Board 8 > Han continues watching the MCU (digi)

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HanOfTheNekos posted...

Get rid of Natalie Portman already.

Done. I have magically removed her from all your future MCU viewing
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Spoilers?

Additionally:

Heimdall was just amazing. Idris Elba wrecked it. Up there with Loki as the best two characters from the Thor movies.

Also, Malekith was really lame as a villain. Not necessarily terrible, but nothing made me care for him and his villainy ahead of even Whiplash.
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There's a lot that's weak in this movie, but the misrepresentation of Odin is a good call out. I mostly felt annoyed at him for being an annoying old man. Didn't feel like a wise ancient king at all.

also i feel like 90% sure that there were subtitles for the dark elves in theatres but iv never seen them in any reviewings since
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CoolCly posted...

I mostly felt annoyed at him for being an annoying old man. Didn't feel like a wise ancient king at all.

In reading the original Thor comics, Odin comes across as really really dumb

He routinely forgets that Loki is capable of deception <_<
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Great slippers and robe though
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You've been introduced to three stones so far. The gem in Loki's scepter from Avengers is one.
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Oh right, I knew that.
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Jakyl25 posted...

CoolCly posted...

I mostly felt annoyed at him for being an annoying old man. Didn't feel like a wise ancient king at all.

In reading the original Thor comics, Odin comes across as really really dumb

He routinely forgets that Loki is capable of deception <_<

which is a terrible misrepresentation as Odin is a poet with a fetish for knowledge and wisdom
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Odin was the voice of wisdom in the first movie, helping Thor to grow and learn. Not so much in the second, though I guess he was hurt by grief.
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it wouldn't have been so bad if he wasn't acting petty and condescending *before* the dark elf invasion. genuine grief is a good reason to behave out of character.

i think the whole "torn between two worlds" plot was done pretty weakly overall and Odin was a victim to it
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That movie was dumb.

Apparently the was this whole subplot about Malekith's motivations that made him more compelling and sympathetic that was cut out. So in the end he now only wants the Aether to "cover the universe in darkness, rawr!" or whatever. Lot of bad decisions in that movie.
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Sif is criminally underused.

And Natalie will never be seen again.
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Luke Cage S2 is out

Add another thing to your viewing list
Btw when are you planning on watching those shows? They are all set after the first Avengers and before...I don't know, they just mention the Battle of New York but nothing more
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They don't really connect at all honestly aside from vague references so you can watch them whenever

Saw the entirety of The Avengers recently for the first time. I did like it but I didn't love it. Loki was my favorite thing about the film.

On a scale of 1-10 I'd give The Avengers a 7, though close to an 8. If you want to know what I thought in more detail feel free to ask. I will admit though that the only other full Marvel movies I've seen are both Guardians of the Galaxy films, Age of Ultron, Civil War, Doctor Strange, and Spider-Man: Homecoming, and the only one of those I particularly enjoyed was the first Guardians of the Galaxy, which I think I prefer to The Avengers.
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LMS, I'd love to hear your opinions, as long as you don't give spoilers for the later films.

As far as Netflix shows, I'm planning on watching them chronologically, according to an MCU viewing guide I found online.
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are you going to watch inhumans?

>_>
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Yes, and from what I gather, that is unfortunate.

Where is my friend @scarletspeed7
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Well at least Inhumans is short.
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HanOfTheNekos posted...

Yes, and from what I gather, that is unfortunate.

Where is my friend @scarletspeed7

What's up?
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Hello friend scar
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I've been following along quietly. I don't think I have too much to offer that other people aren't saying, at least nothing positive about the movies that hasn't been said.
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"Scarlet gives 37 word writeups of each MCU property after Han finishes them"
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Why did Odin even care about Natalie Portman? Humans like like eighty years and Thor is already 5000 or something. What's it to Odin if Thor spends a few decades screwing around with Padme?
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HanOfTheNekos posted...

"Scarlet gives 37 word writeups of each MCU property after Han finishes them"

Shit, I don't remember signing on to this!
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Anagram posted...

Why did Odin even care about Natalie Portman? Humans like like eighty years and Thor is already 5000 or something. What's it to Odin if Thor spends a few decades screwing around with Padme?

Racism.

Same shit Beren and Luthien went through in Tolkien lore.
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Okay, I'll at least do the movies you've gone through so far.

Iron Man: "We're setting a high standard for Marvel films, but we're setting a low standard for forgiving war profiteers."

The Incredible Hulk: "Part of the '2008 was a great year for superheroes' boom, but in hindsight, it does not really fit into the MCU anymore."

Thor: "Branagh's direction is excellent, but the script is lackluster. The Shakespearean stylization of the Norse Gods works wonderfully, at least."

Captain America: The First Avenger: "The difference between this movie and The Rocketeer is..."

Iron Man 2: "A terrible human being faces off against a slightly more terrible human being who employs a very overrated actor."

Avengers: "With each passing viewing of this movie, I become less and less enamored with the first modern 'event' film. Also, Tony Stark should have spent more time designing the Cosmic Cube security."

Iron Man 3: "Someone packaged a 90s party film with an 80s Spielberg film and added 10s special effects. The result is unique but also disjointed."

Thor: Dark World: "The first Marvel movie in the era of, 'We say a lot of words in a peculiar jargon without really grounding them in stakes that matter, therefore creating a bloated world without emotional attachment."
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scarletspeed7 posted...

Captain America: The First Avenger: "The difference between this movie and The Rocketeer is..."

probably the visual effects.

ugh the rocketeer didn't age well.
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Man, a new Rocketeer film would be awesome though!
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i'm sure it's coming eventually. must be one of the few superhero properties that DIDN'T get a reboot/sequel/whatever in this age of IP.
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Oh, on the subject of Inhumans:

Han, it's actually a "so bad it's bad" TV show. I really don't know how you'll make it through. I tapped after 1 episode.
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HanOfTheNekos posted...

LMS, I'd love to hear your opinions, as long as you don't give spoilers for the later films.

As far as Netflix shows, I'm planning on watching them chronologically, according to an MCU viewing guide I found online.

The best word I'd use to describe The Avengers is "entertaining". It's not some transcendent piece of cinema and much of what made it special is commonplace now, but overall it still works. The plot is nothing to write home about but it's still decent and able to carry the action, which starts early and progressively ramps up, culminating in a pretty epic climax. At the same time it isn't so filled with action that the action scenes lose their impact - this is not Transformers!. The fight scenes aren't amazing but they're still enjoyable. There's a fair bit of naturally witty dialogue in this movie, I guess the MCU hadn't yet gotten to the point where it tried to make EVERYTHING into a joke.

Honestly I just caught it coming on TV and decided to watch it, and I can't say I regret it.
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What made Avengers feel special was that it genuinely felt like an event to see so many superheroes team up on the big screen. But that only really works once, so by itself it's merely pretty good.
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I said 37 words a piece! But thanks for contributing :)

scarletspeed7 posted...

Iron Man 2: "A terrible human being faces off against a slightly more terrible human being who employs a very overrated actor."

Which one is which though?
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Wait, are you implying that Jon Favreau is considered a great actor by somebody?
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scarletspeed7 posted...

Wait, are you implying that Jon Favreau is considered a great actor by somebody?

I mean, that would have to be true in order for him to be overrated.
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Watching Agents episode 8.

Thor is dreamy.

What from Thor is going to be a problem? I guess a rod that makes a girl strong.

There's a lot of yelling in this episode.

Coulson sicced angry Ward on the professor... it was so cute.

Got to see Ward go crazy on some dudes, but it was a little disappointing because they cut to a different scene and didn't show all the action. May kicked ass though.

May > Skye > Coulson >= Ward > Simmons >= Fitz
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poor fitz
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All the episode synopses for this show are like "something threatened to destroy the team".

May and Ward hooked up. Hue. Called it.

We're also getting a May focused episode, so yehhhhhh.

Dammit, have to leave for dinner with the parents in the middle of an episode.
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It's really weird to read you react to AoS S1 because I'm watching 2 reaction channels on YT who have also recently started S1 of AoS and it's just...weird.
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You know what's weird? There was a halloween episode featuring Dexter Morgan as a ghost, and when he was caught between worlds, they could've saved him but he just disappeared instead.
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yeah may what the fuck

Fitz totally woulda pulled that guy back if you'd just like, asked him
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Anagram posted...

What made Avengers feel special was that it genuinely felt like an event to see so many superheroes team up on the big screen. But that only really works once, so by itself it's merely pretty good.

This so much.
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Watching next episode.

THEY'RE GOING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF OHIO. THAT'S WHERE I WENT TO COL-

"Set a course for Cleveland". Oh. The fake Ohio University then. Damn.

They blew up a dude and shot Ward. Dude better not be dead. I bet he'll have been saved by Fitzsimmons suit. Please?

:(
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Happy birthday anyway quinton
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My brother likes iron man 2
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I didn't write anything, but watched the last episode. Seeing Coulson have his brain messed with is kinda gross. Doesn't really say a whole lot though... he was dead, and they did crazy medicine to bring him back. Not too weird. Next episode...

Bucky Barnes name drop!

Oh shit. Skye is an 0-8-4! What does that mean?

Fitz is getting better, guys.

And man, Coulson is just dumping everything on Skye, jeez.

"We figured out how to stop it!" Lightning strikes, stopping them. Ugh, that's dumb.
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This is about where the show really picked up for me, getting into the Coulson resurrection stuff.
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The Coulson resurrection stuff is less interesting to me than all the centipede stuff.
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This train episode is hilarious.

Stan Lee cameo was solid, nice to see goin yelling at Coulson. I dig the methodology of replaying through the episode from a different perspective as it goes. Coulson and Ward trying to figure out the tech was great. And the Easter egg mention of abomination being kept frozen in Alaska.

Oh you fucker, you shot Skye.
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