Welcome to the party, pal!
It's December, festive lights are going up everywhere, and it's time to watch an action movie to set the mood. That can only mean one thing: It's time for an adventure set at Christmas, where a lone hero relies on just their wits and the ad hoc allies they make along the way to defeat an evil group of terrorists, as they try to reunite with the love of their life. It's time for... Die Hard in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
"You know who I am, you don't know where I am, and y...
Welcome to the party, pal!
It's December, festive lights are going up everywhere, and it's time to watch an action movie to set the mood. That can only mean one thing: It's time for an adventure set at Christmas, where a lone hero relies on just their wits and the ad hoc allies they make along the way to defeat an evil group of terrorists, as they try to reunite with the love of their life. It's time for... Die Hard in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
"You know who I am, you don't know where I am, and you'll never see me coming."
When discussing the terrorist smokescreen provided by the Mandarin, Matt referred to a video essay from ScreenCrush. You can find that video here:
The MANDARIN Was Right (And was Responsible for Tony's Snap!) | Iron Man 3 + Shang-Chi Explained
"If this is their idea of Christmas, I gotta be here for New Year's!"
Looking for more podcasts that take a look at Christmas action movies through a Marvel lens? Hollywood Already Did It's 'Hawkeye: Tis the Season' covers everything from Batman Returns to the Shane Black Christmas movie sub-genre. You can find the first episode in this festive mini-series here.
"You start with something pure, something exciting, then comes the mistakes, the compromises."
In our segment, ‘Mindful Moments in the MCU’, we make use of the ancient monastic practice of florilegia. You can find out more about this practice at: what is florilegia?, and discover the ‘Harry Potter and the Sacred Text’ podcast that inspired this segment here: https://www.harrypottersacredtext.com/
Marvel Moments is a Human Happening podcast. All excerpts from movies and TV shows used in this episode are copyright 20th Century Fox, Marvel Entertainment and Disney, and are used here for the purposes of criticism, review and quotation. Special thanks go to David Shaw for the creation of our epic theme tune, ‘The Moment Has Come’, To AJ The Soundest Guy for editing this episode, to Ellagrace who tireless proofreads and corrects our transcripts, and to the Marvel Moments Facebook group for all their support and encouragement. And finally a massive thanks to you, our listeners! If you enjoy what you’re hearing, please do hit like, subscribe, and or follow and all the buttons of that nature, and if you’re listening on Apple podcasts please do leave us 5 stars and a review. It really does make all the difference.
This episode is dedicated to everyone looking to make a change this Christmas. We believe in you!
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