Answer for question 4358.
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2015-05-10
Avengers: Age of Ultron
( The 4 things I really didn't like, which are all spoilerific. One is a technical thing, two are writing things and one is a personal thing. )
( My reactions to the rest of it, which is long, spoiler-ridden and horrendously squeaky. I have broken it down into villains and each individual Avenger, because it makes more sense to me that way. )
One of my problems was that while Avengers Assemble felt very much like an end chapter, with an inherent 'but that's a story for another day' feeling at the end, which is fine and traditional, Age of Ultron felt like it was trying to be a capstone for the (Character): Film 2 films and set up the film 3s. Or, to paraphrase someone on Facebook, it felt like they were trying to stuff a 5 hour film into 2 and a half while also stretching a 2 hour film into a 3 hour film. At the same time. Which I know makes no sense but is still true.
( That was my problem with the end scene. )
( Although (possible set up spoilers for either Guardians of the Galaxy 2, Thor 3 or Avengers 3) )
* Sorry I am chem. nerd.
** James Spader has been referred to as "thingy that plays creeps" by more than one housemate.
( My reactions to the rest of it, which is long, spoiler-ridden and horrendously squeaky. I have broken it down into villains and each individual Avenger, because it makes more sense to me that way. )
One of my problems was that while Avengers Assemble felt very much like an end chapter, with an inherent 'but that's a story for another day' feeling at the end, which is fine and traditional, Age of Ultron felt like it was trying to be a capstone for the (Character): Film 2 films and set up the film 3s. Or, to paraphrase someone on Facebook, it felt like they were trying to stuff a 5 hour film into 2 and a half while also stretching a 2 hour film into a 3 hour film. At the same time. Which I know makes no sense but is still true.
( That was my problem with the end scene. )
( Although (possible set up spoilers for either Guardians of the Galaxy 2, Thor 3 or Avengers 3) )
* Sorry I am chem. nerd.
** James Spader has been referred to as "thingy that plays creeps" by more than one housemate.
Links
Miscellaneous:
Paralysed artist creates artwork using just her eyes - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-32573909
London to Norwich Shakespearean morris dance completed - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-32556930
Daily Life For An Astronaut - http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Human_Spaceflight/Astronauts/Daily_life
Taking on the Vatican at cricket - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-32547660
Science:
The Man Who Drank Cholera and Launched the Yogurt Craze - http://nautil.us/issue/23/dominoes/the-man-who-drank-cholera-and-launched-the-yogurt-craze via @TwistedSifter on twitter.
Rubella Eliminated From The Americas, Thanks To MMR Vaccine - http://www.forbes.com/sites/tarahaelle/2015/04/30/rubella-eliminated-from-the-americas-thanks-to-mmr-vaccine/
Sport:
Football:
Sergio Ramos: the most wonderfully charismatic baddie in world sport? - http://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2015/may/01/sergio-ramos-real-madrid-charismatic If only for this wonderful quote - Is there a more magnetically appalling sportsman anywhere in the world? This is a footballer who can make you feel like stabbing yourself in the eye with a skewer in sheer bile-soaked frustration at his horrendous antics, while also gurgling with laughter and in between purring with pure sporting pleasure at the sheer quality of his football.
Paralysed artist creates artwork using just her eyes - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-32573909
London to Norwich Shakespearean morris dance completed - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-32556930
Daily Life For An Astronaut - http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Human_Spaceflight/Astronauts/Daily_life
Taking on the Vatican at cricket - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-32547660
Science:
The Man Who Drank Cholera and Launched the Yogurt Craze - http://nautil.us/issue/23/dominoes/the-man-who-drank-cholera-and-launched-the-yogurt-craze via @TwistedSifter on twitter.
Rubella Eliminated From The Americas, Thanks To MMR Vaccine - http://www.forbes.com/sites/tarahaelle/2015/04/30/rubella-eliminated-from-the-americas-thanks-to-mmr-vaccine/
Sport:
Football:
Sergio Ramos: the most wonderfully charismatic baddie in world sport? - http://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2015/may/01/sergio-ramos-real-madrid-charismatic If only for this wonderful quote - Is there a more magnetically appalling sportsman anywhere in the world? This is a footballer who can make you feel like stabbing yourself in the eye with a skewer in sheer bile-soaked frustration at his horrendous antics, while also gurgling with laughter and in between purring with pure sporting pleasure at the sheer quality of his football.