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Grand Kirby posted...

I stopped watching the show by now so I guess I'm out. Let me know when you get back to the movies.

Just look for bolded titles for when I do rankings.

I'll finish season 4 of SHIELD today, then it's Ragnarok time.
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"Bordate is a pretty shady place, what with the gangs, casinos, evil corporations and water park." - FAHtastic

I wonder if AIDA's prospective real body can survive death. She does realize that if Daisy comes against her, it's an easy quake blast into the wall to bust her skull, right?

Mack is totally not going to go with them. "You did not just go and use the Bible against me!"

Oh man, AIDA is getting her body. Is she officially Ophelia, now?

Coulson got shot! Oh man... it's almost like he died... wait! With Coulson out of the framework... everything reset?! The shockwave went throughout... Oh man, Coulson is going to try to dismantle AIDA, but she's already transferring into her living body.

Ugh Fitz is confronting Simmons. This is Radcliffe's chance to save the day... he did it! YES! Radcliffe!!!!

Mack still needs to hop in. He's going to stall... and Daisy isn't going to get a chance to go in. Well, I guess she still got out... but Mack hasn't (yet).

Oh... I guess OpheliAIDA can also teleport.
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"Bordate is a pretty shady place, what with the gangs, casinos, evil corporations and water park." - FAHtastic

Sunil Bakshi!

John Garrett - American hero.

Alright May. And dual-wielding Daisy! May as well! They're just tearing apart this office. It's great. Hahahahaha Daisy just blasted AIDA out the window. If they had some way to take advantage of this, they could broadcast to the rest of the Framework that Madame HYDRA is dead - and the only way she could be alive is if she's not human >_>

Wow... Ward is a good guy because it was Victoria Hand who recruited him, instead of John Garrett.

"If more people see what you saw, maybe they'll fight back too." May DOES have the body-cam footage.

Fake Tripp is the best guy. Ugh, I miss Tripp so much what a good character.

And Daisy just broke fake Ward's heart

"Alternative facts" jeeeeeeeeez they're laying the shade on Trump so hard.
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"Bordate is a pretty shady place, what with the gangs, casinos, evil corporations and water park." - FAHtastic

Agents of HYDRA is a pretty good show.

Mace being a badass strong guy is the best.

Fitz's dad sucks.

IT'S TRIPP

Man... I know it's because it's Ward, but I don't trust him not to ruin things.

Oh man... the kids are all being put through the Faustus program.

And Mace!!! The guy actually defended someone from falling rubble... in this word he's not a coward. He is a hero. Ugh no... he isn't going to make it out of the digital world.

Mace :'(

I guess somebody had to die in the process... man. What a fucking great character. It's too bad he died defending programmed kids...

At least it convinced May to pull a face turn.

No regrets.
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"Bordate is a pretty shady place, what with the gangs, casinos, evil corporations and water park." - FAHtastic

Ugh. They're going to have to convince Mack that his daughter is dead. This is going to suck.

Coulson caught on though.

AIDA is going to turn Fitz against her with these Simmons pictures. It's still really weird seeing AIDA attempt to love Fitz. So awkward.

JEFFREY MACE IS THE LEADER OF SHIELD YES oh man this is so fun

"We will make our society great again" "HAIL HYDRA" hollllyyy shit the shade being thrown on Trump!

I am waiting for May to reveal that she knew it was a fake world all along.

Oh no... Fitz, you fucker. You shot Agnes.

Mack with the face turn too.
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"Bordate is a pretty shady place, what with the gangs, casinos, evil corporations and water park." - FAHtastic

xD Daisy has longer hair and she's unused to it. Oh and she's still Skye... because she never became an Inhuman... because no Coulson.

I love how this season has been in 3 parts with a clear theme to each. It's pretty cool.

"Isn't it true that Hydra came from Nazis?" xD

OMG FITZ IS THE DOCTOR. HE'S THE TOP HYDRA SCIENTIST. HE'S THE NEW RED SKULL

Coulson is a teacher <3

omg... WARD IS RELATED TO THE RESISTANCE YES xD From good guy to villain to still a villain, but then to a different villain back to a good guy

hahaha... AIDA programmed herself to be Madame HYDRA. Oh and gross she's kissing Fitz.
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"Bordate is a pretty shady place, what with the gangs, casinos, evil corporations and water park." - FAHtastic

I was just thinking that that was maybe my favorite SHIELD episode to date. So many are good at having hype moments... but that one, confined to itself... was AWESOME.

Can't wait to see how Daisy reacts to bf Ward.
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"Bordate is a pretty shady place, what with the gangs, casinos, evil corporations and water park." - FAHtastic

Ugh, Mack, Mace, Coulson, Daisy all are robots now. Great.

Fake May better help Fitzsimmons figure this out.

Fitz and Simmons JUST walked through the LMD detection... they can easily test each other by just walking back through, one by one.

NO FAKE FITZ DON'T STAB SIMMONS NO

Radcliffe is getting obsessed with his framework. Seems like that's going to be his downfall

noooo Daisy isn't a robutt either

Yessss Simmons. Yessss Daisy.

Oh no, Radcliffe fucked up. AIDA killed him... but put his head into the Framework.

Jeez... Daisy showing off shoulders while kicking robot ass... so good.

YES ROBOT MAY YESS

They sure created a way to enter the Framework really quickly. Also, bath Daisy! And framework Linc-NO IT'S WARD.

Daisy and Ward are together. Coulson is a regular dude. Mack has his daughter. Fitz is rich or something and getting out of a limo... SIMMONS IS DEAD?!... May is in the triskelion... under Hydra control? The only way where this makes sense is if Simmons's greatest regret was Fitz hurting himself to save her. No way his greatest regret was saving her. Even since season 1, his one thing to bring to the deserted island was her.

Jeez, in parallel framework world, HYDRA reigns? That... HAS to be because Coulson isn't with SHIELD. A SHIELDless Coulson is a HYDRA world... and I guess that also causes Simmons to die in some way? Ugh this is so much. Interesting to see that they're BRINGING WARD BACK YET THE FUCK AGAIN. Which is fine.

That episode was a Jed Whedon special. Wow.
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"Bordate is a pretty shady place, what with the gangs, casinos, evil corporations and water park." - FAHtastic

Nebula said "I'm hungry. Give me some of that yarna root."
Gamora said "No. It's not ripe. And I hate you."

Now the hating part was funny, so by a stand-alone line, it was good. But later:

Nebula asks for root again. Drax, while doing something else, casually says "No, it's not ripe." Ehhhh.

Then after Nebula convinces Groot to set her free, she blasts Rocket, and says "hello boys" then takes a bite of the root. Immediately spits it out, says it's not ripe.

So the big issues here are that Nebula is literally anti-comedy. Her purpose in the film is to be a direct representation of the terror of Thanos and to be a foil to Gamora. She's not a funny man. She should not make jokes - complete change of tone.

Two is that it's not really a funny joke, yet they drag it out. If only Gamora said something about it and they left it at that, it would be fine. Gamora is the best, after all. But still.
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"Bordate is a pretty shady place, what with the gangs, casinos, evil corporations and water park." - FAHtastic

Murphiroth posted...

I love how everyone I've ever talked to about the show turned around on Mace and loved him by this point of the season even if they hated him to start.

I think that was a case of good writing. We were supposed to feel uneasy about him, and annoyed by him. But as the truth comes out, and he still wants to do good, you can't help but admire the guy.

Grand Kirby posted...

I'm glad I'm not the only one who absolutely hated the "not-ripe" thing. That wasn't just a joke that fell flat, that was the deathblow to the kind of humor that I was already super tired of already.

I think that joke almost single-handedly set me up to not like the rest of the movie the first time I saw it.
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"Bordate is a pretty shady place, what with the gangs, casinos, evil corporations and water park." - FAHtastic

But how did they replace literally all four of Coulson, Mack, Daisy, and Mace? Mace is easy... don't get the other three.
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"Bordate is a pretty shady place, what with the gangs, casinos, evil corporations and water park." - FAHtastic

Every time Mace has a lackey, the lackey dies. Then a new redshirt fills in that hole.

One Koenig literally even called them redshirts.

omg young Coulson and YOUNG May. She's adorable. So smiley.

Man, poor Mace. Guy is going through the ringer. And still being badass through it. What a good fella.

Daisy doesn't really need to fight this guy hand-to-hand. She could just keep blasting him into the wall.

Awwwwww May and Coulson were going to start dating but she was dating her ex-husband at the time.
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"Bordate is a pretty shady place, what with the gangs, casinos, evil corporations and water park." - FAHtastic

xD

YES TASER GUY WAS AN INHUMAN

hahahahahahahaha I love the trope where the person becomes what they hate the most

AIDA's influence has an inoperable brain tumor. It's really sad... it's clear all Radcliffe wants to do is save her... even going so far as to figure out all the brain mapping stuff and creating a new body for her. But he knows that the replicants aren't the real thing... and so he moves on to the Darkhold... trying to find a real way to save her. It's so sad...

Also holy shit this Inhuman guy is OP.

Director Mace needs to stop making football references.

Ugh and real AIDA wants to actually take Radcliffe's help.

And noooo Mace is going to sacrifice himself :( but little does he know that's exactly what the enemies want.

Some shows thrive on being taken bit by bit... like Lost. This one works a lot better when you binge it.
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"Bordate is a pretty shady place, what with the gangs, casinos, evil corporations and water park." - FAHtastic

Koenigs!

Sam talking to Daisy about erotic fanfiction between her and Black Widow... where can I find this >_> Actually no I don't like that pairing that much.

Hahaha there are so many Koenigs. There's a sister Koenig!

Holy shit AIIDA punched through someone's stomach.

Ha, this guy actually thinks that Coulson is the cause of all problems on the planet. What if he's right?
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"Bordate is a pretty shady place, what with the gangs, casinos, evil corporations and water park." - FAHtastic

Yasss May stab AIIDA through the spine!

Oh May is in a simulation.

MACK HAD A DAUGHTER

Oh god no. Don't tell me Fitz is an android too. It can't be him. No wait. It's Radcliffe!

Ugh Radcliffe shit why are you working with Nadeer you coward
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"Bordate is a pretty shady place, what with the gangs, casinos, evil corporations and water park." - FAHtastic

Ugh. So Logan Paul went to university with me, a couple of years after I started because he's a baby of course. He dropped out because he thought he was funny and little kids like him.

Just think, if I would've become a Vine star instead of him, I could be dating Chloe Bennet right now.

The world is not fair.
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"Bordate is a pretty shady place, what with the gangs, casinos, evil corporations and water park." - FAHtastic

"Quake will you marry me?" please

xD Coulson delivering a one-liner, then putting on shades, just to throw them off

Oh man. Mace isn't Inhuman! The secret comes out!

And yessss Coulson is back in charge
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"Bordate is a pretty shady place, what with the gangs, casinos, evil corporations and water park." - FAHtastic

Yeah, I loved him.

Continuing S4 of Shield!

AIDA is wack, yo.

I guess robo-May doesn't know she's robo.

Mack beheading AIDA then fist bumping Yo-Yo B)

Uggggghhhh Radcliffe why -_-
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"Bordate is a pretty shady place, what with the gangs, casinos, evil corporations and water park." - FAHtastic

To conclude, this movie did just about everything right. They skipped over the origin story that we didn't need to see, but provided a fresh take on Peter starting out as a hero. He didn't even win the climactic fight through fighting! They cast him extraordinarily well. They gave him a good attachment to the actual Avengers, without making him instantly part of the team or just not. Spidey in combat was top tier, so he doesn't have to grow into that phase, which is so needed, I mean come on, that's the main reason to watch Spider-Man anyway.

Vulture was a good pick for the villain - focus on all the guys we didn't get to see in the Raimi movies. Give us Gargan again. Give us the Rhino. Give me some CARNAGE. And of course, the more modern characters would be great to include... Gwen's reboots have been well-received. I'd love for her to make an appearance in the MCU... even as one of Peter's classmates who oops is actually Gwenpool or something. Spider version would be interesting, but too similar to Spider-Man that it would be odd. Maybe make her an accidental creation of Peter's... but I digress, I'm digging too deep into what-ifs.

Anyway, I love this movie and I'm glad Marvel and Sony could work out a deal.

Movies
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Spider-Man: Homecoming
Captain America: Civil War
The Avengers
Guardians of the Galaxy
Doctor Strange
Guardians of the Galaxy: vol. 2
Iron Man 3
Iron Man
Captain America: The First Avenger
Ant-Man
Thor
Thor: The Dark World
The Incredible Hulk (2008)
Avengers: Age of Ultron
Iron Man 2
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"Bordate is a pretty shady place, what with the gangs, casinos, evil corporations and water park." - FAHtastic

Peter caught his breath really fast after being crushed by a bunch of rocks. This whole realizing he's a buff boy and lifting the rocks off of him wasn't as cool a moment as they made it out to be.

Peter really hung on to the underside of that invisible plane for a long time. He's really sticky. Him steering the plane from on top of it is one of the coolest moments.

Also, because I skipped it: "There's a dance going on. What are you doing up here?" "I'm... looking... at... porn."

Why did Vulture take off his helmet while beating the crap out of Peter? Probably good to keep that on if you're going to be flying more.

I know that fight was short-lived, and Peter only won due to Vulture's hubris. But it was nice to see him pull the guy from the fire.

Get some sense Peter, Liz is going through a lot, she doesn't have time for your shit. And spoilers! Michelle was MJ all along!

Why did they bother remodeling the upstate Avengers facility? Are there any Avengers left? It's like... just Vision.

"That was a test right? There's nobody back there." "Yes! You passed!" HEY IT'S PEPPER awwwww they're back together.

"You kidding? I've had this thing in my pocket since 2008!" xD literally since the first movie yes

And then May catches Peter. "WHAT THE F-"

Ahhhhh beautiful ending.

What a damn good movie. Excellent soundtrack. Love the credits style.

Post-credits scene! Mac Garrrrrrrgan yeeees

So I'm a huge Spidey fan. He's my favorite. I've always been keyed in on him since the early cartoon days when I was a child. One of my favorite days was when I was at Universal Islands of Adventure and rode the Spider-Man ride 8 times in a row. Nothing beats Spidey. Best cast of villains (Batman is the only one who competes there). Best personality.

And this movie just nailed it in terms of finding a good Peter and a good Spidey. That was always the issue with Macguire and then Garfield. Good Peter, good Spidey, but neither was both.

Funnily enough, GFAQS is advertising the Spider-Man game for the PS4, directly to the right -> of this text box. They knew!

I love the modern, fresh take on Spidey. I love his wit. I love almost everything they did with him. SJW MJ is a hot take on the character, so we'll see where that goes. Incorporating Ned, doing him as the Miles Morales sidekick version was pretty solid. Vulture was absolutely amazeballs and I'm excited to see Shocker return in every single movie because people just don't care enough about him to lock him down.

Second post-credits scene - OH YES CAPTAIN AMERICA PSA LITERALLY TROLLING ALL OF US MOVIE-GOERS YESSSS

The humor was top-notch. They really nailed Spidey in combat, which is such an important part of the character and didn't disappoint in any way. Peter himself has room to grow. Karen is ok. Is she an illegal AI? I want to know these things.

I don't think I'll ever be truly happy unless Spidey meets Coulson. I know that won't happen, but Coulson is such a fanboy for heroes... Peter would be such a fanboy for Coulson. It'd be the best reversal.

Spider-Man: Homecoming just makes me happy. Out of all of the Marvel movies, this one just makes me feel like a kid again. And it gives Tony Stark some good development again... keeps his character alive. And Happy!

I love that Happy literally was reading everything Peter sent to him. Making little comments about "the notes you leave around" showed that he really did care. And same for Tony - they cared the whole time.

Liz was cool I guess. A good way for them to leave MJ development until later. Personally though, I wouldn't mind if they went Ultimate-esque and made a Peter/MJ/Gwen love triangle. Obviously with Gwen as Ghost Spider.

I'm just really excited for where this series is going.

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"Bordate is a pretty shady place, what with the gangs, casinos, evil corporations and water park." - FAHtastic

Spoder-Boy

After the events of Civil War, Tony Stark's best friend had betrayed him for his ex. His black best friend was a cripple. His other black friend harbored his now-ex best friend and others. His ex-secretary also flopped sides.

This leaves Tony with Vision as his only bro. Hmm. Not really the party guy Tony likes.

So Tony decides to give meaning to his life by playing pops to an orphan living with his hot aunt. Let's see how this plays out, in:

Iron-Man 4: Spoder-Boy

I really like that they start out in Avengers world. And that the bad guy HAS a team. Like, this is typical, but like everyone I appreciate the blue collar background of this guy. It's a good motivation, he's an understandable businessman with a bit of an anger issue. Also CAN YOU HEAR ME KNOCKING

The Marvel Studios intro is to the Spider-Man theme song ugh yes <3

Happy getting so annoyed with Peter is the best. I love seeing the Civil War fight from the perspective of a kid who doesn't realize how big a deal it all is. Also, Tony is wearing a shirt with a cat on it, underneath his jacket. Best.

Peter quit marching band. Do they tell us what instrument he played?

I love that everyone talks about Peter's aunt like it's no big deal. And that there's a cat at his usual sandwich shop. Hell yes cat.

Friendly neighborhood Spider-Man literally just hanging out and giving old women directions.

Stan Lee "Don't make me come down there you punk" eh.

And the first actual Spidey vs. bank robbers scene... is just beautiful, pure Spidey. They nailed that one scene better than possible, and that solely endeared me to Tom Hardy as Spider-Man. Even more than his appearance in Civil War.

Ned hinting that he'll be jerking it to Aunt May xD

"Thank you Captain. I'm pretty sure this guy is a war criminal now, but the state says we have to show this"

MCU MJ is weird. Also, everyone congratulating Ned on his hat is top-tier. "That's not Spider-Man, that's just Ned in a red shirt."

It's Dong lover! And awwwww yeah Shocker fist.

Aaaaand bye bye Shocker. Poor Vulture... accidentally became a murderer. He's over the edge now :\

Liz is so into Peter and he's too dumb to realize it. Also, cameo appearance by Ultron robot head.

Midtown winning the championship was kinda anti-climactic. Flash is such a dick though.

These random gun guys saying they're gonna shoot Spidey are just pointlessly in the way.

So here's a question - Karen has a personality. She said Peter's impersonations are funny. Is she just a smart robot, or did Tony

MAC GARGAN, along with Vulture and Shocker. This movie sure is sinister.

"The other guy was way better with that thing. Honestly, I'm shocked!"

This Vulture design was made for 3D. This whole boat falling in half is just like the scene from old Spider-Man 2 with the train, except slightly better at first. And then with an Iron Man. But still, what did Peter play in band?

"I just wanted to be like you." "I wanted you to be better" dawwwwwww

Peter asking out Liz is the cutest moment. But ughhhh May don't have him tie a single Windsor, make that shit a double.

And then the exciting part of the movie... Peter shows up to Liz's house... and BAM! Vulture. Ugh love it.

Ugh the car ride to the dance. Liz just giving away everything.

Peter really should have just told Vulture he didn't Spider-Man anymore, then they could've been friends. Instead he had to blow off his date and play the hero. What a nerd.

Peter stealing Flash's car and not knowing how to drive is top-tier. I also kinda like that Ned is useful.

"Prototype for Cap's new shield". Literally Tony still making things for his bro.

(cont.)
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"Bordate is a pretty shady place, what with the gangs, casinos, evil corporations and water park." - FAHtastic

mnkboy907 posted...

No I want you to finish Season 4.

too

fucking

late

I'm halfway through the movie already
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"Bordate is a pretty shady place, what with the gangs, casinos, evil corporations and water park." - FAHtastic

Wonder Woman wouldn't have a movie tho
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"Bordate is a pretty shady place, what with the gangs, casinos, evil corporations and water park." - FAHtastic

Movies
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Captain America: Civil War
The Avengers
Guardians of the Galaxy
Doctor Strange
Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 2
Iron Man 3
Iron Man
Captain America: The First Avenger
Ant-Man
Thor
Thor: The Dark World
The Incredible Hulk (2008)
Avengers: Age of Ultron
Iron Man 2

I feel ok with this placement for now.

And what's that? You guys want me to watch Spiderman now? Ok.
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"Bordate is a pretty shady place, what with the gangs, casinos, evil corporations and water park." - FAHtastic

Dancing in the moonlight is baller.
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"Bordate is a pretty shady place, what with the gangs, casinos, evil corporations and water park." - FAHtastic

Like which movies, prof?
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"Bordate is a pretty shady place, what with the gangs, casinos, evil corporations and water park." - FAHtastic

I don't actually like Taserface that much, I just had fun posting it in all caps. That said, he really served to boost Kraglin and Rocket.
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"Bordate is a pretty shady place, what with the gangs, casinos, evil corporations and water park." - FAHtastic

I guess the first movie ended with Drax finding his new family after Ronan killed his last. Rocket never had a family aside from Groot, and same with Groot, but Groot made sure that Rocket understood that they were the new family. Only Gamora and Quill had any hangups, and both got resolved in this film.

Rocket making the hard decision to leave Quill and Yondu for the sake of the team is huge, and I love that he stunned Gamora to do it.

Yondu :'(

Gamora hugging Nebula :'(

Quill handing the arrow to Kraglin after he gave him the Zune :'(

Kraglin yelling when the other Ravagers show up for the funeral :'(

Rocket crying one solitary tear :'(

Surrender as the song during the start of credits :'(

Kraglin hitting Drax with the arrow xD

COSMO THE SPACE PUP

Also ADAM WARLOCK

and JEFF GOLDBLUM

TEENAGE GROOT

and extra Stan Lee appearance

Other point of note since I didn't make it earlier - Howard the Duck makes an appearance early on with a date, and that date is Molly C. Quinn, whom I have met. I flirted with her briefly, but it was a little weird because her parents were nearby.

Alright, so...

The film was much better on rewatch. I think that's because the things that really bothered me - I was prepared for. Let's hit a quick note of those things:

- Cringe humor. While there was some great humor in the film, some of it was just obnoxious. Like the stupid "it's not ripe" thing.
- Mantis. She was annoying most of the time.

Considering those two took a lot out of the movie for me, they added up to be most of it. Quill was better in vol. 1, but eh, not that big of a deal.

Now, upon seeing it again, let's look at the good things:

- Really good emotional beats, especially concerning Yondu.
- The family dynamic was more clearly defined, especially with Groot acting as the child.
- I think the first time through, I didn't let myself think "Ego has to be the villain", and therefore waiting half the movie for them to get to the actual conflict was annoying. However, in retrospect, Ego isn't waiting half the movie to reveal his conflict - the conflict all along was forces threatening to split to the GotG apart. Rocket being a dick at the beginning, Quill finding his real father, etc... With all the James Gunn stuff in the news, it really strikes me that finding family in the dysfunction of your life is the key theme in these movies, and it's done very well.
- TASERFACE

It's kinda lame that Kraglin isn't on the posted for the movie.

I'll need a bit of time to think on the placement for the film, but I DID like it a lot more than I originally did. Will leave off with this:

Gamora > Drax > Rocket > Groot > Starlord > Yondu > Mantis

Gamora and Drax shined this movie, while Quill suffered a lot. I think baby Groot was in general a little worse in this movie than originally, as well.

AND WHERE'S MY COSMO
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"Bordate is a pretty shady place, what with the gangs, casinos, evil corporations and water park." - FAHtastic

Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 2

Ok, going in with low expectations so I should enjoy this more the second time.

First scene is solid, gets you ready to learn about Starlord's family.

First scene with Guardians is actually really good in terms of banter. Baby Groot dancing around while they fight the big thing is cute, but kinda silly. Funnier in terms of how all the rest of the cast reacts to him being around the fight. I don't think any song choice can be as good as Come and Get Your Love from the first movie though.

Do more people like Awesome Mix 1 or 2?

The Sovereign leader really honed in on Quill's father, there. It's almost like

"Hand me some of that yarna root." "It's not ripe yet. And I hate you."

You have to go through that QUANTUM asteroid field. There are some really good moments in the film - like Rocket losing Groot, Quill catching him, tossing him back to Drax without looking, then him handing Groot to Gamora. The way they treat Groot is cute as hell.

And there are some bad moments - the root not being ripe is already making me hate myself, even at the second mention of it.

That said, to this point, Gamora has been one of the funniest characters and they really gave her no time on the trailers. I remember that fiasco.

Hey look! It's Kurt Russell!

And now it's Sylvester Stallone! And the ice guy he's with, who I remember is somebody important but I don't remember who that actor is.

Sad snowy planet to rub in Yondu's fall from grace. Sovereign showing up here with the carpet getting caught is cringe humor. The little parts of this movie that make it worse for me.

Mantis is annoying at first. And at second.

I really like that they give Rocket a chance to jones all over some guys, and I really like that the stupid not-ripe joke is over.

"I wanted to experience what it truly meant to be human" YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT A HUMAN IS, WHY WOULD YOU SAY THAT THAT MAKES NO SENSE

"We got a couple boxes of hands if that one don't work out"

"No! It's too adorable to kill! Take it to the tailor!" Stuff like this is super cute, but it definitely makes for a weird tone during the film.

Awwwwww yeah I forgot that Yondu and Rocket connected so much this movie. Them + Groot sneaking through the Captain's chambers is the best thing.

Sean Gunn's character is also amazing in this film. So much emotion.

Gamora is so great. Showing a slight bit of emotion when Quill yells at her. So subtle, so good. Also, Nebula finally admitting her gripes with Gamora.

Random Stan Lee appearance with some Watchers.

Drax pointing out that they aren't friends, but family is really on the nose and probably unneeded. But saying "nobody gets left behind... except maybe you" to Nebula is top notch.

Ego coming out with his villainry in the reveal is actually pretty good, especially the part where he turns Quill against him and he blasts the heck out of Ego's body.

Also, underrated moment - when Quill says "we gotta kill Ego. Rocket!" and Rocket is completely in sync and follows along just fine. Good ol' team dynamic working out.

Gamora, Drax, and Mantis landed very well for falling like 100 feet.

"Does anybody have any tape?"

"You look like Mary Poppins!" "Is he cool?" "... Hell yeah."

This big blue goop is really dangerous. You would think people would take the opportunity to run, and not look at it closely. Still, a lot of people are dying here.

"You shouldn't have killed my mom and squished my Walkman!" Quill proceeds to go all Super Skrull on his ass.

Oh and the pac-man -_-

to be cont.
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"Bordate is a pretty shady place, what with the gangs, casinos, evil corporations and water park." - FAHtastic

Also, I really want to watch the second half of Doctor Strange again.
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"Bordate is a pretty shady place, what with the gangs, casinos, evil corporations and water park." - FAHtastic

I've seen it. Go ahead! Starlord moar liek planet lord right?
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"Bordate is a pretty shady place, what with the gangs, casinos, evil corporations and water park." - FAHtastic

Well no.

Gotg 2 is next
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"Bordate is a pretty shady place, what with the gangs, casinos, evil corporations and water park." - FAHtastic

ZeldaTPLink posted...

Wow rated a lot higher than most people do, I think.

That actually baffles me.
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"Bordate is a pretty shady place, what with the gangs, casinos, evil corporations and water park." - FAHtastic

Continuing Doctor Strange

I'm not sure what else to say. The first half of the movie was very stereotypical origin story. It was whatever. Good. Nothing special.

From the moment Doctor Strange makes his first portal, it went 0-60 and I was completely enthralled for the rest of the movie. Even moreso than the kaleidoscopic sequence he first went through.

The humor was top notch. Cumberbatch was amazing. "I have come to bargain" was a great finish to the climax. The villain wasn't anything special, so minus points there. The supporting cast was alright. But really, Strange and his cloak were the entirety of the movie anyway. Well, them and Wong.

Movies
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Captain America: Civil War
The Avengers
Guardians of the Galaxy
Doctor Strange
Iron Man 3
Iron Man
Captain America: The First Avenger
Ant-Man
Thor
Thor: The Dark World
The Incredible Hulk (2008)
Avengers: Age of Ultron
Iron Man 2
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"Bordate is a pretty shady place, what with the gangs, casinos, evil corporations and water park." - FAHtastic

It's being bumped by bots.

I need to do my write-up for Doctor Strange.
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"Bordate is a pretty shady place, what with the gangs, casinos, evil corporations and water park." - FAHtastic

MaleB8er posted...

tomorrow mayyyyybe

But not really.

Friday probs.
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"Bordate is a pretty shady place, what with the gangs, casinos, evil corporations and water park." - FAHtastic

LinkMarioSamus posted...

Kenri posted...

LinkMarioSamus posted...

Jakyl25 posted...

I cant keep my Trumper Theories straight

Did Hillary collude with Russia to win and failed, and Mueller is secretly gonna bring her down, or did she want war with Russia and Trump is better because working with them is a good thing?

Or somehow both??

In her book Hillary said she wanted to do anything possible to rein in Russia.

That was a typo, it was supposed to say "reign in Russia".

No, she meant keeping Russia under control.

Thinking about it, maybe many Americans are sick of their country's role as global policeman? And thinking about it more, most of the reason for America's alliances with European countries is due to WWII and then The Cold War, so perhaps to many these alliances no longer have any use since all that is done with?

Bro, it was a joke.

And half of America still believes we are the best country that can ever exist and that we should police the world.
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"Bordate is a pretty shady place, what with the gangs, casinos, evil corporations and water park." - FAHtastic

Oh, he was a dick.

I thought he was going to become Ghost Rider, because in season 3, he was fighting with a flaming chain at one point.

Guess I was wrong.
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"Bordate is a pretty shady place, what with the gangs, casinos, evil corporations and water park." - FAHtastic

Time for some Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Slingshot episodes (whatever that means. A mini-series of 5 minute episodes?).

Presented by GEICO.

Coulson had a picture of Stan Lee in his box.

I really don't want to have to sit through the credits for each of these episodes...

It's ok, the credits aren't THAT long.

May is best mom.

Ok, that was fine. Presumably this was to hold people over during a mid-season break?
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"Bordate is a pretty shady place, what with the gangs, casinos, evil corporations and water park." - FAHtastic

Uggghhh.

Yo-yo and Mack having their issues sucked, but they just kissed them away, like that, with one kiss.

Daisy's emoness is apparently just being handwaved out of convenience for SHIELD.

Ghost Rider taking out his uncle was pretty cool though.

And AIDA just up and killed a guy, and Coulson is drinking with a fake May. Did AIDA take a brain scan of May and make a fake one almost exactly to specification? I actually felt pretty bad when she took the shots for Fitz and Simmons, but this just sucks. I mean, Nathanson was a turn anyway, but still.
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"Bordate is a pretty shady place, what with the gangs, casinos, evil corporations and water park." - FAHtastic

Haha yeah. He's a treat of a character.

AIDA gonna break some laws by creating her own intelligence
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"Bordate is a pretty shady place, what with the gangs, casinos, evil corporations and water park." - FAHtastic

Mack is no longer the Ghost Rider.

And AIDA seems to be constructing a brain for herself, presumably.
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"Bordate is a pretty shady place, what with the gangs, casinos, evil corporations and water park." - FAHtastic

MACK IS THE GHOST RIDER

oh man no, Radcliffe don't read the Darkhold! Ugh May stop being so desperate
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"Bordate is a pretty shady place, what with the gangs, casinos, evil corporations and water park." - FAHtastic

Not super into emo Daisy.

I really like the callbacks to Agent Carter season 2. Or is it that Agent Carter season 2 was written to prepare this season?

Ghost Rider uncle heel turn a little surprising, but makes sense.
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"Bordate is a pretty shady place, what with the gangs, casinos, evil corporations and water park." - FAHtastic

mnkbear907 posted...

You're not necessarily supposed to be feeling it, since neither are the characters really.

I bet Shulk would be feeling it.
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"Bordate is a pretty shady place, what with the gangs, casinos, evil corporations and water park." - FAHtastic

Some of these action scenes are pretty good. Fitz just stabbed a dude in the hand. Watchdogs are still pretty lame though.
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"Bordate is a pretty shady place, what with the gangs, casinos, evil corporations and water park." - FAHtastic

I'll do my writeup for Doctor Strange, but I'm just not feeling it yet. First, let's start AoS s4.

Aaaaaaaaaand ok they're just going to open up with a hype as fuck Ghost Rider introduction.

May hair is pretty good. And I KNEW Piper was going to stick around!

Awww yeah Yo-yo back in town. She is allll over Mack. I kinda got the impression she was more traditional than how she's currently acting towards Mack, but eh.

Radcliffe sticking around is pretty great too. I thought he was being kinda underutilized as a gimmick accomplice to Hive. He's a funny guy.

Surprised Daisy is breaking her bones with her powers, thought she was over that. I like Goth Daisy tho. Maybe I should just call her Quake.

I wonder who this new Director is. And Simmons bossing around May is funny. Weird. Don't know if I like it.

"Z1, we've got a situation. Need backup" May walks in and shoots a guy. "... That was efficient."

Ok Ghost Rider... skull is a little clean looking, kinda seems low budget special effects. But the flames and everything is great, the guy's face burning away.

Aww Fitz and Simmons cuddling in bed is adorbs.

Ghost Rider, AIDA, this ghost thing from the box... seems like they set up a lot of dominoes in episode 1. Excited to see where this goes!
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"Bordate is a pretty shady place, what with the gangs, casinos, evil corporations and water park." - FAHtastic

SupremeZero posted...

HanOfTheNekos posted...

Reg posted...

Republicans are trying to gut the Endangered Species Act

Why?

(Source, since I posted initially as a stunned reaction to CBS anchors talking about it

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/endangered-species-act-republicans-pushing-overhaul-before-midterm-elections/

The Endangered Species Act is credited with bringing grey wolves, Florida manatees and the humpback whale back from the brink of extinction. Still, Utah Republican Rob Bishop says the act is broken.

"All we are doing is making lists of species. We are not really rehabilitating them," Bishop told CBS News' Nancy Cordes.

One of his bills would require the government to consider not just science but the cost to business before adding a new animal to the list.

Is it inappropriate to say "fuck off and die"? Because I really, really wanna say that to this piece of shit.

AND THE BALD EAGLE

Just point out the eagles would die without it, and get those fuckers to shut up

I have something to offer about rural areas, but later.

Bald Eagles haven't been endangered in over 10 years.

I know! We're talking about species that were saved.
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"Bordate is a pretty shady place, what with the gangs, casinos, evil corporations and water park." - FAHtastic

Reg posted...

Republicans are trying to gut the Endangered Species Act

Why?

(Source, since I posted initially as a stunned reaction to CBS anchors talking about it

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/endangered-species-act-republicans-pushing-overhaul-before-midterm-elections/

The Endangered Species Act is credited with bringing grey wolves, Florida manatees and the humpback whale back from the brink of extinction. Still, Utah Republican Rob Bishop says the act is broken.

"All we are doing is making lists of species. We are not really rehabilitating them," Bishop told CBS News' Nancy Cordes.

One of his bills would require the government to consider not just science but the cost to business before adding a new animal to the list.

Is it inappropriate to say "fuck off and die"? Because I really, really wanna say that to this piece of shit.

AND THE BALD EAGLE

Just point out the eagles would die without it, and get those fuckers to shut up

I have something to offer about rural areas, but later.
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"Bordate is a pretty shady place, what with the gangs, casinos, evil corporations and water park." - FAHtastic

Strange, as a movie, was a sprint.
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"Bordate is a pretty shady place, what with the gangs, casinos, evil corporations and water park." - FAHtastic