I saw HP7.2 today and liked it much better than I expected to.
As the credits rolled, I said to my companion, "Jeez. It's Saving Private Ryan for tweens."
InTENSE.
Simon: Captain's a good fighter, he must know how to handle a sword. Zoe: I think he knows which end to hold.
'Shindig'
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beekaytee - Aug 14, 2011 4:45:45 pm PDT #16018 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant
askye - Aug 14, 2011 4:45:49 pm PDT #16019 of 30000
Thrive to spite them
It really felt like I was watching a comic book come to life rather than a movie adaptation of a comic book.
Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 14, 2011 5:41:56 pm PDT #16020 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
But can anyone explain to me why Hydra had an octopus as its symbol? An octopus is like the opposite of a hydra!
That's actually from the comics, where part of their rah-rah chant is "Cut off a limb, and two more shall take its place!"
No, it doesn't really make much sense why they picked a hydra as their symbol instead of, say, a starfish.
billytea - Aug 14, 2011 6:09:06 pm PDT #16021 of 30000
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
That's actually from the comics, where part of their rah-rah chant is "Cut off a limb, and two more shall take its place!"
According to Wikipedia, the chant is "Cut off a head", hence the reference. (The Lernaean hydra, faced by Heracles, grew two new heads if one was severed.)
Incidentally, hydra is also the name of a genus of tentacled freshwater animals, which are also able to regenerate body parts, and like sponges, if pushed through a sieve, the individual cells will reform into a hydra. (Disambiguation: I don't mean that a sieved sponge would then also form a hydra.)
Jesse - Aug 15, 2011 4:39:53 am PDT #16022 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Also on the Captain America tip, is it weird how excited I was to see Amanda Righetti at the end there? I'm not sure why I like her so much, but I do!
Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 15, 2011 5:39:46 am PDT #16023 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
According to Wikipedia, the chant is "Cut off a head", hence the reference.
Nope, that's a reference to the hydra of mythology. If you'll check the blue sidebar with the quote from its initial 1965 appearance, the actual chant used by the terrorist organization refers to limb rather than head. Not accurate to the source, but I suppose green-masked former Nazis aren't too picky about such things.
Volans - Aug 15, 2011 6:24:36 am PDT #16024 of 30000
move out and draw fire
Plus, I'm not sure the Red Skull would go for a logo that featured multiple red skulls.
tommyrot - Aug 15, 2011 8:01:48 am PDT #16025 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Plus, I'm not sure the Red Skull would go for a logo that featured multiple red skulls.
Personally, I think that logo would be cool. But then, I am not Red Skull.
ION, I remember Ed Wood
Ask any film buff to name the worst directors of all-time, and you can be sure Ed Wood’s name will come up. He’s become a legend for films like Plan 9 From Outer Space -a movie so bad it needs to be seen just to be believed. This piece was written by someone who knew him -in fact, the reluctant star of Plan 9, Gregory Walcott.
smonster - Aug 15, 2011 2:48:51 pm PDT #16026 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Jesse, me too! With the liking and the not sure why!! And according to imdb, she'll be in The Avengers.
Jesse - Aug 15, 2011 4:25:58 pm PDT #16027 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Of course she will be! Why else put someone recognizable in the last few minutes? I kind of love that all of these movies are one big preview.