I was very pleasantly surprised by how nuanced and likeable Wanda turned out to be.
If you take sexual advantage of her, you're going to burn in a very special level of hell. A level they reserve for child molesters and people who talk at the theater.
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Matt the Bruins fan - May 01, 2015 7:58:19 pm PDT #28796 of 30000
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P.M. Marc - May 01, 2015 8:15:25 pm PDT #28797 of 30000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
I'm not planning on holding my breath for the people who were yammering on and ON and ONNNNNNN about that to admit it, though.
Pretty much everyone I know in fandom was pleasantly surprised that Wanda didn't turn out to be what we'd feared. So you won't turn blue in the face or anything if you hold it, 'cause we already did. So.
flea - May 02, 2015 1:26:44 am PDT #28798 of 30000
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Okay, I've known you people for 15 years, so I think I can come out and ask the world's dumbest question, and you'll still love me. Is Steve Captain America? If so, who the hell is Bucky?
Steph L. - May 02, 2015 3:02:15 am PDT #28799 of 30000
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I have to leave for the Pig in 10 minutes, so I don't have time to answer your second question, but yes, Steve is Captain America.
Re: AoU -- I really was kind of pulled out of the story by Thor's infodump about the infinity stones. I know it needed to happen, because this movie had to set up a LOT for the MCU's long-term plan, but still. It was like the movie screeched to a halt, that happened, and then the movie started up again.
smonster - May 02, 2015 4:59:58 am PDT #28800 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
flea, have you seen both Captain America movies?
Connie Neil - May 02, 2015 6:10:46 am PDT #28801 of 30000
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Bucky was Steve's best friend growing up, he looked after Steve when Steve was small and sickly, then went off to war. After Steve got turned into Captain America, he re-connected with Bucky in the war, and they served together in a special unit called the Howling Commandos. Bucky fell off a train to his apparent death on the mission before Steve crashed the plane and got frozen for many decades. Steve felt Bucky's loss deeply, and everything else is best revealed in the movies.
flea - May 02, 2015 6:55:14 am PDT #28802 of 30000
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I haven't seen ANY of these movies. I don't go to movies. And I don't read comic books. Everything I know about this stuff I have learned from you guys. (Seriously, I think the last movie I saw in a theater was Frozen. And before that, the first New Muppet Movie.) (You still love me, though, right?)
And basically, Connie has told me all I need to know about Bucky. Who is clearly not a nickname for the Hulk or Thor or anything, so I am good.
P.M. Marc - May 02, 2015 7:52:22 am PDT #28803 of 30000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Okay, I've known you people for 15 years, so I think I can come out and ask the world's dumbest question, and you'll still love me. Is Steve Captain America? If so, who the hell is Bucky?
I know Connie already answered, but when and if you see the movies, you will understand why I am laughing and laughing and laughing right now. If you have no intention of ever seeing it, I will spoil you so you may also laugh.
His comics origin is different (I actually prefer the MCU one for many reasons), not that that matters. So you could get a different answer depending on who is answering.
P.M. Marc - May 02, 2015 8:13:08 am PDT #28804 of 30000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
In fact, flea, to know why I am laughing, here, from the comics: [link]
this happens in the movie too, as it's an iconic scene
Dana - May 02, 2015 9:28:20 am PDT #28805 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I was also laughing at poor flea.
My opinion of the movie is that it seems like a miracle any of these directors get to make anything close to the movie they might wish to make. This movie had to juggle the six Avengers, Nick Fury, Maria Hill, Rhodey, Sam, introduce Wanda and Pietro and Ultron and The Vision, set up more of the Infinity Gem stuff, deal with Hawkeye's family, deal with the Natasha/Bruce romance, refer to Bucky and Jane and Pepper, and, you know, have a plot.
I assume that very little of that is under the control of the director and writer, so the fact that we got an enjoyable and fairly coherent movie (at least, I enjoyed it), seems like gravy.