LAST EDITED ON May-01-15 AT 10:12 PM (EDT)
 
I'm replying at work, so I can't check the number of times I've watched each movie in the theaters. I'll update when I get home.

Now, with updates!

The first Avengers was a 4 watch.

>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.

>Iron Man 3, you don't need to worry about too much. The only stuff
>that follows through to this movie is that Tony had some PTSD from the
>events of the Avengers, but more or less got over it.

I wouldn't say the PTSD totally gone (since it sort of informs why Tony's done what he did in AoU), but you can skip it if you don't feel driven to watch. That said, the Iron Legion sequence is sweet. And JARVIS and Tony won that one!

This was a 4 watch. (mind, I also watched Pacific Rim 4 times.)

>The same goes for Thor 2. The only things that matter there is that
>the Bifrost is fixed, Thor and Jane are properly dating now that he
>can visit Earth more often, and one of the Infinity Gems appeared in
>that movie, and Asgard locked it up somewhere safe.

I liked Thor 2 for more of the views of Asgard, but in overall impact it can be skipped (save for the end film events, of course).

This was a 1 watch, actually.

>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.)

This was a 4 watch, surprisingly. Loved it, would watch again. Mylene does not have Peter Quill's number in her rolodex, she was just using him for his mixtapes.

>Agents of Shield you can safely avoid. It's done the occasional movie
>tie-in, but it's always been the show reacting to the movies, not the
>other way around.

I like it, but I admit to have held through the rough spots in order to get to the awesome in the later parts of season 1 and season 2. It's always been a bit rough around the edges, though being able to see the solid fallout to later movie events at the "ground level" is interesting. And it's laying pipe for later movie events (though it's hampered in its way by the movies not really being able to acknowledge their contributions in turn).

It's honestly the only series on TV I'm watching right now, so...

Agent Carter was awesome, but it's a period piece. Short though, which makes for tight storytelling.

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).

In my opinion, Age of Ultron is probably going to be a 3-watch.

--- Philip
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