it is also my calling to "about"
― The term or title antichrist, in Christian theology, refers to (contenderizer), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 19:17 (twelve years ago) link
we already got a guy to ponder it all fyi
― some dude, Wednesday, 16 May 2012 19:18 (twelve years ago) link
i'm helping
― The term or title antichrist, in Christian theology, refers to (contenderizer), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 19:22 (twelve years ago) link
Y'all are bringing a lot of reason to a debate happening under the auspices of #nerdhairsplitting.
xp http://l-userpic.livejournal.com/93887728/7366758
― Andrew Farrell, Wednesday, 16 May 2012 19:25 (twelve years ago) link
anyway...
Batman that is a member of the Justice League and all that shit hasn't been in movies
Outside of a handful of periods, they're written as pretty different characters
disagree. the world in which batman exists is more self-contained in the movies than in the comics, not apparently a part of DC's superhero-dense universe, but the essence of the batman/bruce wayne character hasn't changed much in his transition from page to screen. he's very much in line with what we've seen in the comics over the last quarter century. nolan pushes the more fanciful elements to the margins in terms of a "realism" that's derived from espionage and action movies, but i don't see how this makes the character any less a superhero (though he is an unusual one, being powerless and all).
― The term or title antichrist, in Christian theology, refers to (contenderizer), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 19:30 (twelve years ago) link
you'll be a superhero to me if you stfu
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 19:31 (twelve years ago) link
wasn't even what I meant anyway
― mh, Wednesday, 16 May 2012 19:39 (twelve years ago) link
lol alfred
― some dude, Wednesday, 16 May 2012 19:40 (twelve years ago) link
kisses
― The term or title antichrist, in Christian theology, refers to (contenderizer), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 19:42 (twelve years ago) link
you keep smiling and shrugging it off but no, really, you need to chill
― some dude, Wednesday, 16 May 2012 19:42 (twelve years ago) link
what's the problem? serious question.
― The term or title antichrist, in Christian theology, refers to (contenderizer), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 19:47 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.adherents.com/lit/comics/img/g/Guy_Gardner.jpg
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 19:47 (twelve years ago) link
i nerd out about superhero semantics for the space of one post in the avengers thread. so what?
― The term or title antichrist, in Christian theology, refers to (contenderizer), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 19:48 (twelve years ago) link
ok, withdrawn.
if you can let it go now.
― some dude, Wednesday, 16 May 2012 19:50 (twelve years ago) link
sheesh, italics and everything
― The term or title antichrist, in Christian theology, refers to (contenderizer), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 19:52 (twelve years ago) link
re: expertise, i think superheroes would be a better set of "experts" to consult on the worthiness of this shit than professional comic book critics, who i assume would reject it out of hand
― Mordy, Wednesday, 16 May 2012 19:53 (twelve years ago) link
New ILC Board description
― I must be old, I recognise nobody in ITV2 idents (aldo), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 21:13 (twelve years ago) link
hahaha, works for me -- that C.A. "wank" quote was only ever meant to be a placeholder anyway.
― Trey Imaginary Songz (WmC), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 21:30 (twelve years ago) link
I think if you save the life of one person (or stop a violent crime) then you are a hero, and if you multiply that to saving multiple lives - tens, hundreds, thousands - then you are a superhero.
I don't think having bizarre powers or life-altering mutations or whatever should be a requisite.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 17 May 2012 17:00 (twelve years ago) link
that's a pretty great and concise argument, am definitely going to use that if (god help me) i ever get caught in this kind of convo again
― that's why god made kokomo (some dude), Thursday, 17 May 2012 17:08 (twelve years ago) link
well the punisher kills a lotta people so i guess he's a supervillain?
― (Name Withheld to Avoid Hassle) (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 17 May 2012 18:18 (twelve years ago) link
i think we can agree that we're all heroes in our own magical way
― of family bonds and individual triumph. Narrated by Tim Allen, (zachlyon), Thursday, 17 May 2012 18:25 (twelve years ago) link
nah, we're all villains
― bark ruffalo (latebloomer), Thursday, 17 May 2012 19:53 (twelve years ago) link
http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/4f8bcd4b198f49fe14a8870c1dae978f/169887.jpg
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 17 May 2012 19:56 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.theshannongallery.com/images/shirts/shirt_slyvillains.jpg
― i love the large auns pictures! (Phil D.), Thursday, 17 May 2012 19:57 (twelve years ago) link
Punisher = more 'anti' than 'super'
― Mark Ruffalo! is gonna tell us! about empathy! (loves laboured breathing), Thursday, 17 May 2012 22:57 (twelve years ago) link
seeing this tomorrow, apparently
― Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 17 May 2012 23:00 (twelve years ago) link
Hate it lots, so we don't have to.
― Trey Imaginary Songz (WmC), Thursday, 17 May 2012 23:09 (twelve years ago) link
not expecting to much to hate, honestly...? altho I'm not a fan of Transformers-style smashbangloudincomprehensibility action sequences so maybe I will hate those, I dunno.
― Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 17 May 2012 23:13 (twelve years ago) link
first Marvel movie I will have watched since the first Iron Man movie, which was fine
smashbangloudincomprehensibility
This movie doesn't really have any of these.
― polyphonic, Thursday, 17 May 2012 23:14 (twelve years ago) link
great!
― Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 17 May 2012 23:21 (twelve years ago) link
nah it does but they're outweighed by the movie's other qualities
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Friday, 18 May 2012 01:54 (twelve years ago) link
The action scenes were totally comprehensible. They barely had any cuts! Very well orchestrated.
― polyphonic, Friday, 18 May 2012 02:16 (twelve years ago) link
^^^one of the best things about this movie
― He's sick of the Swiss. He don't like em. (Austerity Ponies), Friday, 18 May 2012 16:20 (twelve years ago) link
The action scenes were almost irrelevant, tbh. The chemistry of the core is where the fun is at. Faceless aliens and snakemonsters flying about basically just there to give the Avengers things to hit.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 18 May 2012 16:23 (twelve years ago) link
Polyphonic & AP otm
― Mark Ruffalo! is gonna tell us! about empathy! (loves laboured breathing), Friday, 18 May 2012 16:32 (twelve years ago) link
man I loved the shawarma scene
― dayo, Friday, 18 May 2012 19:38 (twelve years ago) link
cap'n america was basically http://www.theonion.com/articles/area-grandmother-tries-indian-food,2472/ during it
aka a true to life recreation of what it's like every time I bring my parents to an ethnic restaurant
― dayo, Friday, 18 May 2012 19:39 (twelve years ago) link
Amusing anecdote about that scene: http://insidemovies.ew.com/2012/05/04/backstory-avengers-secret/
Robert Downey Jr. has just entered the room, and immediately begins mocking the prosthetic that Evans needed to hide his beard for the scene. (Evans also, you’ll notice, covers his face throughout that footage by resting his cheek against his hand.)“Where is Chris Evans? Getting his face replaced?” Downey asks.Evans hasn’t arrived yet, but that doesn’t hold back Downey. “Chris, why the long face? Chris, why the WRONG face?” Downey says as the other guys laugh. . . . “Hello, sir!” Evans says cheerfully as he enters the conference room — unaware that his prosthetic-covered lower face, and the difficulty he had speaking, are the hot topic.“Not without my beard,” Downey says, mumbling like his jaw is wired shut.Suddenly Renner, who has been low-key this entire time, breaks into a Chris-Evans-with-prosthetic-make-up Buffalo Bill impression from The Silence of the Lambs: “‘I’d f–k me!’”
“Where is Chris Evans? Getting his face replaced?” Downey asks.
Evans hasn’t arrived yet, but that doesn’t hold back Downey. “Chris, why the long face? Chris, why the WRONG face?” Downey says as the other guys laugh.
. . . “Hello, sir!” Evans says cheerfully as he enters the conference room — unaware that his prosthetic-covered lower face, and the difficulty he had speaking, are the hot topic.
“Not without my beard,” Downey says, mumbling like his jaw is wired shut.
Suddenly Renner, who has been low-key this entire time, breaks into a Chris-Evans-with-prosthetic-make-up Buffalo Bill impression from The Silence of the Lambs: “‘I’d f–k me!’”
― i love the large auns pictures! (Phil D.), Friday, 18 May 2012 19:42 (twelve years ago) link
lol
duddest character for me was hawkeye - they tried really hard to make him look cool shooting arrows but that just doesn't translate well into cinema form. the one good shot he had was the one from the trailer, falling down and shooting up
― dayo, Friday, 18 May 2012 19:54 (twelve years ago) link
arrow shooting is incredibly cinematic! much moreso than gun shooting!
― Hungry4Ass, Friday, 18 May 2012 20:07 (twelve years ago) link
I really like that they made him just as dud in the movie as he is in the rest of Marvel continuity. The enormous chip on his shoulder is due to the fact that he knows exactly how second-string he is.
― Trey Imaginary Songz (WmC), Friday, 18 May 2012 20:08 (twelve years ago) link
"second string". I see what you did there.
― EZ Snappin, Friday, 18 May 2012 20:10 (twelve years ago) link
it's rough being a shitty knockoff of a shitty knockoff
― Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 18 May 2012 20:10 (twelve years ago) link
It makes that throwaway moment when he aims off to his right and hits a target without even looking even more perfect.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 18 May 2012 20:10 (twelve years ago) link
(altho tbf Green Arrow eventually developed into a really interesting character imo)
xp
― Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 18 May 2012 20:11 (twelve years ago) link
well it can be if they made him take down that elephant thing HARDCORE. but the most he did, besides fall while shooting, was shoot blind xp
― dayo, Friday, 18 May 2012 20:11 (twelve years ago) link
I guess it might all have been better if his bow was a little meaner. he carried that thing around like he was a concert violinist. it looked like a cosplay bow. so lame.
― dayo, Friday, 18 May 2012 20:12 (twelve years ago) link