The Shawarma Initiative *SPOILERS* AVENGERS DISCUSSION *SPOILERS*
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Posted on: 2012-05-04 24:12 in Comic and Hero-Villain Culture
Okay,k I just got back from the movies.
LOVED IT!
After Hulk so gently showed Loki the floor, he said something, I think. But the audience (and myself) were laughing so loud I couldn't make it out. Anyone tell me what he said?
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Originally Posted by Inazuma
Okay,k I just got back from the movies.
LOVED IT! After Hulk so gently showed Loki the floor, he said something, I think. But the audience (and myself) were laughing so loud I couldn't make it out. Anyone tell me what he said? |
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Thor: Take care how you speak. Loki is beyond reason, but he is of Asgard. And he is my brother.
Natasha Romanoff: He killed 80 people in 2 days.
Thor: ...He's adopted.
Also, pretty much any interaction between Cap and Coulson.
@Winter. Because I'm Winter. Period.
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We just saw it as a studio...
And everyone went to schwarma for lunch.
Regarding the film: HO LEE CARP. Well done Joss, well done indeed.
Andy Belford
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This was the moment of the film for me.|
Originally Posted by Inazuma
Okay,k I just got back from the movies.
LOVED IT! After Hulk so gently showed Loki the floor, he said something, I think. But the audience (and myself) were laughing so loud I couldn't make it out. Anyone tell me what he said? |
*evil villain begins monolog...*
*WHACK WHACK WHACK WHACK*
The way he just laid there on the ground afterwards had me rolling.
Andy Belford
Community Manager
Paragon Studios
So two observations:
- The scene with all of them sitting around the table talking (on the ship) I totally was getting flashbacks of the dinner table in Firefly
- The Easter Egg scene, not the first one but the post credit one, am I the only one who saw that as a subtle nod to Favreau (ala: Swingers)?
Andy Belford
Community Manager
Paragon Studios
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He just has that stunned "What" look on his face. It was priceless.|
Originally Posted by Zwillinger
This was the moment of the film for me.
*evil villain begins monolog...* *WHACK WHACK WHACK WHACK* The way he just laid there on the ground afterwards had me rolling. |
The random Thor-punch was also just classic.
"I have something to say! It's better to burn out then to fade away!"
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That moment was amazing. And it was pretty obvious that Banner was in control by the smirk on his face. |
Originally Posted by Paladiamors
He just has that stunned "What" look on his face. It was priceless.
The random Thor-punch was also just classic. |
Andy Belford
Community Manager
Paragon Studios
Oh yes, that was not Hulk Smash. That was "Watch this."
"I have something to say! It's better to burn out then to fade away!"
I thought the early banter between Stark and Banner in the lab was very good stuff. Was very pleased to see as much of Pepper Potts as we did. I think Gwynneth's "lines", especially in the jeans shorts, were pretty awesome.
This was the best Hulk portrayal yet, IMO. Ruffalo had all of Bill Bixby's charm and pent-up angst about his violent secret and yet he was still able to bring the SMASH! when it counted.
"Now you know my secret. I'm angry all the time!"
Statesmonkey Sez: Lighten up! It's a game, for Lincoln's sake!
Also: Six years of casual play begins to look an awful lot like one year of hardcore play.
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Yep, that's pretty much all of our sentiment. When I heard that Ruffalo's Banner hearkened to the Bixby portrayal, I was optimistic. When it amazing, I was floored. |
Originally Posted by Casual_Player
This was the best Hulk portrayal yet, IMO. Ruffalo had all of Bill Bixby's charm and pent-up angst about his violent secret and yet he was still able to bring the SMASH! when it counted.
"Now you know my secret. I'm angry all the time!" |
To quote Second Measure: "...and why didn't they have Mark Ruffalo playing the Hulk from the start?"
Andy Belford
Community Manager
Paragon Studios
Yeah i just got back from seeing this. I was floored. Everybody got their time in the spotlight. Would have liked to have seen more of Cap's adjustment to the 21st century. What we got was still a whole can of awesome sauce.
Highlights:
-Widow's Fight scenes are the best in the film.
-The character interaction was almost perfect.
-Everybody had their moment to shine.
Oh yeah "Well then son, you got a condition."
I think the success of this film came in two parts:
1) Whedon.
2) The interaction between all the actors and the fact that it was obvious no one tried to take the spotlight from the rest of the cast.
I expected the movie to be a combination of awesome from the preceding films, but I was shocked at how much more the whole had than the sum of its parts.
Now what's this about a post-credit scene? I left after seeing Thanos. Are you saying I missed something after that!? CRAP! What was it!?
Guess I'll just have to force myself into seeing it again.
@Rylas
Kill 'em all. Let XP sort 'em out.
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"I get that! ...I get that reference!"
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Originally Posted by Dr_Illuminatis
Yeah i just got back from seeing this. I was floored. Everybody got their time in the spotlight. Would have liked to have seen more of Cap's adjustment to the 21st century. What we got was still a whole can of awesome sauce.
Highlights: -Widow's Fight scenes are the best in the film. -The character interaction was almost perfect. -Everybody had their moment to shine. |
"I have something to say! It's better to burn out then to fade away!"
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Honestly, I think it was just the right amount. |
Originally Posted by Dr_Illuminatis
...Would have liked to have seen more of Cap's adjustment to the 21st century....
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The whole "For God and Country" aspect to his character really stood out and made the character more believable than any sort of antics or awkwardness of modern technology could have.
His response to Thor and Loki being "basically gods" did an amazing job of portraying this.
Andy Belford
Community Manager
Paragon Studios
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According to Joss Whedon, that was cut for time. It was originally a 3 hour script. :O
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Originally Posted by Dr_Illuminatis
Would have liked to have seen more of Cap's adjustment to the 21st century. What we got was still a whole can of awesome sauce.
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Originally Posted by Zwillinger
Honestly, I think it was just the right amount.
The whole "For God and Country" aspect to his character really stood out and made the character more believable than any sort of antics or awkwardness of modern technology could have. His response to Thor and Loki being "basically gods" did an amazing job of portraying this. |
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I also liked how Mjöllnir took being swung against the only person on earth who could lift it. Unless I misunderstood that part, of course.
"I have something to say! It's better to burn out then to fade away!"
Probably will be down in a few minutes but here's the 2nd post credit scene.
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THANK YOU. I thought we were done with the post-credit scenes with Thanos, so I left. Kicked myself when I heard about this.|
Originally Posted by Chazzmatazz
Probably will be down in a few minutes but here's the 2nd post credit scene.
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Course I uh...will be going to see it again...
"I have something to say! It's better to burn out then to fade away!"
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Basically what's going through his mind, but unuttered (mostly because he had the wind knocked out of him) was "EEP!"
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Originally Posted by Zwillinger
This was the moment of the film for me.
*evil villain begins monolog...* *WHACK WHACK WHACK WHACK* The way he just laid there on the ground afterwards had me rolling. |
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As one critic put it "Acknowledgement that exercising one's rage with their fists can be at least a LITTLE fun".|
Originally Posted by Zwillinger
That moment was amazing. And it was pretty obvious that Banner was in control by the smirk on his face.
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I said it in my initial summary. Stark got some of the best lines in the film, but the Hulk got all of the best scenes.
And the flying monkey reference:
Cap: I understood that one!
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I figure we need a thread devoted solely to the awesome lines contained in today's US superheroic movie release. If you do not know of which the title refers, or wish to avoid massive spoilers, then hie thee hence to the theater and watch Mr. Whedon's masterpiece.
. -Z
I shall start us off with Dr. Banner's witty riposte to Loki's (abruptly interrupted) speech about how he is a god and we are all beneath him.
*ahem*
WAMMITY
BAMMITY
BLAPPITY
THWAPPITY
SMASH!
edit: Changed the title of the thread to be obvious to even those who haven't seen it. Just a precaution guys
//double secret probation edit- no worries, good point
Statesmonkey Sez: Lighten up! It's a game, for Lincoln's sake!
Also: Six years of casual play begins to look an awful lot like one year of hardcore play.