Okay, after voting, I found myself having to relive this journey with the universe. It was interesting to see the juxtaposition of scenes like Iron Man's first suit or his first flight to the portal scene in End Game.

It was cool to see those early scenes then, but seeing where it all led makes those scenes so much more powerful, if that makes sense. I had to actually rank some of those original scenes higher than the grandiose scenes in later movies because of how important they were to this franchise.

The poll is officially closed for the first round. If you're a night owl type of person, I'll post the seeding when I get it done and open the 2nd round tonight, then bump it in the morning.

The heartbreak kid of the first round is Drax's witty line of "I'll do you one better. Why is Gamorra?" from Infinity War. Finished 65th in a field of 64 with 20.5% of the vote.

You had to get at least 21.3% of the vote to make the field of 64.

Your four #1 seeds, which will be placed in regions bearing the TexAgs members whose groups they emerged from are:


Aggie_Journalist Region: Cap lifts the Hammer, Endgame

c-jags Region: He's a friend from work! Ragnarok

bearmedic99 Region: And I am Iron Man, Endgame


Urban Ag Region: Spider-Man turns to dust in Tony's arms, Infinity War

Seedings and second round to coming soon (TWSS)

Sorry for the delay on the next round. My computer is in hour 9 of that fun sequence where it just freezes up every 90 seconds or so for no reason.

ROUND OF 64 - VOTE NOW

The Round of 64 Breakdown by Movie

Endgame 13
Guardians of the Galaxy 10
Infinity War 10
Civil War 7
The Avengers 6
Ragnarok 5
Homecoming 3
Iron Man 2
Winter Soldier 2
First Avenger 2
Iron Man 2 1
GOTG2 1
Ant-Man 1
Age of Ultron 1

I think there will be some big upsets

The only lower seeds winning so far are 9s over 8s. One 4-13 is tied 50-50.

Only one entry has 100% of the vote so far. Who can guess?
Hint - it's not any of the #1s.

I'll go with Thanos snap

Sex Panther said:

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I'll go with Thanos snap

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"only" 82.5%

Gotta be Portals?

Sex Panther said:

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Gotta be Portals?

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81.4%

Some great moments. Makes me want to rewatch the entire "saga"

Giant Ant-Man?

MuckRaker96 said:

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The Round of 64 Breakdown by Movie

Endgame 13
Guardians of the Galaxy 10
Infinity War 10
Civil War 7
The Avengers 6
Ragnarok 5
Homecoming 3
Iron Man 2
Winter Soldier 2
First Avenger 2
Iron Man 2 1
GOTG2 1
Ant-Man 1
Age of Ultron 1

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Texags is racist.

But really, this illustrates why Black Panther never resonated with me. Very middle of the pack Marvel movie. I like Black Panther as a character, but thought the movie was "meh". I actually thought his character had a better arc in Civil War.

I can appreciate the importance to black culture, but it never belonged in the discussion for Best Picture. That was just laughable. How that was nominated for Best Picture and Into the Spiderverse wasn't, is beyond me.

Also, there should be one of these for Drax moments. I mean... he deserves his own category.

Thanks for the hot takes on black panther.

MuckRaker96 said:

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Thanks for the hot takes on black panther.

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Relevant since not even one scene made it to the second round of voting.

#6 Thor arrives in Wakanda, Infinity War vs. #11 Cap/BW/Falcon/SW vs. Children of Thanos, Infinity War

Both of these feel like they're ranked too low.

The Cap intro was incredible, but the actual battle scene was just good but not great.

Other than the one liner by Ruffalo that ruined a little of the moment, Thor's arrival was the second best moment in MCU history to me (Avengers Assemble is #1).

You should make an overall best CBM (from all studios) moment tournament after this

The current Round of 64 leader with 98.6% of its vote.

AgfromHOU said:

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You should make an overall best CBM (from all studios) moment tournament after this

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Final: The Dark Knight vs. Endgame

There ya go.

I'm just trying to figure out how the BP casino fight didn't make the cut.

fig96 said:

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I'm just trying to figure out how the BP casino fight didn't make the cut.

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It was in a stacked group and missed the cutoff for the Round of 64 by about 4%

I can't stand Spider-Man, but that whole scene in Civil War was a holy **** moment for me.

MuckRaker96 said:

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The current Round of 64 leader with 98.6% of its vote.

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As it should be

MuckRaker96 said:

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The current Round of 64 leader with 98.6% of its vote.

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MuckRaker96 said:

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The current Round of 64 leader with 98.6% of its vote.

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I mean... It has everything.

There are others that are up there, but I would pick this as my number 1.

I consider that brief scene to be better than everything from the DCEU, combined.

"Are you Thor, the God of Hammers?"

It would be pretty funny to do this for the DCEU and have the #1 seed be "when the end credits start on Justice League"

MuckRaker96 said:

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fig96 said:

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I'm just trying to figure out how the BP casino fight didn't make the cut.

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It was in a stacked group and missed the cutoff for the Round of 64 by about 4%

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Ah, that sucks but understandable.

Round of 64 Results - one big upset.

#1 Cap lifts the hammer, Endgame vs. #16 Baby Groot dancing to "I want you back" GOTG 92%-8%
#2 Elevator fight, Winter Soldier vs. #15 GOTG vs. Strange/Spiderman/Iron Man,Infinity War 86%-14%
#3 Thanos does the Snap, Infinity War vs. #14 Captain Marvel takes out Thanos' ship,Endgame 85%-15%
#4 Cap & Bucky vs. Tony, Civil War vs. #13 Puny god, The Avengers 45%-55%
#5 Ant-Man goes Giant-Man, Civil War vs. #12 Black Widow kicking ass, Iron Man 2 60%-40%
#6 The Vulture is Liz's Dad, Spider-man:Homecoming vs. #11 First look at Black Panther, Civil War 59%-41%
#7 Hela breaks Thor's Hammer, Ragnarok vs. #10 Thanos kills Gamorra, Infinity War 55%-45%
#8 Thor trying to activate the QuinJet, Ragnarok vs. #9 Black Widow's Death, Endgame 37%-63%

#1 He's a friend from work! Ragnarok vs. #16 The concentration camp survivor stands to Loki, The Avengers 89%-11%
#2 Cap vs. Thanos, Endgame vs. #15 Captain America vs. Captain America,Endgame 87%-13%
#3 Iron Man Mark I vs. the terrorists, Iron Man vs. #14 Thor defends Korg on Fortnite, Endgame 69%-31%
#4 I am Iron Man, Iron Man vs. #13 Iron-Man takes the suit away,Spiderman: Homecoming 95%-5%
#5 We Are Groot, GOTG vs. #12 Starlord has part of a plan, GOTG 62%-38%
#6 He's my friend / So was I, Civil War vs. #11 Spider-Man takes Cap's shield, Civil War 67%-33%
#7 Dance-Off to Save the Universe, GOTG vs. #10 Thanos vs. Hulk, Infinity War 78%-22%
#8 Yondu's arrow decimates the Kree, GOTG vs. #9 Rocket needs that guy's leg, GOTG 39%-61%

#1 And I am Iron Man, Endgame vs. #16 Steve dances with Peggy, Endgame 89%-11%
#2 Thor vs. Hulk fight, Ragnarok vs. #15 I can do this all day, Steve pre-transformation in the alley, First Avenger 77%-23%
#3 Portals, Endgame vs. #14 Groot steals the battery ahead of schedule, GOTG 78%-22%
#4 That's my secret, Captain...I'm always angry, The Avengers vs. #13 Rocket's opening rant in GOTG 70%-30%
#5 Iron Man vs. Cap vs. Thor, The Avengers vs. #12 Nick Fury disintegrates but calls Captain Marvel, Infinity War 76%-24%
#6 Thor arrives in Wakanda, Infinity War vs. #11 Cap/BW/Falcon/SW vs. Children of Thanos, Infinity War 84%-16%
#7 Nick Fury's car chase, The Winter Soldier vs. #10 Everyone tries to lift Thor's Hammer,Age of Ultron 48%-52%
#8 Yondu's Funeral, GOTG2 vs. #9 Scarlet Witch vs. Thanos, Endgame 59%-41%

#1 Spider-Man turns to dust in Tony's arms, Infinity War vs. #16 And Hulk? Smash, The Avengers 79%-21%
#2 Starlord's intro/ Come and Get Your Love, GOTG vs. #15 Steve tells Peggy goodbye, The First Avenger 87%-13%
#3 The Airport Fight, Civil War vs. #14 Quill's not a total dick, GOTG 78%-22%
#4 Thor goes all God of Thunder set to Led Zeppelin, Ragnarok vs. #13 War Machine & Ant-Man list time-travel movies, Endgame 96%-4%
#5 Tony's Funeral, Endgame vs. #12 There's only one God ma'am, and he doesn't dress like that, The Avengers 65%-35%
#6 Starlord copies Thor, Infinity War vs. #11 Luis explains how Falcon is looking for Scott, Ant-Man 63%-37%
#7 Tony in Spider-Man's apartment, Civil War vs. #10 Captain America's PSAs in Spiderman: Homecoming 79%-21%
#8 I Love You 3000, Endgame vs. #9 Thor powers the Forge, Infinity War 63%-37%

Round of 32 opens soon.

Round of 32 Matchups - VOTE NOW
* = denotes matchup where **** just got real.

#1 Cap lifts the hammer, Endgame vs. #9 Black Widow's Death, Endgame
#2 Elevator fight, Winter Soldier vs. #7 Hela breaks Thor's Hammer, Ragnarok
#3 Thanos does the Snap, Infinity War vs. #6 The Vulture is Liz's Dad, Spider-man:Homecoming
#5 Ant-Man goes Giant-Man, Civil War vs. #13 Puny god, The Avengers

#1 He's a friend from work! Ragnarok vs. #9 Rocket needs that guy's leg, GOTG
#2 Cap vs. Thanos, Endgame vs. #7 Dance-Off to Save the Universe, GOTG
#3 Iron Man Mark I vs. the terrorists, Iron Man vs. #6 He's my friend / So was I, Civil War*
#4 I am Iron Man, Iron Man vs. #5 We Are Groot, GOTG*

#1 And I am Iron Man, Endgame vs. #8 Yondu's Funeral, GOTG2
#2 Thor vs. Hulk fight, Ragnarok vs. #10 Everyone tries to lift Thor's Hammer,Age of Ultron*
#3 Portals, Endgame vs. #6 Thor arrives in Wakanda, Infinity War*
#4 That's my secret, Captain...I'm always angry, The Avengers vs. #5 Iron Man vs. Cap vs. Thor, The Avengers

#1 Spider-Man turns to dust in Tony's arms, Infinity War vs. #8 I Love You 3000, Endgame*
#2 Starlord's intro/ Come and Get Your Love, GOTG vs. #7 Tony in Spider-Man's apartment, Civil War
#3 The Airport Fight, Civil War vs. #6 Starlord copies Thor, Infinity War
#4 Thor goes all God of Thunder set to Led Zeppelin, Ragnarok vs. #5 Tony's Funeral, Endgame*

The most unintentionally hilarious matchup is the one between the Mad Titan Thanos unmaking half the universe and Peter Parker ringing a doorbell.

Round of 32 Breakdown
Endgame 7

Infinity War 4
Ragnarok 4
GOTG 4
Civil War 4

Avengers 3
Iron Man 2

GOTG2 1
Ultron 1
Winter Soldier 1
Homecoming 1

Portals vs Thor's arrival in Wakanda is brutal! Those are both top 5 for me. I had to go with Portals though. I will never forget watching that at the theater opening night and everyone's reaction. The culmination of the entire MCU right there.

I finally got to catch one of the rounds!