Here looks to be a haven for Battleship discussion: [link]
There's something about a food that moves all by itself that gives me the heebie-jeebies.
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§ ita § - May 20, 2012 5:40:08 pm PDT #20451 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Kalshane - May 20, 2012 5:52:06 pm PDT #20452 of 30000
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
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.
Polter-Cow - May 20, 2012 5:56:16 pm PDT #20453 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Tony makes a joke about Life Model Decoys earlier in the movie that could potentially be foreshadowing.
Oooh, good call.
askye - May 21, 2012 5:33:57 am PDT #20454 of 30000
Thrive to spite them
Yesterday I stumbled across a review of Avengers (don't remember where) that talked about the first Hulk Out and mentioned Loki's glowing staff & how the Avengers were being influenced by it prior to the attack.
So maybe it was a combo of Loki's magic and being stunned by the attack that led to the loss of control.
SailAweigh - May 21, 2012 5:40:46 am PDT #20455 of 30000
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
That's what I think, askye. Banner seemed like he was really trying to hold back the transformation as much as possible and you could see the regret and fear in his face when he turned it to Black Widow. I think the fact he held off so long pissed the Other Guy off so much, he tried to take it out on Black Widow.
§ ita § - May 21, 2012 9:15:37 am PDT #20456 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Okay--I started to skim the Something Awful movie threads, and now my head is dizzy. What is the poster ancestry of SA? I mean, what's their demographic? They seem to throw a lot of big words at small concepts (no, I don't mean the Battleship thread, I'm actually reading about phallic symbols and authorial intent in The Avengers) and I'm trying to get a mental picture The People Who Care About That.
Steph L. - May 21, 2012 9:17:14 am PDT #20457 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
phallic symbols and authorial intent in The Avengers
The hammer is Joss's penis?
§ ita § - May 21, 2012 9:27:41 am PDT #20458 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
EVERYTHING is Joss's penis.
Apparently modern literature has reached the point where any power is a phallic symbol, because penises are all that and then some.
There is a point at which crit becomes entirely useless, and that Avengers thread looks about ten pages past it.
Fred Pete - May 21, 2012 9:36:07 am PDT #20459 of 30000
Ann, that's a ferret.
Apparently modern literature has reached the point where any power is a phallic symbol, because penises are all that and then some.
Also any object that is longer than it is wide, or any object that is wider than it is long.
Jessica - May 21, 2012 9:40:09 am PDT #20460 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
If it's longer than it's wide it's a phallus
If it's longer than it's wide it's a phallus
If it's not longer than it's wide, simply turn it on its side
If it's longer than it's wide, it's a phallus
(Hat tip BHP)