The best Avengers villain is and always will be Ultron. On Jul 19, 2011, at 1:11 PM, Luke <[email protected]> wrote:
> I did not know about the rewrite. Interesting. > > I can't see introducing the Infinity Gauntlet on the heels of the > Cosmic Cube/Tesseract (as it is called in Captain America, > apparently). One super artifact should be enough. > > I could see using the Skrulls, I guess. I never really liked them. > But I can see a movie where Nick Fury has the Avengers work together > because SHIELD has found out that high ranking officials are being > replaced with Skrulls with the intent of obtaining the Cube in order > to openly invade the Earth. Skrulls just don't seem like a good foe > for Thor. Iron Man, alright, I can give you that. Maybe they have > super ray guns or something which can damage the armor. But Skrulls > can't stand up to Thor, especially as he was portrayed in the movie. > > I guess they're a better choice than the Space Phantom. > > Honestly, my favorite Avengers villain is Kang and I know we won't get > him. > > On Jul 19, 1:06 pm, Jason Service <[email protected]> wrote: >> keep in mind, thanks to Sam Jackson, we have a script re-write. I would be >> amazed if they went WILDLY away from what was written, but the leaked script >> is no longer valid. >> >> I am attempting to stay away from true story lines as i would like to be as >> suprised as possible with the story when i see the film, but speculation is >> all about the fun!!! >> >> >> >> On Tue, 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, >> >> ... >> >> read more ยป- 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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