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null@example.com (pastormacman) — Fri, 04 May 2012 16:04:28 +0000

I really didn't think it was possible for it to be as good as it was. I'm glad I was wrong. I saw it last night with my brother and I'm taking my wife and kids to see it tonight. I just didn't think there was a way to incorporate all those disparate characters without it feeling lame like the fantastic four. But it worked. Hulk's payoff was especially awesome.

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null@example.com (otero) — Fri, 04 May 2012 11:44:46 +0000

Saw the Avengers, and its not that bad.
Except we have another franchise where they cast Samuel L Jackson, and refuse to let him yell.
Robert Downey Jr. still gets to be the star of the show, even though there is little he actually does, sans being a floating head in a cgi suit.
Mark Ruffalo feels vulnerable as Banner, which is a nice change from Edward Norton's take on him.
Tom-whats-his-face is given some cliche villiany things to do but makes it all seem interesting.
Chris Evans continues to be a pile of wood.

And somehow, it all works.

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null@example.com (Teague) — Fri, 04 May 2012 10:20:21 +0000

I think I liked it.

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null@example.com (Snail) — Fri, 04 May 2012 07:31:33 +0000

Just saw the Avengers. It was AWESOME!!!!!

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null@example.com (Jimmy B) — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 21:03:30 +0000

I was with a good audience too. It was half 11 in the morning in Hamilton in Scotland and half the room was full. That's pretty good for a 2D showing at that time of day. I have no idea how many people were at the 3D showing the hour before.

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null@example.com (Dave) — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 20:51:02 +0000

The theatre erupted in applause on a couple of occasions during our screening.

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null@example.com (redxavier) — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 19:40:19 +0000

This was pants-staining awesome. A great crowd-pleasing movie that should, if the world is right, make a billion during its run.

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null@example.com (fireproof78) — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 16:26:29 +0000

vidina wrote:

If it weren't for the obvious sarcasm, I'd appropriately beat you with a hammer.

"Whosoever holds this hammer, if he be worthy, shall possess the power of Vidina."

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null@example.com (fireproof78) — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 16:23:52 +0000

paulou wrote:

Claims followed by fuckery, in particular.
Preemptive reminder: In comics, "in-universe" is called canon, but in religions, it's called dogma.

I would like to point out that in Christianity, you also have canon, so its not all dogma.

Also, I hate derailing threads, but having studied ancient Judaism, not sure were the polytheistic aspect come from, at least not in the sense that Greek/Roman or Egyptian systems were polytheistic. In Jewish history, the Jews would occasionally follow Canaanite gods who were technically not part of their overall belief system. They just borrowed it for a while before returning to their monotheism. Even archeological evidence supports Jewish traditions being quite old and being quite different from their Canaanite neighbors.

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null@example.com (Dave) — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 08:02:55 +0000

Just saw it. Pretty fucking sweet (even the 3D's).

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null@example.com (BigDamnArtist) — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 04:11:32 +0000

True, in the real world. But as far as Thor goes, I'm fairly certain they actually make a joke or at least hang a lantern on the fact that they actual kinda fucked with the humans religion to make themselves look better...or something along those lines. It's been a while since I saw it.

And I believe so, I'm definitely not a historian or even play one on tv, but from what I do know, that would sound about right. Most of it just stems from how isolated the Norse religions were compared to Greek/Roman/Egyptian. I mean those three pretty much swapped ideas every day.

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null@example.com (paulou) — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 04:05:41 +0000

An elliptical way to my point, but an "objective" version of largely invented, embellished, and retold stories lost to time is impossible. I mean, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam are all descended from the same original source material. And heavily edited due to historical circumstance. Ancient Judaism was polytheistic, for example. So what any people, ever, "really believed" is moot.

And if I remember correctly, norse mythology and religion was less intertwined than something like religions of Ancient Greece. More, uh, messy?

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null@example.com (BigDamnArtist) — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 03:50:13 +0000

Alright. I was talking from a third party perspective, but from an internal perspective, yeah, true enough.

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null@example.com (paulou) — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 03:46:55 +0000

Claims followed by fuckery, in particular.

Preemptive reminder: In comics, "in-universe" is called canon, but in religions, it's called dogma.

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null@example.com (BigDamnArtist) — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 03:32:34 +0000

Well yeah, except in this case we actually get to see and hang out with the REAL gods that the religion is based on. So we can make a one to one comparison.

EDIT: Did you just imply that every religion is actually based on a warping of real, existing gods? Cause I'm pretty sure you did.