It was during the scene where the Collector explains the origin of the stones. They show the ancient beings trying to harness the power of the stones and we also see what looks like a Celestial passing judgement on a planet.

They may have hinted at a bigger purpose for the Collector in the movie. Remember the scene where he mentioned the ancient beings that briefly harnessed the power of the gems? I took that to be an Easter egg for the Elders of the Universe and a certain obsessive happened to be one of them. That could explain why he…

Warlock always had the soul gem. Did I miss his cocoon in the Collector's menagerie?

Exactly. He was royally pissed that the Kree signed the peace treaty so he teamed with Thanos to destroy Xandar. He was pretty consistent with xenophobic and genocidal way he was presented in the comics. He softened up and became more nuanced much later.

All of those fights I mentioned were before he sent to prison. Most were before Buster Douglas. He took more punishment post-prison because his head movement and defense declined. That's the part of Tyson's game that gets overlooked. His defense and ability to counter out of a defensive posture were extraordinary for…

Tyson didn't really have to weather storms because he was really good and most folks never hit him with more than one really solid shot in his prime. Before Tokyo Frank Bruno, Tony Tucker and Bonecrusher Smith hit Tyson with huge shots and he shrugged them off. Mitch "Blood" Green also hit him flush several times and…

The sound made it 10x worse. I can never unhear that.

Apparently they forgot to mention that to the Kree, Spaceknights and the rest when Ultron kicked their butts and laid waste to a huge chunk of their galaxy.

Agreed. I love a lot of the grim and gritty fantasy series but this is still one of my favorites. This was a grunts eye view of the conflict between the forces of good and evil. Then the conflict got more complex and everything you believed gets turned on it's head. Great stuff.

I have the entire series and I loved every moment of it.

BTW I have a hell of a time with her work because of the patois.

Did you mean The Midnight Robber by Nalo Hopkinson?

Thanos isn't an alien. The Titanian Eternals are originally from Earth. There was a split between Mentor's branch (Thanos' dad) and the branch of led by Zuras. They left Earth to avoid a civil war.

Arrogant heel Batista was great. The entitled a-hole character he played was always good for some heat.

Unfortunately it's not that uncommon.

"Otis, plug it in."

I was wondering if anyone else remembered that movie. It's been forever since I've seen it but I remember the first kill being pretty shocking.

That was the first thing my wife and I said when the movie ended. I've softened just a tad since then. My take was that life endures but humanity may or may not be a part of it.

Thanks for the link. I see they mention Objectivism in the comments but not in main article. I thought the great man narrative owed a lot to that as well as totalitarianism.