Buffista Movies 7: Brides for 7 Samurai
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I am likely going to regret burying this in the IM3 discussion, but I'll also say it closer to release:
Having seen August Osage County on Broadway, I highly recommend seeing the film (fantastic cast. Assuming they don't screw it up like they did Rabbit Hole, it should be really good). However, I recommend going in unspoiled: this may be difficult as media pieces before the release are likely to be thematically spoily in ways that will be legit spoily (as opposed to "oh, this movie about war is violent" This isn't like King's Speech where you can know it's about stuttering and it's not really a spoiler. If anything gets deeper than "there are family dynamics" cover your ears and sing "lalala"). However, however, if you need trigger warnings, you should ask someone (I'm happy to do my best) about your particular stuff. Because there's stuff.
Teppy, I think she was
trying to get Tony onboard, to finish the thing he started on the back of the card in 1999. I think she would have preferred people not dying, but wasn't as worried about it as she was acting to Pepper. I don't think the movie was sufficiently clear about when she was lying about what.
I like to imaging that
once they're set up in Stark Tower in New York, there will be some Suit Operation 101 lessons. Although, if she is nigh-invulnerable, Tony will probably worry less.
I was assuming
Tony de-Extremis-ed Pepper, rather than stabilizing it.
Hmm. Interesting that they left it vague.
Steph, that hadn't even occurred to me. Hmm.
Didn't Pepper
become a superhero in the comics, though?
I guess what Tony
did when he noodled that equation at the convention in 1999 was about stabilizing Extremis, not de-activating it. But I would think if he could stabilize it, he could undo it. (I don't know why I assumed Pepper was de-Extremis-ed; I think maybe because of the parallel to Tony getting the shrapnel out of his chest.)
I haven't read any Iron Man comics, so I don't know if
Pepper became a superhero.
Steph, it's
Killian with a K.
Zenkitty,
she becomes a superhero called Rescue, but that's through an Iron Man suit. Like Steph, I assumed she was de-Extremis-ed entirely.
By the way, I just read
Extremis,
and it's great. You can see both
Iron Man
and
Iron Man 3
in it. I was surprised not to see Warren Ellis's name anywhere in the credits. Unless I missed it.
Steph, it's
Like the beer? That's just sad.
Steph, use whitefont! Now everyone knows that Johnny Budweiser is in the movie!
"Hi, my name is Bud. Bud Weiser."
I have not seen IM3 yet, but I am finally getting around to watching Snow White and the Huntsman. Or part of it. I may see the rest tomorrow, as it's quite late. HMOG Kristin Stewart is just the worst actor ever. She has no kind of talent or skill at acting. Why on earth does she have a career?
Okay, so I'm unhappy about being locked in a tower. Now I'm creeped out by a creepy guy, but I attack him, 'cuz he's bad. Now I'm gagging because I'm escaping through a sewer. HEY! Wasn't that the plot of Shawshank Redemption? Now I'm scared and working myself up to jump off a tall cliff. Now I'm running through the forest and hiding. Now I'm tripping on trippy swamp spores and seeing scary stuff.
