also i’m laughing at the thought of jack leaving the vortex manipulator to unit upon ‘one of’ his deaths
because i’ve just got the mental image of jack creating a new will every time, and it gradually gets more ridiculous
like eventually he gets killed on a mission and they open up the newest one and it’s like
“to gwen i leave the contents of my shelf in the communal fridge, whatever it currently is”
“to owen i leave the stack of porn mags i bought yesterday on a whim”
“to tosh i leave this usb drive i filled with cat videos from youtube on a slow day”
“to ianto i leave the jar of lube, or permission to use the petty cash to buy a new jar of lube”
Of course every other studio sees what Marvel is doing and misunderstands it. Yes, the crossover and interwoven narrative of the Marvel Cinematic Universe is incredibly exciting and interesting and unique, but it’s the characters that make it work. There’s a cameo in Thor: The Dark World that works not because of continuity or the long arc leading to The Avengers 3 but because we like these characters; it’s fun to see them pop up again. Warner Bros. is creating Batman vs Superman, a movie that has a new Batman going up against a very undefined new Superman that uses crossovermania as its launching point. They don’t seem to understand that the best scene in The Avengers isn’t an action bit or a mythology moment—it’s the end gag of the characters eating shawarma together.
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