Avengers: Age of Ultron - Page 18

~~Leo656~~ · 05-07-2015, 02:08 AM

Yeah, but Liefeld put boobs on Captain America. That's like painting a mustache on the Mona Lisa, dude.

Also: No feet.

*plastroncafe* · 05-07-2015, 08:20 AM

much as I dislike Liefield's art he has to be commended for being funnier as time goes on. heck, I almost feel like we should be thanking him for the hours of entertainment.

And really if anyone deserves breasts, shouldn't that be Captain America?

Everyone and their mother is coming out in support on Whedon's supposed plight.

http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2...n-quit-twitter

Yesterday Gail Simone shared a story on tumblr about a fan who didn't like her book and threatened to shoot her. Guy could have just been joking, save for the fact he delivered a big of bullets to a venue she was going to be at as a threat.

http://gailsimone.tumblr.com/post/11...s-terrifying-c

So yeah, our community is kind of in the spotlight right now and I think it's our job to police it. if you don't like a thing, maybe just say you don't like a thing. Go into great detail about how why you don't like a thing, but maybe leave the violent rhetoric as emphasis at home. if you're serious about it you need help and are taking the situation far too seriously, and if you're joking it just looks you're like an internet tough guy.

~~JakeSully~~ · 05-07-2015, 05:53 PM

Saw it 2 times and i dug it.

Very nice follow up and like how it is setting up for new avengers.

*MsMarvelDuckie* · 05-07-2015, 09:12 PM

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Originally Posted by plastroncafe

much as I dislike Liefield's art he has to be commended for being funnier as time goes on. heck, I almost feel like we should be thanking him for the hours of entertainment.

And really if anyone deserves breasts, shouldn't that be Captain America?

Everyone and their mother is coming out in support on Whedon's supposed plight.

http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2...n-quit-twitter

Yesterday Gail Simone shared a story on tumblr about a fan who didn't like her book and threatened to shoot her. Guy could have just been joking, save for the fact he delivered a big of bullets to a venue she was going to be at as a threat.

http://gailsimone.tumblr.com/post/11...s-terrifying-c

So yeah, our community is kind of in the spotlight right now and I think it's our job to police it. if you don't like a thing, maybe just say you don't like a thing. Go into great detail about how why you don't like a thing, but maybe leave the violent rhetoric as emphasis at home. if you're serious about it you need help and are taking the situation far too seriously, and if you're joking it just looks you're like an internet tough guy.

Good to know. Next time I'll just threaten to pie the writer in the face. No violence there- just some zany fun! And I still think a rolled-up comic book spanking is warranted in some cases. It's like training a dog in what NOT to do. Or maybe a bag of flaming dog poo on the front porch. Pranks aren't violent! (Unless you count water balloons. But those don't really hurt.....)

TonySiegel · 05-13-2015, 07:46 PM

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Originally Posted by TonySiegel

the second viewing made me like the movie even more...

third showing made me look at this film as a basic/average marvel movie...

will not watch again for a long while...

who else thinks they will have thanos making jokes in avengers 3?

*ToTheNines* · 05-13-2015, 07:49 PM

Well Whedon isn't directing, the Russos are. I'd imagine Thanos will be no more humorous than Alexander Pierce or Brock Rumlow.

*Cure* · 05-13-2015, 08:14 PM

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Originally Posted by TonySiegel

who else thinks they will have thanos making jokes in avengers 3?

He was already kind of a joke with that line he said in the mid credits scene.

*NinjaPug* · 05-13-2015, 08:20 PM

I like Whedon for the most part but I'm glad the future of the MCU is in the hands of the Russos, Markus and McFeely.

*TigerClaw* · 06-02-2015, 06:55 PM

How Avengers: Age of Ultron Should Have Ended.

*TheSkeletonMan939* · 06-02-2015, 07:39 PM

HISHE Ultron is a lot more menacing than AoU Ultron.

*CyberCubed* · 06-10-2015, 04:35 PM

I liked the movie, but I do think the forced friction between the team is pointless. Iron Man and Captain America were about to have another long-winded fight had Thor not popped down and brought Vision to life. I also thought the Iron Man Vs. Hulk fight went on a bit too long.

Also I don't really care for Ultrom himself. He felt too much like a parody of a supervillain, which I suppose might be the point. The part where he says, "I'm not going to reveal my evil plan" and all the jokes he was making.

Also what was the point of Natasha revealing she was sterile? Do Banner and her HAVE to have kids if they get together? Its like they made it out that a relationship is only worth having if you can raise a family.

~~Leo656~~ · 06-10-2015, 09:05 PM

That bit with Ultron is kind of my beef with the Marvel movies in general. Winking at the audience constantly, doesn't exactly change the fact that you're still using the same cliches that every super-hero story and action movie relies on. I swear, ever since friggin' "Scream" came out, movies feel like they have to nudge you in the ribs every few seconds, just so you know for sure that the people making it get the "joke" just as much as you. Stop trying so hard to be clever and self-aware! It's not modern and "hip", it's just annoying!

And none of that tacked-on nonsense with Widow and Banner made any damn sense. Just one more case of the "We have to have a love story between two of the main characters" rule in action, where their hands were tied by several of the main characters having "love interests" that were too expensive to import into Avengers (Portman and Paltrow). I hated that silly sh*t, that was the worst part of the whole damn movie.

I liked the movie, though. Just could'a been better. But that's anything.

*CyberCubed* · 06-10-2015, 09:12 PM

Also find it amusing Widow had to be a love interest because she was the only major female in the group. And she's the one locked in the cage and captured by Ultron while none of the others are ever captured. I wonder if the feminists made a stint about that.

~~Leo656~~ · 06-10-2015, 09:38 PM

Have they EVER missed an opportunity for indignant moral outrage?

But yeah, it's silly but in truth, just having her there at all is problematic. I mean it's visibly difficult for them to find ways to keep her useful, in between the guy with the do-everything cyborg armor and the invincible Chippendale with the magic hammer. Even Captain America has to work overtime to prove he can pull his weight, and he's more or less the "leader". It's just this side of impossible to believe "chick in skin-tight catsuit" has a resume of Useful Skills putting her qualifications up there with Those Guys. I know it's not "popular" to say this, but it's a very plain truth that her character is in the movies because "We Need A Chick, Or We'll Get Phone Calls". And they already DO get phone calls, because she's not on all the posters. But it's kind of a catch-22, because the fact that she's tough to market has everything to do with the fact that, in this movie universe, she's every bit an extraneous character.

I don't know who else they could have used, though, as I'm not really "up" on all the women who have been Avengers. I'm sure there must be one or two who could have seemed more at home on the team, though. That's always a tough game when it's a team-up flick, but one or two of the main characters could end the entire scenario themselves if they felt like it. Go ahead and make one of the other members a woman, with no super-powers, and now you're trying to go uphill both ways. It's tough to pull off.

*CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy* · 06-10-2015, 10:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Leo656

Have they EVER missed an opportunity for indignant moral outrage?

But yeah, it's silly but in truth, just having her there at all is problematic. I mean it's visibly difficult for them to find ways to keep her useful, in between the guy with the do-everything cyborg armor and the invincible Chippendale with the magic hammer. Even Captain America has to work overtime to prove he can pull his weight, and he's more or less the "leader". It's just this side of impossible to believe "chick in skin-tight catsuit" has a resume of Useful Skills putting her qualifications up there with Those Guys. I know it's not "popular" to say this, but it's a very plain truth that her character is in the movies because "We Need A Chick, Or We'll Get Phone Calls". And they already DO get phone calls, because she's not on all the posters. But it's kind of a catch-22, because the fact that she's tough to market has everything to do with the fact that, in this movie universe, she's every bit an extraneous character.

I don't know who else they could have used, though, as I'm not really "up" on all the women who have been Avengers. I'm sure there must be one or two who could have seemed more at home on the team, though. That's always a tough game when it's a team-up flick, but one or two of the main characters could end the entire scenario themselves if they felt like it. Go ahead and make one of the other members a woman, with no super-powers, and now you're trying to go uphill both ways. It's tough to pull off.

Well now that they have Scarlet Witch on board, we finally have a woman with actual powers. But yeah, Widow should stick to partnering with Cap... where powers aren't as important as skills and intel. And badassery.

*plastroncafe* · 06-10-2015, 10:34 PM

A lot of people I know were upset at the whole "sterilization" aside, but that scene didn't play out that way for me. I mean, one of the first things we hear from Banner in the first movie is, "I don't always get what I want," he says while rocking a cradle back and forth.

For me it makes sense for Widow to point that out in that heart-to-heart moment with Bruce. They're very similar, in many regards.

Always wondering which face is the real one, Natasha/Bruce or Widow/Hulk. Both of them have a violent past they can't escape. Banner literally, and Widow because in Cap 2 she's gone and posted every single horrible thing about herself she's ever done out for the world to read.

Everyone else in the group can easily fade back into regular life if they want to, but not Banner and Romanov. They're forever stuck with what they've got.

No, the plot line in that movie that bothered me the most was that there was no real connection between Ironman 2 and this movie.

Ironman 2 really resonated with me, and I just can't see Tony Stark, the PTSD survivor who at the end of that movie blew up all of his extra iron man suits, not only making MORE, but Betty, and then dreaming up Ultron.

I feel like there are scenes out there that would bridge this gap that ended up on the cutting room floor, and I'm hoping that the Director's Cut of the film bridges the gap.

And Leo?
There are plenty of Female Avengers, we just haven't gotten them yet because Hollywood believes the male ego is so fragile that dudes won't see an action movie with a lot of chicks in it.

Me personally, I'm looking forward to Captain Marvel.

~~Leo656~~ · 06-10-2015, 10:47 PM

There is only ONE Captain Marvel and that is the Big Red Cheese. I don't count "Captain Copyright Loophole".

"SHAZAM!", cupcake.

*plastroncafe* · 06-10-2015, 10:50 PM

You mean the one actually named Shazam?

~~Leo656~~ · 06-10-2015, 10:54 PM

HE WAS CAPTAIN MARVEL LIKE A HUNDRED YEARS BEFORE THE OTHER ONE WAS! DON'T PRETEND LIKE YOU DON'T KNOW!!!

*plastroncafe* · 06-10-2015, 10:58 PM

But now he's Shazam.
Because apparently too many people called him that anyway.

Poor dear.

06-02-2015, 06:55 PM	#349
TigerClaw Mutant Tiger Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Hialeah, Florida, USA Posts: 14,165	How Avengers: Age of Ultron Should Have Ended. __________________ Follow me on my Tiktok https://www.tiktok.com/@tygerclaw305

05-07-2015, 02:08 AM	#341
~~Leo656~~ Banned Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: nWo Country Posts: 27,703	Yeah, but Liefeld put boobs on Captain America. That's like painting a mustache on the Mona Lisa, dude. Also: No feet.

05-07-2015, 05:53 PM	#343
~~JakeSully~~ Banned Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 782	Saw it 2 times and i dug it. Very nice follow up and like how it is setting up for new avengers.

05-13-2015, 07:49 PM	#346
ToTheNines Col. Stinkmeaner Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 19,397	Well Whedon isn't directing, the Russos are. I'd imagine Thanos will be no more humorous than Alexander Pierce or Brock Rumlow.

05-13-2015, 08:20 PM	#348
NinjaPug Foot Elite Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 4,390	I like Whedon for the most part but I'm glad the future of the MCU is in the hands of the Russos, Markus and McFeely.

06-10-2015, 04:35 PM	#351
CyberCubed Overlord Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 43,896	I liked the movie, but I do think the forced friction between the team is pointless. Iron Man and Captain America were about to have another long-winded fight had Thor not popped down and brought Vision to life. I also thought the Iron Man Vs. Hulk fight went on a bit too long. Also I don't really care for Ultrom himself. He felt too much like a parody of a supervillain, which I suppose might be the point. The part where he says, "I'm not going to reveal my evil plan" and all the jokes he was making. Also what was the point of Natasha revealing she was sterile? Do Banner and her HAVE to have kids if they get together? Its like they made it out that a relationship is only worth having if you can raise a family.

06-10-2015, 09:05 PM	#352
~~Leo656~~ Banned Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: nWo Country Posts: 27,703	That bit with Ultron is kind of my beef with the Marvel movies in general. Winking at the audience constantly, doesn't exactly change the fact that you're still using the same cliches that every super-hero story and action movie relies on. I swear, ever since friggin' "Scream" came out, movies feel like they have to nudge you in the ribs every few seconds, just so you know for sure that the people making it get the "joke" just as much as you. Stop trying so hard to be clever and self-aware! It's not modern and "hip", it's just annoying! And none of that tacked-on nonsense with Widow and Banner made any damn sense. Just one more case of the "We have to have a love story between two of the main characters" rule in action, where their hands were tied by several of the main characters having "love interests" that were too expensive to import into Avengers (Portman and Paltrow). I hated that silly sh*t, that was the worst part of the whole damn movie. I liked the movie, though. Just could'a been better. But that's anything.

06-10-2015, 09:12 PM	#353
CyberCubed Overlord Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 43,896	Also find it amusing Widow had to be a love interest because she was the only major female in the group. And she's the one locked in the cage and captured by Ultron while none of the others are ever captured. I wonder if the feminists made a stint about that.

06-10-2015, 09:38 PM	#354
~~Leo656~~ Banned Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: nWo Country Posts: 27,703	Have they EVER missed an opportunity for indignant moral outrage? But yeah, it's silly but in truth, just having her there at all is problematic. I mean it's visibly difficult for them to find ways to keep her useful, in between the guy with the do-everything cyborg armor and the invincible Chippendale with the magic hammer. Even Captain America has to work overtime to prove he can pull his weight, and he's more or less the "leader". It's just this side of impossible to believe "chick in skin-tight catsuit" has a resume of Useful Skills putting her qualifications up there with Those Guys. I know it's not "popular" to say this, but it's a very plain truth that her character is in the movies because "We Need A Chick, Or We'll Get Phone Calls". And they already DO get phone calls, because she's not on all the posters. But it's kind of a catch-22, because the fact that she's tough to market has everything to do with the fact that, in this movie universe, she's every bit an extraneous character. I don't know who else they could have used, though, as I'm not really "up" on all the women who have been Avengers. I'm sure there must be one or two who could have seemed more at home on the team, though. That's always a tough game when it's a team-up flick, but one or two of the main characters could end the entire scenario themselves if they felt like it. Go ahead and make one of the other members a woman, with no super-powers, and now you're trying to go uphill both ways. It's tough to pull off.

06-10-2015, 10:47 PM	#357
~~Leo656~~ Banned Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: nWo Country Posts: 27,703	There is only ONE Captain Marvel and that is the Big Red Cheese. I don't count "Captain Copyright Loophole". "SHAZAM!", cupcake.

06-10-2015, 10:54 PM	#359
~~Leo656~~ Banned Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: nWo Country Posts: 27,703	HE WAS CAPTAIN MARVEL LIKE A HUNDRED YEARS BEFORE THE OTHER ONE WAS! DON'T PRETEND LIKE YOU DON'T KNOW!!!