TA127: Tony’s Fall
08/01/23 • 31 min
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Minute One Hundred Twenty Seven: From Tony’s Final Push to Tony Falling in Space
In the one-hundred-twenty-seventh minute of The Avengers ...
Tony somehow manages to not hit Stark Tower, which now looks like AI Tower. It’s a bit ridiculous, but it’s a movie so it’s fine. Hulk watches in a dramatic shot, as does Nat. Where’s Clint? Still stuck in that apartment? Cap and Thor watch from the streets below. Tony flies the nuke through the one-sided space hole and everyone cheers, but the battle’s not over yet. Shouldn’t Fury be, you know, directing or something?
Meanwhile, we join Tony on the other side of the one-sided hole, but couldn’t he have just tossed the nuke through and not gone through himself? If his intention was to hit the Chitauri mothership – which he does – wouldn’t it have been better to see him aiming it once through? As it stands, it just looks like he keeps flying straight, until his suit powers down.
Wouldn’t his suit have been bette designed by this point after learning about near space flight in the first Iron Man movie? And even if it powered down, shouldn’t he just keep moving along with the missile because of the vacuum of space? At least the shoulder units pop off to help propel him backward but was that enough?
Regardless, Tony has a spiritual moment here as he seems to be dying. It’s a powerful moment and we’re fans of the moment, even if some of the logistics don’t make sense. Tune in!
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Film Sundries
- Watch this film: iTunes • Amazon • YouTube • Disney+
- Join the conversation on Discord
- Script
- Trailer #1
- Trailer #2
- Poster artwork
- Original Material
- Season 6 Show Art by Winston Yabo. Find him on Instagram
- Season 6 Music: “Message to the World” by Anthony Vega. Find him on Instagram
Minute One Hundred Twenty Seven: From Tony’s Final Push to Tony Falling in Space
In the one-hundred-twenty-seventh minute of The Avengers ...
Tony somehow manages to not hit Stark Tower, which now looks like AI Tower. It’s a bit ridiculous, but it’s a movie so it’s fine. Hulk watches in a dramatic shot, as does Nat. Where’s Clint? Still stuck in that apartment? Cap and Thor watch from the streets below. Tony flies the nuke through the one-sided space hole and everyone cheers, but the battle’s not over yet. Shouldn’t Fury be, you know, directing or something?
Meanwhile, we join Tony on the other side of the one-sided hole, but couldn’t he have just tossed the nuke through and not gone through himself? If his intention was to hit the Chitauri mothership – which he does – wouldn’t it have been better to see him aiming it once through? As it stands, it just looks like he keeps flying straight, until his suit powers down.
Wouldn’t his suit have been bette designed by this point after learning about near space flight in the first Iron Man movie? And even if it powered down, shouldn’t he just keep moving along with the missile because of the vacuum of space? At least the shoulder units pop off to help propel him backward but was that enough?
Regardless, Tony has a spiritual moment here as he seems to be dying. It’s a powerful moment and we’re fans of the moment, even if some of the logistics don’t make sense. Tune in!
Join the conversation with movie lovers from around the world on The Next Reel’s Discord channel!
Film Sundries
- Watch this film: iTunes • Amazon • YouTube • Disney+
- Join the conversation on Discord
- Script
- Trailer #1
- Trailer #2
- Poster artwork
- Original Material
- Season 6 Show Art by Winston Yabo. Find him on Instagram
- Season 6 Music: “Message to the World” by Anthony Vega. Find him on Instagram
Previous Episode
TA126: Shove It Up Your Space Hole!
Minute One Hundred Twenty Six: From Tony’s Missile Chase to Tony’s Missile Heave Ho
Lester Clark and Kynan Dias from The Exorcist Minute join us in this episode!
In the one-hundred-twenty-sixth minute of The Avengers ...
The chase is on! Tony spots the nuke and does a great U-turn under the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge between Staten Island and Long Island. What does this say about where the F-35 was though? Wasn’t the helicarrier off the east coast of Long Island? And why don’t we ever get to see the Statue of Liberty in this film? Even in the background of one of these shots? Ah well.
Speaking of Tony’s U-turn, the water explosion when he blasts his thrusters at it... quite a kick! So again, what happened to those people under him when he first got his Mark VII on? Ouch.
Tony’s plan is to catch the nuke and push it up through the space hole. But shouldn’t the team on the helicarrier still be doing things? Like scrambling jets? Calling New York’s leaders to evacuate the city? You know, things like that? While it might make sense, we do agree that there’s a story element of having everyone watch that gives us a sense that everything’s been done and all they – just like us – can do is watch. It’s fine. And that leads to Tony’s final push. Tune in!
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Film Sundries
- Tune in to The Exorcist Minute, follow it on Facebook or Instagram, and join The Exorcist Minute Facebook Group to be a part of the conversation
- Find Lester on the web or Instagram
- Find Kynan on Instagram or Letterboxd
- Watch this film: iTunes • Amazon • YouTube • Disney+
- Join the conversation on Discord
- Script
- Trailer #1
- Trailer #2
- Poster artwork
- Original Material
- Season 6 Show Art by Winston Yabo. Find him on Instagram
- Season 6 Music: “Message to the World” by Anthony Vega. Find him on Instagram
Next Episode
TA128: The Dom and Letty Grab
Minute One Hundred Twenty Eight: From The Fall of Tony to Concern About Their Fallen Friend
Robin Burdge from Karate Kid Minute and Sword Boys joins us in this episode!
In the one-hundred-twenty-eighth minute of The Avengers ...
Tony continues his unconscious falling from space back toward the one-sided hole, but will he make it? That’s the big question on everyone’s minds below. Unfortunately, with a nuclear explosion heading their way from the other side of the hole, Steve has to make the tough call to close the hole, potentially leaving Tony behind. It’s the tough call a military leader has to know when to make, and he makes it, knowing it’s potentially for the good of Earth. After all, if he doesn’t shut it, that nuclear blast will push through the hole.
It does lead to questions about how much radiation would actually make it through the hole, not to mention why it takes so long to get to the hole. We also wonder about the edge of the hole. Is it tangible? Or is it more like a laser that’d cut you in half if you hit it? And why, on Earth’s side, isn’t it depicted as something people actually have to fly through in order to get from the hole?
But the heroes do shut the hole and Tony makes it through. He’s unconscious, and luckily, Hulk decides he’s going to save Tony and he does so. Then he casually tosses him to the side. It’s touching and funny. Tune in!
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Film Sundries
- Karate Kid Minute
- Fright Night Minute
- Superman & Lois TV Talk
- Sword Boys
- Robin on Twitter and Letterboxd
- Watch this film: iTunes • Amazon • YouTube • Disney+
- Join the conversation on Discord
- Script
- Trailer #1
- Trailer #2
- Poster artwork
- Original Material
- Season 6 Show Art by Winston Yabo. Find him on Instagram
- Season 6 Music: “Message to the World” by Anthony Vega. Find him on Instagram
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