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Thor, Captain America and The Avengers: Make My Movie Marvel!

BlankZoeBlankZoe Registered User regular
edited May 2011 in Social Entropy++
THOR
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Directed by Oscar Award winner Kenneth Brannagh, Thor is the story of, well, Thor (Chris Hemsworth). A Norse God cast to Earth for his arrogance and reckless reignition of an ages-old war by his father Odin (Anthony Hopkins). On Earth, aided by Dr. Jane Foster (Natalie Portman) he seeks to reclaim his hammer Mjolnir, and with it his godly powers. Meanwhile, back home in Asgard his treacherous half-brother Loki (Tom Hiddleston) plots something sinister in Thor's absence.

It's already out in Australia and releases May 6th in the US.
CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER
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Directed by Joe Johnson (The Rocketeer) and set in the midst of World War 2, it follows Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) a scrawny underweight patriot whose only dream is to serve in the army, despite constant rejection from service. A group of military generals and scientists (Including Tommy Lee Jones, Stanley Tucci and Dominic Cooper as Howard Stark) accept him in an experimental program known as Project: Rebirth. Using a cocktail of chemicals and technology he is transformed into the world's first super-soldier but a Nazi assassin's attack on the head scientist makes him the first and last of his kind. Shipped overseas, he is used as a symbol against the Nazi forces such as the Red Skull (Hugo Weaving), head of the Reich's occult and superscience division: HYDRA.

It comes out July 27th.
THE AVENGERS
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Uniting threads and characters from Iron Man 1 and 2, The Incredible Hulk, Thor and Captain America: The First Avenger, the Avengers will form the team of Earth's Mightiest Heroes for the first time. All of the actors (minus Ed Norton, who has been replaced by Mark Ruffalo) return as their respective heroes, this time joined by Jeremy Renner as Hawkeye, Scarlett Johanssen as Black Widow and Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury.

It releases May 4th, 2012.
HEY THESE GUYS ARE COOL, THEY'RE IN COMICS RIGHT?
Yes they are! Quite a few good ones, actually! Here are some recommendations! Adding in Hulk and Iron Man for good measure.

Captain America:
Captain America: Winter Soldier Volumes 1 and 2 by Ed Brubaker (Start here)
Captain America: Man Out of Time by Mark Waid
Captain America: Red, White and Blue by Mark Waid, Bruce Timm, Howard Chaykin and others
Captain America: American Nightmare by Mark Waid and Kurt Busiek
Captain America: The Bloodstone Hunt by Mark Gruenwald
Captain America: Operation Rebirth by Mark Waid
Ultimate Comics Captain America by Jason Aaron

Thor:
Thor by J. Michael Straczynski, Volumes 1, 2, and 3 (Start here)
Thor: Latverian Prometheus by Keiron Gillen
Thor: Ages of Thunder by Matt Fraction
Thor by Walter Simonson Omnibus
Thor: The Mighty Avenger Volumes 1 and 2 by Roger Langridge
Thor and Loki: Blood Brothers by Robert Rodi
Ultimate Comics Thor by Jonathan Hickman

Avengers:
Avengers Assemble Volumes 1-5 by Kurt Busiek (Start here)
Avengers Forever by Kurt Busiek
Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes by Joe Casey
Avengers Vol. 1 by Brian Michael Bendis
Avengers Prime by Brian Michael Bendis
JLA/Avengers by Kurt Busiek
Avengers: The Kree/Skrull War by Roy Thomas
Avengers: Operation Galactic Storm Volumes 1 and 2.
Ultimates 1 and 2 by Mark Millar

Hulk
Planet Hulk by Greg Pak(Start here)
Incredible Hulk Visionairies - Peter David Volumes 1-7
Hulk Gray by Jeph Loeb
Incredible Hulk: Tempest Fugit by Peter David
Red Hulk: Scorched Earth by Jeff Parker
Ultimate Hulk vs. Wolverine by David Lindelof
Ultimate Hulk vs. Iron Man: Ultimate Human by Warren Ellis

Iron Man
Iron Man Extremis by Warren Ellis (Start here)
Invincible Iron Man: The Five Nightmares by Matt Fraction
Iron Man: Armor Wars by Bob Layton
Iron Man: Demon in a Bottle by Bob Layton
Iron Man Legacy by Fred Van Lente
Iron Man: Hypervelocity by Adam Warren
Ultimate Comics Iron Man: Armor Wars by Warren Ellis

There are also video games coming out for Thor and Captain America. They do not look very good. I do not think The Avengers is not under Marvel's contract with Sega so maybe it will get a good video game adaptation.

There is an ARG type thingie for Thor where you can join S.H.I.E.L.D. The second game is godawful, but hey you can win tickets to Thor or an iPad.

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    BlankZoeBlankZoe Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    I know the other thread is still open but its at 101 pages and I've waited like 3 hours for a mod to lock it and oh god so tired

    I HOPE THIS DOESN'T GET LOCKED :(

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    Macro9Macro9 Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Reposting this from the other thread

    George Takei to Warner Bros.: Don’t Whitewash Akira
    Star Trek legend George Takei is leading the charge against Hollywood's whitewashed version of anime classic Akira. He wants Warner Bros. to do the right thing and cast Asian actors in the saga. But will the studio listen?

    In March, a leaked casting list for Warner Bros' Akira translation unleashed a fury of WTF across the internet. The rumored list for contenders were as follows: Robert Pattinson, Andrew Garfield, and James McAvoy for Tetsuo, with Garrett Hedlund, Michael Fassbender, Chris Pine, Justin Timberlake, and Joaquin Phoenix for Kaneda. Not a single Asian actor. Naturally, people were furious. Was Akira going to fall victim of the whitewashing that happened to Dragonball and Airbender? All signs are pointing to yes, unless something could be done. Enter Takei and the facebook virtual petition "Don't Whitewash Akira."

    http://io9.com/#!5794934/george-takei-to-warner-bros-dont-whitewash-akira

    Kick their asses, George.

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    Sars_BoySars_Boy Rest, You Are The Lightning. Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    it's gonna be really weird if the avengers comes out

    like, watching that movie is going to be a strange experience if they pull it off

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    BlankZoeBlankZoe Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    I don't really think its an if anymore

    it starts filming in a month and every actor is on board

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    ZonugalZonugal (He/Him) The Holiday Armadillo I'm Santa's representative for all the southern states. And Mexico!Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
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    Am I Doing It Right Blank!?!?!

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    BlankZoeBlankZoe Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Oh god dammit

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    Macro9Macro9 Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    If you don't want you thread locked you must appease the mods.

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    Bogey would like to fuck your mother.

    Whippy would like a statue made of farts.

    Orik would like to be fucked by literary devices.

    potatoe is a ghost and would like to feel the touch of an ogre in heat.

    At least that's what is in my thread making newsletter.

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    TheySlashThemTheySlashThem Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    macro where the hell did you get that newsletter from

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    Munkus BeaverMunkus Beaver You don't have to attend every argument you are invited to. Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited April 2011
    You should put the conan thor trailers up.

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    Kuribo's ShoeKuribo's Shoe Kuribo's Stocking North PoleRegistered User regular
    edited April 2011
    I'm excited for Thor

    not so much Captain America, but I'll go see it anyways

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    SolarSolar Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Do we know if there are Avengers sequels planned?

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    queuewindowqueuewindow Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    no the first one is going to be terrible

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    BrainleechBrainleech 機知に富んだコメントはここにあります Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Macro9 wrote: »
    Reposting this from the other thread

    George Takei to Warner Bros.: Don’t Whitewash Akira
    Star Trek legend George Takei is leading the charge against Hollywood's whitewashed version of anime classic Akira. He wants Warner Bros. to do the right thing and cast Asian actors in the saga. But will the studio listen?

    In March, a leaked casting list for Warner Bros' Akira translation unleashed a fury of WTF across the internet. The rumored list for contenders were as follows: Robert Pattinson, Andrew Garfield, and James McAvoy for Tetsuo, with Garrett Hedlund, Michael Fassbender, Chris Pine, Justin Timberlake, and Joaquin Phoenix for Kaneda. Not a single Asian actor. Naturally, people were furious. Was Akira going to fall victim of the whitewashing that happened to Dragonball and Airbender? All signs are pointing to yes, unless something could be done. Enter Takei and the facebook virtual petition "Don't Whitewash Akira."

    http://io9.com/#!5794934/george-takei-to-warner-bros-dont-whitewash-akira

    Kick their asses, George.
    Really?
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jafd97yJFOI

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    WeaverWeaver Who are you? What do you want?Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    I'm gonna be walking out of the theater after watching the awesome Avengers movie, hearing some butthurt jackass behind me still whining about why is there still no justice league movie.

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    HitsuraptorHitsuraptor Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Saw Thor last night, pretty good movie, didn't enjoy it as much as iron man, but enjoyed it more then hulk (and I liked Hulk for the record). Mind you outside of Thor = thunder god, Loki = mischief god, I knew nothing else about thor going in. Fight scenes where pretty cool and some funny scenes when he first gets to earth

    Good line with Agent Coulson
    When he talks to agent coulson towards the end he calls him son of coul, which seemed like a nice touch

    After Credits Scene
    Eric Selvig is shown walking through some underground corridors when you hear Nick Fury talking off camera. They talk about the rainbow bridge (forgot the name) stuff and Nic Fury shows him a briefcase with this blue thing in it that's glowing saying how it can offer limitless power if they can tap into it. Cuts to a side shot of Eric and in the window you see his reflection but also Loki standing next to him saying something along the lines of "This could be interesting" then Eric repeats Loki's line to Nick Fury

    Oh and there was one other thing, a few times chris hemsworth accent shifts and he says the odd word here and there with an irish twinge

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    WeaverWeaver Who are you? What do you want?Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Hitsuraptor wrote: »
    Saw Thor last night, pretty good movie, didn't enjoy it as much as iron man, but enjoyed it more then hulk (and I liked Hulk for the record). Mind you outside of Thor = thunder god, Loki = mischief god, I knew nothing else about thor going in. Fight scenes where pretty cool and some funny scenes when he first gets to earth

    Good line with Agent Coulson
    When he talks to agent coulson towards the end he calls him son of coul, which seemed like a nice touch

    After Credits Scene
    Eric Selvig is shown walking through some underground corridors when you hear Nick Fury talking off camera. They talk about the rainbow bridge (forgot the name) stuff and Nic Fury shows him a briefcase with this blue thing in it that's glowing saying how it can offer limitless power if they can tap into it. Cuts to a side shot of Eric and in the window you see his reflection but also Loki standing next to him saying something along the lines of "This could be interesting" then Eric repeats it to Nick Fury
    Yeah dude, that's the cosmic cube

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    Macro9Macro9 Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Brainleech wrote: »
    Macro9 wrote: »
    Reposting this from the other thread

    George Takei to Warner Bros.: Don’t Whitewash Akira
    Star Trek legend George Takei is leading the charge against Hollywood's whitewashed version of anime classic Akira. He wants Warner Bros. to do the right thing and cast Asian actors in the saga. But will the studio listen?

    In March, a leaked casting list for Warner Bros' Akira translation unleashed a fury of WTF across the internet. The rumored list for contenders were as follows: Robert Pattinson, Andrew Garfield, and James McAvoy for Tetsuo, with Garrett Hedlund, Michael Fassbender, Chris Pine, Justin Timberlake, and Joaquin Phoenix for Kaneda. Not a single Asian actor. Naturally, people were furious. Was Akira going to fall victim of the whitewashing that happened to Dragonball and Airbender? All signs are pointing to yes, unless something could be done. Enter Takei and the facebook virtual petition "Don't Whitewash Akira."

    http://io9.com/#!5794934/george-takei-to-warner-bros-dont-whitewash-akira

    Kick their asses, George.
    Really?
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jafd97yJFOI

    Hahaha funny video is funny

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    Undead ScottsmanUndead Scottsman Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    ARggg.. Spoilers abound! I must be strong! I can make it two more weeks! I can!

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    GoatmonGoatmon Companion of Kess Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Macro9 wrote: »
    In March, a leaked casting list for Warner Bros' Akira translation unleashed a fury of WTF across the internet. The rumored list for contenders were as follows: Robert Pattinson, Andrew Garfield, and James McAvoy for Tetsuo, with Garrett Hedlund, Michael Fassbender, Chris Pine, Justin Timberlake, and Joaquin Phoenix for Kaneda.

    ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME

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    GoatmonGoatmon Companion of Kess Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Weaver wrote: »
    I'm gonna be walking out of the theater after watching the awesome Avengers movie, hearing some butthurt jackass behind me still whining about why is there still no justice league movie.

    DC will probably always kinda suck at the movies, compared to Marvel.

    I mean, Dark Knight was fantastic, but Batman is one of what? Two DC franchises that have made any big-screen money? They got Batman and Superman, and their last attempt at Superman was hilariously terrible.

    On the other hand, DC has the entirety of the DCAU, which Marvel has never really been able to match. So there's that.

    But this is about live-action movies. So yeah, DC needs to get their shit in gear.

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    Bloods EndBloods End Blade of Tyshalle Punch dimensionRegistered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Green Lantern looks pretty boss from the latest footage

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    TurambarTurambar Independent Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    That Avengers poster is p cool

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    GatsbyGatsby Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Turambar wrote: »
    That Avengers poster is p cool

    It proves that a modern day Hawkeye costume just looks stupid.

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    GoatmonGoatmon Companion of Kess Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Bloods End wrote: »
    Green Lantern looks pretty boss from the latest footage

    That it does, I'll give you that.

    It'd be pretty rad if it actually turns out as cool as it looks. We'll see.

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    TurambarTurambar Independent Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Gatsby wrote: »
    Turambar wrote: »
    That Avengers poster is p cool

    It proves that a modern day Hawkeye costume just looks stupid.

    Yeah, but I think he's going to look more like the Ultimate version in the real movie.

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    GatsbyGatsby Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Turambar wrote: »
    Gatsby wrote: »
    Turambar wrote: »
    That Avengers poster is p cool

    It proves that a modern day Hawkeye costume just looks stupid.

    Yeah, but I think he's going to look more like the Ultimate version in the real movie.

    Which I am more than happy about.

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    The_ScarabThe_Scarab Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Thor was really quite great. Enjoyed it more than Iron Man, have to say. Almost surprisingly so because knowing absolutely nothing about the comic background to any of these films they always look a little silly in the trailers and the stills - but it totally worked somehow.

    Don't care about any of this Avengers stuff though. I mean I guess it's something for fans but if all these Marvel movies are going to have it laced throughout and at the end it's actually kinda annoying. The cameo in Thor was so forced.


    I can't see The Avengers being successful at all. How the christ are they going to make a profit let alone a good movie with so much content, so many huge, scene stealing characters and so much backstory they have to spread it out over every other film. Is it really the holy grail for comic fans though? Thor and especially Iron Man were great movies that had this other thing tacked on that seemed like it was trying to railroad me into this other thing when the thing they had going standalone was great.

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    OlivawOlivaw good name, isn't it? the foot of mt fujiRegistered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Thor's got 93% on Rotten Tomatoes right now, with thirty reviews

    Part of me knows that'll probably change when it actually releases, but even so, that seems a good sign to me

    It's a little surprising too, to be honest

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    Macro9Macro9 Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Olivaw wrote: »
    Thor's got 93% on Rotten Tomatoes right now, with thirty reviews

    Part of me knows that'll probably change when it actually releases, but even so, that seems a good sign to me

    It's a little surprising too, to be honest

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAvmLDkAgAM

    I had some faith in it.

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    Centipede DamascusCentipede Damascus Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Goatmon wrote: »
    Macro9 wrote: »
    In March, a leaked casting list for Warner Bros' Akira translation unleashed a fury of WTF across the internet. The rumored list for contenders were as follows: Robert Pattinson, Andrew Garfield, and James McAvoy for Tetsuo, with Garrett Hedlund, Michael Fassbender, Chris Pine, Justin Timberlake, and Joaquin Phoenix for Kaneda.

    ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME

    he's actually not a bad actor, despite being in Twilight

    just like Kristen Stewart can be a good actress when she's not in Twilight

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    OlivawOlivaw good name, isn't it? the foot of mt fujiRegistered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Centipede Damascus wrote: »
    Goatmon wrote: »
    Macro9 wrote: »
    In March, a leaked casting list for Warner Bros' Akira translation unleashed a fury of WTF across the internet. The rumored list for contenders were as follows: Robert Pattinson, Andrew Garfield, and James McAvoy for Tetsuo, with Garrett Hedlund, Michael Fassbender, Chris Pine, Justin Timberlake, and Joaquin Phoenix for Kaneda.

    ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME

    he's actually not a bad actor, despite being in Twilight

    just like Kristen Stewart can be a good actress when she's not in Twilight

    This isn't actually true

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    Grey GhostGrey Ghost Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Oh god so excited

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    The_ScarabThe_Scarab Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Macro9 wrote: »
    Olivaw wrote: »
    Thor's got 93% on Rotten Tomatoes right now, with thirty reviews

    Part of me knows that'll probably change when it actually releases, but even so, that seems a good sign to me

    It's a little surprising too, to be honest

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAvmLDkAgAM

    I had some faith in it.

    Branagh is good times.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwXPHbHuf04&feature=related

    YOU DARE IMPUGN MY HONOUR?!

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    Grey GhostGrey Ghost Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Well you know it's not like the dude wrote the Henry V speech though

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    Macro9Macro9 Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Grey Ghost wrote: »
    Well you know it's not like the dude wrote the Henry V speech though

    He didn't?

    Damn, all this time I was thinking he did. Any idea who did write it? You got me curious now.

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    Der Waffle MousDer Waffle Mous Blame this on the misfortune of your birth. New Yark, New Yark.Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Goatmon wrote: »
    Macro9 wrote: »
    In March, a leaked casting list for Warner Bros' Akira translation unleashed a fury of WTF across the internet. The rumored list for contenders were as follows: Robert Pattinson, Andrew Garfield, and James McAvoy for Tetsuo, with Garrett Hedlund, Michael Fassbender, Chris Pine, Justin Timberlake, and Joaquin Phoenix for Kaneda.

    ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME

    well, he's got the hair for it.

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    Macro9Macro9 Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Fuck the Akira movie. Not only are they whitewashing it they are destroying everything with their ridiculous changes.

    May it die in a nuclear fire.

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    marty_0001marty_0001 I am a file and you put documents in meRegistered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Eh what? How come Australia gets it earlier than you guys? That just seems... far far from the way things usually go with everything and anything.

    Anyway I saw it tonight. Can I ask that you go in and try to count the number of slanted camera shots they use.

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    GatsbyGatsby Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    We got it earlier because Chris Hemsworth is from here.

    Still don't know why we also got Iron Man 2 earlier by a week.

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    DrIanMalcolmDrIanMalcolm Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Hulk also came out a week earlier in Australia/New Zealand

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