Kevin Feige Reveals How STAR TREK Has Influenced AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR And The MCU

Kevin Feige Reveals How STAR TREK Has Influenced AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR And The MCU

Kevin Feige is a self-proclaimed geek, so it might come as no surprise that he's now revealed that Star Trek has been an influence on the upcoming Avengers: Infinity War, as well as elsewhere in the MCU...

By FromACertainPOV - Mar 14, 2018 10:03 AM EST
Filed Under: Avengers: Infinity War
Source: Entertainment Weekly
There has been much speculation about the upcoming Avengers: Infinity War movie and just how it will serve as a "finale" event to the current Marvel Cinematic Universe. Many fans are hoping that this resolution will see a number of our main characters meet their demise. The belief among some being, that up until this point the MCU's stakes and costs have been felt less than perhaps they should. 

While many shows and franchises do in fact close out their stories by having their characters shuffle off their mortal coil, Kevin Feige doesn't feel this is the only or indeed, the best way to end a journey. Talking to Entertainment Weekly, the studio head referenced the television show Star Trek: The Next Generation as an example of the kind of finale that is more in line with his plans for Avengers: Infinity War:

“People always will jump to that but that’s not necessarily what we’re talking about. I talk a lot, because I’m a big-ass nerd, about Star Trek: The Next Generation, ‘All Good Things.’ That to me is one of the best series finales ever. That wasn’t about death. Picard went and played poker with the crew, something he should have done a long time ago, right?”


This isn't the only way that the Gene Roddenberry created phenomena has influenced the Marvel Cinematic Universe, as Feige has also previously revealed that the destruction of the USS Enterprise in 1984's Star Trek III: The Search for Spock has also, whether consciously or unconsciously, affected the franchise:

“I had never thought of this before, but what do we do in Iron Man 3? Blow up Tony’s house, blow up all of his suits. What did we do in Captain America 3? Shatter the Avengers, shatter his relationships with Tony Stark and half of the characters that have become his present-day foundation, In every part three, we can. And we’ve blown up Asgard in this! Oh, my god, we’re one-trick ponies. Search what happens in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock. They blow up the Enterprise, that’s where we got it.”

It's quite a fascinating and quite frankly, cool piece of trivia that Kevin Feige uses various iterations of Star Trek as a point of reference for events and approaches in the MCU, and a fact that will more than likely endear him more to his fanbase. But what of his comments about finality in finales? What kind of endgame are we looking at with Infinity War? I guess we'll find out on April 25th. 

What do you think? What do you want to see in INFINITY WAR? What else should the MCU take from the STAR TREK franchise? Leave your thoughts below. 
 

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MosquitoFarmer
MosquitoFarmer - 3/14/2018, 11:13 AM
Captain Kirk's pop is Thor. Plus Kirk tried to bang Gamora. And Heimdall went rogue. Doctor Strange was a violent jerk.
MUTO123
MUTO123 - 3/14/2018, 11:15 AM
@MosquitoFarmer - And Skurge was a doctor, not an executioner.
MosquitoFarmer
MosquitoFarmer - 3/14/2018, 11:17 AM
@MUTO123 - Dammit! Knew I would miss folk.

connorblaze
connorblaze - 3/14/2018, 11:16 AM
There are just some nerdy things that I will never understand. Not many. But some. Stark Trek and Doctor Who are at the top of the lost. I just don’t see the appeal. I find them hard to watch. And yet they’re eternal at this point, and my favourite nerdy thing, Firefly, only got 14 episodes. There’s obviously something I’m missing.
GogoGadgetMan
GogoGadgetMan - 3/14/2018, 11:18 AM
Once introduce Skrulls, S.W.O.R.D Shiar empire than you can say they have gone Star Trek.
billnye69
billnye69 - 3/14/2018, 11:20 AM
Star trek has influenced humanity as a whole. From media entertainment, every day electronics and things still being invented now. (transporters)
JoeInTheBox
JoeInTheBox - 3/14/2018, 11:23 AM
Based what he's saying I could A4 ending with a wedding or Stark renting out a huge event hall and treating all surviving Avengers to Shwarma.
Kumkani
Kumkani - 3/14/2018, 11:26 AM
The belief among some being, that up until this point the MCU's stakes and costs have been felt less than perhaps they should."

That's because these people (and some of us know who most of these people comprise of) think stakes/costs/consequences = death and death alone.

In every MCU film something is at stake, be it the lives or freedom of people, or the (quite generic) fate of the world/universe.

In a lot of the big battles, there's a huge cost with the human and civilian lives lost. Granted, the MCU does not focus on them a lot (The Avengers is one example where I think they actually do), but do those lives matter less because they're not the ones of the heroes? Why does a hero have to die for one to feel like there have been costs?

Every major event in the MCU has led to another or a major consequence or change. Be it the Battle of New York and the Battle of Sokovia (both of which led to the Sokovia Accords), the entirety of Civil War and so on.

I've never understood that criticism.
sKeemAn
sKeemAn - 3/14/2018, 11:39 AM
@BlindWedjat -

Pedrito
Pedrito - 3/14/2018, 11:31 AM
Our lord Feige has spoken.
Let’s go spend countless hours watching TNG looking for clues.

I expect a dozen YouTube videos on the topic by tonight.
smgmayhem
smgmayhem - 3/14/2018, 12:16 PM
@Pedrito - Why do I have anxiety for this fake homework like I do my real classes?!?!
smgmayhem
smgmayhem - 3/14/2018, 12:17 PM
@Pedrito - Professor Pedrito... Can calculators be used??? lol
Pedrito
Pedrito - 3/14/2018, 12:19 PM
@smgmayhem - Haha.
It’s open book.

We’ll fail anyway, like with GOTG’s Vol 1 and 2 aster eggs.
Lobo89
Lobo89 - 3/14/2018, 11:36 AM
i never could get into the Star Trek Tv shows very much, however I did enjoy a few of the movies though.
bobevanz
bobevanz - 3/14/2018, 11:47 AM
Urubrodi
Urubrodi - 3/14/2018, 12:45 PM
Can I get a trailer please?
JustAChillDude
JustAChillDude - 3/14/2018, 12:47 PM
@Urubrodi - Friday.
Urubrodi
Urubrodi - 3/14/2018, 2:30 PM
@JustAChillDude - Is it confirmed?
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