Ultron is good too. Only problem I foresee is how to do Ultron without Hank Pym -- ie, who builds him?
On Jul 19, 2:05 pm, Cary Preston <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 is no longer valid.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 > > ... > > read more »- 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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