Avengers: Infinity War

At the end of season 7 of the sitcom Happy Days, the lead character The Fonz attempted a water ski trick to jump over a shark.  While in the air, it ended the episode, making a Grateful Nation wait until the open of season 8 to see what happened.    To Jump the Shark became a catch phrase for a franchise that had its heyday and was now in decline.

With Infinity War, the Avengers and more broadly, the Marvel Cinematic Universe has jumped the shark.  We even have the Fonz character, Tony Stark/Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.) as Too Cool For School.   The gig has gotten old.   Steve Rogers/Captain America is trying to grow up but he is one of the few characters with any development.  He does have a new uniform and an impressive beard.

What about the movie?  Thanos (Josh Brolin) is attempting to gather all 6 Infinity Stones.  Once he has filled up his glove with all 6 different colors, he will win a prize, to Control the World.  First he battles the Guardians of the Galaxy for stone #4, then Doctor Strange for stone #5 and finally must come for The Vision to complete the set.

It's almost several movies within a movie:  Guardians 3, Doctor Strange 2, Black Panther 2, Spider Man 9, Iron Man 15.  Not all bad, just that we've seen these movies a lot.  Some new things:  A teenaged Groot, Spider Man and Hulk with Iron Man suits, Hulk with Enrage-tile Disfunction (ED), But no Hawkeye.

We are moving into The Force Awakens territory.  The Intellectual Property of the MCU is so valuable, you can't stop making the movies the exact same way.  Change is not good.  They will continue until the show gets cancelled.

 And the characters seem to have everlasting life:  they just will not die no matter what skull is crushed or sword is run through them.    So I guess we will see more and more.  See you in 2019 for Avengers:  Endgame

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