Marvel Universe Live! Age of Heroes Recap

***This is post is sponsored by Feld Entertainment and The Summit Group. We were provided tickets for the show in exchange for our thoughts about the show. All thoughts in this post are our own.***

Doctor Strange floating mid meditation

Doctor Strange must assemble a team

Two of the biggest teams in the Marvel Universe join forces to take down Loki and his band of villains as they are on the hunt for the mystical Wand of Watoomb. The hunt starts aboard Yondu’s ship, the Eclector, as he and his team of Ravagers have recently recovered the wand for The Collector. Nebula is sent by Loki to retrieve the wand from Yondu with an army of Chitauri soldiers by her side.  A fight ensues and just as Nebula is about to retrieve the wand, Star-Lord drops in along with the other Guardians of the Galaxy to retrieve the wand and take it back to the Nova Corp. After a lengthy battle, Nebula grabs the wand and vanishes from the battle. The Guardians must now travel to Knowhere to use another mystical artifact to find Nebula and the wand.

Yondu and Nebula

Enter the Guardians

The Guardians travel to Knowhere

Loki takes Banner

Cut to New York, the Green Goblin has conducted one of his biggest heists along side Black Cat, Rhino, Electro, and Lizard. It’s up to Spider-Man to battle this team of villains with his Spidey wit and skills. While in the midst of battle, Green Goblin shoots some explosive pumpkins toward Spider-Man but they are not normal explosive pumpkins. These pumpkins contain a poisonous nerve gas that overpowers the web slinger. Just before Green Goblin takes down his arch-nemesis, Captain America, Black Widow, Wasp, Black Panther, Iron Man and Thor come to Spidey’s aid. The villains are no match for the likes of the Avengers and the battle is easily won by our heroes. After the battle, Doctor Strange appears and asks for the help of the Avengers in recovering the Wand of Watoomb. With the help of Bruce Banner, they calculate where Nebula will appear next. The Avengers split into two teams and head off to K’un-Lun and to the Savage Land. Will the heroes be able to track down Nebula and stop Loki from achieving his master plan of Universal domination? You have to see the show to find out.

Spidey takes on Black Cat

Rhino and Electro try to take down the web slinger

Have the villains won?

Avengers Assemble

Marvel Universe Live! Age of Heroes is a spectacle not to be missed. If you are a fan of the comics, movies, and cartoons, you will enjoy this all-new original story that brings together some of our favorite Marvel heroes and villains. While the show is action packed with explosions, fighting, and motor cycle stunts, it is also beautiful in that it integrates aerial silk dancing, fire spinning, and more. Be on the lookout while the Guardians are in The Collector’s museum. You might see some familiar faces in the collection. The performs play to a soundtrack and the voices of the characters are voices of the actors from the Disney XD Marvel cartoons. J (6) absolutely loved the show and wishes we could see every performance that is happening in SLC. My wife and I (both in our 30s) also loved the show. There was cheering from all age groups in the audience. Marvel Universe Live! Age of Heroes truly has something that everyone will enjoy.

Magic Portal opens in NYC

Out comes Doctor Strange

Aerial Silk Dancers of K’un-Lun

Fire spinners of The Savage Land

We had the opportunity to talk to some of the people behind the scenes of Marvel Universe Live! Age of Heroes and those interviews will be up on the Geek Parenting Podcast very soon. Tickets for Marvel Universe Live! Age of Heroes start at $20 and go up to $75, the SLC leg of the show goes from now until October 1, so click here to get your tickets today, and join the world of wonder and magic that only the Marvel Universe can bring.

Avengers Assemble, Guardians Come Together!

Hero Up with Marvel Universe Live!| Age of Heroes

Marvel Universe Live! Age of Heroes is the live action show that Marvel fans of all ages will enjoy. Marvel Universe Live! brings all your favorite heroes from the Marvel Universe together to battle some of Marvel’s most notorious villains. 

In this Age of Heroes, Spider-Man teams up with Doctor Strange, The Avengers, the Guardians of the Galaxy, and more to stop Loki from getting his hands on the mystical artifact, the wand of Watoomb. If they fail, Loki will have the power to finally destroy the heroes and take control of Asgard. Will the heroes succeed in putting a stop to Loki’s plans, or will Loki tear the heroes apart and become the new super power in the Marvel Universe? The only way to know is to get your tickets to this must see live action show! 

Go to the Marvel Universe Live! website to check the tour schedule and to get your tickets today. Readers in the Salt Lake area, prepare yourselves as we will be giving away a set of 4 tickets for opening night in SLC. Marvel Universe Live! will be in Salt Lake City September 28th through October 1st and will take place at the Maverick Center. 

There is still time to join our cosplay contest for a chance to win 4 tickets to Marvel Universe Live: Age of Heroes, 4 Multipasses to Salt Lake Comic Con, or a gift certificate from our friends at Watchtower Cafe. Check our Facebook page for details on how to join the cosplay contest. 

***DISCLAIMER: I was provided with tickets to Marvel Universe Live! For this post and giveaway. All thoughts in this post are my own.*** 

You’ll Float Too, an IT Movie Review

The IT miniseries came out at the beginning of the “go go 90s”. In those days, parents were less strict about what their movies their kids watched or what video games they played. Kids gathered at parks and schools to have unsupervised play with their friends until the street lamps lit the sky. I was about 6 the first time I saw IT and I remember it putting the fear of clowns in my heart.

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In my opinion, the reboot almost left me with the same feelings as the 1990 original. Of course, minor changes were made to the story. The childhood scenes take place in the late 80s instead of the 60s, Mike is not the historian of the Losers Club, and some scenes were more graphic and disturbing than it’s 90s counterpart. With that being said, none of those changes made the movie unwatchable for me and most of them actually made sense for the story. With said changes, we actually get to see a little more of the characters’ backstories.

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From the moment I watched the first trailers for the reboot, I was stand offish toward Pennywise. In my opinion, he is supposed to be a clown that kids wouldn’t inherently be afraid of, he should be a clown that kids would warm up to until the moment he struck. This Pennywise, however, would be terrifying for a young child to happen upon and most children would run the other direction if they saw him. And then there was his voice. I thought his voice came across as too creepy for a clown trying to lure children to their doom. This took me out of the story for a brief moment, but I was able to push those thoughts aside so I could enjoy the film.

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As I had mentioned earlier, there were scenes that were more graphic and disturbing than they probably needed to be. The town bullies did such a great job at bullying the Losers Club that it made any scenes with the bullies almost too uncomfortable to watch. It made me feel sick to my stomach, and if I hadn’t been in the center of the theater, I probably would have stepped outside for those scenes. So if you are triggered in anyway by scenes of kids being bullied, you have been warned.

Before this gets too long or starts getting into the spoiler territory, I just have to say that the movie had everything that a great horror movie should have. There were some great scares, but there was also a lot of humor to cut the tension brought on by the scares. I think that the kids did a wonderful job with their characters. After pushing aside my early critics of Pennywise, I came to enjoy the performance by Bill Skarsgård. There were some questionable edits that brought my rating of the movie down a little, but it wasn’t bad enough for me to not like the film. I would say that the majority of movie goers will probably like IT and a few will have something negative to say about it. So, I would recommend that you head down to the theater and get your tickets today!

(NOTE TO PARENTS)

This is an “R” rated horror film. There will be blood, gore, uncomfortableness, and sexual references. I would recommend not taking your young children to see this film. Seeing as the main cast is teenagers, my suggestion would be not to take anyone under the age of 13 to see IT. We had a few 6-10 year olds in the theater (one wearing a 90s Pennywise shirt) with their families, and it looked like they left the theater within the first 10 minutes. So if you are going to terrorize your young ones with this film, save your money for their tickets and wait to show them IT until it comes out on Blu-Ray.

IT has a runtime of 2 hours 15 minutes and is Rated “R” for violence/horror, bloody images, and for language.