You say SHIELD; I kinda think you mean the other thing.

On a less facetious note, how are these recent test fires any different from the ones reported four years ago?

I could still do with a little less giant and a lot more teenager. But that is definitely a step in the right direction.

What? Those are crazy people. I'm on the same boat: the Bay designs — as per usual — are horrendous. I'm starting to think he greenlights concepts while he's coked up or tripping on acid.

Frequent dropping? Er, My Internet connection is shitty. Should I not consider online play then?

It's not supposed to be human friendly. Shane Black missed the point of the Extremis storyline, which was supposed to turn Iron Man from a guy with a suit to a machine god who had telepathic control over all his electronics, including his suits, his satellites, everything. It was supposed to put him at par with people…

No they couldn't, not at that time. Did you see how jerky that go-motion test shot looked? Compare it to what we actually got:

No no no no, Arnim Zola has his own torso-head body that is a separate entity and character from MODOK.

Are you high, or one of those practical effects historical revisionists? Jurassic Park's CGI was revolutionary, and still holds up even today.

1) What the hell was Howard Stark thinking in Iron Man 2?

He doesn't, at least, not in the movies. IIRC, that's just from fans trying to explain away why he suddenly decided to remove his heart reactor. Unless this was a China-only thing; in my screening, all he says is he's finally going through the operation, not that it was Extremis-assisted or anything like that.

Boo! Why not Blade's acid-etched katana with spring-loaded anti-theft blades?

And make white superheroes look bad on camera.

To the Canadians out there, did you find Batroc's Quebecois accent distracting? My sister pointed it out to me, and now I can't unhear it. Especially bothersome since he's allegedly Algerian.

Looks like I won't be eating at Chili's anytime soon.

Or this:

The GPU Hierarchy Chart is your friend. See? your GTX 660 is two tiers better than the recommended 560 Ti.

That paintball two–parter is actually a great example of the Russos' fit for this movie: they took a single story, and made it fit two wholly disparate genres. That's the kind of talent you'll need for stuffing your superhero film with tons of political spy thriller.

as my niece just said, Black Widow kicked ass.

What the hell are they talking about? The Core i7 3770 doesn't have 8 cores; it has 4. Also, anybody who's gotten top-end i5's from both the Sandy and Ivy bridge lines should consider yourselves safely in the recommended zone, as the performance gaps between a 2500k, 3570k, and a 3770 are minimal.