There's some Avengers-style rendition of the DiF logo for you guys.

Also, quick question: Is Dorkman okay? His speech was so slurred in this, I'm worried about him.

If there's one thing I gained from this, it's that I am uber pumped to see how the the hell Thor COMPLETELY destroyed Mike.

For those wondering what was going on with me, I had just finished a really difficult project, was glad to be free, drank too much, ate too little, and long story short I barely remember doing the second half of THOR or any of this recording. I hope it's more amusing than obnoxious, I'd hate to have ruined some otherwise good eps. As I said on Twitter, alcohol & I have decided to see other people for a while.

Mike don't worry about it. HIGH FIVE!!!

The best bit of your post is when you say you have seen 'most' of the Iron Man films. As there are only 2 of them does this mean you have only seen the first one? (just messing)

You should probably see Thor and Captain America. Things will make more sense that way.

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If you have no interest in the Iron Man films you will have no interest in The Avengers. They are clearly not the films for you

You should see CAPTAIN AMERICA and, somewhat unfortunately, THOR, as the plots of both of them tie fairly directly into the events of AVENGERS. Keep in mind that although AVENGERS doesn't have a number next to its title, it's properly considered the fourth or fifth movie in a series and therefore can't be expected to do too much hand-holding for the uninitiated.

Black Widow had no proper role in IM2, but has a more to do in AVENGERS.

Well-

You say that then say you enjoyed both Iron Man films, so I think you can understand why I was confused. Or it is possible I am just very easily confused. Anyway, you should watch Thor and Captain America like I said earlier. It'll be less confusing to you when you watch The Avengers. Thor is a bit of a mess but still watchable and both films should be watched to be able to follow the story in The Avengers. I personally think The Avengers is a better film than Thor and Cap

Thanks for the advice. I'll probably check out Captain America and Thor first.

(At the risk of quibbling) As far as my feelings on Iron Man 2, I passively watched it and had a couple of laughs (a few funny scenes with Robert Downey Jr and Sam Rockwell) but the story never engrossed me nor did any of the other characters really engage me. Thus the film fits my definition of being enjoyable but not super interesting. 

Hopefully later I will learn what the deal is with Black Widow.

You didn't miss anything, Iron Man 2 is not that good. The first is greatly superior. Black Widow worked undercover for SHEILD as Tony's assistant. That's basically it, her role in The Avengers has nothing to do Iron Man 2. All you need to know is, she's an assassin/spy. Hawkeye makes a brief appearance in Thor but all you need to know about him is that he too is an assassin. There is a lot to mention and we could do it here but it's probably best you just watch the films, if possible. Who knows, you may like them

My favorite part is the implication that every time we've seen a fictitious NYC struck with a disaster, it's been the same fictitious NYC. The fictitious New Yorkers still living there are hardcore as fuck, I'd've been out of there by '98 at the latest.

(Also explains why an inordinate percentage of FNYC's population appears to be construction workers.)

Yeah, after 30+ years of this shit constantly happening you'd think they'd have figured out better city-wide disaster protocols than "run around panicking."