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I haven't seen any of Taika Waititi's movies before, but I think i now understand why this movie is so loving funny https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPJQ-48ALqI "Manchester by the Sea starring Hulk" NTRabbit fucked around with this message at 17:05 on Nov 6, 2017 |
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Gatts posted:After Dan Jurgens long rear end run of King Thor there was like a 3 issue Ragnorak storyline that killed off the Gods. Years later JMS brought Thor back and he rebuilt Asgard over Oklahoma and went to find the rest of the Gods including Loki who was now a woman and it was cool. It was a good start and there were a lot of good bits, like simple country folk dealing with Asgardians over farmland and a dude falling for a Goddess or some such with great art by Copiel. Then Marvel wanted to shove in crossover stuff and JMS threw a fit cause he couldn't tell his story and left and Copiel couldn't keep schedule as much if I recall. I also liked the run with Kid Loki.
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Nov 6, 2017 17:17
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I'm looking forward to Thor and company trying to live jowl and cheek with average folks, it seems very much up Waititi's angle, like a feature long version of those Thor/Dwight shorts. Shame they killed Volstagg, because in the comic version of this he was hilarious.
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Nov 6, 2017 17:29
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Other than being odin at the start did loki never ever shapeshift this whole movie? In the other ones he shapeshifted every other scene.
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Nov 6, 2017 17:32
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Shageletic posted:Shame they killed Volstagg, because in the comic version of this he was hilarious. If they really want to bring him back, they can just pull some Infinity Stone fuckery.
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Nov 6, 2017 17:39
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Movie was good and enjoyable but weird. I agree with others saying the tone was off. It leant heavily into GotG humour which didn't quite match the subject matter of killing off everyone on the B-List. Bruce's body looked pretty broken when he hit the loving floor. I legit wondered if he had sacrificed himself for Bulk and why was everyone laughing?
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Nov 6, 2017 18:00
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 Why did everyone laugh at that? Because you expect him to transform into Hulk mid-drop and instead are greeted with an amazingly hilarious ragdoll of a human splatting onto the bridge.
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Nov 6, 2017 18:06
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Fenris Wolf's reaction was pretty funny as well. I kept expecting Hulk to pull a King Kong to Fenris's Godzilla though, instead of tossing him off the side of Asgard and into Space.
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Nov 6, 2017 18:34
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Also, you know he's going to be alright. He's the strongest Avenger / Revenger!
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Nov 6, 2017 18:40
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Jeff Goldblum is a goddamn national treasure. At multiple points he would come onscreen and I'd be laughing before he even said anything due to his mannerisms, facial movements. Thor Ragnarok is an excellent scifi movie that happens to star Thor, just as Winter Soldier was an excellent martial arts movie that happened to star captain America.
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Nov 6, 2017 18:43
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Bruce can't die, when he actually tried to kill himself Hulk just spit out the bullet.
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Nov 6, 2017 18:56
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I loved this flick. They did what the GotG and Orville is doing successfully. They can be both serious and a comedy at the same time without destroying the immersion too much.
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Nov 6, 2017 19:02
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Avalerion posted:Bruce can't die, when he actually tried to kill himself Hulk just spit out the bullet. also, spoiler: no main avengers character is ever going to actually die because of a sight gag.
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Nov 6, 2017 19:11
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Philthy posted:I loved this flick. They did what the GotG and Orville is doing successfully. They can be both serious and a comedy at the same time without destroying the immersion too much. I get what you’re saying, but for the most part the humour on The Orville is a miserable failure to me, and ruins my immersion completely.
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Nov 6, 2017 19:20
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Inescapable Duck posted:Kinda feel it ties into a big theme of the Hulk in Ragnarok: He may not have come to the arena willingly at first, but it's very clear he only stays there because he wants to. It's the first place he's ever been to where the Hulk can freely be the Hulk- people love him, he can get his smash on in a socially acceptable way, and he has his own home and doesn't want for anything. He only turns back to puny Banner when he remembers what he's left behind and the pain it caused him. Being Angry is a great cover for hiding your other emotions, like love, pain, sorrow, betrayal etc etc.
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Nov 6, 2017 21:43
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Dexo posted:Being Angry is a great cover for hiding your other emotions, like love, pain, sorrow, betrayal etc etc. I think that's why he chased after Thor, and why he transformed back to Banner.
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Nov 6, 2017 21:48
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Owlofcreamcheese posted:When is the bifrost shown to be even remotely high capacity? It's got room for like 10 people and the bridge to it is a teeny tiny one lane road. The opening scenes of Thor 1 and to a lesser extent the opening to Thor 2. They use it to transport Asgard's army to fight the Frost Giants/Dark Elves.
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Nov 6, 2017 22:58
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Vintersorg posted:
I expected him to smash through the Byfrost Like in Incredible Hulk, but the actual result was just lol
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Nov 6, 2017 23:06
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Quick phone post but the James Cordon Thor in 4D video was great. I’ll post a link when I get off work if nobody else does
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Nov 6, 2017 23:22
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Shageletic posted:I think that's why he chased after Thor, and why he transformed back to Banner. yeah, for being a big goofy doofus, they imparted a good amount of character on Hulk in this movie. Like, obviously he likes being in a world where he's loved for being destructive instead of hated for it, but you can tell he's also lonely. Valkerie is his only friend, and she's got her own problems. They're both self-destructive and unhappy people.
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Nov 6, 2017 23:26
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Vintersorg posted:
The sound effect really sold it as well, it was this perfectly pathetic little "doink".
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Nov 7, 2017 01:06
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I feel like the movie undermining every cliché dramatic/climactic moment was more than just being afraid of drama, but rather a theme. It feels very deliberate.
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Nov 7, 2017 03:46
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Avalerion posted:I think these guys missed a important plot point in regards to Hela... Kal-L posted:japanese animes Did I stutter? Also, the video was uploaded on October 26th.
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Nov 7, 2017 03:47
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Anyone see it in 3D? Comments? I know that 3D isn't popular around here, but I rather enjoyed it for the spacey scenes in GOTG and Dr. Strange.
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Nov 7, 2017 04:31
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MonsieurChoc posted:I feel like the movie undermining every cliché dramatic/climactic moment was more than just being afraid of drama, but rather a theme. It feels very deliberate. The fact that the movie is a straight up comedy with dramatic images is basically why I love it. I practically teared up when Karl Urban finally got to rock his dual m16s in his moment of redemption.
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Nov 7, 2017 04:36
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PantsBandit posted:Thor Ragnarok is an excellent scifi movie that happens to star Thor That's what I really love about it. Other than GotG I don't go to Marvel movies expecting super awesome sci-fi. This was excellent sci-fi, just with a shape shifting wizard and a lightning god who had a magic hammer in the lead roles. And a giant green guy.
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Nov 7, 2017 04:48
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Snak posted:The fact that the movie is a straight up comedy with dramatic images is basically why I love it. I'll be honest, I was kind of hoping for the guns to (realistically) run dry almost immediately, with a disbelieving "that's ALL THEY SHOOT?!?", followed by bashing the rest of the zombies to death (uh, re-death?) with the empty guns. But it was still pretty cool.
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Nov 7, 2017 04:55
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MonsieurChoc posted:I feel like the movie undermining every cliché dramatic/climactic moment was more than just being afraid of drama, but rather a theme. It feels very deliberate. A lot of it is when people are trying to look cool, dramatic or profound and failing because the universe doesn't bend itself to allow them. There's a big deal with how Thor's out of his comfort zone entirely, and the status quo of Asgard is never going to be the same.
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Nov 7, 2017 04:57
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Wingnut Ninja posted:I'll be honest, I was kind of hoping for the guns to (realistically) run dry almost immediately, with a disbelieving "that's ALL THEY SHOOT?!?", followed by bashing the rest of the zombies to death (uh, re-death?) with the empty guns. Yeah, I'm one of thsoe people who always sees an automatoc weapon in a movie and tries to guess what rules the movie is going to play by. If it's something from like the 80s, its usually bordline infinite ammo. I was very pleased with how it worked out in the film.
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Korg might be the funniest character I've seen in a movie all year. I want a Korg solo movie ASAP. "Our revolution failed because I didn't make enough copies of the pamphlet and only my mum showed up with her new boyfriend, who I hate."
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Nov 7, 2017 05:05
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I wonder how many non-football fans missed the joke/pun about the guns from Texas being named Dez and Troy. Them becoming Destroy when together is great. Did not expect a Dallas Cowboys related joke in Thor.
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Nov 7, 2017 05:10
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Most movies portray alien races as way more advanced than humans in every way. But I found it funny earth guns were plenty effective vs zombified Asgardian champions, earth wizards can hold their own against Asgardian wizards, and earth human/monster hybrids are also quite potent against their counterparts. Also Asgard is TINY. Barely bigger than Never Never land and practically the trailer home equivalent of interdimemsional realms.
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Nov 7, 2017 05:52
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Sir Nose posted:Anyone see it in 3D? Comments? I know that 3D isn't popular around here, but I rather enjoyed it for the spacey scenes in GOTG and Dr. Strange. i don't care for 3d and really only noticed it for the first 10 minutes or so.
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Nov 7, 2017 06:00
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Panfilo posted:
Pretty sure that had to be a Spring Breakers homage.
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Sir Nose posted:Anyone see it in 3D? Comments? I know that 3D isn't popular around here, but I rather enjoyed it for the spacey scenes in GOTG and Dr. Strange.
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an adult beverage posted:Pretty sure that had to be a Spring Breakers homage. Makes sense. I'm just cracking up thinking about these two groupies from Asgard being all impressed at what looks like the contents of a neglected Public Storage unit, as though this guy had a bunch of pirate treasure dug out of the Marianas Trench or something. They should've given him a funeral burying him with Des and Troy complete with the dozens of tacticool rail attachments I'm sure he had laying around :usa:
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Nov 7, 2017 06:43
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Panfilo posted:Most movies portray alien races as way more advanced than humans in every way. But I found it funny earth guns were plenty effective vs zombified Asgardian champions, earth wizards can hold their own against Asgardian wizards, and earth human/monster hybrids are also quite potent against their counterparts. Half thinking it might be that Asgardians' inherent magic/abilities can make Earth weapons perform way better than they usually do in human hands, maybe Skurge didn't realise he had the Infinite Ammo cheat code. But also keeps in mind that the whole conceit is that the superheroes are more or less the only thing that gives Earth a fighting chance on the galactic scale, and that Asgard isn't too different; their ruling family call themselves gods and kinda live up to it, and are basically the local equivalent of superheroes. Also, the Bifrost is basically a Star Trek transporter.
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Panfilo posted:Most movies portray alien races as way more advanced than humans in every way. But I found it funny earth guns were plenty effective vs zombified Asgardian champions, earth wizards can hold their own against Asgardian wizards, and earth human/monster hybrids are also quite potent against their counterparts. Dr Strange is on an entirely different level from anyone else in the marvel universe and I'm excited to see how they develop that across future movies.
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Inescapable Duck posted:Half thinking it might be that Asgardians' inherent magic/abilities can make Earth weapons perform way better than they usually do in human hands, maybe Skurge didn't realise he had the Infinite Ammo cheat code. Orrrrrrrr it could be some twist where lead or gunpowder propulsion or something else considered moderately dangerous-yet-quaint on earth is deadly powerful in other realms, which is a funny idea as well. Usually comic books/sci fi plots apply this the other way around, where some alien fidget spinner is a doomsday device on Earth. I like the idea that a pair of AR-15's obtained at a gun show in exchange for a few rusty Unobtanium Axes ends up being hilariously potent, which isn't a stretch considering Hela can basically shoot out swords/spears at machine gun rates of fire anyway.
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MonsieurChoc posted:I feel like the movie undermining every cliché dramatic/climactic moment was more than just being afraid of drama, but rather a theme. It feels very deliberate. Taika Waititi has mentioned in several interviews that he's really interested in taking these bizarre characters in bizarre situations in bizarre locations and just making them sit down and talk about their feelings which lead to scenes like Thor talking with Korg about his feelings over losing his hammer, and Thor and Hulk just sitting and arguing which one was more like fire which were some of the more hilarious scenes in the movie. Taika is really really aware that all the clichéd dramatic/climactic scenes in comicbook movies are inherently ridiculous and he went after them like a terrier after a rat, it was extremely deliberate. In one of the interviews he talked about how he likes to let everyone just mess around on set to see what happens (which obviously lead to a whole bunch of the best dialogue in the movie) and he'll start a scene by going "Right, how can we gently caress up this movie today?" 
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