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Possibly anything near the portal would be attracted by Earth's gravity?
That's my handwave. It was close enough to Earth that Earth gravity spilled through the portal. Clearly enough of Earth's atmosphere got through the portal for the explosion to make noise! jazz hands
I know, right?? What the hell was that. Joss, you did a whole show set in space. YOU KNOW HOW SPACE WORKS.
Yes, where was the gritty realism of a terraformed planet with a lightning nebula around it, heat shields falling off yet presenting no problem upon re-entry, growling nonverbal lunatics being able to work together well enough to maintain and operate a space fleet for years, and a non-aerodynamic ship falling from low orbit and bouncing but just shaking the occupants up like a roller-coaster ride rather than turning them into strawberry jam?
HULK SMASH GRITTY REALISM
PUNY REALISM
In other news, I went to see Battleship this afternoon. It was as cliched and corny as everyone says, but also immensely fun. It made good on the twin promises of lots of shit blowing up and Taylor Kitsch looking hotter than the incoming fire, so my money was well spent.
It just needs another 225 million to knock Jurassic Park out of the top 20 when adjusted for inflation.
"just" is a funny word. I plan to See it twice, eventually. Summer vacation (and the attendant days-at-daycare-while-not-working) cannot come quickly enough)
In other news, I went to see Battleship this afternoon. It was as cliched and corny as everyone says, but also immensely fun. It made good on the twin promises of lots of shit blowing up and Taylor Kitsch looking hotter than the incoming fire, so my money was well spent.
Word, that's all I needed to hear.
Yeah, I'll go see Battleship, mostly because I like battleships.
Here looks to be a haven for Battleship discussion: [link]
I finally saw Avengers yesterday (wanted to wait until my dad's eye had healed enough from surgery that he could see-it see-it with me). So much fun.
I had a feeling Coulson was going to die just because I knew Joss and it was totally his M.O. so I'm actually kind of surprised it wasn't his fault this time.
However, others have pointed out that 1) We only have Fury's word for it, and he lied about the cards and 2) Tony makes a joke about Life Model Decoys earlier in the movie that could potentially be foreshadowing.
That said, I think the team would be super-pissed if they were lied to about it.
In any case, without re-treading all the stuff that's been said too much, I loved that everyone got their moments to shine, that Joss took the time to let all of them interact and play off each other, and I really hope they have Joss locked down for the sequel (and get him to at least throw his two cents in on any future Hulk and Black Widow movies).
Let me also echo the request for a Black Widow and Hawkeye in Budapest movie.
Tony makes a joke about Life Model Decoys earlier in the movie that could potentially be foreshadowing.
Oooh, good call.