"The rules of regeneration are known!"
"Sorry, what did you say? Did you mention the rules? Now, listen. A bit of advice: tell me the truth if you think you know it,
lay down the law if you're feeling brave, but never ever tell me the rules!!"
OK, so the timey wimey stuff is very much "We're doing it this way, even though it doesn't really make any sense". But they come out and say that pretty much right from the outset, so fair enough.
The rest of it though? Basically perfect. Despite having seen Captain Marvel five times over the last month, I was cool with Carol's limited appearances. Too much might have seemed like putting to new a character front and centre of a movie that had to focus on either the main Avengers or those with immediate ties to Thanos. The latter point meaning Nebula's increased role was very welcome indeed. Also, fun fact - That's now the third time Karen Gillan has played past/future versions of herself in something. Although given her earlier gig, that was always an occupational hazard!
Endgame probably isn't my absolute favourite movie of the year so far - although, that's only because of a couple of other movies being more in line with my own personal tastes. But without doubt, it was the most moving, exhilarating, mind-blowing experience I've had in the cinema, not just this year but for a very long time (even taking Infinity War into account!)
"The rules of regeneration are known!"
"Sorry, what did you say? Did you mention the rules? Now, listen. A bit of advice: tell me the truth if you think you know it,
lay down the law if you're feeling brave, but never ever tell me the rules!!"
"The rules of regeneration are known!"
"Sorry, what did you say? Did you mention the rules? Now, listen. A bit of advice: tell me the truth if you think you know it,
lay down the law if you're feeling brave, but never ever tell me the rules!!"
Very good movie overall. Really builds to a strong ending. Personally I think the first act is far too long. By my reckoning it’s a full third of the movie and that goes against the general flow of just about every successful movie ever made. Somehow it gets away with it though. I was just starting to wonder if I was getting what I wanted and the Cap v Cap fight occurred. I felt in safe hands from there on in. Let’s face it, nobody has ever made a movie quite like this before. It may end up being unique. It may also end up being the most successful movie ever (unadjusted for inflation). As an end to the franchise this would have been satisfying. As a major volume break it cleverly evokes the huge potential that many less developed characters could bring.
As to people complaining about the timeline issues. There really are not any paradoxes, it just plays out differently. The key is that the Avengers exposit the rules but actually get the key element wrong. The Infinity Gems actually maintain the timeline, as long as they are restored back to their original time they will do the rest. Nearly all of the other apparent anomalies are actually different timelines interacting with the present. Nebula doesn’t kill her past self, she kills an alternative reality version of herself who will no longer exist once Cap puts the stones back. The only part of the equation that might appear to not work is Cap getting old and being in a non-divergent timeline. This is where the infinity Stones come into play. Once Steve has done his job, there is no divergent timeline. They all cease to exist. Steve is left in the past. He grows old while his other self is in the ice and presumably keeps a low profile during the events of the movies. He may or may not change the timeline, but it’s not really relevant because the stones are keeping things on track. Effectively it’s a combination of ‘time is a river that tends to course correct’ and ‘time diverges so the present never changes’.
As for Spidy and his mates, we should probably await his movie. But bear in mind huge clusters of dusted people are not only probable, they are inevitable. So it’s not improbable or even unlikely that an entire school got dusted. It only feels unlikely because it is the only school we see.
As I understand it, the Sorcerer’s issue was that taking our timestone screws up our timeline. Because she can see its future and destiny, and it involves the stone. Which is why you have you must return it or her timeline is screwed.
In a model where there is only one continuous timeline then killing young Thanos or preventing the snap becomes a definite option. Which is what Cap being able to live his life out in this tineline implies.
Great now that is going to bug me too... unless Thanos advanced tech allowed him to replicate the pym particles offscreen.A doubt one friend had was how did Thanos and his crew made to travel through time if the only Pym Particle that Nebula had was used in her younger self. Sure, she made it to the other side and brought his father, but wouldn't be necessary for that that Thanos had another capsule of Pym Particles to shrink the ship and manage time travel? If we missed a detail that explained that please let me know to answer his question haha
Carol's hair - that'll depend on how she looks in her own sequel. They'll probably keep it as it is for now. Don't forget Black Widow was constantly changing her hair, maybe Carol will too.
As for Tony, I think Slott's run on his book is meant to last about another year, ending with an Iron Man 2020 event. Maybe the next writer will be more inclined to use Pepper. It won't happen under Slott.
Sounds like they adapted the ending of Amadeus Cho's book! He merged with his Hulk too, creating Brawn.
That's a paradox. If her younger self died her older self isn't there to kill her, so her younger self is still alive.
Not gonna happen. He doesn't exist in the comics.
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If ten years of recording The Young and the Restless for my mother have taught me anything, it's that characters in serial dramas are always happily in love...until they're not
“The very powerful and the very stupid have one thing in common. Instead of altering their views to fit the facts, they alter the facts to fit their views...which can be very uncomfortable if you happen to be one of the facts that needs altering.” - the 4th Doctor
If ten years of recording The Young and the Restless for my mother have taught me anything, it's that characters in serial dramas are always happily in love...until they're not
“The very powerful and the very stupid have one thing in common. Instead of altering their views to fit the facts, they alter the facts to fit their views...which can be very uncomfortable if you happen to be one of the facts that needs altering.” - the 4th Doctor
Nobody has mentioned the real 'unsung' hero - the rat that accidentally sets off Ant-Man's quantum gizmo!
Without that little rodent most of the movie is toast. It should be getting more plaudits.
Despite having read all the spoilers I could manage, I got chills during
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the lead up to "Avengers Assemble!"
and teared up a bit immediately after.
This is all perfectly how I understand it and agree how it should be except for one thing that is wrong: Old Cap shouldn't be in the Main Timeline at all. Peggy would have still married and had children with whatever guy that wasn't Cap, secret identity to preserve timeline being irrelevant.
ETA: The only way Old Cap back in Main Timeline works is if Cap spent most of his life in Timeline #WhicheverOneWasLastStoneReturnedNumber and then maybe after Peggy died (possibly around the same time as Civil War in Main Timeline), Cap decided to use his unused Pym Particle to finally return to pass on his shield and title.
ETA2: I just realized Cap would have had to use the return Particle to go back to the 40s to have had his dance with Peggy. Oh well, they're SHIELD, I'm sure they just asked some altHank in the 70s to make an extra 140ml of Pymp Juice. So a Timeline 7.
ETA3: Nevermiind. I mistakenly overlooked your Timeline 6. You're good.
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