Endgames and Other Stuff

How about that Avengers: Endgame, eh?

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Without going into too much detail, I thought this ruled. I've always been more of a DC guy, but I've been eating up just about everything Marvel's been spitting out into theaters for the past ten years. I've only missed Hulk's and the two Ant Man movies, but I've seen every other movie in the MCU. And boy, not only did Endgame stand pretty freaking well as its own movie, not just a damn good sequel to Infinity War, but a legitimate culmination of 21 previous stories without getting bogged down with the story it was trying to tell. Seriously, every other MCU movie gets a nod in some way, some subtle (watch for the kid from Iron Man 3), while others are giant plot points (the dozens of Thor: The Dark World fans will be happy). I do wish I at least saw Ant Man & The Wasp, elements from that movie play a big part in the story, but I honestly didn't feel lost at all.

In terms of its scale, imagine the third Lord of The Rings movie, you know, with that giant battle at the end and everything? Like that, but with superheroes. Hell, remember when the INKLING of an Avengers movie got everyone excited? Endgame was just on a whole other level. Forgive me if this is the most minor of spoilers, but it's probably easier to list who ISN'T in this movie. All I wanted out of this movie was to see Korg again. I got to see Korg again. I am a happy man.

There's some shots in this movie so full of pure comic book audacity that if I were to show them to the 2008 version of me that just saw the first Iron Man, I'd think future me was just making up bullshit. Speaking of shots, I'm glad I ended up splurging for an IMAX screening because this flick is absolutely gorgeous and it needs to be seen on the biggest screen possible.

With that out of the way, here are some other actual spoilers, but devoid of any context.

You have been warned.
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Some of these I may have cribbed from the Simpsons Films twitter, but whoever runs that page is a genius, and I'll freely admit to borrowing from the best.

Coincidentally enough, I talked about Infinity War here this time last year, and I said I put money down on Hawkeye being the one to save the universe in the end. Well, I was close enough? Also, we still never got to see Thor and T'Challa formally meet each other, and judging by where Thor goes in the end, it looks like that's not happening anytime soon.

With that out of the way, this past month I bought yet ANOTHER cel from the Cricket Gallery.

Yes, this authentic cel of Dr. Stupid from Ren & Stimpy! I can't really find footage of it right now, but I'm pretty sure it's from the specific short where he tells you that the reason why you have to go to school is because your parents are aliens. That's always been the one that stuck with me ever since childhood because, hey, the man's got a point.

But I was wondering why I got a cel from an iconic short for pretty much a steal. (You might remember the Izzy cel in last month's post, it cost a little over $140). Once I had it in my hands, I was able to get a better look at it.

There we go. That's the problem, it doesn't look as well preserved as any of the other cels I have, even the other Ren & Stimpy one I have.

This iconic Happy Helmet cel came from Bob Camp's personal collection, so I knew it was given the love and care it deserved before I brought it home and put a frame around it. From what I've read about cels, there's really nothing you could do to truly preserve them, they'll all eventually crumble into dust. All you can do is put it under as much glass as possible and hope for the best.

A few years back at NYCC, I saw that Bob Camp had a much better Dr Stupid cel for sale, but I passed on it because I didn't have the money at the time, and I've been kicking myself about it ever since. But now I'm happy that I now have a Stimpy to go with the Ren.

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