Comments on: The Avengers: What did you think? (SPOILERS)

By: AletheiaAgape

AletheiaAgape — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 16:50:00 +0000

Just watched the Avengers again (finally). I have a defensible theory for the aliens falling down, though it’s still cheap. (Original assumption was that they were hive-mind, so when the “queen” dies, so do all the drones.) If all of the aliens are linked in to some communication network, the nuke could have created a signal that overwhelmed the aliens (a “knock-out” frequency, so to speak). So they’re not dead–which in my mind is cheaper–but out of the picture long enough for Iron Man to wake up, etc.

By: stofcrcmstnce

stofcrcmstnce — Tue, 29 May 2012 21:14:00 +0000

not to rehash 3 week-old commentary, but I think Universal’s proven they can absolutely fuck up a movie worse than Fox. Or is this just further proof of the Taylor Kitsch Corollary, wherein any movie he’s cast in sucks big moose?

By: Thesdawg

Thesdawg — Thu, 17 May 2012 04:51:00 +0000

So the suit that Stark ended up wearing near the end was an experimental one if I reminder correctly (the rings, Right?). Maybe he didn’t want to try it out on brand new hardware?

By: Yourfriendjoey

Yourfriendjoey — Thu, 10 May 2012 03:10:00 +0000

thanks gordon! mine was from an unofficial source but id heard it a few times from different people so i took it at its face value

By: Gordon McAlpin

Gordon McAlpin — Thu, 10 May 2012 01:49:00 +0000

I *loved* the electricity line. :)

By: Alana Abbott

Alana Abbott — Thu, 10 May 2012 01:38:00 +0000

Mostly I loved the Whedon flavor, but Coulson’s death by impalement was such a Joss-ism that it took me out of the movie for a second. (Meaning I leaned over to my husband and whispered “Damn it, Joss!”) I don’t mind that Coulson died, but could Joss please just get over the impalement thing? His trademark could be something other than grisly impalement death!

By: Alana Abbott

Alana Abbott — Thu, 10 May 2012 01:36:00 +0000

Some of my favorite lines from the film are the ones where Cap acknowledges he’s out of context — the line where he’s excited that he got the reference (flying monkeys), and the line where he says the power grid “seems to run on some sort of electricity” (or something like that). Those moments — and his evident frustration with not being up to speed — captured that starting-to-transition feeling that I hope we’ll get more of in Cap2. :)

By: genevievelopez

genevievelopez — Wed, 09 May 2012 21:40:00 +0000

I also thought the line was interesting as it echoed earlier bits from Thor (“In my youth, I courted war”) and Bruce (during the time-bomb monologue, mentioning “courting chaos”). Not entirely sure if that was going anywhere specific, though.

By: Shadow_falls666

Shadow_falls666 — Wed, 09 May 2012 20:36:00 +0000

Thor stopping in that field made me believe he thought he might not be worthy of the hammer again since he essentially got kicked around by loki. As for everybody being confused about Hulk controlling himself towards the end…well last hulk movie with edward norton showed that banner had some form of control of it. now remember what banner said when he tried to commit suicide. he pulle the trigger and the hulk”other guy” spat it out. Essentially if Hulk perceives a definite bodily threat to banner then hes comin out. what was the first thing black widow did when she saw the hulk?she began running. this made hulk zero in on her. so he went after her. he was bout to pimp slap her and then thor attacks him. to the hulk widow was a threat…twice over. then thor jumps him. so he throws down with thor. when banner hulks out later he does it on purpose and so can direct things a little better. Think of the hulk as a really huge child. sure he could have started smashing the rest of the team but there was a ton of things flying around and guys on the ground and more of the huge things that he just smashed. thats fun to hulk. hulk would have went after anything. but when cap looks at him and is like. hey go nuts well thats music to the hulks ears.

By: Gordon McAlpin

Gordon McAlpin — Wed, 09 May 2012 18:14:00 +0000

I might be wrong and BANNER wasn’t the first one to do it, but it was first published in 2001, so pre-Ultimates.

By: RDW0409

RDW0409 — Wed, 09 May 2012 18:05:00 +0000

That was my takeaway too— and I was impressed with how they set up Thor 2 off the back of this. You solve the two biggest problems that the ending of Thor 1 created (how do you get Tom Hiddleston and Natalie Portman’s characters back into the story) without actually solving them in a now-they-can’t-be-sources-of-drama-or-conflict way.

By: RDW0409

RDW0409 — Wed, 09 May 2012 18:00:00 +0000

Really? I always took the plane drop bit in Incredible Hulk as a de-Millar-ized version of the bit in The Ultimates. But any time I can give that guy less credit, I’m all for it.

By: jasonbob

jasonbob — Wed, 09 May 2012 15:08:00 +0000

Cant wait for Iron man 3 the other solo movies were just pretty good in my opinion

By: noirlapin

noirlapin — Wed, 09 May 2012 13:26:00 +0000

I would watch a Doctor Strange movie a hundred times.

Just sayin’.

By: Gordon McAlpin

Gordon McAlpin — Wed, 09 May 2012 09:46:00 +0000

Oh, one other thing: Kevin Feige mentioned they’ll announce a second movie for 2014 at Comic Con here: http://collider.com/the-avengers-kevin-feige-ant-man/160539/
No telling what that will be, though it sounds like it’s something other than Ant Man. I’m hoping for Doctor Strange.

By: Mayhem

Mayhem — Wed, 09 May 2012 06:56:00 +0000

Thanks Gordon.

I’m as excited as the next guy for more Avengers, but I’d like my excitement to be based around some facts. . .

By: Brian Marino

Brian Marino — Wed, 09 May 2012 05:24:00 +0000

I thought the same thing actually. I was like “Use the lightning!”

By: Brian Marino

Brian Marino — Wed, 09 May 2012 05:23:00 +0000

That guy is playing Galaga. He thought we wouldn’t notice…but we did.

By: Brian Marino

Brian Marino — Wed, 09 May 2012 05:22:00 +0000

Yeah I totally agree. There was something inspiring about him even when he wasn’t doing much. Which is how it is supposed to be. Even if you aren’t a gung ho patriot, the Cap is supposed to feel like a leader.

Also it led to one of the funniest moments in the film (the Cop).

I also felt like Evans was able to approach the role with a bit of wit. He sold that Cap believes all that stuff but also is able to laugh at his fish out of water status (It seems like it runs on some sort of electricity!)

By: Gordon McAlpin

Gordon McAlpin — Wed, 09 May 2012 05:00:00 +0000

…whaaat.

Iron Man 3 is currently set for May 3rd, 2013 — http://www.slashfilm.com/rebecca-hall-talks-female-lead-iron-man-3/

Thor 2 is aiming for November 15, 2013 — http://www.hitfix.com/galleries/10-stories-you-might-have-missed-secrets-of-the-avengers-revealed

Captain America 2 is aiming for April 2014 — http://screenrant.com/captain-america-2-release-date-ant-man-rob-163337/

And Avengers 2 was only just announced today and doesn’t have a release date at all — http://splashpage.mtv.com/2012/05/08/avengers-2-in-development/

By: Yourfriendjoey

Yourfriendjoey — Wed, 09 May 2012 04:54:00 +0000

so just to let every one know….marvel release dates are iron man 3 this year, thor 2 and capn 2 next year and avengers 2 2014

By: Gordon McAlpin

Gordon McAlpin — Tue, 08 May 2012 16:53:00 +0000

No one can fuck up a movie quite like Fox. It’s pretty telling that the majority of their biggest hits (Avatar, Star Wars) have been movies they’ve had little to no control over.

By: stofcrcmstnce

stofcrcmstnce — Tue, 08 May 2012 16:39:00 +0000

I’m just going to say this: it Marvel wants to put the whole Cosmic Cube/Thanos thing on a screen near me, I’m in. Completely committed. But if they fuck it up like Fox did with the Dark Phoenix thing, I reserve the right to drive to Avi Arad’s house and beat him senseless with a rubber chicken.

By: Gordon McAlpin

Gordon McAlpin — Tue, 08 May 2012 16:20:00 +0000

A friend of mine reminded me of the double-meaning of the “courting death” line at the end, in light of Thanos’s relationship (or whatever) with Mistress Death. Nice touch.

By: Chris Woodrow

Chris Woodrow — Tue, 08 May 2012 12:37:00 +0000

If you recharged when he was carrying the nuke, you risk BOOM too early…
If you recharged when his suit was completely dead, the suit might not have protected him from the lightning.

That may not be the best answer, but it’s a satisfactory one! (Plus nobody else knew how it worked, as Gordon and Homebrew mentioned.)