No one mentioned ANYTHING about the last post-credits scene in Ant-Man HOLY CRAP.

I just saw it! I was with friends and they laughed at my barely-repressed bounce and squee. Then afterwards we discussed it. So many questions! There are ACCORDS now? Does that mean Tony's side won? Or was there a compromise? How the eff did Bucky end up with his arm in a vise? Why weren't Cap and Falcon in uniform? And why does Sebastian Stan always look like he just got laid? I need to know!

I don't like the whole Civil War thing, intensely. But so far I've only really disliked one thing the MCU has done (as opposed to screwing up my face and grumbling quietly) so I'm holding on and waiting to see how I feel about it after I see it. They totally surprised me with Ant-Man, after all. I hated Hank Pym in the comics and always thought Ant-Man was the stupidest superhero; I didn't expect to find the movie anything more than tolerable. And yet I enjoyed it completely. Much more than I enjoyed Ultron.

The fact that Ant-Man was more enjoyable than Ultron kinda turns my world upside-down.

I liked that Pym had a very good reason why he didn't want Hope in the suit, and that by the end he'd changed his mind. I also liked when Hope said "About damn time," because I felt like that was a reference to women superheroes in the MCU.

I didn't like the reappearance of the "super-competent woman trains goofy man to be as good as her in a few days" trope, but ehhh, it was almost unavoidable - movie called Ant-Man not Wasp. At least they expressed surprise that he was that good, instead of calling him the Chosen One or some shit.

Also also, I was so glad that the emotional pain that motivated Scott Lang was not the death of a woman, but the love of his child. That was so refreshing and lovely. As was his ex-wife not being a total unreasonable bitch.

It was also refreshing that everyone just kinda accepted and adjusted to the wacky shrinking thing and the giant pet ant because they loved Scott, instead of having the whole denial freak-out that used to be required after the hero revealed he was not your normal dude.

Oh, hey, it was also pretty great that someone finally actually said, "WHY DON'T WE JUST CALL THE AVENGERS?!?" I loved that this movie solidly took place in the world that had been affected by all the shit that happened in the previous MCU movies, instead of seeming to be a stand-alone.

One of my friends hasn't seen it yet, so I'm probably going to see it again. Yeah, I liked it.

I loved that this movie solidly took place in the world that had been affected by all the shit that happened in the previous MCU movies, instead of seeming to be a stand-alone.

OK, I may go see this now, if it acknowledges all the rest of the MCU instead of Joss' apparent "What? They do things in movies other than the ones I make? No they don't."

I just re-read the best profile of Chris Evans, or maybe just the best Edith Zimmerman story about hanging out with a movie star, and I need to make sure everyone else has re-read it as well. [link]

Ok that article reads like fanfic.

I'm fascinated about how much of a train wreck Fantastic Four is turning into. A career destroying train wreck. I'm actually tempted to go see it.

Man, it looks BAD. And I say that as someone who saw Rise of the Silver Surfer.

The previous two FF movies had their bad points, but they were generally cheesy fun. This looks like an ordeal to watch.

That's what I've been reading. That it's not just bad, it's tedious and completely lacking in any fun.

Oh, dear. I'll probably see it because I'm a completist. But maybe I'll wait until it hits the $3 theater.

So as a promotion for the movie, Denny's introduced the “Thing Burger”, which is a beef patty with bacon, egg, and cheese.

Which makes perfect sense, since Ben Grimm is Jewish.