The Marvel Cinematic Universe Gets Edited Together in Chronological Order
One of the reasons why we love Marvel’s Cinematic Universe so much is that all of the heroes and films operate in a shared universe, allowing for cameos and crossovers and storylines that affect and acknowledge other films and events. But Marvel’s superhero films haven’t exactly been presented in chronological order, so if you’re struggling to unravel the timeline for Marvel’s movies, don’t worry: someone already edited the first phase of films together in chronological order, and he’ll show you how to do it yourself.
Michael Furth, the editor of The Comic Archive, put together the above video to explain this awesome endeavor and show you how to edit together your own complete, chronological Marvel timeline. Furth calls the project “Marvel Omnibus Phase 1,” and describes it like this:
Over the fall I decided to put together a supercut of all the Marvel movies, putting all the scenes in correct story order. I like to call is the Marvel Movie Omnibus. Here you’ll find instructions on how to make your own cut for Phase 1 (everything up through the Avengers).
Furth took every film from Marvel’s Phase 1 and some parts of ‘Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’ and edited them together, which means that a few minutes of one film may precede a larger chunk of another. If you watch the video, you’ll see that Furth placed part of ‘Captain America: The First Avenger’ before events from the first ‘Iron Man,’ and he even made sure to take flashbacks from the films and put them in their correct place on the timeline.
It’s a pretty fantastic undertaking, and obviously a lot of work went into this project. If you have some editing skills and want to make your very own “Marvel Omnibus Phase 1" to see how all 12 hours play out when presented in the correct order, Furth has provided this detailed guide with time codes to help you out:
Thor: The Dark World 00:00:01:22 00:03:32:06
Thor 00:03:22:06 00:07:34:14
Captain America: The Winter Soldier 01:32:17:06 01:33:13:20
Captain America: The First Avenger 00:03:39:08 01:48:41:20
Agents of Shield, 208 The Things We Bury
Agents of Shield, 201
Agents of Shield, 208 The Things We Bury
Agents of Shield, 208 The Things We Bury
Captain America: The First Avenger 01:48:40:21 01:50:24:05
Agent Carter One-Shot 00:00:50:18 00:12:06:03
Agents of Shield, 208 The Things We Bury
Guardians of the Galaxy 00:00:03:19 00:03:37:13
Agents of Shield, 208 The Things We Bury
Iron Man 3 00:00:30:09 00:04:52:16
The Incredible Hulk 00:00:56:05 00:03:05:19
Iron Man 00:04:20:06 00:16:23:17
Iron Man 00:00:36:21 00:03:51:20
Iron Man 00:16:27:22 00:16:39:16
Iron Man 00:03:51:14 00:04:19:15
Iron Man 00:16:39:14 01:57:10:23
Iron Man 2 00:00:33:10 00:05:02:14
Iron Man 02:05:09:00 02:05:40:18
The Incredible Hulk 00:03:10:10 00:12:52:18
Iron Man 2 00:05:03:21 00:18:01:12
The Incredible Hulk 00:12:51:14 00:28:30:04
Iron Man 2 00:18:01:00 00:22:20:04
Thor 00:07:33:15 00:14:41:17
The Incredible Hulk 00:28:29:13 00:37:26:22
Iron Man 2 00:22:19:15 01:23:39:01
Thor 00:14:41:13 00:29:51:08
Thor 00:00:39:16 00:03:03:00
Thor 00:29:59:21 00:32:26:23
Iron Man 2 01:23:38:19 01:27:25:02
A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To Thor’s Hammer 00:00:05:16 00:02:41:15
Thor 00:32:27:05 00:36:35:08
Iron Man 2 01:27:23:08 01:54:12:01
The Incredible Hulk 00:37:25:20 00:44:11:15
Thor 00:36:34:23 01:05:04:00
The Incredible Hulk 00:44:09:05 01:06:55:22
Iron Man 2 01:54:09:22 01:56:55:16
Thor 01:04:55:00 01:15:34:14
The Incredible Hulk 01:06:55:00 01:09:56:18
Thor 01:15:34:12 01:20:42:04
The Incredible Hulk 01:09:57:14 01:14:48:15
Thor 01:20:37:17 01:41:48:22
The Incredible Hulk 01:14:48:13 01:42:35:14
Thor 01:41:49:14 01:45:09:08
The Incredible Hulk 01:42:33:06 01:44:22:18
Thor 01:53:00:14 01:54:33:07
The Consultant 00:00:03:01 00:02:06:09
The Incredible Hulk 01:44:22:13 01:45:29:06
The Consultant 00:02:40:23 00:03:12:16
Captain America: The First Avenger 00:00:35:20 00:03:39:07
Captain America: The First Avenger 01:50:30:14 01:53:42:12
The Avengers Deleted Scene 00:00:00:00 00:02:55:08
The Avengers 00:00:29:02 02:13:07:20
The Avengers 02:15:04:04 02:15:53:19
If you’re a huge Marvel fan with editing expertise and a little (or a lot of) time on your hands, get crackin’, and let us know how it turns out! Maybe you can get through this whole project before ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’ hits theaters on May 1, 2015.