Also, I had not the slightest feels for Loki.

Me, neither. OTOH, I watched Thor the other day, post-Avengers, and it was striking how batshit crazy Loki is in Avengers, compared to his snit in Thor, which is really just a tantrum to get Daddy to love him best.

In an unrelated conclusion: Sif and the Warriors Three FOREVER.

Your conclusion is totally and utterly correct. I know Thor gets with Sif in the comics at some point--would it be too much to hope for this on the big screen?

(Man, I hated that actress in Kyle XY, but now she's my running favourite for Wonder Woman...)

I assume that some of the Avengers batshit is influence from the Stick of Chaos.

I thought the best stuff in Thor was kind of around the edges of the main plot, like Sif and the Warriors Three (well, two out of three ain't bad). Though Anthony Hopkins is almost always great, so no surprise there.

I'm kind of surprised, I thought Colin was something like 6'2". Of course I'm used to seeing him in frame with Salli Richardson, Erica Cerra, and Kavan Smith, so it's easy to see how I could get the mistaken impression of him being tall.

now she's my running favourite for Wonder Woman...

HELLS YES.

Colin's 6' pretty tidily. I am pretty sure he'd be grateful to you for not having residual effects of the Ed Quinn days--that's something him and Jensen have in common, ridiculously large co-stars who downgrade them to 5'8.

Of the co-stars of Eureka that I've met, all but Joe Morton are mad tiny. (Erica hadn't started showing yet, although she knew--I'd imagine she's still pretty tiny, if she hasn't given birth yet). I would like to meet Ed, just to bask in the relative hugeness (yeah, that's the only reason...seriously).

HELLS YES

Now that you have reminded me of her, I will add her to provocateuse. Thanks for the nudge.

I'm watching it again now, for the commentary (there is *way* not enough explanation of the Skinny Steve effect. I just--jesus, it's creepy)

I just finished watching Captain America, and I had the same reaction. How did they DO that? CGI? Evans' head on a skinny guy's body? His head looked too big for that skinny short body.

I didn't have all the feels for Loki either. In Thor he was a spoiled emo brat whose schemes got out of hand, and in Avengers he was... actually still a spoiled emo brat whose schemes got out of hand. I didn't find him batshit crazy, though, just regular crazy.

I didn't find him batshit crazy, though, just regular crazy.

I felt like his threat to Black Widow tipped him over from regular crazy to batshit. I can't really articulate why *that* was my line that he crossed. (Makes deals with evil aliens to enslave/destroy the Earth = regular crazy. Makes horrible threat to Black Widow = BACK THE FUCK UP MAN.) Maybe the specificity of how he'd have Hawkeye kill her? I don't know.

How did they DO that? CGI? Evans' head on a skinny guy's body? His head looked too big for that skinny short body.

Mostly, no! They shrunk Evans and warped him to make him smaller. They did film everything with a double, but apparently he only was used for scenes with little motion. Somehow Chris managed to be generally distinctive enough that most of their plans for doubling him for any reason went by the wayside, which I'm pretty impressed with.

Here's a CG web site talking about it: [link]

I had no clarity with Loki. He just seemed to be doing stuff to do stuff. His woobification across my dash and everyone not being bored that Hiddleston is still signed on for another appearance takes me somewhat aback. I mean--Hiddleston did a great performance, seems like a cool guy, and is nice and pretty, but what is the deal with the Loki-love? I just don't understand. He was the threat. At first he was the threat that was the hero's brother, and then he was just the threat. I want more from my bad guys. I enjoyed Avengers a great deal, but by the time I left, I'd forgotten what Loki's actual goal was. The Joker seemed more coherent than that.

His woobification across my dash

I don't get the woobification of Loki, either. (Of course, one of the people I know who is all WoobieLoki is also hardcore WoobieMoriarity, so with her, I know it's just her villain weakness.)