On 4/27/2018 at 12:19, Maxx said:

The nitpicky cons that did nothing to impact my enjoyment of the movie:

 

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- Maybe they are saving it for an Avengers 4 flashback but not showing us the destruction of Xandar seems like a huge missed opportunity.  We're familiar with that planet, we know what the Nova Corps can do, and Thanos devastated the planet before he had any of the stones and you aren't going to show us that?  It should have at least been alluded to in a post credits scene on a prior film.  Or maybe have the ship at the end of Ragnarok pick up a distress call from Xandar, warning that Thanos has attacked, right before his ship comes into view.

 

- Wasn't feeling Peter Dinklage's character.  He felt like he was overacting.  The forced perspective effects to make him look bigger weren't very well done.

- I'm ready for Groot to go back to Guardians Vol. 1 Groot now.  Teenage Groot doesn't do anything for me, and didn't  have much of a role at all besides making the axe handle.

- I don't love that Spidey hasn't matured very much since Civil War and Homecoming and he still feels like he's letting Stark down and needs to apologize to him.  Let's get him past that.  And its kind of absurd given the circumstances around their failure this time around that he'd still wind up blaming himself.  This one is waaaaaaay beyond you Pete.

- Didn't like the Iron Spider costume in the comics, don't love it here either.  We just got Spider-Man looking exactly as he should, let us enjoy that for awhile.

- While they did a good job of cementing Wanda and Vision's relationship, it hasn't been nearly fleshed out enough to carry as much emotional weight as they were hoping it would.  If they want to use Scarlet Witch in this way, they really need to start getting her some time in other films.  It's alluded to that she's really powerful, but we don't know very much about her powers or really much of anything about her, besides the fact that she loves Vision and didn't like getting locked up at Avengers HQ.   They really should run with the all female Avengers film at some point.

 

- Thor getting a new eye, booooo, long live eyepatch Thor!  Similarly booo Blonde Black Widow, long live red haired Black Widow!

 

 

 

That was so damn good, random thoughts that I can think of.

53 hours to go, I'm going to stay away from this thread and social media now.

Just now, tristy said:

Honestly, what’s in the spoiler tags doesn’t spoil much of anything. Two things from the plot, sure, but it’s nothing that’ll ruin enjoyment of the film. But if you’ve avoided trailers up until this point - yeah, don’t open it up.

I won't open it, my anticipation for this movie just went from like a 60 to a 100 now that I actually have tickets and waiting another 98 hours is going to be really, really hard.

2 minutes ago, Molly said:

 

 

I bet that guy thinks he is smarter than everybody and has to try and prove it by hating something popular.

Urge to open spoiler tag rising....

I've been avoiding everything Infinity War related as much as possible.  I got tickets for Saturday afternoon and now I'm getting extremely hyped.  Still haven't watched the trailers but I fear that may not last too much longer.

6 hours ago, angeluzcr said:

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Hydra keep it a secret from everyone, then the people inside SHIELD make sure they cover doesn't got blown.

 

Minor things that annoy me rant about Agents Shield Season 5 Episode 15

Finished all the Netflix shows, back to the second half of Season 5 of Agents of Shield.  I like Agents of Shield so much more than everything else.

Mad Max: Fury Road

2 minutes ago, DFF said:

Punisher in between Defenders and JJ2

Oh ya, I forgot the one show I wanted to watch the most.

Finished Iron Fist.  I don't think I love any of the Netflix Marvel shows, I enjoy SHIELD a lot more.  I feel like they try to do too much in 13 episodes and there are way too many heel/face turns.  Daredevil and Jessica Jones were pretty straight forward as Hero vs Villian.  Luke Cage and Iron Fist had villains all over the place and building to things that never had a pay off.  I think its The Defenders next?  Then Jessica Jones 2 and then I'm caught up?

I'll try anything once

1 minute ago, tristy said:

How are you going to know Iron Fist is bad if you just accept what you read/people say? Watch it and decide for yourself. It's personally my second favorite out of the entire Netflix MCU, behind Jessica Jones S1.

I'm actually nearly done it, I think I like it more than Luke Cage (the end really soured me) at least.  Most of that is because of Faramir.

I just finished Luke Cage.  The end of it was terrible.  Apparently Iron Fist isn't very good which is unfortunate because I need something to cleanse that last episode out of my brain.

I think Ragnarok is pretty vital considering that it sets the stage for two of the main Avengers and Loki.

Black Panther is more character building.

Both introduce new characters as well.  Just watch them.

I think I would enjoy Daredevil Season 2 more if they just didn't have Daredevil in it. The Punisher storyline is so much more interesting.

I'll try anything once

Maybe a couple more people will sign up in the next day or two.

Possible 8 player game?

Hook by Blues Traveler

I'll leave sign ups open for a little while, this is a real test to see if there is still interest in mafia at the current time.

Big games might be an issue, I can sort of understand why because I have a lot of characters I want to use to Futurama but I know I can't fit them all in.  I'm leaving ideas out in hopes I can do a Mafia of Interest II down the line and include them there instead of overloading the game.  I think one of the issues with Josh's game was that there was too much happening and that took away from people playing.  Nightly role changes, daily bidding wars and mini games.  I really like the idea of a Homestar Runner mafia but personally I felt there was too much other stuff going on that distracted.

Futurama: Mafia of Interest I

Farnsworth - Good news, everyone! I've invented a device that allows you to operate equipment from great distances. I call it "the fing-longer". [He is wearing a glove with a long index finger.] Observe. [He pulls out a rest and aims the fing-longer at a button on a piece of equipment.] And, here we go. [He misses the button a few times but eventually succeeds. The equipment, a sort of TV screen, turns on.] There!

Fry - Ooh!

Amy - Wow!

Zoidberg - Ah!

Farnsworth - Pretty long, eh?

Fry - Yeah, it's really long. But what did you just turn on with it?

Farnsworth - Oh, that's just the What-If machine I invented. You pose it a What-If question and it generates a video simulation of what would happen.

Fry - Does it really work?

Farnsworth - Of course it works! [He bashes Fry on the nose with the fing-longer.] It's just not very long.

Bender - Ooh! Ooh! [He rubs his hands together.] I wanna aks it a question! [He speaks into the the microphone of the What-If machine.] As a robot living among humans, I've never really felt accepted at parties or nude beaches. So I've always secretly wondered: What if...

Hermes - Sweet Bongo of the Congo!  You have deliveries to make!  Stop humoring the Professor and get to work!

Fry - But Hermes, we were just going to ask it a What If Question.

Hermes - I have a What If question.  What if you did your job and delivered this package instead of going on wacky adventures every week?

Zoidberg - Let's Watch, shall we?

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