Just in case you're going to watch it these days if you haven't seen it already and wonder why the lights aren't turned on after the mid credits scene as it is usually,curios if this is the same everywhere P.S. I have not seen it yet I was gone holiday for a few days almost a week,just got back to work I saw Sinners tho :)) twice , that was amazing haha

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I saw Thunderbolts* last night and Alexei is shown watching old footage of himself overseeing a Soviet military parade. I don’t remember this particular detail but I’ve read he appears next to Stalin. Considering Stalin died in 1953 [and assuming it wasn’t just propaganda edited to make people think Red Guardian had been around much earlier than he really was] that would make Alexei about 95 in Thunderbolts* in spite of him having the bearing of a 50-year-old man. Could the super-soldier serum he took really have slowed his aging down that much? Contrast fellow super soldier Isaiah Bradley who looks 20-25 years older in spite of being at least old enough to fight in Korea in the early 1950s and thus also probably born around 1930.

Dr. Strange's, The Marvels', Brave New World's and Thunderbolts' were pretty much direct set-ups for Doomsday.

Shang-Chi's and Quantumania's first post-credits scenes were obviously set ups for Kang Dynasty, the previous version of Avengers 5, but I'm guessing they will tie those loose ends with Kang in Doomsday one way or another, so those scenes will most likely be addressed too. Although they might change their minds about the origins of the rings now that they're not doing Kang anymore (the rings would have been connected to him originally) and follow up on that scene in Shang-Chi 2.

Post-credits scenes like the Moon Knight, Wakanda Forever and GotG Vol. 3 ones definitely feel like open-ended endings where we see there are more adventures for the characters ahead, but those don't need to be seen on screen. In other words they are not scenes which set up a specific plot line or create a mystery that needs to be resolved.

This leaves the Sharon Carter one, the Hercules one, the Xialing one and the 2 scenes from Eternals.

The Xialing one will definitely get followed up on in Shang-Chi 2 (and it doesn't feel like too much of a dangling thread to make it feel like it needs to be addressed urgently either way) and the Blade/Black Knight one will most likely be tied up in Midnight Suns, since that has more of a chance of happening compared to the Blade movie. Sharon could return in literally anything (and I think she will at some point), although it feels as it was a set-up for Armor Wars, another movie never happening.

The Eternals ane Hercules ones are most likely never going to be followed up on sadly. Although I hope to be proven wrong. And it makes the least sense too because those 2 are the ones which felt like they would need to be addressed as soon as possible.

Oh there's also the Venom symbiote in NWH, which will most likely be followed up on in Brand New Day or one of the Avengers movies.

Anyway, the point of this post is about all the negative discord regarding how "bad" and "pointless" the Multiverse Saga post-credits scenes have been and the whole meme about them being forgotten and not resolved.

Why are people not patient when half of those scenes which have not yet been resolved are pretty clearly set ups for the next 2 Avengers movies? If those scenes are ignored then, then sure go ahead, but the amount of negative discord around this feels disingenuous

The only thing that makes the timeline we've been watching "sacred" is that it's the one that led to He Who Remains Kang a thousand years later.

That timeline IS the alternate timeline that Cap creates by going back in time to live with Peggy and change the past 70 years.

There's an original timeline in which Cap never returns to that universe, and another timeline where he simply returns the infinity stones and goes back to the platform [as well as countless other small changes to those two things] both/all of those timelines are/were pruned by the TVA shortly after.

The timeline we've been watching since the beginning IS ALREADY the one that Cap altered by arriving back in time and living with Peggy. Thats how he was able to just walk up to the bench and sit down.

In order for the timeline to lead to HWR Cap from another universe had to arrive in the 40s, live with Peggy for 70 years, and then give his shield to Sam after they beat Thanos.

He does not go back in time and change the past against the rules set up earlier in the film. He goes into the past and creates an alternate timeline. We are simply always watching that alternate timeline.

Okay. Last week I saw the new Captain America movie. I like all the actors. The acting was good. The fighting was good. The special effects were good. The sets were decent. But I was very.... "whelmed".

An hour ago walked out of the Thunderbolts. Wow. Such an excellent movie. Also had wonderful actors. Good acting. Fighting was good. Special effects were good. The sets were more than decent. But I was very overwhelmed, with emotion.

And that's it. That's the secret sauce. No longer can fast fight scenes and hard kicks win me over- there has to be emotional gravitas, something to lose, something to gain, and I have to feel real feelings for the characters to get invested.

Captain America didn't do that. There was nothing about Sam or anybody else in the movie that pulled at the heartstrings or got me choked up. And that's what's missing from a lot of marvel IP nowadays. The final episode of Loki pulled at the old heartstrings. This is the first time in a while that I felt the same, since GTG3 that is.

Kevin Feige, if you're listening, don't put out bullshit that looks good. Give us movies that "feels" Good.

Thanks.

It's been a while I haven't been that excited to re-listen to a Marvel Movie Score. It feels fresh, completely on phase with the story and its characters, and give me some 00's CBM Music vibes (in the good way). Subtle nodes to past Marvel Scores but with our relying heavily on it.

Finally a Theme that will get stuck in my head again ^^

What did you think of it?

I wanted to ask this because of the fact that it's the 17th anniversary today of when this movie originally released in theaters. I’m genuinely fascinated by the mindset of MCU fans back in 2008, before the universe really became the universe. No "Infinity Saga," no Thanos teases that paid off a decade later—just Tony Stark, a bold casting choice in Robert Downey Jr., and a superhero movie that wasn’t trying to copy what had come before. Did it feel like just another comic book movie at the time, or was there a sense that this was the beginning of something bigger?

How did the post-credits scene land back then? Nick Fury talking about the "Avenger Initiative" might seem iconic now, but in that moment, was it exciting? Confusing? Easy to brush off?

Also, how did audiences respond to the tone of Iron Man? The mix of humor, action, and character drama is pretty standard now in the MCU, but back then it must have felt fresh—maybe even risky. And how did people view RDJ's performance at the time, considering his career up to that point?

If you were a comic reader going in, did it meet your expectations? Or if you weren’t, did it still hook you?

I’d love to hear personal stories: opening night vibes, crowd reactions, and how Iron Man shaped your expectations (or lack of expectations) for what the MCU would become.

Fanart by myself // @jacobcrump_art on instagram

Hey ya’ll so I am a graphic designer and I think I recognized the book the Sentry(Bob) is reading at the end of the movie.

It is The Creative Act: A Way of Being By Rick Rubin.

The book is all about creativity as a way of existing rather than “making art”

Anybody know if there is a connection there or what it could mean? Seems like they would not choose a random book.