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The Avengers (2012) *spoilers from post 1181*

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    #422
    norrie rugger
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,656 ✭✭✭norrie rugger


    Hey, you leave Diana Rigg and Honor Blackman alone!!


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    #423
    Doctor DooM
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    Penn wrote: »
    Well same thing, would you see a film called "The Dark Knight" or a film called "The Caped Crusader"?

    To me, it matters f*ck all when all is said and done. I'll always refer to it as The Avengers, and to me it always will be The Avengers. But 'Avengers Assemble" is a sh*tty name for film and the reasons behind the name change and the fact that it's only being changed here and the UK is just ridiculous. Nobody even remembers or cares about the other Avengers sh*te.

    lol, but it's not! It's the difference between the word "x" and the words "xy", when y is a word which is already intimately associated with X, to the point were the fanboys are generally excited when they hear them together.

    Your comparison is betwen "XY" and "ABC". Can you not see my point? Peope are getting upset over the adding of one word to the name of a film. It's silly.

    People of the age 40 and up would know the TV Avengers before the comic book ones btw. It's considered a cult classic, much in the way the Prisoner is. Even I know Emma Peel is supposed to be the ultimate slamming hotty :D


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    #424
    Galvasean
    Registered Users Posts: 30,746 ✭✭✭✭Galvasean


    Overheal wrote: »
    That said, Harry Potter and the Sorcerors Stone... they even went as far as re-shooting any of the dialog that mentions the stone to match.

    Was that not to do with a percentage of the American public not having a bloody clue as to what a philosopher was?
    Penn wrote: »
    Which film would you rather ask for a ticket for? "The Dark Knight Rises" or "The Caped Crusader goes up"

    Just say 'One for Avengers please' when buying your ticket.
    Or you could be theatrical and slam your tenner on the counter before yelling, "Avengers Assemble!!!"


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    #425
    stevenmu
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 9,689 Mod ✭✭✭✭stevenmu


    krudler wrote: »
    it is stupid, I doubt anyone is going to see "The Avengers" listed on the cinema guide and think "ooooh, they remade the 60s tv show that nobody remembers" or a sh1tty movie from nearly 15 years ago, given that every Marvel character in it had "...will return in The Avengers" at the end credits. Hollywood, y u no trust audience intelligence!
    If there's one thing hollywood has done more of than comic book movies, it's movie remakes of 60s TV shows that no one remembers.


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    #426
    Thwip!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,234 ✭✭✭Thwip!


    Galvasean wrote: »
    Was that not to do with a percentage of the American public not having a bloody clue as to what a philosopher was?



    Just say 'One for Avengers please' when buying your ticket.
    Or you could be theatrical and slam your tenner on the counter before yelling, "Avengers Assemble!!!"
    This idea....I love


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    #427
    Mickeroo
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    Galvasean wrote: »


    Just say 'One for Avengers please' when buying your ticket.
    Or you could be theatrical and slam your tenner on the counter before yelling, "Avengers Assemble!!!"


    You may have just justified the name change.


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    #428
    OldeCinemaSoz
    Registered Users Posts: 829 ✭✭✭OldeCinemaSoz


    Everything went downhill when
    The Rigg went OHMSS escaping HIS
    AVENGERS roots... :(

    :D


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    #429
    Nervous Wreck
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    Penn wrote: »
    Which film would you rather ask for a ticket for? "The Dark Knight Rises" or "The Caped Crusader goes up"

    As an aside, I think "The Dark Knight Rises" is a shite name.


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    #430
    Overheal
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    Galvasean wrote: »
    Was that not to do with a percentage of the American public not having a bloody clue as to what a philosopher was?
    That's cold, man :(


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    #431
    Kess73
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    Doctor DooM wrote: »
    lol, but it's not! It's the difference between the word "x" and the words "xy", when y is a word which is already intimately associated with X, to the point were the fanboys are generally excited when they hear them together.

    Your comparison is betwen "XY" and "ABC". Can you not see my point? Peope are getting upset over the adding of one word to the name of a film. It's silly.

    People of the age 40 and up would know the TV Avengers before the comic book ones btw. It's considered a cult classic, much in the way the Prisoner is. Even I know Emma Peel is supposed to be the ultimate slamming hotty :D



    Comic version was in the mainstream since 1963. UK tv series came out in 1961 and only took off in 1962/63. So it is debatable which would be better known by people over 40 tbh.


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    #432
    Sasquatch76
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    Sasquatch76 wrote: »
    Just saw that it's available on Netflix. Will check it out over the weekend!
    And I'm enjoying it so far! About 9 episodes in I think... Good voice work (Stark sounds very RDJ-esque) and some of the banter is genuinely funny, especially from Hulk and Wasp. Will have a looksee for the season 2 DVD online (not available on Netflix yet).


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    #433
    Colmo52
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    Sasquatch76 wrote: »
    And I'm enjoying it so far! About 9 episodes in I think... Good voice work (Stark sounds very RDJ-esque) and some of the banter is genuinely funny, especially from Hulk and Wasp. Will have a looksee for the season 2 DVD online (not available on Netflix yet).

    Season 2 hasn't aired yet AFAIK.


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    #434
    Sasquatch76
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    Colmo52 wrote: »
    Season 2 hasn't aired yet AFAIK.
    My mistake. Thought Netflix had season one down as being from 2009 :(


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    #435
    krudler
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    Overheal wrote: »
    That's cold, man :(

    true though.

    they should remake it and call it Harry Potter and the Philosoraptor's Stone

    tumblr_lqxipkef221qeyljto1_500.jpg


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    #436
    WatchWolf
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    Does Ireland get the crappy retarded UK title?


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    #437
    Mickeroo
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    WatchWolf wrote: »
    Does Ireland get the crappy retarded UK title?

    Most likely, sure the studios probably think we are the UK.


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    #438
    krudler
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    WatchWolf wrote: »
    Does Ireland get the crappy retarded UK title?

    what about if they make a sequel? Avengers Reassembled? Avengers Reconvene At A Later Date?


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    #439
    Nervous Wreck
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    krudler wrote: »
    what about if they make a sequel? Avengers Reassembled? Avengers Reconvene At A Later Date?

    Avengers AGM.


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    #440
    pljudge321
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    Nervous Wreck wrote: »
    Avengers AGM.

    Avengers First Annual AGM


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    #441
    Sasquatch76
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,353 ✭✭✭Sasquatch76


    "Avenged Secondfold"


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    #442
    [Deleted User]
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    I don't get all the complaints over the title change. Sure it's not ideal and sounds a little stupid but remember that we live in a world where morons can sue the makes of Drive because the film she saw was nothing like the Fast and the Furious. We all know that was the film to remain titled the Avengers there would be at least one moron who went to see it expecting John Steed and Emma Peel and when they got Marvel's Avengers they'd be writing to newspapers to express their distaste.


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    #443
    Antar Bolaeisk
    Registered Users Posts: 3,091 ✭✭✭Antar Bolaeisk


    WatchWolf wrote: »
    Does Ireland get the crappy retarded UK title?

    We're pretty much regarded as one and the same, I'm fairly certain I saw an Assemble poster earlier.


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    #444
    [Deleted User]
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    I don't get all the complaints over the title change. Sure it's not ideal and sounds a little stupid but remember that we live in a world where morons can sue the makes of Drive because the film she saw was nothing like the Fast and the Furious. We all know that was the film to remain titled the Avengers there would be at least one moron who went to see it expecting John Steed and Emma Peel and when they got Marvel's Avengers they'd be writing to newspapers to express their distaste.

    .......

    did someone actually sue Drive because of that ...?


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    #445
    aidan_walsh
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    http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/celebritology/post/the-drive-lawsuit-finally-a-case-that-encourages-suing-over-misleading-movie-trailers/2011/10/10/gIQAEF1YaL_blog.html
    She claims that the trailer for the film misled the public by implying that “Drive” would be a joy ride a la “The Fast and the Furious.” Instead, as court documents note, Deming discovered that there is “very little driving in the motion picture.” The suit also suggests that the movie is filled with anti-Semitism.


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    #446
    [Deleted User]
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    It's like trying to sue "Monsters" for there not being a lot of monsters in it. The mind genuinely boggles.


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    #447
    [Deleted User]
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    It's like trying to sue "Monsters" for there not being a lot of monsters in it. The mind genuinely boggles.

    Never underestimate the stupidity of the average person.

    While I can understand where she was coming from, (the trailer does make it look like an action packed thrill ride) you have to wonder how she justified a law suit over the 10 dollars that the ticket cost her. Hell if I could sue every film maker whose film was different than the trailer which sold it I'd be a millionaire at this stage.


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    #448
    Nervous Wreck
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    I sued the makers of Drive cos I thought I was gonna see a film about golf.


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    #449
    Nervous Wreck
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    I also sued the makers of Jumper cos most people in the film wore jackets.


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    #450
    paddy kerins
    Site Banned Posts: 1,856 ✭✭✭paddy kerins


    Nervous Wreck wrote: »
    I also sued the makers of Jumper cos most people in the film wore jackets.

    Did you also sue the makers of The Dark Knight because you thought it was about Martin Luther King?


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    #451
    Thwip!
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    The name change however does make it correspond to this
    NOV111942.jpg

    which will probably result in some people expecting the film to mirror that storyline...sigh


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