>>Winter Soldier's the only one I'd say you need to watch. It's got some
>>plot points that set up the state of the world as of the beginning of
>>the movie.
>
>Agreement. It's a solid conspiracy thriller, happens in DC, and is an
>effective tentpole with regards of "State of the MCU", affecting
>things across the board. Watched it 4 times at least, I think I got
>it up to 6 but I'd need to double-check.

Indeed. It's got a great superhero/spy flick thing going on. Plus the Strucker stinger.

>>Guardians, I'd think you'd enjoy, but it's got no connection to
>>Avengers at all, except for another gem showing up there. And that's
>>only referenced in AoU as 'Okay, seriously, why are all these things
>>showing up now?'
>
>Guardians is an EPU space epic, honestly. It's got alien
>races! Prison break-outs! Outer Space worldbuilding! A big bad to
>definitively squash and a heroic space legion! An in-movie
>soundtrack! You'd almost expect "Featuring The Art Of Noise" in the
>end music credits!
>
>(If you heard that in Chris Pratt's voice, you're on the same
>wavelength as I am.)

It was great. It was something we'd do as a side-story somewhere, with a bunch of people doing things, and the Valiant comes across the Milano in the middle of some crazy heist against, like, the Cylons.

>I can't weigh in on Daredevil because I don't have Netflix.
>Still debating on it (and whether the following series are also good
>-- if AKA Jessica Jones and Luke Cage are well received,
>then that'll probably push me over to getting Netflix to watch them).
>It's more gritty, and is directly dealing with the fallout of the
>Battle in NYC, but it's at a ground-level and people don't directly
>refer those events (just explaining why Hell's Kitchen has regressed).

Daredevil is goddamn DARK. There is limb-breaking that is not hidden. It's TV-MA for a reason. They do mention the "Battle of New York" and the "Incident", but it's more to explain as to why there's so much construction going on.

(And to be honest, after years of Robert Goren of the NYPD, seeing Vincent D'Onofrio as the Kingpin, and some of the stuff he does (going from being tender and awkward on a date to absolutely shocking violence) is briliant work. Charlie Cox is a great Daredevil. Not 100% sold on Foggy, but Foggy has always been kind of comic relief, and it really doesn't ring well in the situation. Still, it's worth watching, and I'm looking forwards to the other series that are coming.

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