- The "Avengers: Endgame" post-credit extras revealed!
Are they worth it?
When it was announced last month that "Avengers: Endgame"
would be coming back to theaters with new footage,
fans were losing it over the announcement.
Would they be getting a new extended cut?
What kind of scenes would be added in?
Would they finally get to find out if Steve Rogers created
a new timeline to live out his life with Peggy
for the directors, or if he was always
in the prime-time line for the writers.
Sadly, it turned out none of this would be the case.
It was soon revealed that all of the new footage
would be tributes, deleted scenes, or teases
tacked on to the ending of the film.
And despite how it was framed as a way
to get fans hyped for "Spider-Man: Far From Home,"
it was pretty clear that this was Marvel Studios'
last chance to take down "Avatar" as the biggest movie
in the world.
Unfortunately for Marvel, the blue aliens of Pandora
still hold that achievement.
(laughs)
In fact, you might say the box office record
was the unobtainium of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Hoo-hoo.
But in all seriousness, despite their motive,
it was still extra footage we've never seen before,
so was it worth it?
Was all of the post-credits footage from "Avengers: Endgame"
worth seeing it again for the 37th time?
Let's break it all down,
also spoilers for "Avengers: Endgame" obviously.
Although if you haven't seen it by now.
- [All] Hulk out.
- First up, the tribute to Stan Lee.
Now while this was hinted at
and rumored to be attached to the re-release,
it was never officially announced,
so it was nice to see Stan Lee's smiling face again.
In the new footage, we get a behind the scenes look
of all the times Stan Lee made a cameo in a Marvel film,
going all the way back to the original "Iron Man" movie.
As we cut through the footage,
Stan Lee narrates how he remembers all of his cameos
and how he never dreamed how big all this would get.
He was just trying to pay the rent by writing comics.
With the clip ending on a "Stan, we love you 3000."
Now all in all,
it's a nice tribute to the man who helped
create some of the biggest superheros of all time.
And speaking of superheroes,
what about that deleted scene?
Well, if you have strong thoughts about dabbing
as a way to intro a character,
you might be in luck.
Instead of the iconic scene where we meet
Professor Hulk in a diner,
we get to see The Hulk doing hero-ey stuff by,
you know, actually saving people.
- [All] Hulk out.
- In the footage, a fire has broken out in a building
and The Hulk uses a large satellite dish
to bring the survivors down to the police
and while the clip is unfinished,
with the special effects out of sync
and mostly just basic computer models,
it's nice to see The Hulk as a hero
instead of a frightening monster.
Also worth noting is that Banner is rocking the purple suit
we've seen in promo art and on action figures.
However, the most interesting side note
is that the officer in charge in the clip
is played by non other than Reginald VelJohnson,
famous for his roles in "Die Hard" as Sergeant Al Powell
and Carl Winslow in the sitcom "Family Matters."
So does this mean that the Marvel cinematic universe
shares a world with John McClane and Urkel?
Considering the "Die Hard" series has pretty much
turned into a superhero franchise anyway,
we're 100% on board for this idea.
And finally, there's a sneak peak
of "Spiderman: Far From Home."
Now we've seen some clips of the sequence
and the trailers for the film,
but basically this scene involves Nick Fury and Maria Hill
arriving in Mexico
and then getting their first glimpse
at Jake Gyllenhaal's Mysterio
as one of the Elementals attacks them.
It's literally footage that we have seen in the trailers,
so nothing too spoilery,
just a brief taste of what's to come from Marvel
immediately because "Spiderman: Far From Home"
swings into theaters on Tuesday,
so fans wont' have to wait very long
to see exactly where that clip lands in the film.
After all of this, the footage ends with a
"From all of us at Marvel Studios, thank you."
So all told, you get about six minutes of new footage
as well as a new poster.
Was it worth it?
Honestly, we love our Marvel around here,
but, no, not really.
It appears most of these features will be found
in the bonuses of the digital and blu-ray release
coming in the next few weeks.
We hate to say this,
but if you're watching the re-release
just for the new footage,
it's probably better to save your money
and just buy a copy of the movie
when it comes out on home release.
But what do you folks think,
was the new footage worth watching it again in theaters?
Were you touched by the Stan Lee tribute
and were you just hoping it would do well enough
to beat Avatars box office record, lets discuss.
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