One of the best parts of the show is when a character or plot is set up and you wait for how they’ll be integrated into the show. Unless you’re Surtur; then you’ll just keep waiting.

This just brings up what I think is the biggest issue in making a live action massively shared universe: the actors. Specifically, contractual restrictions, budgets/wages, and availability. These are practical issues that just don't exist to as major of an extent in animation (and are nearly non-existent in comics or books).

EMH is one of the best examples of how to set a tone in a superhero show. It perfectly balanced the campy nature of the costumes and the world but balanced it with genuine stakes and character work.

I like the way JLU did it, where it often implied (even stated) that the other heroes were busy with another villain or catastrophe and simply couldn't make it.

I remember a hulk centric episode in season 1 that had Hawkeye as supporting. It was one of my favorites as a kid and it was the first episode Hawkeye actually joined the team and the episode where the buddy relationship between hulk and Hawkeye started

I think "emperor Stark" is a really great example of doing a solo story with mini team-ups like how it is mainly a Vison story but has him working with cap while still existing in same world as the rest of the Avengers

Another example of what I'll call the 'Wonder Man Scenario' is "The Winter Soldier". The whole team is on the hunt for the Red Skull but in the end it's focused on Bucky and Cap reuniting

"The best MCU film." The Winter Soldier? "The Winter Soldier." Hell yeah

The Beta Ray Bill episode was one of my favorites.

Specifically Along Came A Spider comes to mind, where it’s more so Captain America Re Earning his reputation by taking a cue from Spider-Man’s playbook and I very much agree with Feige bringing this back in any way shape or form. I think Brad Winderbaum should look into it but that’s just imo.

Everyone jokes that Captain America: Civil War is just Avengers 2.5 (hell, I've made those kinds of jokes), but it really is the pinnacle of telling a solo story that brings in the rest of the team. It's called Captain America: Civil War not Avengers: Civil War for a reason. Because at its core, Civil War is a story about Cap's relationships (particularly his relationships with Tony and Bucky, with those two relationships being utilized as foils to each other). It's a story about Cap grappling with what to do when tragedy forces him to chose a best friend to ally himself with and a best friend to fight against. And by the film's end, it's a story about Cap realizing that he made mistakes that put him in that situation in the first place, expressing regret for those mistakes, and extending an offer to heal what was broken by his choices. Civil War is Steve Rogers's movie, but most of the Avengers are also present in it. In reality though, they are just there to support his story and are effectively just along for the ride. A great example of that third type of solo story that you mentioned that I don't think the MCU will ever surpass (at least with regards to solo films of that type).

Widow's Sting is a great Hawkeye solo episode. Alone against AIM is a great Tony episode. Prisoner of War is fun for Cap. Emperor Stark is the only episode focused on Vision as a hero. Also, I'd love to see an episode on (in my opinion) one of the biggest casualties of the season 3 cancellation: Powerless (my favorite episode)

We should start a petition to get Marvel to make Earth’s Mightiest Heroes Season 3.

I actually find that the reliance on Iron Man in Spider-Man movies undermines them as Spider-Man movies and makes Spider-Man feel much less like Spider-Man and much more like Robin or William Stronghold. And I’m not a fan of that. And I know there’s a way to give that connection to Iron Man and the Avengers without creating the impression of “Jumping Jehoshaphat, it’s Iron Man!” because Earth’s Mightiest Heroes did it (quite well in fact) with the episode New Avengers.

While I don't disagree with the reference to 'Everything is Wonderful' as a great solo story, I think that the first half of the episode suffers from a case of 'tony stark written poorly'-itus. Maybe 'Gamma World' slowly becoming a Hawkeye/Hulk story or 'Living Legend' being a Cap story where the major threat isn't solved by Cap would be better examples?

Best. Cartoon. Series. Ever. Next to clone wars and young justice. Disney should NEVER have cancelled it. #SaveEMH

S2E9 "Nightmare in Red" is a good Hulk solo story, it does have other Avengers, but the main focus is on Red Hulk framing Bruce Banner for an attack on SHEILD. I like this story because it elaborates on Hulk and Dr. Banner's relationship in this universe where Hulk is the one in control most of the time.

in my opinion it makes sense for the mcu as the solo films probably take place during the others but i would like a marvel animated universe like the timmverse

Fun fact: Edgar Wright posted a screenshot from the EMH episode “To Steal an Ant-Man” on Twitter where he mentioned he was doing research for the Ant-Man movie. I wonder how much of that influence was lost during the director switch.

one of those episodes I really like is episode 16 of season 1 "Black Widow's Stinger" which is mainly focused on Hawkeye who by the way is my favorite character on the show and talking about him would be really cool a video comparing him to his MCU version.

i also like how throughout the entire show there are episodes with smaller avengers teams. it's like show show is saying not everyone can be on every adventure, and i liked how it gave insight to character dynamics that might not have come about if all the team members were on every mission

EMH and MCU are both known for having these moment's that really highlight core aspects of a character's personality, and even what happens when things defined them come into major conflict with what is being asked about them. For example, the first time Iron Man initiates the "New Avengers protocols" which is something that we don't see until the series finally (I really wish it had only been a season finale) we see Tony's propensity to think ahead for situations that are likely to happen in the future by sending out a call to Spider-Man, Luke Cage, Iron Fist, and Wolverine (it's unclear if Wolverine actually got the call or is along for the ride since he was in the same place as Spider-Man at the time). And the way he sends out the call to each is brilliant, Spider-Man actually has J.A.R.V.I.S. talking to him telling him how it's possible when Peter asks. Also, EMH shows really treats Yellowjacket's identity as this big mystery, even throwing out unclear and misleading clues about who it is, Wasp is sure of the answer when the rest of the team isn't quite sold on the idea, and goes out of her way to prove it, but people who have read comics and know the history of these characters could probably call it from a mile away, the entire episode when we see Hank as just his usual civilian attire again he's showing that his mental state isn't in a good place. The MCU shows Tony is still that thinker, but most of his plans came as more of a reaction, the same with his armors that are highlighted in the MCU, all the way back in his first film, the gold armor was created as a response to the icing of the suit at high elevations when he built the new prototype suit after returning home, the nono-tech was built in response to how things played out in Captain America Civil War, with how his fight with Cap and Bucky and how Ant-Man basically tore his suit's internal workings apart during the battle at the airport. As for Yellowjacket in the MCU has completely different origins from the comics and EMH.

Excellent video. this is a topic that has bugged me since the first avengers movie, and you addressed it perfectly. Keep making AEMH videos!

one way that the dc shows have done it is just showing us whys characters are preoccupied. superman is at a peace talk or the league is taking care of a major natural disaster. its a simple but effective way of not only explaining why they arent there but that the world doesn't only revolve around the viewer

I think Winter Soldier handled the “why didn’t they show up” pretty well. Cap didn’t know who to trust.

My guy, you have me watching EMH with fresh eyes and it's delightful.. Thank you

The best thing about avengers emh is how are heroes interect with echater and the relations wasp and thor are a great example when thor was shot down by cang and wasp was worried fore him and than hulk made her feel better this shows that the avengers are more a familie than a team and covering echater that is somthing the mcu will never do

The Gamma world two parter, at least the stuff with Hulk and Hawkeye reminds me of this.

Who is your least favourite character in the show? Personally mine is Maria due to her complete lack of sense and situational awareness (eg. The Hydra-AIM battle and focusing on the Avengers, and thinking the Red Hulk was the Hulk even when being told that Bruce was in control and was with Hawkeye). I get the writers were probably trying to make her headstrong, confident, and authoritative, but they went too far and just made her an idiot.

Is this like your aniversary celebration? If I remember correctly, tomorrow the series become 11 years old

Another storyline that i feel has a good dynamic with the whole focusing on one person while also having other team members would be in the gamma world story, where everyone is turned into gamma monsters except for hulk and hawkeye. This does it well because hulk is able to challenge his villan while also having hawkeye in a supporting role while helps flesh out his character more in the early episodes.

great video man, balancing solo and team stories is always a challenge but I think EMH did a great job with it

This show is great, these videos are great, and your analyses are on point. I always loved EMH, and I knew part of that was because I’d been reading Marvel and DC since I was very young, but beyond that, there is an intricacy and weaving of plot threads and themes that is just so brilliantly done in this show. I don’t even think Avengers Assemble (the cartoon) is bad, but this was just better crafted.

It makes sense why Captain America Winter Soldier didn’t have the Avengers. Steve Roger found out that the United States Government was infiltrated by Hydra, so he did not know who he could trust, so he didn’t ask any of them for help.

Nice video EMH is always the best

They need to bring this show back. It was so good. It introduces so many characters and origins to non-comic readers. It is so awsome.

Gosh you opened up a nostalgic memory with the Ballad of Betaray Bill, I distinctly remember watching and thinking it was insanely cool when I was a kid

Another excellent video, I love these videos you are making on EMH and I cant wait to see more videos from you specifically I can't wait to see you talk about Doom, Zemo and Amora. By the way, I have a question are you going to compare EMH to Assemble in a future video? I have feeling you would nail it

Finally someone agrees that winter soldier is the best. I thought I was the only one

Dude, I love your channel and I love the videos that you make. Since I was three years old I have adored the show and it is my favorite show of all time, so keep doing what you’re doing and spread the word of this great show.

Another great video as always. Respect

Wonderful work.

I'm getting tired of shared cinematic movie universes cause now when you see a movie you can clearly tell the movie is being held back cause it has to adhere to the set formula in favour of adding something to the large cinematic universe... I've seen this happen with DC animated movies ever since DC started DCAMU the quality of the movies dipped on the other hand their standalone movies while very few were great

While the Sutur cliffhanger is an overall bigger problem that we’ll never see addressed without season 3, the most tragic thing is we never seen the true rehabilitation of Wonder Man. He does get some redemption eventually but there’s clear foreshadowing the Avengers would be able to save him permanently and perhaps put him back in a more human form. Would’ve been amazing if he became friends with Clint and they started a West Coast Division of the team along with War Machine and Mockingbird.

Captain America Civil War also had the entire avengers while focusing on captain America

I would say Along Came A spider is one as well more of a spiderman story ft cap :)

I literally thought I made up this series but great that people are talking about it now

You should do a video on the Michael Korvac episode and compare the versions The Guardian of The Galaxy. You should also do a video (,or probably a series would better) on The Kree vs Skrull War, and this version of Captain Marvel and Ronan.

The problem I have with the MCU is how marketable it has become. Now hear me out. The problem I have with the films themselves is that the movies did alright with telling solo stories of a singular hero pretty well, before the first Avengers film (except Thor). But after the first films success, when new heroes show up, especially when it comes to telling their own stories, they always have to throw in Avengers, just to stay relevant & make some quick cash. I didn't like it in the first Ant-Man film nor I did like it in MCU Spider-Man films. In Ant-Man, they make his fight against Falcon looking creative, cool & memorable, yet when he has to fight his own villian it becomes very lackluster, boring & forgettable. MCU somehow can make fighting heroes against other heroes look great, but they can't do the same for villians? Now that's just lazy, because Marvel villians should be & are just as important as the main hero characters are. Yet MCU doesn't seem to take a full advantage of that, unlike Earth's Mightiest Heroes does it. And don't even get me started on how they screwed with Spider-Man's character in the MCU. I can write a whole essay about what's wrong with MCU's Spidey, but that's a topic for another time.

You forget the one about Cap wich shows that under some circumstances even the biggest Enemys could team up and trust each other. I mean the Story when he escapes the Skrulls and even team up with Characters like Madame Viper a higher up from Hydra. Sure later they had been foes again but in this Episode they worked together for a greater good that extended over what Cap or Hydra wants.

This is something the original comics struggled with as well, and the reason why Iron Man and Thor left the team in the early years for years. Option 3 is my favorite course here. If they’re to be seen as a family, why not act together? One character can take the lead every once in a while and the others act as supporting cast.

That was a great ant man episode, honestly all of the ones that focus on his character I found to be really good, ant man wasn’t a character I gave a whole lot of thought as a kid but in that show he was one of my favorites alongside Hawkeye & Black Panther

1:16 Hey, that's me! Never been featured in a KZfaq video before. Makes me feel happy to be recognized. Anyway, I think you've touched on the topic very well! A week ago, a friend of mine complained that they didn't like movies because the action's always moving, and there's never any time for the characters to just chill out together. While that's probably not 100% true, especially in the MCU, I think bringing characters over from other properties, even if it's just at the beginning, lets us get more chill time with the characters, like Wasp, Hawkeye, and Hulk hanging out in the Avengers' pool or Iron Man and Captain America eating breakfast together in EMH. That is one of the appeals of crossovers, after all, and it's easy to forget the Avengers is just that; a crossover event.

Phase 2 was a bit of a strange era of the MCU. They didn’t entirely know how to continue the story after _Avengers…_ without the Avengers. This probably could have been a good time to introduce new characters with their own stories (Other than Sam and the Guardians). It isn’t until AOU and Civil War that it seems like the Avengers are regularly active together. And if not, then here’s some possible premises to explain Iron Man 3 and the Winter Soldier to explain why the Avengers aren’t around (Thor 2 makes the most sense already because most of it is in space and Thor is dealing with the chaos across all the 9 realms). - Iron Man 3: Tony steps away from the Avengers because their presence is unintentionally triggering his PTSD, leading him to isolate himself at his mansion as he builds an arsenal of suits for every situation. - Winter Soldier: The Avengers are the ones saving the SHIELD agents on the Lumerian star (I think that’s the ships name). Winter Soldier eventually comes up the same way, Steve sees his face at a similar point as the movie, then he goes solo to solve the mystery regarding Bucky (without telling anyone), except Natasha follows him and helps him (Sam will still be introduced). It’s a very rough idea that can definitely be polished a lot

The beta ray bill episode is one of my favorite.

This is Day 3 of asking you to make a Hank Pym video. Would love a video on it as he is my favourite character not only in the show but in the comics. This made me love him so much

When you think about it, the entire "my company got all their stocks bought out" storyline is on the shoulders of the guy who took his company public in the first place. If you don't want people buying up your shares, don't put your company on the stock exchange!

Day 2 of asking you to make a Hank pym video

I not only think the cartoons did stories better than the MCU, but better than the comics did as well.

Can you credit the music used in the video?

Just a comparison for me for the mcu movies I don't really watch them that much besides what if 3 and 5cause I basically lost a bit of interest however the opposite is true Emh was so good I stopped watching Emh cause I didn't want it to end it was too invested and too sad for it to end also nice vid

I think they should invest in making TV series more than the movies as in movies they have a time limit in which they are unable to show more... As an example the solo stories we witnessed in mightiest heroes were eventually connected in the later episodes that we would find in the later episodes same goes here too I think making series with more seasons and episodes will have a great story telling thing but at the end of the day it comes to money invested and returns on the investment 🙂

I think, that MCU needs more 3'rd-type movies.

If you couldn’t tell a solo story in a connected universe then how do the comics exist?

Day 4 of waiting for a Hank Pym video

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Why are the comics struggling so much to redeem Hank?!

Pillar of Garbage: Captain America The Winter Soldier is the best MCU film Me: He's not wrong. It was actually one of the first MCU films I bought in physical media. And also it had a good balance between seriousness & comedy.

MCU has ALOT of plot holes!!! Like I. Thor 1 the bifrost is destroyed so Thor can no longer go to earth to see Jane but then somehow Thor appears in the avengers and there are a lot more like in captain America 2 why didn’t iron man show up there are so many little and BIG things like that throughout the MCU and it’s really annoying also the time stone makes no sense In the MCU!

Damn ur old videos are so good n analytical what happened to you now? U make videos trying to defend shows or media which is 'woke'. It shouldnt matter what others say n give ur opinion n analysis instead of trying to rebuttal other's opinions imo