See, I loved the whole "language" gag up to the payoff at the end with Fury. Steve is one of my favorite characters, both in the movies and the comics, but he can occasionally be a bit of a square, so it worked for me. And I can totally see the rest of the team ribbing him about it whenever he is.
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Kalshane - May 20, 2015 3:10:32 pm PDT #39 of 3944
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.
Juliebird - May 20, 2015 3:36:23 pm PDT #40 of 3944
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
I agree with that also, Kalshane, but I think it should have gotten more of a casual treatment. Like Halley Berrys delivery of the frog/lightning line, the gag got too much relevance. It should have been off the cuff and background, something that evoked familiarity and familianess. I might have made that word up. It felt just a touch out if step. And also, Cap may be a square, by he is a soldier and has heard plenty and has been shown to have gotten over his culture shock in WS in shorthand (arguments can be made as to whether that encompassed everything or just some things (pop culture)).
It reads as prudish, which movie Cap has never struck me as, and if he's not, as movie!Cap insists about it just slipping out, then why did it slip out? It feels contrived, and a gag based on a false character note.
And yet, the Fury payoff was the only line that sounded true.
P.M. Marc - May 20, 2015 3:43:13 pm PDT #41 of 3944
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Steve felt exactly right to me (which, really, would be my dealbreaker issue if he didn't), but I agree about Tony.
Yeah, he's my dealbreaker issue, and he felt off. I wasn't impressed by how Whedon wrote him in Avengers, either.
Steph L. - May 20, 2015 3:53:49 pm PDT #42 of 3944
Apparently if you're enough of a power nerd, there is nothing that cannot be flowcharted.
It reads as prudish, which movie Cap has never struck me as, and if he's not, as movie!Cap insists about it just slipping out, then why did it slip out? It feels contrived, and a gag based on a false character note.
Yeah, that's how it hit me. He's not the team's nanny.
Matt the Bruins fan - May 20, 2015 3:56:08 pm PDT #43 of 3944
"You should never say bad things about the dead, only good… Joan Crawford is dead. Good.” —Bette Davis
He was a little too self-righteous for my taste in Avengers.
Dana - May 20, 2015 4:51:35 pm PDT #44 of 3944
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
Someone on Tumblr said that the only reason they know people need to guard their language like that is if they're around kids a lot, so in my head, Steve is the one who has to wrangle the rest of the Avengers when they're mobbed by kids. You know, at the annual Halloween party they always throw in fanfic.
Connie Neil - May 20, 2015 4:56:20 pm PDT #45 of 3944
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The only time I liked the language joke was when Natasha said something and Steve grinned and said "Really, Romanov?" (or whatever the line was) That felt like the banter of people who knew and liked each other.
quester - May 20, 2015 5:09:44 pm PDT #46 of 3944
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
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I just finished Daredevil and have thoughts and feelings.
I am gutted about Ben. and unhappy about Wesley. Ben's wife is really something.
I love the genuine chemistry between Foggy and Matt, especially in their flashbacks.
I do not get Vanessa at all.
There were many HSQ moments.
I love the way this is filmed and the color pallet reminds me of Tom Scola photos!
Atropa - May 20, 2015 5:14:35 pm PDT #47 of 3944
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Almost everyone's characterization in AoU felt off to me, except for Hawkeye. The only thing that felt true to Tony's character was the little "Please be a secret door" bit.
kat perez - May 20, 2015 6:09:32 pm PDT #48 of 3944
"We have trust issues." Mylar
I watch too much RuPaul's Drag Race because I heard Mac's line about the red headed multiplier as being about a lot of "Ginger Minjs" and I was really excited about that!