A man walks down the street in that hat, people know he's not afraid of anything.

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Buffista Movies 7: Brides for 7 Samurai  

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Connie Neil - Feb 11, 2015 5:53:08 am PST #28448 of 30000
brillig

The handwavium I heard was that he was doing damage control at home.


Matt the Bruins fan - Feb 11, 2015 6:02:47 am PST #28449 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

I don't think the Chitauri made it out of Manhattan, so any damage he had to deal with at home was probably caused by rubberneckers gawking at the big hole in the sky.


Jessica - Feb 11, 2015 6:15:33 am PST #28450 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

If Marvel had owned the rights to the character at that time, I would have loved to see him show up after the credits bitching about delays on the 7 train.


Connie Neil - Feb 11, 2015 6:53:09 am PST #28451 of 30000
brillig

BTW, does Stan Lee only show up in movies coming out of Marvel Studios?


Matt the Bruins fan - Feb 11, 2015 6:56:30 am PST #28452 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

I think he's been in just about every Marvel movie except the Blade and Punisher series.


Connie Neil - Feb 11, 2015 6:58:42 am PST #28453 of 30000
brillig

He must have some decent SAG credits by now.


Amy - Feb 11, 2015 7:20:51 am PST #28454 of 30000
Because books.

If Marvel had owned the rights to the character at that time, I would have loved to see him show up after the credits bitching about delays on the 7 train.


Kalshane - Feb 11, 2015 3:52:18 pm PST #28455 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.

Huh. The trailer for The Man from UNCLE actually caught my interest: [link]


DavidS - Feb 11, 2015 5:07:18 pm PST #28456 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Huh. The trailer for The Man from UNCLE actually caught my interest

Yeah, between that and the Kingsmen it should be some fun Spy Biz this year.


Zenkitty - Feb 11, 2015 5:26:33 pm PST #28457 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

Jupiter Ascending is SO BAD, y'all. Have a drink or two, get a bucket of popcorn, and go see it. It's hilarious!

I understand why 13-year-old girls love it. It's Cinderella In Space! With her evil stepfamily! And instead of Prince Charming - whom she doesn't need because she's the long-lost QUEEN OF EARTH - she falls in love with the Huntsman! Who rescues her in the nick of time at least 7 times! Granted, she rescues herself two or three times, and beats the holy snot of out of a villain with a rebar, and saves her family with her Wits and Courage and Honorable Heart. There are many battle sequences and chase sequences and they are spectacular and they go on for hours! There is an eight-minute-long chase scene. And the dialog is ridiculous. This movie has the single stupidest line of explanatory dialog I've ever heard. I laughed out loud in the theater.

If this were actually written by an adolescent girl, I'd think, hey, not bad for a young person! Keep writing! But it was written by Lana and Andy Wachowski and oh my goodness it's bad. It's a teenage girl Mary Sue of the first order. Every sci-fi cliche is represented. Charming-Huntsman even got to fight a dragon!

Mila Kunis says Holy crap a lot because she's Just An Ordinary Girl, and I couldn't understand half of what Sean Bean or Eddie Redmayne said. But the bureaucracy sequence is intentionally funny, and um, yeah, the visuals are spectacular, and... look, it's just silly. It's pretty and silly and great for a laugh. See it at a matinee.