# Will the MCU movies age well?

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**Created:** [May 1, 2020, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-mcu-movies-age-well/852985 "2020-05-01T15:30:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2020, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-mcu-movies-age-well/852985/41 "2020-05-05T01:46:47Z")

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> [@Little\_Nemo](#):
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> I disagree with your assessment of Batman. I’ve always felt his story was that he saw his parents killed at an impressionable age and dedicated the rest of his life to trying to stop anyone else from dying.

I agree. Remember when he was running around trying to find a safe place to dispose of Penguin’s bomb? He wasn’t even willing to blow up a group of ducks!

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**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2020, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-mcu-movies-age-well/852985/42 "2020-05-05T01:54:56Z")

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I’d argue not since The Dark Knight Returns.

“Leaving the world no poorer, four men die.”

He doesn’t want to kill, and tries to avoid doing it himself, sure. But that doesn’t mean he’s going to try to save everyone he can.

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**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2020, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-mcu-movies-age-well/852985/43 "2020-05-05T01:59:35Z")

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> [@Chronos](#):
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> _Iron Man_ was already cringey at the time it was made. That’s part of the point. Tony Stark is a dick.

Just what I was going to say. Great movie, but Tony is a complete dick, and his interactions with a lot of people are cringey.

> [@Little\_Nemo](#):
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> Twenty years from now, will people still think Infinity War and Endgame are good?..

Well, I thought they were pretty mediocre the first time through. So I’m guessing no. But I did like spiderman, ironman, and captain america, even though the physics in spiderman were cringey. Those probably will hold up, perhaps in a slightly campy way.

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2020, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-mcu-movies-age-well/852985/44 "2020-05-05T03:31:15Z")

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> [@puzzlegal](#):
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> …I did like spiderman, ironman, and captain america, even though the physics in spiderman were cringey…

Are there _any_ superhero movies with non-cringey physics?

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**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2020, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-mcu-movies-age-well/852985/45 "2020-05-05T03:58:51Z")

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Sure, the physics in “Into the spiderverse” are a lot less cringey than the physics in that “real” spiderman movie. It’s true that webbing seems to stick to the sky, but the way the spiderpeople swing is not too far off “real”.

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