Avengers: Infinity War

eh fuck off with that because, as the baiting the ridiculous stoned guy conversations went with some friends, humans could grow much much larger! we use our planet’s resources inefficiently, could harness the power of the sun in a dyson sphere, make things better and continue growing

thanos doesn’t believe these things at a galactic scale, and that’s a different thing and I support his non-discriminatory quest

it’s like asking how many people he could provide for by dispersing his army and deciding not to have war machines. huge galaxy, no real impact

flip phone was the burner cap posts tony at the end of civil war

tbc I do not support "the world is overpopulated" rhetoric at all

Couldn't see this last night as it was totally sold out near me.

world is overpopulated, QED

Ain't lookin' at a word y'all have posted until after I see this in a few hours. One last prediction: movie ends with the 'SNAP!' from the comics and a whole lotta people die in one fell swoop. And those who die in this one will be resurrected in part 4, which means anyone who survives this movie is fair game for a legitimate death in the next.

Back in a bit to see how wrong I was!

i think the thing i appreciated most about this is how well it captured the vibe of that rarest of comic-book events: a giant crossover story that makes sense and is fun to read

also, having suffered through justice league a while back, it’s remarkable how well josh brolin’s performance is captured in an all-cg character when poor ciaran hinds ended up as such a videogame-cutscene level steppenwolf

still not sure what I think about a certain character appearing during Thanos’s side trip to pick up a stone. unexpected but kind of intriguing

tied up a nice loose end, i thought, although his accent seemed less hilariously ott than it did in his first appearance

speaking of paying things off, i loved that rocket’s well-established fetish for stealing prosthetics got a practical resolution in this one

raccoon and a wolf, who’d have thought

i asked rufus how he liked this and he said: "it was great. i only fell asleep once."

which is high praise from him. #teens #needmoresleep

kinda aggravated that I missed about 7 key minutes during my first viewing (seen twice now) because nature called (as it often does for me) with about 45 minutes to go. Went to the first men's room - yellow tape indicating it is closed for cleaning. Second (and only other) men's room - same thing (with guy visibly cleaning it!).

went back to the first one and just crawled under the tape and pissed anyway. I missed a pretty key moment that I fortunately got to see the second time.

peed after I reached the urinal first obv

also loved the # of impalings in this movie

i was surprised by how gruesome the big strangling scene early on was - it was pretty graphic

anyone wanna give me odds on whether the post-credits scene of ant-man and the wasp will involve either scott or hope blinking out of existence

already seeing the "this movie promotes the overpopulation myth" take which honestly seems fair

― Simon H., Friday, April 27, 2018 6:01 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I've discarded like a half dozen jokey responses to this in favor of simply saying 'this is a profoundly dumb take'.

Well, okay, maybe just one jokey response:

I'm strongly opposed to the pro-destroying Alderaan message of Star Wars. I'm not afraid to say that the Dark Side isn't cool no matter how hard Lucas pushes that agenda with this piece of shameless propaganda.

But on to other things!

Fucken epic, man. Dark, dark shit (relative to Marvel's usual offerings and particularly relative to Marvel's most recent offerings).

Random deets, wherein I will attempt to circumvent spoilers:

-Loved the moment where they recreated Silver Surfer's traumatic crash-landing on earth from the beginning of Infinity Gauntlet via that other character's traumatic crash-landing on earth. Through the same damn window and everything.
-From the second time I saw his 'death' scene in that other movie, I knew for sure that one dude was coming back at some point, and you will see upthread that I damn well called his reappearance this movie and I wish I had bet somebody some money, man.
-Also, can I just point out that my prediction from this morning was like totally otm and so clearly you should pay heed wrt my prediction for the next movie because I'm like a damn wizard ovah heah.

While I agree that it very pointedly felt like half a movie, I'm very happy with the way that it ended. It was as much fun as one could hope for from a story about hopeless annihilation.

Actually, upon reflection, it's kind of only half a movie in terms of particular events that need to be resolved or reversed for the sake of upcoming films which have already been announced. In terms of the film itself, it's just a movie where the heroes lose hard. And it's difficult to see it as the first half of a story when there's no clear process by which the events of this film can be rectified in the second half. I mean, clearly they will be to some extent, but the next chapter is likely to at least kick off with the survivors resigned to figuring out how to just move forward in a profoundly-altered world.

uh, i can’t believe nobody is talking about Future’s super weird rap from the end credits of AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR??? it doesn’t even spoil the movie... despite playing AFTER the movie!! managed to sneak a video and transcribe the lyrics– hope Disney doesn’t take this down!!! pic.twitter.com/n1bBlSZoEJ

— demi adejuyigbe (@electrolemon) April 28, 2018

I was sold on the song by the end but the actors included in the credits were otm

also thank you, I hate to be the first one to post demi’s credits videos every time

I appreciate the extra effort demi put into this one

The video was great but the 200 identical 'it's real' responses to incredulous twitterers are killing me.

I'm not sure what my favorite inclusion in the credits is, but S. Epatha Merkerson is up there

Michael Stulbargh seems most destined to actually show up in the MCU at some point

I am not sure what about the Marvel movies has done this to me, but I want Iron Man to die and stay dead and I dislike the iron man

maybe it's because he's an old blowhard and I see his on-screen partner and I assume she's started the MCU version of goop

pepper potts has a website called "poop"

i keep forgetting what MCU stands for, then i remember and want to abolish acronyms.

so they all died in this huh

“And despite the hard-luck finish—something an obligatory post-credits sequence goes a long way toward neutering”

From Keith Uhlich’s review, imo a bizarre way to characterize the movie reminding us that non-super heroes/half the population are going to start seeing their loved ones turn to ash.

Get the feeling he may have stayed in the theater too long and accidentally saw a preview for Overboard or something.

this was great imo!

though walking out of the theater the crowd was def shook & suuuuuper quiet

the Threads of superhero films

.,..if you knew Threads 2: Still Threadin' was coming in 12 months to undo most of the radiation poisoning, sure.

Things I liked:

- that it spent time with the characters before throwing them into action, unlike the last Avengers ie Ultron which was like “lala party oh hey a new robot aaand GO”

- Gamora/Ultron story was v affecting imo. Not so much the Ultron part but Gamora’s. esp with the Nebula scene

- Spidey’s Prototype 17A spacesuit was p dope

- “Kick names. Take ass.”

Am on the fence about:

- the tone of the Guardians or maybe just Starlord in particular felt a little sleazy or something, it wasn’t quite right. Minor quibble tho.

Things I didn’t like:

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P. sure my wife is suffering PTSD from this movie.

Nebula as a Damien Hirst installation was extremely O_O

I managed to make it til tonight more or less totally blind (aside from reading the original comics), so everything beyond what was in the trailer (and expectations from the original comics) came as total surprise to me. Ergo, I thought this was pretty great, more or less what I've been hoping for from a lot of these movies, which is something closer to what I remember as a kid reading this stories, crossover issues and limited series and melodrama and dramatic deaths and all. Faked out more than a few times, too. I know I wasn't the only one expecting Death only to get that other character.

I like how some characters have powers so limitless even they don't know their limits. Though there are still a couple characters in this MCU whose powers remain kind of vague to me.

here is my question: why does billionaire tech giant tony stark have a flip phone?

I thought this was pretty clearly an ironic billionaire tech giant has old flip phone joke? I mean, I chuckled.

it’s a burner, have you guys never seen a crime show

you buy a bunch, then program their numbers into each other. no one knows where or when you bought them and you use them one time, and only to call the other burners. you never turn it on before you use it, so no tracking

even with Stark’s tech it’d be hard to track, and he probably wouldn’t due to honor. the government/registration act types had none of them

yeah it’s like the least interesting thing in the movie! watch a Wire once in awhile :D

i didnt know before this that Bruce & Hulk talked to each other

imo hulk’s prob burned out from 24/7 hulking out on Planet Jeff Goldblum in Ragnarok. i get it buddy

Guys, Captain America mailed Stark the burner at the end of Civil War after they had their big rasslin' match. I'm really embarrassed that you can't remember a minor plot point from a two-year-old movie.

also this ^

(NB, I rewatched Civil War like a week ago, and I otherwise never would have remembered that plot point.)

Hulk performance anxiety were funny. Lots of jokes in this were funny.