The thing about Stark is... He was the only one who saw the full Chitauri threat in Avengers. If you look at his decisions since then they're all based on the fact that he's the only one who sees the bigger picture. That's why he created Ultron, that's why he keeps on building the armour. That's why he wanted the Avengers to be fully above board, because you can't fight Earth's corner from the shadows.


And whoops here comes the invincible alien warlord, and everything's fucked, and Tony was right all along.

The thing about Stark is... He was the only one who saw the full Chitauri threat in Avengers. If you look at his decisions since then they're all based on the fact that he's the only one who sees the bigger picture. That's why he created Ultron, that's why he keeps on building the armour. That's why he wanted the Avengers to be fully above board, because you can't fight Earth's corner from the shadows.

Yeah, the revelations in the Winter Soldier are enough to explain why Stark has suited up again in Ultron. It would have been nice for it to be mentioned in the film.

Iron Man 3 ends with Stark finally being free of his need to be in a suit. He acknowledges that he is Iron Man, not the suit. He has the shrapnel and whatever removed from his chest, and has all of his suits destroyed to prove to Pepper that he can be free of his obsession. Hell, a huge part of the film is him trying to get shit done without his suit, because he has no other option.

Then comes Ultron, and suddenly he's back in his suits and all of that character arc was destroyed within the first 5 minutes.

I get that he's PTSD'd up to the nines, but it's lazy writing IMO.

I'll probably go. Loved Ant Man and more Evangeline Lilly is always good.

Anyhoo, I saw Ant-Man & the Wasp. It was entirely bleh.

Some good moments, but overall Infinity War is a bit of a mess. Very much suffered from being half a story too.

Not MCU's finest hour after some really brilliant recent films. Disappointing.

Black Panther was ace, fool.

Hahahahahaha. You’re hilarious. Tell me more jokes.

Not only that but the amount of made up “science” that the characters spout is utterly shameful

it’s embarrassing that the director didn’t have any fun with the shrinking/enlarging concept.

Oh I almost forgot about the story! Just like the people who made this film, aye?

Made up science in film about having the technology to shrink/enlarge objects shocker

I agree that the action scenes weren't very interesting, but I'm not sure how you can have fun with the concept beyond what they've already done? Even the salt pot/Pez dispenser thing was a throw back to the Thomas The Tank Engine in the first film.

I enjoyed Ant Man & the Wasp last night but do agree re: the droning on about quantum this, that & the other. It felt like somewhat tedious filler in an otherwise enjoyable film.

Worth it for the truth serum scene alone.

What else could they realistically do, though? Any science technobabble is going to sound like filler because it's all bollocks, basically, isn't it?

At least the writers were semi-aware that it was all filler bollocks, with Paul Rudd's character asking if they're just putting the word "quantum" in front of everything.

Some good moments, but overall Infinity War is a bit of a mess. Very much suffered from being half a story too.

Not MCU's finest hour after some really brilliant recent films. Disappointing.

(although the deaths at the end were irritating in that it's super obvious that it's not permanent given the various actors' filming schedules)

Hi! Welcome to April

Ant-Man and the Wasp even better than the first one. I'm glad Sat is consistently wrong about all films as it makes it a lot easier to know which ones are good.

I watched Iron First 2.

Mostly dull.

No movie related but Luke Cafe has been cancelled. Seems fair to me.

Iron fist has been cancelled too.

So back in the real world it's a huge injustice.