Avengers: Infinity War

They could've just written Disney a check.

Author kept his shade in check for most of the piece but ...

So Endgame may or may not have actually made more money than Avatar, even if we pretend that the two competed on even footing. Oh, and Avatar stands a good chance of reclaiming the record if, as expected, it’s re-released again in advance of 2021’s Avatar 2. All of that argues against making too much of this, but “it’s an important part of the industry, just from a marketing perspective,” Nash says. “The studios benefit from being able to say that they’re breaking records.”

That doesn’t mean we consumers have to swallow that line, but it’s fun to feel like a winner, if only by being associated with one; Martin mentions that it’s “cool as a fan to be able to be a part of something big, such as helping a movie that is one for the ages.” If Avatar ever reclaims the top spot, he says, he’ll still take consolation in knowing that Endgame “was no. 1 at one point in time.”

so glad these pathetic losers are finding consolation

My reaction is roughly comparable to instances of mid-level employees hip-hip-hooraying about their company achieving some financial goal which will (by design) not affect the hooray-ers in any material way. And that reaction is: sad.

So glad those quadzillionaires can buy another fleet of yachts, you so deserve it guys.

“If you bought a ticket to see Endgame in theaters, congratulations, hero,” Douglass says before signing off. Not all heroes wear capes. Some go see blockbusters 200 times.

LOL, I was reading the whole piece thinking "forget Avatar: Endgame, give Jack Douglass the Oscar."

I saw it a second time and had a blast. I could see probably watching it once more sometime down the road.

"but it’s fun to feel like a winner, if only by being associated with one" is the entire rationale behind following soccer teams (as wells as other sports probably, idk)

So I finally watched this. It's...ok! It was kinda fun having only seen a handful of the movies leading up to it (the Guardians ones, the last Thor, Infinity War, maybe one of the other Avengers movies, an Iron Man or two), in the same way that reading a random comic and having to infer or imagine what all the references mean is fun.

For most of the movie my partner thought that "Bucky" was a weird nickname that Captain America had for the woman he left behind in the past.

For most of the movie my partner thought that "Bucky" was a weird nickname that Captain America had for the woman he left behind in the past.

I mean... given some of the slash fic that exists, this isn't too far off tbh.

fucky morelike amirite 😂😂😂

i loved this movie but it really was Left Behind for superheroes, eh?

Never read the books, but based on the plot description, doesn't "Left Behind for superheroes" apply better to Endgame? Since that one deals with the actual repercussions of Thanos's fingersnap?

this thread covers both halves of this two-part movie

Ah.

My daughter watched "Endgame" again last night. Still think it's super weird that the kid from "Iron Man 3" gets a cameo appearance at the funeral. I had totally forgotten who that was all over again and had to look it up. Doesn't help, of course, that he is no longer a little kid, but even having seen "Iron Man 3" again more recently than "Endgame," I didn't even know the character's name

i think it's "Pepper Potts"

Salt Shaka.

Idk, that's the kind of narrative continuity that I appreciate and makes it feel a little more like the comics. I mean, even by IM3 Tony was still mostly a stand-offish asshole, but that kid broke through to him and it just showed that he stuck with the kid as a mentor after gifting him that whole new lab.

No prob with the kid being there, but he's only in the one movie, has never been mentioned or referenced since, and is one of the only people in that pile of funeral guests who is not a superhero or movie star. Plus there is absolutely no one that saw this and recognized him as that kid at that time, anyway, because he is five years older and literally looks totally different. I guess that makes him a really conspicuous human easter egg?

i do find it amusing that any lessons Tony learns about not being a jackass pretty much fade by the next movie's start.

well...not anymore i guess

xpost - I mean, it's the MCU, so I wouldn't write him out just yet. According to wikipedia, the actor has a three film deal for the MCU and has appeared in two so far... so, who knows. Now maybe that's just the standard contract they sign with minor characters to leave their options open, but who knows.

Be funny if that contract was iron clad, and the MCU is struggling to justify another two second cameo in one of the upcoming movies.

There were some rumors swirling that he'd put on the armor as Iron Lad in a Young Avengers spin-off.

Avenger: "If only we knew where Tony hid that last transponder tech doodad."
Random young guy at funeral: "I think I know a garage in Tennessee where we can find one ... "

Oof, insult to injury, I think the entire 6 paragraph wiki description of the Iron Man 3 plot doesn't even mention the kid once!