Loki+Cosmic Cube. That might be enough, although I wouldn't be surprised if they used the Skrulls as a 'henchman' for the main baddie.
On Jul 19, 2011, at 1:00 PM, Luke <[email protected]> wrote: > Fair enough. I often come across online as more dickish than I > intend. > > Hence I would like to get this thread back on track to the Avengers > and not Firefly/Serenity. Clearly that is a sore spot for me. > > So is the rumor still that Loki is using the Skrulls somehow? Along > with the Infinity Gauntlet and/or the Cosmic Cube? > > On Jul 19, 12:58 pm, Jason Service <[email protected]> wrote: >> 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.-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 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.- 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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