Marvel Movie Minute

Minute One Hundred Fourteen: From Thor Taking Flight to A Lightning-Induced Explosion at the Portal In the one-hundred-fourteenth minute of The Avengers ... Thor’s off and away! Natasha’s looking tough! That’s right, Steve’s been busy giving orders and everyone’s following as he’s now proven himself to be team leader. Even Hulk listens to him! We do ponder the journey the character of Hulk takes t...

Minute One Hundred Thirteen: From Bringing Down the Leviathan to Cap’s Plan for Thor James Anderson and Colin Parker from the Timeline Scavengers podcast join us in this episode! In the one-hundred-thirteenth minute of The Avengers ... It’s a big one! We’ve got the death of the leviathan but really, we’re here for the hero moment with the camera revolving around all six of our heroes, now finally...

Minute One Hundred Twelve: From This All Seeming Horrible to An Important Lesson in ‘Duck and Cover’ Eric Deutsch, co-host from Flash Gordon Minute and Escape From New York Minute, joins us in this episode! In the one-hundred-twelfth minute of The Avengers ... We finally get to find out Bruce’s secret! But first, we get to enjoy Mark Ruffalo at his rumpliest with his perfect reaction to everything...

Minute One Hundred Eleven: From Tony Forgetting Step Two to Bruce’s Arrival on an Old Motorbike Eric Deutsch, co-host from Flash Gordon Minute and Escape From New York Minute, joins us in this episode! In the one-hundred-eleventh minute of The Avengers ... Tony got the leviathan’s attention and it pursues him, but when we cut to Clint and Natasha, we don’t see him overhead. Weird, but not really b...

Minute One Hundred Ten: From The NYPD Taking Aim to The End of the Sabrett Hot Dog Cart In the one-hundred-tenth minute of The Avengers ... NYPD REPRESENT! That’s right, we get to talk about the NYPD taking on the Chitauri, even after finding out the National Guard isn’t coming. It does give us a chance to talk about the nature of these military organizations and why, perhaps, it makes sense to no...

Minute One Hundred Nine: From Fish in a Barrel to More Fish in a Barrel Ryanne Bennett from Black Girl Nerds joins us in this episode! In the one-hundred-ninth minute of The Avengers ... Is Chris Evans putting on his best Batman voice with his line here? It sure seems that way. This minute gives us a chance to celebrate the power of the non-supers as we really get to see Natasha and Clint doing th...

Minute One Hundred Eight: From A Resigned Loki to Fireball! Fireball! Fireball! Ryanne Bennett from Black Girl Nerds joins us in this episode! In the one-hundred-eighth minute of The Avengers ... Loki proves himself yet again to be ever malicious toward his brother as he stabs Thor and – after Thor’s surprising body slam power move – rolls himself off the tower. But... did he know a chariot was co...

Minute One Hundred Seven: From The Arrival of the Leviathan to Thor Confronting Loki Ryanne Bennett from Black Girl Nerds joins us in this episode! In the one-hundred-seventh minute of The Avengers ... The leviathan arrives! But... what is it? Is it actually related to the Chitauri? When they’re popping out the sides, is that Chitauri babies being born? It seems that way because of the cords they...

Minute One Hundred Six: From The Quinjet Taking Aim to Ominous Rumblings From the Space Hole Ryanne Bennett from Black Girl Nerds joins us in this episode! In the one-hundred-sixth minute of The Avengers ... Nat and Clint use the quinjet to take on Loki, but why just bullets? Don’t they have missiles or something? And if they did shoot a missile at Stark Tower and knocked it over, would the Tesser...

Minute One Hundred Five: From The Brother Tussle to Hawkeye and Black Widow spotting them. Film Critic Ewan Graf from the Quiet on Set podcast joins us in this episode! In the one-hundred-fifth minute of The Avengers ... This minute does a great job of cross-cutting between the heroes as they each work to stop Loki and the Chitauri invasion. We start with Loki and Thor, then drop down to the stree...

Minute One Hundred Four: From The Blue Beam to Thor Confronting His Brother Film Critic Ewan Graf from the Quiet on Set podcast joins us in this episode! In the one-hundred-fourth minute of The Avengers ... Tony fights on, but only in a wide shot. This minute focuses on the people of New York as the Chitauri fly down (rather quickly) and begin raining down on them with blasts from their chariots a...

Minute One Hundred Three: From Tony Incinerating a Few Pedestrians to Tony Incinerating a Few Chitauri Film Critic Ewan Graf from the Quiet on Set podcast joins us in this episode! In the one-hundred-third minute of The Avengers ... More Mark VII talk! We love the way Tony’s new suit attaches itself to him. But the pedestrians... wouldn’t they be incinerated? Or at least have their eyes filled wit...

Minute One Hundred Two: From Everything on Loki to The Mark VII Attaching to Tony Film Critic Ewan Graf from the Quiet on Set podcast joins us in this episode! In the one-hundred-second minute of The Avengers ... Tony’s finishing his response to Loki, and this is where he gets close to calling out the name of the film again in this scene. It plays, but it might be too clever by half. The real issu...

Minute One Hundred One: From Loki’s Periodic Reminder About the Chitauri to Tony Acknowledging Loki’s Army Might Come. TwitchTV’s MarvelousTay joins us in this episode! In the one-hundred-first minute of The Avengers ... It’s been just enough time that we needed to have the Chitauri mentioned again. Tony doesn’t seem to care because as he says, “We have a Hulk.” It’s a fun line, but he doesn’t say...

Minute One Hundred: From A Barrier of Pure Energy to Tony Pouring Himself a Drink TwitchTV’s MarvelousTay joins us in this episode! In the one-hundredth minute of The Avengers ... JARVIS tells Tony that the Tesseract’s barrier is pure energy. So... should Tony have maybe realized something like that and not blasted at it? And meanwhile, was Loki just standing below giggling as he watched Tony’s at...

Minute Ninety-Nine: From Fury Looking at Coulson’s Cards to Tony Blown Back by the Tesseract Barrier’s Energy Lachlan Thiele from the Quiet on Set podcast joins us in this episode! In the ninety-ninth minute of The Avengers ... Fury responds to Maria Hill’s comment about where Coulson had his cards, letting us in on his big lie. Knowing what we know about the deleted scenes with her, this moment a...

Minute Ninety Eight: From Steve Entering the Sick Bay to Hill Revealing the Actual Location of Coulson’s Cards Playwright Dean O’Carroll joins us in this episode! In the ninety-eighth minute of The Avengers ... Steve finds Natasha in the sick bay and seems to have forgotten that she flew him to Stuttgart and back in a quinjet as he asks her if she knows how to fly one. Okay, so the line is really...

Minute Ninety Seven: From Tony’s Thoughts on Fury’s Fifing to Selvig Busy on the Top of Stark Tower Playwright Dean O’Carroll joins us in this episode! In the ninety-seventh minute of The Avengers ... We wrap up our conversation about Tony and Steve dealing with the aftermath of Coulson’s death. While Tony comes to terms with losing him, Steve tries to get them back on track and focused on Loki’s...

Minute Ninety Six: From ‘Red in My Ledger’ to ‘We Are Not Soldiers’ Matthew Fox from the Superhero Ethics Podcast and season 4 joins us in this episode! In the ninety-sixth minute of The Avengers ... We wrap up our conversation about Clint and Natasha as she, once again, brings up the red in her ledger. Does this play? We certainly have thoughts. We also talk about Steve finding Tony in the detent...

Minute Ninety Five: From Clint Unsure of Loki’s Whereabouts to Natasha Compromised Matthew Fox from the Superhero Ethics Podcast and season 4 joins us in this episode! In the ninety-fifth minute of The Avengers ... We’re nearing the end of the conversation in the sick bay between Natasha and Clint. This minute, their dialogue leads to several issues we have. One, didn’t Clint know more of the plan...

Minute Ninety Four: From Brain Play to Loki Got Away Matthew Fox from the Superhero Ethics Podcast and season 4 joins us in this episode! In the ninety-fourth minute of The Avengers ... Natasha and Clint continue their conversation as Clint works through the dregs of Loki’s mind control. The bg question, of course, is why does she pour him water then never give it to him? But seriously, this minut...

Minute Ninety Three: From Big and Green and Buck Ass Nude to Clint Needing to Level Out Matthew Fox from the Superhero Ethics Podcast and season 4 joins us in this episode! In the ninety-third minute of The Avengers ... Bruce continues his conversation with Harry Dean Stanton, the old security guard. We debate exactly what happened to Hulk/Bruce if Stanton saw him big and green and buck ass nude....

Minute Ninety Two: From An Old-Fashioned Notion to The Old Security Guard Matthew Fox from the Superhero Ethics Podcast and season 4 joins us in this episode! In the ninety-second minute of The Avengers ... We start this minute off with the final moments of Nick Fury as he watches Tony walk out of the room. His pitch failed, at least so it seems. We talk a bit about Fury and his approach, not to m...

Minute Ninety One: From Fury Pitching the Avengers Initiative to Tony Starting to Walk Out Lachlan Thiele from the Quiet on Set podcast joins us in this episode! In the ninety-first minute of The Avengers ... Fury continues his pitch to Steve and Tony, and really seems to have singled Tony out for this particular minute. Coulson’s cards were really the extent of his pitch for Steve, after all. So...

Minute Ninety: From An Unconscious Clint Being Dragged Away to Fury Starting to Come Clean About Phase 2. Lachlan Thiele from the Quiet on Set podcast joins us in this episode! In the ninetieth minute of The Avengers ... Aside from Clint getting dragged away to the infirmary, this minute is the start of Fury’s pitch to Tony and Steve for the Avengers Initiative. But why isn’t Natasha here? Is it d...