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Minute One Hundred Thirteen: From Bringing Down the Leviathan to Cap’s Plan for ThorJames 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 THE AVENGERS. It’s a great moment.
Before we get there, we do talk a bit more about the demise of the leviathan and debate if its death should include more goo and grossness all over the streets. We also draw some comarisons to the graboids in Tremors that go nowhere because James has never seen it. There’s talk about the nature of viscera on the lens, not to mention potentially steamy leviathan breath fogging the lens as it crashes off the viaduct. There’s a documentary feel to it all for sure that the director loves, but it might be riding the line. The death of their mother (we’ve already proven that the leviathan is the Chitauri mama) fills all the Chitauri with rage to the point where one seemingly rips its own face off. Oh wait, that’s a mask. So does that help them breathe in space then? Too many questions...
The hero shot is the response to the screaming Chitauri. Hulk screams. Clint nocks. Thor wields. Natasha... loads. Steve readies. Iron Man... stands. They all get into their pose and it works well. Plus, it plays into the nature of the comic book origins with something that really feels like it could’ve been a splash page. From this, we get more leviathans which triggers Tony to essentially put Steve in charge finally, and the team goes to work. It’s a minute full of fantastic moments. Tune in!
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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 going on. We talk about Natasha’s comments, Bruce’s apology, how that plays based on what happened, and the fact that Thor didn’t get an apology when he really took more hits than Natasha.
It leads us to a moment of confusion as we try to sort out why Tony always seemed to expect Bruce to arrive. Was it aspirational? Was he tracking him? Is it just the scientist rom-com meet-cute connection they have? Hard to tell. Regardless, he decides to bring the party, aka. the sweet sea cow of a leviathan that Hulk decides to destroy. It’s terrible. It’s beautiful. And miraculously, our heroes get nary a scratch. Tune in!
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Minute One Hundred Eleven: From Tony Forgetting Step Two to Bruce’s Arrival on an Old MotorbikeEric 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 bothersome. This minute focuses on the fight that our non-supers – Clint and Natasha – have with the Chitauri army in front of Grand Central Terminal. They’re tough and they each have some great moves! Sure, they’re less than super but they still hold their own!
It does make us wonder why Cap shows up then. Did he think they needed help? Or does the fact that immediately after he arrives we get Thor and Bruce showing up too, that perhaps everyone thought he was calling for a team meeting? Perhaps. It does lead to a great moment of comedy in the eye of this Chitauri hurricane when Bruce arrives on that old motorcycle. So great. Tune in!
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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 not feature them in these superhero films. After all, if all the USA’s military might was also here, wouldn’t it seem to diminish the power of our heroes a bit? And make this feel like Independence Day? 
We get to talk about two more actors entering the MCU – Robert Clohessy and Enver Gjokaj. Turns out Gjokaj will actually be returning to the MCU but in the past as someone in Agent Carter. And we get to talk about their reaction to what’s ostensibly some guy in a Halloween costume hopping onto the top of a car and giving them orders. 
That leads us to Tony and the leviathan he blasts with chaff, leading to massive destruction to not only 3 Park Ave, but also the Sabrett Hot Dog cart. It’s a sad day for NYC. Tune in!
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Minute One Hundred Nine: From Fish in a Barrel to More Fish in a BarrelRyanne 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 their best to stop as many Chitauri as they can. We get a bit confused about bus placement, but eventually we figure it out. It doesn’t really answer our questions as to why Clint starts by taking people out the bus window before prying the door open. Judging by the fire blast on the bus door, we think there may have been some deleted material in here that was excised. Clint also gets to use his arrows, and we get to talk about the fancy quiver he has paired with his bow and the many arrow heads – specifically the burst shot here. Nat shoots a Chitauri in the face, and behind it we see how limber these Chitauri are. All through this, we also get great video game running and jumping beats from Steve. He sure seems super after this minute. Tune in!
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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 coming? It seems far too lucky for that to happen. That brings us back to street level with Clint and Natasha. Steve comes running up. Where was he? Turns out he had a whole deleted scene where he ran off to save a family under attack from a very persistent Chitauri. Now Cap’s back, but is it his super vision that sees Loki flying by? Or his super sniffer? Maybe we’re just missing Loki’s maniacal laugh. He sure does prove that he likes blowing stuff up! Tune in!
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Minute One Hundred Seven: From The Arrival of the Leviathan to Thor Confronting LokiRyanne 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 shoot out with that then seem to retract back in. It’s very strange. These things look cool, but how are they floating? We laugh a bit about the Chitauri that bursts into the office and starts shooting at what seem to be accountants. Just seems like a weird power move. 
Iron Man chases the leviathan up 5th Ave and we get some fantastic shots of him doing so. Plus, why is he asking about Hulk? Does he know something we don’t know? Meanwhile, Thor tries pleading with Loki and from Loki’s face, it seems like it might be working. Tune in!
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Minute One Hundred Six: From The Quinjet Taking Aim to Ominous Rumblings From the Space HoleRyanne 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 Tesseract still be emitting the blue beam, just pointing in a different direction from wherever it fell? Or would it stop? Regardless, we learn that Clint doesn’t know how to maneuver the quinjet like Nat did in Stuttgart because he gets hit by Loki’s blue pew-pew scepter blast, and down they go. We talk a bit about the buildings in the area to get a lay of the land, even going so far as to try to figure out which company the two dressed-for-business extras work for. 
We do wonder a bit why Steve stayed in the back the entire time instead of parkouring out. Regardless, Clint does manage to put the quinjet down in the perfect spot, and that gives them a great vantage point on Park Ave to see the attack. We end the minute with strange rumblings from the space hole. What could be coming through in tomorrow’s minute? Tune in!
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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 streets to see the people of New York dealing with the attack, then up to Iron Man as he flies past, distracting the Chitauri. He’s contacted by Natasha, and then they coordinate to take down some Chitauri. From there, we follow the quinjet back to the top of Stark Tower where we once again see Thor and Loki. It all works really well. 
We also get to talk about Thor and his brother always fighting and why this works, not to mention agree with Tony in his questioning Natasha as to why they took so long to get here. Tune in!
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Minute One Hundred Four: From The Blue Beam to Thor Confronting His BrotherFilm 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 and forearm guns. It’s quite a mess. But this is also where we get to really meet our waitress Beth! That’s right, we land in Pershing Square Cafe where we see her and some customers fleeing the shots, eventually taking shelter in the Cafe. That means we get to do the IMDb game for Ashley Johnson, and Pete realizes he’s seen her a bunch on Critical Role. We have a great locked-off shot from within a car as it flips over, but we also have a lot of shots that feel like sets, full of artifice. Or perhaps just full of Cleveland-ites as that’s where it was filmed. 
We have a small deleted scene between Loki and The Other that doesn’t work at all, and that brings us to the point where Thor makes it to New York to confront his brother. But how did he know where to go? Tune in!
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