Most of the time I find him intolerable, but he was really good for this.

I'm not overly fond of him, either, which is why he seemed kind of perfect for Nick.

There was a trailer where Dicaprio had a STRONG Redford vibe, to the point of resembling Redford -- is there any of that in the movie, or was I just projecting on the trailer?

Well my theory that the Chinese Theater exploded guy was killed off for being an addict came after Tony sees video of what AIM is up to and there's soemthing in there about not getting addicted (or maybe I'm misremembering). I think Crazy Gum Chewing Guy would placate the exploded guy because what else would he say? Plus I think Crazy Gum Chewing Guy would be okay with being blown up. I can't remember his reaction after he --reconstituted --but-I don' t know maybe the guy exploded too soon .

there's soemthing in there about not getting addicted (or maybe I'm misremembering). I think Crazy Gum Chewing Guy would placate the exploded guy because what else would he say?

I remember him telling him to regulate, which is essentially not blowing up. That's what the chastising was about, I thought.

There was a trailer where Dicaprio had a STRONG Redford vibe

Huh, I hadn't thought of that before, but I can kind of see it. He's very square-jawed.

So...Avengers 2 salary issues? I hadn't realised RDJ wasn't signed for it, and I'm sure that's bothering more than a few people right now. But these two paragraphs made me laugh:

The problem is that the other actors from "The Avengers," such as Chris Hemsworth, Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo and Scarlet Johansson, didn't make nearly as much money as their leader and want a much larger scoop of ice cream the second time around too, to the tune of $5 million upfront and a bigger cut of the profits. According to Deadline, they see Downey as their leader and he is supporting them as well.

Can any of these actors be replaced? Probably. A new Black Widow (Johansson) or even Captain America (Evans) might get by without the public making too much fuss. Thor (Hemsworth) or the Hulk (Ruffalo, who stole "The Avengers") might be more difficult and Downey's Iron Man is all but impossible at this point. But Marvel has taken risks before and might be willing to do so again.

Because I can't work out if Jeremy Renner isn't asking for more money, or they just forgot him (SLJ and the other non bang bang boom SHIELD folk are their own financial issue).

And who knows how much bullshit the article is anyway.

Call me crazy, but I would be fine if these characters didn't turn into an endless series of movies. Ten or whatever would be fine!

From what I'm reading, Evans is already locked-in, and Renner is asking for the same as all the other non-RDjr actors.

ita the don't get addicted part was later in the movie when Stark is watching the video of trails and testing after he got the fan boy to boost the signal at the beauty pageant. I'll have to watch it again, but that based on Guy Pearce's killing of Botany Woman made me think he didn't actually need her for regulation. Plus I don't think all the explosions were accidents. I don't remember how much time passed from the Chinese Theater explosion to the Mandarin claiming it, but after the movie was over that felt planned rather ahn an accident the Mandarin capitalized on. I could be wrong.

askye, who was the "don't get addicted" said to? I don't remember addiction as an issue at all--it was regulation--people who regulated were like Charlie Brown or Killian, and stable. And the guy at the theatre couldn't regulate, even though he was chided to do so.

And when the Mandarin was explaining the "reign of terror", he mentioned covering up of mistakes. I'm pretty sure he never mentioned deliberate explosions, so who did? Did Killian? When?

The World's End.

It's a shame they gave away the fence-jumping gag in the trailer.