Category: Marvel Cinematic Universe

  • My Thoughts on Deadpool and Wolverine

    My Thoughts on Deadpool and Wolverine

    I saw Deadpool & Wolverine, Marvel Studios’ newest flick in the MCU featuring the Merc with the Mouth teaming up with the best there is at what he does. These are my thoughts. LFG! SPOILERS AHEAD!!!

    Deadpool and Wolverine was a fun adventure pack with humor, action, and heart! The most unhinged opening I’ve ever seen in a movie. A cameo that masters the subversion joke. Action sequences that fans have been waiting to see. And more comic book characters, plot points, and references than you can shake a web at! It was a great movie, and I think my favorite of the Deadpool trilogy.

    What about you True Believers? Have you seen Deadpool and Wolverine? Vote in the weekly poll below and let me know what you thought. That’s it for this Merry Marvel Mayhem, until next time, Face Front True Believers, and I’ll see you in the Multiverse!

    What did you think of Deadpool and Wolverine?

  • Who Watches the Watchmen?

    Who Watches the Watchmen?

    Kevin Feige, the Godfather of the MCU. The man who has all the secrets. The one who keeps everyone else in line. We all hear the actors joking about “seeing the red dots” when they start to say too much. And I’m sure everyone’s seen this hilarious meme of Feige with a sniper, waiting for Tom Holland or Mark Ruffalo to slip up!

    But, it appears that during the Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania World Premiere, the K.E.V.I.N. bot almost malfunctioned! Check out the video clip below:

    That’s right! Ol’ Kevin almost dropped a spoiler about Kang! The big bad of Phase 5! I mean, I’m sure that would have had monumental consequences! Or would it have? Kevin’s the man on top! He can’t take himself out with a sniper! So that begs the question: Who watches the Watchmen?

    Who keeps Kevin from slipping up? Hm? Who’s waiting at K.E.V.I.N.’s off switch, ready to flip it if he shares too much? HMMM! Food for thought, brigadiers. If the man who has all the answers starts giving them out for free, then who keeps the secrets of the MCU? That, I’m afraid, is a question for another time.

    Face Front, True Believers, and I’ll see you in the Multiverse!

  • It’s a Good Thing [Spoiler] Got Stabbed in No Way Home!

    It’s a Good Thing [Spoiler] Got Stabbed in No Way Home!

    Spoilers for Spider-Man: No Way Home below…

    Well, it’s a good thing that Tobey’s Spider-Man got stabbed in No Way Home.

    And not Andrew.

    Because we all know the Amazing Spider-Man’s weakness…

    It’s small knives.

  • Black Widow Teaser

    Black Widow Teaser

    So the new Black Widow teaser trailer dropped! To commemorate this moment, I dug my Red Guardian figure out of the pile of Marvel Legends he was sitting in, a figure I only bought for the Giant-Man Build-A-Figure, and took this picture!

    I posted it on my Marvel Legends action figure group, but all anyone could talk about was Taskmaster’s suit missing the mark! Not one comment on how awesome my picture was! So I gave in and made this:

    Anyways, here’s the trailer, in case you’ve been living under a rock! The long and short of it: Looks awesome, love Widow’s new suit(s), Yelena had better steal the show, the Red Guardian suit looks legit, and I hope Taskmaster’s powers are represented well.

  • In Defense of MCU Spider-Man

    In Defense of MCU Spider-Man

    No disrespect to Tobey, I grew up with those Sam Raimi films. In fact, the first Spider-Man movie is the reason I love Marvel today, the reason Face Front exists! But I have to say I agree with the common consensus: Tobey is a great Peter Parker and a love letter to the Stan and Steve era of comics. Andrew was a great Spider-Man and more in line with the Ultimate comics. Tom Holland, however, is an excellent balance of both Peter Parker and Spider-Man, merging the best of the 616 and 1610 universes. But the problem I often come across is people believing that since Tobey is their favorite, Tom’s version of Spider-Man doesn’t count. Or, as some put it, “Not my Spider-Man”.

    I’ve been quiet on this matter for a while, but I think I finally have to address the hate Tom’s Spidey gets. I feel it’s completely baseless and unwarranted. People who complain usually flock to the same argument; they say he’s the ‘Iron-Boy’ and doesn’t do anything independently for himself. That Tony holds his hand and it takes away from him being Spider-Man. Well news flash: Tony’s dead. And whoever still holds this mindset clearly wasn’t paying attention to Spider-Man: Far From Home.

    Let me pitch this at you: You’re a 10-year-old science nerd, and everyone makes fun of you for it. You don’t fit in with the other kids, and it gets kind of lonely. To cheer you up, your Uncle Ben tells you about Tony Stark, the most successful man on the planet, because he’s a science nerd, like you. Then, in 2008, that rich and successful science nerd you looked up to as your idol becomes a superhero. So wouldn’t your first instinct if you suddenly became a superhero as well be to become the man you’ve idolized for years? Hence the line in Spider-Man: Homecoming “I just wanted to be like you.”

    Were any of the Tom-haters actually watching the Tobey Maguire movies? Remember when Peter introduced himself to Norman Osborn? He spoke admiringly of his research in the now heavily parodied “Something of a scientist myself” scene. So imagine if Norman hadn’t become the Green Goblin, but figured out Peter was Spider-Man. Don’t you think we’d have the same situation on our hands? Norman using Oscorp resources to help Peter be the best Spider-Man he can be? If Norman was good guy, then Spider-Man probably would have ended up looking more like this:

    What about Spider-Man 2? Peter stated that Octavius was an idol of his, a scientific genius he looked up to. So let’s say Otto didn’t become Doc Ock, and he figured out Peter was Spider-Man. Don’t you think he would have helped Peter become… wait for it… a Superior Spider-Man? Like in the Marvel’s Spider-Man PS4 game? Octavius would have taken Peter under his wing, then Spider-Man would probably have looked something like this:

    Even in The Amazing Spider-Man. Peter admired Dr. Connors, he read his book, he helped him with the cross-species genetics. So, let’s pretend Curt didn’t become the Lizard. Don’t you think the Tony/Peter relationship would play out with Connors and Peter? Then how would Spider-Man look? You guessed it, like this:

    So the only difference between Tony and Norman, Otto, and Curt is that he didn’t become a super villain! So, Peter’s science genius idol in the MCU who figured out he was Spider-Man hooked him up with his best gear to help him become the best Spider-Man he can be. So what did he look like? Like this:

    But now, with Tony gone, Peter is forced into the situation he was in the previous movies. Now he’s on his own, and you can tell even from his physicality alone in Far From Home that he’s already grown into a fully functional and independent superhero. So what if he used Stark tech to make his suit? He used Oscorp tech to make his web-shooters in Amazing Spider-Man. And so what if he gets help from some Avengers from time to time? Did he not go to Harry in Spider-Man 3 to get help fighting Mega-Sandman and Venom? Spider-Man in the MCU is just as much Spider-Man as the other two franchises. The thing is he now lives in a world where the Avengers exist, so those circumstances alone are bound to change the fundamentals of his heroics. But at the end of the day, it’s indisputable that whether you like Tobey, Tom, or Andrew, they all have one thing in common. They are all Spider-Man.

  • #SaveSpiderMan

    I’m not going to rant or rage. I’m not going to curse Sony or blame Disney. I’m not going to squeeze an entire article out of this. Because the matter is very simple. Spider-Man is my favorite hero. I only love Marvel as much as I do because of Spider-Man, he’s the reason I became a fan. And in the 17 years I’ve loved the character, since seeing that first movie in 2002, I’ve never been happier than when I saw him flip into that airport and web Captain America’s shield. I don’t care about companies, I don’t care about money, I care about Spider-Man being where he belongs in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. So I’ve said before, I’ll say it again, and I’ll keep saying it to the end of time; never forget, Sony, Disney, all of you: With great power, there must also come great responsibility.

    Face Front True Believers, and #SaveSpiderMan.

  • Hot New Endgame Memes!

    I was bored, so… Also, this probably goes without saying, but… SPOILERS!!!! Enjoy!

  • Spider-Man Far From Home #1: A Face Front Comic!

    Hey there True Believers! Here’s a brand new comic for based on the brand new trailer from Spider-Man: Far From Home! Just thought I’d have a little fun with the little emojis I got from the Spider-Man: Homecoming app years ago. You’ve seen I’ve made a bunch of little memes with them, but I wanted to go a step further and make a full(ish) comic! Hope you had fun!

  • Captain Marvel IS the Most Powerful MCU Hero

    SPOILER ALERT!

    So let’s break this down folks: The Tesseract is considered to be a source of UNLIMITED power. Mar-Vell made a light speed engine using the power of the Tesseract. Said engine blew up in Carol’s face! Thus granting her… unlimited power!

    Now other heroes have been infected with Infinity Stones before. Vision’s got one in his head, Dr. Strange wears one on his neck, Scarlet Witch is infused with one, Jane Foster and Malekith were infected by another, and Star-Lord and Ronan held one!

    But the one Carol got laced into her was considered the crown jewel of Odin’s vault. It destroyed the Red Skull and brought Loki’s army to New York. The Tesseract has been the most unpredictable of the Infinity Stones. It’s basically the equivalent to a super star in Mario!

    Now, that’s not to say that she’s going to show up and one-punch Thanos. After all, he did crush the Tesseract with his bare hands, and he’s got it’s power, plus the 5 other stones on his gauntlet. So it’s sure to be a fair fight. Let’s just hope the Avengers can pull it off!

    But until that time, looking at the facts, Captain Marvel is the most powerful her in the MCU!

  • (Almost) All the Avengers (Maybe) Survived (Possibly)!

    Okay, so this theory actually came from my brother, which is odd because he doesn’t comic book, like at all. I won’t say that, he’s a DC fan that straddles the line between casual and hardcore, he knows his stuff, but if you go too deep, you’ll lose him.

    Anyhow, I noted that the only color in the flashbacks of the decimated Avengers that you could see was red. Then he said that maybe it was because the Reality Stone is red and that they all were transported to a different reality when they blew into dust.

    I was stunned, it’s actually a pretty good guess! I mean, matter can’t be created or destroyed, only transported. So that’s completely plausible! Although poor Vision didn’t get decimated, he just got the Mind Stone pulled right out of his head. So… he might be gone gone. Poor Vision.