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Thor Ragnarok more like Thor RagnaROCKS YOUR FACE

You know

because

its good

I don't have a lot of time to type this up, so here goes:

Hulk and Thor had some meh movies. They were known for it. Loki was known as a villainous asshole. So Taika Waititi accepted the challenge and created the best super-team in the movies to date.

Finding Thor's proper role in the MCU has taken a little bit of time... Chris Hemsworth has always had a certain element of charisma that has been there, but being fully utilized was a long process. In Thor, he was just a stuffy old-style fancy boy. With a little bit of charm. In Avengers, he was the same, but played on his alien-ness more, for funsies. Thor 2... eh. Avengers 2 though, his character was pretty well-realized by that point, and his role was getting further explored for how important it was. As well as how just... funny the guy is.

So we get Thor: Ragnarok, a movie that just says "This is what is great about Thor. He is still old-styled and a little stuffy, and quite alien, but that's what's FUNNY. He has so much charm that you just take his style, combine it with being a complete troll, and let it run loose". Losing Mjolnir was... kinda lame, I'll admit. But he was always a tough boy. Now, he's just shoots lightning out of his face. Hell yes. Thanos has no idea what he's in for.

Everything Thor went through in this film... beating some fire dudes, revealing Loki to Asgard, losing his father, having his hammer broken, fighting Hulk, being friendly with Hulk, recruiting Valkyrie, etc... throughout it all, he stayed true to himself: a fun and good dude who loves a fight, and will do whatever he has to to protect his people. He's like... the best realization of a classic Asgardian from mythology. Even when throwing Loki at some baddies then predicting his betrayal, he was still rather jolly about it. So. Top. Tier. And now he has lightning powers, so that's pretty badass! And I guess he's king.

Loki has pretty much always been about making the best of situations, and that's really where he stood for most of this movie. He was himself... predictable, slimy, but quite wonderful. Thor had to go and tell him he could be MORE than the God of Mischief, and he listened, and of course came back as a complete badass to save the day. Finally... FINALLY Loki can be not on the Villains list. My Villains ranking has him on there 3 times at this point! But man, it was wonderful to see him go that route.

Valkyrie was badass. Clear defined character arc, had her own quirks, shot a big gun at a big wolf. All excellent. The real small amount of tension between her and Thor was kinda lame though. She was great with her interactions with Hulk though. Great character to add.

Hulk... FINALLY we get Hulk the character, and not just Hulk the plot device. Thor and Hulk as roomies was some of the best scenes we never got to see before. Hulk really is wonderful to watch fight, since he doesn't play by so many rules, so getting to go toe-to-toe with Fenris, punching the fire dude, everything against Thor... great fights. And then MARK RUFFALO having to deal with being the Hulk for two years straight... LOVE it. Guy has so many things to deal with, including getting blasted in the face with green powder. And even still, he's willing to sacrifice his humanity to save the day by turning into Hulk. Only question is... is he Hulk forever now? His human body kinda... died? Before he transformed. So uh... good bye, MARK RUFFALO.

Jeff Goldblum was just a great casting decision for the Grandmaster. Goofy asshole dictator. Sure, he was mainly comedy, but he oozed character. Also, apparently he's the brother of the Collector, so there's that.

The Warriors Three jobbing and all dying was kinda disappointing at first, but... I guess it makes sense to off them in this scenario. I'm really glad Sif wasn't around to die, but... where is she? Probably a main character in AoS s5, since that's where she always seems to be.
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Odin didn't need much time, but he did his job right. Bit appearance by Anthony Hopkins, tells Loki that he loves him... it's very sweet. He could have given a little more heads-up to the two before Hela arrived, though. And why did she arrive right where he died, anyway? Kinda weird.

Hela... just a bad bitch who wanted to conquer everything and had no regard for life (being the Goddess of Death, and all). That someone could be so intimidating, so powerful, so threatening, piss you off by killing the Warriors Three and all the Valkyries in the flashback... and yet STILL make you like how strong and kickass she is? Excellent job. Not the best villain ever, but really well-utilized. Finally, a good Thor villain that isn't Loki!

The other gladiators were cute. Even being the dumb cringey humor of the movie... they weren't really all that cringey. It was really well-written - they played their role well, only straddling the line of being annoying and bad a few times, without really crossing it.

Heimdall, of course, is the biggest badass ever and will remain as such.

Doctor Strange xD That whole sequence was amazing and just states how much he needs a second movie already. But they better not use Mordo and just go full mystical/cosmic or whatever. I want to see even more special effects, but with less... Earth.

Everything about this movie was great. The humor was amazing... there were a few jokes in it that were kinda eh and didn't quite land, but usually there was a really good consistency to the jokes and how they fit in. There were a lot of really well done visual gags, like the skeleton's jaw dropping in Thor's opening speech, and Thor throwing the rocks at Loki's projection. There were even some that just kept getting drawn out... but well! "The hammer got you off?"

Plotwise... they were able to resolve Asgard, and bring Thor back around to Earth, or at least on his way. Loki is good. Presumably he has the Tesseract (and maybe the Casket of Winter too, that seems to be something up his alley to grab). I love that they fixed the plothole with the first movie with the Infinity Gauntlet in the vault.

In all - Hela did her job to help Thor become lightning dude without his hammer, cut his hair, accept his role as king...

I don't know what else to say! It was a damn good movie! Stan Lee's cameo was eh, though.

I'm not ranking it yet, but it's either first or second so far. Just gotta decide if I really want to put it above Winter Soldier. Definitely the best cosmic Marvel experience so far. And one of the best fucking soundtracks.

Oh yeah, I skipped over Skurge. Guy was always going to have his faceturn. Was predictable. It was cool that he got to go down, guns blazing though.

Hulk is the strongest Avenger.
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Oh wow, so you're just gonna lie right in your topic title huh? I guess you should rename it to "Han reacts to the MCU except the parts where other people have made me scared with their reactions to it so I'm wussing out and not reacting to them"

You liked AoS S1 while everybody else didn't! Don't believe the sheeple!
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Also the first half of LCS1, and all of LCS2 are really good.
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RyoCaliente posted...

Oh wow, so you're just gonna lie right in your topic title huh? I guess you should rename it to "Han reacts to the MCU except the parts where other people have made me scared with their reactions to it so I'm wussing out and not reacting to them"

You liked AoS S1 while everybody else didn't! Don't believe the sheeple!

Dude there are 10+ TV show seasons maybe he just doesn't want to watch literally everything. I've always thought the movies were the main course of this thread and the shows were just a bonus.

Chill.

That said I second the Luke Cage thing. Season 2 is the best thing in Netflix so far except for maybe DD1.

ZeldaTPLink posted...

RyoCaliente posted...

Oh wow, so you're just gonna lie right in your topic title huh? I guess you should rename it to "Han reacts to the MCU except the parts where other people have made me scared with their reactions to it so I'm wussing out and not reacting to them"

You liked AoS S1 while everybody else didn't! Don't believe the sheeple!

Dude there are 10+ TV show seasons maybe he just doesn't want to watch literally everything. I've always thought the movies were the main course of this thread and the shows were just a bonus.

Chill.

I'm just sassing him a bit. And it's hard to find reactors to C&D and Runaways man!
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Yeah I enjoyed C&D and Runaways a LOT more than I thought I would. I think it helped that I was pretty unfamiliar with the characters so I had no expectations going in.
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I got that Ryo wasnt actually mad, but that post reads as really mad.
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That's why I added the sheeple line! Can you take anyone seriously when they use 'sheeple'?
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It's the internet, you never know.

Yee~

Black Panther

I like this story time. Also yeeee Oakland. T'Chaka is a badass, it sucks that he got blowed up by Zemo.

Omg everyone trolls T'Challa so much. I love it.

Killmonger with an excellent introduction. And Ulysses Klaue making his return from his much touted appearance in Age of Ultron.

I love the colors. Also, wasn't expecting them to include Mbaku. But I guess it was a good opportunity for them to have him show his martial prowess, and hold a guy down with an MMA hold at the edge of a waterfall.

WAKANDA FOREVER!

This fucking rhino is badass.

"You let the refugees in, they bring their problems with them." oof

Man this soundtrack is awesome. Also, Shuri is freaking Q.

IT'S BILBO BAGGINS he was in Civil War. Klaue is a huge troll. And Stan Lee is a random gambler.

Omg give me an Okoye solo movie already.

T'Challa just threw a guy out of the car and right underneath his sister's wheels.

The classic - two groups keep a guy prisoner instead of one taking him, then he gets broken out.

Awwww T'Challa is going to save Bilbo. "Great, another broken white boy for us to fix! This will be fun!"

WHAT THE HELL ERIK JUST SHOT HIS GIRL PARTNER and Klaue, that's ok I guess.

So Killmonger's dad wanted to use Wakandan resources to fight racial injustice across the world. That's a fair motivation.

T'Challa is a fool to accept his challenge. We know what's going to happen here. He's totally going to lose.

Yup.

Killmonger is kinda dumb. Trying to start revolutions around the world? Talk about instability.

Oh man, Mbaku's tribe in the mountains... what a cool environment. "I will feed you to my children. Hahahaha, I'm kidding. We are vegetarians." Also, like, super cool of him to reject the heart-shaped herb so that T'Challa can have it.

I guess, technically, the challenge isn't over. Kinda rude of these Wakandans to betray their traditions like that. "Wassup!?" Killmonger's Americanisms have been so great and on point.

And now there are war rhinos.

Fuck yeah on Mbaku coming to help. I mean, kind of predictable, but he's historically a bad guy to Black Panther.

It's cool for T'Challa to win just based on combat prowess. But it almost seemed like the climax resolved a little too cleanly. Gandalf and the white apes showed up to defeat the rhinos, T'Challa stabbed his cousin, gave him a chance to look at the beautiful nation.. and even facing death, Killmonger sides more with his ancestors, the slaves brought from Africa. What a strong, consistent antagonist.

This credits music is... kinda weird to hear, after that movie.

Post-credits scene - T'Challa is surely hinting at the world needing to unite for some reason. I wonder what that reason could be!

Scene 2 - what are these kids looking at? BUCKY!

Guys, this is it. I started this watchthrough on May 18... almost three months later, I will finally be ready... to watch Infinity War! (OMG PLEASE DON'T SPOIL ANYTHING I'M SO CLOSE I DID SO WELL)

Man, I enjoyed that movie, but didn't even get a whole post out of it while watching through. That's a good thing, right? Final thoughts to come after.
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spoilers Thanos is actually Howard the Duck wearing a mask.
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mnkboy907 posted...

spoilers Thanos is actually Howard the Duck wearing a mask.

Yeah, but any comic fan knows that
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spoilers for Agents of Shield Season 5 & Infinity War

You can totally watch Agents of Shield Season 5 and won't be spoiled by Infinity War
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UGH MANA DON'T POST SPOILERS NOW I WANT TO READ THEM caps
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HanOfTheNekos posted...

UGH MANA DON'T POST SPOILERS NOW I WANT TO READ THEM caps

MUAHAHA!~

Now go watch Inifinity War! Do it before all the upcoming Blu-Ray commercials and Honest Trailers spoil you.
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bot where's Sophitia
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I'm still upset they killed Killmonger. He was such a good villain and i would love to see another movie where he is starting violence to trigger revolution and Panther has to go deal with him. Fight him not on home turf.
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I dislike how MCU kills almost all the villans.

Feels like a relic of 2000 superhero films.

Yeah there have been some wasted opportunities there. Panther had two good villains and killed both.
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I mean what can you even really do with a villain if you keep him around? You either have to redeem him or make him try again and neither of those sound like stories worth exploring. These big franchises only end up with 2 or 3 movies before the actor leaves so you might as well get some fresh villains in there.

I have enough faith in Marvel that they could bring back a villain and make it work but Kilmonger was so unwavering in his ideology it would feel a little hamfisted if he changed his mind.
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people have been saying this about killmonger since the movie came out, but i don't really get it

killmonger had to die. he was a phenomenal villain but this was really the only outcome for him.

keeping him alive would have cheapened everything about him and the movie itself. people would be complaining that "noone ever dies" or something too.
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I for one, am hyped for Zemo's comeback.

I just want more Killmonger.

Was it better for the story? Sure. But now I don't get more MBJ Killmonger and that sucks.
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Killmonger needed to die for the story but Klaue should have made it out so we could get his living sound form via Andy Serkis mocap.

Then you could throw him on a Thunderbolts team with Zemo/Vulture and some other people.
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Ultron was wasted in his one appearance... wouldve been great if he got introduced in like, Iron Man 3, been the kinda villain in a second film, then go realllllly evil for Age.
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No one cares that Loki survived to keep trying again! I feel like there's a few villains they could still bring back even if they died in their original movies, but I wish they'd start jailing a few of them too so we can have an interesting supervillain team up later. What else are they gonna do after Thanos?

Skrull.

Or Doom now that they have him.
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I'm fairly certain the Skrull will be part of the next phase in some way given that Captain Marvel is to deal with the Kree-Skrull War in the 90s and you could easily set up a Secret Invasion style storyline from there.
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Inb4 they kill Magneto and Doom in one film each.

regarding ragnarok, am i the only one who hated hela? i'm sure cate blanchett had fun but she was so ridiculously overacting. would have been more at home in a power rangers movie.

decent movie, though, but i don't love it as much as everyone else. i guess expected it to be as funny as, like, flight of the conchords and... it just wasn't. plenty of good jokes but also a lot that didn't quite work for me.
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Hela was awesome, she just didn't have a good place in the story. I think it would have all been better off focused on junk planet.
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yeah, it's not just that i disliked the character, it's also that all the stuff involving her was kinda boring and pointless (though i agree with han that solving the gauntlet plot hole by retconning it as a fake was cool). totally agree that junk planet should have been the focus.
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Can anyone tell me what post the AoS season 4 spoilers end? I want to read through all of the stuff that came after it, but I'm still halfway through the season and don't want to get spoiled.
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You're good from 400 on I think.
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You should be able to enable it by right clicking Chester One in your library, choosing preferences, and then the Betas tab.

Oh, thanks.
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Infinity War soon?
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Yeah, once I find time to breathe
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You're a teacher, right? Did your school year just start up?
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My 4 schools are starting up, yes.
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Yup, 33% off until July 5th.

complete is just the game and both expansions

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Oh I see Iron Fist Season 2 is out in a little over 2 weeks. Netflix is churning out seasons much faster now.
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simon belmont still sucks

gimme alucard or by some miracle soma cruz or give me nothing

(seriously tho Alucard would by far be the best Castlevania pick)
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I for one really wish the Peanuts Movie was on this list.