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.
Spike: We got a history, him and me. Fred: What? Spike: It was a long time ago. He was a young Watcher, fresh out of the academy when we crossed paths. It was a, what-you-call battle of wills and blood was spilled. Vendettas were sworn. It was a whole-- Fred: My God you're so full of crap. Spike: Yeah. Okay.
'Unleashed'
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-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
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
Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 25, 2012 9:13:41 am PDT #19613 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
Sure, Nick Fury orders people gunned down for verbally objecting to laws that haven't been passed yet all the time!
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.
Should we tell her about Clint Barton's stint as Goliath?
Amy - Apr 25, 2012 9:17:01 am PDT #19614 of 30000
Because books.
SuziQ - Apr 25, 2012 10:05:29 am PDT #19615 of 30000
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
In Thor when the guy grabbed the bow, I figured there was something more there, so I looked up the trivia on the movie and got to Hawkeye from there.
I know I'll never have a Marvel fan's knowledge of cannon, but I'd like to be able to get the movie to movie references and character movie-backstories, where available.
DavidS - Apr 25, 2012 11:08:18 am PDT #19616 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Doesn't he have a thing where he's unable to miss a shot?
No, that's Bullseye. Also Hawkeye and Black Widow have romantic history. Or did in comics canon.
juliana - Apr 25, 2012 11:11:13 am PDT #19617 of 30000
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
Also Hawkeye and Black Widow have romantic history. Or did in comics canon.
It's pretty clear they have some sort of history in the teaser where she puts Coulson on hold. (Did I vague that up enough?)
DavidS - Apr 25, 2012 11:26:55 am PDT #19618 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I don't know what they've retconned but originally Black Widow was a soviet agent and Hawkeye was a criminal (jewel thief type). I'm getting the sense that both of them were recruited then trained by Shield in this series.