So, Punisher...(Part 2)

Part 1.

Dammit, Disney. You haven't made me exactly love this character, but you've made it complicated.

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Prelude to post-MCU Spidey (part 3)

-Part 1

-Part 2

Damn, I forgot I even did these, much less remember to update them.

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MCU phase 5 wrap-up.

Acquired these last time here.

Watched them that day, but haven't had time to post my thoughts here until now.

Again, they are...

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Birthday loot 2025, Part 3.

-Part 1.

-Part 2.

Well!! I'll be goddamned!! After letting me down with Le Guin, Bullmoose pulled through for me this time!! And with a not-usual book too!

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Spider-Man: Brand New Day.

Yhep, Spidey 4 got a title.

Title's been out for awhile, but it got backlogged with the long delay on my Edgar Allan Poe sequel review post.

Still chipping away at that. It'll get done someday.

The books are all read, its just the review part that's arm wrestling me.

Losing a parent didn't help. 

Stuff like this is easier. Maybe this will unclog my brain faucet.

Anyhoo!

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RIP, SSU (AKA "the Venom-verse")

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Prelude to Deadpool & Wolverine

AKA: Prelude to the Disney-Fox crossovers (vol. 2)

Previously with these Fox crossover preludes...

-Prelude to the Disney-Fox crossovers. ("Multiverse Of Madness" really)

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MCU and SSU.

Previously-

MCU Phase X!

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Ghostbusters & SSU catch up.

Got these yesterday.

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Spidey vs Venom tidbits part 4.

-Part 1.

-Part 2.

-Part 3.

Well, the clues as to what's going on are all over the place.

Like a trail of Jimmies that keep getting up and moving, and turning out to be ants.

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Venom: The Last Dance trailer (and analysis).

So, there's the trailer.

Link.

And now analysis:

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More Spidey vs Venom tidbits.

Last time.

A trickle of stuff has gathered into a bucket, so here goes...

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MCU Phase X!

Counts as both Marvel viewing order update 3, and X-Men viewing order 2.5.

Yep, the two icebergs are merging!

Previously-

-X-Men viewing order 1.

-X-Men viewing order 1.5.

-X-Men viewing order 2.

-Merged Marvel viewing order.

-Dismantled/sub-series viewing order.

-Adding Daredevil/Elektra.

-Marvel viewing order update 1.5.

-Marvel viewing order update 2.

Yep, I know how to connect the X-Men-verse into the grand scheme now that enough movies are out.

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The shape of post-Deadpool 3 Marvel.

Okay, this has been coming through in trickles, but the trickles have filled a bucket now so....

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Madame Web: additional thought.

Last time.

Lest you want to plug your ears and hum, and deny the fevered glee in the box-office flop of Madame Web is CHUD/MAGA sexism, just consider: they've magically got a long ass memory for Supergirl, Catwoman, Elektra, and now Madame Web, but they have equally magical amnesia for.....

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Marvel DC crossover: Part 4!

-Part 1.

-Part 2.

-Part 3.

This one's so easy, I almost didn't want to bother with it.

But, eh, fuck it, let's throw it in the pot.

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The Sony/MCU deal 10 years later.

Well, 9 and some change since the ink dried on the contract, but close enough.

Let's go all the way back to "Sony-Spidey cinematic universe updates (Part 4)".

I had vague predictions, and now I can fill in the details....

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The Stan Lee cameo almost-MCU

Previously-

-The Bill Bixby almost-MCU

-Marvel's cinematic history.

-Marvel's cinematic history. (6 years later update)

So, I guess this is part 0.5.

Yep, before 2008's "Iron Man" Avi Arad was already trying to jury rig the 00's Marvel movies into a sorta-MCU.

The characters wouldn't necessarily directly cross, but we'd be cheekily aware this was all one world.

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So...Madame Web.

Well, if I got to gloat about Captain Marvel's box-office, guess I have to acknowledge Sony dropping the ball with their girl superhero movie.

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Some connections I noticed.

Found these going down Wikipedia rabbit holes late at night.

Which is how these things usually go.

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