Just attempting to keep up with your level of dickishness. On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 12:48 PM, Luke <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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.-Hidequotedtext > > > > > > >- > > > > > > > > - 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. > 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. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. 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