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Edited by Mrph1 on Jul 29th 2024 at 3:09:00 PM
Popping in for a quick question!
I saw you guys talking about the Daredevil series coming up the other day, but I was thinking about something else and wasn't really paying attention, but on the poster on the series page it says ALL episodes are available beginning on the 10th.
...?
Neftlix is beyond such things!
Thanks.
edited 7th Apr '15 12:03:05 PM by yellowturtle
Crow: There's a plot?Its a Netflix series. They drop the whole thing at the same time since they're not beholden to tv scheduling.
Forever liveblogging the Avengers@Tobiasdrake
Actually, that sounds more like the definition of the Collateral Angst supertrope. It becomes fridging when it's done for cheap shock value as opposed to having the development and serious, long-lasting ramifications on the plot and characterization such an event should have.
While I agree that Gwen Stacy's death currently does count as fridging, we just had this conversation earlier, people seem to confuse the term for meaning any and every instance where the female love interest dies and the hero feels bad about it (or not even in the case of Steve Rogers and Peggy Carter at the end of TFA) when the definition of the trope is more about the execution and double standard.
I think Superior Foes of Spider-Man had
◊ a great deconstruction of fridging- specifically how it exists to create angst in the hero and build up the villain's cred.
The latter isn't shown in the panel, but in the issue Boomerang complains about Bullseye who is his Always Someone Better, and some of his comments are to the effect that Bullseye's reputation rests on murdering Daredevil's girlfriend(s?).
Incidentally, Boomerang himself committed one of the rare gender inversions- decapitating the husband of Jackpot with a boomerang (obviously).
I'm not entirely sure that's a Deconstruction so much as Wrong Genre Savvy, Invoked Trope, and/or Lampshade Hanging.
edited 7th Apr '15 3:00:05 PM by spashthebandragon
I've got fanfics for Frozen, Spectacular Spider-Man, Crash Bandicoot, and Spyro the Dragon.![]()
Bullseye is most famous for stabbing Elektra, btw.
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And now at last:
Lord of Lore's list of Stark's 616!Iron Man suits from Model/Mark 40 to the latest one:
- Model 40.
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- Model 41.
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- Model 42(my personal favorite).
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- Model 43.
◊ Same number as MCU!Tony's first armor in Ao U, FYI.
- Model 44.
◊ Same number as the MCU!Hulkbuster, FYI.
- Model 45.
◊ Same number as MCU!Tony's last armor in Ao U, FYI.
- Model 46.
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- Model 47.
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- Model 48.
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- Model 49.
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- Model 50.
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- Model 51.
◊ Current main armor for the Superior Iron Man, Tony Stark.
- Model 52.
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Oh and just for fun, have a look at Avengers Mansion
◊ and how Asgard
◊ looked the first time it was seen in the comics.
edited 7th Apr '15 3:34:10 PM by LordofLore
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It isn't actually one. 616!Tony's Hulkbusters(his name for them) are Models 14, 32, 37 and 50. Model 44 is just a really large suit with tons of weapons(think a bigger War Machine)that can briefly fight the Hulk(it got wrecked after expending its weapons IIRC).
edited 7th Apr '15 3:21:00 PM by LordofLore
Yeah, I think Model 42's my favorite out of that list.
Speaking of, I can't remember what was the general consensus of my idea that Iron Man's armor in Civil War could be colored like the Model 42 (black with yellow) as an "in mourning" thing after what happens in AOU. Was it mostly yay or nay?
edited 7th Apr '15 3:35:57 PM by TargetmasterJoe
I like it personally. Would contribute to the Darker and Edgier feel I'd assume Civil War would have.
I'd rather they not make Iron Man look villainous when this is their opportunity to do things right and present Civil War as a Grey-and-Gray Morality event like it should've been written as.
edited 7th Apr '15 4:19:34 PM by AlleyOop
I think my favorite thing about Boomerang and Bullseye in Superior Foes is that, in a subversion, when Boomerang finally gets his chance to step up, Bullseye just easily dispatches him.
My various fanfics.I like the curves and more...organic I guess
◊ look for the Mark 45. I hope they continue that.
I kind of miss the Mk 38.
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x5 It wasn't even really Bullseye. It was a robot. Boomerang's not even worthy of the honor of being killed by the real Bullseye...
So one criticism I've been hearing about how Marvel does their films is that they don't really let the director have their own stamp on the film they are making, instead constraining them in order for it to fit the bigger whole. Like, while others like DC give the director the ability to have ownership over the franchise, Marvel prefers having them as sort of "contracts", and they've even begun hiring directors who are mainly known for low-budget films and television, since they are more easily controllable.
Thoughts? I mean, both Iron Man 2 and Thor The Dark World were heavily influenced by the studio, and are generally considered their weakest films (Jon Faverau had such a bad experience with IM 2 that he left). And with Edgar Wright leaving Ant Man since his style didn't mesh with the rest of the MCU, it paints a rather constrained environment where the studio, not the directors or writers, make all the calls, leading them all to not have their own personal stamp.

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