Marvel, I think it’s fair to say, dominate superhero movies.
And by Marvel, I don’t mean Sony Marvel, I don’t mean Fox Marvel, I mean Marvel Marvel.
Pumping out at least two movies a year up until 2019, it doesn’t look like they’re
slowing down anytime soon.
But something that I recently found very interesting were their one shots.
Being a Marvel fanboy, I had heard of them, but I’d never taken the time to check them
out.
And I think the reason is that nobody really pitched them to me correctly.
People were just like, hey, it’s a short thing by marvel.
You should check it out sometime.
So when I eventually did watch them, I discovered that they are really the best of the MCU movies
compacted into no more than 15 minutes.
So today I wanted to do a quick recap on the Marvel one-shots aka short films.
The first two Marvel one-shots are the Consultant and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Thor’s
Hammer.
Both star Clark Gregg aka Agent Coulson.
In A Funny Thing, on his way from the events of Iron Man 2 to Thor, Coulson stops by a
gas station and stops an armed robbery.
Then, after the events of Thor, the government want the Abomination to join the Avengers.
So Coulson and Agent Sitwell discuss who they could send to General Ross to stop him from
doing this.
In the end they decide on the most arrogant, annoying and disrespectful person they can
think of: Tony Stark.
Which explains the cut scene at the end of the Incredible Hulk.
Firstly, I thought this was a great way to tie that whole end credits scene up because
it never really led anywhere, so having it as kind of a joke was a good movie.
Secondly, I watched the Marvel’s TV special called Assembling a Universe, which you should
check out if when you have the time.
In it, Clark Gregg admitted that they had that quick fight scene in A Funny Thing, and
after that only had the budget for two guys talking in a restaurant and some footage from
a previous movie.
Honestly, these were really enjoyable and really showed what happens between the movies.
Next up, Item 47.
This is I think the most interesting idea for a one-shot.
After the Battle of New York, a bunch of that Chitauri tech was just lying around.
Two people find a Chitauri gun and start robbing their way around the East Coast.
Agent Sitwell, who appears in a lot of these, goes in to take them out.
He does, and then makes them SHIELD agents.
It’s as I said the most interesting premise, but in the end is probably my least favorite
One-Shot, mainly because there isn’t a strong MCU character to tie me to it.
However, that is not to say that it still isn’t fun and you should still check it
out.
Next is Agent Carter.
Ironically enough, she now has gotten her own TV show, which I have not had the oppurtunity
to watch.
But based on this one-shot, Agent Carter seems like a character who could carry her own show.
Hayley Atwell was one of the best parts of the First Avenger and was one of the most
depressing parts of the Winter Soldier.
This short shows her a bit after Cap goes down in the ice, and shows how she’s being
treated as a woman would be treated in 1946.
She then goes on a mission to take out these jerks and get some secret gew or something,
which she does in some great action scenes.
She then proves that she is more than capable of being a secret agent and then gets promoted
to running the then still blossoming SHIELD along with Howard Stark.
Overall, this short film was exciting, fun, and honestly got me pretty pumped for the
TV show.
And finally, the best one-shot, the one that is the main reason I’m making this video,
and the one that was borderline better than the movie it was spinning of from, All Hail
the King.
This is the story of Ben Kingsley’s Mandarin after the events of Iron Man 3.
And by Ben Kingsley’s Mandarin *Spoiler Alert for Iron Man 3* I mean Ben Kingsley’s
Trevor Slattery, which, by the way, I know people don’t like the Mandarin twist, but
you gotta give it to Ben Kingsley for switching roles like that in a heartbeat.
Anyway, this short shows us Slattery in jail where he’s become somewhat of a celebrity.
This one-shot also shows us what Slattery was doing pre-Mandarin, like filming the pilot
for a TV show called Caged Heat.
Trevor is then interviewed by some random guy who ends up being a member of the Ten
Rings, the terrorist organization who kidnapped Tony Stark and who are normally affiliated
with The Mandarin.
He gets Slattery at gunpoint, telling him: There’s someone who wants to meet you.
You took his name.
And now he wants it back.”
Then it ends.
Honestly, I don’t know if other people think this is just Marvel trying to get people off
their backs about the Mandarin twist, but seriously, I loved this.
There’s just a part of me that gets excited because the actual Mandarin is out there.
I don’t think we’ll ever actually see him, but this was just a really fun way for
Marvel to really say sorry for what happened in Iron Man 3.
Oh, and it has the best credits scene ever.
I won’t spoil it, just go and watch it.
So, that is what the Marvel one-shots are.
What is your favorite?
And what one-shot would you like to see.
I’d love to see something Guardians of the Galaxy related.
Maybe something more about Ronan or Yondu or Gamora or Rocket or Groot or Star-Lor-yeah,
you know what I just want more Guardians of the Galaxy stuff.
Pretty please.
Anyway, leave your thoughts in the comments.
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