Agents of Absence

12:12 AM

guess i should rewatch age of ultron this week

4:31 AM

probably being either killed or otherwise abused by a whedon

seriously, you'd think the whedons hate amy acker based on how much every one of her characters gets crapped on in any whedon production

user116211

@phantom42 May I ask what you are talking about?

phantom42

@MAFIA36790 "cello girl" in the MCU refers to coulson's ex-gf

user116211

ooh...

phantom42

fred/illyria, whiskey/dr saunders, cello girl, beatrice in much ado - every time she shows up in a whedon production, her characters get the short end of the stick

user116211

@phantom42 Hmmm... damn I don't follow it.... is Caulson the man working in the SHIELD... he is the dean of Peter Parker's school in Ultimate Spider Man... is he the same man you are talking about?

phantom42

4:44 AM

phil coulson, director of shield

user116211

Yep! He is the mun!!

phantom42

killed by loki, got a robot hand...

user116211

hmmm.... this didn't happen in Ultimate Spiderman... Loki is a damn joker there.

user116211

Hmm... I would try MCU this year.... I want to get new things other than Arrowverse.

Ankit Sharma

5:13 AM

@JackBNimble In Vixen web series , flash did met her, so he can call her for help.

user116211

5:26 AM

@AnkitSharma: Watched Arrow... the Black Canary tuned out to be a prisoner of Damien.... ooh.

user116211

I thought Diggle would slay Damien's wife.... but on the contrary, she issued arrest warrant, damn.

user116211

So, should we take Black Canary is retired?

phantom42

being dead is usually considered a forced retirement

user116211

:((

user116211

@JackBNimble She even mentioned Barry when she debuted in the Arrow episode.

user116211

5:34 AM

Probably don't tell Barry about this.

Ankit Sharma

5:53 AM

@phantom42 she is coming in flash as earth 2 version

And i am sure few flashback this season too

user116211

@AnkitSharma Black Siren....

Ankit Sharma

yup

I liked this idea

But i am sure it's one episode thing

But it will better if they can make it arrow crossover

user116211

@AnkitSharma yup.... she wouldn't be regular... would feature in some flash back and a bit cameo of Earth 2 version Laurel Lance.

user116211

BTW, Amazon would deliver the Flash: Rebirth today ;) @ankit

Ankit Sharma

good

Dr R Dizzle

7:22 AM

I finished my Road to Captain America: Civil War last night with Ant-Man, which I still really love. It's so imaginative and inventive and funny and just fun that I find it near impossible to criticise in any meaningful way. I can't wait to see Scott Lang show up in Captain America: Civil War and interact with rest of this universe's characters.

Incidentally, T-minus 11 hours until I see Captain America: Civil War.

Ankit Sharma

7:42 AM

@DrRDizzle I am jealous

Dr R Dizzle

@AnkitSharma So am I; my brother, who has the day off college, is seeing it in just 4 hours.

Ankit Sharma

lol

Comic Book Nerd

8:16 AM

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Q: What does the appearance of a Ten Ring terrorist in Ant-Man mean?

In Ant-Man, we can see at one point that one of the potential buyers for the Yellowjacket (Darren Cross' version of the Ant-Man technology) has a tattoo on his neck. Under closer inspection, it becomes obvious that this tattoo is the logo for the Ten Ring terrorists. Below is a picture of the ch...

phantom42

11:02 AM

it means that someone who likes the 10 rings logo enough to get a tattoo of it on his neck wanted to buy the yellowjacket suit

it may mean that mandarin and the 10 rings are interested in it

KutuluMike

11:14 AM

i assumed it just meant that every bad guy on the planet wants to buy this thing.

Movie nerd

11:43 AM

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Q: How does the Flash have powers on Arrow S04E19?

Flash didn't have powers on The Flash S02E19, but has powers at the end of Arrow S04E19 just one day later. How is that possible? The answer is probably a plot hole or to not completely trust episodes order between those shows (although it was accurate since Barry appeared on Arrow in the 2nd s...

plot-explanation arrowverse the-flash continuity arrow

Dr R Dizzle

11:56 AM

@KutuluMike @phantom42 "Has anyone involved with either Ant-Man or the larger Marvel Cinematic Universe commented on this? I'd be interested to know what link, if any, this has to Iron Man 3 or the "All Hail the King" One-Shot.".

I was looking more for an out-of-universe perspective.

KutuluMike

oh, ok.

phantom42

mike, did you watch the new season of kimmy schmidt?

KutuluMike

i don't watch kimmy schmidt

i have too much other tv to watch as it is

phantom42

it's pretty damned hilarious

the last episode takes place in orlando and titusville

"titusville is where dreams go to die"

and carlos from monsters shows up as a roller coaster junkie

Dr R Dizzle

12:20 PM

I can't remember who I was talking to this about some time ago, so I'm just going to post it.

themarysue.com/spidey-movies-marvel-in-charge

Confirmation that Marvel Studios are the ones with creative control over Spider-Man.

Kevin Feige said, "Well, I’ve known all those people for very long. Amy Pascal, Tom Rothman, who runs Sony now, I’ve known for years. So it’s been great. I mean they really are supportive in allowing us to make the creative decisions to make that movie, but they’ve been great partners, and uh, so far so good on that movie."

KutuluMike

12:38 PM

i have been doing research for my Marvel blog post.

I have seen lots of things that imply that Marvel's always had some level of control over it.

people at fox and sony talking about Avi Arad's vision for the characters and such.

it makes no sense.

apparently, Marvel's original plan for Marvel Studios was to film the movies and sell them as a package deal to fox/sony/universal/etc.

but it doesn't seem like that ever happened.

user116211

Hmm... they are never clear whether Arrow is ahead or Flash....

Himarm

I came to say what you all are talking about. Back to lirking i guess

user116211

They were same only during the Legends of Today.

Dr R Dizzle

@KutuluMike That's true, we actually had a question where I used some Marvel Studios gave Sony about Spider-Man that helped answer it.

KutuluMike

its making it hard to write this blog post not knowing what these actual deal were.

i also had no idea how long Fox has the license for X-Men before they made a movie.

or that Marvel licensed Spider-Man out like 25 years before Sony made Spider-Man

i always assumed they farmed all their stuff out to get out of bankruptcy, but apparently that just kicked them into overdrive.

Dr R Dizzle

12:43 PM

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A: Are there any rules/guidelines regarding Spider-Man's appearance?

This article claims that when Sony Pictures attempted to reboot the Spider-Man franchise in 2011, Marvel gave them a list of rules about how both Spider-Man and Peter Parker should be depicted on screen. These rules are; Spider-Man Male Does not torture Does not kill unless in defense of self ...

@KutuluMike They are probably the most closely guarded contracts in Hollywood. No one knows the details of them beyond guesswork.

phantom42

@MAFIA36790 typically, no. except at the crossover points where we can usually firmly establish that they are in or out of sync. this flash cameo (yes, this was just a cameo) is clearly out of sync

Dr R Dizzle

T-minus 5 and half hours until I'm waiting for Captain America: Civil War to start.

phantom42

it's a matter of which direction it's in

so you're waiting to start waiting?

why don't you just cut the waiting and start waiting now?

we really need a custom reason for the future works policy

"closed as off topic because it's not related to sf/f within the scope" is really misleading

KutuluMike

1:08 PM

we're supposed to be closing them as opinion based.

@phantom42 did someone just close one with that reason?

i need an example.

i am doing something fundamentally stupid and posting to meta

phantom42

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Q: When is Attack on Titan Season 2 coming?

I am an ardent fan of attack on titan. waiting for the next season. anyone knows when it will be released?

anime

user116211

@phantom42 Is anime on topic here?

phantom42

@MAFIA36790 yes.

user116211

ooh.

phantom42

well, provided that it's got some sort of SF/F element

KutuluMike

1:15 PM

holy crap, "future works" is by far our most used custom reason.

phantom42

which every anime i've watched has

KutuluMike

like.. 90+% of them.

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Q: Do we have room for a custom close reason for future works?

We have had a long-standing policy that questions asking about material from unproduced future works should be closed until such time as they are answerable. The meta consensus was that we should close them as primarily opinion-based, which is as close to a legitimate reason as we can get. But i...

feature-request close-reasons

user116211

Hehehehe.... my first question here got closed due to this.... but it got re-opened a month ago ;))

phantom42

anyone have a link to the meta discussion where we said "don't spoiler block the whole damned question"?

Dr R Dizzle

@phantom42 I'm not waiting for it to start at the moment though, I'm waiting for work to end. At that point, I'll be waiting to go the cinema. Then and only then can I start waiting to enter the screen, at which point I can start waiting for it to start.

Typical American, ignoring the benefits of an orderly queue.

phantom42

1:30 PM

forget queueing. reserved seats are where it's at.

Dr R Dizzle

@phantom42 My local multiplex don't do that :(

phantom42

and you claimed to be a civilized nation

user116211

@DrRDizzle You don't reserve seat before going to cinema?

phantom42

punisher Netflix series is a go!

Dr R Dizzle

1:51 PM

@MAFIA36790 I physically can't.

@phantom42 Darn.

Everybody knows that Punisher works better as a supporting character.

Dr R Dizzle

2:15 PM

@phantom42 You didn't mention that a writer from Hannibal is the showrunner! Now I'm excited.

Himarm

2:40 PM

how many movies does ironman still have on contract

and how many does captain have

if we know

KutuluMike

2:53 PM

I thought Evans said his contract was up and he wasn't going to come back, then changed his mind.

that, to me, implies that he's decided whether to sign a new contract

Himarm

and does bucky have super powers, or just a human with a metal arm

KutuluMike

he's got similar powers to Steve

he's the result of HYDRA trying to reproduce Erskine's experiment, I think.

Himarm

so he has a super solider serum in him

KutuluMike

its not the same, exactly, and I dunno if they've been very specific about what happend.

but HYDRA "experimented" on him, plus brainwashed him.

Dr R Dizzle

@Himarm Or some version of it, yes. The Super Soldier Serum used on Steve came from Dr Erskine; the version used on Bucky was created by Dr Zola.

KutuluMike

2:58 PM

to make someone to counter Captain America

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Q: What is the policy for spoilers?

Is there any official policy for mandatory use of the spoilers features? Or is just a courtesy/fully voluntary? I didn't see anything on the FAQ. Is there any particular action that should be taken on posts that do not contain spoiler blocks? If there should be such a policy, should it have a ...

discussion faq spoilers

> Put as little text as possible into the spoiler tag, and try and surround it with context that doesn't give anything away, but makes it obvious whether you want to reveal the text.

I have a bunch of meta questions bookmarked now

Himarm

i just remeber the move not being very clear

if they actually gave him something or not

i saw your answer about it @DrRDizzle

Dr R Dizzle

@Himarm When Steve finds him in the Hydra base, he's clearly out of it. He's definitely undergone some form of experimentation, but it's left ambiguous (presumably to make his return as The Winter Soldier less obvious).

Himarm

i came away with the impression from winter soldier that he was only a match because of his arm, since his arm is like equal to cap, but his other arm is barely but he is jumping over cars and stuff

KutuluMike

i thought bucky did some fancy boomerangy stuff w/ the shield?

Himarm

with his metal arm

Dr R Dizzle

3:09 PM

@KutuluMike He throws it, but he doesn't ricochet it and stuff.

KutuluMike

ah.

don't murder me but i still haven't seen that movie

Himarm

he catches it with the metal arm too all cute

okay rand

Dr R Dizzle

@KutuluMike Wait, what.

Are you talking about Captain America: The Winter Soldier?

KutuluMike

i didn't go to the movies when that one came out.

Dr R Dizzle

@KutuluMike Dude.

Sort that out.

KutuluMike

3:10 PM

and I haven't seen it on cable yet. I check all the time.

Dr R Dizzle

Like, tonight.

Himarm

>.>

KutuluMike

and netflix has no marvel movies.

Himarm

torrent it

Dr R Dizzle

It's on Netflix UK!

Himarm

3:10 PM

via the dark webs

Dr R Dizzle

Buy it on Blu Ray!

KutuluMike

oh yeah, I have a bluray player now.

Himarm

did they fix it were we could watch netflix uk with an addon?

Dr R Dizzle

Borrow it off someone, I don't care. But you need to see it man.

@Himarm Some proxies work, others don't.

More importantly, T-minus 3 and a half hours ish until Captain America: Civil War.

KutuluMike

i have a week, at least.

i'll find it somewhere

Himarm

3:12 PM

yeah you just have to proxy from uk and you can watch it, i know they were mad for a while but as of like last week people still say you can do it lol

KutuluMike

oooh it's on STARZ tonight at 7pm

I think I can DVR it

Dr R Dizzle

@KutuluMike I'm actually kind of flabbergasted that you haven't seen it, especially when it's widely regarded as the MCU's best.

phantom42

3:37 PM

as bad as that is, mafia said he hasnt watched any mcu movies

and yes, evans just said like.. this week, that he wants to keep doing more movies

KutuluMike

@DrRDizzle sorry. I guess I didn't realize "but it's really really good" was a substitute for $$ when buying movie tickets?

also, SUPER nitpick, but I'm watching it now and they put the "coordinates" of the Triskelion on screen and they're clearly screwed up.

phantom42

@Himarm part of the problem is that they can apparently choose whether their appearances will count against their contracts. i saw an interview with paltrow saying that she wasnt counting her appearance in (i think) avengers against the contract because it was such a small bit

KutuluMike

though Google is also being stupid.

phantom42

possible that evans did the same thing with thor 2

KutuluMike

these coordinates, if I assume that "77S" actually means "77W", are right where they should be, but google puts them in Manilla?

phantom42

3:43 PM

it's like the island from lost

it moves

KutuluMike

the coordiates they give are 38N 77S.

it doesn't just "move", it "exists on a separate plane where normal coordinates do not apply"

i assume those coordinates are supposed to be smack in the middle of the patomac, though

which, if I remember my geography from grade school, means it's in Virginia, not DC

oh, no. it's on Theodore Roosevelt island, which is actually pretty big.

that's odd, cuz this building looks like it's just sitting in the middle of the river.

phantom42

and is not that far from where wolverine is thrown in DoFP

Ankit Sharma

4:44 PM

KutuluMike

i should have known better than to even try.

phantom42

5:30 PM

> I tend to use the "custom close" text to explain why I've voted to close. Simply marking them as 'opinion-based' doesn't really explain to the user why you want to zap it.

except for today...when he closed it as off-topic

Ankit Sharma

Problem is when people select close reason from the list due to laziness even when none of them apply

user116211

5:55 PM

Damn, couldn't watch LoT; balance got end ;((

user116211

Good night, comrades.

phantom42

7:11 PM

worst part: a mod closed it with the wrong reason

@DrRDizzle i suggest a rollback on this

your statement is still correct. inhumans may be off the film schedule, but they're still on AOS and effectively the mutants of the MCU,

macavoy and boyega cast for watership down. get your questions ready, @himarm.

Himarm

i saw that lol

AncientSwordRage

7:54 PM

Mr @KutuluMike, any reason for deleting your recent meta question?

phantom42

8:22 PM

kinda pointless to have the conversation if it's not really an option, isn't it?

KutuluMike

9:05 PM

it was the most effective way to avoid saying something to richard that would get me in trouble

Himarm

9:22 PM

you guys wana filter the feed in here

to drop marvel movies for a week

so the UK guys on movies dont start posting spoilers that hit the feed

and here

KutuluMike

meh.

I'll just stay off chat for a week :)

hold on. lemme check something.

ok, safe until jan 2017

phantom42

9:39 PM

you're never safe

someone will likely come in shortly to chastise you for being mean

Himarm

gg

KutuluMike

SHEW

stage 1 finished.

this took me almost a week

phantom42

to do...?

KutuluMike

i had to find thumbnails for all of the marvel movies & tv shows pre-X-Men

figure out what earth #s they had

figure out when they came out

stitch them together

phantom42

i thought you watched them all

KutuluMike

9:51 PM

oh jesus christ no.

phantom42

yeah, that was my thought too

KutuluMike

Howard the Duck is on there

phantom42

was like, "dude, that is some serious dedication"

speaking of terrible decisions... i got drunk and watched TMNT this past weekend

KutuluMike

did you know that there was a Marvel TV show called Night Man in 1997

phantom42

it wasn't as bad was i feared/expected, it was mostly just boring.

KutuluMike

9:52 PM

that crossed over with Manimal?

phantom42

i do recall that it was a thing, but i know nothing about it

should have crossed over with day man

Comic Book Nerd

10:03 PM

0

Q: When did Captain America learn what happened to Howard Stark?

Near the end of Captain America: Civil War we learn that and Captain America admits that he already knew. But how did he find out? I don't recall this being revealed in any of the previous movies, and I can't think of a reason why the characters who already knew would have gone out of their w...

marvel-cinematic-universe iron-man captain-america captain-america-civil-war

phantom42

it starts

KutuluMike

He talked about Howard Stark in The Winter Soldier and Zola basically admitted HYDRA killed him.

but I can't go answer that question yet.

phantom42

wait. i thought you said you hadnt watched TWS

KutuluMike

i just did.

~2 hours ago

didn't you see me bitching about the latitude/longitude screw-up?

that's probably the only reason I remember that scene, it was really brief

hrm.

@DrRDizzle you might know this off the top of you head.

which movie franchise (adjusted for inflation) has made more money: X-Men, Superman, or Batman (assuming the various Batman reboots are separate)

I am tempted to claim that X-Men is the second most successful comic franchise in history but I'm not sure if the Superman movies beat it.

phantom42

oh yeah. derp

KutuluMike

10:14 PM

and am too lazy to look

and on that note, heading home

phantom42

actually, i wasnt sure if that was something at the beginning of antman

KutuluMike

@phantom42 also.. i wasn't mean. I'm in a really crappy mood this month and am rapidly losing my patience for trivial reasons, so I was trying hard not to be mean :)

phantom42

i never saw you be mean to anyone in the first place

KutuluMike

I know. but just in case someone comes chastise me for it, I want it on the record: i was not being mean to Richard, I was merely worried that I would be, so I took preventative measures.

bbl

Dr R Dizzle

10:45 PM

@KutuluMike I don't know

I just got back from Captain America: Civil War, by the way.

I have... mixed feelings.

phantom42

11:02 PM

and mike's meta question has been undeleted.

KutuluMike

11:14 PM

meh. if the question and answer were even the tiniest little bit useful that would be fine.

as it is, it just reminds me why I'm a moron for going to meta.

Comic Book Nerd

11:44 PM

0

Q: Do Central City and Starling City send their convicts to the same prison?

The Iron Heights penitentiary was a recurring location in the Flash as it holds many of Central City's worst (and for while wrongly held Henry Allen) however dialogue in in Arrow's fourth season says criminals from Starling (or Star city, whatever) are sent somewhere also called Iron Heights- are...

arrowverse

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