Summer as it relates to the blockbuster window, starts May 1st.
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Oh I meant the normal seasons. You know, like the meaning people use when they say, "I'm going to take a vacation during the summer", and they mean early August, and not, say, April 3rd.
Which, coincidentally, is also the release date of Furious 7. Funny how that shows up before May 1st, though.
Anyway, Ant-Man is not a dud and didn't break any box office records but still managed to get #1 during its opening 2 weeks. Yay!
Mad Max is gonna make any action movie look lame in comparison for a while
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First third of the movie: uninteresting.
The villain feels like a lame Obadiah Stayn knockoff... Though he got better about half way through the movie.
Paul Rudd was a little on the bland side... But he got better after the 1/3rd of the way through.
The first lamb shrink test scene was utterly pointless. It was supposed to show that bald man was evil and corrupt and wanted to find the shrink stuff at any cost... When we already knew he was evil and corrupt because he killed that one guy in the bathroom earlier. The bathroom scene either should have been put after the lamb thing, or it or the 1st lamb scene should have been edited out the movie. It's inefficient cinema.
What was with that promo vid for the yellow jacket suit? It was so obviously evil it looked like it was made by Cobra. Or Hydra. Most of the guys in that room weren't Hydra, right?
Speaking of Hydra, when does this movie take place?
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Are they Grant Ward's Hydra?
If so, that would be rad as fuck, man! I would love more interaction between the TV series and the movies.
The rest of the movie: Good.
Good action scenes, good character development from the heroes (even if the forced romance moment at the end came out of left field), and funny comic relief and jokes. Antman actually made me give a shit about the characters unlike Guardians of the Galaxy where most of the humor felt forced and I got bored halfway through.
I was pleasantly surprised. The trailers instilled me with no confidence. Only at the advice of a friend did I decide to see it.
Oh I meant the normal seasons. You know, like the meaning people use when they say, "I'm going to take a vacation during the summer", and they mean early August, and not, say, April 3rd.
Which, coincidentally, is also the release date of Furious 7. Funny how that shows up before May 1st, though.
Anyway, Ant-Man is not a dud and didn't break any box office records but still managed to get #1 during its opening 2 weeks. Yay!
Sorry, I thought you had originally said year, not summer.
Speaking of Hydra, when does this movie take place?
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Are they Grant Ward's Hydra?
If so, that would be rad as fuck, man! I would love more interaction between the TV series and the movies.
Most likely yes
They directly reference the events of Age of Ultron (ex: can't call the Avengers they are too busy dropping cities), Falcon is referred to as an Avenger, they were still looking for (and found!) Bucky, and the building that Scott infiltrated looked a lot like the building that the Avengers were working out of at the end of Age of Ultron.
Speaking of Hydra, when does this movie take place?
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Are they Grant Ward's Hydra?
If so, that would be rad as fuck, man! I would love more interaction between the TV series and the movies.
Most likely yes
They directly reference the events of Age of Ultron (ex: can't call the Avengers they are too busy dropping cities), Falcon is referred to as an Avenger, they were still looking for (and found!) Bucky, and the building that Scott infiltrated looked a lot like the building that the Avengers were working out of at the end of Age of Ultron.
I would say no. I expect the head Hydra guy was on the list Ward was handed of potential Hydra heads.
As the guy was an original Hydra infiltrator in SHIELD I don't think he'd be working for Grant Ward as opposed to by himself.
After the "no whistling" scene, did I recognize it correctly that Luis is actually whistling "It's a small world after all"?
If so, that was a very clever Disney tie-in
Yes he was, and yes it was!
I saw Ant-Man this week and found it thoroughly entertaining. It's not on the level of Winter Soldier or GotG but I don't think it was trying to be. It really aimed for a light entertaining low stakes origin story and nailed it. I look forward to the next one, as well as any other appearances of Ant-Man in other Marvel films.
The first lamb shrink test scene was utterly pointless. It was supposed to show that bald man was evil and corrupt and wanted to find the shrink stuff at any cost... When we already knew he was evil and corrupt because he killed that one guy in the bathroom earlier. The bathroom scene either should have been put after the lamb thing, or it or the 1st lamb scene should have been edited out the movie. It's inefficient cinema.
That scene was more about Hope realizing Darren was going crazy and to build up the conflict between her and Hank.
What was with that promo vid for the yellow jacket suit? It was so obviously evil it looked like it was made by Cobra. Or Hydra. Most of the guys in that room weren't Hydra, right?
That's kind of how real military contractor promo videos look like.
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Oh I meant the normal seasons. You know, like the meaning people use when they say, "I'm going to take a vacation during the summer", and they mean early August, and not, say, April 3rd.
Which, coincidentally, is also the release date of Furious 7. Funny how that shows up before May 1st, though.
Anyway, Ant-Man is not a dud and didn't break any box office records but still managed to get #1 during its opening 2 weeks. Yay!
Sorry, I thought you had originally said year, not summer.
No worries, I'm fighting off a cold, so I've been more assholey than usual.
I don't think there's anything ethically worse about killing a sheep than killing a mouse. (Or, to put it another way, I don't think it's ethically better to kill a mouse than to kill a sheep.) Sheep would be more expensive to keep on hand, is all. Then again, maybe it's easier to calibrate the shrink-ray for a larger target :P
I don't think there's anything ethically worse about killing a sheep than killing a mouse. (Or, to put it another way, I don't think it's ethically better to kill a mouse than to kill a sheep.) Sheep would be more expensive to keep on hand, is all. Then again, maybe it's easier to calibrate the shrink-ray for a larger target :P
There is the practical justification that a shrunken mouse would be even harder to see, although when you're working with massive magnifiers, you could presumably get around that easy enough.
But yeah, they did it for the moment of 'awww- wait, what's he going to do to that?'
If I hadn't already told myself that I'm limiting my toy-spending cash on Amiibos and the occasional Disney Infinity figure, I'd totally pick up the "Marvel Select" Ant-Man figure. It looks really damn nice.
Mrs. Rhesus was really scoffing at the lamb scene: "Oh, I bet you eat lamb, though, don't you Hope?"
I agree that we already knew that the dude was evil - either go all out and show him experimenting on prisoners who signed up for medical testing for a shorter sentence, or leave it out.
Mrs. Rhesus was really scoffing at the lamb scene: "Oh, I bet you eat lamb, though, don't you Hope?"
I agree that we already knew that the dude was evil - either go all out and show him experimenting on prisoners who signed up for medical testing for a shorter sentence, or leave it out.
Maybe I'm forgetting something, but that scene was for Hope as much as the audience. Just one more mark in the this guy is losing it column. She didn't see the previous evil scene, though yeah, lamb doesn't really compare.
With Ant-man being a hit Peyton Reed should get the first shot at Fantastic Four if, or when, Marvel gets it back in their clutches. They can have Captain America cameo to joke about being the Human Torch.
Marvels schedule is pretty much a void after Infinity War, so getting FF would be perfect. They're not going to get it before then, anyway, so it works out.
Nobody gave a shit about Captain America before The First Avenger either. Marvel's built their brand on doing that, their entire line-up is filled with characters like that, including Ant-man. They're a good IP which has been handled badly by Fox, in the hands of people who know what they're doing it'd be amazing. To this date the best FF movie adaption is - The Incredibles. If Brad Bird wasn't busy they should give him a call once they get the rights back.
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I'd much rather see them take risks and tell new/interesting stories with lesser-known IP than trying to reboot franchises like FF and Spiderman over and over and over again. Like, seriously, they went into space and got powers. Doctor Doom is a jealous egomaniac.
I don't want to be all poopy on the parade and stuff, but speaking as someone who just wants to see good movies, the premise of rebooting FF yet again strikes me as zzzzzzzzzz. I'm 100% sure I'm not alone in this sentiment, and it's a pretty big hurdle to overcome when you could just wait a bit, make other movies instead, and then give it a fresh start instead of trying to shoehorn the (recasted and yet exactly the same) characters into an already-sprawling universe.
There are interesting things that you can do with the Fantastic Four if you're willing to seriously screw around with canon.
Start with a movie where Reed and Victor are initially good friends, have a falling out, and at the end Doom apparently dies.
Then do a sequel where Doom is the villain again, somehow. Reveal at the end that not only is Doom unknowingly a robot, the only memories of his that completely match the real past are ones where Reed was present.
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Ant man.
Frankly I have nothing but respect for Marvel being able to pull that off.
Especially after the production imploded two months before filming.
Summer as it relates to the blockbuster window, starts May 1st.
Which, coincidentally, is also the release date of Furious 7. Funny how that shows up before May 1st, though.
Anyway, Ant-Man is not a dud and didn't break any box office records but still managed to get #1 during its opening 2 weeks. Yay!
The villain feels like a lame Obadiah Stayn knockoff... Though he got better about half way through the movie.
Paul Rudd was a little on the bland side... But he got better after the 1/3rd of the way through.
The first lamb shrink test scene was utterly pointless. It was supposed to show that bald man was evil and corrupt and wanted to find the shrink stuff at any cost... When we already knew he was evil and corrupt because he killed that one guy in the bathroom earlier. The bathroom scene either should have been put after the lamb thing, or it or the 1st lamb scene should have been edited out the movie. It's inefficient cinema.
What was with that promo vid for the yellow jacket suit? It was so obviously evil it looked like it was made by Cobra. Or Hydra. Most of the guys in that room weren't Hydra, right?
Speaking of Hydra, when does this movie take place?
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The rest of the movie: Good.
Good action scenes, good character development from the heroes (even if the forced romance moment at the end came out of left field), and funny comic relief and jokes. Antman actually made me give a shit about the characters unlike Guardians of the Galaxy where most of the humor felt forced and I got bored halfway through.
I was pleasantly surprised. The trailers instilled me with no confidence. Only at the advice of a friend did I decide to see it.
Sorry, I thought you had originally said year, not summer.
Most likely yes
If so, that was a very clever Disney tie-in
As the guy was an original Hydra infiltrator in SHIELD I don't think he'd be working for Grant Ward as opposed to by himself.
Yes he was, and yes it was!
I saw Ant-Man this week and found it thoroughly entertaining. It's not on the level of Winter Soldier or GotG but I don't think it was trying to be. It really aimed for a light entertaining low stakes origin story and nailed it. I look forward to the next one, as well as any other appearances of Ant-Man in other Marvel films.
That scene was more about Hope realizing Darren was going crazy and to build up the conflict between her and Hank.
That's kind of how real military contractor promo videos look like.
No worries, I'm fighting off a cold, so I've been more assholey than usual.
But yeah, they did it for the moment of 'awww- wait, what's he going to do to that?'
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This is like ashtrays on airplane seats!
I guess in case you're displaying him with other figures and what a shrunk version for scale....though even then it's not small enough.
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I agree that we already knew that the dude was evil - either go all out and show him experimenting on prisoners who signed up for medical testing for a shorter sentence, or leave it out.
Evangeline's Lilly's shoulders and upper arms were a sight to behold.
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Maybe I'm forgetting something, but that scene was for Hope as much as the audience. Just one more mark in the this guy is losing it column. She didn't see the previous evil scene, though yeah, lamb doesn't really compare.
I wonder why they couldn't just let Cross be a crazy fuck just because he's a crazy fuck and had to try to explain it instead.
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They don't have to do it immediately. They've been sitting on Ghost Rider and Blade for years but they'll do something eventually.
Nobody gave a shit about Captain America before The First Avenger either. Marvel's built their brand on doing that, their entire line-up is filled with characters like that, including Ant-man. They're a good IP which has been handled badly by Fox, in the hands of people who know what they're doing it'd be amazing. To this date the best FF movie adaption is - The Incredibles. If Brad Bird wasn't busy they should give him a call once they get the rights back.
I don't want to be all poopy on the parade and stuff, but speaking as someone who just wants to see good movies, the premise of rebooting FF yet again strikes me as zzzzzzzzzz. I'm 100% sure I'm not alone in this sentiment, and it's a pretty big hurdle to overcome when you could just wait a bit, make other movies instead, and then give it a fresh start instead of trying to shoehorn the (recasted and yet exactly the same) characters into an already-sprawling universe.
Start with a movie where Reed and Victor are initially good friends, have a falling out, and at the end Doom apparently dies.
Then do a sequel where Doom is the villain again, somehow. Reveal at the end that not only is Doom unknowingly a robot, the only memories of his that completely match the real past are ones where Reed was present.
That's not only factually inaccurate, it's a ridiculous side to take in a discussion.