The Avengers

[Halb]

garrykiller said:

He is one of those actors who was born for the role. a bit like Hugh Jackman and wolverine. Just perfect selection for the part.

Good job Dougray Scoot was busy with IM2 way back when!


Found this by looking Avengers wiki page.
http://www.deadline.com/2008/04/edward-norton-vs-m...

If only Marvel had let Norton have his way, Marvel might have had their own Dark Knight.

[robemcdonald]

Interesting if pointless article

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/avengers-dam...

160 billion usd to repair New York. Insurance companies would claim act of god.

[Halb]

That might very well underpin the plot for the next few films.

[omgus]

Halb said:

That might very well underpin the plot for the next few films.

Avengers 2: Fixing the damage from Avengers 1.

st, if the hulk does more "hulk smash" stuff I'll watch that.

[Halb]

omgus said:

Avengers 2: Fixing the damage from Avengers 1.

st, if the hulk does more "hulk smash" stuff I'll watch that.

That'll be what kicks it off, there were just some things in the script that made me think they've laid a few acorns.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_War_%28comics%2...

[McClure]

Halb said:

That'll be what kicks it off, there were just some things in the script that made me think they've laid a few acorns.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_War_%28comics%2...

Oh god. All that legislation talk makes me think of the Star Wars tax auditing episode.

[crofty1984]

Guvernator said:

I've read that there are not one but two post credit scenes. Can anyone confirm this? I didn't stay till the end but I will when I go again on Wednesday (Yes it's THAT good)

The film ends and there's some fancy credits for a minute or two then an extra scene, after which the credits continute (normal white-on-black "Assistant to miss peterson-meyer's dog" etc.)
We waited until the very end of those credits. There was just a blank screen. I think some music still continued, but I wasn't going to wait 5 mins staring at a blank screen just in case there was a second end-scene.

[Steve Evil]

crofty1984 said:

Guvernator said:

I've read that there are not one but two post credit scenes. Can anyone confirm this? I didn't stay till the end but I will when I go again on Wednesday (Yes it's THAT good)

The film ends and there's some fancy credits for a minute or two then an extra scene, after which the credits continute (normal white-on-black "Assistant to miss peterson-meyer's dog" etc.)
We waited until the very end of those credits. There was just a blank screen. I think some music still continued, but I wasn't going to wait 5 mins staring at a blank screen just in case there was a second end-scene.

As said, the second scene was only shown in the 'States.

[JonRB]

Steve Evil said:

As said, the second scene was only shown in the 'States.

Plus it's just them all eating a kebab. In silence.

w00t

[Tiggsy]

not in the UK as nobody would link shawarma to kebabs.

[crofty1984]

Steve Evil said:

crofty1984 said:

Guvernator said:

I've read that there are not one but two post credit scenes. Can anyone confirm this? I didn't stay till the end but I will when I go again on Wednesday (Yes it's THAT good)

The film ends and there's some fancy credits for a minute or two then an extra scene, after which the credits continute (normal white-on-black "Assistant to miss peterson-meyer's dog" etc.)
We waited until the very end of those credits. There was just a blank screen. I think some music still continued, but I wasn't going to wait 5 mins staring at a blank screen just in case there was a second end-scene.

As said, the second scene was only shown in the 'States.

Sorry, I quoted that from Pg4 or something!
Anyway, I thought it was brilliant. They got the balance just right. It would have been so easy to make the film "Iron Man and Friends" but each character got equal billing. Though of course Stark and Banner were the most awesome.


As well as the obvious Hulk moments, I did really like the "His name was Phil" line. Was pretty unexpected and a nice tribute to him.

What WASN'T unexpected was one of the funny moments in the film as previously aluded to. My date had already seen the film and thought it important to tell me "Oh this next bit's brilliant" GRRRR!!!!!

Also, I don't need you to tell me which girl/boy you think is fit in the film, I need you to shut the fk up and let me watch it.

[JonRB]

JonRB said:

Steve Evil said:

As said, the second scene was only shown in the 'States.

Plus it's just them all eating a kebab. In silence.

w00t

Tiggsy said:

not in the UK as nobody would link shawarma to kebabs.

Did I say it was in the UK?

[Tiggsy]

JonRB said:

JonRB said:

Steve Evil said:

As said, the second scene was only shown in the 'States.

Plus it's just them all eating a kebab. In silence.

w00t

Tiggsy said:

not in the UK as nobody would link shawarma to kebabs.

Did I say it was in the UK?

I was just providing clarity on WHY it wasnt in the UK...I realise this is thread for fans of cartoons so maybe such minor details arent needed

[dave_s13]

Saw it last night in 3D, brilliant film.

3D though, on the whole, £hit.

It would be spot on if they turned up the brightness a touch. It just makes everything thing too dark and loses fine detail. Fine detail like the shot from behind where the rather luscious SJo is talking to Loki in that prison thing, had to take my glasses off to admire the fullness of her gorgeous bottom.

[KB_S1]

The 3D process takes up half the frame resolution so it never is as sharp.

[dave_s13]

KB_S1 said:

The 3D process takes up half the frame resolution so it never is as sharp.

But when you take off the glasses you can see the detail (in some shots) so it is there it's just hidden in the shadows.

Another example is when the eye-patch fella is on a conference call with that council of whatever they are called. You can't really see their faces properly, take your glasses off and you can.

It's no wonder really as the 3d specs are like sunglasses so dull down the brightness. I'm sure there's a technical reason for it but surely just jacking up the brightness a few bars would improve things? Or reduce the tint of the glasses.

[JonRB]

dave_s13 said:

Or reduce the tint of the glasses.

The glasses aren't tinted; they're polarised. One lens lets on only vertical light, the other only horizontal. Everything else is blocked.

[dave_s13]

JonRB said:

dave_s13 said:

Or reduce the tint of the glasses.

The glasses aren't tinted; they're polarised. One lens lets on only vertical light, the other only horizontal. Everything else is blocked.

They bloody well are, I've go some on now!

[crofty1984]

dave_s13 said:

JonRB said:

dave_s13 said:

Or reduce the tint of the glasses.

The glasses aren't tinted; they're polarised. One lens lets on only vertical light, the other only horizontal. Everything else is blocked.

They bloody well are, I've go some on now!

He means they're not tinted in the usual sense of universally only letting so much light through.

The left eye lens will only let through light in the "vertical" direction. That's not light coming from the ground, but as you look at a wave "head on".

We usually draw a wave on a bit of paper from the side like this ~~~ so it's unusual to visualise them as arriving at you head on.

We also live in a 3D world, where the light wave can arrive at you going up and down (vertical), but it can also go side to side (horizontal). And any angle in between but ignore that for now.

So the projector for the left eye shows an image broadcast (for want of a better word) using vertical light and for the right eye using horizontal light.*

The lens for the left eye will block out all horizontal light and the right lens will block out all vertical light. Think trying to put a pool cue through some prison bars.

Because of the filters on your glasses the projector just sends both images to the screen at the same time, and lets the glasses lenses do all the hard work of separating them out. That's why if you take the glasses off you "see double".

So the point is, you're both right, the glasses do block some light coming through, what you could refer to as tinted, but the important part is SELECTIVELY blocks out certain light.

If you have 2 pairs (or one broken pair) try this: put one lens behind another, as if you've got two pairs on and rotate one 90 degrees. You'll notice it suddenly gets much darker. That's because you're having one lens block out the horizontal components of light and the other block out all the vertical components too!

• Left eye=vertical light is a complete guess, it may well be the other way around. But the science is right.

Edited by crofty1984 on Tuesday 15th May 22:06

[Halb]

Tiggsy said:

I was just providing clarity on WHY it wasnt in the UK...I realise this is thread for fans of cartoons so maybe such minor details arent needed

There's a cartoon as well!! Ace!