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Just finished seeing Thor, and these are my conclusions and lingering questions, all spoilerized for your protection.
Spoiler:
#1: It was pretty entertaining on the rare moments that the movie actually get you focus on anything. It seems rushed, like they had two movies worth of material, but had to cut one movie. That's not surprising, since they still have Captain America to get out, and The Avengers next summer.
#2: Best, but shortest Stan Lee cameo yet!
#3: I sorta think that that mysterious energy source Nick Fury had in the After-the-credits bit was the thing Loki stole from Asgard. Interesting, but I would have rather seen them do something more with Hawkeye than a mini-bit with him as a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent with a thing for bows over guns.
#4: No shot of Kat Dennings in a bikini? Running? In slow motion? Damnit!!! Damnit!!! Damnit!!!
Not a spoiler, but I'm positive Anthony Hopkins was standing on a box the whole damned movie.
1. Yes, most defintely not a bad film. Was surprised how much I enjoyed it. Strong performances from all concerned helped overcome some very weak effects. I find that the first film in a superhero franchise always feels a bit rushed or underplayed, even Batman Begins.
2. Nah, I liked his cameo in Season 1 of Heroes, confirming my suspicions that the whole thing was an X-Men rip off.
3. The Macguffin of which you speak is supposed to pop up again in Captain America. Bit of a weak Macguffin too if you ask me. Good to see that
Spoiler:
Tom Hiddlestone
is back for the Avengers though
4. Indeed, a disappointing lack of bikinis all round really.
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We're definitely skipping this. Waiting for Priest which SWMBO is very jazzed about.
-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
-"Don't mind Frazzled. He's just Dakka's crazy old dude locked in the attic. He's harmless. Mostly."
-TBone the Magnificent 1999-2014, Long Live the King!
after looking at it in the movie i didn't really get a good look at is so i found a youtube clip of the ending to get a better look, it's just a silver cube of something. but, when nick fury said that it was power, possibly unlimited power i immediately remembered a piece of nerd trivia that i originally learned about from reading a spider-man comic years ago and from watching the lionsgate avengers movie (great movie for avengers fans both one and two i recommend watching them). it's a chunk of vibranium, a fictional element marvel made up (like ademantium) that can be used as a battery to hold a near limitless supply of power. those are my thoughts anyways.
The Cosmic Cube. Loki is supposed to be the bad guy for the Avengers movie which wouldn't make sense since Thor alone can beat him, but Loki with the Cosmic Cube becomes a threat that would require the full Avengers team.
SWMBO determined this was a Mother's Day requirement for her, so off we went.
Non spoiler. A lot of good actors playing B movie stuff. Anthony Hopkins I think stole the movie (there's a surprise...not!)
Spoiler:
I liked how they did the frost giants, although they weren't exactly gigantic.
Also wasn't this like a major jump the shark moment?
Spoiler:
OK, so 1) if you keep the bridge open you blow the planet up you are landing on? 2) Loki is trying to keep the bridge open to blow up Giantheim or whatever; 3) They've had at least one major war with the giants, to the level Odin doesn't want another one; 4) The giants just broke in to try to steal something, then
WHY IS LOKI THE BAD GUY? He sounds like the man with the plan actually. To quote Shaka Zulu " never leave an enemy behind."
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-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
-"Don't mind Frazzled. He's just Dakka's crazy old dude locked in the attic. He's harmless. Mostly."
-TBone the Magnificent 1999-2014, Long Live the King!
Revenent Reiko wrote:Hmmmm, havent seen the movie yet but judging from what has been said (i cant resist spoiler boxes :():
Spoiler:
it sounds like part of the storyline to Marvel Ultimate Aliiance 1
I don't know but:
Spoiler:
I did yell at a geek to pipe down who was trying to relay the entire history of comic book Thor and the Avengers blah blah fight with Hulk blah blah right up to and into the previews. Nothing like a bit of the old "hey kid shut the up the movie is starting!" to put me in just the right frame of mind.
-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
-"Don't mind Frazzled. He's just Dakka's crazy old dude locked in the attic. He's harmless. Mostly."
-TBone the Magnificent 1999-2014, Long Live the King!
Revenent Reiko wrote:Hmmmm, havent seen the movie yet but judging from what has been said (i cant resist spoiler boxes :():
Spoiler:
it sounds like part of the storyline to Marvel Ultimate Aliiance 1
I don't know but:
Spoiler:
I did yell at a geek to pipe down who was trying to relay the entire history of comic book Thor and the Avengers blah blah fight with Hulk blah blah right up to and into the previews. Nothing like a bit of the old "hey kid shut the up the movie is starting!" to put me in just the right frame of mind.
Haha! yeah theres nothing quite like it although i sometimes have the same i-cant-stop-talking-syndrome when watching films,i have to reign myself in at cinemas because i know how annoying it is. Also loving your use of 'a geek': "hello pot? kettle here, im looking at you!" EDIT:damn you spoiler boxes!
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inmygravenimage wrote:Have courage, faith and beer, my friend - it will be done!
Revenent Reiko wrote:Hmmmm, havent seen the movie yet but judging from what has been said (i cant resist spoiler boxes :():
Spoiler:
it sounds like part of the storyline to Marvel Ultimate Aliiance 1
I don't know but:
Spoiler:
I did yell at a geek to pipe down who was trying to relay the entire history of comic book Thor and the Avengers blah blah fight with Hulk blah blah right up to and into the previews. Nothing like a bit of the old "hey kid shut the up the movie is starting!" to put me in just the right frame of mind.
Haha! yeah theres nothing quite like it although i sometimes have the same i-cant-stop-talking-syndrome when watching films,i have to reign myself in at cinemas because i know how annoying it is.
Also loving your use of 'a geek': "hello pot? kettle here, im looking at you!" EDIT:damn you spoiler boxes!
I can't be a geek. I was wearing a new Hawaian shirt thank you very much.
Actual conversation right after piping down McFly.
SWMBO: "that was really hostile. How much have you had to drink?"
Frazzled: "Who cares. He's weak."
SWMBO: Frazzled: "I smell weakness. I challenge!"
SWMBO: "The weatherman is dead."
Frazzled/SWMBO: tee hee.
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-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
-"Don't mind Frazzled. He's just Dakka's crazy old dude locked in the attic. He's harmless. Mostly."
-TBone the Magnificent 1999-2014, Long Live the King!
Revenent Reiko wrote:Hmmmm, havent seen the movie yet but judging from what has been said (i cant resist spoiler boxes :():
Spoiler:
it sounds like part of the storyline to Marvel Ultimate Aliiance 1
I don't know but:
Spoiler:
I did yell at a geek to pipe down who was trying to relay the entire history of comic book Thor and the Avengers blah blah fight with Hulk blah blah right up to and into the previews. Nothing like a bit of the old "hey kid shut the up the movie is starting!" to put me in just the right frame of mind.
Haha! yeah theres nothing quite like it although i sometimes have the same i-cant-stop-talking-syndrome when watching films,i have to reign myself in at cinemas because i know how annoying it is. Also loving your use of 'a geek': "hello pot? kettle here, im looking at you!" EDIT:damn you spoiler boxes!
I can't be a geek. I was wearing a new Hawaian shirt thank you very much.
Actual conversation right after piping down McFly. SWMBO: "that was really hostile. How much have you had to drink?" Frazzled: "Who cares. He's weak." SWMBO: Frazzled: "I smell weakness. I challenge!" SWMBO: "The weatherman is dead." Frazzled/SWMBO: tee hee.
his STRENGTH is in me!! well played by SWMBO btw, and i couldnt help myself with the geek comment, it was too perfect to let go is the shirt red and white?do you have a 'tache? are you really Tom Selleck??!!
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inmygravenimage wrote:Have courage, faith and beer, my friend - it will be done!
-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
-"Don't mind Frazzled. He's just Dakka's crazy old dude locked in the attic. He's harmless. Mostly."
-TBone the Magnificent 1999-2014, Long Live the King!
OMG ive worked it out! Thanks, Frazz, uve lightened my day up considerably! On Topic, definitely going to go see this at the weekend if i can scrounge together the funds (if not then torrents, but dont tell anybody)
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inmygravenimage wrote:Have courage, faith and beer, my friend - it will be done!
I will note SWMBO was jazzed after seeing it. I was discouraged by the lack of bikinis.
Spoiler:
Seriously, can someone tell me why Loki was the bad guy again? He did sound like the man with the plan there.
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-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
-"Don't mind Frazzled. He's just Dakka's crazy old dude locked in the attic. He's harmless. Mostly."
-TBone the Magnificent 1999-2014, Long Live the King!
-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
-"Don't mind Frazzled. He's just Dakka's crazy old dude locked in the attic. He's harmless. Mostly."
-TBone the Magnificent 1999-2014, Long Live the King!
Church: So it is a sword, It just happens to function like a key in very specific situations.
Caboose: Or it's a key all the time, and when you stick it in people, it unlocks their death.
Frazzled wrote:I will note SWMBO was jazzed after seeing it. I was discouraged by the lack of bikinis.
Spoiler:
Seriously, can someone tell me why Loki was the bad guy again? He did sound like the man with the plan there.
It is a movie about gods fighting over who will be king. The story of a brothers squabble, and so someone had to be the bad buy.
In all seriousness, I thought the movie was good, it was lacking in some plot thickness, and I wish I would have just waited for it to come out on DVD, but the wife asked me to go with her father and as such I obliged.
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Trickster is different to prankster, tricks generally mean someone doing something they wouldnt normally without knowing and then finding out later. Pranks are generally for the lulz
inmygravenimage wrote:Have courage, faith and beer, my friend - it will be done!
I think we should give a shout out to the long suffering Agent Coulson here (my favourite character in these films so far). For some reason, the more super heroes you stuff into a franchise, the more I root for the normal guy. I hope Joss Weddon appreciates his value in The Avengers and gives him some decent screen time.
I not the biggest Thor fan either. Even amongst comic book fans he's not the most accessible hero. Nonetheless, this movie was quite good! Recommend it.
Thanatos_elNyx wrote:I liked the movie, and I agree with the above poster who quested Loki's villain status.
But also isn't Loki meant to be a trickster god.
I know they mentioned he liked mischief, but he didn't come across as a prankster.
Hes also the god of fire but i didn't see any fireballs being trows about
H.B.M.C. wrote:
"Balance, playtesting - a casual gamer craves not these things!" - Yoda, a casual gamer.
Three things matter in marksmanship -
location, location, location
MagickalMemories wrote:How about making another fist?
One can be, "Da Fist uv Mork" and the second can be, "Da Uvver Fist uv Mork."
Make a third, and it can be, "Da Uvver Uvver Fist uv Mork"
Eric
If you haven't read the Ultimates there are spoilers ahead.
Spoiler:
I think Capt America is going to go with the Aliens-behind-WWII angle from Ultimates and that the object is an alien power source (like say a cosmic cube?) and will tie into the Capt. America movie. The first Ultimates story arc is reviving Capt. America and the Avenger Initiative fending off an alien invasion, and the second story arc is, MAJOR SPOILER ALERT is the Avenger initiative being dismantled from within and having to fight an anti-Avengers group of Meta-Humans from Iran, N Korea, ect ect) and it turns out Loki was behind all of it and a battle royale on earth between humanity and frost giants and such.
Overall enjoyed the movie and it seems like the comic book movie to take a girl too. It is the Harlequin Romance Novel of comic book movies.
Amidst the mists and coldest frosts he thrusts his fists against the posts and still insists he sees the ghosts.
Wasnt there already a thread about this somewhere?
Why does it require another thread?
MikZor wrote:
We can't help that american D&D is pretty much daily life for us (Aussies)
Walking to shops, "i'll take a short cut through this bush", random encounter! Lizard with no legs.....
I kid Since i avoid bushlands that is But we're not that bad... are we?
Ahtman wrote:
Overall enjoyed the movie and it seems like the comic book movie to take a girl too. It is the Harlequin Romance Novel of comic book movies.
This was my opinion as well.
Also, it seems that the old rule of thumb applies: if geeks hate it, its probably good.
Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh.
up the movie is starting!" to put me in just the right frame of mind. 
is the shirt red and white?do you have a 'tache? are you really Tom Selleck??!!
