AgMarauder04 said:
As a regular politics baord poster, you recognize the irony of calling this place an echo chamber, yes?
AgMarauder04 said:
As a regular politics baord poster, you recognize the irony of calling this place an echo chamber, yes?
Okay, I'm reaching back to quote this post, but I think I can boil it down and try to explain in different terms.Zombie Jon Snow said:
LMAO.
Drawing the line at "gods" in a "superhero" movie...... makes me lol.
Ummmmmmm....... yeah I just.....yeah.
I mean. Wow.
fine with all the supernatural stuff:
man/spider or cross with any other species - fine
teleportation or shape shifting - been there done that
he man that turns green - fine
any type of disease or treatment that goes wrong and makes someone super powered - fine
crazy unexplainable speed - of course
controlling weather - why not
invisibility or x-ray vision - yep
instant healing ability - given
mind control or telepathy or time travel or telekinesis - ho hum
flying, scaling structures, defying gravity in 1000 ways - normal
but a god - nope no way thats UNBELIEVABLE.
TCTTS said:
I never said gods were unbelievable. It's that they allow an easy cheat, narratively, and muddy the waters thematically/morally.
First of all, you're confusing your definition of "supernatural." In terms of genre, "supernatural" refers to ghosts, the afterlife, curses, spells, etc. Everything you listed is instead science fiction. Which is a key difference. Those things are at least grounded - however laughable - in some kind of science.
But with literal Greek gods, we're now getting into Harry Potter territory, where everything can now just be "magical" mumbo jumbo with the wave of a hand. And Marvel implicitly understands the difference. It's the exact reason why Thor explains Asgard as what we perceive to be magic is really just highly advanced technology.
Further... there's a massive difference between, say, Loki taking control of Hawkeye's mind to make him do bad things... and a literal Greek god being the literal reason for *all* evil in the world. If you can't understand that distinction morally/thematically/etc., I don't know what else to tell you.
Brian Earl Spilner said:
I was just thinking how Harley Quinn was THE Halloween costume for chicks last year. I bet it'll be WW this year.
FancyKetchup14 said:
I saw it today and enjoyed it. If I compare it to Marvel I think it's better than the first installments of Cap and Thor...doesn't touch Civil War though. Gal played the role great and her and Pine's chemistry was on great display. Had I not known the RT score going in, I would have left expecting it to be in the 70% range.
Also, Gal Gadot Israeli hot.
BassCowboy33 said:FancyKetchup14 said:
I saw it today and enjoyed it. If I compare it to Marvel I think it's better than the first installments of Cap and Thor...doesn't touch Civil War though. Gal played the role great and her and Pine's chemistry was on great display. Had I not known the RT score going in, I would have left expecting it to be in the 70% range.
Also, Gal Gadot Israeli hot.
Interesting. I consider Civil War to be one of the worst Marvel movies there is.
not if Thor distracted her with a babyBruce Almighty said:Brian Earl Spilner said:
So considering WW is a God and all, who wins a fight between her and Thor?
Wonder Woman would destroy Thor. DC heroes are much more powerful.
Wait... someone quickly... Whats Thors moms name and whats WW moms name?jackie childs said:not if Thor distracted her with a babyBruce Almighty said:Brian Earl Spilner said:
So considering WW is a God and all, who wins a fight between her and Thor?
Wonder Woman would destroy Thor. DC heroes are much more powerful.
dromo07 said:Wait... someone quickly... Whats Thors moms name and whats WW moms name?jackie childs said:not if Thor distracted her with a babyBruce Almighty said:Brian Earl Spilner said:
So considering WW is a God and all, who wins a fight between her and Thor?
Wonder Woman would destroy Thor. DC heroes are much more powerful.
Hitler > Ares either that or Ares morphs into .... Marscone said:
also, so you defeat Ares and the krauts and the allies are now bros
so... how do you explain WWII if Ares is really gone?
ummmmm..........the Germans are a naughty people prone to evil?cone said:
also, so you defeat Ares and the krauts and the allies are now bros
so... how do you explain WWII if Ares is really gone?
Bobcat06 said:
Very average superhero movie
As a history buff, it bothered me how they handled Erich Ludendorff. Ludendorff was a real general in WW1, and he was pretty badass, conquering fortresses on his own. After the war, he became one of Hitler's biggest critics before his death.
In the movie he's a cartoon character who pals around with Dr Poison and is easily killed WW.
I get how they are trying to demonstrate WW's naive view that all men are under his evil spell, but why not just create a fake general instead?