That was 2,000 types of fantastic! That vid made me weirdly happy, thanks for that.shrekfan246 said:
it can't get much bigger then the 'alien invasion' for the avengers?Yahtzee Croshaw said:
I think this is a point which Yahtzee in his infinite wisdom saw not to raise (or for whatever reason just left it out) but one which is definitely relevant. I know it's not really how they did it in your example of the Punisher (apologies if that's wrong, I haven't seen it in quite some time) but another reason the writers feel the need to include some huge, universe-threatening crisis is because only that can justify the hero's actions, looked at from that critical perspective. They think to themselves "right, we want a hero, but we know that in the age of cynicism we can't get away with 'super grand awesome mr perfect' but also we'll be damned if we put in the effort to actually give our hero a proper character arc with him overcoming his own personal struggles and facing issues that he would believably have to face. So instead we'll give him a few offscreen implied civilian casualties, and then justify that by making the enemy the great universe-eating monsters of darkness".gardian06 said:
You know, I had an estimated death counter in my mind while watching Avengers for a second time. There has to be a minimum of 700 civilian deaths during the final New York battle sequence (30-50 from the one of the onscreen collapsing buildings, over 120 who got hit on the streets, countless more in the office buildings hit by the leviathans and Chitauri)Falseprophet said:
You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.Cid SilverWing said:
Not to mention the fact that Joss Whedon has said that they won't raise the stakes in the traditional sense for Avengers 2. It's supposed to be smaller scale and more personal than the first film.Lunar Templar said:
Blast, double-ninja'd... Another word, though: Thanos.MrFalconfly said:
Haha, that's funny, I saw that episode like 2 hours ago. But yeah, it was a good one. The Justice League animated series annoys me though, because their powers are so insanely variable. Such as Flash, one episode he moves at the speed of light (Sinistro actually says "My beams are as fast as you, the speed of light!") while in another he seems to struggle to catch up with a large van... And Superman.. He keeps getting knocked out by much weaker foes, and seems to be hurt by normal bullets and lasers. Isn't he supposed to be completely invulnerable to such things under a yellow sun? Can anyone explain to me why this is?Credossuck said:
It symbolizes that not all villains symbolize anything or, consequently, that someone can make a point about anything symbolizing something at one point or another. I mean, we like to have our comic book mythology deep and neat, but have we forgotten that the Batman roster includes this?RobfromtheGulag said:
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