ryan Reynolds (@VancityReynolds) April 29, 2018
For now, the...
While the characters in Infinity War and Deadpool hail from the same comic book universe, the films have different distribution companies - Avengers with Disney and Deadpool with Fox. This divide, however, will soon end with Disney's acquisition of Fox. Given Deadpool's alliance with the Avengers in the comics, we might see Wade Wilson go toe to toe in a joke-off with Thor on the big screen, say, ten to twenty years from now.
From a guy who never knows when to quit, I'm glad you guys never did. Congrats #Avengers. pic.twitter.com/voJshTKx5E
- Ryan Reynolds (@VancityReynolds) April 29, 2018
For now, the...
- 5/17/2018
- by Stacey Nguyen
- Popsugar.com
It may come as something of a surprise – or not – but the real enemy the titular heroes of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. have fought all season long isn't an alien, nor even their former frenemy Talbot, but time itself.
Never was that more apparent than in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 5 Episode 21. The arrival of Thanos; the impending destruction of Earth; Coulson's fast-approaching demise; Talbot's consuming madness.
Even the team's own self-doubts and interpersonal conflicts contain an element of time at the root of the problem.
Throw in the fact that the past several episodes have all taken place over about a single day, without time for our heroic Agents to breathe, let alone sleep? Clearly, time is not on their side.
It's actually brilliant, really, how this entire season (both obviously and subtly) carries this conflict with time. It all (seemingly) began with the heroes kidnaped to the future,...
Never was that more apparent than in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 5 Episode 21. The arrival of Thanos; the impending destruction of Earth; Coulson's fast-approaching demise; Talbot's consuming madness.
Even the team's own self-doubts and interpersonal conflicts contain an element of time at the root of the problem.
Throw in the fact that the past several episodes have all taken place over about a single day, without time for our heroic Agents to breathe, let alone sleep? Clearly, time is not on their side.
It's actually brilliant, really, how this entire season (both obviously and subtly) carries this conflict with time. It all (seemingly) began with the heroes kidnaped to the future,...
- 5/12/2018
- by Kathleen Wiedel
- TVfanatic
You wanted Avengers: Infinity War tie-ins? You got Avengers: Infinity War tie-ins!
This week on ABC’s Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Coulson served as wingman when a gravitonium-infused Talbot went to meet with Qovas, Hydra’s liaison with the Confederacy. After levitating them straight up into the sky and to the space cruiser on the slab of Lighthouse floor on which they stood, Talbot quickly made clear to Qovas just how powerful he now was, by crumpling a foot soldier with a flick of the wrist.
Forcing Qovas to kneel before him, Talbot demanded...
This week on ABC’s Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Coulson served as wingman when a gravitonium-infused Talbot went to meet with Qovas, Hydra’s liaison with the Confederacy. After levitating them straight up into the sky and to the space cruiser on the slab of Lighthouse floor on which they stood, Talbot quickly made clear to Qovas just how powerful he now was, by crumpling a foot soldier with a flick of the wrist.
Forcing Qovas to kneel before him, Talbot demanded...
- 5/5/2018
- TVLine.com
Kudos to all of you out there who predicted the coming of the comic book character Graviton! Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 5 Episode 19 revealed the character quite unexpectedly in the final minutes.
That's not to say his existence was unforeseen, obviously. But how many of us guessed that Talbot would be the one to take the plunge and absorb all the gravitonium?
I confess that I'm not overly familiar with Graviton's comic book version, aside from a few broad brush strokes, but I'm reasonably concerned that this will not mean a happily-ever-after for my favorite quipping partner for Coulson.
The whole thing has the makings of a tragedy. Poor Talbot, already broken by Hydra's tortures, tries to make things right. But how long can his fractured mind contain the screaming essences of Franklin Hall and Ian Quinn?
To make matters worse, what if it turns...
That's not to say his existence was unforeseen, obviously. But how many of us guessed that Talbot would be the one to take the plunge and absorb all the gravitonium?
I confess that I'm not overly familiar with Graviton's comic book version, aside from a few broad brush strokes, but I'm reasonably concerned that this will not mean a happily-ever-after for my favorite quipping partner for Coulson.
The whole thing has the makings of a tragedy. Poor Talbot, already broken by Hydra's tortures, tries to make things right. But how long can his fractured mind contain the screaming essences of Franklin Hall and Ian Quinn?
To make matters worse, what if it turns...
- 4/28/2018
- by Kathleen Wiedel
- TVfanatic
Relationships have played a key ongoing role this season, and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 5 Episode 18 continues the theme.
Mother/daughter, husband/wife, would-be romance and even just straight-up friendship, all came into play.
And boy, was it brutal for just about all of them.
Ruby and Strucker played the star-crossed lovers, a Bonnie-and-Clyde duo who cared about no one but themselves and were unfortunately altogether too-well armed.
The manner in which she accidentally handed him his fate, even as he assured her he wasn't going anywhere? One: EW. That was gross. Kudos to the effects department?
Two: So long, Strucker Jr.! As far as character deaths go, I'd say that one was pretty memorable. (Did I mention "ew"?) The manner of his death just exuded all sorts of dramatic irony, too.
After everything he experienced, all the obstacles he'd overcome, it was beauty killed the beast, and ultimately unintentionally!
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Mother/daughter, husband/wife, would-be romance and even just straight-up friendship, all came into play.
And boy, was it brutal for just about all of them.
Ruby and Strucker played the star-crossed lovers, a Bonnie-and-Clyde duo who cared about no one but themselves and were unfortunately altogether too-well armed.
The manner in which she accidentally handed him his fate, even as he assured her he wasn't going anywhere? One: EW. That was gross. Kudos to the effects department?
Two: So long, Strucker Jr.! As far as character deaths go, I'd say that one was pretty memorable. (Did I mention "ew"?) The manner of his death just exuded all sorts of dramatic irony, too.
After everything he experienced, all the obstacles he'd overcome, it was beauty killed the beast, and ultimately unintentionally!
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- 4/21/2018
- by Kathleen Wiedel
- TVfanatic
Oh man, I was really into the second half of this week’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. — like, perched on the edge of my seat and all. And then… it just kinda ended?
We had sweated out FitzSimmons’ attempt to delay the inevitable/buy some time, by dawdling with the repair work on the particle infusion chamber — until, that is, Ruby effectively hurried the “adorable” scientists by whaling on Fitz repeatedly, with Simmons next in line for a beating.
Then, once the machine was ready and headstrong Ruby insisted on merging with the gravitonium, well-founded horror stories be damned,...
We had sweated out FitzSimmons’ attempt to delay the inevitable/buy some time, by dawdling with the repair work on the particle infusion chamber — until, that is, Ruby effectively hurried the “adorable” scientists by whaling on Fitz repeatedly, with Simmons next in line for a beating.
Then, once the machine was ready and headstrong Ruby insisted on merging with the gravitonium, well-founded horror stories be damned,...
- 4/21/2018
- TVLine.com
I think I’m starting to see why Earth blew up. There’s protecting your loved ones, and then there’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 5 Episode 17.
It may sound cold to suggest that sacrifices must be made, especially when one’s close friends/favorite characters are at stake, but this is getting slightly absurd.
Look at Fitz’s reasons for fixing the infuser (Aka the “Will Doubtless Lead to Exploding Planet” device). There’s the space-time continuum malarkey (I think most of us agree that time will be changed by season’s end!), but there’s also the underlying “can’t let Simmons die” bit.
Yes, yes, it’s very easy to sit and make a judgment from my armchair. However, I was of the opinion that Hydra = bad. Therefore, doing something to help Hydra is also bad.
Fixing a device that Hydra expressly plans...
It may sound cold to suggest that sacrifices must be made, especially when one’s close friends/favorite characters are at stake, but this is getting slightly absurd.
Look at Fitz’s reasons for fixing the infuser (Aka the “Will Doubtless Lead to Exploding Planet” device). There’s the space-time continuum malarkey (I think most of us agree that time will be changed by season’s end!), but there’s also the underlying “can’t let Simmons die” bit.
Yes, yes, it’s very easy to sit and make a judgment from my armchair. However, I was of the opinion that Hydra = bad. Therefore, doing something to help Hydra is also bad.
Fixing a device that Hydra expressly plans...
- 4/14/2018
- by Kathleen Wiedel
- TVfanatic
Wholly unexpected flashbacks, Batman! Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 5 Episode 16 definitely startled me, that's for sure.
Yes, we had the gravitonium, but up until now it seemed like the writers had completely forgotten how it absorbed Dr. Franklin Hall way back in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 1 Episode 3.
And that wasn't the only blast from the past in this latest installment, either!
Remember how that obnoxious businessman Ian Quinn (David Conrad) made a pain of himself working with John Garrett and Hydra and then just sort of vanished from the scene?
Related: Agents of Shield Season 1 Episode 3 Review: Committing To The Cause
Amazingly (and amusingly, if black humor is your thing), turns out the show hadn't forgotten him, either. Given that the gravitonium "asked" for Quinn, one wonders how much of Dr. Hall is still within the mass.
In the comics, Hall became the super-villain Graviton. If that is happening here,...
Yes, we had the gravitonium, but up until now it seemed like the writers had completely forgotten how it absorbed Dr. Franklin Hall way back in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 1 Episode 3.
And that wasn't the only blast from the past in this latest installment, either!
Remember how that obnoxious businessman Ian Quinn (David Conrad) made a pain of himself working with John Garrett and Hydra and then just sort of vanished from the scene?
Related: Agents of Shield Season 1 Episode 3 Review: Committing To The Cause
Amazingly (and amusingly, if black humor is your thing), turns out the show hadn't forgotten him, either. Given that the gravitonium "asked" for Quinn, one wonders how much of Dr. Hall is still within the mass.
In the comics, Hall became the super-villain Graviton. If that is happening here,...
- 4/7/2018
- by Kathleen Wiedel
- TVfanatic
As we inch ever closer to the April 27 release of Avengers: Infinity War, it appears that Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. is finally crossing over with the greater Marvel Cinematic Universe once more. In last week's episode of the ABC series, currently in its fifth (and possibly final) season, we learned that the villainous General Hale (Catherine Dent) was really the last vestigial element of Hydra, hoping to continue Daniel Whitehall's work and turn Daisy (Chloe Bennet) into the Destroyer of Worlds via the Particle Infusion Chamber while also hoping to team up with S.H.I.E.L.D. in asking the mysterious alien Confederacy for protection against the war coming to Earth. "Your world will soon become a...
- 4/6/2018
- E! Online
Ah, so many questions answered. So many more raised. But truly, despite being more or less forty minutes of exposition, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 5 Episode 15 made for some great cameos, entertaining moments, and a boatload of callbacks and Easter eggs.
How fitting, given that Easter is two days after this episode aired!
With Coulson in General Hale's hands, we the viewers got the opportunity to be clued in on this heretofore fairly mysterious character. Who would've thought the tale would bring back so many familiar faces?
The first, and perhaps most surprising, being none other than Jasper Sitwell. Anyone hoping that he was one of the forcible converts to Hydra via brainwashing were crushed to see him as a willing recruit attending Hydra Academy.
It was amusing to see that even so many years ago Hydra was big into branding, throwing their logo everywhere and on everything just so everyone...
How fitting, given that Easter is two days after this episode aired!
With Coulson in General Hale's hands, we the viewers got the opportunity to be clued in on this heretofore fairly mysterious character. Who would've thought the tale would bring back so many familiar faces?
The first, and perhaps most surprising, being none other than Jasper Sitwell. Anyone hoping that he was one of the forcible converts to Hydra via brainwashing were crushed to see him as a willing recruit attending Hydra Academy.
It was amusing to see that even so many years ago Hydra was big into branding, throwing their logo everywhere and on everything just so everyone...
- 3/31/2018
- by Kathleen Wiedel
- TVfanatic
This week on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., we learned exactly what makes United States Air Force General Hale tick, via a backstory chockablock with Marvel-verse references.
Upon welcoming Coulson to his sparse room within her bunker, Hale advised him to hear her out, because it is time — for S.H.I.E.L.D. and Hydra to unite in a cause. First leaping back to “28 Years Ago,” we see a teenage Hale ready to graduate from Hydra’s training program, champing at the bit to learn where she will be placed as a sleeper agent.
Upon welcoming Coulson to his sparse room within her bunker, Hale advised him to hear her out, because it is time — for S.H.I.E.L.D. and Hydra to unite in a cause. First leaping back to “28 Years Ago,” we see a teenage Hale ready to graduate from Hydra’s training program, champing at the bit to learn where she will be placed as a sleeper agent.
- 3/31/2018
- TVLine.com
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