More than a year ago, in April 2024, a YouTube channel quietly uploaded a curious AI-generated video that would later go viral.
The premise was simple: reimagine The Avengers as if the franchise had been made in the 1990s, replacing Marvel’s modern heroes with A-listers who ruled the box office back when pagers were still a thing.
The nostalgia trip turned Marvel’s billion-dollar franchise into a VHS-era fever dream starring the likes of Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, and even David Bowie.
