We’re gushing about actors acting… weird, cause we were looking for the skybeam! Seriously though, RDJ and MR give us a minute of straight up talent, not just a passable knock-off. And they even manage to move the story forward! This is a performance minute that reminds us this is a movie about weapons dealers, greed, and war, grounding super-heroes and raising the stakes.
Rob goes all CSI about evidence. Thankfully, Happy’s fine. Ivan is less fine, and also angry. Thankfully, evidence, some cars, and a father’s love from the grave are all destroyed. Justin is struck by Cupid’s Arrow for his new favorite Russian engineer. Be on the lookout for a new prisoner being photographed in this minute… it’ll be important.
An ode to exploration. The suit can’t fly, which we learn from legos. Seriously, there’s some stunning detail in the destruction of the suit during the fight with Whiplash here. Things aren’t going well for Tony in general, but thanks to the whip coil move, things turn around. Where have we seen that move before? Let us know!
Ah… it’s not a lunchbox… it’s not a football… there’s a SUIT in that thing? The comedy-tragedy collision peaks here in minute 36 as Happy, Pepper, and Tony get the suit out of the car and ol’ pulpy-legs Ivan gets back to business. Plus, a diversion on airbag science and a practical effect sequence that redeems the fires in the minute prior. Welcome to Mark V, with a tip of the hat to the Silver Centurion.
The TARDIS takes the visitors to a crucial turning point in American history. Can the group (and the creative team) navigate this pivotal moment, or will they make a mess of it? Thirteen minutes isn’t enough for this episode, but it’s what we have.
When is a car not a car? When the MMM computer says it’s so. This is Rob’s least favorite minute and we dive into why as we take on what it means to have … a human body. Ivan whips, Tony scampers, and Happy drives angry. Plus, we see what happens with the in-car Stoogeiverse collides with on-track shenanigans. Those shenanigans, by the way, lead us down an exploration of The Constrictor, who may have been present in spirit in this scene.
We hate sand but asphalt gives us reason to celebrate. OK, the team has a little trouble making Whiplash look cool in front of fire, but at least an incredibly tropey fight is our reward. We revisit the in-car Stoogeiverse while examining the scientific implications of meeting a concussive asphalt wave.
This is the Mandela Effect minute. The minute picks up with the Hammer car in the slowest of motion mid-aid crashes. Happy finds the unusual briefcase and picks up Pepper for a big rescue. We meet the film’s in-car Two Stooges comic universe. Ok… so there might be a few narrative issues that rear their collective head in this minute. We find a way to appreciate it anyhow.
It’s 2021. People are going to be watching you walk on the pro-am circuit. Just like we watch Ivan in what we can only classify as competitive saunter. It’s the People vs. Kyle Olson as we take on the race in Monaco as a dramatic action set piece. Pete Wright is back to join Rob’s defense of cavalier helmet flips and grandstanding.
Toothpicks! Gearhead Pete Wright is with us to talk about sport motoring and motor branding. There’s a hole lot of industrialist narcissism on display between Tony and Justin, and some of it even occurs through LCD screens. We pull apart Monaco mattes and CG face mask replacements, and then our old pal Ivan shows up and he’s hella swole.
