Sorry for steering this thread towards how bad Firefly and Serenity were. Jason, I was going to agree with you regarding Whedon and the outcome of The Avengers, but since you're insulting me by saying I need "spoon feeding" you can go pound salt.
Ron, I think you are dead-on about the Hulk effects not being ready to show off, especially considering the sharp backlash from the fans when the unfinished ILM CGI Hulk was shown in trailers for Ang Lee's Hulk. I am willing to bet that Marvel wants Hulk to really "WOW" audiences when he shows up on the big screen in Avengers. Considering the less than stellar performance of Thor (as compared to IM and IM2), I am curious to see what both Captain America and then Avengers will do fiscally. (Without looking up numbers I am pretty sure that Incredible Hulk did about the same as Thor.) Will Avengers be seen as the third Iron Man film, putting projections in the $300m+ range, or as the followup to Thor and such, putting it in the $170m range? On Jul 19, 12:36 pm, Cary Preston <[email protected]> wrote: > I wasn't a Firefly fan but I thought the movie was ok. Came across as a long > TV show with better production values, but still watchable. > > On Jul 19, 2011, at 12:32 PM, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > In geek culture, "known fact" does equal "desperate (fill in the blank) > > wish". And I'd bet most on this listserve 'know' that Serenity was awesome > > and that those that disagree are just wrong :) > > > ~Ron > > > Connected by DROID on Verizon Wireless > > > -----Original message----- > > From: Luke <[email protected]> > > To: The Unique Geek <[email protected]> > > Sent: Tue, Jul 19, 2011 13:10:22 GMT+00:00 > > Subject: [The Unique Geek] Re: Avengers! > > > "Known fact?" You mean "desperate nerd wish?" > > > I watched the show. It made my eyes hurt. Didn't help that, as I > > said in another thread yesterday, that it's a banal ripoff of Outlaw > > Star. And again, I'm not otaku so that's not just a typical Asiaphile > > argument. > > > Fact: The only feature film which Joss Whedon has directed made ~ > > $25m. Thus he has NO track record for being a successful film > > director. Hence my concern for the Avengers film. > > > In any event, after seeing Thor this past weekend (discount theater) I > > am very excited to see him and Iron Man interact on screen. Nevermind > > Cap! > > > On Jul 19, 9:04 am, Edward Crosby wrote: > > > That is your opinion, that Serenity and Firefly was a "dog of a show" when > > > it is a known fact that it was actually quite fantastic. > > > But, that is one of many things we accept here at TUG is that it is okay > > > for > > > an opinion to be wrong. It's called diversity. > > > > ---------------------------------------- > > > Have a Better One, > > > Edward Crosbyhttp://about.me/edwardcrosby > > > > On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 8:55 AM, Luke wrote: > > > > No, I'm not wrong. You're wrong. That movie was a dog, and a > > > > rightful fiscal failure. Firefly was a dog of a show and the movie > > > > version was incomprehensible to anyone who was not a devotee of the > > > > show. > > > > > Whedon has not proven himself to be successful in feature films. The > > > > fact of the matter is that his only feature film was a bomb. And > > > > hopefully he will not apply his filter of crumminess which defined his > > > > television shows to The Avengers. > > > > > On Jul 19, 8:00 am, Edward Crosby wrote: > > > > > No it wasn't. You're wrong. It was a great, fun, and very entertaining > > > > > movie. Especially for the Firefly fans. There were only two bad parts > > > > > of > > > > the > > > > > entire film - SPOILER ALERT - when Shepherd and Wash died. > > > > > Although I am not much of a Marvel fan, I am looking forward to this. > > > > > I > > > > was > > > > > hoping to see The Hulk in this. He's not in any of the clips. Wasn't > > > > > he > > > > > supposed to be in the movie? IMDB.com has credits to Mark Ruffalo as > > > > > puny > > > > > Banner (I remember the rumors of this) and Lou Ferrigno as the voice. > > > > > > ---------------------------------------- > > > > > Have a Better One, > > > > > Edward Crosbyhttp://about.me/edwardcrosby > > > > > > On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 7:45 AM, Luke wrote: > > > > > > "You've got a mean swing." Nice. I hope that we can see some of > > > > > > Thor > > > > > > And Iron Man Are Friends like we saw in the early 100s of Avengers. > > > > > > > I too am very excited for this project but with the huge caveat > > > > > > that I > > > > > > hope to all the gods of the Marvel pantheon that Joss Whedon doesn't > > > > > > Whedon all over it and ruin it. The only film he has ever directed > > > > > > (Serenity) was a mindless, hopeless, jumbled clusterbomb of a > > > > > > disaster. > > > > > > > On Jul 19, 6:35 am, Cary Preston wrote: > > > > > > > Very amped for this now. > > > > > > > > On Jul 19, 2011, at 2:41 AM, [email protected] wrote: > > > > > > > > > agreed. That "some assembly required" tagline is awesome. > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > > > > From: shag > > > > > > > > To: theuniquegeek > > > > > > > > Sent: Mon, Jul 18, 2011 6:39 pm > > > > > > > > Subject: RE: [The Unique Geek] Avengers! > > > > > > > > > Looks really good! > > > > > > > > > The Irredeemable Shag > > > > > > > >http://firestormfan.com > > > > > > > >http://onceuponageek.com > > > > > > > >http://twitter.com/firestormfan > > > > > > > > > -------- Original Message -------- > > > > > > > > Subject: [The Unique Geek] Avengers! > > > > > > > > From: [email protected] > > > > > > > > Date: Tue, July 19, 2011 12:01 am > > > > > > > > To: [email protected] > > > > > > > > > who knows how long this will be up - > > > > > > > > >http://gizmodo.com/5822377/the-avengers-trailer-leaked-and-its-rad > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the > > > > > > > > Google > > > > > > Groups "The Unique Geek" group. > > > > > > > > To post to this group, send email to > > > > [email protected]. > > > > > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > > > > [email protected]. > > > > > > > > For more options, visit this group athttp:// > > > > > > groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the > > > > > > > > Google > > > > > > Groups "The Unique Geek" group. > > > > > > > > To post to this group, send email to > > > > [email protected]. > > > > > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > > > > [email protected]. > > > > > > > > For more options, visit this group athttp:// > > > > > > groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the > > > > > > > > Google > > > > > > Groups "The Unique Geek" group. > > > > > > > > To post to this group, send email to > > > > [email protected]. > > > > > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > > > > [email protected]. > > > > > > > > For more options, visit this group athttp:// > > > > > > groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en.- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > > > - Show quoted text - > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > > Groups > > > > > > "The Unique Geek" group. > > > > > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > > > > [email protected]. > > > > > > For more options, visit this group at > > > > > >http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en.-Hidequoted text - > > > > > > - Show quoted text - > > > > > -- > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > > Groups > > > > "The Unique Geek" group. > > > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > > [email protected]. > > > > For more options, visit this group at > > > >http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en.-Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "The Unique Geek" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "The Unique Geek" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. 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