Kevin Feige’s first ending for Avengers: Endgame put all six original
Avengers in a furnace together. Toy Story 3, but with Hawkeye. The Russos
talked him out of it. That is the least strange thing in this episode.
Marvel named fifteen things to watch before Avengers: Doomsday. This is
number six, the three-hour victory lap, and it comes with homework: the
Encore re-release and its new stingers.
The back matter first. Katherine Langford’s cut scene as grown-up Morgan
Stark. “I am Iron Man,” found in the edit room after a version where Tony
said nothing at all, and the producer who talked Downey into going back to
shoot it. Joe Russo casting himself as the grieving man in Cap’s support
group. The re-release that chased down Avatar, and an Oscar campaign in
twelve categories that came back with one nomination. Then the whole movie,
from the Barton farm to the lake house, with a stop to give the rat that
saved the universe the statue Marvel never will.
Then the Encore. Loki knocking on Peggy’s door. Doom collecting the Hulk.
The TVA watching universes fire on each other until three are left. Tony in
the cave, hammering out a mask that turns out to be Doom’s. Jason has two
theories about what that means, and the second one is that Tony Stark was
never the original. He was the variant.
Next week on Impending Doomsday: Loki, seasons one and two.
X-Ray Vision is Jason Concepcion and Rosie Knight. Three episodes a week,
news on Saturdays, from iHeart Podcasts.
CHAPTERS
0:00 Cold open: Jason has a theory
0:27 Spoiler warning, and welcome back
0:54 Impending Doomsday, six of fifteen
2:01 Kevin Feige’s first pitch killed all six Avengers
2:51 Who sent Steve back to Peggy
3:17 Katherine Langford’s cut scene as adult Morgan
4:11 “I am Iron Man” was found in the edit
6:06 Where did old Steve Rogers live?
8:25 Joe Russo cast himself
9:32 The re-release and the Avatar record
12:16 Twelve Oscar campaigns, one nomination
15:57 The recap
18:37 Tony and Nebula adrift
21:18 Back at the compound
27:17 The Garden
30:34 Five years later
32:07 The rat that saved the universe
34:22 Nat’s peanut butter sandwich
39:33 Scott Lang has an idea
40:29 Tony’s cabin
43:01 Professor Hulk
44:19 Tony invents time travel
47:28 Audi, presented by Audi
51:42 New Asgard and Thor
52:57 Does the Thor fat suit hold up?
54:36 Ronin in Tokyo
57:14 The rules of time travel
58:19 Planning the Time Heist
1:00:37 New York, 2012
1:02:15 Asgard, 2013
1:02:57 Morag, and a Nebula problem
1:05:35 Loki takes the Tesseract
1:07:16 Cap vs. Cap
1:09:19 Frigga’s pep talk
1:11:25 Camp Lehigh, 1970
1:13:17 Vormir
1:13:35 Should it have been Clint?
1:15:44 The new gauntlet, and Banner snaps
1:17:03 Thanos hits the compound
1:18:19 Gamora switches sides
1:20:49 The Big Three vs. Thanos
1:23:16 Cap lifts Mjolnir
1:24:08 “On your left”
1:28:45 The A-Force moment
1:30:17 “I am Iron Man”
1:32:31 Tony’s funeral
1:33:47 Cap’s last dance
1:35:18 The Encore stingers
1:36:19 Doom collects the Hulk
1:36:55 The TVA and the incursions
1:38:15 Doom’s mask
1:38:39 Theory one: is old Cap really Loki?
1:39:43 Theory two: Tony Stark is the variant
1:43:23 What does Doom want with Hulk?
1:44:25 Maestro?
1:47:11 Strange as Doom’s inside man
1:47:35 The Beyonder and Kang
1:49:04 Is Thanos coming back?
1:52:14 Doom is always number two
1:54:48 Is Thor’s daughter missing?
1:55:23 Doom’s power stew
1:57:19 Next time: Loki
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