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Marvel Universe: Infinite Chrises

Discussion of all Marvel Cinematic Universe related movies and TV shows, including, but not limited to, the Avengers, Captain America, Agent Carter, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Daredevil, Spider-Man, Ant-Man, etc., etc., etc. ad-infinitum.

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Connie Neil - Nov 05, 2017 8:30:45 pm PST #1678 of 4006
brillig

She has a kick-ass murder strut, too.


Connie Neil - Nov 05, 2017 8:40:41 pm PST #1679 of 4006
brillig

Just watched Dr. Strange, quite enjoyable.

So, the Eye of Amagatto has an Infinity Stone in it. So there's one, the stone from Loki's scepter is another, another one is stashed with the Nova Corps, is the Tesseract another one? Are there five or four Stones? And which one does which?


Steph L. - Nov 06, 2017 3:44:58 am PST #1680 of 4006
I look more rad than Lutheranism

My brother and I were trying to hash out the Infinity Stones last night. There are 6, and we've seen 5 so far: (1) the purple one from GotG, (2) Eye of Agamotto, (3) the one from Loki's staff, which Vision currently has, (4) the Tesseract, and (5) the Aether (from Thor: The Dark World).

Presumably the sixth one will show up in Black Panther, although there's an outside chance they won't introduce it until Infinity War.

[This post brought to you by an exceedingly long string of texts between my brother and me, who are so geeky we still can't believe anyone married either of us.]


Tom Scola - Nov 06, 2017 4:35:38 am PST #1681 of 4006
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

Yep, those are the Power Stone, the Time Stone, the Mind Stone, the Space Stone, and the Reality Stone, respectively. All that's missing is the Soul Stone.


Connie Neil - Nov 06, 2017 5:48:55 am PST #1682 of 4006
brillig

I'm guessing the one in the Eye is the Time Stone, since Strange can roll back time with it.

I think Loki grabbed the Tesseract, so that they don't have to have a whole "searching the remnants of Asgard for the thing" sequence.

I'm suddenly wondering if Steve's going to have some sort of tie to the Soul Stone, though I'm still annoyed at him.


Steph L. - Nov 06, 2017 5:52:16 am PST #1683 of 4006
I look more rad than Lutheranism

Connie, I agree -- I think we were supposed to assume that Loki grabbed the Tesseract on the way out of Asgard.


Tom Scola - Nov 06, 2017 5:55:03 am PST #1684 of 4006
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

My current rankings, which change often:

    • Captain America: Civil War
    • The Avengers
    • Captain America: The Winter Soldier
    • Guardians of the Galaxy
    • Iron Man
    • Thor: Ragnarok
    • Spider-Man: Homecoming
    • Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
    • Ant-Man
    • Captain America: The First Avenger
    • Iron Man 3
    • Doctor Strange
    • Avengers: Age of Ultron
    • The Incredible Hulk
    • Thor
    • Iron Man 2
    • Thor: The Dark World

But really, 1-4 and 5-8 are all pretty much interchangeable with each other.


smonster - Nov 06, 2017 8:33:40 am PST #1685 of 4006
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.

I super loved Ragnarok. It was hilarious, and had some innovative action scenes, and the emotional beats were there. Tessa Thompson was fantastic, and I'm so thrilled that black girls get such a great cosplay of their own (of course, Black Panther is going to offer an embarrassment of badass black women, which will be even better). I agree that Banner felt just a hair off, which I was trying to handwave because who wouldn't be confused after a couple of years as the Hulk ? I enjoyed Goldblum's performance and the whole 80's video game/pro wrestler aesthetic of that world.

Quibbles: I'd like to see more heroines with a powerful stride (à la Holtzman in Ghostbusters) and less of a sexy model strut as Héla and Valkyrie did here.

I can also pinpoint the exact moment when I tired of Waititi's character, which was fortunately about ten minutes from the end of the movie. It's interesting to read about how that style of humor is firmly rooted in Kiwi and specifically Maori culture, but it doesn't make me like it any more. Unsurprisingly, I did not enjoy "What We Do in the Shadows."

Overall,,minor objections and I can't wait to see it again. The Thor series definitely needed some lightening up, and this served nicely.


Matt the Bruins fan - Nov 06, 2017 9:51:36 am PST #1686 of 4006
"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 can also pinpoint the exact moment when I tired of Waititi's character, which was fortunately about ten minutes from the end of the movie.

Was it when he repeated his "we have a spaceship, wanna come?" invitation to the fleeing Asgardians? Because that was my enough already, you have a climactic fight to direct! moment with the character.


smonster - Nov 06, 2017 10:59:19 am PST #1687 of 4006
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.

No, it was when they were leaving on said ship and he was giving the speech about Asgard's foundations because it was so clearly telegraphed what was going to happen . And the the bit with Meek being dead was just gross .

IMHO, YWaititiMV.