just saw the avengers

[dannubis]

Well, that was lame.

Well, obviously that was what she said also...

[Straybow]

I don't understand why a spacefaring race needs a wormhole thingy to get to Earth... yeah, obviously when Loki or Thor travel without a ship they need a bifrost or wormhole or something. And why haven't the Asgardians built ships, if replacing bifrost is too difficult?

[The Mad Monk]

In the comics, they do have spacefaring Viking Longships.

[Aeson]

Kickass and the guy from Special both > Iron Man

[Elok]

Finally saw the dang thing on DVD, so I'll shamelessly necro the thread. It was great fun, and I like how they totally embraced the "comic book movie" aspect at last. No more attempts to justify things with awkward explanations or hangdog nods to realism. It used to be, when the Hulk beat the crap out of someone, he broke most of the bones in his body. None of that here; Loki gets treated like Bam-Bam's club and he's right back up, dispensing endless ham as before, with no apparent injury. Because it's just more fun when people can keep beating each other up forever, as in a cartoon. Speaking of Loki, it was also nice that they never asked us to take him--or anything else--at all seriously. Flying invisible aircraft carrier? Eh, why not.

And Iron Man is now basically Spider-Man with lasers.

[Sava]

The Avengers was terrible. The Hulk movies all sucked. Captain America was bad. Thor was sub-meh.

The first Iron Man was a decent flick. Though, I think RDJr was better in Sherlock Holmes.

Every Spiderman movie has sucked hardcore balls. Even the idiotic remake.

Heath Ledger was awesome in the 2nd Batman. Every scene he wasn't in was terrible. The last half of that movie was a chore to watch.

The rest of the Batmans sucked. Bane was a joke. He sounded like what I imagine Santa Claus would sound like. The plots from the 1st and 3rd were horrible. The acting was worse. Christian Bale is worse than Val Kilmer Batman... perhaps better than Clooney. Michael Keaton is still the best... from the first one. But none of them were particularly great.

Heath Ledger played one of the best villains in any movie.

[self biased]

Space Sharks? They'd have killed the team in the opening minutes.

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i think i'm the only one who got that joke, DD. that is a pretty *****in' model though.

[regexcellent]

I get that 40k is about the art but I'd kind of like to play the game without dealing with all of the stupid models and paint and gluing fingers together by accident so I really wish there were a video game with a carbon copy of the exact same rules as the board game or something. Ah well.

[DinoDoc]

i think i'm the only one who got that joke, DD. that is a pretty *****in' model though.

I was a little disappointed no one else got the joke.

[Straybow]

Loki gets treated like Bam-Bam's club and he's right back up, dispensing endless ham as before, with no apparent injury. Because it's just more fun when people can keep beating each other up forever, as in a cartoon. Speaking of Loki, it was also nice that they never asked us to take him--or anything else--at all seriously.

Loki is wearing Asgardian armor glamered to look like clothing. He can be battered by Hulk and survive, but he isn't uninjured. He lays in the caved-in floor looking like he can't move, and apparently doesn't move until the team finishes the fight and goes back up top to collect him. It is cartoonish, but otherwise it would be a PC-17 rated gore-fest.

[OneFootInTheGrave]

and accepts that drink offer finally.

"Have a care how you speak! Loki is beyond reason, but he is of Asgard and he is my brother!
He killed eighty people in two days.
He's adopted. "

it was great.

"Enough! You are, all of you are beneath me! I am a god, you dull creature, and I will not be bullied by... "

best scene in a superhero movie to date (starting with that arrow shot). Loki has a lot of Daffy Duck in him. Classic.

[b etor]

I just watched it a second time. Captain America is so adorable. I think I'll watch his movie again.

[Hauldren Collider]

Hawkeye is the dumbest. A bow? really?

[DinoDoc]

Hawkeye is the dumbest. A bow? really?

Yes? It's part of the character.

[self biased]

I get that 40k is about the art but I'd kind of like to play the game without dealing with all of the stupid models and paint and gluing fingers together by accident so I really wish there were a video game with a carbon copy of the exact same rules as the board game or something. Ah well.

the miniatures are pretty much the entire point of the game. The game is pretty poorly designed, but gets by on the strength of the background and the fact that GW makes some of the best kits (if not also the most expensive) in the market. There's also the social aspect of the game, too. It is fun to play for a few hours and go grab some beers with your opponent. Your only other option is to purchase painted and assembled models. I actually am inclined to sell my sizable Dark Angels army, if you're interested.