The Rise Of Marvel

*sits down to open laptop. begins to google a list of Marvel movies in order to use in today's post. *

*takes a sip*

*copies and pastes a list to edit, takes another sip, looks at nearby cards and is ready to go for today's post*

This summer I didn't go on any trips. I didn't take any adventures away from home. I didn't go to any theme parks, fairs or even wild crazy Walmart card shopping adventures. Outside of going to the grocery store, running errands, spending time with family my summer was a quiet one. One that didn't cost a lot of money for the money I don't have.

However, with that time I discovered a new passion in life, watching Marvel Movies.

*takes a sip*

The first movie I watched was Guardians Of The Galaxy and from there, I was hooked. The wit, humor and action in the movie had me. I followed that up with Guardians Of The Galaxy Two and then started to expand my watching.

Up until this summer, the only Marvel character I had any interest in was Spider-Man. I grew up watching that cartoon and thought he was the coolest, other than Batman. I also watched the three-what I consider OG movies-that featured Tobey Maguire. But, never had interest in watching the newer ones. Well, as my summer went on, I took a dip into those and really liked them.

The first one I watched was Spider-Man Homecoming.

Which featured a younger cast for the characters in this universe. Aunt May, hey eyes on the writing I see them drifting upward, was played by Marisa Tomei instead of an elderly woman.

MJ was played by Zendaya who is believed to be a rising star in Hollywood.

 

And Spider-Man was played by Tom Holland. Who I thought played the role really well.

The movie was the 16th movie in the MCU (Marvel Cinematic Universe) order. I didn't watch any of the movies in order so I can't remember which order I saw this one. I just wished I had watched them in order, but I chose the ones I wanted to see first, then I have gone back and tried to watch the others in order.

Here are the movies, crossed out, I have seen this summer in the MCU.

Phase One (2008-2012)

Iron Man 
The Incredible Hulk 
Iron Man 2 
Thor 
Captain America: The First Avenger 
Marvel’s The First Avengers

(I didn't watch the Hulk since they replaced the actor from that one in the movies following. I felt it would take away from what I have seen)

Phase Two (2013-2015)

Iron Man 3 
Thor: The Dark World
Captain America: The Winter Soldier 
Guardians of the Galaxy 
Avengers: Age of Ultron 
Ant-Man 

(Ant-Man was better than I thought it would be, same with Thor)

Phase Three (2016-2019)

Captain America: Civil War 
Doctor Strange 
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 
Spider-Man: Homecoming 
Thor: Ragnarok 
Black Panther 
Avengers: Infinity War
Ant-Man and the Wasp 
Captain Marvel 
Avengers: Endgame 
Spider-Man: Far From Home 

(I have been holding off on Black Panther, it appeared to be boring but I probably will watch it next then Captain Marvel)

The Multiverse Saga: Phase Four (2021-2022)

Black Widow 
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings 
Eternals 
Spider-Man: No Way Home 
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Thor: Love and Thunder
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever 

(I am lacking in this group. Black Widow, Shang-Chi and Eternals didn't look that exciting, but I will give them a try. Wakanda will have to wait until I watch the first and I believe Doctor Strange will be one of the next movies I am watching)

Phase Five (2023-2024)

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania 
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 
The Marvels 

(Ant-Man is coming up in my next three, The Marvels releases soon but I have to watch the other first)

This is just the movie part of the universe, there are also spinoff shows on Disney+. The one that intrigues me most is Loki, which is the spinoff from Thor.

But, I am going to finish the movies first.

*takes a sip before finishing up today's post*

I have started a fairly small collection of Marvel cards from these movies including the cards above and I am always looking for more. Especially autographs and relic cards from the movies.

Here is where I would rank my wants most in order,

Guardians Of The Galaxy

Spider-Man

The Avengers

Thor

Ant-Man

Then anything else.

I hope in comments you will let me know if you enjoyed any of these movies and went as crazy as I did watching them.

Hope you have a great Tuesday.

*Coffee Card Blogger Out*

Hold My Hand

*sits down with coffee in hand...when doesn't anybody not find me with one. takes a sip, has a stack of new cards nearby and gets ready for the latest Cards Over Coffee post*

I mentioned a few posts ago that I wanted to jumpstart a Darius Rucker, lead singer of one of my favorite groups Hootie And The Blowfish, PC after acquiring my second autograph of him in that post.

I have now started my ground work on this collection.

So, Hold My Hand and I take you down to Tuckers Town and show off my collection thus far.

2014 Panini Country Music product makes up a good portion of the Darius Rucker cards out there. He has a total of 69 cards with only less than 20 being something not from Panini Country Music.

I spent a lot of tiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimmmmmeee researching his cards.

I have 2 of the 3 base cards he has in the base card set.

Along with base, there are parallels. When aren't there parallels???  

This is an emerald green found in retail.

  

I have a decent start on this card run but still many to go.

An overall look at the parallels, 

Green, Blue /199, Purple /99, Red /99, Silver /49, and -Gold /25

It's not too bad in terms the amount of parallels. Anytime I see more than this I Go Blind.

Hootie, Darius, is also featured in some of the inserts as well.

They as well have the following parallels,

Green, Blue /199, Purple /99, Red /99, Silver /49, and -Gold /25

Top Of The Charts base insert and emerald green.

Backstage Pass Emerald Green

Many more needs for Country Music including the non silhouette autograph card, the relic card and the guitar pick card.

I did however add the second 2004 Playoff Honors Fans Of The Game Need. Now I have the autograph and the base insert. Only missing the parallel insert which I don't see listed anywhere.

If any of you have any Hootie I don't have available for trade, drop me a comment or an email! Or if your wife has any, take them and trade them to me. Just Let Her Cry!

*takes a sip before finishing up today's post*

Darius is the latest singer/actor I have added a PC of.

The others are, 

Chevy Chase

Elton John

RL Stine

Thoughts on my PC and if you have any that you don't need, comment below!

*Coffee Card Blogger Out*

Drop It Like It's Hot

*takes a sip to get ready for today's post. memories are coming back as I look at today's card*

I think we all go through phases in our lives.

This can be a variety of things. It can be the food that we eat, I sure know I eat a lot of things I didn't used to like asparagus and have gotten rid of foods like tuna fish I used to enjoy. It can be what we drink, I used to enjoy soda a lot but now you find me drinking water when I am not having coffee. It can even be TV, I used to love watching horror movies and raunchy comedies but now I am into dramas and non rated R comedies. I guess it's toning down your life as you grow older.

I even went through a lot of phases in music in my life.

Childhood Age 1-17: I listened to whatever was on the radio especially songs I felt were cool like One Week by Barenaked Ladies or Kiss From A Rose by Seal.

Age 18-20: I hit a weird stage where I really enjoyed listening to female singers. Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Mandy Moore (who I had a mad crush on), Spice Girls, TLC, and some under-the-radar groups.

Age 21-24: As I began my career in a meat room, most of my co-workers were into Rap Music so they got me hooked. Every day headliners included Eminem, Snoop Dogg, Ludacris, 50 Cent, and Nelly.

Age 25-33: My career had started to change and I started to back down from a lot of the rap music. I did some Linkin' Park and Paramore for awhile but mixed in a lot of other stuff as well.

34 til now and probably beyond: I strictly listen to what some would call "the oldies". Music from the 70's, 80's and 90's. Nostalgia driven songs I remember listening to with my father growing up or ones that bring me back memories from childhood. Artists include Elton John, Chicago, The Eagles, Michael Bolton, Rick Astley, Huey Lewis and The News, are among the 100's of artists I listen to now.

Actually, I am listening to Simply Red, "Holding Back The Years" as I am typing this.

Something tells me I should switch up the song today to match what the card featured today.

*takes a sip before moving on with today's post*

To keep those memories in my life, I use cardboard to hold onto them as you have seen in previous posts.

When I saw that Snoop Lion, AKA Snoop Dogg, had a card included in the 2014 Allen Ginter base set I had to have it. By the way, Snoop Lion was Snoop Doggs short stage name in 2012 when he was rechristened Snoop Lion by a Rastafari priest in Jamaica and for the release of his new album at the time, Reincarnated.

Front of the card

 

Back of the card

Even though I don't agree with Snoop's lifestyle, I did enjoy some of his music during the rap time in my life. I always listened to songs like Let's Get Blown, Beautiful and Drop It Like It's Hot.

Thanks to my buddy Shane who landed me a copy of this card.

*takes a sip before finishing up today's post*

I can't remember the last time I listened to any Snoop Dogg songs or any rap music in general. I guess it would have been an appropriate time to have at least put one song on while I typed this up. But I will just listen to my oldies, sip my coffee and not eat my tuna fish sandwich instead.

Let me know your favorite Snoop Dogg or Snoop Lion song in comments. Also, let me know if you have had any changes in your life over time.

Have a great Monday!

*Coffee Card Blogger Out*