Steph, not an uncommon trope at the time. For example, Boys from Brazil or Marathon Man, movies from the '70s where the villains were also Nazis .
Wesley: Perhaps the whole point of this experiment is hair. Gunn: I vote he's not in charge.
'The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco'
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Fred Pete - Apr 07, 2014 12:00:05 pm PDT #26751 of 30000
Ann, that's a ferret.
Jesse - Apr 07, 2014 12:21:31 pm PDT #26752 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
That meme reminded me to be publicly impressed with what Chris Pratt did to himself. Damn, son.
Kalshane - Apr 07, 2014 1:20:45 pm PDT #26753 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.
Though it was 1980, don't forget Blues Brothers. "I hate Illinois Nazis."
Steph L. - Apr 07, 2014 1:25:29 pm PDT #26754 of 30000
I look more rad than Lutheranism
I hate Illinois Nazis.
Kalshane - Apr 07, 2014 1:26:42 pm PDT #26755 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.
That was in my white-font, but I failed at indicating there was white-font.
EpicTangent - Apr 07, 2014 1:58:30 pm PDT #26756 of 30000
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
Steph L. - Apr 07, 2014 1:59:45 pm PDT #26757 of 30000
I look more rad than Lutheranism
That was in my white-font, but I failed at indicating there was white-font.
Oh, oops. I didn't realize there was white font. It's sneaky that way.
askye - Apr 07, 2014 5:17:57 pm PDT #26758 of 30000
Thrive to spite them
Somehow I have a subscription to US magaizine. It just showed up around the holidays and I have no idea where it came from so I flip through it and then recycle it.
There was a mini review of Winter Soldier the only good thing was the big picture was Natasha running with an insent picture of Captain America.
They gave the movie 2 starts out of 4.
Here's a comic book flick in which the audience has a superpower: the ability to anticipate very beat on screen! Now unfrozen from World War II, the super-soldier teams up with frisky Natasha to flush out the villan who as compromised their agency. (Naturally, the entire world is at stake.) Every gotcha twist leads to a bombastic explosion, which leads to a groaner of a quip ("I guess he's the bad guy!"). Consider this pure Marvel filler until Avengers 2.
The other reviews I've seen have been positive. And everyone at work loved it. Another coworker and I were kind of teasing someone (who was seeing it after work) by quoting randomly or making vague references.
Polter-Cow - Apr 07, 2014 5:41:09 pm PDT #26759 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Why the fuck is Natasha "frisky"? Why do I want to kill everyone?
Kalshane - Apr 07, 2014 5:59:15 pm PDT #26760 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.
Most of the negative reviews I've seen seem to be from folks who don't actually like superhero movies.
I read one that complained about the "generic quick-cut action where it's impossible to tell what's going on that's in all action films these days" and I had to wonder what film they were watching. One of the things I liked about CA:tWS was that I could actually tell what was going on in most of the fight scenes and they did some really nifty stuff with Cap's shield.