[Movies] Avengers

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Jax

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kaykordeath said:
As a non-Marvel reader, I'll happily take your word on that...and I'm familiar enough with the Skrulls and Krees but have no idea how the Chitauri relate to the Skrulls. Are they simply one and the same? Because, yeah, they REALLLLY come across as cannon fodder...I couldn't figure why they didn't send in waves of the eel-y things (as opposed to just a handfull...)
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Well, the first thing that comes to mind is that it's for cinematic reasons, dragging the fight out by increasing the difficulty gradually over time.
Plotwise, it feels like a kind of old school warfare thing (first send in the vanguard to test the enemy's strength, then push the main force forward) rather than an all-out invasion. Then there's also the 'wormhole' limitation, I think when they were about to send in a massive force of eels, Thor destroyed them and created a bottle-neck to keep the rest of the force contained (they even discussed this strategy).

What I don't get however is that since Loki can create any wormhole as he chooses with the tessaract, couldn't he have made a bigger one, so the invading army could enter all at once? Especially since the Chitauri had that BFM (Big Freakin Mothership).
AND that dumbass Counsel, they were pretty stereotypic and one-dimensional, up until the decision to nuke the city rather than to send the nukes through the wormhole and then detonate them..
 
ScytheRexx

ScytheRexx

kaykordeath said:
As a non-Marvel reader, I'll happily take your word on that...and I'm familiar enough with the Skrulls and Krees but have no idea how the Chitauri relate to the Skrulls. Are they simply one and the same? Because, yeah, they REALLLLY come across as cannon fodder...I couldn't figure why they didn't send in waves of the eel-y things (as opposed to just a handfull...)
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The Chitauri are basically the "Ultimate" version of the Skrulls. The only time I remember really seeing the Chitauri used in more recent media (outside of the new movie, obviously) was that they were the main villains of the animated movie Ultimate Avengers in 2006. I actually find it really interesting that they decided to use them rather then true Skrulls, but I hear that might be due to 20th Century Fox owning the rights to use the Skrulls in a Fantastic Four movie.
 
Frank

Frank

ScytheRexx said:
The Chitauri are basically the "Ultimate" version of the Skrulls. The only time I remember really seeing the Chitauri used in more recent media (outside of the new movie, obviously) was that they were the main villains of the animated movie Ultimate Avengers in 2006. I actually find it really interesting that they decided to use them rather then true Skrulls, but I hear that might be due to 20th Century Fox owning the rights to use the Skrulls in a Fantastic Four movie.
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Actually, Marvel could have called them Skrulls (they have co-rights with Fox on Skrulls) but decided against it saying that by not having them be shape shifting aliens they would be disrespecting the source material and by having them shape shift they would have made the movie too convoluted so they just went with the more generic Chitauri and just had them not be shape shifters.

That's what I read anyway.
 
IronBrig4

IronBrig4

Anybody see the latest cartoon episode? It's nice that they're introducing more superheroes.

I just about squealed with joy when Luke Cage said "Sweet Christmas!"
 
Covar

Covar

So for everyone who's seen the international version of the movie, here's a screencap of the additional scene at the very end of the movie in the US release.

No dialog or anything, just ...
 
evilmike

evilmike

Just got back. I really enjoyed it. It's not perfect, but there were a lot of great things about it. I need to get some sleep and process before I can post more detailed observations.
 
Dave

Dave

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That movie fucking rocked. Rocked. Joss Whedon again knocks it out of the park. This movie will make a bajillion dollars and deserves it!
 
Dave

Dave

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That scene was great, although you couldn't hear Hulk's next line over the cheering of the audience.
 
KCWM

KCWM

Ugh...can't wait another 8 hours to watch...might have to watch two showings

Edit - I'm not waiting 8 hours anymore. Now, I'm seeing it at 7:10 and 10:30p. Back to back, baby!
 
sixpackshaker

sixpackshaker

My best friend is on call this weekend, and he does not want me to "cheat" on him by not waiting to see it with him.

Might have to see it twice.
 
S

Soliloquy

If this movie does well enough, does that mean we get more Firefly?

Maybe?

Please?
 
Norris

Norris

Well that was great. Just...fucking great. I can only imagine that it was even better at the marathon screenings they did yesterday, because this really is a damn saga. Still though,
Joss Whedon kills everyone we love. On the one hand, Coulson's death was very well done. On the other hand, my sister and I were both shocked for all of a second when it happened because of Tara, Anya, Fred, Book, Wash, Penny, Bennett, Mellie, Topher, and Ballard. It was like "OH GOD well that makes sense".
 
BananaHands

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Norris said:
Joss Whedon kills everyone we love. On the one hand, Coulson's death was very well done. On the other hand, my sister and I were both shocked for all of a second when it happened because of Tara, Anya, Fred, Book, Wash, Penny, Bennett, Mellie, Topher, and Ballard. It was like "OH GOD well that makes sense".
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I don't think Coulson is dead. I think that part about the bloody cards and conviction was hinting that he was still alive. The woman did say that the cards were in his locker and they were covered in blood.
 
bhamv3

bhamv3

Covar said:
What about..
"No offense mam, but there's only one God and I'm pretty sure he doesn't dress like that."
or...
"He's adopted"
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They were also good.

Also,
I believe Whedon has said that Coulson survived.
 
Hailey Knight

Hailey Knight

Okay, wife wants to sleep in. So I'll just sit here and wait...

Would be postponed until tomorrow, but I remembered we have free anytime tickets from my aunts, so we don't have to do a matinee. Still gotta wait though. Now I know what torture feels like. :awesome:
 
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