MCU Meme - List - How many of these have you seen? (among other things)

[shadowkat]

A couple of things that have zip to do with the meme.

Spoke with Mother. Apparently her church is requiring her to do a virtual background check to see if she complies - in order for her to sing in her church's choir. And she can't get it to say she complies.

Mother: I have to do a virtual background check to sing in my church choir, and it told me I'm not compliant - so I have to ask them to help me figure it out.
Me: Wait a minute. They are asking you to do a background check in order to sing the church choir?
Mother: yes, all volunteers with the church have to do it. It's a new requirement.
ME: You aren't volunteering though? You are singing in the choir.
Mother: True, I'm not working with kids or anything. So the least they should do is help me figure it out. Also there are members who don't have a computer at all.
ME: They shouldn't make you do it at all.
Mother: Well, it's all volunteers. And there's a training portion - to comply which I'd done before.
Me: Training? For what? To sing in the choir??
Mother: To Volunteer at the church - I had to do it - when I was helping in the elder care ministry and health ministry, which I've not done in years. I don't know why they need me to do it now, or why I don't comply.
ME: You aren't really volunteering to do anything other than sing. It's not like you can hurt anyone or molest any kids - you are singing in a choir.
Mother: They do have troubles getting people to join the choir now.
Me: Gee, I wonder why.


Oh, and I saw Fantastic Four : First Steps - which was excellent. It was everything I wanted in a superhero Fantastic Four film and then some. I've been lucky - I've only been to the movies twice in the last three years, and both films I loved to pieces (the other one was Oppenheimer).

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Below is an insanely long MCU (Marvel Cinema Universe) franchise list - television and films, meme. Similar to the Star Wars and Star Trek memes, but longer. I thought about making it even longer by adding all the films that were adapted from Marvel Comics by other studios, such as Across the Spiderverse, and well all the X-men films, but chose not to, because the list is long enough on its own. There are lot of Superhero films and television shows out there. If they stopped making them tomorrow? We would not be deprived. (Not to worry - they won't.)

I take no credit for this monstrosity, I snagged it from colls, thank you colls for doing it.



Bold = Watched Entirety
Italic = Watched Part
* Watched more than once.
† Watched in the first few weeks of release (at least initially, for TV shows).

Phase One:
*Iron Man (2008)
The Incredible Hulk (2008)
*Iron Man 2 (2010)
*Thor (2011)
*Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)
*The Avengers (2012)

Phase Two:
* Iron Man 3 (2013)
† Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (TV 2013–2020)
* Thor: The Dark World (2013)
* Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)
* Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
* Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
* Ant-Man (2015)
* Daredevil (TV 2015–2018)
Agent Carter (TV 2015–2016)
Jessica Jones (TV 2015–2019)

Phase Three:
* Captain America: Civil War (2016)
Luke Cage (TV 2016–2018)
* Doctor Strange (2016)
* Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)
Iron Fist (TV 2017–2018)
Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)
The Defenders (TV 2017)
The Punisher (TV 2017–2019)
† Inhumans (TV 2017)
Runaways (TV 2017–2019)
* Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
*†Black Panther (2018)
Cloak & Dagger (TV 2018–2019)
* †Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)
†Captain Marvel (2019)
†Avengers: Endgame (2019)
Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019)

Phase Four:
Black Widow (2021)
WandaVision (TV 2021)
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (TV 2021)
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021)
Eternals (2021)
What If...? (TV 2021-2024)
* Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)
Loki (TV 2021-2023)
Hawkeye (TV 2021)
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022)
Werewolf by Night (2022)
Moon Knight (TV 2022)
Thor: Love and Thunder (2022)
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022)
Ms. Marvel (TV 2022)
She-Hulk: Attorney at Law (TV 2022)

Phase Five:
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023)
Secret Invasion (TV 2023)
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023)
The Marvels (2023)
Echo (TV 2024)
Deadpool & Wolverine (2024)
Agatha All Along (TV 2024)
Daredevil: Born Again (TV 2025-2026)
Captain America: Brave New World (2025)
Thunderbolts (2025)
Ironheart (TV 2025)
Eyes of Wakanda (TV 2025)

Phase Six:
The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025)
Wonder Man (TV 2025)
Spider-Man: Brand New Day (2026)
Vision Quest (TV 2026)
Avengers: Doomsday (2026)
Avengers: Secret Wars (2027)

Comments

[wendelah1]

The virtual background check is probably an insurance requirement. They should help her with it if they want her to sing. I had to do one for something but I failed it the first time around. I couldn't remember the month my stepmother was born in. I'm pretty sure she doesn't know mine either.'

Phase One:
*Iron Man (2008)
The Incredible Hulk (2008)
Iron Man 2 (2010)
Thor (2011)
Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)
The Avengers (2012)

Phase Two:
Iron Man 3 (2013)
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (TV 2013–2020)
Thor: The Dark World (2013)
Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)
*Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
* Ant-Man (2015)
Daredevil (TV 2015–2018)
Agent Carter (TV 2015–2016)
Jessica Jones (TV 2015–2019)

Phase Three:
Captain America: Civil War (2016)
Luke Cage (TV 2016–2018)
Doctor Strange (2016)
*Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)
Iron Fist (TV 2017–2018)
Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)
The Defenders (TV 2017)
The Punisher (TV 2017–2019)
Inhumans (TV 2017)
Runaways (TV 2017–2019)
Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
Black Panther (2018)
Cloak & Dagger (TV 2018–2019)
Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
*Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)
Captain Marvel (2019)
Avengers: Endgame (2019)
Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019)

Phase Four:
Black Widow (2021)
WandaVision (TV 2021)
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (TV 2021)
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021)
Eternals (2021)
What If...? (TV 2021-2024)
Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)
Loki (TV 2021-2023)
Hawkeye (TV 2021)
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022)
Werewolf by Night (2022)
Moon Knight (TV 2022)
Thor: Love and Thunder (2022)
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022)
Ms. Marvel (TV 2022)
She-Hulk: Attorney at Law (TV 2022)

Phase Five:
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023)
Secret Invasion (TV 2023)
*Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023)
The Marvels (2023)
Echo (TV 2024)
Deadpool & Wolverine (2024)
Agatha All Along (TV 2024)
Daredevil: Born Again (TV 2025-2026)
Captain America: Brave New World (2025)
Thunderbolts (2025)
Ironheart (TV 2025)
Eyes of Wakanda (TV 2025)

Strictly speaking, I have seen bits and pieces of many of the other movies because they run all of the time on cable. But I only italicized the movies I started on purpose and quit watching partway through. I have also seen and enjoyed the early Spiderman movies with Tobey Macguire as Peter Parker. I watched the cartoon Spiderman movie, too, but I couldn't recall the title. It was good.

[shadowkat]

Well, you saw more of these than I thought you had.

[shadowkat]

Mother did mention she thought it was an insurance requirement. I remember cursing the insurance company. Sigh, insurance companies may lead to the death of us all.

[cjlasky7]

Let's make this simple.

I've seen all the movies in the theaters (exceptions: Dark World and Brave New World).

I don't have streaming. (Ms. Marvel, Daredevil: Born Again and the Guardians of the Galaxy Christmas Special crossed over to my satellite service.)

Is the 2008-2019 run from Iron Man to Endgame the greatest stretch of genre movies ever?

[shadowkat]

Is the 2008-2019 run from Iron Man to Endgame the greatest stretch of genre movies ever?

Yes, with maybe two or three missteps. I'd definitely agree with that assessment.

Also, Avengers, Captain America: Civil War, Avengers: Infinity War, and Avengers: Endgame are hands down the best "multi-character" films that I've seen. Multi-character work is hard to do. Empire Strikes Back and Star Wars really aren't - they were more focused. Lord of the Rings - sigh doesn't date well (I rewatched it recently and it really doesn't date well) - but outside of that - it doesn't work, too many characters are left underdeveloped. Also, Marvel did something no one else had ever done - they slowly built up to it with a bunch of stand-alone films, so the characters were fully developed by the time the big films hit the screens, so the writer didn't have to do much, outside of let the characters shine.

Have you seen Brave New World? I think you did. I vaguely remember reading a review or talking to you about it.

You're not missing that much with the streaming - although if you ever get the chance, check out WandaVision, Hawkeye, Jessica Jones, and Falcon and the Winter Solider - they stood out for me. You also might enjoy Loki - it has a Prisoner meets Tardis by way of the Good Place type of vibe.

[cjlasky7]

No, I didn't see Brave New World. The more I saw in previews, the less excited I became. (I'll catch up with it... sometime.)

The one streaming season I really REALLY want to see is Jessica Jones s1, with David Tennant as Killgrave. That sounded phenomenal. (And since I am completely in love with Kathryn Hahn, WandaVision and Agatha All Along wouldn't be bad either.)

[mefisto]

JJ1 is arguably the best of them all.

[shadowkat]

Had the same reaction to Brave New World - also I keep trying to watch it on Disney +, but I just can't get into it for some reason. I think it may be the Harrison Ford/Thunderbolt Ross Red Hulk storyline. I miss William Hurt in the role, and feel Ford was miscast. They need a bigger and younger man in that role, I think.

Jessica Jones 1 - is good and worth a visit, as are WandaVision and Agatha All Along, for different reasons. Those were actually the best of the Marvel series on Disney +, along with Hawkeye and Daredevil.

[kazzy_cee]

I've seen all of those, apart from the last few episodes of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., as I lost interest towards the end.

That's an odd requirement for singing in a choir.

[shadowkat]

I had somewhat the same issues with Agents of SHIELD. Marvel doesn't do covert government agencies well. Actually, I'm not sure anyone really does, (that isn't British - they do it well, at least in fiction at any rate), including the actual US government agencies.

[trepkos]

Your poor mother - this is nuts.

[shadowkat]

She was laughing her head off talking to me about it. My mother has a healthy sense of humor about these things...apparently.

[mefisto]

I've seen all or part of 27 of those and now I'm heading off to a Buddhist monastery to re-evaluate my life.

[cjlasky7]

You'd drive the monks crazy.

[mefisto]

Fair.

[shadowkat]

LMAO!!!

[shadowkat]

LOL!

Although...I was thinking the same thing. I've seen one too many of those superhero films.