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Jesse - May 06, 2011 7:39:25 am PDT #14354 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

What I've seen has mostly seemed like, "Good enough, if you're looking for this sort of thing."


Hayden - May 06, 2011 8:29:48 am PDT #14355 of 30000
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."

Does IO9 have any speeds other than gush or deplore?


§ ita § - May 06, 2011 8:42:50 am PDT #14356 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

What I've seen has mostly seemed like, "Good enough, if you're looking for this sort of thing."

Rottentomatoes.com gives it an 80%. Iron Man II had 74%.


Jesse - May 06, 2011 8:45:55 am PDT #14357 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Rottentomatoes.com gives it an 80%.

Sure, but at least one of the "positive" reviews is Ty Burr in the Globe, who gave it 2.5 stars, sure, but a review like this:

For a holding maneuver, “Thor’’ itself turns out to be diverting enough — not close to a sharp-edged romp like “Iron Man’’ but not the B-movie roadshow some of us were expecting. Call it a B+ movie.


§ ita § - May 06, 2011 8:52:57 am PDT #14358 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

at least one of the "positive" reviews is Ty Burr in the Globe, who gave it 2.5 stars, sure, but a review like this

But that's how rottentomatoes works. 80% is a good score for them, a good percentage of positive reviews, and they total 158 reviews evaluated (it's been out internationally for a while), so it's not like it hasn't been reviewed.

Not being Iron Man isn't a bad thing--I think that movie took everyone by surprise. Iron Man II was still considered a success, and this is getting better press.


Jesse - May 06, 2011 9:01:22 am PDT #14359 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I'm not saying anything against the movie! (About its quality or chances of being a financial success.) Just that I didn't think Burr's review was that positive.


§ ita § - May 06, 2011 9:02:01 am PDT #14360 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

But it was more positive than negative, and I'm just sticking by my point that most of the reviews so far have been that.


Jesse - May 06, 2011 9:13:49 am PDT #14361 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I am not arguing against your point.


§ ita § - May 06, 2011 9:15:05 am PDT #14362 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Yes you are.


Jessica - May 06, 2011 9:15:51 am PDT #14363 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

This conversation is about to become a Monty Python sketch, isn't it?