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So, I might have done what I always do when I get into something new, and read a few fics by people who's stuff I know and love, got totally hooked and gone on a mad reading spree as well as watching the canon repeatedly.
Which is a longish way of saying that Tesco had Avengers Assemble on special offer and I bought it having got hooked on fic about the characters. I don't think I've watched a superhero movie since The Incredibles.
I love the movie. I love Natasha - I love that she's smart and caring and I love her relationship with Barton (and that she fixes him by kicking him in the head, I want to be able to do that!).
I love that the female characters wear practical clothes for their jobs, not short skirts, and that everyone's uniforms are form-fitting, not just the women.
I love Hill, for being cool, calm and awesome. I love Furt for being snarky and taking no crap from anyone and the line about real power wanting a magazine (am I supposed to love those two? I kind of feel like I'm supposed to dislike Fury at least, but I love him).
I love Hawkeye and Iron Man, and I love that they get it together in the end but they're also really *bad* at getting it together, and that they save the world and then have dinner in silence with nothing to say to each other. I kind of love every time Captain America gets thrown through a window or whatever, because, honestly, he would drive me up the wall if I had to work with him, he's way too earnest and virtuous.
So, question: is it worth watching the various other movies in the same universe?
Total change of subject: I haven't watched the first two episodes of 5-0, mostly because I haven't actually had a solid fort-five minutes at home in weeks. But I've got this story in my head in which Steve is Stephanie and still sleeping with Catherine and goes out bar-hopping with Kono and is still best friends with Danny.
My question is: in the first episode, Danny punches Steve for basically being annoying and gettig him shot. I don't know why, but I have a hard time imagining Danny hiting a woman for the same reasons (though he did swing a part of a boat into a woman sort-of-bad-guy). And the whole being put on his knees thing would, I think, be treated as maybe more humiliating by the people around him if it was done by a woman? What I can't figure out is, if Danny wouldn't punch her, what would he do? My brain keeps getting stuck - help?
And sort-of left conversational turn again: I couldn't sign up for this year's femslash exchange because I didn't know *any* of the listed fandoms (well, now Avengers, but sign ups are closed). I used to know loads of them, and I find this kind of depressing. Any good recs for femslashy shows or movies I ougt to be picking up?
And that's it for this whsitle stop tour of bluflamingo and fandom. Please exit the ride to your left, and take all belognings with you :)
Which is a longish way of saying that Tesco had Avengers Assemble on special offer and I bought it having got hooked on fic about the characters. I don't think I've watched a superhero movie since The Incredibles.
I love the movie. I love Natasha - I love that she's smart and caring and I love her relationship with Barton (and that she fixes him by kicking him in the head, I want to be able to do that!).
I love that the female characters wear practical clothes for their jobs, not short skirts, and that everyone's uniforms are form-fitting, not just the women.
I love Hill, for being cool, calm and awesome. I love Furt for being snarky and taking no crap from anyone and the line about real power wanting a magazine (am I supposed to love those two? I kind of feel like I'm supposed to dislike Fury at least, but I love him).
I love Hawkeye and Iron Man, and I love that they get it together in the end but they're also really *bad* at getting it together, and that they save the world and then have dinner in silence with nothing to say to each other. I kind of love every time Captain America gets thrown through a window or whatever, because, honestly, he would drive me up the wall if I had to work with him, he's way too earnest and virtuous.
So, question: is it worth watching the various other movies in the same universe?
Total change of subject: I haven't watched the first two episodes of 5-0, mostly because I haven't actually had a solid fort-five minutes at home in weeks. But I've got this story in my head in which Steve is Stephanie and still sleeping with Catherine and goes out bar-hopping with Kono and is still best friends with Danny.
My question is: in the first episode, Danny punches Steve for basically being annoying and gettig him shot. I don't know why, but I have a hard time imagining Danny hiting a woman for the same reasons (though he did swing a part of a boat into a woman sort-of-bad-guy). And the whole being put on his knees thing would, I think, be treated as maybe more humiliating by the people around him if it was done by a woman? What I can't figure out is, if Danny wouldn't punch her, what would he do? My brain keeps getting stuck - help?
And sort-of left conversational turn again: I couldn't sign up for this year's femslash exchange because I didn't know *any* of the listed fandoms (well, now Avengers, but sign ups are closed). I used to know loads of them, and I find this kind of depressing. Any good recs for femslashy shows or movies I ougt to be picking up?
And that's it for this whsitle stop tour of bluflamingo and fandom. Please exit the ride to your left, and take all belognings with you :)
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Thor... I enjoyed it because Ken Branagh knows his way around an epic royal family drama, but I think the fundamental flaw in the story is that Loki's arc is so much more fascinating than Thor's. (Especially if you see the blu-ray version with the deleted scenes, which are all Loki's.) Definitely enjoyable, passes the Bechdel test, etc.
The first Iron Man is exactly what you think it is, but it's good enough to be the reason the others were even made. I haven't seen the sequel, but it's not nearly as good.