Through the Ages.

Again: culture, not tech. If I’m parsing Mathieson’s comments correctly, it sounds like movie studios yield more creative direction to Directors of Photography when they shoot on film than they do when DPs shoot digitally.

It sounds more like an industry culture thing. Like either way the digital monsters are added in post, but with film photography the studio is less likely to completely undo all the lighting work et. al. used to achieve a particular look during shooting.

Note my use of the word “strictly.” I’m well-aware you can wrap an arc around each phase, but the inclusion of Ant-Man in Phase 2 and Far From Home in Phase 3 suggests that there’s more going on than just story structure.

I’d say they are indeed political, but only because one faction has declared “we ignore inequality, refuse to address it, and criticize any who do” as their primary political battle cry.

The Marvel phases don’t fit strictly into narrative arcs. They seem to be much more of a logistical grouping of films (shooting schedules, management, marketing, et cetera).

Alternatively, design for realism:

Possibly, though there’s a much simpler explanation regarding the Time Stone. Without it, Dormammu would have consumed the Earth. 

Youngest (remaining) Starks

It does give Riot the power to fire the plaintiffs now, but no judge should let an arbitration clause prevent a legitimate lawsuit from taking place. 

Both Wanda and CM derive their powers from exposure to Infinity Stones. 

Alfre Woodard also played the mother who confronts Stark at the beginning of CA: Civil War. 

The Time Stone absolutely has to go back, or Dormammu will consume that Earth. 

Either that, or Far From Home takes place in the timeline that’s been created wherein Thanos never performed the snap. 

In that case, you had a revolutionary movement already on-the-ground that was specifically asking for the outside world to sever its business ties with the apartheid regime.

Are they banning all Mahjong video games, or just those with an actual gambling element? Because that seems quite bizarre considering the influence of the game in China.

If it’s an open-ended poll, each of those top 3 entries could represent only a small percentage of overall votes.

I wish it were that simple. We tried that approach with Cuba, a tiny country by comparison, and isolating it did nothing to improve human rights there. We’ve been attempting to isolate Iran for years, but when serious discussions about re-opening trade with the West started taking place (as part of the Iran nuclear…

I wonder to what degree that the division of phases has more to do with schedules and logistics than storytelling.

The tricky thing is that isolating China and *not* doing business there might yield worse results from a human rights standpoint.