Lost Marvel Movie: Part I

Hi, my name is Cody Anderson, and I am a huge fan of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. I was 10 years old when Iron Man, the very first film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, was released. Ever since the scene at the end where Nick Fury said he wanted to talk to Tony Stark about the Avenger Initiative, I was thrilled. We could be seeing the comics coming to life in a giant Avengers movie, and that's exactly what happened. Nowadays, the MCU has grown to new heights, with films like Avengers: Endgame grossing record-breaking numbers.

But anyways, here's where the story begins: one day, I was walking to my local AMC theater because of the Avengers: Endgame Re-Release adding additional footage to the movie after the credits, and after I got my tickets and went on into the room playing the movie, I was surrounded by a bunch of people. After the credits and 6 minutes of bonus footage, everyone got up and left the theater as soon as the lights turned on. I was trying to clean up all of my stuff since I brought quite a couple of things with me. After about one minute, the music suddenly stopped playing and the lights faded out. I was quite curious, because the movie was clearly over, but what was even more confusing was when sound started playing.

Eventually, the picture came on and showed the older Marvel Studios logo, the one from 2008. I was more confused than ever. Did they leave this as extra bonus footage? Was this just inserted after everything to test the patience of the audience? Anyways, after the logo, it cut to a text saying "LOST FOOTAGE OF UNTITLED MARVEL MOVIE 2007", then after that it showed the Avengers Headquarters, only it was the one shown at the end of the 2012 Avengers movie and not the newer one. It showed Steve Rogers, Natasha Romanoff and Clint Barton sitting down, but all three of them were super depressed. Steve said, "I can't believe I let go of Peggy Carter. I shouldn't have done that. I'm such an idiot." Natasha and Clint tried comforting Steve, but he kept shaking over and over again before standing up and rushing to the window. "Steve, what are you doing?" Clint asked, confused. "This is what I get for being such an idiot and ditching everything I loved just to freeze myself." He said, looking down and shedding a tear. Natasha and Clint, finally figuring out what he meant, ran over and tried to stop him from jumping out the window, but Steve didn't stop. He took off his shield and threw it across the other window, then he cried heavily. He turned around, then said, "I could do this all day.", and right after saying that, he punched the window and jumped out of it. The final image was a picture of Captain America's shield, and then it faded out. The film ended with literally nothing. How do I know this? The lights went up right after it cut to black. I was devastated. Captain America was my childhood superhero idol, my favorite Avenger, and my favorite symbol of patriotism besides the American flag.

Trembling with fear and sadness, I gathered my things and walked out of the theater, looking down at the ground while shedding tears. I told a ticket clerk named Mike about what happened in the theater, and he took me to the projection booth and found a dead body on the ground. Both of us gasped in shock, and when we looked up, we saw a man holding a gun. The man said "he wanted to see how the audience would react when they would see one of their beloved comic book characters commit suicide". I asked him why would he do such a thing like this, and he told me he hated Marvel Comics and the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and he also just wanted attention. Mike called the police immediately and they came over in no time flat to arrest the man.

I went home, and after doing some research (I was even able to catch his name; his name is Darren Walter), I found out that he is a mass murderer. Before he became a mass murderer, he was actually working in Marvel Studios, and he was originally going to direct the first Avengers movie, but after he was told Joss Whedon, the director of the movie, had a far better direction, he was torn apart. Darren believed that his version of a big-screen Avengers movie was the best Avengers movie ever, so he started getting really angry. After writing an angry letter to Joss Whedon that contained horrible things that I won't say, he was eventually fired. He was so angry after this he killed Joss Whedon's closest friends as well as anyone who liked the Marvel Cinematic Universe. This was shocking! After looking at more research, I found out that the devastating film that I witnessed was not made in 2007; it was made right after the wrap party of the 2012 Avengers movie. Darren tricked Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson and Jeremy Renner into being in it and he knocked Joss Whedon unconscious to film the Captain America suicide movie. Chris Evans did not commit suicide, but after jumping off of the set that Darren made a death threat to if he wasn't gonna do it, he was badly injured. He was originally gonna include this as a scene of the movie, but then Joss Whedon eventually found out and attempted to burn the film reel of it. Darren eventually recovered it and showed it to a bunch of cinemas that played any of the Avengers movies by killing the projectors (the people who project the movie on the screen), including this one. Darren, after numerous attempts of breaking out of prison that I read about online, is finally sentenced for life in an extremely secure prison.

I had nightmares for weeks and I kept thinking of why somebody would do such a thing like this, but it didn't destroy my love for the giant film series. I still love the MCU. I'm still a big fan of Captain America. I'm not gonna let some psychopath ruin my passion for such a great film series. I just hope I never have to witness something like that ever again.