The Making of the MCU was a Sh*t Show (Pt 1: Forging Iron Man)
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- Опубліковано 27 тра 2024
- Making the MCU is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make Iron Man, from getting the film rights to The Avengers, to the casting of Robert Downey Jr, and filming a movie without a script.
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In the entertainment world, there are millions of dollars on the line and troubled productions are bound to happen. And we are going to talk about these disastrous, never ending, and sometimes dangerous productions. From the creators of WTF Happened To This Movie?, It Was A Sh*t Show is a video essay/documentary/podcast series looking at some of your favorite films and tv shows, and why they were such a nightmare to make.
Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
00:41 - Marvel's First Comic Book Movies
01:58 - Marvel's New Management: Isaac Perlmutter & Avi Arad
03:49 - David Maisel Establishes Marvel Studios
04:37 - Kevin Feige's Dream of a Shared Marvel Universe
06:35 - Collecting the Film Rights for the Avengers
08:11 - Jon Favreau Signs on to Direct Iron Man
10:11 - Casting Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark
12:06 - Writing Troubles with the Marvel Creative Committee
14:43 - Filming Iron Man without a Script
17:00 - Iron Man Releases May 2, 2008
Sources:
Bloomberg: www.bloomberg.com/news/articl...
Box Office Mojo: www.boxofficemojo.com/release...
Entertainment Weekly: ew.com/article/2008/05/05/jon...
The Hollywood Reporter: www.hollywoodreporter.com/fea...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/fea...
web.archive.org/web/200710110...
Mashable: mashable.com/2017/07/05/kevin...
Rotten Tomatoes: www.rottentomatoes.com/m/iron...
SuperHeroHype: www.superherohype.com/feature...
USA Today: usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/m...
Featured Footage:
Captain America (1944)
Iron Man (1966)
Howard the Duck (1986)
Less Than Zero (1987)
The Punisher (1989)
Captain America (1990)
Chaplin (1992)
X-Men: The Animated Series (1992)
The Fantastic Four (1994)
Spider-Man: The Animated Series (1994)
Volcano (1997)
Blade (1998)
You've Got Mail (1998)
X-Men (2000)
Made (2001)
Spider-Man (2002)
Big Fish (2003)
Elf (2003)
Gothika (2003)
The Notebook (2004)
Spider-Man 2 (2004)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
Corpse Bride (2005)
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005)
Zathura: A Space Adventure (2005)
Children of Men (2006)
Ultimate Avengers: The Movie (2006)
Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007)
Spider-Man 3 (2007)
Zodiac (2007)
Iron Man (2008) and special features
The Incredible Hulk (2008)
X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)
Iron Man 2 (2010)
Iron Man 3 (2013)
Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe (2014)
Marvel 75 Years: From Pulp to Pop (2014)
Captain America: Civil War (2016)
Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
Avengers: Endgame (2019) and special features
GQ: Jeff Bridges Breaks Down His Most Iconic Characters:
• Jeff Bridges Breaks Do...
Rotten Tomatoes: MCU Phase One: Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige Recalls the Beginnings:
• MCU Phase One: Marvel ...
Fortune Magazine: Reinventing Hollywood with Dave Maisel, Ben Silverman and Robert Wiesenthal:
• Reinventing Hollywood ...
Wired: The Visual Effects of 'Iron Man'
Music:
John O'Brien and Rick Boston - Iron Man (2008 version)
Ramin Djawadi - Iron Man (Original Soundtrack)
Ryan Hudson - Sh*t Show Theme
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It's insane the incredible level of production and quality of these videos. You definitely deserve way more subscribers!
Thank you! We agree!
It's just doesn't add up...n it's sad
@@ItWasAShtShow this is gonna hurt, but its your name, hearing your favorite movie " Was A Sh*t Show" just makes it a bit offputting to click on. Just constructive feedback.
@@chesirefulify Other way around, it makes you want to click the video more. And it says THE MAKING OF, not THE MOVIE was a shit show
@@chesirefulify I get the sentiment, but I already weighed the pros and cons of that 3 years ago. Kinda moot now, because the channel seems to be lifting off. But like Rosenberg says, its the MAKING of.
Stans joy when talking to RDJ and saying "It's like I'm taking to Tony Stark!' lights my fucking world up
Yeah, RDJ only went from addiction and a risk to making 75 mil in total for playing Iron Man. if its a sh*t show - Get some damn toilet paper. It was a brilliant comeback with a B grade character from the comics. MCU is a SHIT SHOW now. What "stans" ... it was a great story about a guy who turned his career around - Iron Man literally saved the dudes life.
@@SuperOmnicronsj44 whatt?
@@SuperOmnicronsj44 The tag line comes from the production difficulties, and video shows that, yeah, there was a lot of points where stuff could have collapsed. If RDJ relapsed hard, if their improvisations had failed, if any of the execs got cold feet, if they used the Mandarin right from the start... Especially the part where there was essentially no script, considering the complexity of the model and CG effects. Plenty of failed movies burned 10s of millions on sequences that were unsalvageable. And when you consider how interconnected the movies became, bad decisions on one movie affect the others lined up for production. See the nightmare that was the Rise of Skywalker's production for a recent, painful example.
@@SuperOmnicronsj44 nobody cares nigga
@@SuperOmnicronsj44 he means stan. like Stan Lee. Are you good?
Iron Man still has a realism the rest of the MCU hasn't matched. Strangely, Incredible Hulk comes the closest
I would say thats only because the hero doesnt have any superpowers. Near-future tech is much easier to get realistic than magic and superpowers.
Winter Soldier is absolutely the most realistic of any Marvel movie.
@@CamJames nah infinity war is for sure
@@CamJames most grounded
@@BurgoYT lmao
Stan Lee being excited talking to Robby like if he’s tony is heat warming.
If Stan Lee had said that to me I would pass out. You don't get better praise than that.
seeing a character of your own story in real life, what could possibly be better?
Heat is definitely warming.
@@chrisbustos1431 beat me to it hahaha
You know four people created iron man right? Stan Lee never mentioned even one of them. Stan Lee and Bob Kane are the same
The shot of Ironman walking away from an exploding tank is, in my opinion, still the greatest shot of any Marvel film.
Well, cool dudes dont look at explosions...
@@RohonNag except Tobey Maguire Spider-Man
agree... i also love the Avengers circle pan shot
Sam Jackson wasn't fan-casting; years before, Marvel asked him if they could change Fury's likeness to him. He said yes.
It wasn't an accident Fury has looked like Samuel L Jackson for so long.
its fan casting since the person who drew the black nick fury said he had Sam Jackson in mind in an interview, and then sam said it was ok. someone else made a video on that.
In an interview Sam Jackson says he phones them "like you can't just use my image!!", they countered with "what you read/like this wow!" & "and when we make the film there's a part for you..." & he was like ok sounds cool. Although I suppose it depends if the artist is considered a fan of Sam Jackson lol
It was actually used without his permission. He only granted permission after being reassured that he could also play the character on screen.
@@blackleague212 That is the dumbest argument that it was fan casting.
How is it fan casting when it happened in 2002 with Ultimates, years before before Iron Man was greenlit and was even going to have Nick Fury in it?
@@jimcook7053 Still not fan casting as I stated.
2008 was just a crazy year. We got Iron Man, the Dark Knight, Hancock, Punisher Warzone, Hellboy 2, and Incredible Hulk. It was loaded.
Then just watch the good one
An epic year for superhero films
11:21 RDJ was so perfect because he 'was' Tony Stark... the entire film was about a second chance for redemption, starring a guy who lived that.
Everyone I know when Iron Man was announced, first question was...'Who the hell are they going to get to play Tony Stark?" Then when RDJ was mentioned, everyone cocked their heads to the side and said.."Nailed it in one. When can we get tickets." There was no discussion as to anyone else or any one more suited, RDJ was Tony Stark and we all knew it, the parallels were just too obvious and many.
I guess Kiss kiss Bang Bang and Charlie Bartlett showed you enough of RDJ's acting chops to know he could pull of the narcissistic, alcoholic, billionaire that you had come to know in the comics. Because the character changed a lot from page to screen... :l
Iron Man itself isn't the most deeply written character in MCU. But RDJ's acting made it that way. Classic case of an actor surpassing the effort and talent for a certain character. While Chris Evans did justice to Steve Rogers' character(who imo is the best written character in mcu) and played him perfectly, RDJ played Tony Stark beyond perfectly.
The parallels? Like how Tony Stark is like Charlie Chaplin? Or the character in Less Than Zero? What are you even talking about?
@@libertyprime7911 They literally mention the parallels in this video
This is the kind of thorough yet concise, invested yet not fanboyish content I love.
Feeels sooo goood
I remember seeing Iron Man for the first time and how blown away I was by the “I am Iron Man” stinger. I felt like it was the start of something huge, and I wasn’t even fully aware that they had plans for such an expansive cinematic universe. Such a BA way to end a film and set things up moving forward!
If even Stan Lee himself said that he feels like talking to Tony Stark.......
You know how good RDJ was at portraying Tony Stark.
Quick thing about Sam Jackson as Nick Fury, the first artist to draw the character as black literally traced an image of Sam Jackson. There’s other instances of them doing the same thing as well. Anyways, Sam’s legal team negotiated that they wouldn’t sue so long as he was cast in any film that featured Nick Fury.
Win win situation. Good move by SLJ’s team.
Which gives him a very secure role to have.
Other than RDJ, I seriously can't thank Jon Favreau enough for giving us the start of what we have today. Also his portrayal of Happy is like a comfort character to us now that Tony is gone, hope to see more of him whoem remains from start in more future films!
*whomst ;)
This isn't factual it was terrace Howard who helped him get this role
Yeah I'd say he's actually the main reason, guy knows what he's doing, how to respect what came before, the lore, the character, the world of Marvel. Notice he also made the best of Disney Star Wars, unlike JJ and KK utter shite.
Oh you will.
I love D-Bob🍀He worked hard for Iron Man & The Mandalorian.
More credit (and props) need to be given to Marvel's ACTUAL first hit (modest or not) Blade. It's mentioned here, but seems a little glossed over. Blade being their first ever success was a really big deal for there even being a future for Marvel studios. And also being the first superhero film giving that true 'street-level', brutally realistic grounded tone that later became the norm for superhero properties.
Really excellent rundown of all these events though! Just at the beginning of binging this channel!
Nah...nothing to do with MCU
@@diannajennings266 Everything to do with MCU, if Blade wasn't a success your precious MCU most likely would never have existed.
I get that I'm getting old and a lot of people weren't around for how big Blade was. I mean now we just Google box offices and say yea that movie didn't make as much as the other so it must've been bigger but nah. I don't know a household that didn't have Blade on VHS or DVD. They don't realize the beating Schumacher's Batman movies put on superhero movie goodwill with general audiences. I say without Blade we don't get not only the MCU, we don't get Nolan's Batman either. People always point to Spiderman or The X-Men as precursors to the MCU but nooooooo. The starting point was definitely Blade.
Blade was very cool. The martial arts and over all style of the movie was great. Defenitely desrves more recognition....
Blade had a budget of 45m and made 131m at the box office, I agree not only was it the best Marvel movie made pre-2000 it remains one of my favourites.
EDIT
without Blade there would have been no Spider-Man, they only made it because of how well Blade did. Following that was the X-Men franchise, but first was Blade. Well spotted OP, I never thought so this
I genuinely think casting RDJ as ironman is the greatest casting decision of all time.
I remember talking about how RDJ was cast as Iron Man, and then seeing the first Iron Man and being so hyped by the end credits scene. Me and my dad used to go see every MCU movie at midnight and I miss it so much. I still call or text him every time I watch a new Marvel movie to talk about it with him. I love you dad!
The part Stan Lee was talking to to Robert was so wholesome he was so happy to see his work like this
When I was a kid, I remember watching the Iron Man cartoon of the 90's. I would always think to myself, that hopefully one day they make a real life version of the cartoon. In 2007 when it got revealed that they were making a life action movie, it was one of the happiest days of my life. Iron Man will always be my #1 MCU movie.
This channel is the epitome of an underrated gem. Keep up the great work
Thank you! Glad you found us.
@@ItWasAShtShow where's part 3?, I am hooked how you package your content.
Oh man, I have fond memories of this one. My dad is and always was a huge comic book nerd and when they announced RDJ as Tony Stark he was like "It would only make sense!". I didn't know much about the character but we went to see the movie anyway. Needless to say, we absolutely loved it. I gotta admit that not hearing the Black Sabbath song during the movie kinda bummed me out a little bit, until the iconic final line by Tony Stark immediately followed by the much awaited song. And then Samuel L. Jackson appeared, teased the Avengers and my dad was completely astonished. Good times.
I always felt iron man was a mega hit right from the first trailer. RDJ was inspired casting. He truly is Ironman
RBJ being complemented to be like talking to Tony Stark by STAN LEE, has got to be the best complement you can get
This is 2 years old but still absolutely fantastic
how does this man not have more subscribers i binge watch the whole channel
Simple: this channel has a very stupid title. Although WE all know what a shit show is, there are thousands who are offended by it. Very bad CONSCIOUS mistake.
When you get that level of excitement from Stan “ The Man” Lee you know you’re on the right track.
This channel deserves more subs! Loved this!
Thank you! Get the word out!
@@ItWasAShtShow can you also do The Making of the DCEU or Zack Snyder's Justice League was a Sh*t Show it would be very interesting
Funny you should say that. The original Sh*t Show pilot episode in 2018 was about Justice League. Then we discussed it for THREE episodes on the podcast. Check out the Playlist section.
@@ItWasAShtShow When is another episode coming?
Witnessing how Marvel movies all came together from the beginning, it feels like somethings are just meant to be. All those years of financial problems to selling characters to different companies but now everything just all came along. It is surreal.
This so wholesome and uplifting to watch , the start of the MCU is kind of inspirational
My husband retired from Marvel. What an excellent story you told. Bravo. Thank You for your work.
Incredible! What did he do?
And thanks for watching!
Hahaha Jeff Bridges with that slight pun "we ironed out the script" nice 🤣😂
It amazes me there are videos with the exact same care and production quality as massive channels that have less than 0.0001% of the subscribers of comparative channels.
The UA-cam algorithm is broken. They just reinvented the 1% in the content distribution economy and patted themselves on the back. Meanwhile channels like this produce great content, work hard and don't reap the rewards.
It's incredible that the same dynamics of unequal wealth distribution emerge so readily in a designed attention economy.
UA-cam has the capacity to build a fair algorithm, but they choose not to.
@@flagnappersmith7974 … wtf are you talking about man? The only part I understood was that it’s a good comment.
One thing Marvel Studios get right is the amount of respect to the characters down right to costume. Look at Black Bolt. TV show Black Bolt, they made it modern or seamless style like Singer's X-men, with jacket. Dr. Strange MoM, use the design straight from the comic book. The mask, his head gear and even had the wings
What’s more impressive.. more than anything.. is that not only have these films shaken the film industry to the core, not only have these films made a permanent mark on human social norms, but they have also inspired human creativity with technology. You see youtubers/entrepreneurs like Hacksmith and Gravity taking concepts from Iron Man and trying to make them a reality. It’s without a doubt that technology is starting to make somewhat of a different turn with these films in mind.
Iron Man being A Hero barely anyone had heard of sounds hard to believe
I enjoyed your story, but there's a huge part you missed out on. The Tech, particularly Zbrush from Pixologic. Zbrush wasn't originally meant to be used for modeling, but some scripts developed by users changed that. This all happened between 2005 and 2008. The idea of digital sculpting, rather than the clunky polygon blocks and new chips and lighting systems all converged about the same time. It was really amazing.
I can't believe it's been just over year and I'm just now seeing this. You and this video are definitely going to blow up. Amazing video!
Thank you so much!
@@ItWasAShtShowhi. Could you make a video about the 3rd blade movie?
As im viewing this, i realize only 60,000 views, and 2500 likes?!?! This should have half a million or more.....awesome quality, very entertaining. Exelent work sir
Thank you!
I'll never forget the dogfight between Iron Man and the Raptors ... top-notch CGI!
It's almost 2023 and I find it hard to totally believe that 14 years have passed by since it was screened at Odeon Leicester Square.
I was trying to find a series about the inside story of the MCU. Finally! Thanks for this.
You’re welcome!
Great teaser at the end. I think things might be finally "going down" because of the struggling movie theater business. Marvel has opportunities to expand away from movies if this trend continues, but will it survive the transformation?
Gee i dont know , kill off popular heroes and front load identity driven characters that sh*t all over fans through twitter and directors that kill our canon ... ya think it will survive the transformation? Dr Strange MoM is already a 79% on RT
@@SuperOmnicronsj44 MoM is so different from the MCU formula and thats why critics dont like it.
I loved it
@@SuperOmnicronsj44 the only identity driven character coming is Ironheart
@@Pointman11111 yeah, I’m glad that marvel is trying new things instead of playing it same all the time.
@@BlueTyphoon2017 cant wait for the the first R Rated MCU project and i dont mean Deadpool bc that started under Fox.
Something like Ghost Rider directed by Sam Raimi with the Actor from Agents of Shield.
Or something like Peacemaker and Titans
Rewatch! Saw three episodes and I'm loving this series so far. Reminds me of the Netflix series The Movies That Made Us. Also I believe the man under the wings playing Captain America in that movie is the son of JD Salinger.
Just wiki that and good grief you re right !
if it was the son of JD Sallinger he was in a sh*t show - worst thing i ever saw.... killed Cap before Chris Evans saved it.
He sits next to Stan Lee in the first Captain America movie when Stan Lee says I thought he’d be taller?
The joy stan lee had when he was talking to Tony stark (not rdj)
is every writers DREAM it was like he had a time stone and he wrote everything for HIM
That secret ending always gave me chills. ❤️
I remember watching it for the first time in elementary school and thinking it was the coolest movie ever.
Elementary? They let you watch pg13?
I’m so glad I found this channel, I love this series you guys are doing. Definitely a sub earned.
Man Marvel really climbed up from the trenches and now have the backing of Disney, DC never faced that adversity and they dropped the ball so hard, by not following up on the Dark Knight Trilogy, that they are imo losing the live action “war” between the two comic book franchises. Of course I don’t think it’s a pepsi coke rivalry because I think both have contributed to the genre and can coexist with different release dates easily.
I'll never forget going to watch Ironman in the movies then as the end credits rolled I went to the bathroom and when I came back my friend told me I missed Nick Fury announcing The Avengers. I have never left a Marvel movie before the credits rolled since.
Isn’t it crazy how even now you see people leave during the credits of a Marvel movie? Like guys, how do we not know the drill by now?
@@ItWasAShtShow Yeah. I call them "Newbies" and "Tourists".
had no idea Favreau made Zathura but i loved that movie as a kid, far from a flop in my eyes.
With the quality of this video, I thought you would have like 3 or 4 million subscribers! You deserve so much more!!!
When can you do one on Heaven's Gate? Really though, I love how concise these are. Please never stop.
Haven’t decided on that one yet. I don’t think UA-cam is the best audience for such an obscure film. Maybe the podcast.
OMG…. That interchange with Lee and Downy is Everything!
Rewatching this after years, I’m marveling at how 🔥 you already were at writing and editing way back then, and you’ve kept honing it ever since.
Ah thank you! That really means a lot. Actually this is the only video I don’t like revisiting because I don’t think I was quite there yet.
Ahh, This brings tears of joy and nostalgia to my eyes!
can't wait for part 2!
“Truth is… I am Iron Man” is one of my favorite movie moments of all time
I know this is an "older" video now, but I am just so impressed with the level of detail, pacing, and YOUR VOICE in these breakdowns.
Thank you! You’re the first to mention my voice… which I think sounds like a nasal congestion navigating through broken glass. But thanks anyway!
I can't be the only one that when hearing of Downey Jrs casting thought it was perfect BECAUSE of his history with alcoholism?
Zathura made a huge impact on a generation of moviegoers. P.S. I love Jon Favreau. The man can do no wrong
These are so good! Please start them up again! I neeeed them!!!
Start up again? What do you mean?
@@ItWasAShtShow
I think they mean that they want you to make more MCU retrospective videos.
(I’m happy to wait)
You earned a sub right here! Excellent, well made and informative content! Glad that UA-cam suggested your channel.
Also I do believe iron Man launching the MCU was the moment we all realized we all hated DC comics. When it comes to movies that is
Now dc is getting a bit better. A lil bit
@@deliverus6856 a tad . The latest batman was incredible.
Um no? the batman trilogy was going on during that time and TDK is the most influential hero film
You do know The Dark Night released the same year as Iron Man right? Sure DC took somewhat of a nose dive in the 2010s but in 2008 they were equal.
Wb just got greedy that is
Incredible! Best breakdown I've seen.....
Stumbled across your channel and can't stop binge watching. Everything about your videos is spot on: production values, editing, narration style, just very very well done. Oh, and subscribed of course. :D
Thank you! Glad you found us!
We sing Kevin Fiege praises and Downey praises all the time but really need to start giving it up to Jon honestly.
I'm just mad at Kevin fiege for not replacing replacing the actor Chadwick boseman with another character that can play King chinchilla
Ironman still is my best Marvel movie so far.
it rocks!
When I heard there was an Iron Man film coming, I thought "who gives a shit about Iron Man?"
Well, .....this movie was a revelation
Awesome episode. I've had your channel recommended to me several times before but only gave it a chance today. I'm impressed by the production value and effort on research and presentation. Keep up the good work!
Thank you so much!
The second I heard they cast Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark, I knew this was going to be an incredible series. For once, I was proven right.
Robert Downey Jr. was to Iron-Man what Christopher Reeve was to Superman.
Feige didn't read comics, he said so in a Vanity Fair interview back in 2017. That's a myth started by Lauren Schuler Donner.
He never said that. Context is important. Read the whole quote: www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2017/12/marvel-kevin-feige-interview
@@ItWasAShtShow that's exactly what he said. My brother also went with me to comic book stores sometimes and he knows nothing about comics. Feige said he collected toys, like Arad's Toy Biz, and that he read the bios on the back.
Again, read the whole quote.
@@SpikeValentine I'm still pissed off at him for not getting a new actor to replace Chadwick boseman to play king t'challa in black panther
Its hard to believe you don't have more subscribers! Your docs are absolutely wonderful! All of them give incredible insight to the difficulties of movie making. Thank you for so much for this channel! Keep up the good work!
1:54 OH, MY, GOD.
You have NO idea how much nostalgia just rushed through my body hearing that x men theme
If television history is any tale to the future MCU will be able to milk this trend / beat a dead horse for quite a while (Walking Dead anyone?). I doubt they are going back to bankruptcy anytime soon.
As a Ling time Iron Man fan, i saw RDJ casting as perfect. Quick wit, good Looks and a great actor. He is Tony Stark. I remember my non comic fans freinds saying that it would go no-pkace... (Thise same people poo-pood the Sam Raimi Spiderman films before they came out). I still Love to mention how wrong they were and are when they try to make negative comments about the MCU in general. I knew that we the Nerds and geeks are the majority. We want the movie adaptatiins to be serious and groundes. But still fantastic and cool.
Been binging your videos and I absolutely love them!!
I got late into Iron Man 1 train and I can say I was blown away when I watched it for the first time on my computer screen. I was a DC fanboy back then and Iron Man was a B-tier bordering to C-tier character that went above my radar. Needless to say I watched the rest of the MCU (up to Endgame) ALWAYS on cinema, and ALWAYS with a big grin on my face. I still can't believe to this day that Hollywood for once was finally able to make good to great superhero movies and made bank with it.
Seing the MCU now compared to the "Old" MCU shows that the "golden age" of it passed. With introduction of multiverse everything starts to go downhill.
Multiverse is nothing else but a way to excuse lazy writing and lack of continuity. You can have a film with reaaaaly hard hitting ending like Infinity war (the "Empire strikes back" of this generation i would say) just to have it completely wiped in End Game. Since then, no stakes seem high. There is no feeling of urgency or "oh shiet the baddie X is behind all of this". Because you can do anything and the next film can go "HAHA ITS MULTIVERSE! NOTHING IN THE LAST PART REALLY HAPPENED".
Couple that with shows like Loki, which turned one of the most recognisable villains into a side-kick in his own story, or the "Eternals" that "decided not to intervene because" and it all falls apart.
Remember when Iron Man had more and more pronounced PTSD symptoms from movie to movie, as he continued to go deeper and deeper into really screwed up situations?
Or a sense of guilt when Captain America realised he could have saved bucky and spare him torment of being Winter Soldier?
Or the fact that people around the world were actually horrified by the outcome of alien invasion and what happened during Ultrons rebellion? To the point they wanted to literally ban the superheroes alltogether due to how much of a collateral damage they cause?
There will be none of that in coming years. As each movie can wipe out everything that happened previously. This, and B and C level of superheroes coming in, due to main actors finishing their contracts and walking off.
10 seconds in, you say Marvel "....made some movies over the years, of VARYING quality." Ummmmmmm.........Marvel didn't make any of those movies. Sony and Fox, respectively, owned the cinematic rights to those characters, not Marvel. Granted, not everything Marvel Studios has done has been a grand slam. But don't blame Marvel for other studios' fuck ups!
“But what goes up, comes down” this was crazy lit..!
I’ve never even picked up a comic book in my entire life but when I saw Ironman for the first time I was absolutely blown away. I thought it was one of the greatest action films I’d ever seen. I liked it so much that I actually re-watched a second time as soon as it ended. The combination of RDJ’s acting and Favreau’s directing was brilliant. Marvel couldn’t have done any better for their first big release. Even to this day I will watch it every time it comes on tv
This video is incredible, very well narrated and edited.
Despite all the nonsense haters that can’t handle girl heroes and gay characters…..I am still a die hard MCU fan…and a Kevin Feige fan. Seeing a universe come together and keep going! Truly a sight to behold!
Great quality work. Been binging on your channel. Thanks homie
Dear god, the '97 X-men theme is STILL a banger.
I agree not enough addictions to be Tony Stark definitely should have been played by Charlie Sheen
Disney would never. Pretty odd considering the weird movies they put out now like turning red
Its so misleading to claim "few had heard of Iron Man". He was no Spider-man, but his consistent presence in cartoons, crossover comics and video games meant he was a known entity.
Its not like they built the MCU off El Meurto or anything.
Not misleading at all. Your examples are all ingrained in geek culture. Movies need to have a broader audience, and to them, he was an unknown. You can find multiple comments in this thread alone of people saying they never heard of him before the film.
@@ItWasAShtShow I would argue saturday morning cartoons and merch means it escapes the "niche geek culture" and enters the general cultural zeitgeist.
We all watched those cartoons as kids and saw the toys, from that alone people recognised Iron Man - even if they were completely oblivious to his story or villains.
Wasn't like they started the MCU with Xmen, but its also not like they started with Moon Knight or Morbius.
Whoever edits these deserves every penny they make and then some. Great essay, too. 👍
Thank you! Love it when people notice the editing.
Note: mini-docs, not essays.
Essay, as in the scripted text. There is even a thesis in the title. But okay. 😉😏👍
@@swrennie Very true about the thesis, I stand corrected. But it is just to tell you what the video will about. An attention grabber. What I mean, it's less me making some statement, and just telling film history.
Just found your channel. Great content. Keep at it!
I just discovered your channel. Freaking Good. I like how you go back from the beginning beginning
way back when this movie came out... I'm a mechanical engineering student at a university. my family is all accountants, teachers, and marketing folks. My brother and I go see it in theaters. He asks me after "Are all engineers like that?!?!" "I wish lol" i said back. Just a fun happy memory from then. Funnier yet, I was like "why do I care about the MCU when there's a comic book hero who's an engineer?!" and kinda stopped caring after ironman came out. Many many years later, I saw Guardians of the Galaxy and had no clue they were connected. My now wife convinced me to watch them in order after ironman, while we trained for her third and my first ironman triathlons. Was blown away at how deep the universe was.
Great research, stellar visuals, very entertaining.
Amazing video, good job.
Thank you!
love this series/channel. It's interesting to watch how major productions came to be. Before they were famous.
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Thank you so much!
15:00 That sounded so much like The Dude from Big Lebowski
Well, the days of half-assed adaptations were suspended, anyway. Fantastic video though. I spent the morning texting links to your videos to my friends.
You just got a new Sub, dude. Amazing videos! Keep up the good work!
These videos are so good, no doubt you'll have millions of fans and subscribers within a year... Just keep it going with the high-quality videos! ❤
Bit criminal how few subs this channel has, great stuff, well researched!!
Every time I watch one of your videos about a movie I just feel like I have to watch the movie again because you betrayer and such a good light that reminds me how good the film is
Betrayer?