My Reaction to Spider-Man coming back to the MCU

I’m very happy that both Marvel Studios and Sony are reteaming up for the third MCU Spider-Man film and Tom Holland returning as Peter Parker/Spider-Man 

After watching Far From Home, the cliffhanger is a game changer…it’s gonna be a new chapter for Peter and the characters in the MCU and other films

Tom Holland did a great performance as Peter in Captain America: Civil War, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Avengers: Infinity War, Avengers: Endgame and Spider-Man: Far From Home. Tom’s talented. 

Myself and others are looking forward to Tom Holland’s upcoming films like The Current War, Spies in Disguise, Third MCU Spider-Man film, Onward, Chaos Walking and more

 

By Angel

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Spider-Man: Far From Home {Movie Review: Spoiler Warning}

This review will be a few spoilers:  if you haven’t seen the film, don’t read this review…if you saw the film, read the review.

 

I really enjoyed the film, I like that we get to see Peter moving forward with his life, even though that he misses Tony Stark/Iron Man and confessing his feelings to Michelle “MJ”. 

 

My favorite scenes that I did not expect is Quentin Beck aka Mysterio, who is a former employee of Stark Industries…it was revealed that Beck created B.A.R.F., a prototype system that was introduced in Captain America: Civil War and another character who encountered with Obadiah Stane from the first Iron Man, comes back, he works with Beck. the visual effects were stunning, the scene where Mysterio using the illusions to trap Peter, messing with his mind. One part in the illusion scene is when a Zombie Iron Man crawling towards Peter: that scene was a surprise and shocking.

 

There were a few moments in the film, the friendship between Peter and Ned was great: hope we get to see their friendship continue in the next film. The final battle was an amazing scene. 

 

2 scenes that was a surprise and a game-changer: Peter, MJ and the whole people of New York, watches the news report that featured a doctored footage recorded by Beck, during the battle of London. but that’s not all: the video was released by the controversial news website: The Daily Bugle.Net, the one and only…J. Jonah Jameson played by J.K. Simmons. Here’s the real blockbuster: Beck reveals Spider-Man’s secret identity, it had Peter in a mind blown shock.

 

This is the first time seeing J.K. Simmons’ J. Jonah Jameson in the MCU, hope we get to see more J. Jonah Jameson.

 

Another scene is that former S.H.I.E.L.D. director Nick Fury and former S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Maria Hill are revealed to be Skrull’ Talos and Skrull’ Soren, who has been impersonating the real Nick Fury and real Maria Hill, also it was revealed that the real Nick Fury is on ‘vacation’ on a Skrull spaceship.

 

After watching the movie. There’s a lot of questions to be answered is what will happen to Peter, now that the world knows he’s Spider-Man and whatever happened to the real Maria Hill, while the real Nick Fury is on a Skrull spaceship.

 

Could this mean that one of the characters are secretly a Skrull, but will find out in the upcoming Marvel films in the future.

by Angel

Marvel’s Captain America(Movie Trilogy)

Hello, my name is Charles and I’m here to review all three Marvel’s Captain America Movies. The three movies are Captain America: The First Avengers, Captain America: The Winter Soldier and Captain America: Civil War.

 

Captain America: The First Avenger takes place during World War II circa 1941. The cast of characters are Steve Rogers/Captain America (main hero)(Super-Soldier),

Johann Schmidt/The Red Skull (Main Villain)(Leader of HYDRA), 

Peggy Carter (Steve’s girlfriend)(US Agent),

James Buchanan “Bucky” Barnes (Steve’s friend/sidekick)(US Sergeant),

Howard Stark (Steve’s friend)(Tony Stark’s father) and Arnim Zola (HYDRA scientist/biochemist).

 

Captain America: The Winter Soldier involves Captain America as he combats the HYDRA Organization that has infested the World-Wide Peacekeeping organization, SHIELD. The cast of characters are Steve Rogers/Captain America (Super-Soldier),

Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow (SHIELD Agent/Spy),

Sam Wilson/Falcon (Steve’s friend) and Bucky Barnes/Winter Soldier.

 

Captain America: Civil War involves Captain America as the Avengers are divided into a big-time, war-faring fallout. The cast of characters are Steve Rogers/Captain America (Super Soldier),

Sam Wilson/Falcon,

Bucky Barnes/Winter Soldier,

Clint Barton/Hawkeye,

Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch,

Scott Lang/Ant-Man,

Tony Stark/Iron Man,

James “Rhodey” Rhodes/War Machine (US Colonel),

Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow,

T’Challa/Black Panther,

Vision,

Peter Parker/Spider-Man and Brock Rumlow/Crossbones.

 

In conclusion, I found these movies to showcase Captain America’s life and adventures as a true american hero. Praise Excelsior, Captain America. I salute you!

LEGO: Marvel’s Avengers(Review)

Hello, my name is Charles and I’m here to review LEGO: Marvel’s Avengers for the PlayStation 4. LEGO: Marvel’s Avengers is based on multiple Marvel films.

 

The multiple Marvel films in this game are Marvel’s the Avengers,

Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron,

Marvel’s Captain America: The First Avenger,

Marvel’s Captain America: The Winter Soldier,

Marvel’s Iron Man 3 and Marvel’s Thor: The Dark World.

 

The movie locations in this game are Baron Strucker’s Castle (Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron),

SHIELD Secret Base (Marvel’s The Avengers),

Stuttgart, Germany (Marvel’s The Avengers),

SHIELD Helicarrier UNN Alpha (Marvel’s The Avengers),

New York City (Marvel’s the Avengers),

HeliCarrier (Marvel’s Captain America: The Winter Soldier),

STARK Mansion, Malibu (Marvel’s Iron Man 3),

ROXXON Corporation, Tennessee (Marvel’s Iron Man 3),

Asgard (Marvel’s Thor: The Dark World),

London (Marvel’s Thor: The Dark World),

AVENGERS Tower (Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron),

Korea (Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron) and Sokovia (Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron).

 

In conclusion, I found that this game truly showcases all said Marvel films in true, humorous LEGO fashion which in turn gives its multiple story plots an extra twist every way/every time.

Avengers Endgame

 

Avengers Endgame is about The Avengers bringing back everyone and stopping Thanos. And The Avengers go back in time to find all the Infinity Stones and using them to snap their fingers and bring all the other Avengers back and restoring life on Earth.

I loved the Avengers Endgame Movie because I  loved the Action and Funny Humor in Avengers Endgame.

I Rate Avengers Endgame 10/10

I would Recommend Avengers Endgame to my friends and cousins and my grandparents and my teachers from school.   

By Hannah

Spiderman Homecoming Movie Review

Released in 2017 Spiderman makes a come back in Spiderman Homecoming starring the new Spidey boy Tom Holland. I enjoyed the witty banter between Tony and Peter, it showed they have a father and son type relationship. The villain played masterfully by Michael Keaton was quite the road block for Peter and finding out he was the father of the girl Peter liked made it all the more terrifying. Tom Holland who played the titular Spiderman did a great job of being both Peter Parker the high school tech wiz and spidey the throwing one liners crime fighter. I also enjoyed the new Mj she was funny in every scene she was in and I want to see her more in the next Spiderman films. Can’t wait to see Spiderman Far from home looking forward to seeing the characters again and the new villian played by Jake Gyllenhaal.

MARVEL: Future Avengers (Review)

Hello, my name is Charles and I’m here to review the animated tv series MARVEL: Future Avengers. This series is comprised of 39 episodes (26 episodes in Season 1/13 episodes in Season 2).

 

The main protagonists in this series are Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, Wasp, Hulk, Black Panther, Spider-Man, Falcon, Iron Fist, Hawkeye, Black Widow, Ms. Marvel, Captain Marvel, Chloe (Future Avenger)(Power: Shape-Shifter), Adi (Future Avenger)(Power: TechnoPath-the ability to communicate/manipulate machines) and Makoto (Future Avenger)(Power: Wind-based abilities).

 

The main antagonists in this series are Red Skull, Enchantress, Deadpool, Winter Soldier, Klaw, Loki, Leader, Kang the Conqueror and the Inhumans (Lockjaw-Giant Bulldog/Power: Teleportation, Crystal-Medusa’s Sister/Power: Elemental-based abilities, Triton-Black Bolt’s brother/Fish-Human hybrid, Karnak-Black Bolt’s cousin/Martial Artist, Maximus the Mad-Black Bolt’s brother/Power: Mind-Control, Medusa-the Inhumans’ queen/Power: Super-Strong, Prehensile hair and Black Bolt-the Inhumans’ king/Power: a Destructive, HyperSonic voice).

 

In conclusion, I found that this series ultimately showcases the goal of passing on the Torch of Dreams, Ideals and Success onto the next generation and henceforth.

(Avengers and the Future Avengers)

(The Inhumans)

 

Marvel Spotlight: Brie Larson

By

Jake M.

Brie Larson stars in the new Captain Marvel movie.

Plot Summary from IMDB: Captain Marvel is an extraterrestrial Kree warrior who finds herself caught in the middle of an intergalactic battle between her people and the Skrulls. Living on Earth in 1995, she keeps having recurring memories of another life as U.S. Air Force pilot Carol Danvers. With help from Nick Fury, Captain Marvel tries to uncover the secrets of her past while harnessing her special superpowers to end the war with the evil Skrulls.

Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes (Review)

Hello, my name is Charles and I’m here to review the TV series Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes. This series consists of 52 episodes total (2 seasons/ 26 episodes each).

The main protagonists are Iron Man, Ant-Man/Giant-Man/Yellowjacket, Hulk, Thor and Wasp. The main season 1 protagonists are Captain America, Black Panther and Hawkeye. The main season 2 protagonists are Ms. Marvel and Vision.

 

The main antagonists are Kang the Conqueror, Dr. Doom, Ultron, Ronan the Accuser, Super-Skrull and Galactus.

 

Iron Man’s main antagonists are MODOK and Crimson Dynamo.

 

Hulk’s main antagonists are Absorbing Man, Abomination, the Leader and Red Hulk.

 

Thor’s main antagonists are Loki, Enchantress, Malekith the Accursed, Surtur and Destroyer.

 

Captain America’s main antagonists are Red Skull, Baron Zemo and Winter Soldier.

 

Black Panther’s main antagonists are Ulysses Klaw and Man-Ape.

 

In conclusion, I personally found this series to be a perfect origin point to the Avengers franchise. Thus, I end this article with a famous Avengers quote: Avengers, Assemble!

 

 

 

Comics, Cartoons and Stop-Motion Animation

Last month, our Comics, Cartoons and Stop-Motion Animation workshop provided a wonderful opportunity for adults on the autism spectrum to express themselves creatively, explore their talents and practice social skills together. Sharing this popular area of interest with others created a positive, encouraging environment where participants could engage with their peers, build friendships and GROW! We asked some of the attendees to share their experiences with us. 

BRANDON (Assistant Media Lab Instructor, former SEEDs participant)
Instructing at a community event does raise the bar when you are learning to be a teacher. Given that I was teaching stop motion animation at our Comics & Cartoons Workshop, it was quite a surprise to see participants take part in the class. Seeing seventeen guests coming to the event and feeling excited about animating sure was a challenge as most were not familiar with the medium.

It was an honor having Scott Pfister (Media Lab Instructor) aboard and a big help with Jake and Ethan.  In my experience with the pair, Ethan is quite a tech wizard and Jake has the potential to become a director. Our crew was wonderful given that we were sparking creative fires for the visitors of our workshop.  That itself was a success, and that the individuals that joined us had a hand at making a short video with the figures that were used for the set portion. The intent was that they were to have fun and learn something new, itself being quite an accomplishment. Overall, the event was successful and I hope to do more teaching on the medium.

JAKE M. (Workshop Co-Facilitator and SEEDs participant)
On Saturday February 16th I co-led the Stop-Motion Animation Workshop event at Seeds for Autism. I taught the participants how to build a set for stop motion-animation. Other instructors included Brandon, Ethan, and the Seeds Video Lab Instructor Scott. In addition to set building, participants got hands on experience with handling lego characters and moving them through a sequence in order to create a movie. Students also got to see a demonstration of the editing process. Being a leader felt good because I got to show people an interesting movie making skill which is also an art form.

CHRIS M.
I went to the Comics, Cartoons and Stop-Motion Animation Workshop on Saturday, the 19th of February. In the Comics section, I helped show my group how to tell a story in comic strip form. Then we made our own comic strips. I recreated a scene from the new HellBoy movie that is coming soon. Next, in the Cartoons section, we did paintings of pop art sound effects. My painting was a lightning bolt with the words “Thunder Strike”.

And finally, in the Stop-Motion section, we learned how to make animations using toys and puppets. I was helping Brandon the instructor with doing an animated short with LEGOs while everyone else was learning from the videos. The workshop overall was pretty neat and I look forward to what they’ll come up with in the next workshop.

JEFF
I was at the Comics workshop. I participated in all three events: comic strips, pop art and stop motion animation. I especially enjoyed the beautifully done “Mer-Mom” short shown as an example. All together I’d say this was a pretty educating experience. I can’t say what I learned in words but doing it helped me, let’s say, flow with it.

 

 

JOEL
I went to the Comics, Cartoons and Animation workshop. I drew backgrounds and made stories with cartoon characters. I made a painting that said POW! I made LEGO animation. I had fun.

SONJA
Last month I attended a Seeds for Autism workshop that was about the art of making comics, cartoons and stop motion. I started with how to create a comic strip and how to set up a scene adding in the characters you want to use and how to make a smooth transition from panel to panel. The next class was a painting class. We were painting the sound effects that writers in comics used to emphasize the weight of the situation to get the reader more attached to the characters they love. Finally there was the stop motion class where I learned how to manipulate the model to get the exact shot you want and how it takes patience, time and effort to make your stop motion film the way the creator intended it to be. The classes were really fun and I enjoyed myself a lot. I hope to do more workshops in the future.