Marvel‘s main squeeze, The Russo Brothers, have shut down that viral “I love you 3000” theory… decimating hearts everywhere.
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Before we get into it, I’m going to type out a big ol’ “SPOILER WARNING” because some fans have still not watched Avengers: Endgame and got very upset at Tom Holland when he gave away the ending during an interview last week.
People were genuinely pissed.
At the beginning of the movie, Tony Stark said to his daughter Morgan, “I love you 3000” when he tucked her into bed. Initially, it was just five adorable words. But then Iron-Man done did scarified himself for the greater good and – in one final pre-recorded message – told Morgan “I love you 3000” at his funeral.
In the days following its release, dedicated Marvel fans put their heads together to figure out the meaning behind “3000” and there was one particular theory that stuck real hard.
Apparently – and depending on which particular post you’re looking at – if you add all the running times of the films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe together you land either very close to (2,998 minutes) or exactly on 3,000 minutes. The theory went bloody VIRAL, hell, even we covered it but in a new interview, the Russo Brothers said it was just a fluke.
“That is absolutely coincidental,” Joe Russo told Deco Drive, adding: “We’re not that smart.”
“It’s hard enough to make these movies,” Anthony Russo added. “Tying to hit a minute count like that seems off the mark.”
Sorry, guys — *apparently* the runtime of all the #MCU movies equaling 3,000 minutes (as in, #ILOVEYOU3000) is just a coincidence! 😭🤔
Catch much more of our interview with the @Russo_Brothers tonight on Deco! #Avengers #Endgame #RussoBrothers pic.twitter.com/tNnyHR8tpr
— Deco Drive (@decodrive) June 27, 2019
Ah well, it was fun while it lasted.
(To absolutely knock Avatar off the all-time number one spot at the global box office) Avengers: Endgame has been re-released with eight minutes of bonus footage. If you’re keen, Hoyts is showing the film across a select number of cinemas this weekend. You can suss it all out right HERE.
Or, you can just read what happens below.
