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Saw the new Avengers movie.

Without going into any plot details whatsoever, it was awesome.  The question of an Avengers movie is, if we shove all these high power heroes together, who could be a believable threat?  The other movies never found a good answer.  Infinity War... does not have that problem.  MCU Thanos is terrifying.  On the level of Darth Vader or Frieza.

The plotting was cool too.  The other huge crossovers (looking at you Civil War) struggled with the large number of characters.  This one makes it work.  Everyone feels in character and most of them have a strong motive for being there.  The fight scenes have the epic scale of a typical MCU movie but are comprehensible like they were in Winter Soldier.

....I really don't know about everyone being in character.

Spoiler: Actual spoiler (click to show/hide)

Dr. Strange giving Thanos the Time Stone to save Tony Stark's life is what pissed me off the most about the plot. They literally just met a few fucking hours ago, Dr. Strange explicitly said that he would gladly let Tony Stark or Peter Parker die for the sake of the time stone, he knew that Thanos was close to finishing his task, and yet he pulled a "righteous hero hopelessly betrayed by love" and gave Thanos the time stone anyway. I've seen this stunt being abused before, but it was never this egregious. And what's more, they played this same stunt twice in this movie, the first time being in the very beginning of the movie with Thor and Loki. Come up with something original for once, Jesus Christ.

Spoiler: Even more spoilery, somehow (click to show/hide)

I agree, it would be out of character for Dr. Strange to give Thanos the Time Stone to save Stark's life. That's why he didn't. Remember that he used the Time Stone to look at a whole bunch of possible futures not that long before he did that. And when he was asked about why he did that, he replied with "Its the endgame". That is, sometimes you have to sacrifice a few pieces to win the game. Based on his knowledge of the future, Dr. Strange gave up the Time Stone in order to ultimately achieve victory. Never underestimate a wizard.

To go back to a topic I forgot to reply to.

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Hold on, Dr. Strange said "We're in the endgame"? I somehow seemed to completely forget that part of the dialogue, but I checked and it's there. Welp, have to rethink my entire perspective on things now.

[NJW2000]

Deadpool 2 was great, felt pretty good having watched it, though that might be the stroll to and from the cinema as much as the film itself.

Favourite superhero movie ever, possibly because I don't really like them as much as I see them.

[overseer05-15]

"So Mr. Park Inspector, on a scale of 1 to 100, how would you rate the creatures and the enclosure?"

"Eighty! Eighty!"

I'd give it a sixty-six.

[Trekkin]

My laptop's hard drive is physically failing. This wouldn't ordinarily make me happy, but I saw it coming early enough to back up everything even more frequently than I usually do and order a replacement, so I'm feeling vindicated.

[Yoink]

Off to see Sabbat for the first time!

Off to see Sabbat for the second time!

[Draignean]

"So Mr. Park Inspector, on a scale of 1 to 100, how would you rate the creatures and the enclosure?"

"Eighty! Eighty!"

It took me far too long to get this joke, but it did make me smile.

[Arx]

In a disconcerting turn of events, when I'm warmed up my range is good enough to sing Dio and Scorpions songs in the original register. My timbre is probably unspeakable and the tuning imperfect, but hey, I can hit the notes. FeelsWeirdMan.

[Karnewarrior]

It's Ramadan! The time of the year that all good Muslims curse at the sun and beg it to finally go the fuck down please for the love of God, and Donald Trump shits himself even more than usual because he misheard it as "run-a-Don" and thinks he might have to exercise.

Happy Ramadan, Bay 12 Muslims!

[overseer05-15]

It's Ramadan! The time of the year that all good Muslims curse at the sun and beg it to finally go the fuck down please for the love of God,

 

[Karnewarrior]

It's Ramadan! The time of the year that all good Muslims curse at the sun and beg it to finally go the fuck down please for the love of God,

 

The joke being that Ramadan is a fast, and muslims can't eat while the sun is up, so they're really hungry and want it to go down.

And God = Allah, Allah is just the arabic word for God. If that was the source of the questionhooks

[Yoink]

Haha somebody should trademark the word "God".

[IcyTea31]

Here in Finland, depending on where you live, the Sun may stay in the sky for over 20 hours today (even the southernmost town gets a day lasting over 17 and a half hours). The days get longer and longer as they pass, and soon there will be several days (or even weeks) in a row without a sunset in the northernmost areas. Muslims around here must be playing in hardcore mode.

[Arcvasti]

IIRC, if the sunrise-sundown interval is much too long or even much too short, then they usually just use the sunrise-sundown interval in Mecca. Its all quite reasonable.

[hops]

Haha somebody should trademark the word "God".

something something public domain

...i wonder if FSM is trademarked.

[Tiruin]

Hopefully going to get a job as a Psychometrician \o/ Finally! All I would like to be is a scientist of thought because of how awesome thoughts are.

Also as a totally other thing--I met another Bay12'er on a game I play (Pixel Starships on phone), and they were pretty nice to meet and greet on the public chat! Thanks Adragis c: