The Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015, Whedon)
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DVD Talk Hall of Fame
Re: The Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015, Whedon)
I got Ant Man, Batman vs. Superman, Pixels, Dope (odd thing to put with a superhero flick), Fantastic Four, Jurassic World. No Bond, no Mad Max, no Star Wars (thank God, I'm seeing that one everywhere)
#2777
DVD Talk Special Edition
Re: The Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015, Whedon)
Alamo Drafthouse:
Clue quote-a-long
The Connection
Tomorrowland
Ant-Man
They also showed a video from India that culminated in a really bad CGI Hulk fighting a guy in a rocket launching, chain-gun equipped rickshaw.
Interesting.
Clue quote-a-long
The Connection
Tomorrowland
Ant-Man
They also showed a video from India that culminated in a really bad CGI Hulk fighting a guy in a rocket launching, chain-gun equipped rickshaw.
Spoiler:
#2780
DVD Talk Gold Edition
Re: The Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015, Whedon)
In any case, the argument that Joss Whedon is a misogynist is pretty weak anyways. He's consistently written strong female characters and usually when he plays into a trope, it's for effect. I would argue that nothing that he's written is misogynistic as Twilight or 50 Shades of Grey.
#2781
DVD Talk Ultimate Edition
Re: The Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015, Whedon)
Regarding Black Widow, in the comics
Maybe the ledger was a reference to that...
Spoiler:
#2782
Banned by request
Re: The Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015, Whedon)
Right, but the "red in her ledger" comments are constant across multiple movies, whereas, unless I'm wrong, this is her first complaint about not being able to have any kids. And it was in direct response to Bruce stating that he couldn't father kids. Do his comments not count somehow?
In any case, the argument that Joss Whedon is a misogynist is pretty weak anyways. He's consistently written strong female characters and usually when he plays into a trope, it's for effect. I would argue that nothing that he's written is misogynistic as Twilight or 50 Shades of Grey.
In any case, the argument that Joss Whedon is a misogynist is pretty weak anyways. He's consistently written strong female characters and usually when he plays into a trope, it's for effect. I would argue that nothing that he's written is misogynistic as Twilight or 50 Shades of Grey.
#2783
DVD Talk Legend
Re: The Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015, Whedon)
As for trailers, I saw a 2D version at my local Cinemark and didn't get Star Wars OR (surprisingly) Ant Man.
We did get:
Masterminds
Tomorrowland
The Last Witch Hunter
We did get:
Masterminds
Tomorrowland
The Last Witch Hunter
#2784
DVD Talk Legend
Re: The Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015, Whedon)
Just write Black Widow out of the next movie. No female characters until fans can behave
#2785
DVD Talk Ultimate Edition
Re: The Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015, Whedon)
Thematically it makes sense for a desensitized assassin to fall in love with an embodiment of rage; sort of a visual representation of emotionless killing finding over-exaggerated emotion. Black Widow
didn't seem to fit in with the tone of the rest of the movie.
Spoiler:
#2786
DVD Talk Gold Edition
Re: The Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015, Whedon)
I also don't think Whedon is a misogynist, but I do think that emphasizing Widow's inability to have children (coupled with comments like "I'm always picking up after you boys" and the infantilization of The Hulk) shifted her character from the red in her ledger toward something else. It's an odd move considering that they spent all the previous movies emphasizing her past as a killer.
It seems to me that they have been for a long time setting up Cap as the dad and BW as the mom. She is a badass. That being said, they have been downplaying her badass skills of late.
#2787
DVD Talk Hero
Re: The Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015, Whedon)
How so? She kicked nine kinds of ass in Winter Soldier and more than held her own in Ultron too.
#2788
DVD Talk Gold Edition
Re: The Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015, Whedon)
Well in Avengers she went from tied up in a chair to kicking multiple people's asses. In Winter Soldier, she was actually holding up the action at times (first fight). In Ultron, she held her own, but certainly didn't have any standout fight scenes that I can think of. Like I said, I think that she has the #2 leadership role in the team, but she's on par with Hawkeye in terms of abilities, not Thor.
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DVD Talk Hero
#2791
DVD Talk Limited Edition
#2792
Banned
Re: The Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015, Whedon)
Avengers of Oz: Age of Tin Man
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