Avengers 2 and Marvel TV

[Darren Dirt]

So looks like the Marvel marketing guys have gone way overboard with this particular film.

If you've seen all the trailers and teasers and almost-the-whole-scene clips, then apparently...
"You've Already Watched 14 Minutes of Avengers: Age of Ultron"
http://www.esquire.com/entertainment/movies/a34338/avengers-age-of-ultron-trailers/


I have made a decision to avoid anything before viewing, the trailers from a couple months ago were good enough to get me interested, but even those gave away a bit much about the obvious progression of the story.


Not to mention that after GotG I decided read a bunch of Wikipedia pages etc. about the major Marvel storylines that are inspiration for all of these huge film releases... Now I am gonna not spoil the fun of experiencing fully the execution of these stories (which will also be modified or completely redone for the Big Screen).



PS: here's hoping it's better than the first Avengers film... so that way The Joss can be happy with it

[Darren Dirt]

So in the 3 day measure, Avengers 2 did not quite measure up to the first movie.

DOMESTICALLY anyway. Look at its foreign take:

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/showdowns/chart/?id=topsuperhero.htm

400million, in just the first 3 days!? vs. 800million for Avengers #1 all together (foreign). Yeesh, a hundred million here, a hundred million there, pretty soon, you're talking real money.

[Mr. Analog]

To be honest I think the title put people off. Anything with a colon and a weird name smacks of badness

BUT from what I hear it's on par with the original and worth seeing

If I hadn't been SO HUNGOVER (goddamn) on Saturday I would have gone to a matinee

[Darren Dirt]

To be honest I think the title put people off. Anything with a colon and a weird name smacks of badness

BUT from what I hear it's on par with the original and worth seeing

If I hadn't been SO HUNGOVER (goddamn) on Saturday I would have gone to a matinee

Apparently it's a bit "over-long" and has a bit too much Whedon-esque dialog for some.

So I'll probably love it.


BTW Whedon is all like "Damn you, Harry!" -- look at all the records his A2:AoU ALMOST broke:

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/days/?page=open&p.htm Opening Day
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/days/?page=single&p=.htm Single-Day take
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/days/f-th.htm?page=Fri&p=.htm Best Friday Ever

The final Potter film was #1 for all 3.

And it was also #1 for this -- but Avengers 2 was basically an "also-ran" -- http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/world/worldwideopenings.htm

[Mr. Analog]

Just a moment ago I saw a post about somebody on twitter complaining about Whedon's "overly Whedonesque" dialogue for Black Widow... Whedon blocked him (big baby)

Oh Internet

[Melbosa]

I loved it... thought it was very good.  More humour than the first and I think some people will be put off by the Widow/Hulk stuff (not saying anything more).  But I think it is very close to the original... although I think it just misses the mark because its not as "kewl" as when you first see these heroes together for the first time.

[Tom]

Yeah, I can see the novelty not being as big a factor, which makes its success even greater!

I haven't seen it yet. I might go see it soon, not sure when. It's a pain to get to the new theatre over here only the peak hour bus goes by it

[Mr. Analog]

I thought the same thing about the novelty factor going into Winter Soldier but that movie was fantastic

Either way I'll be seeing it

[Mr. Analog]

Joss Whedon shut down his twitter account:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/joss-whedon-avengers-director-quits-twitter-after-being-hounded-by-trolls-10225192.html

[Darren Dirt]

Joss Whedon shut down his twitter account:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/joss-whedon-avengers-director-quits-twitter-after-being-hounded-by-trolls-10225192.html

And it wasn't just because people said "Avengers 2 wasn't as amazing as the first film!" ... it was because assclowns had to assclown.


"spencer in purple" is my personal head-asplode-favorite... "is a strong female character not in your vocabulary?"

If Joss isn't "feminist" enough, WTFF could ever please these kind of moronic extremist SJWs?


https://twitter.com/JPSargeant78/status/595367439795388416

[Mr. Analog]

That's for sure

[Darren Dirt]

That's for sure

But we can hope that most of the web is gonna respond to this BS along these lines (aka with rational coherent thought) ...

https://twitter.com/JulianSimpson1/status/595504600888778752

Julian Simpson
‏@JulianSimpson1
If you think Age Of Ultron was misogynist, I can?t begin to imagine the @%&#-fit you must throw watching ANY OTHER MOVIE.


1:25 AM - 5 May 2015
Lisa G
‏@tgshepherdvan
11h11 hours ago
@JulianSimpson1 No, you see the ultimate in misogyny is thinking a strong woman might desire love. FROM A MAN! THE HORROR!

[Mr. Analog]

Oh there are already asshats responding negatively to the rational responses. It's a never ending river of @%&#

[Darren Dirt]

@%&# it, just openly call BS on these bull@%&#ters, these "Misogynists! Misogynists everywhere!" never-satisfied man-haters:

https://twitter.com/Boogie2988/status/595491562617966593

Boogie2988
‏@Boogie2988
IMHO, if Joss Whedon wasn't enough of a feminist for you than your standards might very well be impossible for a man to achieve.
By design.
(It is by design. If all problems were fixed then they would become useless, and why would they want that.)



Pawkeshup
‏@Pawkeshup
13h13 hours ago
If you have a penis, you're a misogynist. Period. Full stop. That's third wave feminism in a nutcase... Sorry, nutshell.

^_^




WIN:
https://twitter.com/Boogie2988/status/595484252256493568

[Darren Dirt]

So... somebody made a trailer for "if the Avengers 2 came out in the mid-1990s". Nailed it.

http://video.vulture.com/video/Avengers-Age-of-Ultron-1995-Sty