I still think Red Skull being the guardian was the dumbest thing
It fit with the ending of the First Avenger and was a fitting ironic punishment for him; forced into service of an object of power that he desired but could never obtain.
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I'm still amazed they didn't incorporate Heimdall into the Soul Stone story in some way. Dude has orange eyes and a gem in his chest at one point, plus the whole "I can see every soul in the nine realms" thing... plus Thor's vision in AoU was very much focused on the Infinity Stones and oh hey, Heimdall has been blinded, weird coincidence!
Maybe they didn't wanna dump too much exposition on magical mechanics in the opening minutes of Infinity War when we've got so much other shit to do, but I would've liked the idea that Heimdall was the current owner of the Soul Stone, Thanos tries to take it from him but whoops, doesn't work that way. Heimdall dying means it gets reset to Vormir. Could've even had some ominous foreshadowing dialogue between the two, Thanos asking where he found it and Heimdall throwing some "you could never give what I did to claim it..." shade at him.
I still think Red Skull being the guardian was the dumbest thing
It fit with the ending of the First Avenger and was a fitting ironic punishment for him; forced into a service of an object of power that he desired by could never obtain.
I still want to see the part where Steve goes to return the Soul Stone to its original place and finds Red Skull there.
I still think Red Skull being the guardian was the dumbest thing
It fit with the ending of the First Avenger and was a fitting ironic punishment for him; forced into service of an object of power that he desired but could never obtain.
I don't know if the specifics matter too much. He sought generic power. Now he's cursed to not only watch over power, but watch others obtain that power themselves. Heck we know it was generic power because he was using ostensibly the "teleport anywhere" stone solely to make super explody weapons with it. So he didn't even fully understand what he was dealing with, just that he wanted it. Granted this ties back into the whole storywriting issue, where at the time of writing the tesseract wasn't the space stone, it was just a cosmic cube of infinite energy. Regardless, he was dicking around with a stone, and... well some higher power decided to punish him for his hubris.
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I still think Red Skull being the guardian was the dumbest thing
It fit with the ending of the First Avenger and was a fitting ironic punishment for him; forced into a service of an object of power that he desired by could never obtain.
I still want to see the part where Steve goes to return the Soul Stone to its original place and finds Red Skull there.
Steve is walking up, Red Skull steps ominously out of the shadows, flips back the hood, and we get a half-second of a surprised look before Rogers just fucking clobbers him without breaking stride. Skull goes down like a sack of racist potatoes.
The scene ends with the camera aimed over Skull's awkwardly-unconscious form in a heap and Rogers just chucking the Soul stone over the cliff, then Rogers walks towards the camera, past Skull without a glance, and out of the scene. The camera briefly lingers as Skull slightly twitches and we hear a spaceship leaving.
I think it's gross, but let's not pretend like Stan wouldn't have been the first to sell if they'd offered.
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I think the best part about their ability to adapt and change plots on the fly is the fact that they ended up with the situation being that half of the damn infinity stones are at one point within a 20 block radius of each other. "Spread across the virgin universe" my ass. And they still manage to not only poke a bit of fun at it but also make it work.
One was there natively as far as we know: the time stone.
Everything else was brought there by aliens
Humor can be dissected as a frog can, but dies in the process.
The Stan Lee cameos were a cute bit of fun and a great way to pay respect to his work on these characters, but keeping the tradition going with a digital necromancy puppet is pretty fucked up IMO.
The Stan Lee cameos were a cute bit of fun and a great way to pay respect to his work on these characters, but keeping the tradition going with a digital necromancy puppet is pretty fucked up IMO.
It's the kind of thing we joked about but now it's just coming true because reality is just a shitty onion article
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Once again I'm shocked that THOR is the franchise I'm most excited about. That looked incredible.
I really, REALLY hope they don't kill Gorr in this. I need a LOT more of that guy. Terrifying.
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Gorr is looking good. I don't at all care for Ragnarok or the super-goofy take on Thor and I don't want them to puncture the drama with Gorr, so hopefully they keep him serious and don't pants him or fart on him or something.
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If Love And Thunder has Darcy too, I will explode with happiness
bonus points for her sassing literally everyone at the same time
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Gods have gotten really confusing in the MCU. You got the real gods like the Egyptians, the "gods" who are really advanced aliens like the Norse, and the gods who are really ancient robots sent by Celestials, who are more like actual gods than all the others. I wonder which ones the Greeks will resemble the most, and if they'll have their own Athena.
You know what? Nanowrimo's cancelled on account of the world is stupid.
I liked Thor Ragnarok a lot - yes, it's predominantly comedic, but it works as that. However, I am a bit worried that they'll mainly try to redo everything that worked in Ragnarok, and if that's the case it risks becoming pandering and/or smug. "That worked, let's do it again" is rarely enough to make for good storytelling, and it tends to lead to diminishing returns.
Then again, after Doctor Strange 2, which I found surprisingly unengaging, I'm not altogether stoked for the next MCU film, so perhaps my lowered expectations will be beneficial.
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If Love And Thunder has Darcy too, I will explode with happiness
bonus points for her sassing literally everyone at the same time
Part of me wishes she'd gotten Mjolnir.
I enjoyed Ragnarok, but it really felt like two different movies, and I found the Asgardian stuff far more interesting than the off-world side(even if it was hilarious).
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Gorr is looking good. I don't at all care for Ragnarok or the super-goofy take on Thor and I don't want them to puncture the drama with Gorr, so hopefully they keep him serious and don't pants him or fart on him or something.
Never say never, but I feel like there's no fuckin' way he survives one movie, right? I get the impression Christian Bale is done with franchises.
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Gorr is looking good. I don't at all care for Ragnarok or the super-goofy take on Thor and I don't want them to puncture the drama with Gorr, so hopefully they keep him serious and don't pants him or fart on him or something.
Never say never, but I feel like there's no fuckin' way he survives one movie, right? I get the impression Christian Bale is done with franchises.
On the other hand, they have talked about how they have changed contracts so that those that don't want to be locked in for multiple, movies 3 of which are cameos and 2 are featuring or whatever have the option to have a schedule more amenable to their time
Gods have gotten really confusing in the MCU. You got the real gods like the Egyptians, the "gods" who are really advanced aliens like the Norse, and the gods who are really ancient robots sent by Celestials, who are more like actual gods than all the others. I wonder which ones the Greeks will resemble the most, and if they'll have their own Athena.
Egyptian gods are interdimensional horrors, not terribly different from Asgardians except in their method of arrival.
Olympus seems from the wide shots to be an Asgard style flat world.
Gods have gotten really confusing in the MCU. You got the real gods like the Egyptians, the "gods" who are really advanced aliens like the Norse, and the gods who are really ancient robots sent by Celestials, who are more like actual gods than all the others. I wonder which ones the Greeks will resemble the most, and if they'll have their own Athena.
Egyptian gods are interdimensional horrors, not terribly different from Asgardians except in their method of arrival.
Olympus seems from the wide shots to be an Asgard style flat world.
Yup the only reason Gods have become confusing in the MCU is if you view them from a certain light.
Pretty much all of the gods in the MCU boil down to "apparently really powerful and we don't know how they do that"
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It fit with the ending of the First Avenger and was a fitting ironic punishment for him; forced into service of an object of power that he desired but could never obtain.
Maybe they didn't wanna dump too much exposition on magical mechanics in the opening minutes of Infinity War when we've got so much other shit to do, but I would've liked the idea that Heimdall was the current owner of the Soul Stone, Thanos tries to take it from him but whoops, doesn't work that way. Heimdall dying means it gets reset to Vormir. Could've even had some ominous foreshadowing dialogue between the two, Thanos asking where he found it and Heimdall throwing some "you could never give what I did to claim it..." shade at him.
I still want to see the part where Steve goes to return the Soul Stone to its original place and finds Red Skull there.
but that wasn't the soul stone was it?
Steve is walking up, Red Skull steps ominously out of the shadows, flips back the hood, and we get a half-second of a surprised look before Rogers just fucking clobbers him without breaking stride. Skull goes down like a sack of racist potatoes.
The scene ends with the camera aimed over Skull's awkwardly-unconscious form in a heap and Rogers just chucking the Soul stone over the cliff, then Rogers walks towards the camera, past Skull without a glance, and out of the scene. The camera briefly lingers as Skull slightly twitches and we hear a spaceship leaving.
He’s dead, guys. Take the money you were going to spend on this and pay the comic book creators you’re stiffing a few extra grand.
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If things get crazy enough for the one above all to get introduced, it might be fitting for it to be him
Let's play Mario Kart or something...
Selling his likeness for profit seems totally in line with the people who probably took over his estate, though.
One was there natively as far as we know: the time stone.
Everything else was brought there by aliens
I vote they instead use it to disappear the vultures that were picking at him until the day he died.
...who do you think they're paying the money to?
It's the kind of thing we joked about but now it's just coming true because reality is just a shitty onion article
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I really, REALLY hope they don't kill Gorr in this. I need a LOT more of that guy. Terrifying.
bonus points for her sassing literally everyone at the same time
After Thor 3 I'm here for everything Thor.
I mean, really after Thor 1, but I don't like admitting to being fond of Thor 2.
It’s still one of my favorites in the MCU, don’t get me wrong.
Kinda just looks like a normal sword here
Considering Waititi made the best line in the Gorr arc approximately 300 times better, I am pretty confident I will like this one
How dare a movie resolve dramatic tension with humor!
Out of Iron Man, Captain America and Thor (and Hulk, I guess) who saw that coming.
Then again, after Doctor Strange 2, which I found surprisingly unengaging, I'm not altogether stoked for the next MCU film, so perhaps my lowered expectations will be beneficial.
"Nothing is gonna save us forever but a lot of things can save us today." - Night in the Woods
Part of me wishes she'd gotten Mjolnir.
I enjoyed Ragnarok, but it really felt like two different movies, and I found the Asgardian stuff far more interesting than the off-world side(even if it was hilarious).
Never say never, but I feel like there's no fuckin' way he survives one movie, right? I get the impression Christian Bale is done with franchises.
On the other hand, they have talked about how they have changed contracts so that those that don't want to be locked in for multiple, movies 3 of which are cameos and 2 are featuring or whatever have the option to have a schedule more amenable to their time
Egyptian gods are interdimensional horrors, not terribly different from Asgardians except in their method of arrival.
Olympus seems from the wide shots to be an Asgard style flat world.
Yup the only reason Gods have become confusing in the MCU is if you view them from a certain light.
Pretty much all of the gods in the MCU boil down to "apparently really powerful and we don't know how they do that"