I can't reply to all of this but I will say - I paid to go see the Avengers finale movies - despite seeing none of the preceding films - purely because I felt a

I can't reply to all of this but I will say - I paid to go see the Avengers finale movies - despite seeing none of the preceding films - purely because I felt a kind of social obligation. Like it or not, Avengers was part of the zeitgeist and I just felt compelled to go see both of them. Part of the shared cultural experience or something. The movies were just ludicrous but I don't regret it. snap