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Edited by Mrph1 on Jul 29th 2024 at 3:09:00 PM
edited 1st Nov '16 3:41:16 PM by hollygoolightly
Perhaps, but the Ultroned-Iron Legion drones were trying to kill him in that scene.
That one two-second clip baffles me so much. So Whedon clearly wanted Rhodey out of the action scene to free up space, but couldn't he have just had him stand by shooting like Hill and Nat were doing? And how is there expected to be tension in this action scene if a direct hit to the chest from the drones shows itself to do nothing?
Age of Ultron is the most tension-free "dramatic" movie I've ever seen, which really contributes to why Pietro's death feels so cheap and unwarranted. It's just a lazy, hackneyed way to artificially raise the stakes when your protagonists have spent the last hour forty-five never facing any adversity whatsoever.
My various fanfics.
I could never take Pietro death seriously because I feel it was awfully done, between having to see all the ways the avenger smash droids to Ultron saying "In retrospective" to him stealing the quinjet and mumbling.....
I dont know, it feel Joss want to have his cake and eat it too: he want to have badass scene and good win winning but also need it a death to rise the stakes so he just kill Pietro for last
Well, we always have X-Men Pietro, right?
"My Name is Bolt, Bolt Crank and I dont care if you believe or not"I enjoyed the film. I wouldn't say it's the best thing Marvel has ever done, but still a very enjoyable film. The effects were fantastic.
Only spoilers pertaining to that specific question. I personally didn't notice it if they handwaved the Race Lift. But I'm not familiar with the source material. They did have another guy who Strange thought was TAO initially, who more closely fit what I think the comic character looks like.
Are we allowed to post spoilers for the film in this thread before the US release date? Assuming they are marked of course?
edited 2nd Nov '16 12:11:05 AM by 32ndfreeze
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Go ahead. That's never stopped people before, and we have a lot of Europeans in these threads anyway.
Re: Spoiler, they probably intended it as Lampshade Hanging but that sounds like rubbing salt in the wound. Damnit.
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The doctor Strange crowd is nice enough to stick to the Doctor Strange threat for now. So if you want to discuss the movie, you can do it best over there...I suspect fairly freely (I have avoided the threat because I won't be able to see it before Monday).
edited 2nd Nov '16 12:29:12 AM by Swanpride
Though the Dr. Strange talk made me think of something else. Does anyone else who's both a MCU and Marvel Vs Capcom fan like to shout out the moves quotes when similar badass stuff happens on screen? Cause I'm hoping there'll be lots of moments for that in Dr. Strange.
Speaking of which, Thor totally finishes the Destroyer by somehow comboing a Mighty Tornado into a Mighty Punish. I can't watch that scene without hearing "BY ODIN'S BEARD!"
Huh, didn't know there was a separate DS thread.
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You bet I do. I'm waiting for the day "Proton Cannon" and "Final Justice" officially show up in the movie scripts. Speaking of which someone recently claimed MvC4 has begun development at Capcom. I wonder if the increased profiles of characters like the Winter Soldier, Ant-Man, and Star-Lord will get them in this time.
edited 2nd Nov '16 1:00:15 AM by AlleyOop
When Civil War came out there was a fun clip somewhere, with someone splicing the Final Justice audio with Cap and Bucky beating down Iron Man, but I lost track of it.
An actual Proton Cannon at some point in the movies would be the greatest, stupidest-circling-back-to-awesomest thing. I'd also like to see Peter Maximum Spider somebody.
edited 2nd Nov '16 12:59:37 AM by KnownUnknown

That depends on if he's a fan.
Tony doesn't really seem like an anime guy....though he's probably travelled to Japan for business....
Oh wait....
One Strip! One Strip!