MCU Fan-xiety

How do you deal with stress?

Well, I retreat into fantasy.  In my free time, I mean.



(Photo: Facebook/Avengers)

So, whilst recovering from my op, and in-between sorting Dad out at the hospital, I decided to throw myself into the escapism of MCU i.e. the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Avengers: Age of Ultron was released while I was still an inpatient, but being one of those blockbusters that don't die at the cinema for at least a couple of months, I knew I had time to catch up on the stuff I'd missed.

Simple, right? Well, no actually.

I start by thinking I'll watch the films in release order!(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Marvel_Cinematic_Universe_films)

 

Sorted.

 

Oh wait, but there's also the TV series & one-shots, aren't there? I should include those. (http://nerdist.com/binge-your-life-away-with-the-marvel-cinematic-universe-chronology/)

 

Damn, there're also the tie-in comics. Okay, find a list of comics(http://marvelcinematicuniverse.wikia.com/wiki/Comics).

Oh, but they're not in release order - luckily discerning fans have put up the release order (http://www.comicvine.com/profile/timelordenthusiast/lists/marvel-cinematic-universe-release-order/45706/), although others don't necessarily agree that's the best reading order (http://cartoonmoney.eu/mcu.php).

But wait, not all the comics and one-shots are hard canon - some are soft canon, spin-offs, 'inspired-bys' - do I include all of those?
Crap. Oh apparently there's a special logo that let's you know what's 'proper' canon
(http://www.comicbookmovie.com/comics/marvel_comics/news/?a=97874). That's helpful.

But apparently, there's not only release order, there's the chronological order, i.e. the physical timeline of the universe...

Okay.

Oh, sweet! Cnet have done a lovely infographic (http://www.cnet.com/uk/how-to/marvel-cinematic-universe-timeline-avengers/) - well, I can definitely follow that:

... although the one-shots aren't included.

Okay - THIS includes the one-shots (http://www.comicvine.com/profile/kondorr/lists/marvels-cinematic-universe-watching-order/51150/),
although a CBM user has gone into even more detail with the official MCU timeline (http://www.comicbookmovie.com/avengers/avengers_age_of_ultron/news/?a=120086) which in itself has a scene by scene breakdown.

Oh, you can also split the chronology split up into the Marvel phases (http://shieldtv.net/marvel-cinematic-timeline-viewing-guide), and on top of all that some dudes have done megalithic edits of all the visual MCU media together, amounting to over 18 hours of film where all scenes, flashbacks and prologues are put in their correct chronological canon (http://thecelebritycafe.com/feature/2014/12/marvel-fan-explains-how-make-phase-1-supercut-watch-films-chronological-order-video; http://tdmedina21.wix.com/mcu-movie).


Good, so I've replaced most of my free time with anxiety over how to actually spend my free time.


Eventually, I might even watch a film...

Excuses For Not Posting #705 - It's the Internet's fault

I really did try and write in my blog today, but it's not my fault.

I got entangled within the 1000,000,000 degrees of separation that is the internet, and what started out as a simple search on 'Freedom of Speech' ended up with a google video of a cat playing the piano.

I mean it was okay, y'know for a cat, but its tempo was all over the place.

Recycling Is A Good Thing

One nice things about blogging again was to go through my old posts and not be entirely disappointed by what I found. I.e. enjoying reading my own stuff.

Yes, I know.

Anyway I found this post and realised how much I liked it, and decided to put it again here for your enjoyment and to celebrate the new year.

Self-publication has its advantages.


 January smells good....

...depending on where you are of course. If in Camden it smells a lot like urine and weed. But that's an aside. It feels good to write '01' in dates - like a brand new start. It feels fresh and crisp, and tastes refreshing, like a snowflake on the tongue.

So why is it so traditionally depressing?
I guess the post-Christmas period plus New Year's is a bit of a clue.
The double whammy of pressure to have a nice time with your family and buy presents, plus the all too soon frying-pan-in-the-face of the end of the year, forcing you to reassess how your numerous life plans have turned out. Badly, almost 100% of the time.

Time moves back into play after getting so deliciously out of focus during the holidays.

Credit cards look more threatening than they used to.
Bathroom scales definitely get more use.
Hope slowly crumbles.

Is it that it?

Maybe January needs another chance. After the month of December where it is (theoretically) all about other people we should remarket January as the Month of Me. Time to relax, reboot, use those thousands of bath products we were given over Christmas etc. Focus on oneself to give those new hopes the best chance of working.

2010 was a bit of strange year for me. 2011 might be worse. But then again it might be better.

Hope is less crumbly. Now it feels more chewy, like gum.




Resolution #1
Work on better metaphors.

http://tonra.com/

 

 

 

 

January smells good....

...depending on where you are of course. If in Camden it smells a lot like urine and weed. But that's an aside.

It feels good to write '01' in dates - like a brand new start. It feels fresh and crisp, and tastes refreshing, like a snowflake on the tongue.

So why is it so traditionally depressing?

I guess the post-Christmas period plus New Year's is a bit of a clue.
The double whammy of pressure to have a nice time with your family, buy presents, plus the all too soon frying-pan-in-the-face of the end of the year, which forces you to reassess how your numerous life plans have turned out.
Badly, almost 100% of the time.

Time moves back into play after getting so deliciously out of focus during the holidays.

Credit cards look more threatening than they used to.

Bathroom scales definitely get more use.
..
.
Hope slowly crumbles.


Is it that it?

Maybe January needs another chance. After the month of December where it is (theoretically) all about other people we should remarket January as the Month of Me. Time to relax, reboot, use the thousands of bath products we were given over Christmas etc. Focus on oneself to give those new hopes the best chance of working.

2009 was a bit of strange year for me. 2010 might be worse. But then again it might be better.

Hope is less crumbly. Now it feels more chewy, like gum.




Resolution #1
Work on better metaphors.

http://tonra.com/