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Sean answers your Marvel questions!

4:37 Alex Ward

Hey Sean! I have a couple Fox X-Men questions before that iteration of the franchise is gone forever. 1) Is there any part of you that's excited to see Dark Phoenix just knowing it's the last time we'll see this version of the characters? While the marketing has been lackluster, they truly have the freedom to do anything with these characters, knowing this is the last time they'll be working with these characters. Does the "nothing left to lose" idea excite you about this movie at all? Also, do you think there will be anything in this film that will sort of indirectly nod toward a "goodbye" message or something, sort of how TLJ had a lot of meta-messages to the audiences? I.e. "Let the past die; kill it if you have to."

9:40 Alex Ward

Did you see the interview with Sophie Turner where she (bravely) admits that she won a recent role over a better actress simply due to the fact that she had more followers on social media? Do you think this was Dark Phoenix? What do you think about this concept of casting, and do you think star power is something studios like Fox, as opposed to Disney, are overly concerned with, and maybe that contributes to their wavering success?

13:43 Woo S! Kim

I have been doing some research Sean on some of the more cosmic beings in Marvel Comics do you think in “The Eternals,” “Fantastic Four,” “Guardians of The Galaxy,” or if Mr. McKay does get to his Silver Surfer film will there ever be references and will we ever see The Fulcrum or The One Above All in the MCU? My biggest issue with either of these is people that aren’t hardcore geeks will obviously think and or say “Where were these two when Thanos turned half the universe to ash?”

15:24 Woo S! Kim

Thinking back to 2012-2013 what did you think was more likely to happen as a result of the success of Marvel Studios, Spider-Man coming home first like most people did and in a way that’s how that went down or X-Men and Fantastic Four? Did you ever think back in the day what is happening now, was going to happen potentially this quickly?

17:40 Woo S! Kim

What I have seen from people on the internet and this is not a spoiler that Phil Coulson’s appearance in “Captain Marvel” was well received, how likely of a possibility do you believe that Coulson will be brought back into the MCU films and if he does, the character may not even hint at Agents of SHIELD, my feeling is Kevin Feige really likes the character of Phil Coulson and the performer Clark Gregg because there is no real story reason to bring Coulson into “Captain Marvel,” what are your thoughts?

21:13 Alex

Sean, what do you make of Kinberg's lastest comments about the Disney-Fox deal and its possible implications on the future of the franchise? Kinberg pointed out he's pals with Feige so I wonder if Feige would bring him on board the MCU X-Men as a producer or do you think there's no chance in hell Mr. Kinberg is touching the property  in anyway again  after Dark Phoenix? 

23:38 Alex

Kevin Feige has said that Captain Marvel is the strongest person in the MCU. But do you ever see that changing thanks to the Fox-deal and the numerous other powerful characters that Marvel will be getting back after it closes like Silver Surfer &  Galactus?

25:10 Alex

What aspect of the Fantastic Four and X-Men comics that you never loved  and hope the MCU either avoids or improves on?

26:39 Alex

Sean, would you say the marketing for Dark Phoenix has been the strangest and worst you’ve seen in superhero movies(or does that honor still go to Fan4stic) and do you think the Disney-Fox deal has played a factor in how Fox has chosen to market the film? It really feels to me that this movie is never going to come out. I mean can you think from the top of your head an example of a director confirming a death that people already suspected immediately after the trailer comes out. It’s really quite baffling.

30:59 David Rosen

Hi Sean, I’ve been thinking about the Oscars and Black Panther’s no win for Best Picture. As you talked about in the lead up to the Oscars, the fact that BP won a number of other awards which were voted on by people who also happened to be voting members of the Academy, like the SAG award for Best Ensemble for example, led you to believe that BP had a very good chance of winning Best Picture. Do you think it’s possible that either 1) those voters voted for BP for those awards because maybe they had a feeling that as good as it was, in other Academy voters’ minds, it’s still a comic book movie and therefore didn’t really stand a good chance to win, and so they wanted to make sure that it got recognized somehow and/or 2) in terms of awards, The Oscars are still considered a step above all other awards in prestige, so even though it may have been “acceptable” for a comic book movie to win other awards, the mere fact that it’s a comic book movie made it undeserving of Hollywood’s biggest honor? Just to be clear, I don’t subscribe to any of these ideas myself. A great movie should be recognized as such, regardless of its genre. I’m just trying to get inside some of these people’s heads.

39:23 Ben

Hey Sean! It seems like Marvel is truly embracing diversity for the new era. It’s extremely exciting to me how fast they may go from being a really straight white male centric franchise, to possibly the most diverse franchise in Hollywood. I do think that Marvel is going to pay a price for this though. I think many of people will drop off, either because they are racist/sexist/homophobic, or they are only interested in the traditional old school characters. But I also think that a new, more diverse, fanbase will rise to replace them. What are your thoughts on the coming changes at Marvel, and the possible changes in the Marvel fanbase?

43:53 Ben

Do you think the gay character in Eternals could be Hercules? He was known to have male lovers in Greek mythology.

45:00 Adine

On the Midweek Q&A, someone asked about the possibility of a Collector/GrandMaster limited series. I just wanted to share that there is an Infinity War tie-in novel that features the two with the sort of brotherly rivalry type story you were describing. The series is called AIW: Cosmic Quest. I’m about half way through the audio book, and the reader does a great job of imitating the characters’ on screen performances. I know this isn’t nearly as great as a limited series would be, but it might still scratch that itch for someone who just wants to spend more time with these two

45:46 Alex

Sean, what do you think is the secret to the Marvel’s success? Why are they more consistent than other studios  like Warners, Sony, and Fox  who also make superhero films?And do you think Warner Bros and Sony will be able to achieve Marvel’s good quality streak going forward?

50:22 Alex

Do you think Marvel could pull off either an X-Men and Fantastic Four trilogy without use of the archemeies of their respective franchises like Magneto and Doctor Doom. Would you personally be disappointed if Marvel refrains from using them in the trilogies. Opting instead to introduce those character in other movies outside FF and X-Men films.

53:07 Alex Ward

So I finally got my girlfriend to agree to see Captain Marvel and Endgame with me. We obviously can't get through all the MCU before then, and I know Captain Marvel will at least be pretty standalone, but what movies do you think are the most important to watch before each?

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Sean answers your Marvel questions!

0:23 Woo S! Kim

Based on the Oscars “Black Panther” did win and how many of the cast and crew have praised Ryan Coogler, if Marvel Studios keeps the same production staff and crew for the second Black Panther film as they did for the first one, how likely do you think the second Black Panther will do in terms of getting nominated, I know it’s very early to say and I know that is very rare for sequels to get nominated for Best Picture but what are your thoughts on Black Panther 2 getting the same kind of awards buzz the second time around?

3:17 Woo S! Kim

I have heard rumors that Disney Plus may have Marvel Studios shows as a companion piece to tell the backstories of Magneto, Professor Xavier, Victor Von Doom, and Wolverine.  What do you think of this idea, I’m indecisive about this idea, I’m not even sure I want MCU Wolverine’s backstory to be played by the same performer we will see on the big screen.  Related to this, if these shows were to take place do you think it’s a good way to introduce these characters before they appear in MCU films why or why not, Sean?

5:32 Woo S! Kim

I have a bit of a conundrum Sean being a kid of the 1990’s and both “X-Men: The Animated Series” and “Spider-Man: The Animated Series” were both much “Must See TV” for me as a kid on Saturday mornings on the FOX Network, which did you prefer and why?  I can’t pick.

7:11 Phillip Castro

Hey Sean, hope you’re doing well lately! If you had to select a M.V.A. (Most Valuable Avenger) from each of the first three Avengers movies, who do you think you’d choose? Feel free to base M.V.A. performance on whatever aspects you’d like. Thank you and looking forward to hearing your thoughts on this!

16:27 Jeremy Eden

Over this past weekend, I was somehow reminded of the time that DC was developing a Green Lantern movie starring Jack Black, with the intent of making it a comedic take on the character and universe.

If the MCU didn't exist and we had no choice but to accept a straight comedy take on the universe, who would you "like" to see cast in some of the roles?

To be considered a comedic actor, the performer must come directly from stand-up, sketch, improv, or sitcoms.  Since I'm not sure how vast your knowledge of comedic actors is, I will allow you to choose any performer, living or dead, and you can pick them directly from any specific time period.  In other words, if you wanted to take inspiration from a classic SNL sketch, you could cast 1975 John Belushi as the Hulk.

You can cast as many MCU Avengers/Guardians as you can pick.  You don't have to cast every role.

18:43 Maya

Hey Sean! You may have answered this way back when, but do you have any predictions on who created Rocket? I was watching a New Rockstars video that resurfaced James Gunn’s old tweet saying “Believe it or not if you’re really really smart it’s [Rocket’s creator] hidden somewhere in Vol.2”. I would love to hear your theories if you have any.

20:40 Alex

What  2020 Marvel movies are you most excited for Eternals or Black Widow?  For me,  Eternals excites me  so much  more since like Guardians it feels like uncharted territory the MCU hasn't explored before and that will always excite more than revisiting an old character we've seen before in the movies in a prequel(if the rumors are to believed).

23:01 Derek Beebe

Hey Sean, what are your favorite comic book based video games?  Aside from the PS4 Spider-Man game nothing recent springs to mind, but I loved the X-Men Legends / Marvel Alliance series back in the day.  So many deep cuts as Paul would say.

27:08 Derek Beebe

Are you familiar with the modern day X-Men comics?  I've only dabbled.  Nothing holds up to Claremont for me, though I also feel a great nostalgia for the 90s Lobdell era which I grew up on.  And Joss Whedon's brief run was great.

28:19 Derek Beebe

What do you think of Brian Bendis?  While I remember loving his New Avengers run, whenever I read anything by him now it just sounds like the same character speaking over and again in a highly unrealistic fashion, which the internet has even termed as Bendis-Speak. 

29:18 Alex

You've probably been asked some variation of this question before but do you think there should be a best comic book picture category for the Oscars similar to the  best animated picture categories  or do you think that's simply to patronizing and there should have a comic book movie be a contender for best picture  just as much as   the  non-superhero  independent films?  And do  feel the same way about animated movies as well. And  do you think Into The Spider-Verse should've been a best picture contender instead of just a contender for the animated picture category.

34:07 Michael Louis Weaselboy

You might have answered this one at one point but, I was just wondering what is the science of Iron Man?? I know it isn't possible like it is in the movies but how would he be able to fly and do all of the stuff he does in the movies. One thing I have always wondered about is if he gets thrown around inside the suit surely he would break something especially on hard metal, it doesn't look like any padding is in his suits. Also how would the real world react to Tony Stark becoming Iron Man?? What kind of metal would he use?? And would an arc reactor be possible in real life?? Would the government go after him and his suits like what happened on Iron Man 2?? Thoughts??

41:30 David Rosen

From the few official descriptions we have of Avengers Endgame, it sounds like reality is going to be something that gets played with a lot in the film, and like Back to The Future Part II, the real plot will revolve around trying to fix something that gets broke, a la reality, timelines, etc. Do you think in the movie, the heroes could end up “beating” Thanos and reversing the snap relatively early on in the movie, only to discover that something ends up being not quite right and whatever crazy antics they used to fix their problem actually screwed things up even more and they end up spending the rest of the movie trying to undo what they did? How much Thanos do you think we’ll actually see in the film? Do you think there’s a chance that he won’t really be “main” villain, but they it could actually be something more abstract like time and/or reality itself?

44:01 David Rosen

The last time we saw both The Grandmaster and The Collector, they were both in precarious situations, having lost their power, their possessions, and for both, potentially their lives. Let’s say for argument’s sake, that the Collector survived Thanos and the Grandmaster survived those Sakarans, how would you feel about seeing them in their own Disney+ limited series trying to regain what they previously lost together? If you’re a Walking Dead fan, I would kind of liken it to The Governor’s story arc having been in charge of a community, lost it all, and then seeking to regain it by any mean necessary. Except here, we would have two very wacky, eccentric, and totally different brothers traveling the cosmos, looking for ways to get back on top. They could visit all the various corners of the Marvel Cosmic Universe that we probably wouldn’t get a chance to see in the movies. I know it’s hard to say no to a Benecio del Toro and Jeff Goldblum mini-series, but how would you feel about this idea and is there anything you would add to make this a more interesting story? What parts of the cosmic side of things would you bring into this series to continue building up the MCU?

47:33 David Rosen

Since the MCU started, every character that has been introduced in its own franchise has made its way into an Avengers movie. Do you think starting in phase 4 and moving forward, we’ll get any new characters with their own movie that won’t eventually join the Avengers? With the way things are moving forward, do you think the movies will continue to be dedicated to introducing characters in their own movie first before eventually putting them on some kind of team, whether it’s the Avengers or X-men (after the deal closes) or can any newly introduced characters simply exist in their own established world inside the MCU without joining a team? I really don’t anything about him yet, but could Shang Chi be the first character in the MCU to exist on his own inside the MCU? Does he have a history with the Avengers that could one day lead him to join the team?

51:05 Alex

What  X-Men character other than Wolverine do you think will be able to hold their own solo film series or a Disney Plus show?

52:39 Mookie Johnson

Based on what you've seen in the MCU (not counting Captain Marvel), who would you rate as top 3 in order for land speed and then for air speed if there were races?

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Sean answers your Marvel questions!

0:24 brentacPrime

Greetings. Now that you’ve seen Captain Marvel are you ready to give a box office projection?

2:25 brentacPrime

As I rewatch the MCU (just finished Ragnarok) I wonder, are there any previous MCU directors you’d like to see come back for future MCU movies?

6:25 Xavier Arqueros

Hello Sean and fellow Patrons! You have inspired me for many years to try and create my own podcast, but I was waiting for a co-host and some collaborators, and the time has finally come. In a few weeks (I hope) to begin podcasting and I'm very excited about it (and terrified). Don't worry it's going to be in Spanish so even in the extremely rare case that we succeed we won't be fighting for the same audience. So I'm going to do the cliché of asking for some advice. I'm not a big fan of doing this but your insight is more valuable to me than every guide on YouTube/internet. Just two main concerns: How much content and how often to make it do you think is the best way to start a podcast (it's going  to be about movie news and reviews mainly) and finally what hosting service do you recommend to use if our intention is to make the podcast and all its episodes available all over the globe? Thanks very much Sean and If I ever get to be half of what you are as a host I'm going to be very proud!!! Cheers.

13:07 David Rosen

Hey Sean, Hope you enjoyed the hell out of Captain Marvel! My anticipation for this movie is through the roof right now after seeing all the glowing reactions on Twitter. I know you can't (and won't) tell us anything specific, but would you say that the movie answered all of the questions you had going in? Are you satisfied with how the movie fits into what the MCU has already established?

14:20 Ben

Hey Sean! Most of the people who have seen Captain Marvel are praising the 90's soundtrack, but how was the Pinar Toprak score? What score, Marvel or otherwise, would you compare it to?

15:20 Ben

Speaking of scores, what is the MCU's most underrated score? I have to go with Doctor Strange.

18:52 Alex

Sean, without giving too many details,  would you say that Captain Marvel is one of the more emotional Marvel films? Did  you ever come close to choking up at the film?

19:59 Alex

What prior Marvel movie do you think Captain Marvel is most similar to in terms of tone?

20:25 Alex Ward

Do you think if Tony survives Endgame and presumably retires, that he will go into hiding with his family? It's hard to imagine he'd be very safe (both from villains and his heroic urges) if he remains in the public eye.

25:16 Maya

Hey Sean, one of my favorite YouTube channels that discuss marvel theories is E-man’s Movie Reviews. Eman recently dropped a video entitled “The Infinity Stones are controlling Thanos in Avengers Endgame” and he makes a lot of interesting points about how the stones have proven to be sentient. He had a theory about how Thanos could have been influenced by the stones, starting with the mind stone, which lead to his destructive ways, much like how Loki was influenced negatively by the mind stone in the first Avengers. What I find confusing about the MCU’s use of the infinity stones is there are no overarching or consistent cans/can’t dos. Like someone asked in the last midweek q&a question, if one was destroyed what would that mean for the universe? Does destroyed reality stone mean no reality since it is an “elemental crystal”? We saw that there were no visible changes to the universe when the mind stone was destroyed temporarily. Also, are they controlled by whoever has them in their possession or are they truly sentient. Even the fact that the soul stone banishes Red Skull for seeking the stones, but allows Thanos to control it them seems inconsistent. Maybe I’m just very detailed oriented, but I can think of so many ways the stones have had conflicting abilities and limitations. Even though I love concept of stones and the build up to bringing them all together, I feel like Marvel describes them as being able to do everything, but places random abilities and limitations that create a confusing and inconsistent understanding of the stones. In other words, I have a hard time figuring out what they can/can’t do. Do you feel the same way? Do you think we will see a more unified explanation of the stones in Endgame?

37:52 Woo S! Kim

For argument sake let’s say Sony does sell the rights to Spider-Man to Disney within the next two years, Jeph Loeb and Marvel Entertainment are the ones that worked with the creative team on “Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse,” what are the chances a Spider-Verse sequel goes directly to Hulu as a Hulu exclusive or do you think that sequel will go to the cinemas first?   Do you also think the rumblings on the internet of these spin off films such as Spider-Gwen may go to Hulu? If Sony sells Spidey back to Disney, Spider-Verse will not hurt the chances in your view of Miles Morales or Spider-Gwen potentially coming to the MCU, correct?

41:52 Woo S! Kim

I found something very interesting Sean, when you discussed in your “Iron Man is in the Endgame now” episode that you did with Paul.  You spoke of Iron Man’s regression in that episode throughout his time in the MCU, I am ninety percent sure the reason why Iron Man takes Spidey’s Stark Industries suit is in “Spider-Man Homecoming” is because when Peter Parker says to Tony Stark, “I just want to be like you” and Tony replies with and “I wanted you to be better.”  This goes along with what you were saying about regression, Spider-Man taking things into his own hands and putting people in danger on that ferry is what Iron Man did in Malibu when he told The Mandarin and his henchmen his home address and put Ms. Potts in danger. Related to Iron Man’s regression do you think that one of the reasons why Howard doesn’t get along with his son is because much how Spider-Man is a reflection to Iron Man and his past mistakes and arrogant attitude, Tony is Howard’s reflection and a reminder of Howard’s mistakes and flaws because it’s no accident that Dominic Cooper’s Howard acts very much like how Tony behaves in the MCU?  

45:28 Woo S! Kim

Marvel Studios is known for their comedy, but there are some lines that I know just looking at the screenplay were not meant to be as funny as they were what are some of these lines for you, Sean?  Me personally Black Panther yelling Erik Stevens Wankadian name and him just replying “What’s up?” Also, Eitri telling Thor in “Avengers: Infinity War” the heat from the star will kim and Thor saying “Only if I die.”  Eitri’s reply of “Yes, that’s what killing you means...” and the look of confusion on his face as he says that line just cracks me up. Do you have some favourite lines like these, Sean?

47:09 Alex Ward

Believe it or not, I have scraped the bottom of the barrell and I actually have another Reed Richards question! This time it's about his powers. There's no question his intellect has outweighed his elasticity powers in the comics. Do you think Marvel Studios will come up with some cool ideas on how to make his power set more prominent in the films? Do you think they'll take any cues from the way Elastigirl was handled in the Incredibles films? Or do you think they might adapt the Ultimates route, which tied in Reed's elasticity to his brain, giving his mind the ability to expand far beyond a typical human?

48:37 Alex Ward

As a huge MCU fan, what's the press screening process like? Is it just like seeing a movie with fans? Do you people still react the same, like cheering or laughing at big moments? And are there snacks? I've just always wondered!

52:01 Moonie Hassan

Hey Sean, I loved your reaction to Captain Marvel and I can't wait to see Carol kick ass on the big screen, one thing I've been thinking about is do you feel like Marvel are going to pull a "Superman in Justice League" moment? Where she comes in and saves the day in Endgame, and if she does how would you feel about it? I personally wouldn't want to see that as we've been watching the OG Avengers for pretty much 10 years now and I feel like it would be cheap to have Carol just come in and fix everything but I still want her to have a pivotal movement/roll, how do you think they'll go about her roll without being too much of a deus ex machina/mary sue like Vision in Age Of Ultron which I wasn't a big fan of. Thank you :)

53:40 Michael Louis Weaselboy

Hey Sean I was just wondering what are your thoughts on Avengers 5?? Do you think it will be called New Avengers and a new franchise or just keep calling the Avengers?? What do you think the roster will be?? What kind of villains should they face?? And do you think sometime down the line we will get a big Avengers/Fantastic Four/X-Men crossover???

56:07 Alex Ward

I know you've said in the past that Disney can't start planning for Fox properties until the deal is done, but can't they have come up with stuff on a contingency-type basis, maybe even before the deal even became possible? Or are any ideas likely to remain strictly in Kevin Feige's head? It's hard for me to imagine that he doesn't have any vague outlines typed out, but I also understand that the legality of this stuff can be very serious.

58:26 David Rosen

Someone on the mid-week Q and A asked that great question about whether each infinity stone actually controls its respective element in the universe, and I apologize to that person for forgetting who it was, but it got me thinking. Of all the possible fundamental elements of the universe, matter seems like a pretty big one. How come we don't have a "Matter Stone" (aside from the fact that the writes didn’t make one)? Is there another stone, or combination or stones, that you think could be used to control matter? Whatever happens to the stones in Avengers Endgame, what do you think about one day getting a story about an elusive, undiscovered seventh stone that is somewhere out there in the universe. As the number seven holds special meaning in a lot of different cultures and creation myths, wouldn’t having a seventh stone out there somehow make sense on a grand, universal scale? Do you think doing another story about an infinity stone would have too much of a “been there, done that” aspect? Thoughts?

1:01:27 David Rosen

If/When the MCU actually decides to do a complete and total reboot YEARS, or perhaps even a decade or two down the line, what do you think some of the struggles might be with coming up with new story ideas? It seems like a lot of the major, most popular stories from the comics have been mined in one way or another for story content, and it would seem foolish and boring to try and redo any of that. Additionally, I feel like an attempt at retelling any of the origin stories would result in some of the same criticism that Amazing Spiderman got for doing that. It seems like one option might be to just begin a new MCU right in the middle of its history, but then we’re looking at what the DCEU tried to do. Between all these potential issues, what do you think a rebooted MCU could do that would be original and wouldn’t retread on anything that the current version is doing. Is a rebooted universe even possible, or when this current version’s time has run out, should Marvel wait a little bit and instead do some one-off standalone movies before deciding to build back up a new universe. What are your thoughts?

1:08:07 Alex

Sean, I would like to apologize  for annoying the hell out of you with with constant paranoia about China/Brazil so allow me to indulge in more of it one last time with this question: It seems you were right once again  and it seems like Disney will indeed be divesting the Fox sports assets that have been a cause of concern for both of the Brazilian and Mexican regulators in order to win approval. Prior to this news, it was announced that the Brazilian regulators will finally reach a decision  on the Disney/Fox deal so it seems like it’s on its way to conditional approval from Mexico and Brazil. Do you think after those hurdles are cleared the deal is pretty much closed or are there more hurdles on the way?

1:09:23 David Rosen

Do you think that the Inhumans failure ruined the chances for any future TV series from Marvel TV or Studios to premiere in IMAX theaters before jumping to the small screen? It seems like this idea would have been perfect for the upcoming Disney+ limited series as audiences are already familiar with those characters and used to seeing them on the big screen. It also sells audiences on Disney+ (if they aren’t already sold) if they showed a great first episode in theaters and then the only way to watch the rest would be to get the service. Do you think it’s possible we could see that experiment tried again with a series that has a better chance of being successful?

1:12:07 Vincent Gomez

Hey Sean! This is a little off topic of Marvel but I was curious. Your podcast sounds extremely professional. Can you tell us what equipment and software you use? How long does it take you to produce the show? Finally, how do you podcast phone calls on your show? I’m a podcaster myself and was wondering what your process is.

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