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Ep11: 🦸 Now that’s how you make an entrance!🦸
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Anthony and John discussed their favorite superhero intros! From suit ups to making superhero landings, let us know in the comments what’s your favorite?
What's going on, guys? I am the Black Sheep, Anthony C. I am the big John V. From South Carolina all the way to Cali. This is another edition of One Take, Real Talk on it.
SPEAKER_00The one where you open the door and you get to the next one on movies, games, and entrance pop culture.
SPEAKER_01That's right. So today, guys, we're gonna create in our top moments in MCU history of introduction. So these can be the first time you see a character, these can be battle interests, or just very interesting, like very moments where a character can be, you know, like make their self pronounced, like, hey, I'm here, what's up? You know what I mean?
SPEAKER_00And don't confuse it the way I did with first time we see them.
SPEAKER_01I mean, you could like like I told you, John, you could put somebody, it doesn't have to only be. Yeah, man. I'm saying it's not limited to that. Yeah, yeah. It's not just limited to the first time you see somebody. Okay.
SPEAKER_00So yeah. I got a I got a pretty hefty boy here. I don't know how many you wanted to do.
SPEAKER_01I mean, I got a couple. We just see where we roll with it. How about that? All right. Sounds good to me then, man. All right. Well, John, I'll let you lead us off. What do you got?
SPEAKER_00With numero something here, uh, we got Deadpool's bridge jump to the one and only X.
SPEAKER_01Okay. I mean, yeah. Pretty. I mean, I like I like what happened previously. It's so melodramatic. I mean, it's so anticlimactic where you see him on the never gonna get it, you know, by salt pepper. And, you know, I mean, where he makes the introduction, you know, his extroduction. But yeah, I mean, it's pretty dope.
SPEAKER_00I mean, dude, it just like it's so so intense. Like, kind of love how out of nowhere it feels. Yeah. Because, you know, it comes off and it's coming off the my darling angel. I was, I forgot. I don't, yeah, I don't remember the name of that song. I'm sorry, guys. You're my angel. Yeah. There we go. Yeah, there we go.
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SPEAKER_00Yeah. It's just, I mean, like, got a very distinct energy, feels its own, and I think for a reason has earned its spot on this list.
SPEAKER_01Okay, I mean, like I said, it's a dope moment, very action-packed moment, you know. But yeah, no, damn. I think I think it's a very dope moment. You got him going through the sudden quick whips, you know. That's not bad. That's not bad at all. I'll take it then. My first one coming off my list, it's so iconic. From arguably the best movie in MCU. It's so iconic. It's in it, and it's like, whoa. I mean, if you didn't know the comics, you're like, whoa. Even if you did know the comics, you're like, that's dope. I'm going with the introduction of the winter soldier and the unmasking of Bucky.
SPEAKER_00That was that was an honorable venture for me. It's so good.
SPEAKER_01So good. You get the whole fight, like Steve, you get the whole shootout, hand-to-hand back. Bucky's mask comes off, and he's like, Bucky, who the hell is Bucky? And then I'll tell you, like, dude, it's dope. It's dope.
SPEAKER_00Also, like, even if you didn't know it was coming from the comics, they still do it so well that you just don't care.
SPEAKER_01And I mean, I don't know if it was the same for you, but no, I didn't mean like, dude, it I just I love that. I like that over the comics. I'm sorry. But I mean, that's just that's one thing the MCU did that I like temporarily better than McDonald's.
SPEAKER_00Yeah, if someone's gonna call you sacrilegious for that.
SPEAKER_01They could call me what they want to call me. I mean, it's it's my preference, you know. Yeah, it's totally my preference.
SPEAKER_02I'm just giving you the heads up, man.
SPEAKER_00Just give you a heads up.
SPEAKER_01But uh, I loved everything about it. You got the whole chase down sequence, you got a bunch of shit blowing up left and right, and Steve Rogers meets his match with the winner soldier. I mean, yeah, by far, arguably, the best movie in the MCUs. Yeah, I mean, it's I mean, Infinity War exists. I I'm sorry, I have it over the end game, but it in Infinity War battles for me.
SPEAKER_00Depends on the data. And we eventually will rank the entire MCU guy, so don't worry about that. It's gonna be like that's gonna be like a two-hour episode.
SPEAKER_02It's hard to justify not liking this one. At least as far as I know.
SPEAKER_01I think uh I really do think that these are a great, this is a great pick. But uh John, what's your next one?
SPEAKER_00All right, man. Well, I'm not gonna lie, Anthony. I'm sorry if this was on your list. I have Killmonger pulling up to uh challenge T'Challa for the throne.
SPEAKER_01I mean, that's that's a pretty dope introduction. I have if I chose a killmonger moment, don't have a killmonger moment on my. I'm gonna save it. Go ahead. But go ahead.
SPEAKER_00So, I mean, like, for one, him taking the shirt off and being like, each one of these dots is someone I've killed to get here. And the weight to that, Michael B. Jordan is killing it. Like, what are his best performances?
SPEAKER_01Yeah, he said not each one of these is for that I killed all for this moment to kill you. I'll tell you, like, damn boy. Hey, uh, best villain in the MCU. I'm sorry.
SPEAKER_00Oh, go ahead. Um, yeah, it's so weighty, like the fight that proceeds it, like, it is so intense, and I mean, like, I I don't know where your cutoff was, but my climax to this was uh when he actually sits on the throne. Oh yeah. And I'm like, oh you just like stole that from him, and there was no no buildup to it. You just did it. So this this I don't know. It's it's not to me, it's not the single best villain introduction, but it's it's on here for a reason.
SPEAKER_02Yeah.
SPEAKER_01I mean I mean, like it it's a dope scene. It's a dope scene. It's hard to it's really hard to dislike. It is. But I'm gonna go with one I was gonna do a little later, but just to combat that one. I'm going with I never yield, and as you can see, I am not that'll making his return to reclaim his twelve. This is a very ironic back-to-back right here. Dude, I'm telling you, that moment in that row, that right there, I'm like, yes, yes, man, yes. And and then you get T'Challa versus, you know, the Killmonger, and it's just everything you want it to be. You got Wakanda's split down the middle, and Waconda is still recovering from that fight.
SPEAKER_00Yeah, and what's crazy is the second fight's so much better. I like how much more haughty Killmonger suit is. Like Yeah.
SPEAKER_01I mean, but you can see that what I love about Tashalla and the contrast between these two is how much they want the same thing, but Tatala's straight tradition, you know, whereas Killmonger is more open-minded and wants to help everybody, you know, but you can see the difference, not only like the ideology, but just in how they choose to like to dress. Whereas Killmonger was a minimal, I mean, T'Challa was a minimalist where he wanted simple things, you know, and and Killmonger is bright and flashy, like like his suit is even black and gold. You know?
SPEAKER_00I'm sorry, Gaudi. That was the word I meant to say. I'm sorry.
SPEAKER_01Yeah.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, I was like, I said, did I say the wrong word? But no, yeah. I like it. It's it's great.
SPEAKER_00Like, yeah, yeah, I'm not bad at that. Well, if you're ready, I've got uh I've got my next one on this list. What's your next one? Well, this is what I do consider the best villain introduction in the uh in the MCU. And that is Thor. I mean not Thor, I'm sorry. Thanos manhandling Hulk.
SPEAKER_01I mean, I would give that whole, I would give I would just do that whole intro. I'll do that whole intro where he drags, he's already has he already has Thor by the neck, and Loki is been trying to manipulate him, and then he then he goes into the whole hook think.
SPEAKER_00I mean, and this one's weighty too. Like, this is another one where just like density of what we're dealing with. Like, I mean, I'm stakes a raised, because it's not a close fight. I remember I saw someone say one time, they were like, oh man, I love how competitive it was. I'm like, I don't know.
SPEAKER_01Competitive.
SPEAKER_00I don't know what movie you watch, brother, but uh you need to get your eyes checked.
SPEAKER_01Polk had that man for like a whole two seconds and then got body.
SPEAKER_00Like, for real. Yeah, man, this is like watching Tommy versus uh Mad Dog and Warrior Boy. Like, this was not close.
SPEAKER_01This dude down got his ass whooped so bad he didn't want to come back out and fight.
SPEAKER_00Yeah, I mean, this was like the Carolina Panthers in the 2016 Super Bowl.
SPEAKER_01Uh, first of all, that was a close one. But anyway, yeah. That was close to what a lot of people stunk for Anthony, guys. No, it didn't sting because it was just a misrepresentation of what happened. But but yeah, man, I I like that, I like that pick though. Uh one of my favorite Thanos scenes. But if you're dealing with yours, I got mine. Go for it. Go for it. I'm gonna choose another, I'm gonna choose another Thanos scene. I'm choosing Thanos popping up in Wakanda.
SPEAKER_02Okay, I'm not mad at this.
SPEAKER_01I'm not mad at this at all. This nigga, they they told, they told Cap, Cap, that's him. That's all and what could Cap do? Nothing. Nothing. Nothing, bro. Nothing. This dude showed up, bodied everybody, looked at vision and be like, hey, give me that brain. And ripped it out. Pause. Okay. Oh. Yeah, someone's gonna hear that out of college.
SPEAKER_02What did he just say?
SPEAKER_01Bro, rip the jewel right out of this man's brain, bro.
SPEAKER_00I mean, and dude, just like, so you and me have talked about this off the cuff, but like MCU's villains are not its strength. No, it's not. Considering there's like six good ones.
SPEAKER_01If we could say that, I think poor. I think poor. But we'll that's another one. Yeah, that's a whole other episode for another day. Yeah, but uh, but anyway, but yeah, Thanos can give you so many moments.
SPEAKER_00Yeah, but like he feels like a threat, and and you know, you think they've got him, and there was nothing they could do. Yeah. Like, it was never, it was never a question of when. It was, I mean, in Danos' words, I am inevitable. Yeah, I was like, damn, like we really weren't ready. Like, it never was like a question of when or if it was a question of how long. True. So I I I get where you're coming from. I don't mean to steer your thunder, I'm sorry. No, yeah, this is your pick.
SPEAKER_02But you mean this is your pick?
SPEAKER_01Oh, yeah, yeah. My bad, my bad. Yeah, yeah, yeah. My bad. I'm thinking we still own the Thanos. But yeah, nah. Thanos, man, beast moding in a wakonda is is something else, man. That's where it is. It's something else. But uh, John, what's your next pick?
SPEAKER_00All right, well, my next one, man. Funnily enough, this is also a little chronological one I got for you here. Thor pulling up in Infinity War.
SPEAKER_01Some of a bitch. That was my next pick. I'm sorry, man. It's so good, dude. It's so good. That's honestly, that would be number one on my list. Like, there's Thor showing up in Wakanda, yes.
SPEAKER_00So good. Like, so yeah, Anthony, I'm gonna let you go because I saw your story a little bit.
SPEAKER_01All I'm gonna say is, all I'm gonna say is bring me Thanos! That's all I gotta say, bruh. That right there moves Thor up to number one in the MCU for me. I don't like Thor in the comics, but in the MCU, Thor is like my favorite character. I ain't gonna lie to you. Infinity War moved him up for me. Like, for real. So that's right.
SPEAKER_00It is that. I don't want to say depiction's probably not the best word, but that adaptation of Thor.
SPEAKER_01I mean, even fat Thor in Endgame, bro, like killed it. Like, for real.
SPEAKER_00Yeah, yeah. I like I like him there too. I like Thor in that little set is is the best he's ever been in the MCU. Yeah. Before they uh, you know, we don't need to talk about that movie. Yeah, so we we're not we're not all talking about it. But yeah, like this scene's awesome. You know, he pulls up him, Droot, Rocket, bring me Thanos, and it's it's so dope. Yeah, and it's also a good contrast because it starts with like they're getting overwhelmed by all of Thanos' soldiers.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, here come the MVP.
SPEAKER_00Bam, just throwing the axe all throughout. Stormbreakers are stormbreaker, it's not just an axe stormbreaker. I'm sorry, I was blinking on the name. You're right, Stormbreaker. Stormbreaker. It's so good. Like, also, I don't know. You might disagree with me. Is this your favorite Thor fit in the movies?
SPEAKER_01Dude, I don't know, man. I I mean, I like that one, and I like the battle fit from Rack and Rock. And I like the traditional Norse fit from Endgame. I think everybody hates on Fat Thor, but that's what Thor would look like.
SPEAKER_00Yeah, Thor was a chunky boy.
SPEAKER_01He was a heavy boy. Thor is a heavy boy, just like he is in God of War. He's a heavy boy.
SPEAKER_00Yeah, I was like, that's more accurate than what Thor actually looks like anyway.
SPEAKER_01Exactly, with the beard and the long hair, that's Thor. And I like what Chris Hemsworth does with the role. But yeah, nah, they'll that's definitely, definitely, you know, my favorite Thor moment though.
SPEAKER_00If you want a small side tangent, back in like 2020 when I graduated, yeah. I had art class. It was my first class in high school. And my teacher was also a big movie buff, and he always wanted me to be for Halloween. He was like, I need you to be fat and Thor.
SPEAKER_01Right. You should have been. But you missed that opportunity. I don't know why you didn't.
SPEAKER_00You know, man, I never. It could still happen. I'd be a great Thor.
SPEAKER_01Yeah. Um, but yeah, man, I'll I'll I fat Thor, it doesn't get enough credit. You know, he chastised kids on video games, you know, and let's be real. He held his own against Stanos in the endgame for a while.
SPEAKER_00Yeah, I mean, honestly, people want to always sit here and be like, oh, I think Captain Marvel did the most. He fought three Avengers before she got there, guys. And uh frankly, she doesn't do that much considering she gets.
SPEAKER_01For my next pick, she does blow up the ship on her way, on making her entrance. The coolest thing she's ever done in the MC.
SPEAKER_00Yeah, that's fair. That's fair. Go ahead, go ahead with your next one.
SPEAKER_01But yeah, that that's I was gonna use that one as my next pick, but I'm not. It's cool, but it isn't enough to make my list. It's the coolest thing she's ever done. I had to throw that out there, though. I don't know if he was gonna use it. But uh for my next pick, since John stole mine, I'm gonna steal one of his. I'm pretty sure it's on there. If not, I'll be surprised. And with that, I'm gonna say, Underuse! Spider-Man showing up in the MCU for the first time.
SPEAKER_02Anthony, do you want me to blow your mind? I I didn't know.
SPEAKER_00That's what I said. If you didn't have No, no, no. You want you want me to blow your mind? What was that? I have one Spider-Man moment on here. Really? And it's not that one? It's I so I I gave this is my self-inflicted rule, guys. Spider-Man is my favorite character. If I did not do this, this list would have been 60% Spider-Man.
SPEAKER_03I mean, I'm not mad at that.
SPEAKER_00That would have been on the list, but with this rule, I had to go with Spider-Man, like my favorite moment.
SPEAKER_01Okay. But I mean, under ruse, I mean, dude, such an underrated intro. Like the dopest. I remember when that trailer dropped, people were watching it back to back just to see that spot. Like they were wondering, is the eyes what what are the eyes? Like the eyes move and everything. So that was that's dope. But go ahead. It's so awesome.
SPEAKER_00Like it is. You want to talk about the moment that like defines what the MCU is? It's that moment, man.
SPEAKER_01It's that moment. Snatching caps, shield, doing the Superman, superhero landing. Like, yeah, it's dope.
SPEAKER_00Like, it's so intense, too. Like, it's got every ounce of like love and and hope poured into it. Like, yeah, it feels very Spider-Man, which is something a lot of people forget goes into making a great Spider-Man moment. Yep. And I I just I enjoy it every time I see it. I really, really do.
SPEAKER_01Like, I have very little to say against this. But yeah, man, one of the dopest moments leads to a dope fight, bunch of dope moments in civil war. But yeah, man, uh I really enjoyed it. I really did.
SPEAKER_00Also, if we're gonna if we're gonna bring up the fight real quick, I'm not the hugest fan of the majority of the MCU's fights, I think they're kind of one piece-esque. But I do think when spy mo the majority of Spider-Man's fights are great because they have a little more dynamic choreography and then that is this moment, so yeah. But yeah, it's great.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, man. I really do. I really think it's a dope moment. But what's your Spider-Man moments? How many more do we have? It don't matter. Man, we're just listening man, just go with your Spider-Man moment. I'll let you know.
SPEAKER_00All right, all right, all right. Well, this is my number one. I will let you know now. To me, this is the greatest moment, not just in the MCU, but debatably one of the greatest comic book scenes put to film. I don't think it's close. I don't think the MCU's ever done a scene better than this.
SPEAKER_01I think I know what you're talking about, but go ahead.
SPEAKER_00And it is the three Spider Men propping up on the Statue of Liberty. No. Them having the great power comes with great responsibility scene on top of the roof.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, I mean, yeah, I guess. Yeah, I mean, what Andrew, I would I like you talking about where where Tom Holland looks up and sees both of them propped up on top of the rooftop. Yeah. Yeah, all right. That's that's that's that's where you're going with. Okay.
SPEAKER_00Yeah, I think it's super well acted. It's got the right amount of weight. The MCU has a bit of a tendency to ruin the tension with the comedy. They don't do that here.
SPEAKER_01I think I think that's a I think that's a misconception. I think that's just a thing that people do. Because I think I think it does, I think the MCU does have comedic moments, but when it needs to be serious, it's serious.
SPEAKER_02I I didn't say it was all the time.
SPEAKER_01I just said it's got a tendency to undercut some of the intensity. I don't know, man. And 10, I think, but go ahead, finish your pick, and we'll talk about that, but go ahead.
SPEAKER_00But like, it's got the intensity, it's got the maturity, it's it's not undercut by comedy. It's given like it's it's like three minutes of then just talking untouched. And they really do just let it sink in like this is your Uncle Ben moment. This is your canon event for anyone who likes Spider Verse movies, like it is personal and interesting. It very much embodies what Spider-Man is, which is, you know, in the face of everything, do the right thing. And that is this moment, and that's part of the reason I love it. And I think it's spectacular and probably the most underappreciated moment in the MCU. But I might get a little flack for that too. Yeah.
SPEAKER_01But I think I think the MCU does do the heavy moments. I mean, like, because you got Tony finding out that you got Tony finding out that Bucky killed his parents. There's no comedy there. I argue that's the greatest scene in MCU. That that fight scene plus that dialogue where Steve has to choose between Tony and Bucky. I think that's the art. I arguably think that's the greatest scene like far as dialogues involved, plus a little bit of action. I think that's one of the greatest scenes in it.
SPEAKER_00It's also real well like it's a good reference to the comics. It's a good I like the QB1 aspect to it. I'm not saying they don't have serious moments.
SPEAKER_01Let me rephrase that. No, I mean, but no, I'm saying like that, I think it's a misconception that they all, I ain't gonna say always, that they rely on comedy. Yeah, no, I don't know.
SPEAKER_00I don't think I will I will concede this. I don't think they do it as much as like a random person will tell you they do.
SPEAKER_01Yeah. But for my next pick, I'm gonna go with the and then this is the only cool part of this movie, I'm sorry. I'm going with the introduction of Whiplash, just because we get the greatest suit up ever.
SPEAKER_02And that's during the race at Iron Man TV. Peter? John.
SPEAKER_01I'm sorry, I'm processing. I think that's a dope fucking scene. Damn, whiplash whipping the cars, breaking the cars in half. That's the dopest scene in that whole movie.
SPEAKER_00No, no, I'm I'm slabbergasted at the fact you you picked an Iron Man 2 moment.
SPEAKER_01You hate this movie. I don't hate the movie. I just don't think it's that good. I mean, but that like I said, it's the best part of that movie. It's the dopest suit-up with the suit with the briefcase. It's the dopest suit up. You got a dope moment, the only cool moment with Whiplash. Like, if the movie was that, then I'm I I'm gonna tell you like this. I don't really care. Okay, guys, there's no secret. I don't I don't think the Iron Man movies are as good as people think they are. They're nostalgic, yes. Are they important? Yes. But that doesn't make them great movies. I watched Iron Man 1 and had to force myself to stay awake. Good moments in it. It's just not that great of a movie compared to the things that we have now. Is it important? Yes. I don't, okay, for reference, I don't think Iron Man 1 is better than Ed Norton's Hope, and is not better than Captain America first winner. So I mean, first Avenger.
SPEAKER_00That's also Anthony's, like, probably hottest MCU take, guys.
SPEAKER_01I mean, I'm being real. Like, is it more important than those movies? Yes. Does it have cool moments? Yes. But the villain isn't better than Red School or Abomination. The origin story is it. I arguably say the origin story is dope because he had to make, he had to keep himself alive in a cake. I will say that. It's better than Steve Rogers. But is it?
SPEAKER_00I mean, I don't think whipple Ash is better than Jeff Bridges is, oh, what's his name? Is it Ironmonger?
SPEAKER_01Is that it? Yeah, you think about Jeff Bridges. Yeah, it is. I mean, like, I I'll say this. He's more memorable than Ironmonger or whatever he is.
SPEAKER_00Like, I I man, I really wish I wasn't blinking on the villain's name. I'm sorry.
SPEAKER_01I'm just okay, because he's not that memorable.
SPEAKER_00Jeff Ridges became a fucking good performance, though, man.
SPEAKER_02Okay, but listen.
SPEAKER_01This was a case. Okay, but we bring up villains. Who remembers this dude? Nobody. And I love Jeff Bridges. I think Jeff Ridges.
SPEAKER_02Who remembered that scene?
SPEAKER_01That's it. And then like they remember him taking the arc out of his chest. That's it. I mean I've I've conceded before. I don't think MCU has very good villains. Yeah, but but I'm saying is I think Whitblash has a more memorable moment when it comes to being a villain. I think this is the best villain part of Tony Stark's villains. Like, unless you, and like in if we were talking about moments, it'd be different. Like, with this make list, possibly, but I'm I gotta go. I think the coolest moment in Iron Man's movies is the mansion. With the Mandarin. With the Mandarin, I think that's the coolest moment. Well, I mean, I guess we should probably get back to the actual Whiplash moment before we get it. But yeah, but anyway, yeah, Whiplash, I think Whiplash has the has a dope introduction, or Subpar Villain has a dope introduction, and it gives us one of the coolest, if not the coolest, pseudo in Iron Man repertoire.
SPEAKER_00Him tearing through the cars is also really good. Like I think the way that looks. Yeah is man, this movie's like super pretty, but it is, but it's not a good movie.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, him suiting up though is I won't I won't say it's my favorite, but it's certainly one of them. Exactly. It's one of, if not, it's one of, if not the best suit up. Of course, you got the original suit up, you got the one from Infinity War, I think, with the nano suits. I think that's dope. But yeah, man, like I said, but anyway, I think it's pretty dope.
SPEAKER_00I'm not I'm not mad. I'm I was just so caught off guard. I was like, guys, that actually like legitimately had me speechless. I'm very, very impressed.
SPEAKER_01I mean, dude, I like that moment. I did. I just don't like the movie. That's all. Fair enough, fair enough. All right.
SPEAKER_02So what's your next one?
SPEAKER_00Well, my next one, man. Gotta go to one of the OGs on this list. Okay. One of the pre-MCU OGs on this list. You said pre-MCUs?
SPEAKER_02We're talking about.
SPEAKER_00But we're talking about the MCU. Although he's MCU now, but I'm saying he wasn't the MCU originally. And I've got Hugh Jackman finally putting on the mask in Deadpool Wolverine.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, I guess.
SPEAKER_00When they walk out from behind the wall. Yeah.
SPEAKER_01I think this is that's a dope scene. That's a dope scene.
SPEAKER_00Yeah. Man, dude, the how long it took to get to that moment. Because this was the only also, this was the only Wolverine moment I felt right pulling.
SPEAKER_01Yeah. I mean, I think I think it's I think it's a dope, I think it's a dope scene. I think it's a like I took a picture of it when they happened to the airs. I got a picture of it somewhere on my phone.
SPEAKER_00That's that's how you know that moment hit. Because you were like, I've got to memorialize this shit, bro.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, with the white eyes, yes.
SPEAKER_00It looks great, like the suit looks awesome. Like, and then him when they're like, Do you do this often? He's like, we're just killing people. Oh, nice, nice.
SPEAKER_01It's like got the goofy song in the background with with the slow-mo, the bit uh the bus kill, and then busting out through the back of the bus. Yeah, I mean, you can't go wrong with it.
SPEAKER_00Super fun, man. I and I I really like the say since I Deadpool, I didn't feel bad pulling from his movies. Yeah. The X-Men movies, I was like, all right, this is probably not fair to pull from. No, it's not. But if I can have a quick honorable mention, if I was gonna say my favorite X-Men pull-up is in Logan when he's when he's running after the kids in the forest. And because they like shaved his beard to make him look like Wolverine. Yeah. Yeah, that shit was badass.
SPEAKER_01If we were talking not in like a if I'm pulling from from anything outside of the MCU, and specifically Wolverine, because we're on this subject, I gotta go Laura and Logan when she walks out and rolls the dude's head.
SPEAKER_00Yeah, that that would be probably my next pick. I really like next pick.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, I like X23. I like Logan, I like Laura. Logan is probably like one of my top five movies. We've already talked about this, but yeah, uh, this is top five for me. Top five MCU. I mean top top five comic book movies. Just in general. I mean, yeah, I don't blame you.
SPEAKER_00It's it's a movie I'm overdue for a rewatch on, so yeah, I watch it every chance I get.
SPEAKER_01But it's a yeah, it is. It's really good. But yeah, man.
SPEAKER_00I guess you can't tell. We're big uh we're big Logan defenders out here.
SPEAKER_01Yeah. Where am I gonna go with my next one? Since he you didn't expect me to pull that, right? Uh hey, hey, for this one. I might as well I might as well go ahead. Do you want to pull a non-MCU movie round? I mean, we could do that in a minute, but let me get my last one out. I gotta go with I think this is a dope intro just because we talk a lot about dialogue, we talk a lot about villains changing the temperature of the room. Like, guys, that's what I grade a good villain on. One, how you're introduced, how you shift the tone of the story in the impact. Now, granted, I don't think the ending is all that great. I don't really think this is a top MCU movie. And I know this might be controversial, as, but it has some dope moments in it, has some real dope moments in it. I ain't gonna say not top MCU movie. It's just not one of my favorite MCU movies. I gotta go with none other than Ultron's entrance. Walking into the party.
SPEAKER_00I'm so glad you pulled it because I was gonna do it. It's so good. It's really good. It's really good. He himself, look, I'm not gonna sit here and tell you Ultron's great. He's not.
SPEAKER_01No, not this version anyway. I yeah, I don't think this version of Ultron is really great, but but go ahead.
SPEAKER_00Yeah, but this scene, specifically, this scene is fantastic. I forget Ultron's actor. I'm blinking on his name right now. But he's got such a good voice, and it's it's weighty, it's intense, like he feels intimidating. I also like the extra little addition of it's not like pitch perfect, clean Ultron. It's this sloppy, dirty, beaten-up Ultron. It's uh James Spater. There we go. Yeah, James Spader.
SPEAKER_01I knew who from Blacklist. Blacklist. Thank you, thank you. I had to look it up myself.
SPEAKER_00Yeah, you were like, I know I know his name.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, James Spader from Blacklist, yeah. But yeah, man, Ultron, when I say they it's tone shifting. Like, that's how you introduce a villain. You know, like one thing I can say, they do great at introducing their villains. I don't think there's I don't is there a bad villain intro? Yeah, we have to think of bad villain intros. But like, even like down to Dan Whiplash, look at Whiplash intros. Yeah, I mean, like, he's not great, but like his pull-up is good. Yeah, like his pull-up game is, you know what I'm saying? Like, hey, and then like like introducing Ultron, bro, after you know, after everything they went through, and then they had like a little after party, and then Ultron calls them out on it. Oh, bro.
SPEAKER_00That's fair. I mean, and like even if we're going this route, right? Yeah, if I if I can break off uh my list for a moment here and just just one to throw out, but like it wouldn't make it, but deserves a like if we're talking, you know, villains that have good introductions, even if they're kind of support, his pull his abomination.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, abominations intros, though.
SPEAKER_00Yeah, like, or the scene where like he's in the uh when he's in the uh like the little gazebo, and then they uh they end up like having abomination come out and just fighting him like as a normal human, like that's a great moment.
SPEAKER_01Yeah. I guess a lot of there's a lot of now great intros that villains make in this in the MCU. I really do think so.
SPEAKER_00There the quality disparity may be felt, but I will give them. Like when they do land, they do like they they stick it.
SPEAKER_01They stick it, that's where they do. So question uh, do you have another MCU villain? I mean, do you have another MCU pick?
SPEAKER_00Let me see. Like another villain, you said.
SPEAKER_01No, no, no, just another pick. Like I've you I did you run through your list already?
SPEAKER_00I have I'm asking. I'm just asking. Well, I'm double checking right now. I think I have one more. Okay, I've got one more.
SPEAKER_01All right, so what we'll do is go ahead and do that one. I'll do one, and then we'll we'll go to Marvel. Some non-NCU stuff? Yeah, yeah. Yeah, non-NCE. Just strictly Marvel. There we go.
SPEAKER_00Okay, all right.
SPEAKER_02Well, I mean, it does feel fitting that this is the last one we get to talk about, or the second or last one.
SPEAKER_00And I mean, the build-up, the weight, the intensity, the real life weight, and the level of excitement that any human has ever felt, and the greatest theater experience I've ever experienced. Avengers assemble. Okay.
SPEAKER_01I knew you were gonna pull that one. It's I mean, man, I think it's hard to beat. It is. You get goosebumps every time you see it.
SPEAKER_00Bum bum. Bum bum.
SPEAKER_01It's one of those goosebumps scenes. I swear, I got goosebumps in the theater. I got I get goosebumps watching it. Yeah, I get goosebumps just watching it randomly. And you know, I still give you goosebumps.
SPEAKER_00I remember like I was trying to keep my composure in the theater. I was like grinning ear to ear when this moment's going, but all I can feel in my heart of hearts was kick that California raisin's ass.
SPEAKER_01This guy.
SPEAKER_00And when like the Black Panther pulled up, and a lady in my theater went, epombo, and I like everyone started cheering, dude. That is the embodiment of this scene. It like you're right, it gives you chills, it hits the heart, like it's nostalgic, it's real, it's crazy to say it was almost eight years ago that this happened.
SPEAKER_01This is true.
SPEAKER_00So I'm sorry, I'm sorry, seven.
SPEAKER_012019. Yeah, but like dude, like I said, it's it's a dope, it's a dope, it's a dope scene, man. It's one of the, if not one, like I said, another contender for the greatest scene in the MCU. It's it's it's very overwhelming. Very overwhelming.
SPEAKER_00I don't know if they'll ever be able to recreate it.
SPEAKER_01I can't I can't go bad for bad for you, but I give you one very close. Sounds good to me. And I'm going with Thor, with lightning trailing behind him, with Led Zeppelin glaring in the background, going straight Super Saiyan in Thor Ragnarok.
SPEAKER_00Hey, that's that's that's a good Thor movie. Yeah, that might be the only good Thor movie. Hey, yeah. Come on, bro. Yeah, I was not ready for the immigrant song when I heard that. I was like, wait a minute.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, dude, that that shit that shit is so good, dude. That scene, and then he just lost an eye, bro. Is I wanted them to keep is it am I the only one that wanted him to keep one eye door?
SPEAKER_00No, I was right there with it. I felt like him having the eye felt like the one eye felt like a good way to hey, like you, this is the weight of your choices.
SPEAKER_01Exactly. And then like it just felt like it didn't have any, you know what I mean?
SPEAKER_00Anyway, it felt like Chris Hemsworth didn't want to wear it, so they found a way to write it out.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, it's dumb as hell.
SPEAKER_00But yeah, no, great, great, great, great, great, great movie, man. Great moment. It's weighty. Also, like, if you were gonna have any MCU character have the immigrant song in the background, like it's gotta be Thorn. Because we'd already established ACDC for Iron Man. Iron Man, yeah.
SPEAKER_01But yeah, man, that's a dope moment. Dope moment, man. Alright, so on to our non-MCU portion, but still Marvel, just non-MCU portion. You know what I'm saying?
SPEAKER_00Yeah, this uh this is gonna be a little off the dome. We're we're breaking the norm, guys.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, but uh John, go ahead, man. I gave I think I gave to the last one, so it's on you.
SPEAKER_00All right, well, man, I gotta start with uh an intense one here. One that uh funnily enough, we were talking about you know, blood earlier, and this is quite the uh what we may say bloody scene, and that is the blade club fight. Okay. From Blade, I believe the first one.
SPEAKER_01It's from Blade.
SPEAKER_00Yeah, I was about to mix it up with two. But man, I mean, dude, this scene is just intense. There's so much blood, it's heavy, it's it's stressful, it's like it's got a lot, a lot of weight to it. I think it's a it's it's a good tone setter because it's it's right there, it's kind of early in the movie. I just I love it a lot.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, man. It's the one that set the tone for it's the one that set the tone for for the whole Blade franchise. Well shot, you know, it's dark, it's gloomy, you know. Weighty, yeah. Very weighty, yeah. But yeah, man, uh that's a pretty dope pull, though. That's a real dope pool. I I was I was thinking like that, so yeah. That's pretty dope. Like I said, it's a dope pull, real dope pull. I mean, since you went blade and you literally went like my favorite MC Marvel superhero type deal.
SPEAKER_02Let me see. What blade intro do I want?
SPEAKER_01You know what? The intro that I'm gonna give is not even from Blade. I don't know what it is about this lately, but I'm going with Nomad's intro in Blade 2. Dude walks up to the blood bank looking to get served, and he starts drinking on vampires. They think he's sick, and it's the first time you see the new hybrid vampires.
SPEAKER_00Oh yeah, with the the big open mouth, yeah.
SPEAKER_01See Nomad for the first time, his mouth opens up. You know, I think I think that's I think that's a dope intro. And shout out to uh uh my boy Luke Goss. Probably a most underrated villain actor because he played he played Nomad in played Jared Nomac in Lay 2. But also, Garrett Helmore thinks he's slick, he played Prince Nuada, I think that's the name how you pronounce it, in Golden Army. He played the vampire prince.
SPEAKER_00We're sorry if we ever mispronounced somebody's name, guys.
SPEAKER_01Yeah. But yeah, man, nah, nah. I gotta go with Nomac's intro. If you don't know how creepy that intro is, like it it's it's dope. It's dope. Very horror movie esque.
SPEAKER_00Yeah, it sits with you in a very different way. Like, uh again, their their big goopy mouths always catches Catches me off guard. I'm like, oh yeah, that's right. Like, this is a horror movie, isn't it? Or I mean it's an action horror movie, but still.
SPEAKER_01Two of my favorite horror movie franchises, Hellboy and uh Blade. And uh Guerra De Tumor, he he he directed both of them.
SPEAKER_00I forget that he directed this movie.
SPEAKER_01And then what's crazy, he didn't get a trilogy out of neither one of them. That's tough. That's tough. That is tough. That is tough. Just the dumbest decision ever made.
SPEAKER_00Since Blade Trinity's such a masterpiece.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, anyway.
SPEAKER_00What's your next one, man? Alright, well, it's it's you know what, man? I'm gonna pull one more from Logan. I'm not gonna do any more from this one, though. Okay, and that is the very opening scene of Logan. Him in the car, the guys are trying to steal the tires. Yeah. Like this. This is a moment where I was like, oh wow, oh wow, we're really setting the tone here because it's the first R-rated Wolverine movie, and and they earn that R rating, and it's intense, and it's stressful, and really shows how out of touch he is and and what's happened to him as time has gone on, and I just I love it, man. It it's super good. It's it's got the music in the background, so it's just really depends on what you want to do. Yeah, that that that always catches me off guard.
SPEAKER_02Yeah. Where am I going with this one? Alright. I think I'm going with the Sandman intro.
SPEAKER_01From Spider-Man 3.
SPEAKER_00Okay, you know what? No, no, no. I'm not the uh him running from the cops or him turning into Sandman?
SPEAKER_01No, him turning into Sandman. There's only one good intro. Okay, okay. I don't want to make sure. I just want to make sure. Him turned the aftermath of him being, you know, the molecules and everything redoing and stuff, you know. So yeah, that's this is a great scene. Yeah, very beautiful scene from a terrible movie. Yeah, I think I think that's one of the shining spots of this movie.
SPEAKER_00You know, guys, he calls this a terrible movie. Everybody remember he likes he likes Mario 1999.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, it's still a 1999, Josh. No, it's not. I find guilty pleasure in the Mario the Super Mario Bros.
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SPEAKER_01Not saying it was a good movie, but it's a better movie than Spider-Man 3. I find it more enjoyable than Spider-Man 3, I'm gonna say that.
SPEAKER_00Everyone's entitled their own opinions.
SPEAKER_01Yeah. But yeah, Sandman, I mean, like, you got every grain of sand, and then yeah, I think that's the that's the shining spot of that movie.
SPEAKER_00And also, I like that like, you know, people have really harped on CGI. What which, you know, for for like fair reason. This movie, CGI, looks great.
SPEAKER_01I think I think there's I don't think there's a bad CGI scene in Spider-Man 3. I don't think there's bad CIG CI CGI scene in the whole trilogy thing. It's just a bad movie. That's it. It's a decent movie. No, it's a no decent. No, no, guys. Look, just because you enjoy it, just is just because you enjoy it doesn't mean it's a good movie. Hey man, I'll defend it and I'll keep defending it. Yeah, but that's fine. Like I said, you're gonna talk to your opinion or what you like, but it's not a good movie.
SPEAKER_00You know what? You know what? Well, we're gonna save this. We're gonna save this.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, but anyway, yeah, I I will give it its respect. It doesn't look bad. But yeah, go ahead. What's what's your what's your next?
SPEAKER_00So if I had to pull a scene from a bad Spider-Man movie, I gotta go with the worst Spider-Man movie. The Amazing Spider-Man 2. You guys heard it here, from the biggest Spider-Man fan on this podcast. With the one, the only the opening swing from The Amazing Spider-Man 2. Look, I don't think there's a lot good about this movie, but this feels like Spider-Man in Kieran, the way it opens, with you see the back of his of his suit. Yeah, it comes into frame, and then you see him fall it and he shoots, and it's got the great score, like it's super fun. Andrew Garfield's having a blast, I'm having a blast, and for like 30 seconds, you think Amazing Spider-Man 2 is not a bad movie.
SPEAKER_02So yeah. Also, I do think it is the best swinging we've gotten in a Spider-Man movie. I can't argue with you there. So yeah, yeah. But yeah, no. Oh, and that does include Spider-Man, by the way. I mean, I don't think like I said, I don't think it's I don't think it's bad, you know.
SPEAKER_01I mean the movie isn't good. No stretch.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, I mean who the who loves Jamie Foxx as a blue blue man group. Nothing. Yeah, uh they did it better on the second time around. But uh he's great in that movie.
SPEAKER_01Alright, so for my next pick, I think I gotta go with this is cheesy, and I don't care what nobody says since we're on bad movies. I gotta go with Bullsey's Reveal and Daredevil.
SPEAKER_02You know, that's a fun one. That's a fun one. Am I tripping? Anthony, I don't think that movie's that bad.
SPEAKER_03I don't think it's that bad. I'm just saying I I I like it's not it's not Catwoman.
SPEAKER_02What'd you say about the greatest superhero movie you ever make?
SPEAKER_01Yeah. People gonna really want your mental check if he's saying shit like that. But uh yeah, I think I think bullseye being revealed is a fun way of showing his gimmick and showing you who the character is. But yeah, man, I like it. I really do. I like it. And also, Colin Farrell, 10 out of 10 villain rapport. That's all I'm saying. Dude has not had a bad villain yet.
SPEAKER_02I I get a lot of slack. I actually like his performance in that movie. I do too. I said he hasn't had a bad villain yet. But him is the penguin.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, that's different. That's just different. Arguably the best superhero villain out there, I'm saying arguably. I say he is.
SPEAKER_00Arguably, maybe even better than Heath Ledger's Joker.
SPEAKER_01Arguably. That's not a joke, by the way. I mean that as like I'm being real. I think Tom Hardy. Never mind, we got it to that already.
SPEAKER_00But uh, but yeah. Um, alright. Well, if we're going on my next one, then man, I've got Apocalypse Appears. X-Men Apocalypse.
SPEAKER_01You know what? My least favorite X-Men one. I'm not mad at it, but this scene's great. I mean, I ain't gonna lie. I would say last stand then bad. I haven't because only because I haven't seen only because I haven't seen the Phoenix one and I refuse to watch it.
SPEAKER_02I guess that is fair.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, we just don't and we don't even count new new music.
SPEAKER_02So wait, what are you talking about?
SPEAKER_01Exactly.
SPEAKER_02I've never heard of that movie.
SPEAKER_01Exactly. But uh, but go ahead, man, we'll wrap it up.
SPEAKER_00But man, I mean, like, look, Apocalypse is not great, and I'm not gonna sit here and pretend to you that it's great. Has some great moments.
SPEAKER_01That's some really good moments.
SPEAKER_00But when he pulls up and they're on like the football field or whatever it is, and everyone is saying, ooh, yeah. I felt that.
SPEAKER_01I'm like, oh shit. This movie does give me one of my favorite Storm portrayals. Like the style of Storm, I love that.
SPEAKER_00Oh, I was waiting for you. I was like, what? Yeah, like the style, her style.
SPEAKER_01It's so comic, it's so comic accurate, you know what I mean, with them all. You know what I'm saying? That's fair. That's fair.
SPEAKER_00But yeah, man, just like in Apocalypse is he, you know, he is an Avengers level threat, and I think people tend to forget about that because he doesn't get quite the low.
SPEAKER_01He doesn't. He's right there with Thanos, he's right there with Thanos, he's right there with uh Dark Side. My opinion. That's just my opinion. And on a good day, he could he can do Thanos in. He ain't doing Dark Side in, but he can do Thanos in.
SPEAKER_00And where do you fall on uh since we're on this topic real quick? Days of Future Pass. How do you think they did? I love Days of Future Pass. Okay, yeah. I was like, I think Days of Future Pass is uh one of the best X-Men movies.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, it's definitely easily top three. I'd say top three. And we're not Logan, we're not counting Logan, like X-Men movies, you know what I'm saying? Like movies with X-Men, it's top three.
SPEAKER_00I mean, any man. People like to sleep on that X-Men series and be like, oh, it was so bad after X-2. I'm like, nah.
SPEAKER_01No, I think last stand wasn't good. I like First Class, I like uh Thames and Feature Pants. Yeah, I think those are those are four good movies.
SPEAKER_00I think one, two I like to laugh at X-Men Origins.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, I mean, I'm just not doing that. I can't do it to myself. But um well, go ahead. For my last pit.
SPEAKER_02For my last pit, I gotta go in thinking, I I gotta make this.
SPEAKER_01I'm going with Electric from Electra, not just Damn, dude, this is hard. Non-MP. Do you want one more minute? I have one more. I got, I'm going with, and this is cheating, but I don't care. From from Apocalypse, feeding off of yours. I gotta go with I gotta go with um, what's my boy? Damn. The MCU version of Flash, I'm blanking. Oh, Quicksilver. Yeah, Quicksilver. See, I got it right before I asked. But yeah, Quicksilver's time lapse. Because this is basically his introduction to the X Academy.
SPEAKER_00Yeah, that's fair.
SPEAKER_01I mean, this is a movie I do forget that we uh we do have. Yeah, we got that. No, that's that's apocalypse. That's in Apocalypse. That's in Apocalypse.
SPEAKER_00Yeah, I know, I know. I'm like, I forget this this scene happened.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, he he clears everybody out. It's it's a rehash of Days of Future Past. It is. But I I love the song choice. Sweet Dreams made it these. I love, I look, I just like like the whole style. You know what I'm saying? Yeah, it's super pretty to look at. Yeah, it is. I think they take the it's not as good as the first one, but it's a dope introduction, though.
SPEAKER_00I'm not mad at it. I'm not mad at it at all.
SPEAKER_01Okay, lead us off with our last pick, John.
SPEAKER_00Alright, so my final pick, and debatably one of the top five greatest scenes from what I consider a perfect comic book movie. The train scene with Spider-Man on top of the building falling down on top of the train versus Doc Ock from Spider-Man 2. That's not an introduction, though. Yeah, it is. When they when they pull up on top of the on the tower. That's not an introduction. Alright, it's fine. It's fine. I have one other I have one other one then.
SPEAKER_01Like, I can see if you did like Doc Ock pulling up on Mary Jane and Peter, you know, that's a dope one.
SPEAKER_00Well, I mean, I was gonna say meeting Miles Morales as Spider-Man.
SPEAKER_01That's that's there you go. Let's we're ending on that one. We're ending on that one. That's fire. Perfect. Yeah, him doing the leap of fate.
SPEAKER_00Yeah, and all black suits.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's that's perfect. It is so good. It is so well actualized. We're not we're not ended there. I got one more.
SPEAKER_00Yeah, I'm like just so well animated, so well actualized, so well thought of, like yeah. Um, I earnest believe if you don't like the Spider-Man movie, you don't like happiness. Yes.
SPEAKER_01So maybe it's a little hyperbolic, but it's dope. You got the Jordan, you got the Jordan. Oh, does he have the Jordan 1s on that one? I don't think no, Jordan 1s is where he got the hoodie. Yeah, yeah, he got the Jordan 1s.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, it's right there. Yeah, he's got the Jordan 10 hoodie and shit.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, that that's that is a dope. But I got we're gonna end this one here. And it's only because it's fitting. I'm feeding off of you. We're going with Miles realizing he's in the wrong dimension, meeting Miles.
SPEAKER_00Oh, yeah, that's a that's a good pull. I'm not mad at that.
SPEAKER_01Yeah. Introducing other world Miles Morales. That's his introduction. That shit is fire. I ain't gonna lie. But guys, this has been another edition of One Take Real Talk. And I hope you had fun. And it was all a one take. One shot. Always keep it. I'm just saying always.
SPEAKER_02Keep it real. Keep it real, guys. Peace.