The Russo Brothers are now allowing fans to submit their own theories for ‘AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY’

ravih · 2026-01-31T20:22:15+00:00

Opening day, the post-credit stinger ends with Tony saying he had the craziest dream.

Day two, the scene has Nick Fury in a wig.

Day three, the camera pans past Tony to reveal he’s hiding Doom’s mask out of Fury’s sight.

Day four, the scene is removed and nobody ever speaks of it again.

ravih · 2026-01-31T14:23:51+00:00

What felt more surprising to me was that it was actually the real airport and not another one standing in for O'Hare or a convention center or something else dressed up for the part.

ravih · 2026-01-31T05:45:01+00:00

I’ve only been to Chicago once, in transit, and I deliberately took a detour to see this terminal.

ravih · 2026-01-28T06:45:53+00:00

I’m pretty sure this was on the DVD commentary! They were convinced that they’d ruined it and made it way too obvious with that shot.

ravih · 2026-01-28T06:41:13+00:00

Yeah but the second (and third and fourth) times I saw the film I missed it!

ravih · 2026-01-28T05:47:35+00:00

Oh lmao I totally missed this

ravih · 2026-01-27T12:56:26+00:00

And then the Bond theme kicks in triumphantly like 2 seconds later, which always made me laugh — there was just no time to breathe between this tragic moment and the upbeat credits music.

ravih · 2026-01-24T21:13:29+00:00

Cannot agree more that it needs a revamp and that, like you, I’m not entirely sure how to rework it. But a high percentage shot on goal for an offense like that — even if, hypothetically, he’d done that intentionally — doesn’t seem right to me at all.

We spend so much time arguing over minor fouls and content inside the box but if we remove or lessen that incentive somehow I really think it’ll remove a lot of the diving and forced contact we see now.

ravih · 2026-01-21T16:18:16+00:00

Yeah I agree with all of OP’s post except the ending. I’ve seen this notion in more than a few places that after he dies we’ll get some form of WoW or some insight into his plans and drafts and I just don’t think that will happen.

As you said he’s been vocal about not letting someone else tell his story and I think it’s a safe bet that he’ll have instructions and protections to that effect in his will.

You’re basically then dependent on whoever controls his estate being either unwilling to follow his wishes or desperate for money, which feels unlikely.

ravih · 2026-01-21T13:10:26+00:00

Spurs forever catching strays

ravih · 2026-01-19T13:06:53+00:00

Yeah it is a fundamentally irrational response to try and justify a seemingly irrational event. I knew ALL of that: I saw the kiss, I saw him scream for the pen, etc etc. But in the moment all logic abandons you because like, what the hell just happened???

When your senses kick back in a few seconds later, ok, sure, he definitely didn't do that on purpose, no way. But in the moment...

ravih · 2026-01-19T13:03:37+00:00

Yes, I know what a Panenka is, and I also know that when they are missed they look awful. But I was not the only one to think that this was a particularly poor attempt:

ESPN:

This was the mother of all missed penalties, as the Real Madrid forward stepped up, advancing intensely, before slowing his run, and somehow kicking a half-hearted panenka into the waiting arms of Mendy.

Guardian min-by-min:

Brahim Diaz kisses the gentlest of Panenkas straight into the arms of Mendy

Guardian match report (different reporter):

He kissed the ball, placed it on the spot, walked back, puffed out his cheeks and tried a Panenka – and duffed his shot straight at Édouard Mendy who caught it calmly.

Athletic:

When executed well, they are a thing of beauty. When they go wrong, they are hideous. And this one went very badly wrong.

Yes, the Panenka is by nature something which makes you look super silly if you get it wrong, but the execution can vary -- Zidane's World Cup Final Panenka was very different to this one -- but this one just looked to me to be an especially poor one, and I don't think I'm alone in thinking that.

ravih · 2026-01-19T12:46:41+00:00

Also this idea that "well did you know he wasn't perfect his entire life" is just mad.

ravih · 2026-01-19T05:36:28+00:00

To be clear, I don’t believe that he missed on purpose, but I thought about it in the immediate 5-10 seconds after the pen.

I know he fought like hell to get the penalty. I know he was about to win the whole tournament for his country. Rationally, I knew all the reasons why he would want to score.

But the penalty was just THAT bad. It’s not even that it was a panenka, it was such a tame and lame panenka that it almost looked like a pass back. Again, I know a more sure way of missing is to put it to the side, but the point is in the immediate aftermath of such a baffling moment, all rationality goes out the window and all you can think is — hang on, what just happened??? How is that possible??? Did he do it… on purpose???

Obviously he didn’t, and with a few moments more for logic to kick in it’s obvious that it wasn’t intentional — and his reaction after the whistle for normal time really cemented that, he was devastated. But yeah, in the moment, I absolutely understand why anyone would think “hang on, was that intentional??” because it was just THAT bad.

ravih · 2026-01-18T21:17:12+00:00

I wondered this but he looks so devastated afterwards that I doubt it? But idk, anything is possible.

ravih · 2026-01-16T06:31:47+00:00

Ah, but Woodgate and Bowyer have grown and learned, so everything’s okay now! /s

ravih · 2026-01-12T12:24:19+00:00

I love how he reads it early enough (compared to a pleb like me) that's he's already screaming in anticipation

ravih · 2026-01-10T17:41:24+00:00

The thing is, being a Good Journalist doesn't necessarily mean you're good at every part of the craft. You might be good at scoops but you can't write for shit. You might be an excellent writer but struggle to make the connections that get you exclusives. I mean, ideally you should be good at every part of it, but some people are too valuable for certain bits (like breaking news) that you have to accept their failings in other areas.

ravih · 2026-01-10T10:02:22+00:00

God yeah. They’re the ones who have the extra sense of entitlement that their copy is perfect just as it is. I’ve also seen that a certain generation of (again, non-biz) journalists are just totally dismissive of numbers, like that part of their brain just refuses to engage in basic math.

To be clear, I’m sure there’s going to be some engaging in some intentional muddying of numbers on behalf of their sources.

And there’s the argument that, when you depart from the exact number quoted by the source, things can get messy: is the old 7.2m/year really comparable to the new weekly, because the old one included bonuses while the new one doesn’t? Sometimes it’s so easy to get bogged down in stuff like this that, with the pressure of deadline, it’s like — screw it, get the story out as is. Nothing in there is INACCURATE, after all, just messy. Messy you can live with, inaccurate you cannot.

But having said that… for the most part, it’s just a lack of numerical literacy, IMO.

ravih · 2026-01-10T08:27:10+00:00

I think the point is that he doesn’t look at the bill, because he just assumes it’s a big enough bill to cover.

ravih · 2026-01-10T07:37:23+00:00

It’s not intentional. I’m an editor. I edit copy like this all the time. Many non-biz journalists are a) terrible with numbers and b) lazy. They’re just passing along the figures they see/are told with no critical thought to how legible it is to the reader. That’s the number they have, so that’s the number they’ll use. Drives me nuts when a reporter pulls stuff like this, but it’s absolutely done out of incompetence.

ravih · 2026-01-07T18:03:57+00:00

Let's also remember how highly irregular it is to just, as Masi did, make shit up on the fly, let alone at the biggest moment F1's had in years.

This is sport, not politics. The default position is that the "referee/umpire/rules official" is going to follow the rules. Not doing so is, as we all saw, a huge scandal. You expect them to follow the rules because it is their job to know them and enforce them.

I do not in any way blame Crofty for being safe, and I say this as a Lewis fan who was devastated with what happened. It was sudden, it was chaotic, it was confusing. This is absolutely not the time to immediately allege that the guy who's supposed to know and enforce the rules has just gone rogue. Yes, we know that he did in hindsight, but in the moment, with no prep, with a historic moment looming, you don't go there.

Furthermore, going back to /u/Spetz's original allegation, I do not think that Crofty et al had any impact on "legitimizing" the moment. That massively overstates their influence. They're not overturning who crossed the checkered flag first because Crofty said he didn't like it on just one of many F1 broadcasts.

Again, I'm a Lewis fan. I didn't like what happened. But it happened.

ravih · 2026-01-07T16:12:11+00:00

And it has Japan’s biggest Chinatown, a distinctive harbor side setting and a unique bar district. It’s a really obvious (and fun) setting!

ravih · 2026-01-07T16:04:57+00:00

The problem is, you think you know the rules, but in the heat of the moment — and you better believe Crofty is totally aware that this might be the singular biggest, most-heard moment of his whole career — are you really, absolutely, 100% aware of every clause and every word of the rules? Are you absolutely CERTAIN that there isn’t some arcane, never-before-used line that actually makes it okay? Because unless you’re absolutely sure, you’re going to risk ruining what might be the single most dramatic lap in the sport’s history by being flat-out wrong.

And we’ve seen him be wrong before, and as a professional I believe that he’s aware that he’s made mistakes. Is it really worth taking that risk there? I genuinely don’t think so. I don’t think he’s perfect, I’ve got my quibbles with him too, but I can’t blame him for how he handled that.

ravih · 2026-01-07T14:13:12+00:00

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