Not that it's quite the same thing, but wasn't the audience doing a lot of laughing-with while watching The Avengers? Critics and audience alike kept remarking that they were surprised how funny it was. Granted, as funny as it was, it wasn't a "comedy", but still. The public does appear more than ready to…

*fist pump* I laughed out loud.

My understanding is that the movies are going to include stuff about what Gandalf was doing when he split away from Bilbo's group. In the books he just goes away, and then comes back and is all, "yeah, had to go take care of a Necromancer who was set up in Dol Guldur", and it's like, wow Tolkien, that is a hell of a…

It's a John Steed reference, surely?

This is making me wonder how many people think of Diana Rigg as primarily "that lady who introduced PBS's Mystery". That was a pretty prominent gig for her in the 90s.

I'm going with "adorable". You say, "ball of organic horror", I say, "I so want to stick my hand in there and let them swarm all over me".

It doesn't seem difficult to guess that the "villains" in the Noah story would be the primary faces/representatives of the evil forces in the greater society who are the reason God chooses to wipe out all of humanity except for Noah's family. Isn't that the whole point? Humanity sucked, except for Noah & Co. The…

Speaking of delays due to financial trouble at the studio (and, speaking of Chris Hemsworth), you could mention Red Dawn in the same paragraph as Cabin in the Woods — supposed to be released in Nov. 2010, delayed by MGM bankruptcy, now coming out in Nov. 2012.

I do admire your optimism.

See, while I'm with you on "mmm, Karl Urban" — haven't we heard that he never takes off the helmet in this movie?

I am so, so surprised now that "Frankensquito" was not the inevitable sequel to SyFy's infamous "Mansquito".

"It's made... of HONEY!" *toasts*

People have been saying that Hounsou is a bit too old now to play T'Challa. Yes, he's about the same age as RDJ, but it's been discussed that it's believable for Tony Stark to be an older hero, because it's all the suit. Black Panther is very physical. This doesn't mean that Hounsou might not be physically capable…

I'll say this, after having watched it a few times — IF what was killed was Coulson's LMD, then I don't think Fury knew about it until after the actual death. There is certainly a moment when Coulson could have switched out with an LMD (where he opens the vault to get the Destroyer gun prototype). It stands to reason…

Wait... the nu52 is the result of a multiverse crisis? Shows how much attention I've been paying. I figured it was just editorial fiat.

This is a good answer, but it would be a lot more interesting if you would name characters and titles in which some of this stuff occurred. You know, for those of us reading the thread who have no idea what you're talking about when you say "DC had the first gay male kiss" — great! Between whom? In what book? …

Yes. Even "better", the story goes that a hollowed-out cow bone was first shoved up his butt, and then the red-hot iron was inserted through that — so that no outward mark was left on the king's body.

Well, in the US, it doesn't exactly refer to the "out", either. It refers to the ass-cheeks, not the ass-hole.

Malekith? I'm not saying I THINK that's who he will be, but just naming another male villain figure who's been mentioned as a possible in Thor 2.

I was going to guess Utonagan. Good to hear of a similar mix.