A Descent into Dullness

The fx were pretty great (even going to a non 3D showing).  Cumberbatch was pretty good, he does jerk genius who is still kind of likeable well as always.  Mikkelson was about average for a Marvel villain, which is an admittadly low bar.  Rest of the cast was good.  I'd say a B- for a MCU movie and a C+ as just a movie.  I did like the solution for defeating Dormammamuamamamamu.

On the positive side I got to see the trailer for Catching Fire. Ok, the movie wasn't that bad. But it was a far sight from good. The romantic sub-plots were tacked on with no actual story support for them. The clue for the big dramatic reveal was brought up by damn near everyone constantly thru the movie with only the flimsiest of reasons. And the long-con and magic tricks were insanely over-complicated and luck dependent. Even with the last act reveal of who the 5th Horseman was. Actually the reveal of that was pretty well done as I'd guessed at it being a daughter not a son...

I can say is that during the Las Vegas trick the presence of Michael Caine and a teleportation trick made me think of watching my copy of the Prestige...

[Error: unknown template qotd]

Which teen-ager or teacher would I molest? Seriously?

ETA: Looks like someone realized a groping Harry Potter character question was bad and changed it. So type of spell? Abjuration is a type of spell. And its got most of the boom spells. Or Conjuration. Plenty of boom there. Really I'd pick a type that let me destroy things for annoying me...

1. The Deadliest Game of All? Small children who've been cooped up all day...

2. Yay for rain! Also: *puddle splash*

3. Happily most respondents believe in drinking rarely, if at all, and in moderation even then...

4. To earn wealth: Work hard, spend less. Yeah. Thanks a lot for that bit of advice...

5. Most believe luck is nothing but totally random chance...

6. Best new job to try for was tie between Space Pirate and Man-candy. I figure I should become a Space Pirate to be more attractive to wealthy people looking for Man-candy...

7. Another tie for non-existant super-hero movie between Joss Whedon's Power Pack: Big Damn Heroes and John Woo's Iron Fist: Kung-Fu Mojo...

8. CLICKYCLICKYCLICKYCLICKYCLICKYCLICKY

9. The best way to destroy your enemies is with a box full of kittens armed with lasers. Though I'd watch fortysevenbteg since he's the only one to pick "make friends and then betrayal!" *watches paranoidly*

10. Favorite Batman version? The animated Paul Dini/Bruce Timm one from B:tAS, JL and JLU...

[Poll #1204200]