So, Avengers

I think the point of Avengers was to:

a) get everybody who wanted a sequel to (insert whatever movie they liked most here) to watch it as a sequel
b) get everybody who watched Avengers to then go watch whatever movie they missed

In my case, that's a success; Danny and I totally want to see the Captain America movie now. I liked him as a character, so I'm hoping I'll continue to like him in his origin story, even though I can't believe I just put the words "like" and "origin story" together in the same sentence.

Anyway, in the short, non-spoilery part, I'll say I did like the movie well enough. It passed my very basic test for "movies that didn't put me into a spit-frothing rage": No rape! You'd think I'm kidding and that this doesn't come up all the time, but I'm really not. The movie notably does not pass the Bechdel test, despite having two to three female characters with names. They never even talked to each other. Sigh.

But! There was Hawkeye, who I knew I would like from the previews way back when. I was not disappointed. I also enjoyed the Captain America and the Iron Man bits; also enjoyed Thor well enough. My two complaints are, Bruce Banner was utterly different, and seriously, Loki? Snoresville.

( and now to spoilertown )

Anyway, so that said. I really like Settlers of Catan! Having played it for the first time this weekend I can totally see why Emma likes it so much. The Civilization board game is incredible (and incredibly complicated!)

Things to catch up on on Tuesday: Legend of Korra 5; Game of Thrones...5 or 6?; Adventure Time!.

Nearly died laughing at Oglaf this week you guys. It was just. Oh man.