MCU RE-WATCH

I'm like a ping pong ball, bouncing back and forth from Marvel to VR... and it's a blast. Anyway, as long and storied as the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe is, having a complete re-watch is almost occasionally necessary as the newer movies fill in some insight into the older films and give you a new way to view them (plus they are all (mostly) such great movies, any excuse to re-watch them is welcome.)

I started my current re-watch a week or so ago, as the hype-train for Captain Marvel keeps getting closer and closer (Next Weekend as a matter of fact!)

At first I wasn't sure exactly how I wanted to watch them all, but there was a post on reddit somewhere that presented an interesting Viewing-Order, not totally chronological (although the MCU itself is a little wishy washy on timeframe details here and there.) but it combines more of the "Earth" movies together and the "Cosmic" movies together and keeps similar themes and ideals together to make a cohesive experience. It seems to be working nicely so far.

I have already gotten through (in this viewing order): Captain America - the First Avenger, Iron Man, Iron Man 2, Incredible Hulk, Thor, Avengers, Thor - the Dark World, Guardians of the Galaxy, and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2.

I just started watching Iron Man 3 last night, and the conclusion of the watching order is: Captain America - the Winter Soldier, Avengers - Age of Ultron, Ant Man, Captain America - Civil War, Black Panther, Spider-Man - Homecoming, Ant Man & Wasp, Dr Strange, Thor - Ragnarok, and Avengers - Infinity War to finish it out.

Captain Marvel is due out next Friday and the final conclusion to (apparently) much of the MCU is right on the heels with Avengers - Endgame coming in late April, which means I may have to do another re-watch as soon as I am able to obtain those two films for my viewing pleasure.

One thing that has helped make watching these a (semi) new experience is my Oculus Go. The Go is an excellent VR device that is perfect for consuming media, and one of it's strengths is that you can watch 3D films without the need for expensive 3D TV's or 3D glasses of any kind. It is absolutely impressive and gives you much more depth in whatever you are watching. I was able to find 3D copies of most MCU movies, and am trying to make it a goal to complete this rewatch in only 3D.

OK... that is all.

Excelsior!