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Post by Nalkarj on Dec 30, 2018 22:28:59 GMT
Hey everyone, sorry about this, but I’ve got computer problems again, so no live blog tonight. Damned Apple products.
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Post by No Morpho, Only Bánh mì on Dec 30, 2018 23:02:39 GMT
Good luck! How much do you have left?
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Post by merh on Dec 30, 2018 23:37:37 GMT
The point was Ultron couldn't see the difference between saving the world or destroying it because he was too much like Stark. I'm aware of the finer details. I'm making light of Ultron falling into the "A.I. is a crapshoot" trope. But thanks for the refresher. That's somewhat the diff between DC & Marvel films so far. My kid bitched "I knew you wouldnt like Manta". No, I didn't. The pirates were flat evil, killing people who didnt need to be killed, yet we get that dramatic music as the dad-yeah. No. I have no compassion for Manta. Ultron came from the stone, then got that untutored look at humanity. He was Pinocchio without a conscience. Had he listened to Jarvis, he probably would have been ok, but he didnt have that guiding advice to listen to that outside counselor so Ultron saw the worst without it being countered with any pluses. He's Pinocchio who stepped on Jimminy Cricket & fell on with the bad boys on the island
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Post by Nalkarj on Dec 30, 2018 23:38:22 GMT
Good luck! How much do you have left?Of the movie or of my money after paying for repairs? About an hour left, maybe a little longer.
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Post by No Morpho, Only Bánh mì on Dec 30, 2018 23:55:54 GMT
Good luck! How much do you have left?Of the movie or of my money after paying for repairs? About an hour left, maybe a little longer. Nice. Eager to see your thoughts at the end. What keeps going wrong with your computer?
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Post by Nalkarj on Dec 31, 2018 0:01:19 GMT
Of the movie or of my money after paying for repairs? About an hour left, maybe a little longer. Nice. Eager to see your thoughts at the end. What keeps going wrong with your computer? Oh, I was joking about blaming Apple. It’s completely my fault: the first time I spilled something on it and now I’ve dropped it. I feel like a complete idiot and klutz, but I’ve had it for years and only this year does anything happen. By some miracle I happened to have some credit with Apple and instead of giving me that they’re going to fix it for free—or so they claimed. * Knock on wood*
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Post by No Morpho, Only Bánh mì on Dec 31, 2018 0:12:19 GMT
Nice. Eager to see your thoughts at the end. What keeps going wrong with your computer? Oh, I was joking about blaming Apple. It’s completely my fault: the first time I spilled something on it and now I’ve dropped it. I feel like a complete idiot and klutz, but I’ve had it for years and only this year does anything happen. By some miracle I happened to have some credit with Apple and instead of giving me that they’re going to fix it for free—or so they claimed. * Knock on wood* Ah, liquids and heights. Formidable foes, indeed. May they pay for your error!
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Post by politicidal on Dec 31, 2018 0:24:34 GMT
I'm aware of the finer details. I'm making light of Ultron falling into the "A.I. is a crapshoot" trope. But thanks for the refresher. That's somewhat the diff between DC & Marvel films so far. My kid bitched "I knew you wouldnt like Manta". No, I didn't. The pirates were flat evil, killing people who didnt need to be killed, yet we get that dramatic music as the dad-yeah. No. I have no compassion for Manta. Ultron came from the stone, then got that untutored look at humanity. He was Pinocchio without a conscience. Had he listened to Jarvis, he probably would have been ok, but he didnt have that guiding advice to listen to that outside counselor so Ultron saw the worst without it being countered with any pluses. He's Pinocchio who stepped on Jimminy Cricket & fell on with the bad boys on the island Or like Milla Jovovich in Fifth Element had she not got plowed by Bruce Willis. It's pretty much the same scene when she researched human history.
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Post by merh on Dec 31, 2018 2:28:21 GMT
That's somewhat the diff between DC & Marvel films so far. My kid bitched "I knew you wouldnt like Manta". No, I didn't. The pirates were flat evil, killing people who didnt need to be killed, yet we get that dramatic music as the dad-yeah. No. I have no compassion for Manta. Ultron came from the stone, then got that untutored look at humanity. He was Pinocchio without a conscience. Had he listened to Jarvis, he probably would have been ok, but he didnt have that guiding advice to listen to that outside counselor so Ultron saw the worst without it being countered with any pluses. He's Pinocchio who stepped on Jimminy Cricket & fell on with the bad boys on the island Or like Milla Jovovich in Fifth Element had she not got plowed by Bruce Willis. It's pretty much the same scene when she researched human history. She was singing she had no strings? Do you know how long its been since I watched 5th element? How old is it? Maybe 5 yrs after the release is the last time I saw it. Never really thought it was all that. Probably saw Blade Runner more often.
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Post by Nalkarj on Dec 31, 2018 2:38:43 GMT
Oh, I was joking about blaming Apple. It’s completely my fault: the first time I spilled something on it and now I’ve dropped it. I feel like a complete idiot and klutz, but I’ve had it for years and only this year does anything happen. By some miracle I happened to have some credit with Apple and instead of giving me that they’re going to fix it for free—or so they claimed. * Knock on wood* Ah, liquids and heights. Formidable foes, indeed. May they pay for your error!Pecuniarily, at least. I’ve paid for it enough inasmuch as being annoyed at myself.
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Post by Nalkarj on Dec 31, 2018 16:18:14 GMT
They’re payin’ for it!
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Post by Nalkarj on Jan 3, 2019 3:18:19 GMT
OK, back to the movie, albeit on a different computer for the time being…
The bad guy is saying these magic words right now.
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Post by Nalkarj on Jan 3, 2019 3:19:56 GMT
So how exactly can Stark fit the suit (or at least the glove) in his watch?
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Post by Nalkarj on Jan 3, 2019 3:22:43 GMT
While I appreciate choreographed hand-to-hand fights more than big-budget CGI ones, fights in general just have the tendency to weary me.
I’m also somewhat amazed Cap can keep a helicopter from flying; I mean, the guy’s not Superman.
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Post by Nalkarj on Jan 3, 2019 3:27:08 GMT
I do appreciate how Cap doesn’t blindly trust Bucky just because he’s his pal, even if he still does trust him to some degree.
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Post by Nalkarj on Jan 3, 2019 3:31:13 GMT
Also, Owl-Boy is quickly becoming one of my favorite MCU characters. And my perspective on this is probably closest to Scarlett Johansson’s: emotionally I’m on Cap’s side, I feel I should be, but my rational side tells me it’s far more sensible to be on Stark’s.
Spidey just came in. And is it a truism to state that Marisa Tomei’s beautiful?
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Post by politicidal on Jan 3, 2019 3:39:18 GMT
. And is it a truism to state that Marisa Tomei’s beautiful? I feel like Holland's eyes were distracted in one scene and she broke character to redirect his line of sight. Lucky little bastard.
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Post by Nalkarj on Jan 3, 2019 3:42:40 GMT
Was Paul Rudd also someone I missed who was in Ultron?
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Post by Nalkarj on Jan 3, 2019 3:47:32 GMT
I also like Stark more in this one, and I like Hawkeye and Scarlet Witchy Woman. The African prince (that’s Black Panther, right?) is fine. I think I preferred his now-deceased dad, though. Poor Don Cheadle gets nothing to do as Stark’s sidekick.
The red alien seems to have all the powers of Superman. Fighting this guy’s gonna be tough.
I’m rooting, purely emotionally, for Cap in this final fight.
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Post by Nalkarj on Jan 3, 2019 3:52:20 GMT
The lines about Brooklyn and Queens made me smile, and “I’m your conscience” made me laugh. Better fight-sequence than The Avengers.
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