ZeroCorpse: When you need someone who will hit the target without question, you don't ask Thor, Hulk, or Thor. You ask Hawkeye. Believe it or not, that sort of situation comes up a lot in superhero battles.


I mean:

When you need someone who will hit the target without question, you don't ask Thor, Hulk, or Iron Man. You ask Hawkeye. Believe it or not, that sort of situation comes up a lot in superhero battles.


Sorry. It's late. Long day...

It's been a long day and you're too thor to fark?

Eleventy-Gazillion dollars? Did I get it right? What did I win?

I actually said something like that to a cop when he asked me if I knew how fast I was going. He laughed, said it was the funniest damn thing he'd heard in a long time... then gave me a speeding ticket anyway.

EyeballKid: Whatever the cost, the least amount of damage was done by the guy with the arrows. Seriously, at what point does Hawkeye not seem like a lame-ass hero? You know who's deadlier than the best archer in the world? Anybody who's mediocre to proficient with a gun. Sorry, I know I'm ranting like an asshole here, Hawkeye has never made sense as a comic book hero.

The Archer is always greener on the other side of the fence.

See? He's purple instead of green! Totally not a copycat.

chewielouie: I'll just leave this right here . . .

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Rebecca Hall tapped to play the female lead in Iron Man 3. Production starts this month for a May 3, 2013 release.

/I'd tap it.

biatch is so stupid she put her dress on backwards.

Since the film was shot in Cleveland, and not NYC, the actual cost would be like $50 million.

Steve8731: Since the film was shot in Cleveland, and not NYC, the actual cost would be like $50 million.

Given that Tony Stark's entire character in the movies revolves around building infrastructure quickly and cheaply, I'm going to wager that fictional NY cleanup won't be all that terrible, cost-wise. The guy uses the suit to fix things more often than to fight villains even in the movie. Hell, he'll probably do a lot of it for free in exchange for putting his name on everything. Get ready for Stark Central Station.

Jim_Callahan: Steve8731: Since the film was shot in Cleveland, and not NYC, the actual cost would be like $50 million.

Given that Tony Stark's entire character in the movies revolves around building infrastructure quickly and cheaply, I'm going to wager that fictional NY cleanup won't be all that terrible, cost-wise. The guy uses the suit to fix things more often than to fight villains even in the movie. Hell, he'll probably do a lot of it for free in exchange for putting his name on everything. Get ready for Stark Central Station.

Fark that, Lex Luthor is the best at rebuilding utterly destroyed cities. We should elect that guy president, he saved Gotham City!

Mentat: Ask these guys

Ding ding winner!

/RIP Dwayne
//Wife went to school with him
///Amazingly nice guy

This was a fun project to do (I'm the lead author of the analysis). The full damage assessment report is here if anyone wants to see the gory details.

1) Cleanup is a huge part of the costs. From the report:
The Chitauri themselves, being organic, almost certainly constitute a biohazard and the cleanup of their remains will have to be conducted with appropriate decontamination protocols. 
2) Insurance and who pays for what is always a goat rope:
The insurance industry will no doubt provide some immediate assistance for public relations reasons if nothing else; however, the ultimate costs of rebuilding and how those costs are allocated are highly contract specific. Most insurance policies have special provisions for acts of war, civil unrest, or terrorism. Given the involvement of individuals considered deities in some cultures (Thor, Loki), there is even the potential to classify the event as an "Act of God", although that designation would be subject to strenuous theological and legal debate.
3) Liability: again, from the report:
While gratitude over repelling the invasion will persist in the short term, in the longer term the events leading up to the opening of the portal will in all likelihood be examined in detail, and that immunity probed for legal weakness (recall the regulatory and legal consequences to the Ghostbusters over the Gozer incident of 1984). In addition, there was considerable collateral damage of questionable necessity by at least one of the S.H.I.E.L.D. operatives (Hulk). Given the dollar amounts involved, the litigiousness of American society, and the high density of skilled attorneys surviving in the New York City area, the exact classification of this event, financial liability, and ultimate responsibility will no doubt be subject to extensive litigation for many years to come.

In the rough draft, we noted that lawyers, like cockroaches, tend to survive and thrive after disasters. But the roaches threatened to sue us if we kept that in the report.

doglover: Hawkeye is proficient with guns. With the possible exception of Bullseye, he's the best marksman in the world. Anything is a weapon in his hands. He uses the bow because he can.

He's also very resourceful and determined. Hawkeye took down She-Hulk, even though she destroyed his bow and all his arrows. Plus he single-handedly saved The Avengers from the Collector, a cosmic-powered demi-god.

ZeroCorpse:
What makes him special when compared to Iron Man or Thor is that he never misses. Iron Man fires bolts, blasts, and beams, but he misses his target from time to time. Thor hurls his hammer, but even Mjolnir misses the target on occasion. Hawkeye is the guy on the team that will hit the important target. He will hit the tiny, vulnerable spot on the giant death robot. He will strike the button half a mile away that stops the explosive device from destroying the city. He will hit the 1" target that is the demigod's achilles heel. He will make it count every single time.

When you need someone who will hit the target without qu ...

Big deal . . . I used to bull's-eye womp rats in my T-16 back home. They're not much bigger than two meters.

ryarger: Mentat: Ask these guys

Ding ding winner!

/RIP Dwayne
//Wife went to school with him
///Amazingly nice guy

I used to talk to Dwayne on AIM around the time Static Shock and Justice League Came out.

Insanely nice guy

brigid_fitch: Antimatter: The fallout from this event would be insane. Aliens and demi gods are real, advanced technology of both human and alien origin, massive amounts of damage, Cries for defense/deterrent toward future attacks, etc.

So, basically the Civil War story arc?

Yep, with an added bonus of mandatory genetic testing, not just registration, to identify those mutants. Once you are a mutant you will be issued a color coded jumpsuit, that you will have to wear at all times, with a yellow stripe running down it.

The color stipes will correspond to your threat level.

Black - My grandma could take you down.
Red - A couple of kids and a rock will knock your ass out.
Orange - A cop with a tazer is all it takes.
Yellow - Six cops and a Rodney King beat down.
Green - SWAT team.
Indigo - Minor hero needed, Ant Man, Squirrel Girl, Booster Gold.
Violet - A major hero or a team of minor superhero's
White - Nothing less then Super Man, The Hulk, or some other god like hero needed.

Also you will have a computer AI monitoring your every move 24 seven and will have to answer to the computer for your every action.

FightDirector: EyeballKid: Whatever the cost, the least amount of damage was done by the guy with the arrows. Seriously, at what point does Hawkeye not seem like a lame-ass hero? You know who's deadlier than the best archer in the world? Anybody who's mediocre to proficient with a gun. Sorry, I know I'm ranting like an asshole here, Hawkeye has never made sense as a comic book hero.

Yeah, I used to complain about a guy with the bow not fitting on a team of super-powered beings, then I took an arrow to the knee...

And it exploded! Now I'm a cybernetic death dealing villain.

Trocadero: Jim_Callahan: Steve8731: Since the film was shot in Cleveland, and not NYC, the actual cost would be like $50 million.

Given that Tony Stark's entire character in the movies revolves around building infrastructure quickly and cheaply, I'm going to wager that fictional NY cleanup won't be all that terrible, cost-wise. The guy uses the suit to fix things more often than to fight villains even in the movie. Hell, he'll probably do a lot of it for free in exchange for putting his name on everything. Get ready for Stark Central Station.

Fark that, Lex Luthor is the best at rebuilding utterly destroyed cities. We should elect that guy president, he saved Gotham City!

Screw that Luthor is just trying to annoy Super Man. Do you really want elect a president just because it will annoy Super Man?

From the article - great if you have ever dealt with insurance.

"Given the involvement of individuals considered deities in some cultures (Thor, Loki), there is even the potential to classify the event as an 'act of God,' though that designation would be subject to strenuous theological and legal debate."

Slaves2Darkness: Trocadero: Jim_Callahan: Steve8731: Since the film was shot in Cleveland, and not NYC, the actual cost would be like $50 million.

Given that Tony Stark's entire character in the movies revolves around building infrastructure quickly and cheaply, I'm going to wager that fictional NY cleanup won't be all that terrible, cost-wise. The guy uses the suit to fix things more often than to fight villains even in the movie. Hell, he'll probably do a lot of it for free in exchange for putting his name on everything. Get ready for Stark Central Station.

Fark that, Lex Luthor is the best at rebuilding utterly destroyed cities. We should elect that guy president, he saved Gotham City!

Screw that Luthor is just trying to annoy Super Man. Do you really want elect a president just because it will annoy Super Man?

It's Superman, or are you just trying to annoy us?

EyeballKid: Whatever the cost, the least amount of damage was done by the guy with the arrows.

Didn't he almost singlehandedly take down the SHIELD helicarrier?

EyeballKid: Whatever the cost, the least amount of damage was done by the guy with the arrows. Seriously, at what point does Hawkeye not seem like a lame-ass hero? You know who's deadlier than the best archer in the world? Anybody who's mediocre to proficient with a gun. Sorry, I know I'm ranting like an asshole here, Hawkeye has never made sense as a comic book hero.

Read up on the Collector. He defeated him.

Trocadero: Fark that, Lex Luthor is the best at rebuilding utterly destroyed cities. We should elect that guy president, he saved Gotham City!

I'm waiting for people to realize that Tony Stark isn't Batman, but is actually Lex Luthor.

ununcle: Smackledorfer: ununcle: Your getting me wrong. It's really not a sharp knees comment. In my mind, if there's more then an inch between boobs it's a classic case of Arnold boobs. Too many Butterflies. Girls,,, don't do butterflies. Work the abs and thighs,,, but don't do butterflies. Your boobs are supposed to almost touch. Just an observation.

Ya, no, she doesn't have malformed breasts due to excessive muscle mass pulling the skin in different directions. There are simply a lot of permutations of breasts, and you should enjoy them all regardless of your favorite.

Google perfect boobs. Image. You will see that the most spectacular breasts on the planet have no rib cage in between. That is all. There are fine boobs alone divided by a certain "border". But I prefer the pairs.

You need to leave the house more often.

Mentat: EyeballKid: Whatever the cost, the least amount of damage was done by the guy with the arrows. Seriously, at what point does Hawkeye not seem like a lame-ass hero? You know who's deadlier than the best archer in the world? Anybody who's mediocre to proficient with a gun. Sorry, I know I'm ranting like an asshole here, Hawkeye has never made sense as a comic book hero.

Hawkeye is proficient with guns. With the possible exception of Bullseye, he's the best marksman in the world. Anything is a weapon in his hands. He uses the bow because he can.

The why couldn't he hit anything during the firefight at the beginning of the movie?

Dubb: Mentat: EyeballKid: Whatever the cost, the least amount of damage was done by the guy with the arrows. Seriously, at what point does Hawkeye not seem like a lame-ass hero? You know who's deadlier than the best archer in the world? Anybody who's mediocre to proficient with a gun. Sorry, I know I'm ranting like an asshole here, Hawkeye has never made sense as a comic book hero.

Hawkeye is proficient with guns. With the possible exception of Bullseye, he's the best marksman in the world. Anything is a weapon in his hands. He uses the bow because he can.

The why couldn't he hit anything during the firefight at the beginning of the movie?

Comic books 101: If the good guy is being controlled through magic or technology, his skill set "suffers." He's not quite 100% as effective as he usually is when he's fighting by his own control. No matter what dumb excuse or exposition the "edgy" writer tries to use, a good guy being controlled is always less effective than the normal good guy. It's like, a law.

Trocadero: Dubb: Mentat: EyeballKid: Whatever the cost, the least amount of damage was done by the guy with the arrows. Seriously, at what point does Hawkeye not seem like a lame-ass hero? You know who's deadlier than the best archer in the world? Anybody who's mediocre to proficient with a gun. Sorry, I know I'm ranting like an asshole here, Hawkeye has never made sense as a comic book hero.

Hawkeye is proficient with guns. With the possible exception of Bullseye, he's the best marksman in the world. Anything is a weapon in his hands. He uses the bow because he can.

The why couldn't he hit anything during the firefight at the beginning of the movie?

Comic books 101: If the good guy is being controlled through magic or technology, his skill set "suffers." He's not quite 100% as effective as he usually is when he's fighting by his own control. No matter what dumb excuse or exposition the "edgy" writer tries to use, a good guy being controlled is always less effective than the normal good guy. It's like, a law.

Then why was he back to being a marskman when invading the Helicarrier?

Dubb: Mentat: EyeballKid: Whatever the cost, the least amount of damage was done by the guy with the arrows. Seriously, at what point does Hawkeye not seem like a lame-ass hero? You know who's deadlier than the best archer in the world? Anybody who's mediocre to proficient with a gun. Sorry, I know I'm ranting like an asshole here, Hawkeye has never made sense as a comic book hero.

Hawkeye is proficient with guns. With the possible exception of Bullseye, he's the best marksman in the world. Anything is a weapon in his hands. He uses the bow because he can.

The why couldn't he hit anything during the firefight at the beginning of the movie?

I don't recall him shooting at anyone other than Loki, who I'm pretty sure is bullet-proof. The rest of the time he was driving.

I am pretty sure he was shooting while driving.

Trocadero: Dubb: Mentat: EyeballKid: Whatever the cost, the least amount of damage was done by the guy with the arrows. Seriously, at what point does Hawkeye not seem like a lame-ass hero? You know who's deadlier than the best archer in the world? Anybody who's mediocre to proficient with a gun. Sorry, I know I'm ranting like an asshole here, Hawkeye has never made sense as a comic book hero.

Hawkeye is proficient with guns. With the possible exception of Bullseye, he's the best marksman in the world. Anything is a weapon in his hands. He uses the bow because he can.

The why couldn't he hit anything during the firefight at the beginning of the movie?

Comic books 101: If the good guy is being controlled through magic or technology, his skill set "suffers." He's not quite 100% as effective as he usually is when he's fighting by his own control. No matter what dumb excuse or exposition the "edgy" writer tries to use, a good guy being controlled is always less effective than the normal good guy. It's like, a law.

Yeah, he was shooting at the hot chick before they got in the car. Shot Fury but didn't kill him. Could've gone for a head shot but didn't. Missed a few other times on the carrier. Still, I think like the scientist dude who left a "back door" entrance to shut down the cube, Hawkeye was fighting the mind control just enough to throw off his aim.

In the immortal words of Don Lemon: "I'll tell you how much it would cost. Nothing! It isn't real!"

http://tonightsforecastdark.blogspot.com/2011/07/daily-show-hogwarts- t uition-don-lemon.html

Fark msnbc and their "links to random crap" paragraph separators.

Slaves2Darkness: brigid_fitch: Antimatter: The fallout from this event would be insane. Aliens and demi gods are real, advanced technology of both human and alien origin, massive amounts of damage, Cries for defense/deterrent toward future attacks, etc.

So, basically the Civil War story arc?

Yep, with an added bonus of mandatory genetic testing, not just registration, to identify those mutants. Once you are a mutant you will be issued a color coded jumpsuit, that you will have to wear at all times, with a yellow stripe running down it.

The color stipes will correspond to your threat level.

Black - My grandma could take you down.
Red - A couple of kids and a rock will knock your ass out.
Orange - A cop with a tazer is all it takes.
Yellow - Six cops and a Rodney King beat down.
Green - SWAT team.
Indigo - Minor hero needed, Ant Man, Squirrel Girl, Booster Gold.
Violet - A major hero or a team of minor superhero's
White - Nothing less then Super Man, The Hulk, or some other god like hero needed.

Also you will have a computer AI monitoring your every move 24 seven and will have to answer to the computer for your every action.

That's some nice paranoia you got going on there.

Smackledorfer: ununcle: Smackledorfer: ununcle: Your getting me wrong. It's really not a sharp knees comment. In my mind, if there's more then an inch between boobs it's a classic case of Arnold boobs. Too many Butterflies. Girls,,, don't do butterflies. Work the abs and thighs,,, but don't do butterflies. Your boobs are supposed to almost touch. Just an observation.

Ya, no, she doesn't have malformed breasts due to excessive muscle mass pulling the skin in different directions. There are simply a lot of permutations of breasts, and you should enjoy them all regardless of your favorite.

Google perfect boobs. Image. You will see that the most spectacular breasts on the planet have no rib cage in between. That is all. There are fine boobs alone divided by a certain "border". But I prefer the pairs.

You need to leave the house more often.

Why,, Are boobs different outside?

Slaves2Darkness: brigid_fitch: Antimatter: The fallout from this event would be insane. Aliens and demi gods are real, advanced technology of both human and alien origin, massive amounts of damage, Cries for defense/deterrent toward future attacks, etc.

So, basically the Civil War story arc?

Yep, with an added bonus of mandatory genetic testing, not just registration, to identify those mutants. Once you are a mutant you will be issued a color coded jumpsuit, that you will have to wear at all times, with a yellow stripe running down it.

The color stipes will correspond to your threat level.

Black - My grandma could take you down.
Red - A couple of kids and a rock will knock your ass out.
Orange - A cop with a tazer is all it takes.
Yellow - Six cops and a Rodney King beat down.
Green - SWAT team.
Indigo - Minor hero needed, Ant Man, Squirrel Girl, Booster Gold.
Violet - A major hero or a team of minor superhero's
White - Nothing less then Super Man, The Hulk, or some other god like hero needed.

Also you will have a computer AI monitoring your every move 24 seven and will have to answer to the computer for your every action.

Minor? Squirrel girl?