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Growing Up Marvel


Colon Leftbracket

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So today I watched my little baby nephew for a while until his mother got off work, and I thought about something I never considered before.

As my little nephew lied down on his play mat he was snuggling with a rather adorable "Captain America" plushie. My family is a family that rather enjoys everything Marvel especially the Marvel movies.

But today I just realized that I should get around to pulling out those old Marvel DVDs for when my nephew is older.

By the time he will be old enough to watch full length movies he'll have to have a lot of catching up to do to fully understand whatever Marvel films are being produced 5 or 6 years from now.

 

The Marvel series has been a very long series of movies spanning across the last decade filled to the brim with tons of heroes and villains. Some are good like X-Men, Iron Man, The Avengers, and the newer Spider-Man movie. Some are silly and dare I say stupid like the older Spider-Man trilogy. And some are just not too effective on me, but still entertaining like Thor or Captain America. But for better or worse its going to be a lot to take in if you want your children to enjoy this massive super hero series. Hell, they've already announced the next films which will span for years to come like Iron Man 3, Thor: The Dark World, Captain America: Winter Soldier, Ant-Man, Guardians of the Galaxy, and Avengers 2 (due out all the way out in 2015)! My nephew will have a lot of movies to watch to get into this movie series.

 

But oddly I optimistically enjoy this. It gives me and my family a chance to rewatch over a decade worth of superhero movies and relive them with our new member. Now I wouldn't say this would be anywhere near on par to reliving timeless classics with a new generation like classic Disney films, but it will still be a great experience. One aspect why rewatching these movies with a new generation is because they aren't necessarily timeless (The Amazing Spider-Man is pretty much proof of this). These films can be dated pretty quickly and they tend not to age well. It will be like a walk through CGI Effect movie history and we and my nephew will get a chance to watch computer graphic technology age and transform right before our eyes. Plus it'll mean watching a bunch of superheroes kick ass for hours and I'm sure he'll like that.

 

I just enjoy thinking about showing a new generation things from our generation. They get to see the cool stuff we grew up with and enjoy it too while they have their own childhoods to build on.

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Tell me about it. My dad is a total Marvel nerd, but he's proud of it, and he's starting to rub off on me. He answers pretty much every question I have about Marvel; he even pulls out some of the old movies and comics for me to look at and/or watch if I'm curious enough. I mean, he's even got a replica of this:

 

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The thing is, though, nobody really looks back at all of the classics anymore. People forget about the originals, the classics, instead in favor of the newer movies and heroes (Guardians of the Galaxy, which I still haven't seen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!). Not that there's anything wrong with them; Marvel does an excellent job with their movies. It's DC you've got to watch out for.

 

And something as big as the Marvel universe is one of the best things to get hung up on. Sure, there are going to be some nerds from any decade who overdo it with their favorite superhero *cough* my dad and Iron Man *cough*, but the fact that this generation is that bred into the world of superheroes that the last generation grew up with is simply astounding.

 

Like me. I love Marvel, and I've been reading up on the lore. And as awesome as all of the heroes are, my favorites will always be Galactus and the Celestials.

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