Captain Marvel (2019)

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Wikidata Q23781129, film, IMDb tt4154664, TMDB 299537: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only film by that title; 6 more episodes agree.

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In the store as #578, Captain Marvel (2019).

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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.

Guardians of the Galaxy: 2 lines the host's read ×2

  1. lineage (lineage): Guardians of the Galaxy ⇒ Captain Marvel (the host's read). As a prequel, Captain Marvel brings back Guardians characters Ronan (Lee Pace) and Korath (Djimon Hounsou).
    “this is, of course, a prequel, so their characters appear in this film again.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:43:32 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)

Batman Forever: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. craft (craft): Batman Forever ⇒ Captain Marvel (the host's read). The prosthetic-ears-and-face-paint alien look recalls the trashy 1990s comic book movies, specifically Batman Forever.
    “It felt a little bit like Batman forever at times where I was like, that guy is definitely just wearing face paint.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:12:25 · Amanda Dobbins (0.70 sure it was them)

Captain America: The First Avenger: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Captain America: The First Avenger ⇒ Captain Marvel (the host's read). The film goes back to the Steve Rogers style of origin story.
    “here's how Steve Rogers became a super soldier style of storytelling.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:03:27 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)

Pulp Fiction: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Pulp Fiction ⇒ Captain Marvel (the host's read). Samuel L. Jackson driving around mid-90s Los Angeles evokes Jules Winfield, a clever but surface 90s nod.
    “a Samuel L. Jackson character in the mid 90s driving around in a car in Los Angeles, a la Jules Winfield in Pulp Fiction.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:18:39 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)

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

  1. lineage (lineage): The Avengers ⇒ Captain Marvel (the host's read). The Tesseract, the glowing box, was a MacGuffin in the first Avengers and in Infinity War.
    “you may remember the Tesseract from the 1st Avengers film, and then, of course, the most recent Avengers film, Avengers Infinity War”
    The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:09:03 · Sean Fennessey (0.85 sure it was them)

Led to

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

No line says another film or person drew on it.

Connected to

Guardians of the Galaxy: 4 lines craft ×2 lineage ×1 programming ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Captain Marvel → Guardians of the Galaxy. As a prequel, Captain Marvel brings back Guardians characters Ronan (Lee Pace) and Korath (Djimon Hounsou).
    “this is, of course, a prequel, so their characters appear in this film again.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:43:32 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)

Wonder Woman: 3 lines contrast ×1 craft ×1 theme ×1

  1. theme (theme): Captain Marvel → Wonder Woman. Wonder Woman, like Superman, is a god and needs less emotional complexity; Carol Danvers is a real person who is blank for most of the film.
    “Wonder Woman, likes Superman, is a god. And the levels of emotional complexity that we expect from a god are lesser than a real person.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:17:07 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)

Avengers: Infinity War: 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)

Captain America: The First Avenger: 2 lines lineage ×1 theme ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Captain Marvel → Captain America: The First Avenger. The film goes back to the Steve Rogers style of origin story.
    “here's how Steve Rogers became a super soldier style of storytelling.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:03:27 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)

Roma: 2 lines theme ×1 what-if ×1

  1. theme (theme): Captain Marvel → Roma. Recreating childhood wholesale is hard, which is why Roma was such a great movie.
    “That's why Roma was such a great movie.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:27:52 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)

The Avengers: 2 lines lineage ×1 programming ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Captain Marvel → The Avengers. The Tesseract, the glowing box, was a MacGuffin in the first Avengers and in Infinity War.
    “you may remember the Tesseract from the 1st Avengers film, and then, of course, the most recent Avengers film, Avengers Infinity War”
    The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:09:03 · Sean Fennessey (0.85 sure it was them)

Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck: 1 line craft ×1

  1. craft (craft): Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck → Captain Marvel. The speaker guesses the directors built the soundtrack the way a person makes a mixtape of their favorite 90s songs, with every song going into the film.
    “they just put all the songs that end up in the movie, on their mixtape”
    The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:26:23 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)

Ant-Man: 1 line contrast ×1

  1. contrast (contrast): Captain Marvel → Ant-Man. Each Marvel movie gets its own genre: Captain America is WWII, Ant-Man is slacker comedy, Captain Marvel is 90s sci-fi.
    “And then, what Ant-Man is like the modern day slacker dude?”
    The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:13:23 · Amanda Dobbins (0.65 sure it was them)

Batman Forever: 1 line craft ×1

  1. craft (craft): Captain Marvel → Batman Forever. The prosthetic-ears-and-face-paint alien look recalls the trashy 1990s comic book movies, specifically Batman Forever.
    “It felt a little bit like Batman forever at times where I was like, that guy is definitely just wearing face paint.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:12:25 · Amanda Dobbins (0.70 sure it was them)

Boden and Fleck: 1 line people ×1

  1. people (people): Captain Marvel → Boden and Fleck. Visuals aren't Boden and Fleck's strength, but they are smart, and they got script credit; they directed Mississippi Grind.
    “I don't think visuals is not their big thing.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Captain America: The First Avenger · 2:07:08 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)

Captain America: Civil War: 1 line contrast ×1

  1. contrast (contrast): Captain Marvel → Captain America: Civil War. Sean feels closer to Captain Marvel's attempt at a real person than to Civil War, a pop confection.
    “I'm actually much closer to this movie in a lot of ways than I am to a movie like Captain America Civil War.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:28:33 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)

Courtney Love: 1 line industry ×1

  1. industry (industry): Captain Marvel → Courtney Love. The closing credits end on Hole's 'Celebrity Skin' and Courtney Love is one of the controllers of the Nirvana estate, which the speaker reads as corporate synergy.
    “I couldn't help but notice that the film's closing credits ended with whole celebrity skin and that one of the controllers of the Nirvana estate is Courtney Love.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:31:08 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)

David Shoemaker: 1 line verdict ×1

  1. verdict (verdict): Captain Marvel → David Shoemaker. Shoemaker's point: Captain Marvel is too powerful to be a good movie character.
    “Captain Marvel is not a good movie character because Captain Marvel is too powerful.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:47:07 · Amanda Dobbins (0.55 sure it was them)

Iron Man: 1 line programming ×1

  1. programming (programming): Iron Man → Captain Marvel. Mentions Captain Marvel's upcoming 90s setting and Kamala Khan idolizing her as a possible future movie.
    “And then like models herself after Captain Marvel.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man · 2:01:42 · unknown (Griffin) (0.50 sure it was them)

Lady Bird: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (theme): Captain Marvel → Lady Bird. Lady Bird and Mid90s were personal reminiscences of the 90s; Captain Marvel is the Happy Meal version.
    “it's funny to see, you know, the McDonald's Happy Meal version of those movies in a lot of ways.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:25:50 · Sean Fennessey (0.75 sure it was them)

Lee Pace: 1 line industry ×1

  1. industry (industry): Lee Pace → Captain Marvel. Pace has a brief appearance in Captain Marvel and might be set up as its villain.
    “He's in Captain Marvel, though, for like a shot.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Guardians of the Galaxy · 0:26:32 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Mid90s: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (theme): Captain Marvel → Mid90s. Mid90s was made by a successful actor and longtime aspiring director rendering memories of the 90s.
    “They're made by 2 very successful actors, but also 2 longtime aspiring directors.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:25:32 · Sean Fennessey (0.75 sure it was them)

Nirvana: 1 line craft ×1

  1. craft (craft): Captain Marvel → Nirvana. The AI scene with Annette Bening is set to Nirvana's 'Come as You Are', called the most ironic song to choose.
    “And come as you are, is like, is the also just the most ironic song to be choosing.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:26:45 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)

No Doubt: 1 line craft ×1

  1. craft (craft): Captain Marvel → No Doubt. The big fight sequence is set to No Doubt's 'Just a Girl', which the speakers call cute and clever but ham-handed, part of a BuzzFeed-list version of the 90s.
    “And famously, I think what will be sort of infamous is the big fight sequence in this movie is set to, no doubt, just a girl.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:19:43 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)

Pulp Fiction: 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Captain Marvel → Pulp Fiction. Samuel L. Jackson driving around mid-90s Los Angeles evokes Jules Winfield, a clever but surface 90s nod.
    “a Samuel L. Jackson character in the mid 90s driving around in a car in Los Angeles, a la Jules Winfield in Pulp Fiction.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:18:39 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)

Salt-N-Pepa: 1 line craft ×1

  1. craft (craft): Captain Marvel → Salt-N-Pepa. The soundtrack's music cues are called very surface, such as a guard listening to 'What a Man'; the speaker likes the songs themselves.
    “all of the music cues are very surface. A security guard can be seen listening to what a man.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:19:03 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)

Samuel L. Jackson: 1 line programming ×1

  1. programming (programming): Samuel L. Jackson → Captain Marvel. Hosts are excited to see Jackson as a younger Nick Fury again.
    “Can't wait for him to do stuff again in like Captain Marvel and shit.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Captain America: The Winter Soldier · 0:34:42 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Superman: 1 line contrast ×1

  1. contrast (contrast): Captain Marvel → Superman. Captain Marvel is so powerful that Amanda wants her Kryptonite, like Superman.
    “I'm sure she have her version of Kryptonite or whatever?”
    The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:49:46 · Amanda Dobbins (0.60 sure it was them)

X-Men: 1 line craft ×1

  1. craft (craft): Captain Marvel → X-Men. Expository Marvel dialogue needs a stentorian Shakespearean actor like Patrick Stewart or Ian McKellen, which Larson is not.
    “there's a reason that the X-Men movies cast people like Patrick Stewart and Ian McCellen”
    The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:34:38 · Sean Fennessey (0.75 sure it was them)

Where it came up

What was said about it, by kind

contrast (4)

  1. contrast (contrast): Captain Marvel → Wonder Woman. Amanda's instant reaction is that Captain Marvel falls short of Wonder Woman, a high bar.
    “my immediate reaction was this is not Wonder Woman.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:01:18 · Amanda Dobbins (0.80 sure it was them)
  2. contrast (contrast): Captain Marvel → Ant-Man. Each Marvel movie gets its own genre: Captain America is WWII, Ant-Man is slacker comedy, Captain Marvel is 90s sci-fi.
    “And then, what Ant-Man is like the modern day slacker dude?”
    The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:13:23 · Amanda Dobbins (0.65 sure it was them)
  3. contrast (contrast): Captain Marvel → Captain America: Civil War. Sean feels closer to Captain Marvel's attempt at a real person than to Civil War, a pop confection.
    “I'm actually much closer to this movie in a lot of ways than I am to a movie like Captain America Civil War.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:28:33 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  4. contrast (contrast): Captain Marvel → Superman. Captain Marvel is so powerful that Amanda wants her Kryptonite, like Superman.
    “I'm sure she have her version of Kryptonite or whatever?”
    The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:49:46 · Amanda Dobbins (0.60 sure it was them)

craft (9)

  1. craft (craft): Wonder Woman → Captain Marvel. Wonder Woman did its origin story in the first 30 minutes and moved on; Captain Marvel spends the whole film on it.
    “What Wonder Woman did was gave us the best version of its origin story in the 1st 30 minutes, and then we were kind of done with that.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:03:13 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)
  2. craft (craft): Captain Marvel → Batman Forever. The prosthetic-ears-and-face-paint alien look recalls the trashy 1990s comic book movies, specifically Batman Forever.
    “It felt a little bit like Batman forever at times where I was like, that guy is definitely just wearing face paint.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:12:25 · Amanda Dobbins (0.70 sure it was them)
  3. craft (craft): Captain Marvel → Guardians of the Galaxy. Everything in the film except Brie Larson's polished lead is silly fun closer to Guardians.
    “kind of silly fun, kind of closer to Guardians for lack of a better term.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:14:16 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  4. craft (craft): Captain Marvel → Salt-N-Pepa. The soundtrack's music cues are called very surface, such as a guard listening to 'What a Man'; the speaker likes the songs themselves.
    “all of the music cues are very surface. A security guard can be seen listening to what a man.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:19:03 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  5. craft (craft): Captain Marvel → No Doubt. The big fight sequence is set to No Doubt's 'Just a Girl', which the speakers call cute and clever but ham-handed, part of a BuzzFeed-list version of the 90s.
    “And famously, I think what will be sort of infamous is the big fight sequence in this movie is set to, no doubt, just a girl.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:19:43 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  6. craft (craft): Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck → Captain Marvel. The speaker guesses the directors built the soundtrack the way a person makes a mixtape of their favorite 90s songs, with every song going into the film.
    “they just put all the songs that end up in the movie, on their mixtape”
    The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:26:23 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  7. craft (craft): Captain Marvel → Nirvana. The AI scene with Annette Bening is set to Nirvana's 'Come as You Are', called the most ironic song to choose.
    “And come as you are, is like, is the also just the most ironic song to be choosing.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:26:45 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)
  8. craft (craft): Captain Marvel → X-Men. Expository Marvel dialogue needs a stentorian Shakespearean actor like Patrick Stewart or Ian McKellen, which Larson is not.
    “there's a reason that the X-Men movies cast people like Patrick Stewart and Ian McCellen”
    The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:34:38 · Sean Fennessey (0.75 sure it was them)
  9. craft (craft): Guardians of the Galaxy → Captain Marvel. The Flarkin cat in Captain Marvel is a version of the Drax metaphor joke, but this film's joke lands better thanks to the cut to his face.
    “And you know, you know, the cat in Captain Marvel is like a version of this joke.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Guardians of the Galaxy · 1:46:06 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

industry (3)

  1. industry (industry): Captain Marvel → Courtney Love. The closing credits end on Hole's 'Celebrity Skin' and Courtney Love is one of the controllers of the Nirvana estate, which the speaker reads as corporate synergy.
    “I couldn't help but notice that the film's closing credits ended with whole celebrity skin and that one of the controllers of the Nirvana estate is Courtney Love.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:31:08 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  2. 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)
  3. industry (industry): Lee Pace → Captain Marvel. Pace has a brief appearance in Captain Marvel and might be set up as its villain.
    “He's in Captain Marvel, though, for like a shot.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Guardians of the Galaxy · 0:26:32 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

lineage (5)

  1. lineage (lineage): Captain Marvel → Captain America: The First Avenger. The film goes back to the Steve Rogers style of origin story.
    “here's how Steve Rogers became a super soldier style of storytelling.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:03:27 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)
  2. lineage (lineage): Captain Marvel → The Avengers. The Tesseract, the glowing box, was a MacGuffin in the first Avengers and in Infinity War.
    “you may remember the Tesseract from the 1st Avengers film, and then, of course, the most recent Avengers film, Avengers Infinity War”
    The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:09:03 · Sean Fennessey (0.85 sure it was them)
  3. 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)
  4. lineage (lineage): Captain Marvel → Pulp Fiction. Samuel L. Jackson driving around mid-90s Los Angeles evokes Jules Winfield, a clever but surface 90s nod.
    “a Samuel L. Jackson character in the mid 90s driving around in a car in Los Angeles, a la Jules Winfield in Pulp Fiction.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:18:39 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)
  5. lineage (lineage): Captain Marvel → Guardians of the Galaxy. As a prequel, Captain Marvel brings back Guardians characters Ronan (Lee Pace) and Korath (Djimon Hounsou).
    “this is, of course, a prequel, so their characters appear in this film again.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:43:32 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)

people (1)

  1. people (people): Captain Marvel → Boden and Fleck. Visuals aren't Boden and Fleck's strength, but they are smart, and they got script credit; they directed Mississippi Grind.
    “I don't think visuals is not their big thing.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Captain America: The First Avenger · 2:07:08 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)

programming (4)

  1. programming (programming): Guardians of the Galaxy → Captain Marvel. Captain Marvel provides context for the Nova Corps Cree and a not-yet-crazy Ronan, and Jude Law's Yon-Rogg.
    “But the idea in Captain Marvel is he's not crazy yet.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Guardians of the Galaxy · 0:59:57 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  2. programming (programming): Samuel L. Jackson → Captain Marvel. Hosts are excited to see Jackson as a younger Nick Fury again.
    “Can't wait for him to do stuff again in like Captain Marvel and shit.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Captain America: The Winter Soldier · 0:34:42 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. programming (programming): Captain Marvel → The Avengers. Captain Marvel is a 1990s prequel in which Fury still has both eyes, bringing back Coulson/Fury; they predict nineties-reference gags.
    “So in that one, Nick Fury has 2 eyes.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Avengers · 1:29:32 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
  4. programming (programming): Iron Man → Captain Marvel. Mentions Captain Marvel's upcoming 90s setting and Kamala Khan idolizing her as a possible future movie.
    “And then like models herself after Captain Marvel.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man · 2:01:42 · unknown (Griffin) (0.50 sure it was them)

theme (5)

  1. theme (theme): Captain Marvel → Captain America: The First Avenger. Captain America's plucky do-gooder works because Chris Evans gets to be a good guy; Captain Marvel's girl-power messaging feels falsely applied by comparison.
    “when the movie is Captain America the 1st Avenger, and Steve Rogers is this plucky, patriotic do-gooder, we are like, huh, what a good guy.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:14:28 · Sean Fennessey (0.75 sure it was them)
  2. theme (theme): Captain Marvel → Wonder Woman. Wonder Woman, like Superman, is a god and needs less emotional complexity; Carol Danvers is a real person who is blank for most of the film.
    “Wonder Woman, likes Superman, is a god. And the levels of emotional complexity that we expect from a god are lesser than a real person.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:17:07 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)
  3. theme (theme): Captain Marvel → Mid90s. Mid90s was made by a successful actor and longtime aspiring director rendering memories of the 90s.
    “They're made by 2 very successful actors, but also 2 longtime aspiring directors.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:25:32 · Sean Fennessey (0.75 sure it was them)
  4. theme (theme): Captain Marvel → Lady Bird. Lady Bird and Mid90s were personal reminiscences of the 90s; Captain Marvel is the Happy Meal version.
    “it's funny to see, you know, the McDonald's Happy Meal version of those movies in a lot of ways.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:25:50 · Sean Fennessey (0.75 sure it was them)
  5. theme (theme): Captain Marvel → Roma. Recreating childhood wholesale is hard, which is why Roma was such a great movie.
    “That's why Roma was such a great movie.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:27:52 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)

verdict (1)

  1. verdict (verdict): Captain Marvel → David Shoemaker. Shoemaker's point: Captain Marvel is too powerful to be a good movie character.
    “Captain Marvel is not a good movie character because Captain Marvel is too powerful.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:47:07 · Amanda Dobbins (0.55 sure it was them)

what-if (1)

  1. what-if (what-if): Roma → Captain Marvel. Predicts the Academy will honor Netflix and superhero films later, and for lesser movies.
    “So best picture for Captain Marvel 3 and best picture for Roma 5.”
    The Big Picture · Oscars 2019: Instant Reactions to ‘Green Book’ and the Two Warring Academies | The Oscars Show (Ep. 131) · 0:26:44 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)

Fun items about it

  1. fun, about Captain Marvel: Brie Larson's wavy hair is so perfect Amanda guesses it took three hours and was set piece by piece.
    “guys, those took 3 hours.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:13:53 · Amanda Dobbins (0.60 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about Captain Marvel: The 90s signaling: a never-worn Guns N' Roses T-shirt, and Carol stealing a Nine Inch Nails shirt off a mannequin as a metaphor for the film.
    “steals a 9 inch nails t-shirt and a leather jacket off of a mannequin outside of a boutique.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:19:11 · Sean Fennessey (0.75 sure it was them)
  3. fun, about Captain Marvel: The big fight scene is set to No Doubt's Just a Girl while she punches Jude Law, which Sean finds cute and clever but ham-handed.
    “certainly the chorus of that song makes it fit when she's punching Jude Law on the face repeatedly.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:20:01 · Sean Fennessey (0.65 sure it was them)
  4. fun, about Captain Marvel: The film's 90s is the BuzzFeed list version, a pile of references like the Blockbuster and grunge.
    “this is the BuzzFeed article version of the BuzzFeed list version of the 90s.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:20:28 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  5. fun, about Captain Marvel: Amanda's favorite 90s relic is Des'ree's You Gotta Be, which plays when Carol visits Maria at the airplane.
    “I really, at one point, Desiree is playing.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:30:31 · Amanda Dobbins (0.70 sure it was them)
  6. fun, about Captain Marvel: Closing credits song is Hole's Celebrity Skin, and Courtney Love controls the Nirvana estate, which Sean calls synergy.
    “one of the controllers of the Nirvana estate is Courtney Love.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:31:08 · Sean Fennessey (0.75 sure it was them)
  7. fun, about Captain Marvel: Amanda's biggest nitpick: Maria's daughter, six years old then, remembers Carol and explains her whole life through a scrapbook.
    “That kids do not remember people from when they are 5 and 6 years old.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:42:14 · Amanda Dobbins (0.70 sure it was them)
  8. fun, about Captain Marvel: Nick Fury's pager at the end of Infinity War is the same two-way pager from this film.
    “the two-way pager at the end of Avengers Infinity War is the same one that he's using in this film.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:49:04 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)
  9. fun, about Captain Marvel: A running joke about the origin: some guys were mean to her, then she swallowed all of space and time after her boss crashed a plane.
    “her boss crashed it and so she had to swallow all of space and time.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:50:43 · Amanda Dobbins (0.60 sure it was them)
  10. fun, about Captain Marvel: Opening weekend benchmark: less than $150 million would be called a disappointment, even though few can open a movie on name alone.
    “less than $150000000 in the opening weekend would be considered a relative disappointment for a Marvel movie like this”
    The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:52:15 · Sean Fennessey (0.75 sure it was them)
  11. fun, about Captain Marvel: Sean calls the film a perfectly good time with explosions and lasers, but the pressure of being first prevents calling it another adequate Marvel movie.
    “It's a perfectly good time at the movies.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:55:19 · Amanda Dobbins (0.55 sure it was them)
  12. fun, about Captain Marvel: Prediction: best picture for Captain Marvel 3, for Roma 5.
    “best picture for Captain Marvel 3 and best picture for Roma 5.”
    The Big Picture · Oscars 2019: Instant Reactions to ‘Green Book’ and the Two Warring Academies | The Oscars Show (Ep. 131) · 0:26:44 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)

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