Avengers: Infinity War (2018)

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Wikidata Q23780914, film, IMDb tt4154756, TMDB 299536: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only film by that title; 9 more episodes agree.

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Came from

What the speakers say it drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

Avengers: Age of Ultron: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Avengers: Age of Ultron ⇒ Avengers: Infinity War (the host's read). The Hulkbuster armor pays off Banner being almost defeated by it before.
    “it's paying off the fact that he was, you know, almost defeated by this armor before.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 2:00:15 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Jack Kirby: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Jack Kirby ⇒ Avengers: Infinity War (the host's read). Kirby's cosmic creations at Marvel, Galactus and the Silver Surfer, are the ancestors of this material.
    “he creates galactus and silver surf and all these parrots”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 1:56:25 · Griffin Newman (0.35 sure it was them)

Jim Starlin: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Jim Starlin ⇒ Avengers: Infinity War (the host's read). The cosmic Thanos comics were mostly Starlin and mostly dudes talking on half asteroids.
    “Starlin stuff, mostly.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 1:52:56 · David Sims (0.30 sure it was them)

The Avengers: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): The Avengers ⇒ Avengers: Infinity War (the host's read). The Hulk echoes Tony Stark's words from the first Avengers; the movie is full of callbacks.
    “echoing Tony Stark's words from the Avengers 2012”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 0:25:44 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Led to

What the speakers say drew on it, marked the same way.

Avengers: Endgame: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. unmapped (continuity): Avengers: Infinity War ⇒ Avengers: Endgame (the host's read). Thor knowing where the reality stone is sets up a bad decision in Endgame.
    “that plays into Endgame, and a bad decision they make”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 1:03:46 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Connected to

Avengers: Endgame: 11 lines theme ×3 verdict ×2 unmapped ×2 what-if ×2 craft ×1 industry ×1

  1. verdict (verdict): Avengers: Infinity War → Avengers: Endgame. Griffin's frustration with Infinity War in theaters came from dreading what Endgame would do; having since loved Endgame he likes this film more on rewatch.
    “I feel like a lot of my frustrations with this movie when I saw it were also based on me anticipating what I thought they were going to do with Endgame”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 0:28:09 · Griffin Newman (0.80 sure it was them)

Black Panther: 6 lines programming ×2 craft ×2 industry ×2

  1. programming (programming): Black Panther → Avengers: Infinity War. Griffin loved Black Panther just before, then felt Infinity War was one Marvel movie too big.
    “Having, you know, loved Black Panther, which came out right before this.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 0:25:32 · Griffin Newman (0.70 sure it was them)

Ant-Man and the Wasp: 3 lines programming ×2 verdict ×1

  1. verdict (verdict): Ant-Man and the Wasp → Avengers: Infinity War. Seeing Ant-Man and the Wasp while shooting The Tick left Griffin ready to quit the MCU.
    “I was like, I can't deal with these movies anymore.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 1:12:45 · Griffin Newman (0.70 sure it was them)

Avengers: Age of Ultron: 3 lines lineage ×2 industry ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Avengers: Age of Ultron → Avengers: Infinity War. The Vision and Wanda romance set up in Ultron gets no onscreen payoff here.
    “Now, here is the non-payoff of the romance, the major Ultron.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 1:17:18 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

Guardians of the Galaxy: 3 lines programming ×1 lineage ×1 industry ×1

  1. programming (programming): Guardians of the Galaxy → Avengers: Infinity War. Guardians 3 is certain and Star-Lord is now a primary MCU figure.
    “Chris Pratt, obviously, there will be a Guardians 3.”
    The Big Picture · The Past, Present, and Future of Superhero Movies | The Big Picture (Ep. 35) · 0:52:39 · David Shoemaker (0.40 sure it was them)

The Avengers: 3 lines lineage ×2 industry ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): The Avengers → Avengers: Infinity War. In 2012 Banner could become the Hulk at will; now he cannot at all.
    “where Bruce Banner could turn into the Hulk at Will, and now he can't turn into it at all”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 0:44:01 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Alien / Aliens: 2 lines craft ×2

  1. craft (craft): Avengers: Infinity War → Alien / Aliens. The Titan ship looks like the horseshoe ship from the Alien films.
    “Which also looks like the horseshoe from the alien films.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 1:39:41 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Benicio del Toro: 2 lines career ×1 what-if ×1

  1. career (career): Benicio del Toro → Avengers: Infinity War. Del Toro is now a weirdo spaceman in two space franchises.
    “In which Benicio del Toro is now part of 2 space franchises.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 1:10:45 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)

Captain America: Civil War: 2 lines contrast ×1 verdict ×1

  1. contrast (contrast): Avengers: Infinity War → Captain America: Civil War. Both can feel like a supercut of character moments.
    “I sort of have the problem that I have with Civil War where, like, sometimes it just feels like, you know, a supercut of character moments”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 2:19:35 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

Captain America: The Winter Soldier: 2 lines verdict ×1 contrast ×1

  1. verdict (verdict): Captain America: The Winter Soldier → Avengers: Infinity War. A host defends Infinity War as a classic take.
    “I think Infinity War is good though.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Captain America: The Winter Soldier · 0:29:37 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Captain Marvel: 2 lines lineage ×1 industry ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Captain Marvel → Avengers: Infinity War. The film is connective tissue, dragging continuity toward the next Avengers movie.
    “this movie is basically a connective tissue movie.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:09:16 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)

Iron Man: 2 lines industry ×1 craft ×1

  1. industry (industry): Iron Man → Avengers: Infinity War. Superhero movies as a genre are compared to 1940s-50s musicals: most vulnerable when strongest.
    “are never more vulnerable than when they seem strongest.”
    The Big Picture · The Past, Present, and Future of Superhero Movies | The Big Picture (Ep. 35) · 0:55:31 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)

Jack Kirby: 2 lines craft ×1 lineage ×1

  1. craft (craft): Avengers: Infinity War → Jack Kirby. The Vormir sequence is a perfect distillation of what the cosmic Marvel comic illustrations looked like.
    “the Vormir sequence is such a perfect distillation of what those cosmic Marvel illustrations looked like”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 1:53:08 · John Hodgman (0.50 sure it was them)

Justice League: 2 lines verdict ×1 contrast ×1

  1. verdict (verdict): Avengers: Infinity War → Justice League. If Justice League were a true flop it would send shockwaves through the genre.
    “If Justice League is a flop, a true flop, um, I think that'll send shockwaves through the through the genre.”
    The Big Picture · The Past, Present, and Future of Superhero Movies | The Big Picture (Ep. 35) · 0:57:20 · David Shoemaker (0.40 sure it was them)

A Quiet Place: 1 line industry ×1

  1. industry (industry): Avengers: Infinity War → A Quiet Place. In its fourth week A Quiet Place made $11 million against Infinity War's opening.
    “It makes $11 million against this movie.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 2:43:23 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)

Carrie Coon: 1 line career ×1

  1. career (career): Carrie Coon → Avengers: Infinity War. Her Steppenwolf training goes into Proxima Midnight, where you see a third of her face.
    “All her Steppenwolf training finally comes into play with Proxima Midnight.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 0:43:57 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)

Cobweb: 1 line contrast ×1

  1. contrast (contrast): Avengers: Infinity War → Cobweb. The movie is a glove thriller the way The Cobweb is a drape drama: a huge story about accessories.
    “Much like the cobweb is a drape drama.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 2:13:44 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

Comic book crossover events: 1 line craft ×1

  1. craft (craft): Avengers: Infinity War → Comic book crossover events. Infinity War worked because it recreates the feeling of reading a massive comic crossover event.
    “Infinity War was as good as it was because it recreates the feeling of reading like a massive crossover event in a comic book.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse’: One of the Best Superhero Movies Ever | Exit Survey (Ep. 108) · 0:32:09 · Micah Peters (0.80 sure it was them)

Doctor Strange: 1 line contrast ×1

  1. contrast (contrast): Doctor Strange → Avengers: Infinity War. Doctor Strange has the worst joke writing in any Marvel film, while the Avengers films do his comedy better.
    “I think Doctor Strange also suffers from the worst joke writing in any Marvel film.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 0:37:31 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

First Man: 1 line industry ×1

  1. industry (industry): First Man → Avengers: Infinity War. First Man won visual effects because the most high-toned action movie nominated for best picture tends to win the category.
    “basically the most high toned action movie that is also nominated for best picture tends to win.”
    The Big Picture · Oscars 2019: Instant Reactions to ‘Green Book’ and the Two Warring Academies | The Oscars Show (Ep. 131) · 0:48:03 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)

Groundhog Day: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (joke): Avengers: Infinity War → Groundhog Day. Joke: Thanos should wake to a clock radio and say it's Groundhog Day.
    “it's Groundhog Day.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 2:38:31 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2: 1 line craft ×1

  1. craft (craft): Avengers: Infinity War → Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2. Guardians 2's Gamora and Nebula scene gives her survival-instinct backstory that Infinity War could have drawn on.
    “I feel like Guardians 2 does this very good job when she has her sort of big scene with Nebula”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 1:07:26 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

Hercule Poirot film (Kenneth Branagh, title not said): 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (joke): Avengers: Infinity War → Hercule Poirot film (Kenneth Branagh, title not said). Joke opening: Kenneth Branagh doing the distress call.
    “Kenneth Branagh doing the distress call.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 0:21:40 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

Iron Man 3: 1 line craft ×1

  1. craft (craft): Avengers: Infinity War → Iron Man 3. Iron Man 3 completes Tony's arc, so Spider-Man can be his second arc.
    “Iron Man 3 completes the Tony Arc”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 2:36:48 · Griffin Newman (0.45 sure it was them)

Jim Starlin: 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Jim Starlin → Avengers: Infinity War. The cosmic Thanos comics were mostly Starlin and mostly dudes talking on half asteroids.
    “Starlin stuff, mostly.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 1:52:56 · David Sims (0.30 sure it was them)

Joss Whedon: 1 line industry ×1

  1. industry (industry): Joss Whedon → Avengers: Infinity War. Joke: the movie might as well show the directors throwing out Whedon's Avengers 3 script.
    “taking Joss Whedon's like untitled Avengers 3 script and like throwing it in the garbage”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 1:17:24 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

Kramer vs. Kramer: 1 line contrast ×1

  1. contrast (contrast): Avengers: Infinity War → Kramer vs. Kramer. A prestige drama such as Kramer vs. Kramer does not have a turncoat with a robot brain to pay off.
    “Kramer versus Kramer doesn't have one of those.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 1:31:33 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Logan: 1 line verdict ×1

  1. verdict (verdict): Logan → Avengers: Infinity War. Logan is the better movie, but Infinity War was more fun.
    “I think Logan's a better movie.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Gladiator II’ Is Here. Are We Not Entertained? · 1:43:05 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)

Mortal Kombat: 1 line craft ×1

  1. craft (craft): Avengers: Infinity War → Mortal Kombat. Thor's lightning eyes read as Raiden from Mortal Kombat.
    “Radonized from Mortal Kombat.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 2:25:43 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Peter Serafinowicz: 1 line career ×1

  1. career (career): Avengers: Infinity War → Peter Serafinowicz. Infinity War casually blows up Nova, disappointing Serafinowicz who loved shooting there.
    “He was bummed when I told him in Infinity War that they like blow up Nova.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Guardians of the Galaxy · 0:54:02 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Robert Downey Jr.: 1 line craft ×1

  1. craft (craft): Robert Downey Jr. → Avengers: Infinity War. Downey's growing control of the Tony Stark wardrobe.
    “It is funny how increasingly he gets complete control over the wardrobe.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 1:25:10 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)

Roma: 1 line contrast ×1

  1. contrast (contrast): Roma → Avengers: Infinity War. Calls Roma and Netflix the Thanos of popular culture, the anti-everything.
    “Roma and Netflix as the sort of like anti-everything, the sort of the Thanos, if you will.”
    The Big Picture · Oscars 2019: Instant Reactions to ‘Green Book’ and the Two Warring Academies | The Oscars Show (Ep. 131) · 0:23:11 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Spider-Man rights: 1 line industry ×1

  1. industry (industry): Spider-Man rights → Avengers: Infinity War. The dream of Spider-Man joining the shared universe once things are worked out with Sony.
    “once you work things out with Sonny, Spider-Man gets to come into”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 0:40:43 · John Hodgman (0.50 sure it was them)

Star Trek (TNG, Star Trek Live): 1 line craft ×1

  1. craft (craft): Avengers: Infinity War → Star Trek (TNG, Star Trek Live). Spaceships need no aerodynamics; the Borg cube was the beautiful proof.
    “That was what was so beautiful about the design of the Borg cube.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 1:40:14 · John Hodgman (0.35 sure it was them)

Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens: 1 line industry ×1

  1. industry (industry): Avengers: Infinity War → Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens. Infinity War finished just below The Force Awakens worldwide.
    “Yes, and it barely, it almost beat Force Awakens worldwide.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 2:54:29 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Thor: The Dark World: 1 line industry ×1

  1. industry (industry): Thor: The Dark World → Avengers: Infinity War. The ether is the second Infinity Gem; the speakers tally the stones across Mind, Space, Power, Reality, Time and Soul films.
    “I believe this is the 2nd infinity gem.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Thor: The Dark World · 0:37:38 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

Venom: 1 line craft ×1

  1. craft (craft): Venom → Avengers: Infinity War. The Outriders look like Venom symbiotes, perhaps a soft setup.
    “They look like venoms, right?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 2:05:58 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)

Vin Diesel: 1 line what-if ×1

  1. what-if (what-if): Vin Diesel → Avengers: Infinity War. Diesel changed his profile pictures to the Vision to angle for the role before Feige said they had not met him.
    “he changed his like profile picture on every website to a photo of the vision”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 1:21:07 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Where it came up

What was said about it, by kind

career (3)

  1. career (career): Carrie Coon → Avengers: Infinity War. Her Steppenwolf training goes into Proxima Midnight, where you see a third of her face.
    “All her Steppenwolf training finally comes into play with Proxima Midnight.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 0:43:57 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)
  2. career (career): Benicio del Toro → Avengers: Infinity War. Del Toro is now a weirdo spaceman in two space franchises.
    “In which Benicio del Toro is now part of 2 space franchises.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 1:10:45 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)
  3. career (career): Avengers: Infinity War → Peter Serafinowicz. Infinity War casually blows up Nova, disappointing Serafinowicz who loved shooting there.
    “He was bummed when I told him in Infinity War that they like blow up Nova.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Guardians of the Galaxy · 0:54:02 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

contrast (7)

  1. contrast (contrast): Roma → Avengers: Infinity War. Calls Roma and Netflix the Thanos of popular culture, the anti-everything.
    “Roma and Netflix as the sort of like anti-everything, the sort of the Thanos, if you will.”
    The Big Picture · Oscars 2019: Instant Reactions to ‘Green Book’ and the Two Warring Academies | The Oscars Show (Ep. 131) · 0:23:11 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. contrast (contrast): Doctor Strange → Avengers: Infinity War. Doctor Strange has the worst joke writing in any Marvel film, while the Avengers films do his comedy better.
    “I think Doctor Strange also suffers from the worst joke writing in any Marvel film.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 0:37:31 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)
  3. contrast (contrast): Avengers: Infinity War → Kramer vs. Kramer. A prestige drama such as Kramer vs. Kramer does not have a turncoat with a robot brain to pay off.
    “Kramer versus Kramer doesn't have one of those.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 1:31:33 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  4. contrast (contrast): Justice League → Avengers: Infinity War. Justice League tried to deliver team-up goosebumps three movies into its universe, too early.
    “Justice League tried, like, 3 movies into their universe, essentially, to have the goosebump moments of, oh, they're all together”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 1:59:37 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  5. contrast (contrast): Avengers: Infinity War → Cobweb. The movie is a glove thriller the way The Cobweb is a drape drama: a huge story about accessories.
    “Much like the cobweb is a drape drama.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 2:13:44 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)
  6. contrast (contrast): Avengers: Infinity War → Captain America: Civil War. Both can feel like a supercut of character moments.
    “I sort of have the problem that I have with Civil War where, like, sometimes it just feels like, you know, a supercut of character moments”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 2:19:35 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)
  7. contrast (contrast): Captain America: The Winter Soldier → Avengers: Infinity War. Pierce's plan is compared to Thanos's, defended as a meta commentary on the MCU being too big.
    “the Thanos thing is boring in theory, but it's great when you realize he's actually just saying this Marvel cinematic universe has gotten too big.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Captain America: The Winter Soldier · 1:50:07 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)

craft (14)

  1. craft (craft): Avengers: Infinity War → Comic book crossover events. Infinity War worked because it recreates the feeling of reading a massive comic crossover event.
    “Infinity War was as good as it was because it recreates the feeling of reading like a massive crossover event in a comic book.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse’: One of the Best Superhero Movies Ever | Exit Survey (Ep. 108) · 0:32:09 · Micah Peters (0.80 sure it was them)
  2. craft (craft): Avengers: Infinity War → Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2. Guardians 2's Gamora and Nebula scene gives her survival-instinct backstory that Infinity War could have drawn on.
    “I feel like Guardians 2 does this very good job when she has her sort of big scene with Nebula”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 1:07:26 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. craft (craft): Avengers: Infinity War → Alien / Aliens. Stark getting sucked out the airlock: it's the first Alien, not Aliens.
    “It's an alien thing, right?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 1:23:30 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  4. craft (craft): Robert Downey Jr. → Avengers: Infinity War. Downey's growing control of the Tony Stark wardrobe.
    “It is funny how increasingly he gets complete control over the wardrobe.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 1:25:10 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)
  5. craft (craft): Avengers: Infinity War → Avengers: Endgame. Because Thanos is the protagonist here, killing him at the top of Endgame is a deliberate anticlimax.
    “killing him after this would be an anticlimax”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 1:27:37 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)
  6. craft (craft): Avengers: Infinity War → Alien / Aliens. The Titan ship looks like the horseshoe ship from the Alien films.
    “Which also looks like the horseshoe from the alien films.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 1:39:41 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  7. craft (craft): Avengers: Infinity War → Star Trek (TNG, Star Trek Live). Spaceships need no aerodynamics; the Borg cube was the beautiful proof.
    “That was what was so beautiful about the design of the Borg cube.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 1:40:14 · John Hodgman (0.35 sure it was them)
  8. craft (craft): Avengers: Infinity War → Jack Kirby. The Vormir sequence is a perfect distillation of what the cosmic Marvel comic illustrations looked like.
    “the Vormir sequence is such a perfect distillation of what those cosmic Marvel illustrations looked like”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 1:53:08 · John Hodgman (0.50 sure it was them)
  9. craft (craft): Black Panther → Avengers: Infinity War. Had Marvel known how big Black Panther would be, Shuri would not have been kept in one room.
    “if they had known how big Black Panther was gonna be, they would not have kept Sherry in one room”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 2:03:09 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)
  10. craft (craft): Black Panther → Avengers: Infinity War. A listener pointed out that Wakanda in Black Panther is an Atlanta parking lot on green screen, a source of local pride.
    “clearly it is a parking lot in Atlanta that is green screen”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 2:03:48 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  11. craft (craft): Venom → Avengers: Infinity War. The Outriders look like Venom symbiotes, perhaps a soft setup.
    “They look like venoms, right?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 2:05:58 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)
  12. craft (craft): Avengers: Infinity War → Mortal Kombat. Thor's lightning eyes read as Raiden from Mortal Kombat.
    “Radonized from Mortal Kombat.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 2:25:43 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  13. craft (craft): Avengers: Infinity War → Iron Man 3. Iron Man 3 completes Tony's arc, so Spider-Man can be his second arc.
    “Iron Man 3 completes the Tony Arc”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 2:36:48 · Griffin Newman (0.45 sure it was them)
  14. craft (craft): Iron Man → Avengers: Infinity War. Prefers Iron Man's visible plate-and-gear machinery to Infinity War's seamless nanobite suit.
    “I like it so much more when it's the thing where like one plate has to like rise up”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man · 1:55:33 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

industry (14)

  1. industry (industry): Captain Marvel → Avengers: Infinity War. Opening-weekend benchmarks: Infinity War opened at $257 million; under $150 million is called a disappointment for Captain Marvel.
    “Avengers Infinity War, naturally, that one's $257000000 opening weekend.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:52:54 · Sean Fennessey (0.75 sure it was them)
  2. industry (industry): First Man → Avengers: Infinity War. First Man won visual effects because the most high-toned action movie nominated for best picture tends to win the category.
    “basically the most high toned action movie that is also nominated for best picture tends to win.”
    The Big Picture · Oscars 2019: Instant Reactions to ‘Green Book’ and the Two Warring Academies | The Oscars Show (Ep. 131) · 0:48:03 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. industry (industry): Iron Man → Avengers: Infinity War. Superhero movies as a genre are compared to 1940s-50s musicals: most vulnerable when strongest.
    “are never more vulnerable than when they seem strongest.”
    The Big Picture · The Past, Present, and Future of Superhero Movies | The Big Picture (Ep. 35) · 0:55:31 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  4. industry (industry): Spider-Man rights → Avengers: Infinity War. The dream of Spider-Man joining the shared universe once things are worked out with Sony.
    “once you work things out with Sonny, Spider-Man gets to come into”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 0:40:43 · John Hodgman (0.50 sure it was them)
  5. industry (industry): Joss Whedon → Avengers: Infinity War. Joke: the movie might as well show the directors throwing out Whedon's Avengers 3 script.
    “taking Joss Whedon's like untitled Avengers 3 script and like throwing it in the garbage”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 1:17:24 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)
  6. industry (industry): Avengers: Age of Ultron → Avengers: Infinity War. Whedon said he cut a great Hulk gag from Ultron and gave it back to Marvel.
    “I came up with a Hulk moment, a Hulk gag that was so good and it just didn't fit into the story.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 2:00:51 · Griffin Newman (0.35 sure it was them)
  7. industry (industry): Black Panther → Avengers: Infinity War. The Russos tested Infinity War before Black Panther opened and Black Panther material drew no reaction.
    “They tested this movie before Black Panther came out and Black Panther shit got no reaction.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 2:03:21 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  8. industry (industry): Avengers: Infinity War → Avengers: Endgame. Infinity War's billing is a crayon drawing next to Endgame's.
    “Billing on this movie is a fucking crayon drawing compared to the billing of endgame”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 2:40:23 · David Sims (0.35 sure it was them)
  9. industry (industry): Avengers: Infinity War → A Quiet Place. In its fourth week A Quiet Place made $11 million against Infinity War's opening.
    “It makes $11 million against this movie.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 2:43:23 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)
  10. industry (industry): Black Panther → Avengers: Infinity War. Black Panther got a box-office bump from Infinity War, as Captain Marvel did for Endgame.
    “This is Black Panther getting the Infinity War bump, which happened with Captain Marvel and Endgame.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 2:53:25 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)
  11. industry (industry): Avengers: Infinity War → Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens. Infinity War finished just below The Force Awakens worldwide.
    “Yes, and it barely, it almost beat Force Awakens worldwide.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 2:54:29 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  12. industry (industry): The Avengers → Avengers: Infinity War. Marvel billing is contractual: Evans is second-billed in Avengers 1 and 4, Hemsworth in 2 and 3, and Ruffalo is locked at third.
    “But then there's the very specific and unusual arrangement.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Guardians of the Galaxy · 0:22:27 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  13. industry (industry): Avengers: Infinity War → Guardians of the Galaxy. Infinity War's Guardians scenes feel slightly off without Gunn writing and directing them, making them dread Guardians 3 under someone else.
    “And also, I mean, watching Infinity War was like, fuck, I don't want to see someone else direct Guardians 3.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Guardians of the Galaxy · 1:32:25 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  14. industry (industry): Thor: The Dark World → Avengers: Infinity War. The ether is the second Infinity Gem; the speakers tally the stones across Mind, Space, Power, Reality, Time and Soul films.
    “I believe this is the 2nd infinity gem.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Thor: The Dark World · 0:37:38 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

lineage (8)

  1. lineage (lineage): Captain Marvel → Avengers: Infinity War. The film is connective tissue, dragging continuity toward the next Avengers movie.
    “this movie is basically a connective tissue movie.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:09:16 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)
  2. lineage (lineage): The Avengers → Avengers: Infinity War. The Hulk echoes Tony Stark's words from the first Avengers; the movie is full of callbacks.
    “echoing Tony Stark's words from the Avengers 2012”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 0:25:44 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  3. lineage (lineage): The Avengers → Avengers: Infinity War. In 2012 Banner could become the Hulk at will; now he cannot at all.
    “where Bruce Banner could turn into the Hulk at Will, and now he can't turn into it at all”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 0:44:01 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  4. lineage (lineage): Avengers: Age of Ultron → Avengers: Infinity War. The Vision and Wanda romance set up in Ultron gets no onscreen payoff here.
    “Now, here is the non-payoff of the romance, the major Ultron.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 1:17:18 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)
  5. lineage (lineage): Jim Starlin → Avengers: Infinity War. The cosmic Thanos comics were mostly Starlin and mostly dudes talking on half asteroids.
    “Starlin stuff, mostly.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 1:52:56 · David Sims (0.30 sure it was them)
  6. lineage (lineage): Jack Kirby → Avengers: Infinity War. Kirby's cosmic creations at Marvel, Galactus and the Silver Surfer, are the ancestors of this material.
    “he creates galactus and silver surf and all these parrots”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 1:56:25 · Griffin Newman (0.35 sure it was them)
  7. lineage (lineage): Avengers: Age of Ultron → Avengers: Infinity War. The Hulkbuster armor pays off Banner being almost defeated by it before.
    “it's paying off the fact that he was, you know, almost defeated by this armor before.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 2:00:15 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  8. lineage (lineage): Guardians of the Galaxy → Avengers: Infinity War. Thanos's 'I'll do it myself' in Infinity War is explained by this film's first-wave contractors who all blow it.
    “Yeah, is that he's he's contracted people to get all this shit for him and they all blow it.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Guardians of the Galaxy · 0:46:35 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

programming (5)

  1. programming (programming): Black Panther → Avengers: Infinity War. Black Panther looks like the best bet to carry the MCU into the next phase after Infinity War.
    “Black Panther certainly looks to be the best bet to carry the series into phase four”
    The Big Picture · The Past, Present, and Future of Superhero Movies | The Big Picture (Ep. 35) · 0:49:22 · David Shoemaker (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. programming (programming): Guardians of the Galaxy → Avengers: Infinity War. Guardians 3 is certain and Star-Lord is now a primary MCU figure.
    “Chris Pratt, obviously, there will be a Guardians 3.”
    The Big Picture · The Past, Present, and Future of Superhero Movies | The Big Picture (Ep. 35) · 0:52:39 · David Shoemaker (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. programming (programming): Avengers: Infinity War → Ant-Man and the Wasp. Whether Ant-Man and the Wasp matters as much as Infinity War is a test of Marvel overexposure.
    “At what point does Ant-man and the Wasp not matter as much as Infinity War?”
    The Big Picture · The Past, Present, and Future of Superhero Movies | The Big Picture (Ep. 35) · 0:57:00 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  4. programming (programming): Black Panther → Avengers: Infinity War. Griffin loved Black Panther just before, then felt Infinity War was one Marvel movie too big.
    “Having, you know, loved Black Panther, which came out right before this.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 0:25:32 · Griffin Newman (0.70 sure it was them)
  5. programming (programming): Ant-Man and the Wasp → Avengers: Infinity War. Ant-Man and the Wasp is the sorbet to watch after Infinity War.
    “A nice little sorbet, though.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 2:55:04 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

theme (3)

  1. theme (theme): Avengers: Infinity War → Avengers: Endgame. Doctor Strange's 14 million futures: Endgame is the one pathway he sees.
    “A movie endgame is the one pathway.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 1:46:32 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  2. theme (theme): Avengers: Infinity War → Avengers: Endgame. Thanos's Titan speech echoes his first line about knowing what it is to be right and still lose.
    “And this is the echo to, I know what it's like.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 2:09:10 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. theme (theme): Avengers: Infinity War → Avengers: Endgame. Endgame's returning heroes prove Thanos wrong: you love even the tertiary characters.
    “Feige being like C, Thanos was wrong.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 2:28:37 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

unmapped (4)

  1. unmapped (joke): Avengers: Infinity War → Hercule Poirot film (Kenneth Branagh, title not said). Joke opening: Kenneth Branagh doing the distress call.
    “Kenneth Branagh doing the distress call.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 0:21:40 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. unmapped (continuity): Avengers: Infinity War → Avengers: Endgame. The Scarlet Witch's mind-reading powers from Ultron are teased here and then forgotten by Endgame.
    “teasing the fact that the Scarlet Witch originated having mind powers”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 0:57:39 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  3. unmapped (continuity): Avengers: Infinity War → Avengers: Endgame. Thor knowing where the reality stone is sets up a bad decision in Endgame.
    “that plays into Endgame, and a bad decision they make”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 1:03:46 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  4. unmapped (joke): Avengers: Infinity War → Groundhog Day. Joke: Thanos should wake to a clock radio and say it's Groundhog Day.
    “it's Groundhog Day.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 2:38:31 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

verdict (7)

  1. verdict (verdict): Logan → Avengers: Infinity War. Logan is the better movie, but Infinity War was more fun.
    “I think Logan's a better movie.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Gladiator II’ Is Here. Are We Not Entertained? · 1:43:05 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. verdict (verdict): Avengers: Infinity War → Justice League. If Justice League were a true flop it would send shockwaves through the genre.
    “If Justice League is a flop, a true flop, um, I think that'll send shockwaves through the through the genre.”
    The Big Picture · The Past, Present, and Future of Superhero Movies | The Big Picture (Ep. 35) · 0:57:20 · David Shoemaker (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. verdict (verdict): Avengers: Infinity War → Avengers: Endgame. Griffin's frustration with Infinity War in theaters came from dreading what Endgame would do; having since loved Endgame he likes this film more on rewatch.
    “I feel like a lot of my frustrations with this movie when I saw it were also based on me anticipating what I thought they were going to do with Endgame”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 0:28:09 · Griffin Newman (0.80 sure it was them)
  4. verdict (verdict): Ant-Man and the Wasp → Avengers: Infinity War. Seeing Ant-Man and the Wasp while shooting The Tick left Griffin ready to quit the MCU.
    “I was like, I can't deal with these movies anymore.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 1:12:45 · Griffin Newman (0.70 sure it was them)
  5. verdict (verdict): Avengers: Infinity War → Avengers: Endgame. Hindsight reframes Infinity War as a movie about processing trauma rather than pure battle.
    “a movie about the processing of trauma”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 2:26:21 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)
  6. verdict (verdict): Captain America: The Winter Soldier → Avengers: Infinity War. A host defends Infinity War as a classic take.
    “I think Infinity War is good though.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Captain America: The Winter Soldier · 0:29:37 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  7. verdict (verdict): Captain America: Civil War → Avengers: Infinity War. Civil War is barely a Captain America movie and Infinity War is just a Marvel movie rather than an Avengers movie.
    “My problem is that civil war is barely a Captain America movie.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Captain America: The First Avenger · 1:55:14 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

what-if (4)

  1. what-if (what-if): Vin Diesel → Avengers: Infinity War. Diesel changed his profile pictures to the Vision to angle for the role before Feige said they had not met him.
    “he changed his like profile picture on every website to a photo of the vision”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 1:21:07 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  2. what-if (what-if): Avengers: Infinity War → Avengers: Endgame. Mantis proves Thanos can be mentally manipulated, so Endgame should have used Wanda against him.
    “you have a very powerful mental manipulator in Wanda, and she doesn't do it.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 2:12:02 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)
  3. what-if (what-if): Avengers: Infinity War → Avengers: Endgame. Would have preferred Wanda going into Thanos's head in Endgame, a Mysterio-style nightmare sequence.
    “I would have enjoyed her more going into his head”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 2:12:59 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)
  4. what-if (what-if): Benicio del Toro → Avengers: Infinity War. The Collector is in a scene in Infinity War, with the implication he returns in Endgame.
    “But the the implication, I think, is that he'll be back in Endgame.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Guardians of the Galaxy · 1:01:16 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Fun items about it

  1. fun, about Avengers: Infinity War: Asking for 19 films of knowledge for a three-hour movie is ridiculous.
    “Like asking somebody to have 19 films worth of knowledge in order to enjoy a 3 hour movie”
    The Big Picture · ‘Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse’: One of the Best Superhero Movies Ever | Exit Survey (Ep. 108) · 0:32:00 · Micah Peters (0.80 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about Avengers: Infinity War: Opening ritual: the hosts try to start the film in sync with a Thanos snap, botching the remote and resetting twice.
    “David, I'm going to go three, two, one, and then I want you to do a Thanos snap.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 0:20:09 · Griffin Newman (0.70 sure it was them)
  3. fun, about Avengers: Infinity War: Black Order power ranking: Ebony Maw first for his Mr. Burns hand flick; Proxima Midnight second for Carrie Coon.
    “I like the Mr. Burns hand.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 0:41:45 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)
  4. fun, about Avengers: Infinity War: Filming locations: the New York blocks are CGI, Edinburgh and Atlanta are real, and Thanos's little hut is in the Philippines.
    “And then Thanos's weird little hut is in the Philippines.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 0:45:47 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  5. fun, about Avengers: Infinity War: Look at the chip shop in the Edinburgh scene: a sign says they will deep fry your kebab, which leads to Scottish deep-frying and a prank-call album bit.
    “there's just a sign in the chip shop that just says, we will deep fry your kebab”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 0:59:16 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
  6. fun, about Avengers: Infinity War: Cap's Nomad costume: the torn-off stars read as aged and on the run, and Hodgman explains the 1970s comic Nomad identity after Watergate.
    “And I love that they make it clear that he has ripped off the stars.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 1:03:25 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)
  7. fun, about Avengers: Infinity War: Quick background gag: Tobias Funke-style Blue Man appears in one of the tanks as they pass.
    “We just passed by the shot in which Tobias Bluth appears in one of the tanks.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 1:10:04 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)
  8. fun, about Avengers: Infinity War: Knowhere scene: Benicio del Toro claps for Gamora after she stabs Thanos, which they think was his own idea.
    “Now, my favorite thing here is when he claps for her.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 1:11:44 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)
  9. fun, about Avengers: Infinity War: Tony's techno hoodie is the most embarrassing garment, a member's-only jacket run through a Sharper Image catalog, with orange piping.
    “this hoodie looks like a member's only jacket that's been run through a sharper image catalog.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 1:25:19 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  10. fun, about Avengers: Infinity War: Thanos makes Gamora a snack in a ramekin that is a big bowl in her hand; Hodgman: what a dad.
    “The idea that he made her a snack though.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 1:27:00 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  11. fun, about Avengers: Infinity War: Doctor Strange's multi-future scene joke: what he saw was someone load a Blu-ray and a menu.
    “What happened was he was looking, he saw someone load a Blu-ray.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 1:46:35 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)
  12. fun, about Avengers: Infinity War: Vormir: Red Skull as Stone Smithers, a former victim of the stone now working as its personal assistant.
    “You are now the Stone Smithers.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 1:49:37 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)
  13. fun, about Avengers: Infinity War: Shuri's translucent orange Blade Runner-style rain slicker gets a long overdue shout-out.
    “Her very cool, translucent, orange, Blade Runner-esque, rain slicker.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 1:55:59 · John Hodgman (0.40 sure it was them)
  14. fun, about Avengers: Infinity War: Wakanda battle: the force field cutting the Outriders in half is fun, and a Black Panther commentary commenter celebrated Atlanta standing in for Wakanda.
    “This is so much fun, though, that the force field, like, cuts them in half.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 2:00:32 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  15. fun, about Avengers: Infinity War: Quill's gauntlet fight: they call it a glove thriller, as The Cobweb is a drape drama.
    “Much like the cobweb is a drape drama.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 2:13:44 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)
  16. fun, about Avengers: Infinity War: Kevin Smith screamed 'no' at the press screening the second Tony was stabbed, and posted a tearful selfie; later he cried again at Cap shaving his beard in Endgame.
    “And that person was Kevin Smith, who was in our audience”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 2:22:46 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)
  17. fun, about Avengers: Infinity War: Billing joke: Josh Brolin is Thanos with the special participation of Chris Pratt.
    “And Josh Brolin is Thanos with the special participation of Chris Pratt.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 2:42:31 · John Hodgman (0.40 sure it was them)
  18. fun, about Avengers: Infinity War: Post-credits scene: Fury rides in an Infinity QX-series car; he finally uses his pager, which has logos on it.
    “That's an infinity X7, I think, which is the car I'm least likely to be happy about when I order a lift.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 2:49:07 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

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