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Focus Groups Aren't Always RightMinutes 11-15 of Iron Man 3: From Panic to PresentationsThese pivotal minutes of Iron Man 3 showcase Tony Stark's first major anxiety attack while introducing significant new plot elements and characters. The sequence moves from a seemingly casual lunch between friends to a tense corporate presentation, revealing both Tony's deteriorating mental state and the emerge...

As Always, A Great Pleasure Watching You WorkMinutes 6-10 of Iron Man 3: The Mark 42 TestIn these pivotal minutes of Iron Man 3, we witness Tony Stark's post-Avengers anxiety manifesting through obsessive suit-building. The sequence begins with a failed test of the Mark 42 suit and ends with the first appearance of the menacing Mandarin, setting up major themes that will resonate throughout the fi...

We Create Our Own Demons: When Iron Man Met His FutureMinutes 1-5 of Iron Man 3Rob and Kyle dive into the start of Iron Man 3 with a flashback to New Year's Eve 1999, where Tony Stark's past decisions come back to haunt him. While Rob initially had reservations about the film, having only seen it once before, both hosts find this opening sequence more compelling than remembered, particularly in ho...

This Chair's Still WarmBefore diving into Iron Man 3, Rob and Kyle explore the Marvel One-Shot Item 47 - the bridge between The Avengers and Tony Stark's third solo outing. This special episode sets up season 7 of Marvel Movie Minute while examining how these short films helped shape the MCU's expanding universe. From Coulson's Funeral to Bonnie & Clyde with Alien TechThe hosts reveal fascinat...

Welcome to Marvel Movie Minute, a movies-by-minutes show breaking down the films from the Marvel Cinematic Universe one minute at a time. It's very nerdy. It's a giant deep dive. And it's a bit insane. Clearly, we're having fun doing it so tune in and enjoy the insanity!

Minute One Hundred Forty Three: From The Final Climactic Beats in Alan Silvestri’s Amazing Theme to The Studio Logos... With a Little Stop at Shawarma Palace in BetweenMike Gravagno from The Superhero Show Show and Movie of the Year joins us in this episode! In the one-hundred-forty-third and final minute of The Avengers...The credits finally come to an end, but not before we get to talk about the...

Minute One Hundred Forty Two: From The Rest of the Visual Effects Thank You List to The Start of the Logos. The TruStory FM Entertainment Podcast Network’s own Justin Jaeger joins us in this episode! In the one-hundred-forty-second minute of The Avengers...We continue our journey through the credits. We get all 214 people who worked on the stereoscopic conversion for this film, which leads to a fu...

Minute One Hundred Forty One: From The 34 Lighting TDs•Shader Writers at Weta Digital to The First Six of the Visual Effects ThanksThe TruStory FM Entertainment Podcast Network’s own Steve Sarmento joins us in this episode! In the one-hundred-forty-first minute of The Avengers...We’re knee deep in credits for the visual effects teams who worked on this movie. We look at how many people are credite...

Minute One Hundred Forty: From The Marvel Studios Team to the 32 Weta Digital AnimatorsJoining us today, it’s filmmaker and TruStory FM regular Tommy Metz III, director of ‘30 Nights of Sex to Save Your Marriage’. In the one-hundred-fortieth minute of The Avengers...We wrap up our time with Tommy continuing our discussions about various crew members in this minute of credits. Today, Andy talks abo...

Minute One Hundred Thirty Nine: From The Two Suit Construction Supervisors to New York Unit Medic/Scheduling Richard Fellegara. Joining us today, it’s filmmaker and TruStory FM regular Tommy Metz III, director of ‘30 Nights of Sex to Save Your Marriage’. In the one-hundred-thirty-ninth minute of The Avengers...We dig deeper on a few names again here, and since the credits shift into the second uni...

Minute One Hundred Thirty Eight: From Nine VFX Production Assistants to Prosthetic and Suit Effects by Legacy EffectsJoining us today, it’s filmmaker and TruStory FM regular Tommy Metz III, director of ‘30 Nights of Sex to Save Your Marriage’. In the one-hundred-thirty-eighth minute of The Avengers...We continue our march through the credits with Tommy. In today’s minute, we discuss in more depth...

Minute One Hundred Thirty Seven: From Second Unit Director John Mahaffie to Tech Vis Artist Nic NicholsonJoining us today, it’s filmmaker and TruStory FM regular Tommy Metz III, director of ‘30 Nights of Sex to Save Your Marriage’. In the one-hundred-thirty-seventh minute of The Avengers...We talk a bit about some of the structure of credits, and then instead of our usual quizzes and game show ant...

Minute One Hundred Thirty Six: From Joss Whedon’s Name on Iron Man’s Chest to The Opening Riffs of Soundgarden’s Live to RiseEric Deutsch from Time to Rewind, Escape From New York Minute, and Flash Gordon Minute joins us in this episode! In the one-hundred-thirty-sixth minute of The Avengers...We end the special credits with the director’s name, which gives us a chance to dig into Joss Whedon’s ca...

Minute One Hundred Thirty Five: From An Anti-Armor Missile in Iron Man’s Gauntlet to a Hole in Iron Man’s ChestJoining us today, it’s filmmaker and TruStory FM regular Tommy Metz III, director of ‘30 Nights of Sex to Save Your Marriage’. In the one-hundred-thirth-fifth minute of The Avengers...We’re finishing the special credits (thanks to Andrew Darowski’s kids for the nickname!) with Tommy. We c...

Minute One Hundred Thirty Four: From A Big A to Iron Man’s PalmAndrew Darowski from Disney Animation Minute Essentials and Joe Darowski from the Protagonist Podcast join us in this episode! In the one-hundred-thirty-fourth minute of The Avengers...We finish pulling out of the broken windows at Stark Tower, finding just the A left in the STARK signage out here. We also get a small WHOOSH right when...

Minute One Hundred Thirty Three: From Hill’s Questions for Fury to Repair Work on Tony’s Penthouse. Andrew Darowski from Disney Animation Minute Essentials and Joe Darowski from the Protagonist Podcast join us in this episode! In the one-hundred-thirty-third minute of The Avengers...Fury finishes his power walk, but what’s with all the scuff marks in the hallway there? Were they moving a piano thr...

Minute One Hundred Thirty Two: From The Tesseract Being Dealt With to Fury’s Dramatic WalkTwitchTV’s MarvelousTay joins us in this episode! In the one-hundred-thirty-second minute of The Avengers...While Fury talks with the World Security Council, we follow our heroes in Central Park as they ship Loki off to Asgard. Where did this handy Tesseract travel tube come from? Did Erik whip that up in his...

Minute One Hundred Thirty One: From The Final News Montage to The Tesseract Where It Belongs. Bubbawheat from the time loop podcast It's Time to Rewind joins us in this episode! In the one-hundred-thirty-first minute of The Avengers...This minute is full of lots of clips from all the various screens we’re watching, and we try talking about the all in one capacity or another. We’ve got news feeds p...

Minute One Hundred Thirty: From Realizing There’s One More Thing to Shawna Lynde’s Brief AppearanceTwitchTV’s MarvelousTay joins us in this episode! In the one-hundred-thirtieth minute of The Avengers...Break time! But not quite. Tony really wants to get to Shawarma Palace, but he’ll have to wait because they have to deal with Loki first. But how does Clint get there? And do Natasha and Erik find...

Minute One Hundred Twenty Nine: From Tossing Tony’s Mask to Not Finished YetMatthew Costello, author of several works on politics and superheroes including Secret Identity Crisis: Comic books and the Unmasking of Cold War America, joins us in this episode! In the one-hundred-twenty-ninth minute of The Avengers...Thor rips the face of Tony’s mask off. The image of the face plate laying in the rubbl...

Minute One Hundred Twenty Eight: From The Fall of Tony to Concern About Their Fallen FriendRobin Burdge from Karate Kid Minute and Sword Boys joins us in this episode! In the one-hundred-twenty-eighth minute of The Avengers...Tony continues his unconscious falling from space back toward the one-sided hole, but will he make it? That’s the big question on everyone’s minds below. Unfortunately, with...

Minute One Hundred Twenty Seven: From Tony’s Final Push to Tony Falling in SpaceIn the one-hundred-twenty-seventh minute of The Avengers...Tony somehow manages to not hit Stark Tower, which now looks like AI Tower. It’s a bit ridiculous, but it’s a movie so it’s fine. Hulk watches in a dramatic shot, as does Nat. Where’s Clint? Still stuck in that apartment? Cap and Thor watch from the streets bel...

Minute One Hundred Twenty Six: From Tony’s Missile Chase to Tony’s Missile Heave HoLester Clark and Kynan Dias from The Exorcist Minute join us in this episode! In the one-hundred-twenty-sixth minute of The Avengers...The chase is on! Tony spots the nuke and does a great U-turn under the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge between Staten Island and Long Island. What does this say about where the F-35 was tho...

Minute One Hundred Twenty Five: From Pushing the Button to Tony’s Info About the Nuke Coming InIn the one-hundred-twenth-fifth minute of The Avengers...The nuke is off and away! We’ve got a two minute and thirty second clock that starts ticking right here. Will it play out in real time as it does in movie time? We’ll find out two-and-a-half minutes from now!  We come into the fight in slow motion...

Minute One Hundred Twenty Four: From Director Nick Fury in Motion to the F-35 Lightning II in MotionLester Clark and Kynan Dias from The Exorcist Minute join us in this episode! In the one-hundred-twenty-fourth minute of The Avengers...Hill’s comments on the F-35 Lightning II that’s been put into action by the World Security Council sends Fury scrambling to stop it in the only way he knows how. A...