RW533 - MCU Rewatch - Captain Marvel

 

In this episode of The Marvel Cinematic Universe Rewatch, Cory and Eoghan remember their true strengths as they discuss Captain Marvel.

Trailer:

Our Favourite Trivia:

Stan Lee cameo: Reading the script for Kevin Smith's Mallrats (1995) and reciting the line, "Trust me true believer". As revealed on Smith's YouTube page, Stan's health was in decline and he could not muster his trademark enthusiasm so the producers looped in Lee's unused audio from Mallrats.

Stan Lee passed away while the film was being edited. As a result, Marvel Studios put together the special opening logo to honor him.

The film was the first from the Marvel Cinematic Universe to have a female lead and it was released to cinemas on International Women's Day

The history of the "Captain Marvel" character name and/or trademark, as related to comics, spans multiple decades and at least three different publishers. The first comic book character named "Captain Marvel," introduced in late 1939 and today known as DC Comics' "Shazam!", was the flagship character of Fawcett Comics. Fawcett was sued in 1941 by DC, who alleged this Captain Marvel was a copyright infringement of Superman, successfully driving Fawcett's character out of print by 1953. When Fawcett's trademark on "Captain Marvel" fell into limbo after over a decade of disuse, MF Enterprises attempted to introduce their own "Captain Marvel" in 1966. Marvel Comics, in response, introduced their own "Captain Marvel" (Mar-Vell) and successfully sued MF behind their use of "Marvel" in their publication's title, which Marvel Comics had trademarked. When DC decided to revive Fawcett's "Captain Marvel" themselves in 1972, they learned (via a 1974 cease-and-desist from Marvel) they could not use "Captain Marvel" in the comic book's title due to Marvel's trademark. DC instead marketed their character under the name "Shazam!" - the name of their "Captain Marvel's" mentor and the magic word the character uses to access his powers. In order for Marvel to retain their trademark, they were required to publish "Captain Marvel" comic books. Not being a popular, money-making character, Marvel fulfilled this requirement by publishing a series of one-off comic books over a series of years. In 2012, Carol Danvers, the former "Ms. Marvel" and the lead character of this film, acquired the "Captain Marvel" mantle at Marvel, while DC decided to rename their character "Shazam!" at this time. Ironically, a "Shazam!" feature film from New Line Cinema, Warner Bros., and DC Entertainment was released to theaters a month after Marvel Studios' "Captain Marvel" film.

Katheryn Winnick, Natalie Dormer, Emily Blunt, Katee Sackhoff, Yvonne Strahovski, and Rebecca Ferguson were rumored for the title role.

Throughout the history of Marvel Comics, eight different characters have taken the name "Captain Marvel." This movie features three of them: Carol Danvers (the most famous version, previously known as Ms Marvel), Mar-Vell (the original version, a Kree alien and superhero), and Monica Rambeau (who briefly carried the title of Captain Marvel).

In the comics Mar-Vell was a male Kree who was caught in an explosion while rescuing Carol Danvers and the explosion passed his powers onto her by imprinting his DNA onto hers. In the movie this is changed slightly by Mar-Vell being a female Kree who built the core that gave Carol her powers when it exploded.

Carol's powers came from an exploding Pegasus ship engine. We later learn the engine was powered by the Tesseract, making Captain Marvel the first (chronologically) MCU hero whose powers are derived from an Infinity Stone (the Space Stone is hidden within it.) Wanda Maximov/Scarlet Witch and her brother, Pietro/Quicksilver, would become the second two (the Mind Stone), followed by Vision (also the Mind Stone.)

Project PEGASUS stands for "Potential Energy Group/Alternate Sources/United States." It was previously mentioned in The Avengers (2012).

Samuel L. Jackson (Nick Fury) and Clark Gregg (Phil Coulson) were digitally de-aged in order for their characters to look like their younger selves, since the movie is set in 1995. This was the first time Marvel did de-aging of characters for an entire movie. They previously used this tactic in Ant-Man (2015), Captain America: Civil War (2016), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017), and Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018), but only for flashback scenes. They also did it to Tony Stark when he was presenting to his college with his parents right before they died.

Nick Fury tells Goose, "I'm trusting you not to eat me," towards the end of the movie. Shortly afterwards, Goose scratches Fury, causing him to lose his left eye as he is seen at the very end with a patch over his left eye. This is a callback to Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) where Fury tells Captain America, "Last time I trusted someone, I lost an eye."

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RW532 - Quantum Leap Revival S01E13-14 - Family S.O.S.

 

In this weeks episode of The Quantum Leap Revival, Cory and Tom prepare a meal and simmer down as they discuss season 1 episodes 13 & 14, Family Style and S.O.S.

Family Style:

Written by: Aadrita Mukerji

Directed by: Deborah M. Pratt

Airdate: February 27, 2023 (3 week break)

Synopsis: 

Ben finds himself in the body of Kamini Prassad, a cook and family member of an Indian-owned restaurant named “The Masala Garden.” He is immediately faced with navigating what seems to be a point of contention between her sister, Manisha, and mother, Sonali, about the menu of her recently passed father.

At Quantum Leap, Magic confronts Ian about the information they received about them leaping. Ian is shaken but recognizes that the drawing, while looking like them, is obviously older. Nevertheless, they are still upset at the realization that a future version of them will be responsible for sending Ben back into the past and separating him from Addison. 

Addison shows up to let Ben know that the restaurant burns down tonight, with Sonali passing away in a few weeks, and her two daughters never speaking to each other again. As Ben tries to figure out how the restaurant could burn down, he is suddenly attacked by a man with a gun and a woman, Kathy, asking where their money is, referring to the rent money the family owes. Ben talks her down from killing him, and she gives him one last chance to pay up, believing his story that they are expecting a huge turn out tonight. Addison tells Ben that Kathy goes to jail in a few years for burning down apartment buildings that she owns, trying to collect on the insurance.

Ben broaches the idea of using Groupon to bring customers in, and while Sonali is hesitant, she eventually goes along. Manisha is frustrated because Sonali has decided against the new menus, and confides in Ben about how she wants to be a world class chef, and how she’s disappointed that their mom has changed so much since their dad died.

Things start to fall apart at the restaurant, with one worker taking naps due to unsleeping babies at home, and another leaving to get in line for sneakers, to Sonali suffering from a nerve injury making it hard to cook. Some family members stop by, but Sonali gives them a quick brush off, thinking their intentions are to look down upon them. Sonali and Manisha get into another argument about the menu, with Sonali insulting her daughter about her dreams and Manisha quitting.

Ian, under stress and working overtime to figure out why their future self would do what they did, is ordered by Magic to take some time off to center themselves. Ian reluctantly takes the time and visits an ex-partner named Rachel. As they talk, Rachel mentions that she and Ian broke up because they couldn’t talk about their struggles at work, and that the same thing seems to be happening right now, and she abruptly leaves.

Ben tries to help Sonali get food prepared, but the mother is impatient with the way he is doing things and takes over, doing most of the tasks herself. Addison helps Ben find the number of a restaurant investor named Kevin Rasmussen, who in the original timeline bought the restaurant after the fire, and he attempts to convince the man to invest. When Ben returns to the restaurant, he finds that Sonali cut herself while cooking and tries to get her to contact Manisha for help, but she refuses. When Sonali drops some food, they both realize how deep the cut is and Sonali passes out. 

Ben flashes back to when his own mother died and he panics. Addison shakes him back to reality, and he tends to Sonali’s cut. He asks her if she wants pride to get in the way of family, saying that she can’t push people away because she doesn’t like the way they behave, referring to Manisha and their cousins. Sonali finally agrees to go find Manisha, and the three reconcile with Sonali agreeing to a minor menu change. They return to the restaurant, only to find it on fire, with a huge explosion destroying the building. 

Ben sees Kathy talking to the firemen and he confronts her about burning the restaurant down, but she denies it. She adds that they still owe her the money, even if she does collect on the insurance. Ben rallies the family together, and comes up with the idea to do a pop up restaurant. 

Ian finds Rachel again and opens up more, asking if she thinks they are capable of making a decision that would hurt people. She reassures Ian that she trusts them, and that everything they do is always for a good reason. 

Ben finds a location for the restaurant, getting help from a wedding that delayed their wrap up. Sonali then reveals that she contacted the cousins and worked things out with them, and surprises everyone by allowing Manisha to make her menu and lead the kitchen. 

Addison returns to the project to find out where the investor is, but Jenn is flummoxed by Ziggy. Luckily, Ian returns to the project and helps them get the answers, discovering that the investor ironically got food poisoning. The family is distraught but the cousins step in and offer to invest and set them up with a new restaurant. Addison reports that things work out for the family, and Sonali lives a longer and happy life. Furthermore Kathy is taken down for insurance fraud, thanks to another family member in the police department.

Ben takes a moment to reflect on how many of the things he said to Sonali were things he wished he had the chance to say to his own mom. Before he can leap, he talks with Sonali about how worried she is about not being needed anymore, but she knows Manisha will handle the restaurant just fine. He tells her that it’s time for her to start living for herself. Sonali looks at her daughter, and Ben says the words he’s wanted to say for a long time, “I Love You Mom.” He leaps, and now finds himself as a soldier on a giant battleship.

Ziggy’s Data Retrieval:

Who is Ben? 

• Kamini Prasad

Where is Ben? 

• Portland, Oregon

When is Ben? 

• September 2009 (3 year leap back)

Closest Previous leaps- 

• S01E12 “Let Them Play” 2012

Closet location to Sam Beckett-

• S05E19 “The Beast Within” Washington State 1972

Closet time to Sam Beckett-

• S04E01 “The Leap Back” Stallions Gate, New Mexico September 18, 1999

  
  

While we did mention Deborah Pratt in episode 1 of the revival series, she was also brought on board as Executive Producer as well, and directed this episode. For those playing a bit of inside baseball at home, you may have noticed that the Rachel character mentions Ian is upset because Pretty Little Liars was canceled, a show that starred Troian Bellisario (daughter of Deborah Pratt and QL creator Don Bellisario).

Nandini Minocha played Sonali. She was a lead in a show called Magic Funhouse (Brandon Rogers stars as the screaming, foul-mouthed host of an overly colorful low-budget children's TV show featuring the worst advice for kids, an inept crew, and numerous technical difficulties), and a show called Aarzu e Mann (Pakistani-American girl, Samira, is born in a wealthy and politically connected Shah family but falls in love with an American man which makes things complicated, as she struggles to have her conservative and influential father embrace her choice).

Laura Niemi played Kathy. She had a role in FX’s The Patient (Steve Carrell stars. A psychotherapist finds himself held prisoner by a serial killer who demands he help him curb his homicidal urges). She was in 6 episodes of This Is Us, but won critical acclaim for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series. 

Alice Kremelberg played Rachel. She recurred as Nicole Eckelcamp on the last two seasons of Jenji Kohan's Orange is the New Black for Netflix, and was nominated for an Emmy for their performance as Kat in The Feels, which she both co-wrote and acted in. Most recently, she starred in the final season of The Sinner as Percy Muldoon, and played Bernadine in Aaron Sorkin's Oscar nominated The Trial of the Chicago 7 for Netflix/Dreamworks.

Though Ian and Rachel are exes, Alice Kremelberg (Rachel) and Mason Alexander Park (Ian) are partners in real life.

Unsung Hero: Lara Shah as Kamini. She was the lead in Trippin To The Altar (a couple hires a team of wannabe filmmakers to follow them during their engagement), Bye Bye Baby, Collisions (a spellbinding intersection between the lives of two very different young couples), and Tonight I’m Yours, amongst other minor roles.

S.O.S.:

Written by: Dean Georgaris

Directed by: Chris Grismer

Airdate: March 6, 2023

Synopsis: 

Ben finds himself as Commander Rossi, onboard the battleship Montana, in what appears to be an actual battle. As Ben struggles to follow orders, he soon finds out that it was actually just a drill, preparation for a series of wargames between the US, Australians, and South Koreans in the East China Sea. As Addison helps Ben get situated, she suddenly realizes where he is. The captain, Bill Drake, gives a speech Addison knows, and she points out that the man next to him is her father, Alexander Augustine.

She tells Ben that in the original history, the Montana received a partial distress call, but it was incomplete, never repeated, her father ignored it, and did not tell the captain about it. Later, an investigation revealed that the call came from a sub called The Tampa. It was on a top secret mission, and was sinking, ultimately killing everyone on board. Addison’s father was later encouraged to leave active duty for his part in what happened. Both Ben and Jenn have great misgivings about changing this history, due to how it could impact Addison herself, but Ian reasons that it would take a lot of very large changes to affect a person’s history. Addison is certain that no matter what, her father will still remain the same stoic and seemingly unemotional man he always was. 

Back on the bridge, the captain learns that a Chinese sub, present earlier during the drill, has returned and is again watching them. The captain wants to make an aggressive action to scare them off, but Alexander convinces him to not do so, choosing to scare them with their actions in the wargames instead. As the captain leaves the bridge, an officer says something about the captain and Alexander gets angry with him, something that shocks Addison. 

Suddenly, the distress call comes through, and after some minor discussion Alexander decides to investigate it, again to Addison’s surprise. The captain returns to the bridge and stops them from answering the distress call, revealing to Addison that the history she knew was wrong.

Magic, at Jenn’s urging, decides to contact a friend in the Chinese military to learn their version of what happened aboard the Tampa. Ian also finds a way to help Ben prove the distress call is real and definitely from a fellow US ship. The captain orders an intercept course but suddenly fires torpedoes on the sub that’s been following them, trying to send a warning shot. Ben tries standing up to him but is quickly shot back down, with Addison telling him to follow orders.

Ben meets with Alexander, who says that due to his abusive father he was a wreck when he joined the navy, but the Captain saw something in him and helped him to become a good soldier, to harness something other than hate, and will keep the captain in check.

Addison gets a notification that the Tampa sub soldiers still die because they weren’t rescued. As Ben wonders how that’s possible, the Montana is hit and damaged by something.

Back in the future, Magic learns that the Chinese government laid mines in their waters to capture American subs and steal the technology. Unfortunately, the weather caused a number of mines to drift free from the coast and was the reason the Tampa sank.

With Jenn’s help, Ben manages to come up with a way for them to detect the mines, but the plan only enrages the Captain, and he orders them to fire on the enemy sub if they see it. Alexander rushes to the bridge and orders an emergency stop, with the Captain ordering Alexander’s arrest. Addison reports that if they fire, they will be going to war. 

Alexander confides in Ben that he feels his wife doesn’t love him anymore, and that he can’t open himself up to let others in. Instead of passing along his darkness, he has chosen to leave so his wife can move on and be happy, because he knows she would never leave him on her own. Luckily, Ben convinces Alexander that he needs to save the Captain from his own rash choices, and together they stage a breakout from the brig. Ben gets captured, but Alexander makes it to the bridge and faces off against the captain. The rest of the crew, already having voiced their concerns to Alexander earlier, decide to stand with him instead of the captain. The realization that his crew was ready to mutiny, brings the captain out of his rage and he puts Alexander in charge. 

With time running out, the Montana has to go directly through the minefield, with Addison giving Ben the idea to detonate the mines remotely, and they make it through the field unharmed, and save the sailors aboard the Tampa.

Addison goes to her father on the bridge and talks to him, even though he can’t hear her. She tells him that he isn’t anything like his abusive father, that he made her the person she is today, and that everything will be ok. As Alexander looks into the distance, he echoes Addison’s words to himself that everything will be ok. 

As Ben stands on the deck, the officer who helped him on the radio, Walker, approaches and thanks him. When Ben turns, he is confronted with Leaper X, Richard Martinez. Ben is confused as to why he helped, but Martinez says that Ben actually helped him. Ben doesn’t understand, and he tells Ben that is why he is going to win, before he leaps. As the real Walker returns, Ben also leaps, finding himself as a public defender in court. 

Ziggy’s Data Retrieval:

Who is Ben? 

• Commander Rossi

Where is Ben? 

• U.S.S. Montana, East China Sea

When is Ben? 

• May 2, 1989 (20 year leap back)

Closest leaps- 

• S01E06 "What a Disaster!" 1989

Closet location to Sam Beckett-

• S03E02 "The Leap Home Part 2" Vietnam 1970

Closet time to Sam Beckett-

• S05E17 "Revenge of the Evil Leaper" Mallard, Ohio September 16, 1987

  
  

Alexander was played by Brandon Routh, best known for his role of Superman/Clark Kent in Superman Returns, the 2006 follow up to the Christopher Reeve movies. He also had a long run as The Atom on CW’s Legends of Tomorrow, Arrow, and The Flash, before being written out of the show, along with his wife, despite being one of the most popular characters. He’s had other series, such as Partners (stars David Krumholtz. Two lifelong friends, who are both architects, form a business partnership), a few episodes of Chuck, as well as an episode of Gilmore Girls. He’s also appeared in dozens of movies, such as Scott Pilgrim Vs The World, 400 Days (Stars Catie Lotz from Legends, and Dane Cook. With their 400-day mission simulation nearing completion, 4 astronauts begin to feel something's amiss), and Zack and Miri Make A Porno. He is also distantly related to Deborah Pratt.

Captain Drake was played by Alex Carter. He’s made a career playing authority figures in many shows, even recurring in shows such as NCIS. One series he was a lead on was Black Harbour (a Los Angeles chef returns to her Nova Scotia roots to run her ailing mother's boatyard with her director husband and two daughters).

Rich Paul played one of the officers, Navigation Officer Murray, and he’s a link to previous rewatch. Rich played a minor role in a Netflix show called The Guardians of Justice (Will Save You!), in which a Superman character is murdered and the team of heroes led by a Batman-type character is left to solve the crime. The trailer features a newscaster heavily, played by none other than Hal Ozsan, or Todd Carr of Dawson's Creek fame.

Chris Grismer previously directed episode 7, “O Ye of Little Faith.”

Dean Georgaris previously had a “story by” credit on episode 9, “Fellow Travelers.”

Unsung Hero: Rossi is uncredited.

Further Resources:

Quantum Leap IMDb

Quantum Leap Wikipedia

Original Series IMDb

Original Series Wikipedia

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RW531 - MCU Rewatch - Ant-Man and the Wasp

 

In this episode of The Marvel Cinematic Universe Rewatch, Cory and Eoghan get back to the littler things as they discuss Ant-Man and the Wasp.

Trailer:

Our Favourite Trivia:

Stan Lee cameo: When Wasp is firing shrinking disks at her pursuers, she accidentally shrinks the Ant-Man co-creator's car; Stan then says in response, "The 60s were fun, but now I'm paying for it" (thinking he's having an "acid flashback" - hallucinating from the drugs he used to use). Ironically, during the 60s, Stan was a huge opponent of recreational drugs, and even published such anti-drug messages within his comic books.

This film replaced Marvel's Captain Marvel (2019) in the July 6, 2018, release date originally marked by Marvel Studios.

Peyton Reed was inspired by the films After Hours (1985), Midnight Run (1988) and What's Up, Doc? (1972) for the look and feel of Ant-Man and the Wasp. While Ant-Man (2015) was more of a heist film, Reed described this as part action film, part romantic comedy, and wanted this one "to be a little more of like an Elmore Leonard vibe where we have villains, but we also have antagonists, and we have these roadblocks to our heroes getting to where they need to be, and getting what they need for this mission." Regarding the opportunity for character development, Reed used the actions of Lang in Captain America: Civil War (2016) to fuel potential tension between him, Pym, and Van Dyne since Pym is "very clear in the first movie about how he feels about Stark and how he feels about The Avengers and being very protective of this technology that he has."

The Wasp becomes the second superhero title in the Marvel Cinematic Universe to be passed from parent to child. The first was Black Panther (2018).

Ghost is male in the original comics and part of Iron-Man's rogues gallery, never actually crossing paths with Ant-Man. His powers also come from his suit rather than the Quantum Realm. He eventually became an anti-hero after joining a team of superhumans called The Thunderbolts.

For the role of Janet Van Dyne: Evangeline Lilly had Michelle Pfeiffer on her wish list to play Janet, while Michael Douglas expressed the desire to have his wife Catherine Zeta-Jones play Janet. The flashback in the first film to Janet Van Dyne on the missile never showed her face, but Peyton Reed told the casting and visual effects departments responsible for the barely visible eyes behind her mask that he wanted it to resemble Pfeiffer. "Michelle was always my dream casting for that role, and that was even before we knew we'd be making a second movie."

Agent Jimmy Woo actually has a long history in the comics -- the original character dates all the way back to The Yellow Claw in 1957, a short-lived series (only four issues) featuring a Fu Manchu Expy as the titular villain and, much more unusual for the time, a Chinese-American lead in FBI Agent Jimmy Woo... who would later return as a high-ranking S.H.I.E.L.D. agent and eventual team leader in the not-quite-as-short-lived Agents Of ATLAS.

The alien-looking organisms in the microscopic realm (on the way to the quantum realm) are water bears (tardigrades), which have been found in the most extreme environments on Earth including hot springs, glaciers, the top of the Himalayas and deep sea trenches. They can go dormant without food or water for decades and survive incredible temperatures, pressures, radiation, toxicity, and even several days in space.

In the film, the father of Ghost is revealed to be Elihas Starr. In the comics, Starr is the villain known as Egghead, an evil scientific genius and archenemy of Ant-Man (Hank Pym).

The movie they're watching on the laptop at the "drive-in theater" is Them! (1954), the classic sci-fi flick in which nuclear testing creates giant ants.

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RW530 - MCU Rewatch - Avengers: Infinity War

 

In this episode of The Marvel Cinematic Universe Rewatch, Cory and Eoghan assemble to fight the biggest bad as they discuss Avengers: Infinity War.

Trailer:

Our Favourite Trivia:

Stan Lee cameo: Peter Parker's school bus driver.

This movie is based on the comic book series called "The Infinity Gauntlet" published by Marvel Comics in 1991, but takes its name from the sequel comic book series called "The Infinity War", which has a sequel series called "The Infinity Crusade".

On March 1, 2018, as North America was approaching the May 5 release of the movie, Marvel Studios announced that this movie would release worldwide one week earlier, on April 27, 2018. The move comes from The Walt Disney Company's decision to let this movie have more time in the spotlight, before Disney and Lucasfilm released Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018) on May 25, 2018.

This became the fourth movie to gross over $2 billion worldwide, after Avatar (2009), Titanic (1997), and Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015).

There are close to 3,000 shots in this movie, with almost 2,900 of those being visual effects shots.

The filmmakers decided very early on to turn this movie into a "smash-and-grab heist movie" told from the viewpoint of the lead villain, Thanos.

As of the release of Thor: Ragnarok (2017), five of the six Infinity Stones have surfaced in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The Space Stone (also known as the Tesseract) was first revealed in Captain America: The First Avenger (2011), and now resides with Loki. The Mind Stone, which was housed in Loki's staff until Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), is now in the possession of Vision. The Power Stone, first seen in Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), is on Xandar, under protection of the Nova Corps. The Reality Stone (also known as the Aether) was first seen in Thor: The Dark World (2013), and was placed in the care of The Collector. With the destruction of The Collector's Vault in Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), its whereabouts are unclear. The fifth and final known stone, the Time Stone (also known as the Eye of Agamotto), was revealed in Doctor Strange (2016), and is under his protection in Kamar-Taj. The whereabouts of the sixth stone, the Soul Stone, is revealed by Gamora to Thanos in this movie to be on the planet Vormir.

The filmmakers had a phrase to describe characters meeting and interacting for the first time that they called "strange alchemy." The conflict of personalities between Tony Stark and Doctor Strange is a perfect example of this.

The new Iron Man suit is based on Bleeding Edge, and later, Model-Prime armors from the comic books, both of which which used nanotechnology to create a suit which is linked to Stark, and can also create weapons for him to use, such as a bigger gun, and stored away when not in use, which, for the movie, is inside Stark's new arc reactor on his chest as seen when he taps it with his hand.

Josh Brolin acted in this movie with a foam headpiece that was the size of Thanos' head, with a camera on his face for visual effects. He also had to wear various foam parts depending on what the scene called for so the other actors and actresses didn't get too close to his real body, and so Thanos' scale was retained.

The name "Thanos" is a short form of the Greek name "Thanatos", which means "death" in Greek. Appropriately, it is also the name of the Greek god of death.

Thanos' henchmen, known as "The Black Order", all have names, most of which are never used on-screen but have something to do with blackness or darkness. Cull Obsidian, the hammer-wielding giant, basically means "black death". Ebony Maw, Thanos' psychokinetic henchman and herald, roughly means "dark mouth". Proxima Midnight, the only female member, means "among the darkness"/"close to darkness". Lastly, Corvus Glaive, the hooded figure wielding a scepter, has the name of the constellation Corvus, depicting a raven. It's also the name for the genus of birds such as crows and ravens: black birds traditionally associated with death. So his name can be seen as black bird of death, and Glaive refers to his weapon, which grants him immortality, as long as it isn't destroyed.

Proxima Midnight, the female member of The Black Order, normally wears a black horned helmet in the comic books. This was changed to organic horns growing from her head, to avoid similarities with Hela's distinctive helmet in Thor: Ragnarok (2017).

Of the twenty-four characters visible on the main poster for this movie, twelve live and twelve die. This furthers the concept Thanos has within the movie of bringing balance by killing half the universe.

Thanos fulfills the promises he makes. *He spares Thor in exchange for Loki giving up the Space Stone. *He spares Nebula in exchange for Gamora revealing the location of the Soul Stone. *He spares Tony Stark in exchange for Doctor Strange giving him the Time Stone. All three promised lives survive "The Snap".

T'Challa calls Bucky Barnes "The White Wolf". In the comic books, The White Wolf is the alter ego of T'Challa's adopted older brother.

Sir Kenneth Branagh (who directed Thor (2011)) can be heard at the beginning of the movie issuing the distress transmission that the Asgardian ship was being attacked.

James Gunn revealed on Twitter on 4/30/2018 that the name of the Guardians' new ship in this movie is the Benatar.

Zoe Saldana is reunited with Star Trek villains Benedict Cumberbatch and Idris Elba in this movie. The role of Bruce Banner (Hulk), in the unrelated Hulk (2003), was played by Star Trek villain Eric Bana. Additionally, Chris Hemsworth appeared in Star Trek (2009) as Kirk's father, though he shared no scenes with Saldana.

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