It's been a while again, been a hectic month! But in between work, trying to keep sane, an evening class, and continuing my rewatch of not only every episode of Doctor Who, but also another couple of series, I've managed to squeeze in a few more stages in my rewatch of the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe in chronological order.
Last post we got as far as the second and final season of Netflix's The Punisher, which brought us to the final series in the Netflix run - Jessica Jones Season Three.
Really odd series. With the introduction of the very strange choice of a villain with 'Foolkiller' Salinger, and building up the Hellcat Patricia Walker storyline, it was a bit of a low. Such a shame. Acting was great again, and they even had Benjamin Walker in it (who really should be cast in a young Qui-Gon Jinn TV series for Disney+). But Salinger was so utterly hateful, you were on Trish's side and wanted him out of the picture. Sure, she went too far, but it was really one of those 'Someone had to do it' moments.
Add to this Hogarth's storyline, which was just a wreck of her making terrible choices, and I think Jessica was the only character to come out of this unscathed. Here's hoping they can incorporate her (and the rest of the Defenders) into the Disney+ MCU and not discount it entirely.
Strangely, we watched Black Widow next. While it's technically out of order, it kinda fit, as it takes place between Captain America: Civil War and Avengers: Infinity War, which is where we are. I hadn't seen this on initial release, being extremely cautious with the pandemic, so we were very eager to watch it the moment it became accessible on regular Disney+.
I have to say, the opening two thirds of Black Widow were brilliant. A great action, spy drama, with some really great scenes. The big disappointment was Taskmaster's great reveal, as that was blown by the opening credits for me seeing the actor's name come up. By about half-way through the movie, realising we hadn't seen them yet, I put two and two together and... well. On the plus side, as many have said, is Florence Pugh. Brilliant again, and really hoping she gets her own 'Black Widow' movie in the future, along with appearances in Hawkeye...
Next on the list, chronologically, we return to the movies with Ant-man and the Wasp. I think I'd only seen it once at the cinema so it was great getting to watch this again. Great stuff again, great acting, exciting scenes, really funny at the right times without going over the top (I'm looking at you Ragnarok), some scarily good de-aging CGI for Hank Pym and Janet Van Dyne. And great to have Laurence Fishburne and Hannah John-Kamen in the MCU.
Technically, you should stop watching the movie just before the mid-credits sequence at the end, and come back to this scene after Infinity War.
But that's as far as we are at the moment. Next up is the biggie - Infinity War!
Until next time, stay safe!
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1 - Captain America: The First Avenger
2 - Agent Carter (Season One)
3 - Agent Carter (Season Two)
4 - Agent Carter (Marvel One-Shot - on Iron Man 3 bluray)
5 - Captain Marvel
6 - Iron Man
7 - Iron Man 2
8 - The Incredible Hulk (on Netflix)
9 - The Consultant (Marvel One-Shot - on the Thor bluray)
10 - A Funny Thing Happened On The Way to Thor's Hammer (Marvel One-Shot - on the Captain America: The First Avenger bluray)
11 - Thor: The Mighty Avenger
12 - Avengers Assemble (the first Avengers movie)
13 - Item 47 (Marvel One-Shot - on the Avengers bluray)
14 - Iron Man 3
15 - All Hail The King (Marvel One-Shot on the Thor: The Dark World bluray)
16 - Agents of SHIELD (Season One, Episodes 1-7)
17 - Thor: The Dark World
18 - Agents of SHIELD (Season One, Episodes 8-16)
19 - Captain America: The Winter Soldier
20 - Agents of SHIELD (Season One, Episodes 17-22)
21 - Guardians of the Galaxy
22 - Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2
23 - Daredevil (Season One)
24 - Agents of SHIELD (Season Two, Episodes 1-10)
25 - Jessica Jones (Season One)
26 - Agents of SHIELD (Season Two, Episodes 11-19)
27 - Avengers: Age of Ultron
28 - Agents of SHIELD (Season Two, Episodes 20-22)
29 - Daredevil (Season Two, Episodes 1-4)
30 - Luke Cage (Season One, Episodes 1-4)
31 - Daredevil (Season Two, Episodes 5-11)
32 - Luke Cage (Season One, Episodes 5-8)
33 - Daredevil (Season Two, Episodes 12-13)
34 - Luke Cage (Season One, Episodes 9-13)
35 - Ant-Man
36 - Agents of SHIELD (Season Three, Episodes 1-10)
37 - Agents of SHIELD (Season Three, Episodes 11-19)
38 - Iron Fist (Season One)
39 - Captain America: Civil War
40 - Black Widow [New Addition to the Time Line!!]
41 - Agents of SHIELD (Season Three, Episodes 20-22)
42 - The Defenders
43 - Agents of SHIELD (Season Four, Episodes 1-6)
44 - Doctor Strange
45 - Black Panther
46 - Agents of SHIELD (Season Four, Episodes 7-8)
47 - Agents of SHIELD: Slingshot (Episodes 1-6)
48 - Agents of SHIELD (Season Four, Episodes 9-22)
49 - Spider-man: Homecoming
50 - Thor: Ragnarok
51 - Inhumans (Season One)
52 - The Punisher (Season One)
53 - Runaways (Season One)
54 - Agents of SHIELD (Season 5, Episodes 1-10)
55 - Jessica Jones (Season Two)
56 - Agents of SHIELD (Season 5, Episodes 11-18)
57 - Cloak and Dagger (Season One)
58 - Cloak and Dagger (Season Two)
59 - Luke Cage (Season Two)
60 - Iron Fist (Season Two)
61 - Daredevil (Season Three)
62 - Runaways (Season Two)
63 - The Punisher (Season Two)
64 - Jessica Jones (Season Three)
65 - Ant-Man and the Wasp (credits after Infinity War)
Next up is...
66 - Avengers: Infinity War <--We Are Here!!
67 - Agents of SHIELD (Season 5, Episodes 19-22)
68 - Agents of SHIELD (Season 6)
