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dsheinem wrote:
Except that it isn't necessary to have seen those other films to understand the Avengers so it isn't a sequel by any typical understanding of the word. It was designed to work as a stand alone that viewers would get more out of if they'd seen the related films.

Highly agree!

dsheinem wrote:As stand-alone film, though, it isn't very good.

Highly disagree!

Silly how that works out sometimes.

Now let's talk about how not enough people have watched SLAP SHOT at least a dozen times. nsfw, language... but one of the funniest directed scenes in cinema.

Not bad, but it'd probably be a bit better in 3D.

Also making plans to see "Struck By Lightning" in the near future. I have a code for a free Redbox rental (thanks, Dr. Pepper) and it comes to the Redbox this Tuesday.

Watched RoboCop last night with my girlfriend, who had never seen it before. She wasn't a big fan of the gore in it, but she enjoyed it overall. And the Old Detroit of the future is sadly not far off the mark...

Ack wrote: And the Old Detroit of the future is sadly not far off the mark...

I'd trade in my car for a solid black 1990 SHO Taurus any day. That automobile was a Mustang in a skirt I tells 'ya.

Luke wrote:

Ack wrote: And the Old Detroit of the future is sadly not far off the mark...

I'd trade in my car for a solid black 1990 SHO Taurus any day. That automobile was a Mustang in a skirt I tells 'ya.

So the SHOgun is a Mustang in a miniskirt then?

I just finished watching The Office finale. And for some reason it made me thing about the "standing on its own" thing. I think, like a series finale, there's no reason The Avengers SHOULD have to stand on its own. I guess it doesn't fit into the usual format of what a film does, but it's a conclusion in the same way that a series finale is. If I threw the final episode of The Office at someone who'd never seen the show before, I wouldn't expect it to be meaningful to them in any way. I'm sure they'd be able to understand most everything that went on though.

I don't think you were arguing with this point anyway, just an observation that maybe a movie doesn't have to "stand on its own". We just go in to movies expecting them to because most do, but our rules are different for different mediums.

REPO Man wrote:

Not bad, but it'd probably be a bit better in 3D.

Also making plans to see "Struck By Lightning" in the near future. I have a code for a free Redbox rental (thanks, Dr. Pepper) and it comes to the Redbox this Tuesday.

What did you think of the ending?

I just got back from the Seattle International Film Festival openening gala where they showed Joss Whedon's version of Much Ado About Nothing. It was even better than I thought it would be! They make Shakespeare fun.

I also got to see a panel with Joss Whedon, Alexis Denisof (Wesley from Buffy/Angel), Amy Acker (Fred from Angel, Whiskey on Dollhouse), Nathan Fillion (Malcolm Reynolds on Firefly), and Clark Gregg (Agent Phil Coulson in The Avengers).

Trailer

Here's a couple of pictures my wife took:

Luke wrote:
Highly disagree!

Silly how that works out sometimes.

Now let's talk about how not enough people have watched SLAP SHOT at least a dozen times. nsfw, language... but one of the funniest directed scenes in cinema.

Meh, while it held my attention, it wasn't all that funny and a big stretch to be labeled one of the funniest scenes in cinema...

To each his own. I watched SLAP SHOT twice last night, back to back.