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Post by HaveYourselfaMerryLittleAckbar on Sept 26, 2021 18:32:51 GMT
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Post by HaveYourselfaMerryLittleAckbar on Sept 26, 2021 18:21:39 GMT
It seems like most people fear getting older if they have unrealized goals, so it helps to create a bucket list just to give you a roadmap of what you want to get done in life. Make every day count, and don't just live on autopilot. Get out of your comfort zone, and try to learn something new, experience something new. As long as you keep growing as a person, life will be interesting and enjoyable. Just stay curious. Yeah that is definitely a huge part of it- if not the whole problem. I think if I had the life I thought I’d have by this point I could be perfectly okay with getting older. The age of 40 kind of feels like the buzzer at the end of a timer right now.
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Post by HaveYourselfaMerryLittleAckbar on Sept 25, 2021 0:20:42 GMT
I don’t think we actually see her again after they disappear into the back room. So it cannot be confirmed whether or not she was okay with it. “See you later… irrigator.” Actually, we do see Clinic Gal again... She's lying in bed sometime later (looking stunningly hot), purring contentedly while Bond strokes her with a mink glove. A jet taking off from the nearby NATO base annoys her. You’re right! I can’t believe I forgot about that. I’ve only seen the movie a dozen times.
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Post by HaveYourselfaMerryLittleAckbar on Sept 24, 2021 22:14:13 GMT
None! I’m allergic!
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Post by HaveYourselfaMerryLittleAckbar on Sept 24, 2021 22:12:13 GMT
I’m in my mid thirties and the thought of turning 40 in a few short years makes me panic. I just don’t know how people deal with this. It’s not easy. Then again, I recall panicking about turning 20, then 30, and now in retrospect that just seems silly. Hard to appreciate your current age though because obviously it’s the oldest you’ve ever been. When a friend of mine turned 40 not so very long ago, I was all prepared to give him grief on his birthday. It went something like this: Me: Dude! You're 40. Him: Yup, and I'm happy to see it. That pretty much ruined it for me, so maybe that's the way to look at it. After all, it's better than the alternative, or so I've heard. It’s a good way of looking at it. I just can’t quite get there yet. Maybe when it happens I’ll be ready. I got a few years.
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Post by HaveYourselfaMerryLittleAckbar on Sept 24, 2021 22:11:17 GMT
If you can't stop the clock, at least you can slow it down. …How? 
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Post by HaveYourselfaMerryLittleAckbar on Sept 24, 2021 21:15:20 GMT
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Post by HaveYourselfaMerryLittleAckbar on Sept 24, 2021 21:14:45 GMT
This is fascinating. I really love it when ancient myths are explained by actual events like this. It’s similar to how Noah’s Arc was almost certainly inspired by actual floods and the collective fear of natural disaster. And how Atlantis may be an amalgam of real cities that were destroyed by volcanic eruption, tsunamis or erosion.
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Post by HaveYourselfaMerryLittleAckbar on Sept 24, 2021 21:08:07 GMT
Exercise. And you'll want to start using handrails on the stairs. I did slip and fall down my stairs last spring. Still got the rug burn scars on my arm!
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Post by HaveYourselfaMerryLittleAckbar on Sept 24, 2021 21:07:08 GMT
I will be 40 in two years and i feel no panic about that, just as i did not feel any panic when i turned 30, frankly it makes no sense to me when people panic when they think about getting older. Interesting. Care to expand?
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Post by HaveYourselfaMerryLittleAckbar on Sept 24, 2021 21:06:51 GMT
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Post by HaveYourselfaMerryLittleAckbar on Sept 24, 2021 21:06:26 GMT
Well, its better than the alternative, right? Was gonna leave it at that but eh, you know...that's the thing, what are you gonna do, not get older? Being worm food sure does sound appealing at times but there is nothing more, dead is dead. There are things to enjoy in all stages of life. People value all sorts of things and do them at all different ages. something doesn't mean less because you do it at an older age. Society values youth but don't trick yourself into thinking there isn't value in life after a certain arbitrary age. True. I do think about a few of my friends who had died young (one in high school one in his late twenties) and it makes me feel like I should appreciate getting older because they did not get to. Then there’s all the victims of the pandemic. It’s almost disrespectful in a way to be upset about getting older, because it really is a privilege. It is also partly a societal image thing. I do kind of have this subconscious feeling that I’ll be worth less when I’m no longer “young”, even though I don’t personally devalue older people at all and don’t believe the same thing about others. Which is kind of weird to hold myself to a different way of thinking.
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Post by HaveYourselfaMerryLittleAckbar on Sept 24, 2021 18:54:48 GMT
Fortunately, she doesn't mind after he bangs her. I don’t think we actually see her again after they disappear into the back room. So it cannot be confirmed whether or not she was okay with it. “See you later… irrigator.”
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Post by HaveYourselfaMerryLittleAckbar on Sept 24, 2021 18:41:15 GMT
I’m in my mid thirties and the thought of turning 40 in a few short years makes me panic. I just don’t know how people deal with this. It’s not easy.
Then again, I recall panicking about turning 20, then 30, and now in retrospect that just seems silly. Hard to appreciate your current age though because obviously it’s the oldest you’ve ever been.
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Post by HaveYourselfaMerryLittleAckbar on Sept 24, 2021 18:35:29 GMT
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Post by HaveYourselfaMerryLittleAckbar on Sept 24, 2021 18:33:13 GMT
Frog Thor hat coming soon…  |
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Post by HaveYourselfaMerryLittleAckbar on Sept 24, 2021 18:30:14 GMT
Here's an unpopular answer: I've always found the Fantastic 4 in the comics a bit boring. Not the storylines, those were great, but their personalities were a bit too bland for my tastes. So what I'd really want is for the MCU to really lean into the stereotypes each character showcases. Get their personality from the comics but dial it up to an 11. Make Reed Richards into a truly nerdy, geeky scientist, complete with a few eccentricities and a tendency to ramble and lecture. Bruce Banner used to have a bit of this in The Avengers but it eventually disappeared to be replaced by the standard goofy MCU persona. Make Susan Storm have a motherly, caring, pacifist attitude. We already have enough strong, smart-mouthy, powerful women in the MCU, I wish they'd take the risk of showing us one who's truly vulnerable and down-to-earth. Someone who's unsure and insecure with her powers but has just wants the best for her family. Wanda kinda used to be like this, which is why I loved her character. But it seems they're doing away with that personality moving forward. Make Ben Grimm into a truly hardened, bar room brawler type. The scarred bouncer. The guy who'd as easily buy you a beer as punch you in the face for saying something wrong. Not sure if you guys watch The Expanse, but the character of Amos would make for a good template for Ben Grimm, just with maybe a bit more heart underneath the tough exterior. As for Johnny Storm, I still think the best version of him was Chris Evans' portrayal in their first movies. The kind of hotshot who's about as arrogant as Thor was in his first movie but without the goofiness of Starlord or the snarkiness of Tony Stark. Then for the tone of the film, I actually think something like Spiderman Homecoming would work. Something that starts off very light but gets pretty raw and intense towards the end. I like your ideas for Ben Grimm. To go a bit deeper, I think the absolute key to his character is that he hates his own powers/transformation. He can only view himself as a monster while the other three are embracing their abilities. That’s his primary inner conflict in the comics and I hope they adapt it for the MCU properly. Making the movie like Spider-Man Homecoming is another one of my fears, honestly. But… they hired the same director for a reason so it’s a safe bet that’s what they’re going for.
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Post by HaveYourselfaMerryLittleAckbar on Sept 24, 2021 17:32:56 GMT
Personally I hope it takes as much as it can from the original Lee/Kirby run of comics. I recently bought a reprint of those in omnibus form and they are just so charming and awesome. Reading them has made the quartet my favorite Marvel characters.
My fear is that they will try to “reinvent” the characters in some modern way, or take inspiration from later comics.
I think the tone should be somewhere between Raimi’s Spiderman movies and Whedon’s Avengers movies. Meaning that there should be some real emotional weight to them, but they should also be gleefully “campy” when embracing their source material- a balance that The Avengers and Spider-Man 2 both mastered.
What say you?
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Post by HaveYourselfaMerryLittleAckbar on Sept 24, 2021 17:26:44 GMT
My favorites would be: Spiderman 2 train fight Avengers vs. Chitauri Wonder Woman No Man's land Civil War airport battle Captain America vs. Winter Soldier highway fight Steve and Bucky vs. Ironman Thor's entry into Wakanda Multi-portal entry of armies in Endgame Superman reversing time by flying around the world "We are Groot" scene Some solid choices here. That Spider-Man 2 train sequence is still the gold standard for hero vs villain battles. Just so iconic and well shot. The Civil War airport battle may surpass it in terms of pure comic book awesomeness, but for one on one battles there has never been anything anywhere near as good.
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Post by HaveYourselfaMerryLittleAckbar on Sept 22, 2021 17:42:47 GMT
GIFER is a site that always works here, A lot of others don’t seem to be compatible.
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