Then there is at least one person who thinks [spoiler].
At least one person is too unobservant to live. He was paying off a bet! I'm not the most observant person around, and even I thought it was obvious!
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Buffista Movies 7: Brides for 7 Samurai
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Fred Pete - May 14, 2012 11:17:22 am PDT #20292 of 30000
Ann, that's a ferret.
le nubian - May 14, 2012 11:19:14 am PDT #20293 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
no shit. Granted, I was in a noisy theater, so I didn't hear about 10-20% of the theater due to laugh lines - and I most certainly didn't hear the "cunt" line. But I do know why Fury got the $$.
DavidS - May 14, 2012 12:02:38 pm PDT #20294 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Saw that, bounced a bit in my chair.
Did it make your tattoo twitch?
There was a line between Black Widow and Hawkeye that I noticed and I haven't seen anybody comment on, and I'm not as up to date on Marvel continuity to know if it's a reference to current comics lore.
After Hawkeye is brought back from Loki's control, BW asks him how he feels. He says something to the effect of "You know what it's like to be emptied out and filled up with something else." Indicating a kind of Dollhousing in her backstory.
Is that in the comics? The Ultimates? Somewhere? Did anybody else notice that line?
Consuela - May 14, 2012 12:04:32 pm PDT #20295 of 30000
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Did anybody else notice that line?
I did. But I'm not a comics person, so I kind of assumed it referred to the way she'd come over to SHIELD. Some general redemptive backstory.
DavidS - May 14, 2012 12:11:36 pm PDT #20296 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
ION, I had lamb shawarma for lunch.
DavidS - May 14, 2012 12:18:30 pm PDT #20297 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Also, there's a good chance that The Avengers is going to be the biggest grossing movie of all time.
It's already reached a billion and it's not even Memorial Day yet. At the very least it will be the third highest grossing movie of all time behind Avatar and Titanic, though it'll probably get past Titanic.
Polter-Cow - May 14, 2012 12:39:52 pm PDT #20298 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Well, IMAX and 3D will get it past Titanic, I think.
Did anybody else notice that line?
Well, Wikipedia notes that during her training in the Red Room, she was implanted with false memories to ensure her loyalty (this was a recent retcon). And at one point she was brainwashed by the KGB and battled the Avengers (but this was from back in the sixties). So it's in comics canon, but who knows what it was referring to in the movie.
§ ita § - May 14, 2012 12:40:34 pm PDT #20299 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Hec, I wouldn't put the information about Hawkeye going under Loki's control (and coming out) in whitefont for another week or so at least.
juliana - May 14, 2012 12:42:40 pm PDT #20300 of 30000
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
After Hawkeye is brought back from Loki's control, BW asks him how he feels. He says something to the effect of "You know what it's like to be emptied out and filled up with something else." Indicating a kind of Dollhousing in her backstory.
Is that in the comics? The Ultimates? Somewhere? Did anybody else notice that line?
Comics - 616, I think?
Gris - May 14, 2012 12:50:12 pm PDT #20301 of 30000
Hey. New board.
I doubt The Avengers will top Titanic in international gross. Titanic is still sitting at $2.1 billion internationally (counting, admittedly, re-releases). That's $700+ million more than the third place movie, HP VII.
Only James Cameron seems to have mastered the super-slow-burn long-running box office champ to the level of Avatar and Titanic (Avatar broke no opening weekend records, but holds records for third, fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh weekends, and holds first in third and fourth even when adjusted for inflation.) I don't think Avengers will hold that same sort of sway for the next several weeks; it's a different kind of movie, at a very different time of year.
I wouldn't be surprised if it hits 1.5 billion internationally, but I doubt we'll see it beating either of the Cameron Epics.