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My opening night crowd wasn't bad, everyone laughed at the jokes and the only random applause happened when Thanos first showed his face. There was a large dude sitting alone near me who kept pulling out his phone and filming parts of the movie through his 3D glasses, but he stopped when I asked him to. There was zero reaction for Howard the Duck.
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Lotish posted:I dunno. Lots of people have favorite songs they don't really listen to the lyrics of. Like the shrek song about meth I sae this late afternoon on Sunday, and I was honestly really surprised at the turnout. It was a totally packed theater, and there were alot of familys and groups of little kids there. I thought it would be strictly the comic book/ scifi male demo, but I was wrong. I think the ads with the cute little racoon and the talking tree really did wonders bringing in a whole separate demographic. Ive heard several people reference it as a comedy as well, so I think the movie is drawing in a wide crowd. I love scifi, but never got into marvel comics but I thought all the characterization was solid. They failed a few times with show dont tell, but its an origin story for totally new characters so I dont have a problem forgiving that. It was a hell of a ride l all the way through. I wish some more world building would have occurred, but thats just me being a sucker for scifi. Some thoughts The celestial was super cool I didnt get the howard the duck scene but in hindsight thats pretty great fan service. I really wish they had used Del Torro more. His Collectors character seemed like there should have been so much more to him. Wanna see Cosmo talk Wish they had explored knowwhere more. I just started reading the comics and im confused as gently caress. Seems like they drop you into the middle of an arc. Is Groots stuff worth reading as stand alone? If so what would you recommend? Can someone explain the marvel like universe, multiverse and how all this cosmic poo poo fits together? I read the wiki but I was just like 
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Hobo Clown posted:There was zero reaction for Howard the Duck. Same
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Aug 4, 2014 21:18
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Waroduce posted:Like the shrek song about meth There is no Groot solo stuff in the comics. He was a monster from Marvels old 50's stuff who showed up a couple times as a villain but never regularly till 2008.
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Aug 4, 2014 21:19
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I saw it opening night at the Alamo, and everyone got it. A perfect audience. IMAX? Not so much. I don't think anyone expected it to be funny, so they were all like "WTF" during the opening credits. And this couple next to me kept asking questions through the whole movie and rubbing each other.  . Every time I go to that IMAX, someone always fucks it up for me. During Godzilla, an entire Asian family  through the entire loving movie. THE ENTIRE MOVIE. FROM THE PREVIEWS UNTIL THE END. I don't yell at people that are close to me, so it sucked.
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Aug 4, 2014 21:24
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Hobo Clown posted:There was zero reaction for Howard the Duck. The only reaction I heard (Saturday night) was an angry "I could have been in the car!" from somewhere, pretty chill crowd otherwise.
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Aug 4, 2014 21:29
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It's weird now I think about it, but pretty much everyone who stayed laughed at that for me! Quite a few people staed too - I doubt they were all super nerds, but from the laughter and guffaws most got it. I live in the UK too, weird. Then again it was London so all the hipsters probably got it
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Aug 4, 2014 21:36
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I don't know if its just great word of mouth or good advertising, but somehow this movie has convinced my 63 year old mother to step into a movie theater for the first time in like 15 years. So good job Marvel. Away all Goats fucked around with this message at 21:45 on Aug 4, 2014 |
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Aug 4, 2014 21:42
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I know people keep comparing it to Star Wars, but I feel the closest comparison is Ghostbusters. I think of Ghostbusters as a comedy first, and a supernatural/scifi movie second. My theater laughed the hardest at the black light joke.
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Aug 4, 2014 21:47
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Deathwing posted:The only reaction I heard (Saturday night) was an angry "I could have been in the car!" from somewhere, pretty chill crowd otherwise. My crowd was largely pissed that they sat through the credits for that. The woman in front of me said "Howard the Duck? I hated that movie." Which is what sold the scene to me. You can't put a price tag on a good cinematic troll like that.
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Aug 4, 2014 21:47
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I really liked the design of the Milano and the other Ravager fighters. Birdlike, but not so birdlike it looked stupid.
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Waroduce posted:
Basically your "universe" in superhero comics is a place where there is only one iteration of a given entity, whether an object or a person or a plane of existence. In other words, it's a continuity. These universes generally include a number of subdimensions, such as the Nine Worlds (where Midgard is "our" known world, including what we would call the "universe"). So a universe is a largely predefined set of various planes of existence. In comics terms, these universes/continuities tend to be known as "Earths", because Earth is where interdimensional fuckery happens 99.9999% of the time, so it functions as a constant. There's a functionally infinite number of them, they're all different, and have their own numerical designation. There's also a supercontinuity abocve these continuities, because they can all cross over with each other. This is the Multiverse. The setting of GotG is pretty basic: its known space, or "Midgard" in Thor terminology. This is the playground of alien empires, cosmic conquerors, and a small blue planet of outlaws. The main universe of Marvel Comics is Earth-616. The Marvel Cinematic Universe is Earth-199999. Its most notable difference from Earth-616 is the absence of many 
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Aug 4, 2014 21:49
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hcreight posted:Which is what sold the scene to me. You can't put a price tag on a good cinematic troll like that. Oh yeah, my feeling exactly. And plus, you had dancing baby Groot beforehand, anyone that could still get angry after seeing that probably deserved to be trolled anyway.
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Away all Goats posted:I don't know if its just great word of mouth or good advertising, but somehow this movie has convinced my 63 year old mother to step into a movie theater for the first time in like 15 years.
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Aug 4, 2014 21:55
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hcreight posted:My crowd was largely pissed that they sat through the credits for that. The woman in front of me said "Howard the Duck? I hated that movie." Speaking of trolls. That fukken scene with Yondu opening the orb was so great.
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Away all Goats posted:I don't know if its just great word of mouth or good advertising, but somehow this movie has convinced my 63 year old mother to step into a movie theater for the first time in like 15 years. Same, only my dad, who is a bit crotchety and hates movies of all kinds in general. I think the last movie he willingly saw was Man in the Moon, and that's because his sister wrote it.
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Aug 4, 2014 21:57
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Naet posted:I don't necessarily disagree with you, but it sounds like your wife's marriage to a comic nerd gives her a greater-than-average comic awareness. For sure, but she doesn't appreciate them at all. And even she's not immune to the charms of "hey that thing I've seen before is up on screen now! Cool!"
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Aug 4, 2014 22:10
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Megaman's Jockstrap posted:
I believe there's a myth where Hercules just shows up to say "Hey I'm Hercules", defeat the monster in front of the heroes, and then leave. Maybe it was Jason & the Argonauts.
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Aug 4, 2014 22:14
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Vishass posted:I don't think he had a vintage Hi-Fi in his backpack when he was abducted. I assume the stereo and the anachronistic reference(s) are plot holes, but my No Prize guess is he did go back to Earth once. I just figured he's naturally on the lookout for whatever random Terran flotsam and jetsam shows up on random space sidewalk vendor's blanket. I want to say there's even a scene from the comic where something like this happens, but it's a half memory that I might be conflating with something.
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computer parts posted:I believe there's a myth where Hercules just shows up to say "Hey I'm Hercules", defeat the monster in front of the heroes, and then leave. About time the Olympians appear in the MCU. I thought the gem would be the Time gem, but the director has stated that this is the Power gem.
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Aug 4, 2014 22:26
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Anyone else think Nebula reminded them of Jack in Mass Effect? Infinity Gem spoilers So we know the location of 4 of the 6 right? Loki's staff (hydra has it). The Tesseract (on Asgard). The orb (on Xandar). The aether (with the collector). People have been saying Adam Warlock has the 5th in his head and the last we haven't seen
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James Gunn posted:How does Quill get batteries for his Walkman?
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Tuxedo Jack posted:Or maybe the compact cassette was truly a universally adopted format. I really wish they would've gone with this version of that gag. Having bird-flipping detection software is a way funnier concept to me.
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Dogeatdog posted:I know people keep comparing it to Star Wars, but I feel the closest comparison is Ghostbusters. I think of Ghostbusters as a comedy first, and a supernatural/scifi movie second. I thought of Galaxy Quest.
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There needs to be some kind of ongoing memo on top of each page or something explaining that Loki's staff has not been confirmed to be the mind gem in any way.
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BrianWilly posted:There needs to be some kind of ongoing memo on top of each page or something explaining that Loki's staff has not been confirmed to be the mind gem in any way. It's not confirmed, but it's our best bet until told otherwise.
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As someone mentioned, in Avengers it was stated that the staff was actually powered by the Tesseract. It ends up being a pivotal part of the plot, in fact, when Black Widow uses it to stop the Tesseract. Of course they could handwave that very easily if the staff does end up being the gem, like, "Ah, it wasn't actually powered by the Tesseract, it simply uses the same kind of power because it's the same kind of artifact!" but, again, it's not been stated yet. I doubt Marvel Studios themselves know for certain yet, and wouldn't know until they cement the fact in future scripts.
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I'm trying to remember the last time I saw a movie made of this much pure unadulterated fun. I feel it was a mistake not seeing it in 3D though, gonna have to drag my dad in tomorrow and fix that. Tuxedo Jack posted:Or maybe the compact cassette was truly a universally adopted format. And I would kill for an avatar-sized version of this...
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TheJoker138 posted:It's not confirmed, but it's our best bet until told otherwise. It's certainly not an outright dumb idea like Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch literally being time and reality, but I don't buy it. The staff was wildly less powerful than the other gems we've seen so far, and also if it was a gem, Loki had two in his possession during Avengers. Considering Ronan felt comfortable telling Thanos to gently caress off when he only had one, I think Loki would've gotten a lot more mileage out of his plans if he had two. I can't remember any lines to back this up but especially considering they were the same color, I got the impression the staff's power was somehow derived FROM the Tesseract.
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Honestly, have we had anything approaching confirmation that the cinematic universe Infinity gems follow the same time-space-mind-soul-reality-power mold as the comic ones? I think it's a bit silly to tray to match them up when they could just as easily be called tesseract-ether-sunshine-up-down and fred. I wouldn't be surprised if they had similar powers to the comic book ones to give comic readers something to ID but are never defined into the set categories on-screen one way or another.
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Didn't Loki get the staff from Thanos' dude? It doesn't necessarily make sense that he would just lend one out, but that could obviously be handwaved/ignored.
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BravestOfTheLamps posted:Basically your "universe" in superhero comics is a place where there is only one iteration of a given entity, whether an object or a person or a plane of existence. In other words, it's a continuity. These universes generally include a number of subdimensions, such as the Nine Worlds (where Midgard is "our" known world, including what we would call the "universe"). Freyja makes it clear that the "Earthly realm" literally refers to the Sol system when declaring it off limits to conquest to the rest of the space empires present.
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in the stinger for Winter Soldier Hydra sure feels like they have something. Aren't they controlling Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch? Why wouldn't it be one?
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Zoe posted:I'm trying to remember the last time I saw a movie made of this much pure unadulterated fun. I feel it was a mistake not seeing it in 3D though, gonna have to drag my dad in tomorrow and fix that. Someone did make an avatar sized version in the comic book movie thread if I remember right.
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Samara posted:in the stinger for Winter Soldier Hydra sure feels like they have something. Aren't they controlling Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch? It could be the mind gem. It could very well end up being the mind gem. But nothing from the films or from any producers' lips has stated so, probably because they don't wanna chain themselves to that concept if they have to change their minds about it later on in the process. Personally, I think it'd be kinda dumb if the only thing that could control someone's mind in this universe is an Infinity Stone.
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BrianWilly posted:Avengers 2 spoilers: apparently Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch volunteered to be there of their own volition. They hate the Avengers for some reason, no mind control necessary. Not too surprising, there's plenty of people on this forum who hated The Avengers.
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TheJoker138 posted:Ah yes such famous boning songs as Hooked on a Feeling and Spirit in the Sky. And those dirty loving Jackson 5, always singing about loving. I think I was just reacting to the lyrics/meaning of Go All The Way, I'm not in love, Fooled around and fell in love, Cherry Bomb, and Escape in reference to a 10 year old. I know it isn't like he did that dance battle with Ginuwine's Pony edit: I'm just saying he should listen to less secular music and perhaps the group could have bonded over a rousing chorus of Father Abraham.  Could have sworn one of the songs was a bit more suggestive. Vishass fucked around with this message at 23:36 on Aug 4, 2014 |
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It's too bad Gunns humor had to be blunted by the PG-13 rating. His other work,Tromeo and Juilet in particular, was pretty dark and kinda gross. Still, this was the best space opera movie I've seen in a long drat time and probably by favorite comic book movie.
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Yaws posted:It's too bad Gunns humor had to be blunted by the PG-13 rating. His other work,Tromeo and Juilet in particular, was pretty dark and kinda gross. He adapted pretty well to the PG-13 though. I didn't feel like for a second he was being held back. He snuck into some gross rear end jokes in this movie too, I mean, that Jackson Pollack joke was pretty blatant.
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