It’s apparently a somewhat obscure (possibly mostly known to black Americans) meme where when you wanna insult someone’s footwear you shout “WHAT ARE THOOOOOOOOSE?!” and gesture wildly at their feet. Nobody’s quite sure where it originated, it might be from Disney’s Hercules? But there are a ton of videos online…

Vibranium is a metal that absorbs kinetic energy, stores it, sometimes amplifies it depending on the structure/shape, and can release it. When Cap’s shield takes a hit head on, it absorbs the energy, then immediately releases it amplified back out away from the wielder.

That’s going to be left vague until the movies decide whether they’re mutants or Inhumans

Here’s my question: what are the five tribes of Wakanda? I know there’s the Gorilla tribe, and presumably the Panther tribe, and maaaaaybe there’s a Rhino tribe, but what are the other two?

The pellet T’Challa uses to stop Ross’s bleeding isn’t necessarily pure vibranium. Vibranium is merely the battery that powers most Wakandan technology, which avails of the fact that vibranium amplified the energy it absorbs and therefore might be used for crazy violations of the laws of physics like perpetual motion…

I know who Ike is. But Ike’s in charge of Marvel, not Sony.

Y’know, a lot of people say Luke would never have considered killing Ben.

Ike?

The Dora Milaje are warriors, and hair gets in the way. It’s the same reason they shave your head when you join any military in the world: both for the psychological advantages that come from your soldiers having a sense of shared uniformity and similarity, and the practical advantages that come from your soldiers not…

Just clicked through to Politico and apparently the original title was “What If You Could Get Your Own Immigrant?”

Did you explain that Marvel had the name first?

Lack of interest will turn to interest if she gets to be the title character in a blockbuster franchise

I wouldn’t assume the wife has issues. If I were an actor I’d prefer that solution to the awkwardness of kissing someone who isn’t my wife, whether the kiss is acting or not.

Nope it was space shrimp

I’m guessing you’re not a fan of shrimp either

No, it puts across the idea that is later conveyed by the mid-fight Odin vision instead: that Thor has never needed the hammer, it only was supposed to help him focus his power. He still has the power without it.

Portman, like most Hollywood types, would probably “care” “again” once she found out Jane gets to be the title character (Thor).

Did they actually do that? Because that just increased my respect for Hemsworth by a wide margin. Dude knows his priorities!

Well let’s not forget that Shakespeare was just as well-known for his bawdy comedies as his dramas

I don’t remember exactly how that explosion plays out, but if it’s like the one in The Avengers it works. In the Avengers Cap knows the shield only shields the parts of his body it’s in front of, so at the last second he hops up and tucks into a ball behind the shield. Without feet on the ground to brace the shield,…