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Edited by Mrph1 on Jul 29th 2024 at 3:09:00 PM
Apparently Absorbing Man was the guy who Matt Murdock's dad beat in the match he was supposed to lose.
Also, @Death's Apprentice
Just as an observation, I never realized until now how it feels like there's so few Muslims are on these threads.
edited 8th Dec '15 11:20:34 AM by AdricDePsycho
Have you any dreams you'd like to sell?Some Civil War pics
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Current Spider-Man costume that has the glowing parts, like how Widow's outfit had glowing parts in Ao U.
edited 8th Dec '15 7:37:24 PM by stingerbrg
Yeah, keep telling yourself that. If I wanted to see so-called "realistic" crap like that, I would go read Kick-Ass.
Also, your logic is bad: if they kill off that Peter Parker they will just introduce another one later so no, no rest from it. Best we have one FINALLY last long for a change.
edited 8th Dec '15 8:13:04 PM by Theokal3
Oh I thought we were talking about Robert Downey Jr.
But yeah, I also liked the Mandarin twist.
And I don't think RDJ is that much of a nemesis to Tony.
Forever liveblogging the AvengersWell, I thought it was fine.
Really, I enjoyed Iron Man 3.
Visit my Tumblr! I may say things. The Bureau ProjectI still think that the first part of the twist... advertising Ben Kingsley as the Mandarin only to have it turn out he's a doofy fraud... is a stroke of brilliance. That part is hilarious.
The problem comes in the second half of the twist. I really don't want to sound entitled, but I feel like when you tell us we're getting Ben Kingsley as the Mandarin, the actual villain needs to be strong enough to make up for the fact that we aren't really getting Ben Kingsley as the Mandarin.
And Killian just doesn't do that. I think he's one of the two cases of the MCU movies having genuinely bad villains. He's bland, he's boring, he's another businessman in a suit with an uninspired plan that's basically just Stane's scheme from the first movie but more complicated. And to me, that subtracts a lot from the movie. The back end of the payoff just isn't worth the performance and story we could have gotten if they'd just played it straight, picked a more compelling character to make the actual villain (personally I was hoping for Maya), or even put the same amount of effort they put into preserving and setting up the twist into making Killian worth watching.
edited 8th Dec '15 10:05:03 PM by Khfan429
And we're back to the Mandarin twist for the 240th time!
Now we only wait until someone implies anyone who disliked the Mandarin twist has no concept of subtlety and/or would rather have a walking racist cartoon as a villain And That's Terrible.
I can't wait.
"All you Fascists bound to lose."

I actually like how Ao S manages to hit a balance between using actual comic book characters while still grounding them. The Absorbing Men, Mr. Hyde, Lash, all characters which still hit the basic plot points of their comic book counterparts, but adjusted in a way which makes them just more interesting. I absolutely loved the way how Absorbing Man "enjoyed" different textures, for example (I really hope that this character turns up again).