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But as mentioned elsewhere, I had to vote it over Iron Man 2. This will certainly be the last time, though....
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2 hours ago, The Master said:
Thor: Ragnarok is easily one of the best MCU films to date.
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The one thing I'll disagree with Mike, other than his vote, is this:
14 hours ago, The Master said:The humor here, especially that around the Peter/ MJ romance, is the start-stop-start stuttery stuff we saw with Tony and Pepper. That's. Not. Spider-Man.
I don't pretend to understand what "Spider-Man Humor" is - particularly as humour is spelled wrongly - but I don't equate the Peter/MJ Romance here as remotely the same as Tony/Pepper. Usually the latter is them talking over each other and usually arguing with one another. In the MCU, Peter is very much the gawky nervous guy and MJ is self-confident, whilst secretly betraying her liking for him, but the tone of the dialogue is much different. MJ being the "MCU snark dialogue" character is a fair criticism, but one I think Zendaya makes work.
And other than the fact she plays MJ, I know fuck all about Zendaya. I am a British man in his mid 30s who thinks anyone who goes by a single name (that isn't an alias) is kinda pretentious.
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18 hours ago, Dread said:
If it doesn't beat IM 2 there is no justice in the world.
16 hours ago, Donomark said:I think Ian's flogging of Ragnarok is my favorite rant of episode 1100. And we had a lot of them.
Those are the bottom 2 of my list! But yes, Ragnarok beat Iron Man 2 - I'm not insane.
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19 hours ago, Professor said:
Don't apologize to Hammond. It isn't necessary.
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1 hour ago, The Master said:
While I know Ragnarok has its detractors, I'm thinking that contest will be rather heated.
Yo!
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On 7/27/2020 at 7:58 AM, Dread said:
Damn...I would have written the fuck out of Chris Benoit meeting Wolverine.
My mind went to dark jokes VERY quickly there, none of which I will share, lest I come across as a detestable human being. Or moreso than usual.
I'm on a massive Hangman Adam Page kick at the moment. Here's his last PPV entrance with a crowd:
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Homecoming's fine but I feel like I'd like it more if there weren't 5 Spider-Man films before it came around (all apologies to Nicholas Hammond).
I definitely have films that I'd vote for over Winter Soldier, but not many, and Homecoming isn't one of them.
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The First Avenger in a heartbeat.
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17 hours ago, Dread said:
I'm going with Thor TDW. The crazy space opera vibe (Krull meets Norse Mythology) was really fun for me.
Thor TDW is underrated and AM&W is all over the place.
Fun fact: These are the bottom two films from Donovan's list!
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13 hours ago, Professor said:
Far From Home. It has the better moments for me. The Mysterio fight is great and Peter/Happy scenes do it for me.
I'm with Chris here. Not to undersell Captain Marvel, which was perfectly fine.
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Loving the recaps!
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41 minutes ago, SkylerQ91 said:
I love GOTG but I prefer it’s sequel. IM3 however is in my top five.🤷♂️
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"I can't win you round with my arguments? Then I will LOCK YOU UP IN MY UNDERSEA DUNGEON!!!!!!!!!!! HAHAHAHAHA" - Tony Stark, nominal hero.
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28 minutes ago, The Master said:
For the sake of this, I should have rewatched Iron Man 3, but it's never filled me with a desire to see it more than the one time I have. Whereas Guardians of the Galaxy is a masterclass in taking a universe we already know and injecting it with the freshest vision since "Star Spangled Man." James Gunn fully understand each and every one of the Guardians and gives the actors room to breathe in the roles. And that soundtrack. *chef's kiss*
You didn't miss much re: Iron Man 3. Pay no heed to that Johnson fella....
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2 hours ago, The Master said:
The Avengers is so damn fun and is a great culmination of the Phase 1, but CW just feels grander and more serious.
CW grinds to a halt to introduce Spider-Man. Avengers is paced better, has Loki in it and kills off Coulson - as such it's better.
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3 hours ago, dc20willsave said:
Black Panther. No contest for me.
What he said.
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One is possibly my favourite MCU movie, the other is Iron Man 3.
Not a hard choice here....
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I definitely have a Muppets list in mind.
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Albeit with more breaks between programming.
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16 hours ago, James D. said:
You are a god among insects, my friend.
Indeed; you hate all humanity and can control metal!
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3 hours ago, The Master said:
Listening to Ian describe wrestling, especially the antics of Team RECK, opened my eyes to how weird wrestling is. I mean, I've known that since I was a teenager, but hearing it spoken about so matter-of-factly made me pause and think, "What even is wrestling?" It's truly one of the best yet strangest forms of entertainment out there.
I was conscious that none of my fellow panellists had come from The Oratory, therefore I needed to break it down. But listening back, I'm quite pleased at how it came across. #FiveSecondPose
WWE is obviously terrible right now, but I'm really into AEW as a throw back to certainly when I was watching it weekly in 2000-01. For example, their Kane analogue is a lucha dinosaur who hangs out with a young Tarzan and an even smaller guy who acts like a child.
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Damn!
Also, Tenet:
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On 6/14/2020 at 3:04 AM, Professor said:
Robocop (The Shit Remake) - I don't think I've actively hated a movie this much in a long time.
It was never going to get off the ground with that sub-heading....
Round 1: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2. v Ant-Man
in Versus
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On the contrary, GOTG v.2 is in no way an improvement on the original and deserves marking down on that basis. The character work is there, but falls flat for me, and is more dramatic than the colourful character work in the original. Ant-Man does enough to stand out above it, whilst being, at best, an above average MCU film.