Is there any other homework I should do in preparation?
Find out who that archer guy is. Then tell me.
Also, who is the woman who is not Scarlett Johansson?
Niska: Mr. Reynolds? You died, Mr. Reynolds. Mal: Seemed like the thing to do.
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tommyrot - Apr 25, 2012 8:43:01 am PDT #19603 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.
Tom Scola - Apr 25, 2012 8:43:37 am PDT #19604 of 30000
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There are two Hulk movies; the one with Ed Norton is the more relevant one.
Steph L. - Apr 25, 2012 8:43:50 am PDT #19605 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Is there any other homework I should do in preparation?
Not really. The movie has to stand on its own, because although comics fans will obviously go see it, the majority of viewers are going to be people who have never picked up a comic.
Will there be things in it that comics readers will catch that you won't (like Hawkeye in Thor)? Sure, but the movie won't hinge on it. You can't make a movie that way and expect it to do huge box-office numbers.
amych - Apr 25, 2012 8:44:24 am PDT #19606 of 30000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Archer guy is Hawkeye. He's... an archer. Not superpowered or anything.
Steph L. - Apr 25, 2012 8:44:52 am PDT #19607 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
There are two Hulk movies; the one with Ed Norton is the more relevant one.
I never did get around to seeing that. Maybe this weekend.
Steph L. - Apr 25, 2012 8:46:29 am PDT #19608 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Not superpowered or anything.
Doesn't he have a thing where he's unable to miss a shot? Which isn't technically a superpower, I suppose. (Also, I don't know if it's true, since I never read any Avengers.)
-t - Apr 25, 2012 8:47:55 am PDT #19609 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I just put all those pre-Avenger movies in my Netflix queue yesterday! I guess it's about the right time to start prepping. I've only seen the first Iron Man, and I'm going to go ahead and watch it again because I know I liked it the first time but I don't really remember specifics.
amych - Apr 25, 2012 8:48:32 am PDT #19610 of 30000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
I'm actually not 100% sure - I'm pretty much the "huh, is that some Marvel thing?" person in my comics group. But he doesn't, like, grow to giant size and become radioactive or anything Marvelicious like that.
Jesse - Apr 25, 2012 8:54:32 am PDT #19611 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Also, who is the woman who is not Scarlett Johansson?
Cobie Smulders? I only know that she's in it from Go Fug Yourself and similar.
Will there be things in it that comics readers will catch that you won't (like Hawkeye in Thor)?
As a non-comics reader, I caught that (not Hawkeye specifically, of course) because it was Jeremy Renner. "Why would they have Jeremy Renner in one scene of this movie? ....Oh, he must be Somebody."
Polter-Cow - Apr 25, 2012 9:02:04 am PDT #19612 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Also, who is the woman who is not Scarlett Johansson?
Cobie Smulders, as Maria Hill. She's a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent. No superpowers, but Joe Quesada describes her thusly:
[Hill] is such a strong personality, she's like a force of nature and quite frankly, while perhaps not immediately loved by all involved, she's certainly as strong and imposing a figure as Nick Fury. Right now I feel that people view her as the outsider but [while] I don't think she’s any harsher than Fury has ever been, what's different is that we aren’t quite clear about her motives