COMMUNITY THREAD: Past Their Prime

hermes · Post #1401 » by **hermes** » Mon May 7, 2012 3:34 am

dockingsched wrote:

world what are you coming to

hermes · Post #1402 » by **hermes** » Mon May 7, 2012 3:39 am

BlunnTashiz wrote:

lmao

they put him in front of scarlett????

Jetset · Post #1403 » by **Jetset** » Mon May 7, 2012 3:39 am

hermes wrote:
RiotSweetie wrote:
hermes wrote:i've always found the bolded part to be a ridiculous argument, of course things would be different without those two they are mains characters in the movie! it would just be like me saying tdk would not have been good without batman and the joker

also of course it resembles the other marvel movies they are trying to weave them together into one giant story- what made this one more 'epic' was the combination of all the superheros in one movie, which is a mighty undertaking and to actually pull it off is a pretty big deal i would say

What? Batman and the Joker are the clear protagonist and antagonist in TDK. Everyone else was a supporting/filler role. The point of The Avengers, as you clearly put it, is so all the superheroes were in one unit, fighting side by side, and they all had an equal opportunity to shine. The fact that you're acknowledging that those two emerged as the clear main characters illustrates my point.

Every Marvel movie has been built on NIck Furry recruiting these heroes for his mission to scare and face evil together. They were introduced one by one in The Avengers so that each one could demonstrate his/her greatness. Yet the only times that happened was if they were provoked by Tony Stark. The aliens were more interesting than some of the heroes, and that's saying something because they only came at the end. If there's a movie with that many superheroes and only one of them emerges as the main character when they were given the same amount of screen time, that's not epic. That's another Marvel movie.

i accept your apology, just don't let it happen again

hermes · Post #1404 » by **hermes** » Mon May 7, 2012 3:41 am

LaLa wrote:
RiotSweetie wrote:
hermes wrote:i've always found the bolded part to be a ridiculous argument, of course things would be different without those two they are mains characters in the movie! it would just be like me saying tdk would not have been good without batman and the joker

also of course it resembles the other marvel movies they are trying to weave them together into one giant story- what made this one more 'epic' was the combination of all the superheros in one movie, which is a mighty undertaking and to actually pull it off is a pretty big deal i would say

What? Batman and the Joker are the clear protagonist and antagonist in TDK. Everyone else was a supporting/filler role. The point of The Avengers, as you clearly put it, is so all the superheroes were in one unit, fighting side by side, and they all had an equal opportunity to shine. The fact that you're acknowledging that those two emerged as the clear main characters illustrates my point.

Every Marvel movie has been built on NIck Furry recruiting these heroes for his mission to scare and face evil together. They were introduced one by one in The Avengers so that each one could demonstrate his/her greatness. Yet the only times that happened was if they were provoked by Tony Stark. The aliens were more interesting than some of the heroes, and that's saying something because they only came at the end. If there's a movie with that many superheroes and only one of them emerges as the main character when they were given the same amount of screen time, that's not epic. That's another Marvel movie.

Taking stanning to the next level.

i don't even know what stanning is but i agree with lala 100%

Imadogg · Post #1405 » by **Imadogg** » Mon May 7, 2012 4:13 am

It's like being a blind biased fanboy. She's definitely a stan

RiotSweetie · Post #1406 » by **RiotSweetie** » Mon May 7, 2012 4:38 am

I don't even know what I'm stanning for.

Wavy Q · Post #1407 » by **Wavy Q** » Mon May 7, 2012 4:39 am

something a stan says

Kalidogg24 · Post #1408 » by **Kalidogg24** » Mon May 7, 2012 4:53 am

Riot doesn't think The Avengers was epic.......

Can't wait for the sequel!!!

Sofa King · Post #1409 » by **Sofa King** » Mon May 7, 2012 4:55 am

I guess riots not the perfect girl after all since she didn't The Avengers was cool

Post #1410 » by **dockingsched** » Mon May 7, 2012 4:55 am

i don't understand what the issue is if iron man or any other hero stood out. why is that a bad thing?

Sofa King · Post #1411 » by **Sofa King** » Mon May 7, 2012 4:57 am

dockingsched wrote:i don't understand what the issue is if iron man or any other hero stood out. why is that a bad thing?

It's bad in this example.

Kalidogg24 · Post #1412 » by **Kalidogg24** » Mon May 7, 2012 5:02 am

dockingsched wrote:i don't understand what the issue is if iron man or any other hero stood out. why is that a bad thing?

That's who IronMan/TonyStark is.
Highly confident and a alpha male at all times.
If you watched the cartoons or read the comics you would understand that.

Captain America is the leader and has always been.

Thor and The Hulk have the Godly powers.

And Nick Fury was always the dude to keep the team level headed.
Like the Phil Jackson of the Avengers.

P.S.
Even though Ironman stood out the most to many, I felt The Hulk stole the show!
Incredible!!!

miggs · Post #1413 » by **miggs** » Mon May 7, 2012 5:09 am

Jetset wrote:andre 3000's going to play jimi hendrix in a new biopic. swag

Damn major swag!

RiotSweetie · Post #1414 » by **RiotSweetie** » Mon May 7, 2012 5:09 am

Sofa King wrote:I guess riots not the perfect girl after all since she didn't The Avengers was cool

When did I say it wasn't cool? I said it had great moments and it was a good movie. Just stating that I didn't think it was as great as people are making it seem to be. I didn't get the epicness of it, just that it was a blockbuster hit and a nice way to open the summer of movies.

There's nothing wrong with Iron Man standing out, but it just confirms my belief that without him, the movie would be a replica of a Michael Bay film. And the fact that there are 6 other heroes and only he stood out is what kept it from being defined as epic for me.

I get it. I'm the minority opinion. Don't need to get your knickers in a bunch because I'm more indifferent to the movie than most of you were.

LaLa · Post #1415 » by **LaLa** » Mon May 7, 2012 5:12 am

blah blah blah Batman is the GOAT blah blah blah.

Post #1416 » by **dockingsched** » Mon May 7, 2012 5:12 am

RiotSweetie wrote:
Sofa King wrote:I guess riots not the perfect girl after all since she didn't The Avengers was cool

When did I say it wasn't cool? I said it had great moments and it was a good movie. Just stating that I didn't think it was as great as people are making it seem to be. I didn't get the epicness of it, just that it was a blockbuster hit and a nice way to open the summer of movies.

There's nothing wrong with Iron Man standing out, but it just confirms my belief that without him, the movie would be a replica of a Michael Bay film. And the fact that there are 6 other heroes and only he stood out is what kept it from being defined as epic for me.

I get it. I'm the minority opinion. Don't need to get your knickers in a bunch because I'm more indifferent to the movie than most of you were.

iron man and iron man 2 are BY FAR the most successful avenger hero movies marvel has put out. he's the superstar character. i mean, the lakers would be just another team without kobe too, but who cares.

Kalidogg24 · Post #1417 » by **Kalidogg24** » Mon May 7, 2012 5:15 am

miggs wrote:
Jetset wrote:andre 3000's going to play jimi hendrix in a new biopic. swag

Damn major swag!

Word up! 3Stacks is gonna kill it!

He's the perfect actor to play Jimi.
An there dedication to music is fairly similar minus the LSD.

Kalidogg24 · Post #1418 » by **Kalidogg24** » Mon May 7, 2012 5:19 am

Andre 3000 Throwback!!!! Beast on the Mic

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOTncTdQefk[/youtube]

RiotSweetie · Post #1419 » by **RiotSweetie** » Mon May 7, 2012 5:21 am

dockingsched wrote:
iron man and iron man 2 are BY FAR the most successful avenger hero movies marvel has put out. he's the superstar character. i mean, the lakers would be just another team without kobe too, but who cares.

Nobody does. My point is that I don't see the epicness of it, not that Iron Man should have stood out or that it was a problem. It was good, fun to watch. But I didn't walk out of the theater thinking "Wow! That was just...wow."

Sofa King · Post #1420 » by **Sofa King** » Mon May 7, 2012 5:26 am

RiotSweetie wrote:When did I say it wasn't cool? I said it had great moments and it was a good movie. Just stating that I didn't think it was as great as people are making it seem to be. I didn't get the epicness of it, just that it was a blockbuster hit and a nice way to open the summer of movies.

There's nothing wrong with Iron Man standing out, but it just confirms my belief that without him, the movie would be a replica of a Michael Bay film. And the fact that there are 6 other heroes and only he stood out is what kept it from being defined as epic for me.

I get it. I'm the minority opinion. Don't need to get your knickers in a bunch because I'm more indifferent to the movie than most of you were.

Michael Bay is complete and utter garbage. I can not sit through his movies. Didn't even see the last Transformers movie. All explosions and special effects with no plot, character development, or story.

Give Josh Wheldon a little more credit. He developed The Avengers ensemble cast and gave each of them the proper screen time and dialogue which is really difficult to pull off.

To you, Iron Man stood out. To me he may have stood out due to Robert Downey Jr. being one hell of an actor. His role in the movie fits in perfectly and matches to the Marvel Comic's canon.

Maybe its just over hyped for you. You expected something more and it didn't deliver for you. I had lower expectations and came out enjoying it and appreciating the film for what it is. A great summer movie with action, laughs, and cheers.