In regards to Loki, he's a fine choice by me for being the foe who brings the Avengers together. Especially if he gets ahold of the Cosmic Cube/Tesseract device as teased in the stinger of Thor. At this point I am assuming that the rumored Skrull army storyline is still going forward, which will give the Avengers plenty of foot soldiers to fight as well.
On Oct 12, 8:40 am, Luke Jaconetti <[email protected]> wrote: > Van, > > I am going to be very narrow-scoped in my responses because my > opinions about Joss Whedon have gotten me in trouble on this group > before. > > My wife watched BTVS and I thought the show was insipid. When comics > fans bemoan that Brian Michael Bendis/Geoff Johns/Gail Simone/Rob > Liefeld/whomever is "getting paid to write fanfic," my immediate first > thought is Whedon. The icing on that cake was an interview in Wizard > where he claimed that Buffy would mop the floor with Blade as well as > Count Dracula. > > I tried Firefly after my friend Adam lent me the DVDs. I made it > through two episodes before giving up. More stock characters spouting > his stock dialogue. The "space western" has been done a lot better > and a lot earlier. Once I saw the mysterious box in the first episode > I said to my (now) wife "There's a girl in that box." And once the > girl was revealed, and she asked me how I knew that, I said "Because > Outlaw Star did it years ago." > > I rented Serenity from Netflix after hearing the non-stop praise from > some of my friends and folks on message boards, including how it was > (and I quote) "Star Wars done right' and "accessible even if you > didn't watch Firefly." I thought the film was an incoherent mess and > one of the worst modern science fiction films I have seen. > > Joss Whedon has not proven himself as a feature film director. His > one feature was a financial disaster. I am very concerned about the > Avengers using the same tired, boxed-in, trendy language that all of > his characters seem to use. > > In the interest of full disclosure I have not read any of his comics > work. The X-Men have not appealed to me in a long time. > > ~Luke > > On Oct 12, 8:13 am, Van Plexico <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Loki works as the main villain for several reasons, not least of which is > > that he was the team's first foe in the comics-- the one who caused the > > team to come together. I just hope they don't defeat him by locking him in > > a lead box. > > > I've been figuring he would be the mastermind and we'd see a sort of > > "Masters of Evil" manipulated by him. The Red Skull & Hydra would be > > included, I'd think. Maybe the/an Abomination. > > > Love that they're doing at least a little unfriendliness between Tony & > > Steve. In fact, in that trailer we see practically a staging of their > > argument from 167, albeit with today' smartass Tony in the role of 1978's > > heroic Tony. > > > What don't you like about Whedon, Luke? I never watched Buffy much because > > I have no interest in vampires or teenagers, but I thought his X-Men comics > > were very solid and that Firefly was terrific-- and that Serenity > > demonstrated that he can write and direct a fantastic, fast-paced, > > character-driven feature film with action and snappy dialogue. I can think > > of anyone I'd prefer to be in charge of this movie. > > > --Van > > > Sent from my iPhone- 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.
