Comic Book and Superhero movie & TV discussion.

[LaGoosh]

So the last few episodes of Daredevil were pretty shite. Shame that. It was ace up till about episode 8 or 9. Fisk by the end came across more of a fat crybaby man-child than a powerful fearsome crime overlord. He seemed on the verge of crying in every scene. Also that twat Foggy needs to fuck right off. The first 2/3rds were the best Marvel TV so far though.

[Scott Malbranque]

I enjoyed episode 9, it has to be said, but full agree that the quality dipped for the final episodes.
It pulled it back like a well scrubbed foreskin for the finale though.

[Sergio Mendacious]

So the last few episodes of Daredevil were pretty shite. Shame that. It was ace up till about episode 8 or 9. Fisk by the end came across more of a fat crybaby man-child than a powerful fearsome crime overlord. He seemed on the verge of crying in every scene. Also that twat Foggy needs to fuck right off. The first 2/3rds were the best Marvel TV so far though.

 

I was basically typing this post yesterday when my computer went on the blink. The actor playing Foggy was lost in any sort of dramatic scene. I've just finished episode 11, and it's getting hard to motivate myself to watch the last two. 

[air_raid]

I saw Age Of Ultron tonight - here's what I thought.

 

This was a very good comic book film. The pacing was great, the humour mostly well-judged, action exciting, and generally a very enjoyable experience. I rate it very highly and am prepared to dismiss the minor quibbles I had. Unfortunately the bar has been set extremely high (personally speaking) for the ensemble cast, and though I really enjoyed Avengers, it did not hit the Guardians benchmark. The difference being with Avengers I am prepared to look past what I consider very quibbles, whereas with Guardians I had none.

 

Those minor quibbles were that rather too much happens to Steve Rogers that should kill him, but doesn't - enhanced he is, but still a mortal man. I thought that the humour, while well-judged in terms of content, was inserted just a little too often. It's a hard balance to underscore the gravity of the situation while still putting some humour in to prevent it being too dark and brooding, and that's one of the things that I praised Guardians the most for, and I think Age Of Ultron had just a few quips too many.

 

Finally, on the Maximoffs :

 

 

 

I was largely very happy with how the film presented Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver, but I thought it went a little overboard with giving Wanda almost "Level 5"/Jean Grey level power. OK, maybe a Phoenix comparison is too far, but they certainly made her more formidable than I expected. Oh well, very minor.

 

 

 

But yeah, really fun film.

 

 

edit - removed embarrassing KFC-related mis-type

Edited May 7, 2015 by air_raid

[Carbomb]

By "Steve Sanders", do you mean "Steve Rogers"/Captain America? If so, I see your point. For me, it's a bit of a quibble I have with both films, that they don't seem to be able to establish each character's "strength level", as it were. They all seem to measure up against each other far too differently. Given how Iron Man and Thor are matched in the first film, you'd think

Thor would be able to match Ultron a bit better than he did, given how Iron Man was seemingly able to hold his own, albeit slightly at a disadvantage.

 

 

But, ultimately, I really enjoyed it too. Personally, I'd place it on a par with Guardians in joint second and below Winter Soldier in terms of the Marvel Studios universe. Where it places in comparison to the original Spider-Man 2 and X-Men: First Class, however, is probably a bit more difficult to call.

[Onyx2]

So this is Nightcrawler from X-Men: Apocalypse:

 

http://wac.450f.edgecastcdn.net/80450F/screencrush.com/files/2015/04/x-men-apocalypse-nightcrawler-full-pic.jpg

 

The actor is Viggo Mortenson's son from The Road, which hurts my brain. That film feels like a year ago.

[waters44]

Is there any particular reason why, at the end of Age of Ultron, Captain America shouts "Avengers..." and cut, we don't know what the second word was? Seemed a bit odd to me - Ive obviously missed something

[Chest Rockwell]

The second word is Assemble. It's a thing they say.

Edited May 6, 2015 by Chest Rockwell

[waters44]

I assumed it was that, but was worried I was missing the point as to why they ended the film just as he was about to say assemble.

[Scott Malbranque]

Whedon was creatively hairy aped by Marvel, innit.

[pryko]

Joss Whedon has claimed they'll never say "Avengers Assemble" on screen.  I read last night, that the end scene where Captain America Says "Avengers A..."  is actually him saying just that, they didn't record him saying "Avengers Assemble" and cut it, coz Whedon didn't want anyone at Marvel letting that footage out

[Chest Rockwell]

Has he given a reason why he has a thing about that phrase?

[Scott Malbranque]

Too hokey? It'd probably sound akin to Gobots Go Botty.

[Chest Rockwell]

He should say " Avengeeeeeeeeeeers... mount up". Fade to credits, Regulate hits. Job done.

 

 

Hell, they could probably find a bit part for Emilio Estevez and all.

Edited May 6, 2015 by Chest Rockwell

[pryko]

I don't remember reading any reason for it, but yeah, Whedon is just against it.