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Murdering a child and stealing his body? Also The Rock has finally confirmed that he's Black Adam.
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Sep 3, 2014 16:34
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I am officially too hype for DC movies.
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Sep 3, 2014 17:06
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Esroc posted:I like how isolating him from the rest of Avengers shows how he's clearly in panic mode throughout the film. After the events of Thor he has nowhere to go and thus in a rash move throws in with Thanos, who is bloody terrifying, and gets in a bit too deep with no way out except through. I never pegged Loki throwing in with Thanos to be an actual choice, when he first shows up in Avengers he looks like seven shades of poo poo. I'd guess he had a lengthy conversation with the back of Thanos's hand about how his godhood meant exactly dick and he can either be useful or be dead. Loki is still a villain as he'd kill/rule earth to keep his own rear end alive.
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Sep 3, 2014 17:28
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Is there no comic or anything covering that? I assumed Thanos plucked Loki from the void after Thor 1 to do his dirty work.
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Sep 3, 2014 17:33
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Aphrodite posted:Is there no comic or anything covering that? I assumed Thanos plucked Loki from the void after Thor 1 to do his dirty work. They kinda toss out everything they felt like from Thor to make Avengers work. I'm still pretty irritated that Thor just doesn't need the rainbow bridge for...reasons?
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Sep 3, 2014 17:39
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Yeah I thought it was odd that they destroyed the Bridge but ultimately it didn't amount to much like it should.
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Sep 3, 2014 17:52
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theflyingorc posted:They kinda toss out everything they felt like from Thor to make Avengers work. I'm still pretty irritated that Thor just doesn't need the rainbow bridge for...reasons? This isn't really much of a thing to intuit, Thor 2 more or less already explains it: The Bifrost took time to repair, this was done between Thor 1 and Avengers. Thor comes to Earth for Avengers and then doesn't come back because warfare and because angst. There done easy.
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Sep 3, 2014 17:52
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FlamingLiberal posted:Yeah I thought it was odd that they destroyed the Bridge but ultimately it didn't amount to much like it should. The reason was they didn't have time in the Avengers to really deal with a major plot point from Thor. Captain Oblivious posted:This isn't really much of a thing to intuit, Thor 2 more or less already explains it: If the Asgardians can just fix the bridge, there's no sacrifice in Thor. It wasn't good for the overall story (although maybe necessary for Avengers itself). theflyingorc fucked around with this message at 17:57 on Sep 3, 2014 |
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Sep 3, 2014 17:54
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There's also that throwaway line about it taking a bunch of energy to get Thor down there in the first place, then they had to use the tesseract to get back.
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Sep 3, 2014 17:54
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Captain Oblivious posted:This isn't really much of a thing to intuit, Thor 2 more or less already explains it: Actually it's still broken in Avengers. Loki says something about Odin using dark magic to send Thor to Earth.
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Sep 3, 2014 17:55
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Waterhaul posted:Murdering a child and stealing his body? I wonder if they're going the unknown route for Billy/Cap/Shazam and counting on Rock as the marquee name.
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Sep 3, 2014 18:11
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Rob Riggle would be a perfect Big Red Cheese. He even looks like a C.C. Beck drawing.
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Sep 3, 2014 18:27
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I finally got around to seeing Iron Man 3 and is it me or is it clearly the weakest of the bunch? I know IM2 catches a lot of poo poo but this one was way worse. I didn't even finish it and turned if off once I got the little bullied kid.
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Sep 3, 2014 18:31
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BiggerBoat posted:I finally got around to seeing Iron Man 3 and is it me or is it clearly the weakest of the bunch? I know IM2 catches a lot of poo poo but this one was way worse. I didn't even finish it and turned if off once I got the little bullied kid. Iron Man 3 is not very good but I don't know if it's worse than Iron man 2. On the plus side, better action. Downside, no Sam Rockwell. Call it a wash. If you shut it off that early, you did miss the best scene, but I'm not sure the movie's good enough for me to try and talk you into finishing it.
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Sep 3, 2014 18:33
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Yes, 1/3rd of Iron Man 3 is not as good as entire other Marvel films.
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Sep 3, 2014 18:34
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IM3 owned what the hell are you talking about?
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Sep 3, 2014 18:47
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I tried to watch Iron Man 3 with my kids because the first two weren't too bad and mostly just had robot explosions and hoo boy was that a bad parenting mistake. Was cringing at my kids watching a dude explode from extremis and then immediately shut off the TV when the Mandarin pointed a gun at that guy's head. After I made them go to bed I thought it was a pretty solid flick.
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Sep 3, 2014 18:58
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Devo posted:I tried to watch Iron Man 3 with my kids because the first two weren't too bad and mostly just had robot explosions and hoo boy was that a bad parenting mistake. Was cringing at my kids watching a dude explode from extremis and then immediately shut off the TV when the Mandarin pointed a gun at that guy's head. I saw Robocop when I was 8 and I turned out fine.
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Sep 3, 2014 18:59
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Devo posted:I tried to watch Iron Man 3 with my kids because the first two weren't too bad and mostly just had robot explosions and hoo boy was that a bad parenting mistake. Was cringing at my kids watching a dude explode from extremis and then immediately shut off the TV when the Mandarin pointed a gun at that guy's head. How old are your kids? Did they get nightmares? I have a little brother and sister that are five, and I'm not sure what's the right age for Marvel movie violence yet. I'm just hoping they'll be old enough for it soon because I'm sick of My Little Pony.
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Sep 3, 2014 19:02
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Devo posted:I tried to watch Iron Man 3 with my kids because the first two weren't too bad and mostly just had robot explosions and hoo boy was that a bad parenting mistake. Was cringing at my kids watching a dude explode from extremis and then immediately shut off the TV when the Mandarin pointed a gun at that guy's head. Your kids are gonna grow up to be Ned Flanders.
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Sep 3, 2014 19:02
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^^^The PG-13 rating is there for a reason!zoux posted:I saw Robocop when I was 8 and I turned out fine. My dad took me out of school to see Terminator 2 in the theater when I was 10 but I guess I'm not as cool a parent 
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Sep 3, 2014 19:03
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The Action Man posted:How old are your kids? Did they get nightmares? My kids were 4 and 7 and I was mainly worried about the 4 year old since she can get nightmares. I also generally don't want them seeing guys holding guns to other guys' heads.
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Sep 3, 2014 19:04
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zoux posted:I saw Robocop when I was 8 and I turned out fine. "I turned out fine" - Everybody, everywhere It's actually super OK to not expose young children to things they might find upsetting, and realistic violence like a dude threatening to execute somebody is well within a reasonable thing to not want kids to see.
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Sep 3, 2014 19:07
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Devo posted:My kids were 4 and 7 and I was mainly worried about the 4 year old since she can get nightmares. I also generally don't want them seeing guys holding guns to other guys' heads. Good call; the Mandarin terror videos are way too intense for a 4 year old. Thank goodness we have twins in my family, so we can start action movies at the same time together.
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Sep 3, 2014 19:09
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Uncle Boogeyman posted:Iron Man 3 is not very good but I don't know if it's worse than Iron man 2. On the plus side, better action. Downside, no Sam Rockwell. Call it a wash. I thought Ben Kingsley putting in some effort was way more fun than a Rockwell they don't know what to do with. I haven't seen it in a while but I greatly preferred 2 over 3 though looking back on it you could probably cut like an hour out of the film and it wouldn't make a difference.
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Sep 3, 2014 19:26
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The Action Man posted:Good call; the Mandarin terror videos are way too intense for a 4 year old. Start one young and never expose the other to any violence, see what happens
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Sep 3, 2014 19:39
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Opopanax posted:Start one young and never expose the other to any violence, see what happens I can only hope it will go more like Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch rather than Loki and Thor.
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Sep 3, 2014 19:48
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The Action Man posted:I can only hope it will go more like Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch rather than Loki and Thor.  You sicko
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Sep 3, 2014 19:57
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Not Ultimate!
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Sep 3, 2014 20:00
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drat dude I wasn't going to say anything but you could at least picked like the Wonder Twins or that. They either end up as crazy terrorists or worse.
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Sep 3, 2014 20:02
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At least this gives me another excuse to hate on Millar and Loeb.
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Sep 3, 2014 20:17
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Lurdiak posted:Your kids are gonna grow up to be Ned Flanders. Best reply. I tend to find that I watch a film first, then decide if my kids can see it. I don't mind profanity because kids hear worse in the playground than they do in films. Especially so in my day at school.
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Sep 3, 2014 20:20
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Big Bad Voodoo Lou posted:Rob Riggle would be a perfect Big Red Cheese. He even looks like a C.C. Beck drawing. Holy poo poo that's amazing
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Sep 3, 2014 20:20
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Unmature posted:Holy poo poo that's amazing
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Sep 3, 2014 20:27
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theflyingorc posted:The reason was they didn't have time in the Avengers to really deal with a major plot point from Thor. It actually works perfectly for the story....if they just made a single tiny change. So Thor breaks the Bifrost bridge, cutting Asguard off. But Jane is determined to work at restoring the bridge using her primitive Midguard science. You need to have the last scene be Thor picking up a broken piece of the Bifrost Bridge, and using Mjolnor, fuse it onto the remains of the bridge. If you do that, imply that Thor will try and fix the Bridge as well, then the story of Thor closes perfectly. Thor learns to take responsibility for his actions (He broke the bridge, he fixes it. As contrasted with his earlier headstrong, reckless attitude which caused war with the Jotuns.) Thor demonstrates that he has matured as a prince, that he sees Mjolnor not just as a Weapon, but a Tool for fixing as well. And lastly it shows that Thor and Jane love each other. One of the most important parts of any relationship is Compromise, but it's also working together. By having both work at fixing the problem that keeps them apart, then they demonstrate a mature, realistic depiction of romance.
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Sep 3, 2014 20:35
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I don't like that at all.
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Sep 3, 2014 20:41
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It's definitely cheapening the ending of Thor, that made a pretty big deal out of Thor NOT being able to return to Earth by simply having him popping up out of no where, with just one line of dialog explaning the thing. Apparently there was a bigger explantion, but it got scrapped/cut for time. Which reminds me, are there actually any cool cut scenes on any of the home releases? e X fucked around with this message at 20:46 on Sep 3, 2014 |
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Sep 3, 2014 20:44
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It shows more thought than "something something DARK MAGIC something something", but I don't think Thor grew quite that much over the course of the movie. A little more humble, sure, but he's still a big, dumb jock. Did he ever use Mjolnir to fix things when he was working construction? I can't bring myself to read 90's Thor.
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Sep 3, 2014 20:47
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e X posted:It's definitely cheapening the ending of Thor, that made a pretty big deal out of Thor NOT being able to return to Earth by simply having him popping up out of no where, with just one line of dialog explaning the thing. Apparently there was a bigger explantion, but it got scrapped/cut for time. There's a whole subplot with Hill being a mole for the security council that got dropped from Avengers (she eventually comes around and ends up defending Fury and the Avengers to them).
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Waterhaul posted:Murdering a child and stealing his body? I'm going to call it now that there will be a spinoff Black Adam movie, possibly a redemption film. Or for shits and giggles, something like Scorpion King but in Kandaq.
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