Marvel Movie Minute

Minute Eighty Nine: From Fury Finding Coulson Dying to Natasha Hearing the News About Coulson Kurtis Findlay from the Epic Marvel Podcast joins us in this episode! In the eighty-ninth minute of The Avengers ... Loki gives a last smile as the quinjet flies off. Is he upset at all that at least Clint didn’t make it back? But the real bulk of this minute isn’t about Loki. It’s about the damage he’s d...

Minute Eighty Eight: From Tony Spinning Engine Three to Loki Making His Escape Kurtis Findlay from the Epic Marvel Podcast joins us in this episode! In the eighty-eighth minute of The Avengers ... Tony gets the engine going, and in his HUD we can finally read the altitude. They’re much lower than we would’ve thought. Apparently, that’s why it’s been okay for Clint to be hanging out on the deck. Re...

Minute Eighty Seven: From A Somewhat Peaceful New Jersey Field to Iron Man Spinning the Turbine Playwright Dean O’Carroll joins us in this episode! In the eighty-seventh minute of The Avengers ... We leave Thor in the field and return to Loki, happy to have rid himself of his brother again. It turns out Coulson’s not dead though, and he’s got some things to say to Loki. It may be things he needs t...

Minute Eighty Six: From Black Widow Nailing Hawkeye to Thor Bouncing Along the New Jersey Shore Playwright Dean O’Carroll joins us in this episode! In the eighty-sixth minute of The Avengers ... While Thor falls from the helicarrier, we cut to Natasha and Clint mid-fight. Again, why is the helicarrier so seemingly unpopulated? Where is everyone? Sure, this is a narrow corridor in the engine room,...

Minute Eighty Five: From Coulson Taking Charge to The Cage Plummeting Toward the Earth Playwright Dean O’Carroll joins us in this episode! In the eighty-fifth minute of The Avengers ... It’s a heavy minute! First, Agent Coulson takes charge of things in the detention area, but then Loki surprises him and Thor by appearing behind him and driving the scepter into his back. This is the moment the wri...

Minute Eighty Four: From Thor Running at Loki to Another Downed Mercenary... But From Whom? Mike Gravagno from The Superhero Show Show and Movie of the Year joins us in this episode! In the eighty-fourth minute of The Avengers ... We’re really focused on the filial bond that’s broken in this minute. Once again, Loki manages to trick Thor, this time with his illusion to get Thor into the cell. It p...

Minute Eighty Three: From The Helicarrier Tipping to Thor Bellowing Mike Gravagno from The Superhero Show Show and Movie of the Year joins us in this episode! In the eighty-third minute of The Avengers ... We’re really listing now, but what’s important is that only the bridge lists. The rest of the ship doesn’t. Actually, we realize that even on the bridge, only some people list. One person who do...

Minute Eighty Two: From Barton’s Mercenaries Approaching Engine Three to Engine One in Shut-Down Mike Gravagno from The Superhero Show Show and Movie of the Year joins us in this episode! In the eighty-second minute of The Avengers ... Barton’s and Loki’s mercenaries finally make it to engine three where they prepare to sabotage it further with a grenade, but Steve sees them and does a wild move t...

Minute Eighty One: From Moving Into Position to Massive Falling Debris Ryanne Bennett from Black Girl Nerds joins us in this episode! In the eighty-first minute of The Avengers ... It’s our SHIELD pilot up against Hulk. Who will win? Well, we all know how this is going to play out. Hulk stomps everyone. He’s stomping Thor (the puny god). He stomps the aircraft our pilot’s flying, and let’s be hone...

Minute Eighty: From Thor Trying a Choke Hold on Hulk to The Young SHIELD Pilot Dropping into Position Jason Dittmer, Professor of Political Geography at University College London and author of ‘Captain America and the Nationalist Superhero’, joins us in this episode! In the Eightieth minute of The Avengers ... We start this minute with some awkward shots of Thor and Hulk fighting. Is that because...

Minute Seventy Nine: From Tony’s Tech Jargon to Hulk Failing to Pick Up Mjølnir Jason Dittmer, Professor of Political Geography at University College London and author of ‘Captain America and the Nationalist Superhero’, joins us in this episode! In the seventy-ninth minute of The Avengers ... So much of Tony-science in this minute! We get to talk about magnetic levitation, or mag-lev. We also get...

Minute Seventy Eight: From The Hallway Chase to Steve Warning Tony About That Thing Getting Up To Speed Jason Dittmer, Professor of Political Geography at University College London and author of ‘Captain America and the Nationalist Superhero’, joins us in this episode! In the seventy-eighth minute of The Avengers ... The hallway run as Hulk chases Black Widow is a fantastic shot and something that...

Minute Seventy Seven: From Tony’s Engine Analysis to Hulk Doing What He Does Best Jason Dittmer, Professor of Political Geography at University College London and author of ‘Captain America and the Nationalist Superhero’, joins us in this episode! In the seventy-seventh minute of The Avengers ... Tony and Steve continue their work on repairing the engine. We’re not sure about Steve’s decision to p...

Minute Seventy Six: From Black Widow’s Trigger for the Hulk to Iron Man Arriving at the Scene of the Damaged Engine Jason Dittmer, Professor of Political Geography at University College London and author of ‘Captain America and the Nationalist Superhero’, joins us in this episode! In the seventy-sixth minute of The Avengers ... Natasha breaks free from the pipe, which causes Hulk to turn and see h...

Minute Seventy Five: From Tony Preparing His Suit to Natasha Pulling Herself Free Kurtis Findlay from the Epic Marvel Podcast joins us in this episode! In the seventy-fifth minute of The Avengers ... We get to talk a bit about Tony and his bespoke traveling closet for his Mark VI suit, as well as the fact that it powers up, presumably to warm it up for him and his arc reactor.  But really, this mi...

Minute Seventy Four: From A Shaken Nick Calling for Hill to Tony Telling Steve He’ll Meet Him at Engine Three Kurtis Findlay from the Epic Marvel Podcast joins us in this episode! In the seventy-fourth minute of The Avengers ... The helicarrier’s under attack and Nick gets everyone to work. We talk about the team building going on here, even if it’s not under the guise of the Avengers as the team....

Minute Seventy Three: From Fury Readying His Sidearm to Fury Shaking His Head James Anderson and Colin Parker from the Timeline Scavengers podcast join us in this episode! In the seventy-third minute of The Avengers ... It’s a tension-filled minute! We start with Fury reaching for his gun because, as it turns out, Bruce has picked up the scepter. But... why? Is the scepter behaving ? Is Loki in co...

Minute Seventy Two: From Clint Drawing His Bow to Bruce Asking If They Want to Know His Secret to Staying Calm Kyle Olson from Marvel Movie Minute seasons 2 and 3 joins us in this episode! In the seventy-second minute of The Avengers ... This minute clearly shows that the scepter is somehow influencing the group as we see several of them shaking their heads as if in a fog. But why is this the dire...

Minute Seventy One: From Team Time Bomb to Clint Preparing Himself Kyle Olson from Marvel Movie Minute seasons 2 and 3 joins us in this episode! In the seventy-first minute of The Avengers ... Now Fury’s getting concerned that Bruce may hulk out. Why isn’t Natasha involved in the conversation any more? All she does in this minute is have a cutesy smirk after one of Tony’s quippy lines. Should she...

Minute Seventy: From Tony Wondering Why It’s About Him to A Chemical Mixture Kyle Olson from Marvel Movie Minute seasons 2 and 3 joins us in this episode! In the seventieth minute of The Avengers ... More fighting, but now Steve’s getting some feelings out about Tony. Pretty soon, everyone’s arguing with everyone and we get a wonderfully magical shot as the camera pushes in on the scepter then goe...

Minute Sixty Nine: From Bruce Wondering About Natasha’s Manipulations to Steve Wondering About Tony’s Weapons Kyle Olson from Marvel Movie Minute seasons 2 and 3 joins us in this episode! In the sixty-ninth minute of The Avengers ... The argument continues! Tony and Bruce and Steve gang up on Nick. Bruce and Natasha are also arguing. We get Mark Ruffalo bringing up WMDs. And Nick blames everything...

Minute Sixty Eight: From Natasha in Action to Loki Manipulating Banner Kyle Olson from Marvel Movie Minute seasons 2 and 3 joins us in this episode! In the sixty-eighth minute of The Avengers ... Natasha’s figured things out. We love how she’s played Loki here. Her ‘thank you’ to him is particularly gratifying. The shots of her looking at Loki followed by Loki looking at her – though from a profil...

Minute Sixty Seven: From Lying and Killing to Figuring It Out Robin Burdge from Karate Kid Minute and Fright Night Minute joins us in this episode! In the sixty-seventh minute of The Avengers ... Loki continues his monologue to Natasha, and unfortunately says one of the most disgusting things ever said in a Marvel film. It really feels like the writer/director’s hand at work here, and it’s just gr...

Minute Sixty Six: From No Way Natasha Will Let Loki Out to Loki Lashing Out Matthew 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 sixty-sixth minute of The Avengers ... We’re in the middle of the conversation/interrogation/manipulation match between Loki and Natash...

Minute Sixty Five: From Agent Romanoff Questioning Loki About Barton’s Mind to Loki Asking Her What She’d Do If He Vowed to Spare Him Travis Bow from the Reel Comic Heroes podcast and Marvel Events Timeline podcast joins us in this episode! In the sixty-fifth minute of The Avengers ... We continue our counseling session – I mean interrogation – between Loki and Natasha. Okay, so it’s really neithe...