TA124: Decoy Bird in Motion
07/27/23 • 33 min
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Minute One Hundred Twenty Four: From Director Nick Fury in Motion to the F-35 Lightning II in Motion
Lester Clark and Kynan Dias from The Exorcist Minute join us in this episode!
In the one-hundred-twenty-fourth minute of The Avengers ...
Hill’s comments on the F-35 Lightning II that’s been put into action by the World Security Council sends Fury scrambling to stop it in the only way he knows how. A bazooka. Uh, is this Fury’s weapon of choice? Is there bazooka storage in the elevator? We decide that Fury’s such a fan of bazookas and blowing things up with them on the helicarrier that there’s likely bazooka storage all over the place.
But Fury does take out one of his own aircraft. Presumably, he wouldn’t have cared if it blew up entirely or fell off the side of the helicarrier, killing the pilot, because the nuke wasn’t launched. So then why does he hesitate when he pulls his sidearm to take aim at the second F-35? Shouldn’t he just unload his clip? It’s a bit of a trope that doesn’t play well here for his character.
The fact that the World Security Council did decide to launch two F-35s to take on NYC does pique our curiosity. Why is this the route they choose?
We do get to sort out a bit as to who’s got earbuds for communication here. We also talk a bit about Tony’s HUD and how it’s being portrayed through the film and the shift we’ll start noticing here as we move forward toward the end. It’s an interesting shift to allow us to get more personal with Tony. Tune in!
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Film Sundries
- Tune in to The Exorcist Minute, follow it on Facebook or Instagram, and join The Exorcist Minute Facebook Group to be a part of the conversation
- Find Lester on the web or Instagram
- Find Kynan on Instagram or Letterboxd
- Watch this film: iTunes • Amazon • YouTube • Disney+
- Join the conversation on Discord
- Script
- Trailer #1
- Trailer #2
- Poster artwork
- Original Material
- Season 6 Show Art by Winston Yabo. Find him on Instagram
- Season 6 Music: “Message to the World” by Anthony Vega. Find him on Instagram
Minute One Hundred Twenty Four: From Director Nick Fury in Motion to the F-35 Lightning II in Motion
Lester Clark and Kynan Dias from The Exorcist Minute join us in this episode!
In the one-hundred-twenty-fourth minute of The Avengers ...
Hill’s comments on the F-35 Lightning II that’s been put into action by the World Security Council sends Fury scrambling to stop it in the only way he knows how. A bazooka. Uh, is this Fury’s weapon of choice? Is there bazooka storage in the elevator? We decide that Fury’s such a fan of bazookas and blowing things up with them on the helicarrier that there’s likely bazooka storage all over the place.
But Fury does take out one of his own aircraft. Presumably, he wouldn’t have cared if it blew up entirely or fell off the side of the helicarrier, killing the pilot, because the nuke wasn’t launched. So then why does he hesitate when he pulls his sidearm to take aim at the second F-35? Shouldn’t he just unload his clip? It’s a bit of a trope that doesn’t play well here for his character.
The fact that the World Security Council did decide to launch two F-35s to take on NYC does pique our curiosity. Why is this the route they choose?
We do get to sort out a bit as to who’s got earbuds for communication here. We also talk a bit about Tony’s HUD and how it’s being portrayed through the film and the shift we’ll start noticing here as we move forward toward the end. It’s an interesting shift to allow us to get more personal with Tony. Tune in!
Join the conversation with movie lovers from around the world on The Next Reel’s Discord channel!
Film Sundries
- Tune in to The Exorcist Minute, follow it on Facebook or Instagram, and join The Exorcist Minute Facebook Group to be a part of the conversation
- Find Lester on the web or Instagram
- Find Kynan on Instagram or Letterboxd
- Watch this film: iTunes • Amazon • YouTube • Disney+
- Join the conversation on Discord
- Script
- Trailer #1
- Trailer #2
- Poster artwork
- Original Material
- Season 6 Show Art by Winston Yabo. Find him on Instagram
- Season 6 Music: “Message to the World” by Anthony Vega. Find him on Instagram
Previous Episode
TA123: The Hawkeye Double Dutch
Minute One Hundred Twenty Three: From Close-Range Arrow Fighting to A Bird in Motion
Robin Burdge from Karate Kid Minute and Sword Boys joins us in this episode!
In the one-hundred-twenty-third minute of The Avengers ...
What happens when Hawkeye runs out of arrows? We get to explore that in this minute in great detail. First off, how does he even get them out of his quiver? It doesn’t look like arrowheads could make it out of its top. We try to figure out the system he has for selecting arrowheads. Is it a combination system with the buttons on his bow? Or more like an up-down-select set of buttons? And how many extra arrowheads does he keep in his quiver? Another question that comes up relates to pulling arrows out of victims to reuse the shaft. Is there a button on the trigger than leaves the head behind, which is why there’s no arrowhead on the one he struck down this Chitauri with? And does he have some sort of sanitation system to clean the viscera off the shaft before reusing it? So many questions...
That takes us to his exciting escape from the Chitauri chariots heading his way to blow up the top of the building. It’s his handy grappling hook arrowhead, and that creates all its own questions. How does that little head hold so much weight? What’s with the cable? And how does it attach to his bow? Regardless, it does save Clint’s life, even if he’s in a lot of pain afterward. Of course, Kate Bishop’s watching from the across the street, lest we forget.
Meanwhile, Hulk’s taking out Chitauri on a building top and then is surrounded by nearly two dozen more that blast him. Why doesn’t he jump out? We discuss in detail, before heading to the helicarrier where we see a jet called into action from Jenny Agutter’s member of the WSC and Maria Hill taking note. Very busy minute. Tune in!
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Film Sundries
- Karate Kid Minute
- Fright Night Minute
- Superman & Lois TV Talk
- Sword Boys
- Robin on Twitter and Letterboxd
- Watch this film: iTunes • Amazon • YouTube • Disney+
- Join the conversation on Discord
- Script
- Trailer #1
- Trailer #2
- Poster artwork
- Original Material
- Season 6 Show Art by Winston Yabo. Find him on Instagram
- Season 6 Music: “Message to the World” by Anthony Vega. Find him on Instagram
Next Episode
TA125: Don’t Do the Thing!
Minute One Hundred Twenty Five: From Pushing the Button to Tony’s Info About the Nuke Coming In
In the one-hundred-twenth-fifth minute of The Avengers ...
The nuke is off and away! We’ve got a two minute and thirty second clock that starts ticking right here. Will it play out in real time as it does in movie time? We’ll find out two-and-a-half minutes from now!
We come into the fight in slow motion on Thor and Cap as they each retrieve their tools, then ramp up as they battle the Chitauri. It’s an odd moment but does work okay. And they play it well sharing their pain and their ribs. Literally.
Erik and Natasha work on destroying the Tesseract energy with the sceptre but how did she get it from Tony’s patio? Is there a ladder we don’t see? We still have issues with Erik’s secret back door to destroy the Tesseract, but it is what it is. It puts the next steps of the plan into action though as Tony changes Cap’s plans to shut the portal because he realizes there’s more to do. Tune in!
Join the conversation with movie lovers from around the world on The Next Reel’s Discord channel!
Film Sundries
- Watch this film: iTunes • Amazon • YouTube • Disney+
- Join the conversation on Discord
- Script
- Trailer #1
- Trailer #2
- Poster artwork
- Original Material
- Season 6 Show Art by Winston Yabo. Find him on Instagram
- Season 6 Music: “Message to the World” by Anthony Vega. Find him on Instagram
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