Over the years, whenever there is a new Marvel Studios film or TV project getting released, there’s this fun game where the director explains their inspiration. Typically, this is an attempt to relay what vibe or tone the filmmaker is going for that makes their superhero film seem something different than a superhero film. You know, because just saying, “It’s a Marvel Studios superhero film, you know what you’re going to get,” just doesn’t cut it.

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If you follow the Russo Brothers on Instagram, they’ve been doing a bit of a countdown in preparation of their upcoming “Avengers: Endgame.” Over the course of the last several days, the duo has posted about watching one Marvel Studios film each night, in chronological order leading up to April 26 and the release of ‘Endgame.’ But let’s be real, who has time to watch 21 films?

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It seems so long ago that we were only in the first phase of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Slightly less than a decade ago, we only had “Iron Man,” “The Incredible Hulk,” and “Captain America: The First Avenger.” Now, everything feels more complicated. Storylines are interweaving, timelines are being questioned, and we still don’t know why Thanos loves bubbles. But let’s take a look back at one of the films and its complicated journey with the concept of virtuousness.

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As the arrival of “X-Men: Apocalypse”(read our review) this week reminds us, superheroes are still the dominant story in the blockbuster world. Sure, “Jurassic World” and “Furious 7” and “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” might have outgrossed any superhero film last year, but if anyone thought that meant that the genre was on the way out, they’ve been proven wrong in 2016: ‘Apocalypse’ is the fourth superhero pic in as many months, and the three previous ones have taken over $2.5 billion between them.

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