Minute One Hundred Forty Three: From The Final Climactic Beats in Alan Silvestri’s Amazing Theme to The Studio Logos... With a Little Stop at Shawarma Palace in BetweenMike Gravagno from The Superhero Show Show and Movie of the Year joins us in this episode! In the one-hundred-forty-third and final minute of The Avengers...The credits finally come …

Minute One Hundred Forty Two: From The Rest of the Visual Effects Thank You List to The Start of the Logos.The TruStory FM Entertainment Podcast Network’s own Justin Jaeger joins us in this episode! In the one-hundred-forty-second minute of The Avengers...We continue our journey through the credits. We get all 214 people who worked on the stereosco…

Minute One Hundred Forty One: From The 34 Lighting TDs•Shader Writers at Weta Digital to The First Six of the Visual Effects ThanksThe TruStory FM Entertainment Podcast Network’s own Steve Sarmento joins us in this episode! In the one-hundred-forty-first minute of The Avengers...We’re knee deep in credits for the visual effects teams who worked on …

Minute One Hundred Forty: From The Marvel Studios Team to the 32 Weta Digital AnimatorsJoining us today, it’s filmmaker and TruStory FM regular Tommy Metz III, director of ‘30 Nights of Sex to Save Your Marriage’. In the one-hundred-fortieth minute of The Avengers...We wrap up our time with Tommy continuing our discussions about various crew member…

Minute One Hundred Thirty Nine: From The Two Suit Construction Supervisors to New York Unit Medic/Scheduling Richard Fellegara.Joining us today, it’s filmmaker and TruStory FM regular Tommy Metz III, director of ‘30 Nights of Sex to Save Your Marriage’. In the one-hundred-thirty-ninth minute of The Avengers...We dig deeper on a few names again here…

Minute One Hundred Thirty Eight: From Nine VFX Production Assistants to Prosthetic and Suit Effects by Legacy EffectsJoining us today, it’s filmmaker and TruStory FM regular Tommy Metz III, director of ‘30 Nights of Sex to Save Your Marriage’. In the one-hundred-thirty-eighth minute of The Avengers...We continue our march through the credits with T…

Minute One Hundred Thirty Seven: From Second Unit Director John Mahaffie to Tech Vis Artist Nic NicholsonJoining us today, it’s filmmaker and TruStory FM regular Tommy Metz III, director of ‘30 Nights of Sex to Save Your Marriage’. In the one-hundred-thirty-seventh minute of The Avengers...We talk a bit about some of the structure of credits, and t…

Minute One Hundred Thirty Six: From Joss Whedon’s Name on Iron Man’s Chest to The Opening Riffs of Soundgarden’s Live to RiseEric Deutsch from Time to Rewind, Escape From New York Minute, and Flash Gordon Minute joins us in this episode! In the one-hundred-thirty-sixth minute of The Avengers...We end the special credits with the director’s name, wh…

Minute One Hundred Thirty Five: From An Anti-Armor Missile in Iron Man’s Gauntlet to a Hole in Iron Man’s ChestJoining us today, it’s filmmaker and TruStory FM regular Tommy Metz III, director of ‘30 Nights of Sex to Save Your Marriage’. In the one-hundred-thirth-fifth minute of The Avengers...We’re finishing the special credits (thanks to Andrew D…

Minute One Hundred Thirty Four: From A Big A to Iron Man’s PalmAndrew Darowski from Disney Animation Minute Essentials and Joe Darowski from the Protagonist Podcast join us in this episode! In the one-hundred-thirty-fourth minute of The Avengers...We finish pulling out of the broken windows at Stark Tower, finding just the A left in the STARK signa…

Minute One Hundred Thirty Three: From Hill’s Questions for Fury to Repair Work on Tony’s Penthouse.Andrew Darowski from Disney Animation Minute Essentials and Joe Darowski from the Protagonist Podcast join us in this episode! In the one-hundred-thirty-third minute of The Avengers...Fury finishes his power walk, but what’s with all the scuff marks i…

Minute One Hundred Thirty Two: From The Tesseract Being Dealt With to Fury’s Dramatic WalkTwitchTV’s MarvelousTay joins us in this episode! In the one-hundred-thirty-second minute of The Avengers...While Fury talks with the World Security Council, we follow our heroes in Central Park as they ship Loki off to Asgard. Where did this handy Tesseract t…

Minute One Hundred Thirty One: From The Final News Montage to The Tesseract Where It Belongs.Bubbawheat from the time loop podcast It's Time to Rewind joins us in this episode! In the one-hundred-thirty-first minute of The Avengers...This minute is full of lots of clips from all the various screens we’re watching, and we try talking about the all i…

Minute One Hundred Thirty: From Realizing There’s One More Thing to Shawna Lynde’s Brief AppearanceTwitchTV’s MarvelousTay joins us in this episode! In the one-hundred-thirtieth minute of The Avengers...Break time! But not quite. Tony really wants to get to Shawarma Palace, but he’ll have to wait because they have to deal with Loki first. But how d…

Minute One Hundred Twenty Nine: From Tossing Tony’s Mask to Not Finished YetMatthew Costello, author of several works on politics and superheroes including Secret Identity Crisis: Comic books and the Unmasking of Cold War America, joins us in this episode! In the one-hundred-twenty-ninth minute of The Avengers...Thor rips the face of Tony’s mask of…

Minute One Hundred Twenty Eight: From The Fall of Tony to Concern About Their Fallen FriendRobin 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 questi…

Minute One Hundred Twenty Seven: From Tony’s Final Push to Tony Falling in SpaceIn 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 …

Minute One Hundred Twenty Six: From Tony’s Missile Chase to Tony’s Missile Heave HoLester 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 Islan…

Minute One Hundred Twenty Five: From Pushing the Button to Tony’s Info About the Nuke Coming InIn the one-hundred-twenth-fifth minute of The Avengers...The nuke is off and away! We’ve got a two minute and thirty second clock that starts ticking right here. Will it play out in real time as it does in movie time? We’ll find out two-and-a-half minutes…

Minute One Hundred Twenty Four: From Director Nick Fury in Motion to the F-35 Lightning II in MotionLester Clark and Kynan Dias from The Exorcist Minute join us in this episode! In the one-hundred-twenty-fourth minute of The Avengers...Hill’s comments on the F-35 Lightning II that’s been put into action by the World Security Council sends Fury scra…

Minute One Hundred Twenty Three: From Close-Range Arrow Fighting to A Bird in MotionRobin Burdge from Karate Kid Minute and Sword Boys joins us in this episode! In the one-hundred-twenty-third minute of The Avengers...What happens when Hawkeye runs out of arrows? We get to explore that in this minute in great detail. First off, how does he even get…

Minute One Hundred Twenty Two: From Erik’s Secret Safety to Quickdraw Archery on the RooftopLester Clark and Kynan Dias from The Exorcist Minute join us in this episode! In the one-hundred-twenty-second minute of The Avengers...There’s a space where the film might have made more sense if Erik was blinded by his passion for science and willingly did…

Minute One Hundred Twenty One: From Nat’s Tuck-and-Roll Landing to Erik’s Big Reveal... AlmostLachlan Thiele from the Quiet on Set Podcast joins us in this episode! In the one-hundred-twenty-first minute of The Avengers...Nat nails her landing on the tippity-top of Stark Tower, and luckily they have walls so she doesn’t roll right off. What’s perfe…

Minute One Hundred Twenty: From Fury Recognizing the Council’s Decision to Black Widow’s Leap of FaithFather David Mowry, Chaplain of the Movies by Minutes community, joins us in this episode! In the one-hundred-twentieth minute of The Avengers...Ah, the World Security Council. We have fun delving into the complexities of a shadow organization like…

Minute One Hundred Nineteen: From Cap Lost in a Looking Glass to Cap Lost in His ThoughtsFather David Mowry, Chaplain of the Movies by Minutes community, joins us in this episode! In the one-hundred-nineteenth minute of The Avengers...We’re back with Cap in that little side mirror. What were they trying to say here? Or was it just something to do b…

Minute One Hundred Eighteen: From A Game of Follow-the-Arrow to Our Second Odd Mirror Shot of the FilmIn the one-hundred-eighteenth minute of The Avengers...It’s the second half of our fantastic single shot traveling from hero to hero, and we’re here for it. In this minute, we follow Hawkeye’s arrow to the Chitauri it hits to the leviathan it crash…

Minute One Hundred Seventeen: From Nat Being Sure to Clint Pointing an Arrow... Right at UsJames Anderson and Colin Parker from the Timeline Scavengers podcast join us in this episode! In the one-hundred-seventeenth minute of The Avengers...Steve gives Nat a boost and it’s quite the maneuver. It leads us to bring up the wonderful Heidi Moneymaker y…

Minute One Hundred Sixteen: From Tony Complaining About the Lack of Invitation From Thor to Nat Asking for a BoostMike Gravagno from The Superhero Show Show and Movie of the Year joins us in this episode! In the one-hundred-sixteenth minute of The Avengers...Tony’s upset that Thor didn’t invite him to play, but why isn’t Tony more concerned about, …

Minute One Hundred Fifteen: From Fury Watching the News to Tony Praising HawkeyeFilm Critic Ewan Graf from the Quiet on Set podcast joins us in this episode! In the one-hundred-fifteenth minute of The Avengers...After a run through the various news feeds Fury’s tapped in to, we get to chat a bit with Ewan about Samuel L. Jackson’s Nick Fury and why…

Minute One Hundred Fourteen: From Thor Taking Flight to A Lightning-Induced Explosion at the PortalIn the one-hundred-fourteenth minute of The Avengers...Thor’s off and away! Natasha’s looking tough! That’s right, Steve’s been busy giving orders and everyone’s following as he’s now proven himself to be team leader. Even Hulk listens to him! We do p…

Minute One Hundred Thirteen: From Bringing Down the Leviathan to Cap’s Plan for ThorJames Anderson and Colin Parker from the Timeline Scavengers podcast join us in this episode! In the one-hundred-thirteenth minute of The Avengers...It’s a big one! We’ve got the death of the leviathan but really, we’re here for the hero moment with the camera revol…

Minute One Hundred Twelve: From This All Seeming Horrible to An Important Lesson in ‘Duck and Cover’Eric Deutsch, co-host from Flash Gordon Minute and Escape From New York Minute, joins us in this episode! In the one-hundred-twelfth minute of The Avengers...We finally get to find out Bruce’s secret! But first, we get to enjoy Mark Ruffalo at his ru…

Minute One Hundred Eleven: From Tony Forgetting Step Two to Bruce’s Arrival on an Old MotorbikeEric Deutsch, co-host from Flash Gordon Minute and Escape From New York Minute, joins us in this episode! In the one-hundred-eleventh minute of The Avengers...Tony got the leviathan’s attention and it pursues him, but when we cut to Clint and Natasha, we …

Minute One Hundred Ten: From The NYPD Taking Aim to The End of the Sabrett Hot Dog Cart In the one-hundred-tenth minute of The Avengers...NYPD REPRESENT! That’s right, we get to talk about the NYPD taking on the Chitauri, even after finding out the National Guard isn’t coming. It does give us a chance to talk about the nature of these military orga…

Minute One Hundred Nine: From Fish in a Barrel to More Fish in a BarrelRyanne Bennett from Black Girl Nerds joins us in this episode! In the one-hundred-ninth minute of The Avengers...Is Chris Evans putting on his best Batman voice with his line here? It sure seems that way. This minute gives us a chance to celebrate the power of the non-supers as …

Minute One Hundred Eight: From A Resigned Loki to Fireball! Fireball! Fireball!Ryanne Bennett from Black Girl Nerds joins us in this episode! In the one-hundred-eighth minute of The Avengers...Loki proves himself yet again to be ever malicious toward his brother as he stabs Thor and – after Thor’s surprising body slam power move – rolls himself off…

Minute One Hundred Seven: From The Arrival of the Leviathan to Thor Confronting LokiRyanne Bennett from Black Girl Nerds joins us in this episode! In the one-hundred-seventh minute of The Avengers...The leviathan arrives! But... what is it? Is it actually related to the Chitauri? When they’re popping out the sides, is that Chitauri babies being bor…

Minute One Hundred Six: From The Quinjet Taking Aim to Ominous Rumblings From the Space HoleRyanne Bennett from Black Girl Nerds joins us in this episode! In the one-hundred-sixth minute of The Avengers...Nat and Clint use the quinjet to take on Loki, but why just bullets? Don’t they have missiles or something? And if they did shoot a missile at St…

Minute One Hundred Five: From The Brother Tussle to Hawkeye and Black Widow spotting them.Film Critic Ewan Graf from the Quiet on Set podcast joins us in this episode! In the one-hundred-fifth minute of The Avengers...This minute does a great job of cross-cutting between the heroes as they each work to stop Loki and the Chitauri invasion. We start …

Minute One Hundred Four: From The Blue Beam to Thor Confronting His BrotherFilm Critic Ewan Graf from the Quiet on Set podcast joins us in this episode! In the one-hundred-fourth minute of The Avengers...Tony fights on, but only in a wide shot. This minute focuses on the people of New York as the Chitauri fly down (rather quickly) and begin raining…

Minute One Hundred Three: From Tony Incinerating a Few Pedestrians to Tony Incinerating a Few ChitauriFilm Critic Ewan Graf from the Quiet on Set podcast joins us in this episode! In the one-hundred-third minute of The Avengers...More Mark VII talk! We love the way Tony’s new suit attaches itself to him. But the pedestrians... wouldn’t they be inci…

Minute One Hundred Two: From Everything on Loki to The Mark VII Attaching to TonyFilm Critic Ewan Graf from the Quiet on Set podcast joins us in this episode! In the one-hundred-second minute of The Avengers...Tony’s finishing his response to Loki, and this is where he gets close to calling out the name of the film again in this scene. It plays, bu…

Minute One Hundred One: From Loki’s Periodic Reminder About the Chitauri to Tony Acknowledging Loki’s Army Might Come.TwitchTV’s MarvelousTay joins us in this episode! In the one-hundred-first minute of The Avengers...It’s been just enough time that we needed to have the Chitauri mentioned again. Tony doesn’t seem to care because as he says, “We ha…

Minute One Hundred: From A Barrier of Pure Energy to Tony Pouring Himself a DrinkTwitchTV’s MarvelousTay joins us in this episode! In the one-hundredth minute of The Avengers...JARVIS tells Tony that the Tesseract’s barrier is pure energy. So... should Tony have maybe realized something like that and not blasted at it? And meanwhile, was Loki just …

Minute Ninety-Nine: From Fury Looking at Coulson’s Cards to Tony Blown Back by the Tesseract Barrier’s EnergyLachlan Thiele from the Quiet on Set podcast joins us in this episode! In the ninety-ninth minute of The Avengers...Fury responds to Maria Hill’s comment about where Coulson had his cards, letting us in on his big lie. Knowing what we know a…

Minute Ninety Eight: From Steve Entering the Sick Bay to Hill Revealing the Actual Location of Coulson’s Cards Playwright Dean O’Carroll joins us in this episode! In the ninety-eighth minute of The Avengers...Steve finds Natasha in the sick bay and seems to have forgotten that she flew him to Stuttgart and back in a quinjet as he asks her if she kn…

Minute Ninety Seven: From Tony’s Thoughts on Fury’s Fifing to Selvig Busy on the Top of Stark Tower Playwright Dean O’Carroll joins us in this episode! In the ninety-seventh minute of The Avengers...We wrap up our conversation about Tony and Steve dealing with the aftermath of Coulson’s death. While Tony comes to terms with losing him, Steve tries …

Minute Ninety Six: From ‘Red in My Ledger’ to ‘We Are Not Soldiers’Matthew Fox from the Superhero Ethics Podcast and season 4 joins us in this episode! In the ninety-sixth minute of The Avengers...We wrap up our conversation about Clint and Natasha as she, once again, brings up the red in her ledger. Does this play? We certainly have thoughts. We a…

Minute Ninety Five: From Clint Unsure of Loki’s Whereabouts to Natasha CompromisedMatthew Fox from the Superhero Ethics Podcast and season 4 joins us in this episode! In the ninety-fifth minute of The Avengers...We’re nearing the end of the conversation in the sick bay between Natasha and Clint. This minute, their dialogue leads to several issues w…

Minute Ninety Four: From Brain Play to Loki Got AwayMatthew Fox from the Superhero Ethics Podcast and season 4 joins us in this episode! In the ninety-fourth minute of The Avengers...Natasha and Clint continue their conversation as Clint works through the dregs of Loki’s mind control. The bg question, of course, is why does she pour him water then …