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Interesting. I'm curious if we'll start seeing more short films like these pop op on Marvel's Blu-Rays.

Ugh. Based on what we saw before, they're probably just going to go ahead and make Sinestro the villain without giving his turn to the dark side its proper due. And with them losing money on the first one, they're gonna be even less likely to step up the action and space scenes, so, hooray more Blake Lively scenes.

Personally I'm hoping that after they get Loki and the forming of the Avengers out of the way, we'll see them fight Ultron in the sequel. He's a major threat and he'll undoubtedly have a lot of robot minions for the Avengers to cut loose on.

Not sure why that was quoted to me. This was my list:

10. Kick-***
9. Hellboy
8. Blade
7. Batman Begins
6. Superman
5. Iron Man
4. X-Men 2
3. Spider-Man 2
2. The Dark Knight
1. The Incredibles

Thoughts:

• Quote of the night: Tie between "Your mama was a werepanther?" and "I'm a police officer! And a werepanther!" Jason's still the reigning champ.
• Pretty sweet to see that, even mindwiped, Eric can smack Bill down.
• Sookie's undoubtedly aware of how good she looks in white unmentionables.
• Yep, I'm definitely tired of the storyline with Arlene's baby already. I thought I might feel better about it seeing as how it was dealing with spirits but they're taking up valuable screentime, dammit.
• I really like King Bill; he revels in his power as always, and he's never been more powerful, but it obviously weighs on him and he's actually got responsibilities to deal with.
• Totally called Tommy shifting into Sam and ******* with his life.
• I like how the packmaster adjusted his pitch to Alcide, but since they're obviously going to give some screentime to him and Debbie for a subplot of their own, there's no way they'll be able to avoid some drama.
• I'm surprised Hoyt and Jessica forgot to mention to Sookie how they found Jason on the side of the road, but at least they're actually aware of what's going on with each other this season, which is progress.
• Speaking of Jessica, it's hard to believe we've seen so little interaction between her and Jason when they've both got such a strong connection to Hoyt, but that connection is definitely weakening on Jessica's end; still, it's strange that Jessica and Jason are starting to feel some attraction for each other brewing when one is becoming wilder and the other's growing up.
• That cardinal vampire sure looked wicked, and if we get another scene like the one in the dungeon, I'm officially going to be rooting for the witches.
• I was hoping that Marnie's breakout was going to interrupt Eric's execution, but he successfully earn's Bill's sympathy; it was a little corny, but there was sincere conviction in his words.
• Ugh, I'm getting sick of Tommy; he's getting to be like Bella was from Supernatural in that he's a recurring character who just seems hellbent on screwing things up for other folks and always fails to show redeeming qualities.
• So are we going to get a possessed Lafayette throwing down with a possessed Marnie?
• You just know that Pam is going to get killed, and if Eric regains his memory, he's going to find out who did it, which may put a damper on his relationship with Sookie.
• No wonder the vamps are scared as ****; Marnie put the mind whammy on Luis like nothing.
• The series is channeling some of the Buffy vibes with more and more of the cast gaining powers and a bewitched vampire finding love with our sassy heroine, but it still feels fresh to me.

Aquaman looks about the same.

I don't see how they could not present him as smarter this time around. Even from the little teaser you could see Bane got Batman wet (which could weigh him down at the least and possibly screw up some of his gadgets) in an enclosed area (to make him less likely to play cat and mouse or even escape) while his men have guns trained on him as they fight in hand to hand combat.

Just got back from seeing this movie. Overall I think the movie was okay, but I have to say I expected it to be a little bit better. If you're a fan of Favreau following his directorial breakout Iron Man, you'll probably expect the same kind of pizzazz and flair that you were undoubtedly reminded of when they inserted a rock song with a few notes similar to Black Sabbath's Iron Man song into Cowboys & Aliens' trailer. Unfortunately, it felt like much of this magic was missing along with Robert Downey Jr.

Upon reflection, I believe this problem can be attributed to the dialogue, much of which was forgettable. If the dialogue had been improved, then I think the scenes and the characters would have had a little more weight to them. About halfway through the movie I noticed that a lot of the scenes were between a pair of characters. We had the pair of Daniel Craig and Olivia Wilde's characters, Harrison Ford's character and a boy, and Clancy Brown's and Sam Rockwell's characters. These are the scenes that are supposed to create emotional ties between the characters as well as between them and the audience, but Craig's and Wilde's connection mostly comes down to her being curious about what he knows and him finding her hot. Kurgen just basically gives Rockwell some advice and teaches him a bit about shooting. Ford's son is kidnapped and the boy's father figure was taken as well, so I felt this relationship was the strongest. Still, it's probably not good when 2 out of 3 of your movie's key relationships are fairly weak. In fact, at one point in the movie, one of these characters dies and leaves Craig with the charge of getting the abducted people back, but there wasn't as much emotional weight to the death as there could have been.

Still, outside of the somewhat underwhelming dialogue and thin characterization, the movie has its moments. I think one aspect of cowboy movies that people enjoy is seeing one of the characters as just so cool and ahead of his time in terms of his problem solving, and Craig delivers this in the moments he's given. There's also a minor relationship between Ford's character and one his men that he undervalues that should have been given more screentime because is was more interesting and powerful than some of the others. Above all, though, I think folks who can appreciate movies for their concept and are less likely to scrutinize like I do will enjoy this movie, because the title says it all. It's cowboys (and indians) fighting aliens! It should definitely be more enjoyable for those who are intrigued by the concept of humanity attempting to fight aliens when we don't have all sorts of advanced weapons and technology at our disposal.

So, in summation: go and see this movie if you simply want to see cowboys and aliens duke it out, but don't expect the exceptional type of performance that Favreau got out of RDJ to carry it.

Bleh, I'll take Pat Lee's art over that, kthx.

I wonder how Marvel could win this after DC lost their case. o.O

I wonder if they'll be a part in the Avengers movie where Cap refuses to kill. Could be one of the points of friction between the members.