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Mill Creek Entertainment is set to release the Icons Unearthed: Marvel Blu-ray on January 14th. Read on to find out more about it...

[ SYNOPSIS ]

The Marvel Cinematic Universe is the most successful franchise of all time, and it has changed the way movies are made. Taking a cue from their comic book source material, these films tell different characters' stories that all take place in one massive, interwoven universe. Each film would introduce one key protagonist, building toward the release of one giant blockbuster, The Avengers, that would put them all together. If a single one of those films failed at the box office, it could derail what may be the biggest gamble ever taken in the history of cinema. How did Marvel pull it off?

[ EPISODES ]

This three-disc set includes all 8 episodes of the season that aired on Vice from March 6, 2023 to April 24, 2023. The first two discs contains all of the episodes, which run for 44-minutes each. The episodes are titled on IMDb (list below), but are simply listed in the disc menus as "Episode One" through "Episode Eight".

1. "Phase 0"
2. "Taking Control"
3. "Growing Pains"
4. "Building a Universe"
5. "No Turning Back"
6. "Avengers Assemble"
7. "Testing the Limits"
8. "Creative Differences"

[ SPECIFICATIONS ]

The show is presented in a 1.78:1 aspect ratio. The show is Not Rated. Audio languages include English. Subtitle languages include English SDH.

[ SPECIAL FEATURES ]

All of the content listed below can be found on Discs 2 & 3.

• Uncut Mark Millar Interview (1:01:01)
• Uncut Lou Ferrigno Interview (1:40:39)
• Uncut Clark Gregg Interview (1:02:08)
• Uncut JJ Field Interview (39:33)
• Uncut J. Michael Straczynski Interview (1:56:51)

[ ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ]

No digital copy code voucher is included inside the standard size two-to-four disc stacked blue Blu-ray case. Unlike previous releases in the series, there is no slipcover.

[ NOTES ]

Icons Unearthed: Marvel is available on Blu-ray only. Each "season" of Icons Unearthed is a different multi-part "episode" about a single film series. It was made by the same crew who produced The Toys That Made Us and The Movies That Made Us, and if you've seen either of those series, you'll have an idea as to what to expect here. I suspect that even a die-hard Marvel fan will learn something over the many hours of interviews and information presented here.

A couple of extra notes... On the Disc 3 menu, JJ Field's last name is misspelled as "Feild"; yet J. Michael Straczynski's last name is spelled correctly :-) "Episode 7" includes a quick shot of the Marvel UK Real Ghostbusters #1 comic book cover when talking to the two writers who worked on it. J. Michael Straczynski, of course, was a writer and story editor for the original animated series that comic was based on. I have not had a chance to watch his nearly two hour long interview to see if he talks about the series.

Mill Creek already released all of the previous seasons on Blu-ray: Star Wars (reviewed here), The Simpsons (reviewed here), and The Fast and the Furious (reviewed here). It seems that Mill Creek is releasing the seasons in order, so I think the James Bond season will be next. Keep them coming, Mill Creek.

This item has been provided by Mill Creek Entertainment for review on this site.