The real question kids will have is ‘why did iron man have to die?’ I’ve seen kids distraught at the end of Endgame. If a parent is prepared to have that conversation with their child it can lead to a valuable discussion beyond ‘he clicked his fingers and the bad guys went away’.

I’m not saying kids should take the ‘unrealistic’ lesson of ‘maybe I can fly to’. I’m not saying kids should be made to feel like superheroes only to be met by the crushing realisation that none of it is real. My point about the metaphor is it allows people and children to equate these heightened, unrealistic…

Just to be clear, that picture I painted of the dad taking his kids to see the new Spider-Man isn’t from first-hand experience. I don’t have kids, or a partner, or a nephew for that matter. I was simply pointing out that just because something is financially successful doesn’t make it any more or less special to the…

Thank you, I’m glad I have been able to successfully demonstrate that MCU fans are not necessarily the ‘bunch of arfing and clapping seals’ with ‘their brains are being turned to mush’ you previously perceived them to be.  

I would dispute the comparisons with Star Wars and the lord of the rings.

I believe the greatest achievement of the MCU is its creation of a new cinematic canvas on which to create stories.

Thank you for your response.

The MCU works well because it employs a very basic story telling device of rewarding fans for their continued dedication and viewership. The more you pay attention, the more you get out of it. Endgame is a entire movie built on this premise. Without the intertexuality of being able to back-reference previous films, it…

Look a week ago he’d said he’d keep going as long as he was ‘physically able’. He said it was an honour to play bond and he got a kick out of it. http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertain…