YouTube Deep Dive: The MCU (Pt 3: Toying the Line‪)‬ It Was A Sh*t Show

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Making movies for toys is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make Phase 2 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, from Iron Man 3 changing scripts to sell more toys to Thor: The Dark World changing scripts to sell more toys or choosing to make Guardians of the Galaxy… to sell toys.
 
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In the entertainment world, there are millions of dollars on the line and troubled productions are bound to happen. Whether it's big egos, bigger budgets, or just plain bad luck, we are going behind-the-scenes on these disastrous, never ending, and sometimes dangerous productions. From the creators of WTF Happened To This Movie?, It Was A Sh*t Show is a video essay/documentary/podcast series looking at some of your favorite films and tv shows, and why they were such a nightmare to make.
 
Chapters:
00:00 - Intro00:29 - Avengers Changes the Film Industry02:01 - Establishing the Marvel Writers Program02:52 - Drew Pearce’s Runaways03:19 - Shane Black Replaces Jon Favreau04:35 - Reconceiving The Mandarin05:35 - Broken Ankles & Bankrupt Effects Houses06:48 - Marvel Entertainment vs Marvel Studios07:21 - Ike Perlmutter’s Creative Committee08:26 - Superheroes in Toyland09:31 - Rebecca Hall Can’t Sell Toys10:26 - Iron Man 3: May 3, 201310:56 - Retconning The Mandarin11:56 - Finding a Kenneth Branagh Replacement12:40 - Patty Jenkins’ Thoromeo & Juliet14:28 - A Livid Natalie Portman14:58 - Alan Taylor Needs a Better Script15:48 - Every Sh*t Show Trope16:28 - Marvel Doesn’t Like Taylor’s Thor17:04 - Marvel’s Reshoot Process17:41 - 35 Days of Changes19:17 - Thor: The Dark World: November 8, 201320:08 - Nicole Perlman Gets Her Shot21:18 - Perlman’s Guardians of the Galaxy22:43 - James Gunn Gets Superheroes23:17 - Gunn’s Connection to Rocket Raccoon25:05 - Tuning Guardians for Marvel25:58 - A Production Left Alone27:03 - Marvel Branded Kool-Aid27:36 - Nicole Perlman vs James Gunn28:29 - Guardians of the Galaxy: August 1st, 2014 
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