1. Apparently Redford is doing a role on Watchman as well...so..he just likes to tell people he's retired? I don't know how much they paid him for it..it is odd that they felt the need to include him in it, maybe it was a way of roping in Winter Solider?
2. Apparently Swinton's inability to see past her own death was something isolated to Swinton and the price of her power. Unlike Strange she used dark magic to obtain her powers, and this was her punishment. (I vaguely remember this from Doctor Strange). Strange was a bit purer with the power -- and had a conscience. He didn't kill, while Swinton's character had. Hence her comment that he was the best of us -- his Hippocratic Oath that I will do no harm and desire to heal others...sort of held sway over the need for power.
Anyway that appears to be the explanation. And it's repeated sort of in Endgame, where she tells Banner that Strange is doing neurosurgery, and when he tells her that Strange gave away the time stone -- she realizes she has no choice but to trust him, and tells Banner as much when she says "Strange was the best of us, there's no way he'd do that without a good reason.."
The whole thing, according to the commentary, is a result of the "characters" actions.
3.That's an odd thing to say, because they make both Howard and Peggy much younger than they should be -- which is in their 50s.
The writers, oddly, see them in their thirties. They even said so in the commentary. That Howard was much younger than his son in the scene (Downy Jr is 54, and Tony Stark is in his 50s) - and just about to have a child -- a man in his 30s. And they saw Peggy in her 30s as well.
LOL!. Apparently they forgot that both were twenties in the 1940s. This is why I got confused and kept thinking that it took place in the 1950s or 60s not the 70s. Because if Howard and Peggy are in their 20s in the 1940s, they have to be in their 50s in the 1970s. But I think the filmmakers didn't realize that... Hank Pyme is also in his 20s in the 1970s...but that makes more sense.
There's a few flaws in the timing...the two glitches I caught were, that Peggy and Howard should have been much older in the 1970s, and how in the heck did Captain America live out his life in the same time line, without altering it. (I think the writers got a bit confused with the whole time travel bit...because it is confusing or it will be answered in the Falcon and the Winter Solider limited series.)
4. According to the commentary on Natasha -- they aren't limited to a linear time line and can explore it there. Same with the Vision. Which is why we get the Clint/Wanda moment, but no funeral, because their screen time isn't over and they felt it would detract and be confusing.
Also I've read about the Black Widow film and WandaVision -- and that looks really interesting.
5. Alas, the writers like dumb humor. They thought the America's Ass joke was hilarious. And that all the Thor bits as the Big Lebowski are hilarious, and that Chris Helmsworth is a fantastic physical comedian. They also thought Quill was hilarious. (I found it annoying, but they love it. Reminds me of the Buffy writers who thought Tom Lenk was hilarious, I thought he was annoying.) The writers state that they could watch an entire season of Thor and his two friends stuck in Thor's place watching video games and kidding around with each other. In addition, they could watch multiple films with Thor and Quill banter.
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Endgame commentary..
Date: 2019-08-12 12:06 am (UTC)2. Apparently Swinton's inability to see past her own death was something isolated to Swinton and the price of her power. Unlike Strange she used dark magic to obtain her powers, and this was her punishment. (I vaguely remember this from Doctor Strange). Strange was a bit purer with the power -- and had a conscience. He didn't kill, while Swinton's character had. Hence her comment that he was the best of us -- his Hippocratic Oath that I will do no harm and desire to heal others...sort of held sway over the need for power.
Anyway that appears to be the explanation. And it's repeated sort of in Endgame, where she tells Banner that Strange is doing neurosurgery, and when he tells her that Strange gave away the time stone -- she realizes she has no choice but to trust him, and tells Banner as much when she says "Strange was the best of us, there's no way he'd do that without a good reason.."
The whole thing, according to the commentary, is a result of the "characters" actions.
3.That's an odd thing to say, because they make both Howard and Peggy much younger than they should be -- which is in their 50s.
The writers, oddly, see them in their thirties. They even said so in the commentary. That Howard was much younger than his son in the scene (Downy Jr is 54, and Tony Stark is in his 50s) - and just about to have a child -- a man in his 30s. And they saw Peggy in her 30s as well.
LOL!. Apparently they forgot that both were twenties in the 1940s. This is why I got confused and kept thinking that it took place in the 1950s or 60s not the 70s. Because if Howard and Peggy are in their 20s in the 1940s, they have to be in their 50s in the 1970s. But I think the filmmakers didn't realize that...
Hank Pyme is also in his 20s in the 1970s...but that makes more sense.
There's a few flaws in the timing...the two glitches I caught were, that Peggy and Howard should have been much older in the 1970s, and how in the heck did Captain America live out his life in the same time line, without altering it.
(I think the writers got a bit confused with the whole time travel bit...because it is confusing or it will be answered in the Falcon and the Winter Solider limited series.)
4. According to the commentary on Natasha -- they aren't limited to a linear time line and can explore it there. Same with the Vision. Which is why we get the Clint/Wanda moment, but no funeral, because their screen time isn't over and they felt it would detract and be confusing.
Also I've read about the Black Widow film and WandaVision -- and that looks really interesting.
5. Alas, the writers like dumb humor. They thought the America's Ass joke was hilarious. And that all the Thor bits as the Big Lebowski are hilarious, and that Chris Helmsworth is a fantastic physical comedian. They also thought Quill was hilarious. (I found it annoying, but they love it. Reminds me of the Buffy writers who thought Tom Lenk was hilarious, I thought he was annoying.) The writers state that they could watch an entire season of Thor and his two friends stuck in Thor's place watching video games and kidding around with each other. In addition, they could watch multiple films with Thor and Quill banter.