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How the Star Trek V: The Final Frontier campfire scene encapsulated and inspired everything we love about the Marvel Studios movies & TV shows
How one scene in Star Trek V encapsulates Kevin Feige's vision for making Marvel Studios movies & TV series different from other superhero fare
The Marvel Cinematic Universe is the biggest film franchise known to man - it usurped Star Wars, Star Trek, Harry Potter, James Bond, and the rest in the lat- 2010s with the one-two punch that was Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame, but that doesn't mean it doesn't owe something to the past. And specifically for the Star Trek superfan that is Kevin Feige, it owes something to Star Trek - and perhaps the least-loved Star Trek movie ever, Star Trek V: The Final Frontier.
In this week's Marvel-ous, we are digging into how a small scene in a nearly-forgotten Star Trek film created the blueprint that Feige & co. have been using to create the Marvel Studios magic since 2008.
In 1989's Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, the three main leads of the series - Kirk,
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