So, firstly, what I wanna start off by is giving you guys a
review of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
MCU began with the release of the first Iron Man in 2008.
Iron Man just placed the basics of the back story of Tony Stark and his
kidnapping, The Ten Rings, and The Iron Man. The movie was one of the very few
movies based on comic heroes other than Superman and Batman. Iron Man was
critically acclaimed. And it pretty much set everybody for the one of the best
series of movies. With Iron Man, MCU
also started a trend of adding post-credit scenes, which created suspense and
excitement for forthcoming movies. In Iron Man, we see Samuel Jackson as Nick
Fury and a pretty subtle hint for something bigger to come.
Later in 2008 also released The Incredible Hulk. The second
Hulk movie with a different actor portraying Banner/Hulk, it was better than
the first, but did not do as well as Iron Man. We see another post-credit
scene, with Tony Stark talking to General Ross. The good thing about the TIH
was that it laid a pretty decent idea about the Hulk and his powers and
popularized The Abomination.
Immediately following the successful release of Iron
Man in 2008, Marvel Studios announced it was developing a sequel. Iron Man
2 came out in 2010, and people content with Iron Man were expecting something
better. And it delivered. Iron Man 2 introduced four important characters of
MCU – Nick Fury, Black Widow, Phil Coulson and Col. James Rhodes/War Machine.
It introduced S.H.I.E.L.D and new suits and a new villain – Whiplash. And again
another post-credits scene, made comic fans around the world go crazy with it
hinting towards the arrival of Thor.
Thor released in 2011, with excitement at its peak because
of the introduction of another superhero in MCU. Thor couldn't live up to the
expectations, but gave us the general idea about Asgrad, Thor, Heimdall, and
most important of all, Loki. Thor’s story line couldn't live up to the hype but
it did what it was needed to do, give the audience the general idea of Thor and
Loki, and set them up for the “Bigger” picture. Another post-creds scene shows
Erik Selvig talking to Nick Fury about the Cosmic Cube and Loki looking on. It
also introduced Hawkeye/Clint Barton with one scene.
2011 got the introduction of yet another superhero, The
first Avenger, Captain America. We get to know Steve Rogers from his early
days, met Howard Stark and The Red Skull, and see the familiar Cosmic Cube come
back, with a bigger role to play. Nothing much for the “bigger picture” in this
movie. Just the intro to Captain America, his defrosting and the Cosmic Cube.
Something important for the future from this movie though, is the introduction
of Bucky Barnes who we will see in the sequel. I’ll update you about that later
on.
And in 2012, was released the largest joint-venture of
superheroes till date, comprising of 7 heroes, 4 of whom have their own series.
The Avengers made every comic fan and non-comic fan go nuts with excitement.
What we got to know about every hero was used in this movie and the return of
Loki was just a cherry on top of the cake. Mark Ruffalo became the third person
to portray the Hulk and did it better than his predecessors. Many people had a few problems with The
Avengers, a few “mistakes”, but I have the explanation to them. More on that,
later on. With the Avengers ended Phase 1 : Avengers Assembled of MCU.
What Phase 1 basically did was lay down the important
information about every superhero for the upcoming Phase 2. The biggest
post-credits scene was shown in The Avengers with Thanos being shown. This gave
people the idea that more is to come. Thus ended Phase 1. And thus, ends my first
post.
Dr. Marvel. Over and Out.
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