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BiggerBoat posted:Ultron's plan still makes no god drat sense to me. What was the deal with creating the sky island anyway? He was going to drop it and simulate a world-killing asteroid, killing off humanity and letting his children take over the ruins. It's not exactly a complex plan.
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Polaron posted:He was going to drop it and simulate a world-killing asteroid, killing off humanity and letting his children take over the ruins. And then what, it hits the earth at several hundred kilometres an hour and shakes things up a little? Picking something up then dropping it wouldn't actually do that much damage. If he really wanted a simple plan, he should have gone out to the asteroid belt and redirected something big enough to be a K-Pg event sized impact. That would have had the added bonus of being basically unstoppable. That impactor was something like 10 kilometers across, and it hit the Earth moving at 30-50 kilometers per second. If you were orbiting above the impact site when it hit, you'd have been able to see through the crust to the mantle. There's no way Ultron could have accelerated something to that kind of speed, but it would be a lot easier to gently nudge something already going that speed to a new course. Memento has a new favorite as of 01:01 on Feb 29, 2016 |
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Feb 29, 2016 00:52
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He was impatient, and that plan would have taken somewhere between months and decades to execute.
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Feb 29, 2016 01:13
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Memento posted:And then what, it hits the earth at several hundred kilometres an hour and shakes things up a little? Picking something up then dropping it wouldn't actually do that much damage. If he really wanted a simple plan, he should have gone out to the asteroid belt and redirected something big enough to be a K-Pg event sized impact. That would have had the added bonus of being basically unstoppable. It also had boosters on top to give it much, much more velocity than simply dropping it, IIRC. Also, stopping meteors is pretty much half of every Avengers mission. Tony would have about ten different plans to redirect or block the asteroid days before it hit the earth.
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Feb 29, 2016 01:17
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Who What Now posted:It also had boosters on top to give it much, much more velocity than simply dropping it, IIRC. There was a story in the comics where an Earth-sized asteroid was headed out way, so NASA shot the Hulk at it and he literally punched it apart in orbit...
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Canemacar posted:There was a story in the comics where an Earth-sized asteroid was headed out way, so NASA shot the Hulk at it and he literally punched it apart in orbit... ...and then it smashed the poo poo out of us anyway as all of the little pieces caused catastrophic damage, right? That was actually handled really well in One Punch Man (anime warning). There was a huge meteor coming towards a city, the titular character jumps up and smashes it, and it stops being a single dino-killer and becomes a shotgun blast of building-killers, which then go on and kill a whole bunch of buildings. I realise we're arguing about comic books so the answer is actually "don't think about it too much, here are some bright colours and explosions".
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Feb 29, 2016 01:39
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Memento posted:...and then it smashed the poo poo out of us anyway as all of the little pieces caused catastrophic damage, right? If you punch it to pieces far enough away and with enough explosive force, chances are most of the pieces would miss the planet. Also, comic book physics.
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Memento posted:...and then it smashed the poo poo out of us anyway as all of the little pieces caused catastrophic damage, right? The hulk gets bigger and stronger the madder he is. They merely need to fire a Banner-sized projectile at the highest velocity possible, have his anger take over mid-travel, and deflect the asteroid's course well-in-advance.
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Canemacar posted:There was a story in the comics where an Earth-sized asteroid was headed out way, so NASA shot the Hulk at it and he literally punched it apart in orbit... Get an R-rating for that one.
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Feb 29, 2016 09:00
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My Lovely Horse posted:There's a bit in The Boys where a meteor is headed towards Earth, so they send up Tek Knight and he fucks it. Well... He was actually hallucinating that due to the massive tumour in his brain that killed him
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Feb 29, 2016 09:02
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Ultron chose a city because of all the people. Before Fury shows up, they're discussing how their only option is going to be blowing up the city and killing everyone on it to prevent the impact.
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Memento posted:There's no way Ultron could have accelerated something to that kind of speed, but it would be a lot easier to gently nudge something already going that speed to a new course. Fiction is a hard concept to grasp.
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MonoAus posted:Fiction is a hard concept to grasp. Irrationally Irritating is a hard concept to grasp as well, apparently. It doesn't have to make sense. It's not supposed to be irritating because it's not supposed to make sense, that's why it's irrational. Did you not realise which thread you're in there for a second?
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Mar 3, 2016 10:00
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I started watching Supernatural and I'm in season 3 right now and the show gets so much gorier and more violent in this one. It's weird like yeah there was always some violence and death but this season opens with a guy drinking drain cleaner and his face melting off.
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Mar 3, 2016 21:05
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Len posted:I started watching Supernatural and I'm in season 3 right now and the show gets so much gorier and more violent in this one. It's weird like yeah there was always some violence and death but this season opens with a guy drinking drain cleaner and his face melting off. In a later season the writers found out you can say douchebag on TV and it becomes one of Dean's favorite words. So maybe it was something like that.
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Mar 3, 2016 21:14
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Supernatural was a really good show as long as you only watch the monster of the week stuff and avoid the dull angels/demons stuff.
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Mar 3, 2016 21:32
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One of the things that bugs me is the "cliche demon eye reveal". There's really no reason they have to do it every time a demon shows up.
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FreudianSlippers posted:Supernatural was a really good show as long as you only watch the monster of the week stuff and avoid the dull angels/demons stuff. So ignore season 2-5?
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Mar 3, 2016 22:28
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AFewBricksShy posted:One of the things that bugs me is the "cliche demon eye reveal". There's really no reason they have to do it every time a demon shows up. If you could make your eyes go black by blinking wouldn't you do it to really freak people out? Also Supernatural dedicated an entire season to dick jokes and I appreciate that.
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Mar 3, 2016 23:23
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darkhand posted:Rush Hour credits are always pretty funny with Chris Tucker and Jackie Chan goofing off. I guess blooper reels don't really fit the same category but I think more movie should do them for the credits Having a blooper reel during The Revenant would have really brought the movie to another level.
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The monster of the week stuff is definitely better than the demon poo poo. I haven't gotten to the introduction of angels yet but I hear it doesn't get much better once that happens. I want to like the show more than I do. When it was just those two terrible hunters fighting less common ghosts and supernatural things it was great.
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The demon angel stuff is still pretty good but a lot of that is the charisma of the actors more than the story lines. Up til the end of season 5 is pretty good but there's a noticeable drop after that for a few seasons. Individual episode wise it's still good but there's an obvious quality missing to the show. However the show always has pretty hot chicks. Source: family members love supernatural so ive seen every episode at least twice
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oldpainless posted:The demon angel stuff is still pretty good but a lot of that is the charisma of the actors more than the story lines. Up til the end of season 5 is pretty good but there's a noticeable drop after that for a few seasons. Individual episode wise it's still good but there's an obvious quality missing to the show. However the show always has pretty hot chicks. You can admit to watching Supernatural I follow you on tumblr.
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Len posted:The monster of the week stuff is definitely better than the demon poo poo. I haven't gotten to the introduction of angels yet but I hear it doesn't get much better once that happens. I want to like the show more than I do. When it was just those two terrible hunters fighting less common ghosts and supernatural things it was great. Like racist trucks?
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The worst part of Supernatural is that they always have the same loving arguments over and over and over every plot arc/season. It's probably not as noticeable if you didn't Netflix binge watch it but it's still an issue. I didn't mind the different major plot arcs...angels, demons, they even turn some of that stuff on its head, but it feels like they also kept going "well poo poo, we used up that supernatural plot line, now we have to come up with another one" and if this isn't the last season then I don't even know wtf (though I'm not watching the current season because it's not on netflix  )I actually found the fourth wall stuff funny as well But related to the complaints about the "monster of the week shows are fine but the major plot stuff isn't", it's kind of funny how these days every show has to have that over arcing plot line these days. Watching old, long running tv shows like Magnum P.I. and M.A.S.H. and every episode stands alone except for a few double episodes
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Supernatural is a good, fun show but it is funny how almost every supernatural creature in mythology that shows up on the show, from dragons to kitsunes to phoenixes, just look like human beings with differently-colored eyes and maybe claws or fangs.
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Len posted:The monster of the week stuff is definitely better than the demon poo poo. I haven't gotten to the introduction of angels yet but I hear it doesn't get much better once that happens. I want to like the show more than I do. When it was just those two terrible hunters fighting less common ghosts and supernatural things it was great. There are a couple of main cast characters coming up that are an incredible amount of fun, and occasionally you get an episode that pointedly mocks the fan base for the terrible poo poo they spew. But as the show goes on it just gets mired in angst.
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Sleeveless posted:Supernatural is a good, fun show but it is funny how almost every supernatural creature in mythology that shows up on the show, from dragons to kitsunes to phoenixes, just look like human beings with differently-colored eyes and maybe claws or fangs. Yeah, that takes some of the fun out of the monster of the week stuff.
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Levitate posted:
MASH had a few running "arcs" like Margaret getting married and subsequently divorced, but yeah, it's always more of a plot point that shows up in a few episodes over the course of a season and then is never spoken of again. Early MASH was definitely better in general about being more "gently caress-up of the week" than having any semblance of a plot though. Late MASH when Alan Alda started directing every other episode and getting all grimdark wasn't nearly as good. Scuse me, I need to go watch all the Col. Flagg episodes in order now. 
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MASH to young me was all about how hilariously badly Alan Alda would lay on the "drat this filthy war!!!", and alternate it with wacky anti-authoritarian shenanigans. Futurama even had a thing about it with the robot that had a switch between Maudlin and Vaudevillian.
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Gaunab posted:Having a blooper reel during The Revenant would have really brought the movie to another level.
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bobkatt013 posted:So ignore season 2-5? Anyone who believes this is the source of my irrational irritation, those are the best ones (although the latest season or two are back to being pretty good). Another is the fact that they still haven't resolved the brother in Lucifer's cage from the end of season 5 , and have only mentioned as a joke in the 200th episode, 5 seasons later. It made you think maybe they'd remember that thing and try and do something about it, but nope, back to not caring. I have heard one possibly reasonable explanation that it's not him, just his body in there...but still, you'd think they'd want to at least check to see if that is true. For a show that is supposedly about doing everything for your family to the point of stupidity and selling their souls right and left it seems out of character for everybody.
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Murphy Brownback posted:Anyone who believes this is the source of my irrational irritation, those are the best ones (although the latest season or two are back to being pretty good). Another is the fact that they still haven't resolved the brother in Lucifer's cage from the end of season 5 , and have only mentioned as a joke in the 200th episode, 5 seasons later. It made you think maybe they'd remember that thing and try and do something about it, but nope, back to not caring. I have heard one possibly reasonable explanation that it's not him, just his body in there...but still, you'd think they'd want to at least check to see if that is true. For a show that is supposedly about doing everything for your family to the point of stupidity and selling their souls right and left it seems out of character for everybody. Of course they showed the cage that Lucifer and Michael were supposed to be in, and Lucifer was alone. So where the hell is Michael and their bro?
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BiggerBoat posted:I just mean it seemed like lazy writing and a missed opportunity for Vision to go all ghost like and phase through the glass while all he Avengers are like "whoa". Stark could be all "I didn't build him to do that". the film was honestly really bad but A.) stark didn't create vision B.) vision does phase to disconnect ultron from the internet (because that makes sense) C.) ultron was gonna use the island to create a survival of the fittist situation to create super humans through natural selection then the twins turning on him makes him get all pissy and he decides to kill all humans and re do the world with blackjack and robots
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BROCK LESBIAN posted:Of course they showed the cage that Lucifer and Michael were supposed to be in, and Lucifer was alone. So where the hell is Michael and their bro? If you mean this season, that wasn't the actual cage, that was a sort of temporary holding area they made to bring Lucifer to so they could talk to him.
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Tiggum posted:If you mean this season, that wasn't the actual cage, that was a sort of temporary holding area they made to bring Lucifer to so they could talk to him. He also mentioned the other person in there with him, but prince of lies.
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TheKennedys posted:MASH had a few running "arcs" like Margaret getting married and subsequently divorced, but yeah, it's always more of a plot point that shows up in a few episodes over the course of a season and then is never spoken of again. Early MASH was definitely better in general about being more "gently caress-up of the week" than having any semblance of a plot though. Late MASH when Alan Alda started directing every other episode and getting all grimdark wasn't nearly as good. Scuse me, I need to go watch all the Col. Flagg episodes in order now. BrigadierSensible posted:MASH to young me was all about how hilariously badly Alan Alda would lay on the "drat this filthy war!!!", and alternate it with wacky anti-authoritarian shenanigans. Here's a helpful general rule. If you see a MASH re-run, does BJ have a mustache? If so, be wary. There were "drat this war" episodes before that point, and there are funny, madcap episodes after it, but that's really around the point where the switch is set to "maudlin" much more often. If BJ's lip is clear or, better yet, if Trapper is there, much better chances of a funny episode.
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My Lovely Horse posted:Now I really wonder why Deadpool didn't have one. It's the perfect movie for it. Just the blooper reel from the holiday/sex scene alone would be amazing.
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Perry Normal posted:Here's a helpful general rule. If you see a MASH re-run, does BJ have a mustache? If so, be wary. There were "drat this war" episodes before that point, and there are funny, madcap episodes after it, but that's really around the point where the switch is set to "maudlin" much more often. If BJ's lip is clear or, better yet, if Trapper is there, much better chances of a funny episode. Trapper was poo poo, but agreed on the early BJ years, everyone loves a BJ with no mustache
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Murphy Brownback posted:Anyone who believes this is the source of my irrational irritation, those are the best ones (although the latest season or two are back to being pretty good). Another is the fact that they still haven't resolved the brother in Lucifer's cage from the end of season 5 , and have only mentioned as a joke in the 200th episode, 5 seasons later. It made you think maybe they'd remember that thing and try and do something about it, but nope, back to not caring. I have heard one possibly reasonable explanation that it's not him, just his body in there...but still, you'd think they'd want to at least check to see if that is true. For a show that is supposedly about doing everything for your family to the point of stupidity and selling their souls right and left it seems out of character for everybody. They know their brother's soul is gone though, because the one angel they trust told them that's how it works.
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