This Chair's Still Warm

Before 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 Tech

The hosts reveal fascinating behind-the-scenes details about Item 47's development, including how it nearly focused on Agent Coulson's funeral before evolving into a heist story. This One-Shot proved so successful that it inspired the creation of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., demonstrating how these shorts influenced the broader MCU leading into Iron Man 3.

Key Discussion Points from the One-Shot

Kyle and Rob break down how Item 47 follows a couple who find a working Chitauri weapon after the Battle of New York. They explore the film's impressive production value compared to previous One-Shots, featuring multiple locations and action sequences. The hosts also discuss the stellar casting of Lizzy Caplan and Jesse Bradford, while noting the significance of Marvel executive Louis D'Esposito stepping into the director's chair.

The episode highlights how this short bridges the gap between The Avengers and Iron Man 3, showing the aftermath of alien technology falling into civilian hands. This theme would later resonate throughout Phase 2, particularly in Spider-Man: Homecoming and Adrian Toomes' salvage operation.

Setting Up Phase Two

Despite its brief runtime, Item 47 established important worldbuilding elements that would impact Iron Man 3 and beyond. The hosts emphasize how these Marvel One-Shots served as experimental proving grounds for concepts and characters that would later become central to the MCU's expanding narrative.

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 Between

Mike 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 MPAA film numbers. We also ponder when Dolby Atmos started up, and sure enough it was 2012. Not in time for this film unfortunately. 

What we’re really here for, though, is shawarma. Shawarma Palace. This glorious post-credit sequence shifted the tone of post-credit sequences and allowed later filmmakers to be goofy with them from time to time. We’re fans. We talk about each of the characters and even reveal why Chris Evans is being so still throughout. Tune in!

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Film Sundries

• The Superhero Show Show
• Movie of the Year
• PopFilter on the web, Twitter, and Instagram
• Watch this film: iTunes • Amazon • YouTube • Disney+
• Join the conversation on Discord
• Script
• Trailer #1
• Trailer #2
• Poster artwork
• Original Material
• Season 6 Show Art by Winston Yabo. Find him on Instagram
• Season 6 Music: “Message to the World” by Anthony Vega. Find him on Instagram

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 fun conversation about going to 3D movies. We talk a bit about the main title and the iconic Avengers logo. There’s also 20 people credited as helping with the celebration montage, which is cool. We talk about Alan Silvestri, about the four songs in the film, including one we completely missed when Tony and Pepper are first in Stark Tower. We talk a bit about the non-endorsement by NASA at the end, and we each pick one person to talk about. JJ picks Depth Lead Katherine Rodtsbrooks (now Katherine Renee Jones) who was involved in the 3D conversion. Pete picks Craig Kyle, a comic book artist and executive producer given special thanks. Andy picks Steve Boeddecker, a sound designer at Skywalker Sound. Lots of great conversation! Tune in!

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• Find JJ at TruStory FM
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• Script
• Trailer #1
• Trailer #2
• Poster artwork
• Original Material
• Season 6 Show Art by Winston Yabo. Find him on Instagram
• Season 6 Music: “Message to the World” by Anthony Vega. Find him on Instagram

Minute One Hundred Forty One: From The 34 Lighting TDs•Shader Writers at Weta Digital to The First Six of the Visual Effects Thanks

The 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 credited with each team here, and then we jump into our names that we each picked. Steve picked the brothers Greg and Colin Strause, who run [hy*drau”lx], which spurs on a chat about the world of VFX right now, particularly with the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes going on. From there, Andy talks about Joel Gerlach who worked as a VFX artist at Luma Pictures on this film, but has since gone on to create his own VFX company. Pete closes things out with a chat about Michael Corcoran, but we’re still not sure where he’s actually credited in this film. Regardless, he worked on creature effects, so we assume that means the Chitauri? Or maybe he was responsible for the exploding leviathan eyeball! And where would we be if we didn’t bring up Soundgarden one last time? Tune in!

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Film Sundries

• Find Steve at TruStory FM
• Watch this film: iTunes • Amazon • YouTube • Disney+
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• Script
• Trailer #1
• Trailer #2
• Poster artwork
• Original Material
• Season 6 Show Art by Winston Yabo. Find him on Instagram
• Season 6 Music: “Message to the World” by Anthony Vega. Find him on Instagram

Minute One Hundred Forty: From The Marvel Studios Team to the 32 Weta Digital Animators

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-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 about production assistant Peyton “Buck” Rodgers, Tommy discusses Rob Grosser’s important work in security for Marvel – a real world superhero! – and Pete brings a suit! Janet Lewin from Industrial Light & Magic. It’s a great conversation about some interesting people. Tune in!

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• Find Tommy’s film ‘30 Nights of Sex to Save Your Marriage’ on Tubi
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• Script
• Trailer #1
• Trailer #2
• Poster artwork
• Original Material
• Season 6 Show Art by Winston Yabo. Find him on Instagram
• Season 6 Music: “Message to the World” by Anthony Vega. Find him on Instagram

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 units, that’s who we’re discussing. Andy talks about Meriwether Nichols in New Mexico’s costume department. Tommy chats about PA Ian Simon and how his career’s evolved. And Pete not only talks about his own moniker – Peter Wright – who pops up here, but also the strangely named family pair of Joe and Joey Bacharka as well as script supervisor Judi Townsend. So much to discuss! Tune in!

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Film Sundries

• Find Tommy’s film ‘30 Nights of Sex to Save Your Marriage’ on Tubi
• Watch this film: iTunes • Amazon • YouTube • Disney+
• Join the conversation on Discord
• Script
• Trailer #1
• Trailer #2
• Poster artwork
• Original Material
• Season 6 Show Art by Winston Yabo. Find him on Instagram
• Season 6 Music: “Message to the World” by Anthony Vega. Find him on Instagram

Minute One Hundred Thirty Eight: From Nine VFX Production Assistants to Prosthetic and Suit Effects by Legacy Effects

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-eighth minute of The Avengers...

We continue our march through the credits with Tommy. In today’s minute, we discuss in more depth makeup artist Heba Thorisdottir, the interesting job of Jodi Trippi (or is it Tripi?), and the costume work of Keith Muessigmann. We also have more mysteriously missing names! Tune in!

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Film Sundries

• Find Tommy’s film ‘30 Nights of Sex to Save Your Marriage’ on Tubi
• Watch this film: iTunes • Amazon • YouTube • Disney+
• Join the conversation on Discord
• Script
• Trailer #1
• Trailer #2
• Poster artwork
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• Season 6 Show Art by Winston Yabo. Find him on Instagram
• Season 6 Music: “Message to the World” by Anthony Vega. Find him on Instagram

Minute One Hundred Thirty Seven: From Second Unit Director John Mahaffie to Tech Vis Artist Nic Nicholson

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-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 antics we do, we each pick one of the people listed in this minute and discuss them in a bit more depth. It makes for some interesting discussion and we get to know the crew that much more. Tune in!

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Film Sundries

• Find Tommy’s film ‘30 Nights of Sex to Save Your Marriage’ on Tubi
• Watch this film: iTunes • Amazon • YouTube • Disney+
• Join the conversation on Discord
• Script
• Trailer #1
• Trailer #2
• Poster artwork
• Original Material
• Season 6 Show Art by Winston Yabo. Find him on Instagram
• Season 6 Music: “Message to the World” by Anthony Vega. Find him on Instagram

Minute One Hundred Thirty Six: From Joss Whedon’s Name on Iron Man’s Chest to The Opening Riffs of Soundgarden’s Live to Rise

Eric 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 career a bit and our thoughts on him, and we only call him Tig Notaro a few times! After that, we transition to Sanctuary and find The Other monologuing to the back of a throne. Why are they here? Is this Thanos’ thinking spot? We spend a bit of time breaking down The Other’s line, and then we get into the appearance of Thanos, aka Man No. 1. That means we get to break down Damion Poitier a bit as well as he portrayed him here. It’s a great conversation really breaking this mid-credits scene down, what it meant at the time, Death’s role possibly in the franchise after this, and where it took us. Tune in!

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Film Sundries

• It’s Time to Rewind podcast
• Flash Gordon Minute
• Flash Gordon Minute’s Facebook Group
• Escape From New York Minute
• Escape From New York Minute’s Facebook Group
• Watch this film: iTunes • Amazon • YouTube • Disney+
• Join the conversation on Discord
• Script
• Trailer #1
• Trailer #2
• Poster artwork
• Original Material
• Season 6 Show Art by Winston Yabo. Find him on Instagram
• Season 6 Music: “Message to the World” by Anthony Vega. Find him on Instagram