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Пьер Франсуа́ Ксавье́ Буша́р (; 29 апреля 1771, , область Франш-Конте, Франция — 5 августа 1822, Живе, департамент Арденны, Франция) — офицер армии Наполеона Бонапарта. Получил образование как военный воздухоплаватель и инженер. Во время египетского похода Наполеона он обнаружил 19 июля 1799 года древнюю стелу, получившую позднее название «Розеттский камень», текст на которой позволил со временем дешифровать древнеегипетские иероглифы. Позднее принимал участие в подавлении восстания рабов на Сан-Доминго, войнах в Испании и Португалии, участвовал в возведении нового административного центра для департамента Вандея и в инженерных работах на нескольких крепостях на севере Франции.

Биография

Детство
Пьер Бушар родился в небольшой горной деревушке Оржеле на востоке Франции, современный департамент Юра. Его отец, которого также звали Пьер, за свою жизнь сменил множество профессий: он был плотником, торговцем, затем — преподавателем. 25 ноября 1756 года отец Пьера женился на местной девушке по имени Пьеретт Жане де Крессиа, от которой у него было семеро детей (четверо дочерей и трое сыновей), из которых Пьер был самым младшим.

Пьер проучился несколько лет в коллеже Оржеле в классе риторики, после чего продолжил обучение в течение двух лет в коллеже Безансона, где изучал математику и философию.

Начало военной карьеры
Начало военной карьеры Бушара не совсем понятно: биографы отмечают, что он был призван в армию в 1793 году и прослужил около года в звании старшего сержанта в одной из парижских гренадерских рот, поучаствовав в военных действиях в Шампани и Бельгии. Однако, в досье Почётного легиона указывается не только участие Пьера в кампаниях Шампани и Бельгии (1793—1794), но и его участие в сражении при Жемаппе (без указания даты), которое состоялось 6 ноября 1792 года.

В 1794 году Комитет общественного спасения принял решение о создании в замке Мёдон в северных пригородах Парижа Национальной аэростатической школы, которая должна была готовить воздухоплавателей — недавно созданный род войск, призванный наладить использование воздушных шаров в военном деле. После месячной стажировки Бушар был направлен во вторую аэростатическую роту. В то же время Пьер стал заместителем руководителя школы — знаменитого Никола Конте, химика и изобретателя современного карандаша. Во время химического опыта по производству водорода для электростатов, который проводил Конте вместе с несколькими курсантами, включая Бушара, произошёл взрыв. Осколками лабораторного стекла были ранены несколько человек — в том числе сам Конте потерял левый глаз, а лицо и правый глаз Бушара были серьёзно изранены.

В 1796 году Бушар успешно сдал вступительные экзамены и поступил 21 ноября в парижскую Политехническую школу. Там он изучал фортификацию и описательную геометрию под руководством знаменитого математика Гаспара Монжа.

До нас не дошло графических изображений Пьера Бушара, но в учебной карточке школы содержится описание его внешности в 1796 году:

В Египте
Тем временем, Талейран и Наполеон готовили экспедицию в Египет. В её состав были включены также многочисленные учёные, инженеры и художники. В экспедицию отправились 20 выпускников и ещё 20 учеников Политехнической школы, восемь из них умерли во время путешествия. 20 апреля 1798 года военный министр включил в число тех, кто должен был отправиться в Египет, и Бушара в качестве аэронавта. Перед отплытием Пьер Бушар женился на Мари Элизабет Бержер, которая была на 5 лет его моложе. В этом браке родилось двое детей.

19 мая Бушар прибыл в порт Тулон, где присоединился к группе учёных. Все вместе они отправились в Египет на судне «Франклин», которое доставило их в Александрию 4 июля. 7 сентября Пьер выехал в Каир, а 3 октября был переведён под командование генерала Андреосси, который направил его в составе географической команды на проведение рекогносцировки озера Манзала, расположенного между Думьятом и Порт-Саидом. В середине ноября Бушар был отозван из экспедиции для сдачи выпускных экзаменов Политехнической школы, которые он успешно выдержал и получил 28 ноября 1798 года звание лейтенанта 2-го класса инженерных войск.

В январе—феврале 1799 года Пьер Бушар был направлен под командование майора  для обороны крепости Эль-Ариш, на которую из Палестины наступали турки, а с моря блокировали британские корабли под командованием командора Сиднея Смита. Гарнизон крепости составлял около 500 человек. Часть гарнизона взбунтовалась и открыла ворота неприятелю, результатом чего стала резня французов ворвавшимися в крепость турками. Казаль начал вести переговоры о сдаче крепости, направив к Мурад-бею в качестве парламентёра лейтенанта Бушара, но тот был арестован турками и мог следить за дальнейшими событиями только издали. Через несколько часов турки овладели крепостью, перебив значительную часть защитников и взяв в плен остальных. Бушар вместе с майором Казалем и некоторыми другими офицерами были отправлены в Дамаск, где они провели в тюрьме 40 дней, после чего были отпущены в Каир. По прибытии офицеров ожидал французский военный трибунал, по результатам которого майор Казаль, лейтенант Бушар и некоторые другие офицеры были оправданы, а зачинщики бунта расстреляны.

К июлю 1799 года Бушар оказался вблизи дельты Нила. После разгрома французских войск на сирийском направлении у англо-турецкой коалиции освободились силы, что позволило им осуществить высадку вблизи города Рашида (который французы называли «Розеттой»). Оборонявшиеся решили, что для отражения нападения им лучше всего будет укрепить старую крепость Борг-Рашид, переименованную французами в Форт-Жюльен в честь погибшего в 1797 году адъютанта Наполеона. Во время инженерных работ, которые были поручены майору Отпулю и лейтенанту Бушару, на левом берегу западной протоки Нила была найдена древняя стела из чёрного камня с выбитыми на ней тремя идентичными по смыслу текстами на трёх древних языках. Впоследствии она вошла в историю под именем розеттского камня. Именно благодаря этой стеле в 1822 году Жан-Франсуа Шампольон смог расшифровать египетские иероглифы. Точная дата находки камня неизвестна, хотя часто называют 19 июля. В любом случае, это было между 14 и 25 июля.

Бушар сразу понял значение обелиска. Он и входивший в состав экспедиционного корпуса инженер  немедленно предприняли действия по снятию с камня отпечатков всего текста. Они также срочно сообщили о находке генералу Мену — командующему Александрийским округом, куда входила и Розетта. Тот предпринял действия по переводу греческого текста, который был опубликован 15 сентября 1799 года в газете «Египетский курьер» () — франкоязычном органе печати оккупационной армии. Тем временем Бушар обеспечивал перевозку обелиска в Каир и передачу его французскому Институту Египта. 23 сентября 1799 года Пьер Франсуа Ксавье Бушар был повышен в звании до лейтенанта 1-го класса.

 Тем временем турецкие войска приближались к Каиру. 20 марта 1800 года состоялась битва при Гелиополисе, в которой генерал Клебер на голову разбил неприятеля. Но, заслышав близкую канонаду, каирцы восстали. Лейтенант Бушар участвовал в обороне штаба, затем — коптского квартала и Думьята. 1 мая лейтенант Бушар был произведён в капитаны 2-го класса. В феврале 1801 года Бушар вернулся в Розетту — место, где он нашёл знаменитый обелиск. Гарнизон крепости составлял около 170 человек, из которых лишь 24 были строевыми военными, остальные представляли собой две инвалидные роты, несколько артиллеристов и сапёров. В конце марта началась осада крепости, силы нападавших составляла 2000 англичан и 4000 турок. Неприятель непрерывно обстреливал крепость; в довершение всего, в результате разлива Нила обрушился один из бастионов. После десятидневной обороны крепость сдалась. Бушар был во второй раз взят в плен, после чего отпущен во Францию. 30 июля он прибыл в порт Марсель.

На Карибах
Тем временем в расположенной в Карибском море французской колонии Сан-Доминго, занимавшей западную часть острова Эспаньола, уже несколько лет продолжалось восстание рабов. На острове было отменено рабство; восставшим под руководством бывших рабов Дессалина и Туссен-Лувертюра удалось победить королевских солдат, отбиться от испанцев и англичан. Несмотря на то что руководители восставших на словах заявляли о своей приверженности Революции, они вели себя как руководители независимого государства, в частности, подписывали международные договора. Наполеон решил привести колонию к полной покорности, а поводом для выступления против бывших рабов стала оккупация теми восточной (испанской) части острова.

11 октября 1801 года Бушар был подтверждён в звании капитана 2-го класса, а 12 ноября записался в военную экспедицию под командованием генерала Леклерка в Сан-Доминго. В декабре того же года он отплыл на Карибы. Вероятно, капитан полагал, что Сан-Доминго всё ещё представляет собой то райское для колонизаторов место, каковым остров был при Старом режиме — об этом можно судить по тому, что он взял с собой жену.

С самого начала экспедиция столкнулась с огромными трудностями. Помимо сопротивления со стороны местного чернокожего населения, разоружение которого шло с большим трудом, против французов оказалась даже природа: начался сезон дождей, а с ним пришла жёлтая лихорадка, массово косившая непривычных к тропическим болезням солдат и офицеров. Одновременно с этим французские законодатели предприняли действия, которые ещё более осложнили положение экспедиционного корпуса: ещё в 1793 году рабство во французской части Сан-Доминго было отменено местными властями под давлением темнокожего населения, 4 февраля 1794 года Национальный конвент распространил отмену рабства на все французские владения, за исключением Мартиники и Тобаго, которые были временно оккупированы англичанами. В 1802 году Охранительный сенат счёл такое положение дискриминационным, но вместо того, чтобы распространить декрет 1794 года и на Мартинику, он принял решение восстановить рабство в остальных колониях, включая Сан-Доминго. Это решение метрополии вызвало всплеск сопротивления на острове и в конце концов привело к объявлению 1 сентября 1804 года независимости Сан-Доминго и образования независимой Империи Гаити.

Чем занимался Бушар во время экспедиции, не совсем ясно. Известно только, что он вместе с женой находился в городе Кап-Франсе, дважды переболел жёлтой лихорадкой, 12 июня 1803 года был произведён в капитаны 1-го класса и что во время пребывания в Сан-Доминго у него родилась дочь (около 1802 года). Тем временем восставшие при поддержке англичан захватили Кап-Франсе, и Бушар оказался в британском плену. Он был интернирован на Ямайку, а в августе 1804 года отправлен во Францию. Также за время пребывания на Карибах Пьер взялся за написание мемуаров, относящихся к периоду осады Эль-Ариша. В мемуарах капитан пытался оправдаться за свои три плена и явно бравировал, рассказывая о своей встрече с британским офицером по фамилии Спенсер — поняв, что тот на самом деле является командором Сиднеем Смитом, Бушар якобы принялся распекать англичанина за устроенную турками в крепости бойню, чем ввёл того в чрезвычайное смущение.

Результаты экспедиции были катастрофическими: из , высадившихся с Леклерком на остров,  умерли от болезней и  погибли в сражениях. Болезни косили не только простых солдат, но и высокопоставленных офицеров — в ноябре 1802 года скончался даже сам командующий экспедиционным корпусом генерал Леклерк. За время пребывания в тропиках здоровье Пьера Бушара также было серьёзно подорвано, и по прибытии во Францию ему был предоставлен длительный отпуск для его поправки — он вернулся в строй только 21 марта 1805 года. 2 ноября 1804 года Бушару было подтверждено звание капитана 1-го класса.

В Вандее
Поправивший здоровье Пьер Бушар проходил службу в метрополии. После подавления Вандейского мятежа ставший к тому моменту императором Наполеон задумал построить для этого департамента новый административный центр. Вместо расположенного в юго-восточном углу департамента города Фонтене-ле-Конта было приказано соорудить в его центре новый город, получивший название Ла-Рош-сюр-Йон, позднее переименованный в Наполеон (1804—1814), и лишь после восьми переименований вернувший себе в 1870 году первоначальное название.

По приказу императора уже в 1804 году в новый город должны были переместиться гражданские и военные власти департамента. Строительство гражданских объектов было поручено выпускникам Школы дорог и мостов, а военных — инженерным войскам, в составе которых оказался и капитан Бушар. Качество проектирования и строительства было очень посредственным, финансирования и специалистов не хватало. Рассказывают, что во время своего посещения строительной площадки, Наполеон смог глубоко просунуть свою шпагу в зазор каменной кладки. Бушар, который так и не смог скопить какого бы то ни было капитала, снова оказался в финансовых затруднениях. К тому же в 1805 или 1806 году у него родился второй ребёнок, на этот раз сын. Пьер подал прошение о своём включении в состав Почётного легиона, мотивируя это своим участием обороне Эль-Ариша и Форт-Жюльена, но получил отказ. Для решения возникших финансовых проблем после двух лет пребывания в Ла-Рош-сюр-Йоне Бушар подал рапорт о переводе в действующую армию.

В Испании и Португалии
После краткого прибывания в Ла-Рошели Пьер Бушар был отправлен на Пиренейский полуостров, где он пробыл семь лет и успел поучаствовать в нескольких кампаниях. Первоначально он в составе Второго  под командованием генерала Дюпона оказался под Вальядолидом. Затем корпус был переброшен в Андалусию, где должен был деблокировать остатки разбитого под Трафальгаром французского флота, однако дойти туда не успел. По пути капитан успел проявить себя в битвах под Алколеей и смог наконец награбить богатых трофеев в Кордове, но после сражения при Байлене 22 июля 1808 года генерал Дюпон капитулировал, а Бушар в четвёртый раз попал в плен и потерял всё своё имущество. Неизвестно как, но капитану удалось бежать из плена и прибиться к армии маршала Сульта. В составе армии Сульта Пьер участвовал в кампаниях в Галисии и в Португалии, смог проявить себя в битвах при Ла-Корунье и при Порту. Он был отмечен командованием в битве при Амаранти, когда во главе своих сапёров первым пересёк мост под огнём неприятеля. После поражения Сульта под Порту Бушар, под которым в битве была убита лошадь, вместе со всей армией Сульта отступил из Португалии обратно в Испанию.

За время португальской кампании Сульт потерял всю артиллерию и обозы, а Бушар — все доставшиеся ему трофеи и двух лошадей. Ему нужно было экипироваться за собственный счёт, на что ушли все накопленные им средства. Тем временем мадам Бушар, не получая от мужа финансовой помощи, впала в нищету, что заставило Пьера обратиться к командованию с просьбой о предоставлении ему авансом жалования в размере 500 франков, которые ему были выделены в апреле 1809 года. 24 ноября 1809 года Бушару было присвоено звание майора 2-го класса.

1810—1811 годы Бушар провёл всё там же, на Пиренейском полуострове, сражаясь под командованием маршала Массена. Вместе с ним предпринял попытку ещё одного вторжения в Португалию, завершившуюся фиаско. Он участвовал в не принёсшей победы ни одной из сторон битве при Буссаку в сентябре 1810 года, затем в разгромной для французов битве при Фуэнтес-де-Оньоро в мае 1811. Между этими двумя битвами, 6 апреля 1811 года наконец сбылась мечта Пьера Бушара — он стал кавалером ордена Почётного легиона. В августе 1812 года сапёры Бушара приняли участие в обороне Асторги, а после падения крепости попали в английский плен — вместе со всеми пленён оказался и майор Бушар. Уже в пятый раз, и на этот раз надолго. Майор Бушар был отправлен в Англию, где пробыл в плену более года и смог вернуться на родину только после подписания Парижского мира и низложения императора Наполеона. Во время нахождения в плену 1 января 1813 года Бушару было присвоено звание майора 1-го класса.

Тем временем остававшаяся всё это время в Париже мадам Бушар вновь оказалась без средств к существованию, тем более, что на этот раз ей приходилось заботиться не только о детях, но и о своих восьмидесятилетних родителях. Лишь каким-то чудом семье Пьера удалось пережить этот очередной сложный период, а его сыну получить бесплатное место для продолжения образования в лицее.

Во время Реставрации и Ста дней
Лишь в июле 1814 года майор Бушар смог вернуться из плена на родину. Период реставрации и воцарения Людовика XVIII начинался для него неплохо — 1 ноября 1814 года Бушар стал офицером ордена Почётного легиона, одновременно с этим он стал кавалером королевского ордена Святого Людовика. Его назначили командиром инженерных подразделений в Орлеане, где ему поручено инспектировать состояние укреплений окрестных крепостей.

В этот момент низложенный император Наполеон покинул свою ссылку на острове Эльба и вновь попытался стать во главе французского государства. Он призвал своих сторонников под свои знамёна — на этот призыв откликнулся и Бушар, которому была поручена оборона города Лана. После поражения Наполеона в битве при Ватерлоо 18 июня 1815 года и возвращения Бурбонов, на сторонников Бонапарта обрушились репрессии. Бушар был отстранён от службы и переведён на «половинное жалование» как неблагонадёжный. Однако, в июле 1816 года власти амнистировали многих бонапартистов, и Пьер вновь поступил на военную службу. В октябре он был направлен в небольшую крепость Берг на севере Франции, где возглавил инженерную службу.

В Берге Бушар возобновил написание своих мемуаров, начатых более десяти лет до того на Сан-Доминго. В своих записях Пьер также записывал повседневность своей жизни — мы узнаём о его хронической бедности, проблемах со здоровьем, а также о смерти его сына в 13-летнем возрасте.

В начале 1822 года Пьера перевели на должность главного инженера крепости Живе на востоке Франции. В своих записках Бушар стал всё чаще жаловаться на здоровье, на то, что он постоянно устаёт. Друзья принялись хлопотать о присвоении майору Бушару звания подполковника, но он так и не успел его получить: 5 августа 1822 года в возрасте 51 года он скончался.

После смерти

Судьба семьи
После смерти майора Бушара его жена вновь оказалась в сложном финансовом положении. Согласно тогдашним французским законам, семьям военнослужащих полагалась государственная пенсия в случае, если они отслужили в армии не менее 30 лет, в то время как Бушар успел прослужить только 28 лет, 7 месяцев и 7 дней. Друзья Пьера, дабы помочь вдове, составили прошение на имя короля, в котором расписали героизм офицера, его участие в 18 военных кампаниях, его отвагу в битве при Амаранти и при обороне Форт-Жюльена. Король благосклонно воспринял прошение и выделил пенсию. Дальнейшая судьба вдовы Пьера Франсуа Ксавье Бушара неизвестна.

Судьба Розеттского камня

После того, как 19 июля 1799 года тогда ещё молодой лейтенант Пьер Бушар обнаружил древнеегипетскую стелу, он и инженер Ланкре сняли с него первую копию древних текстов. Молодой инженер Жомар детально перерисовал содержавшиеся на камне изображения и подготовил первую научную публикацию, выпущенную в Каире Жаном-Жозефом Марселем с использованием недавно разработанной техники автографии. В конце октября того же года генерал  доставил текст в Париж и передал его Французской академии. В 1800 году изображение было воспроизведено Конте методом гравюры на меди. Эта общедоступная публикация со временем позволила учёным всего мира приступить к исследованию текстов с камня и тайны египетских иероглифов.

Камень стал знаменит, о нём узнали не только научные круги, но и простые французы. Парижские газеты радостно трубили о находке. Уже 24 сентября 1799 года газета  сообщила своим читателям об обнаружении обелиска, не забыв упомянуть Бушара как его первооткрывателя, а также генерала Мену и лейтенанта Отпуля. 27 октября сам Наполеон Бонапарт, покинувший к тому времени Египет, объявил из Парижа об обнаружении обелиска и о его скором прибытии во Францию. 17 января следующего, 1800 года газета  посвятила древнеегипетской стеле большой репортаж, в тот же день и о камне, и о Бушаре написала . Однако, камень так и не прибыл в Париж. После капитуляции французской египетской армии все собранные учёными и военными древности, Розеттский камень в их числе, были конфискованы англичанами и вывезены в Лондон. В 1802 году камень был выставлен в Британском музее, где он находится до сих пор.

Тем не менее, именно француз смог первым разгадать тайну древнеегипетских иероглифов — и всё благодаря находке Пьера Бушара. В 1822 году, через 47 дней после смерти первооткрывателя Розеттского камня Жан-Франсуа Шампольон впервые представил общественности свой доклад о расшифровке египетской письменности.

Позднее, 10 мая 1831 года в своей речи на открытии курса египтологии в Коллеж де Франс Шампольон сказал:

Биографы офицера отмечают, что Пьеру Бушару не слишком повезло в жизни. Несмотря на то что он был бравым воином и его жизнь пришлась на период наполеоновских войн, он не смог проявить себя. Он всё время оказывался не в местах побед, но в местах поражений французской армии: в Египте, в Сан-Доминго, на Пиренейском полуострове. Ему не удалось скопить богатств, он не сделал военной карьеры. Однако, в отличие от многих блистательных офицеров своей эпохи, Пьер Франсуа Ксавье Бушар остался в истории — как первооткрыватель одного из самых известных реликтов древней цивилизации.

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The End(game) of an era.
In an attempt to knock Avatar (2009) off the Biggest Box Office high horse, the Marvel Cinematic Universe opened their vaults and added some extra footage to Avengers: Endgame in a 're-release'.
Normally a re-release happens after a movie has left the cinema, but with MCU fever still running high, Marvel Studios added six minutes of goodies to the end of Endgame before it ever left the theaters.
What follows are spoilers for the extra footage only of Avengers: Endgame, if that wasn't obvious from the title. If you haven't seen the movie yet, don't worry – this article won't spoil any actual Endgame plot.
The Original Endgame Extras
First off, here's what extra scenes appeared in the original theatrical release: none. Or, at least, nothing like the full-on bonus scenes we're used to, the extra bits giving us a laugh or hinting to what's to come next in the MCU.
It does make sense to get "nothing", when you consider how Endgame is the end of the Infinity Saga. (Spider-Man Far From Home is considered an epilogue).
So, for those who saw Endgame opening week, the only things playing over the credits are:
1. A lovely bit where the Original Six Avengers sign off with their actors' signatures over a few memorable call-back images.
2. Then nothing until the very end, when we hear an audio-only extra harkening back to the first Iron Man film in 2008. We wrote about that hammering sound here.
3. Until a few weeks later, when the studio added a nice long trailer for Spider-Man: Far From Home.
The New Bonus Scenes
In the July re-release, here are the extra six minutes we got. This starts after the rolling credits end and the 'hammering' audio clip concludes:
A loving tribute to Stan Lee. Since Endgame is the last movie to use Lee's vast array of cameos (remember the long-haired hippy driver in the 70s flashback scene?), it makes a lot of sense to use some behind-the-scenes footage remembering this amazing man, and his contribution to the world of comics. It's a sweet-natured look at Lee filming some of his best cameos, in a nice little video. Well done, Marvel, well done. RIP Stan Lee.
Second, we have an introduction by Endgame director Anthony Russo, thanking the fans for sticking around. He says: "As you may have noticed, we packed a lot into this movie. There are a lot of characters, a lot of action, a lot of emotion, and I think a lot of fun. But, believe it or not, we shot some scenes that needed to be cut. I know, the movie could have been even longer!"
Next, we get an unfinished bonus scene with the Hulk. We see what he's been up to since we saw him last: saving people (here from a burning building), right before taking a call from Steve Rogers. Clearly, this is meant to happen right before the "Hulk Lunch Scene." While the Hulk himself is an animated version inserted into real footage, he's still got Mark Ruffalo's face.
The last thing is a fully-finished scene introducing the coming jeopardy in Spider-Man: Far From Home. Nick Fury and Maria Hill show up in Mexico to a town ravaged by a cyclone "with a face". They meet Mysterio, who tells Fury and Hill, " You don't want any part of this," cuing the next action scene.
One More Extra Goodie
I also got a nifty Avengers: Endgame commemorative poster, just for showing up again. Marvel, I love you 3000.
So, Is This Working to Get Butts Back In Seats?
I'd say, most definitively, yes. I went to the theater Saturday night (July 15th) and the screening room for Avengers: Endgame was PACKED. There were only a couple of empty seats left in the front. And the audience was very much into the spirit of things: laughing at the jokes, gasping in horror at the shocks. Endgame fever is clearly still running high. I'm glad to see it.
Did Endgame Beat Out Avatar?
Will it knock Avatar off the throne? It kind of doesn't matter. The Infinity Saga has been an incredible ride for 11 years and 23 movies, with even the worst film (The Incredible Hulk) being far from bad. At RunPee, we've had to grade each entry on a curve, because they are so consistently good. The only useful grading system is to weigh their merits against each other. If they all get an A, then how can we talk about which are better? (The short answer is to rank them in tiers of bottom, middle, and top, which we also covered here.)
So it's already won. Knocking Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Titanic out of the running was exciting, and it would neat to be part of a world-wide event ousting Avatar. I don't see any other movie coming close to this honor — but since we're talking the cream of the box office crop, they, and we, are all winners.
It's not over until it's over, and it seems that Marvel Studios will do #WhateverItTakes. We'll keep our eyes out for you and give a final report when all is said and done.
RIP Stan Lee – you will be missed
Avatar – plot too simple? Actually, a good idea.
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Avengers Endgame Song and Lyrics to Supersonic Rocketship
Rocket and his Supersonic Rocketship
Rock Music in the Marvel Cinematic Universe
If you're paying at all attention to the music during the already overcrammed events in Avengers Endgame, you'll notice a few classic rock songs stand out. This technique's been in play since Iron Man, but really ramped up with Guardians of the Galaxy and just kept on that path.
Warning: Spoilers follow for Endgame.
Endgame is no different. The Marvel Studio Credits sequence play, usually, to the same orchestral Avenger's themes we're used to. Endgame logos opens with a soft credits sequence set to Mr. Fantasy (just another way Endgame chose to stand out from 22 years of world-building and as a saga coda), and there are a few more 70s rock hits along the way.
When Supersonic Rocketship Plays in Endgame
My favorite is Supersonic Rocketship, when Peter Quill's — now Rocket's — ship (The Benatar) lands while poor Ant Man has his taco blown away by the jet's engines. Professor Hulk sweetly hands hims two new ones (the big green guy now has a lot of food at all times), and smiles at him. This is a nice moment, since everyone else in Endgame treats him with zero respect, starting with Tony Stark, and ending with Rocket himself. ("Does the puppy want to go to SPACE?")
Then Hulk and Rocket, the two Avengers left who care most about, Thor get in the back of an old pickup to head to new Asgard (a Norway fjord town), to convince a guilt-devoured Thor to rejoin 'the team' to take on Thanos. Thor refuses to even speak his name, in spite of delivering the killing blew. ("I went for the head.") Thor spent the last five years self-medicating in New Asgard with junk food, booze, and video games, hiding out with fan favorite Korg and their little buddy Meik. When Rocket promised there's beer on the ship, Thor agrees to come along.
The Kinks' Supersonic Rocketship mostly plays during the truck ride to New Asgard, but it's a perfect song choice. The happy chords and silly lyrics are perfect, since Quill's ship is now Rocket Ship's by default (get it), and he's planning let the team 'use it at their disposal if they feel so inclined," as the lyrics go. A lot of this song is really perfect, and at the time of the narrative has a fittingly happy quality it.
Listen to the song below and see how well this works in the film. A complete list of the lyrics follow the music video. Enjoy!
Lyrics to Supersonic Rocketship
(Performed by The Kinks, 1927)
Let me take you on a little trip
My supersonic ship's at your disposal
If you feel so inclined. Well alright.
We're gonna travel faster than light
So do up your overcoat tight
And you'll go anywhere you want to decide. Well alright.
Too many people side by side
Got no place to hide.
On my supersonic rocket ship
Nobody has to be hip
Nobody needs to be out of sight. Out of sight.
Nobody's gonna travel second class
There'll be equality
And no suppression of minorities. Well alright.
We'll take this planet, shake it round
And turn it upside down.
My supersonic rocket ship.
It ain't no magic, ain't no lie,
You'll laugh so loud you'll cry.
Up and down, round and round
On my supersonic rocket ship.
[Songwriters: Ray Davies
Supersonic Rocket Ship lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC]
Avengers Cameo – That random kid in Endgame is someone we've seen before
Avengers: Endgame – What was that hammer sound in the credits?
Natalia Alianovna Romanoff – AKA Black Widow – Original Avenger (spoilers)
Warning: Endgame spoilers begin right away. See the movie first!
Natlianovna Romanoff, better known in the U.S. as Natasha Romanoff, Black Widow, Avenger, Agent of SHIELD, and former KGB Assassin. These are the only known occupations of this founding member of the Avengers.
Romanoff's Early Life
Born in 1984s Soviet Russia, Natasha's early life remains a relative mystery. It is known she was recruited into the KGBs Red Room Academy, where she received training in spycraft, including combat with and without weapons.
According to leaked SHIELD/HYDRA documents, leaked by Agent Romanoff herself during the fall of SHIELD and the destruction of the Triskelion, the late Director of SHIELD (Nicholas J. Fury) took notice of the master assassin in the mid-late 1990s. At this point, Agent Clint Barton was dispatched to locate and terminate Natasha, code-named Black Widow. Agent Barton persuaded Director Fury to recruit and facilitate her defection from the Soviet Union.
Code Name Black Widow as an Avenger
Black Widow's activities pre-defection paint her as a clear enemy of the U.S., but her loyalty post-defection clouds the initial analysis. Her membership among the Avengers — indeed — her presence as a Founder of the group of heroes, solidify her status as an ally for most.
Romanoff was instrumental in the destruction of SHIELD and exposure of HYDRA. She was a part of the Avenger's failed counter-operation to stop Ultron's destruction of Sokovia, and as a result, an initial signer of the Sokovia Accords, regulating the activities of so called "enhanced" individuals, primarily the Avengers themselves.
While obeying the new Accords and helping track down and stop the illegal activities of Steve Rogers/Captain America, Romanoff broke rank and betrayed the task force, ultimately becoming a fugitive, disappearing from intelligence agency sight.
While on the run, the Black Widow continued vigilante operations with Captain America, resurfacing in Wakanda during the first battle with the alien Thanos. For the next five years after The Decimation, Romanoff became the leader of what remained of the Avengers, no longer counted as a fugitive.
Black Widow Post Snap – AKA The Decimation
Finally, according to sources close to the Avengers, during the successful mission to return The Decimated, Natasha Romanoff sacrificed herself on an alien planet, in a time before our own, in order to obtain a necessary piece of equipment to reverse the decimation.
The Black Widow was not able to fight in the Battle of the Returned at the destroyed Avengers facility. Romanoff is survived only by her team of heroes.
A memorial service is to be scheduled in the days following the private funeral of her fellow Avenger Tony Stark.
RIP Natalia Alianovna Romanoff, 1984-April 26, 2023/2014.
Endgame spoiler free review – We got what we needed!
Endgame Peetimes – RunPee vs the World
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One more thing to check off his list.
The 3+ hour run-time of Avengers: Endgame inspired numerous sites to publish their own Peetimes for the massively long and greatly-anticipated movie. In a three hour span, most people will feel their bladders calling, and it's better to know when to go, than sit there squirming, unable to enjoy a great film.
Here's my experienced analysis of their work, based on the experience we've gained after doing Peetimes at RunPee for 10 years now.
(It's hard to believe that we've been around that long. That's like 79 in Internet years.)
Here at RunPee we had four highly-qualified MCU-loving Family members submit Peetimes for Endgame, just to get it perfect for the fans. There was a spread of suggestions…however, everyone agreed on two of the three Peetimes that were eventually added to the RunPee database.
Obviously, a website (as opposed to an app) is far from the ideal format for sharing Peetimes, because the Peetimes are useless if there's no provided synopsis of what you might miss, and that involves spoilers for the movie — sometimes huge spoilers. A website just isn't dynamic enough to handle this properly. We found this out in our early years, before moving our Peetimes from a website-based platform to a cell phone app.
The highly useful RunPee app is able to work around this, because you only see the synopsis for a Peetime if you choose to. Beyond that, the websites we list below gave vague, or sometimes zero "Cues" when their Peetime started. This is kind of important when your attention is focused on the movie, and not reading a web page on your brightly-lit phone. (Our app silently vibrates to let you know when to look for your Peetime Cue.)
The Peetimes in the RunPee app are accurate to within 30 seconds, and we have a built-in Timer to remind you when a Peetime Cue is coming up.
One last warning — major Avengers spoilers ahead. Don't read any further if you haven't seen Endgame yet.
Here are the websites that tried to make Endgame Peetimes, with our grades on their choices:
8 minutes into the movie, when Iron Man and Nebula get some help.
Analysis: we don't start looking for Peetimes until about 30 minutes into a movie. There's absolutely no point in having a Peetime only 8 minutes in. Plus, the scene that you'll miss is crucial to the relationship between Iron Man and Cap. This gets a Peetime fail on all fronts.
Peetime Grade: F
BuzzFeed, Vulture
20 minutes into the movie, after the first scene with Thanos.
Analysis: Still, much too early in the movie for a Peetime, but otherwise it would have been decent. The group therapy scene with Cap and the civilians is necessary to set up Cap's emotional tone five years after the Snap, but as Peetimes go it's not a bad choice. The Peetime spills over into the scene where Ant-Man comes out of the quantum realm, but that's easy enough to summarize.
Peetime Grade: C+
22 minutes into the movie, when you see San Francisco on-screen.
Analysis: again, a bit too early, but otherwise not a bad Peetime. It's pretty easy to describe what's going on. But, if you're going to miss this scene, then it would be better to start a few minutes earlier, as in the Peetime above, so that you'll be back for the emotional reunion of Scott and his daughter.
Peetime Grade: D
RunPee
34 minutes into the movie, when *Someone* says, "It's fine actually. Mom never wears anything I buy her."
Analysis: This is our Emergency Peetime in the RunPee app. It's not a horrible Peetime, but it's only 3 minutes long, and is mostly exposition.
37 minutes into the movie, when you see Hulk at lunch.
Analysis: Yeahhh, this isn't a scene that is good to miss. At least not for the first minute or so, where Bruce/Hulk goes into talking about his "unification". The photo shoot with the kids is completely missable; unfortunately that part of the scene is far too short — just over one minute — to work as a Peetime, because what follows is another classic Iron Man moment you should not miss.
Peetime Grade: D+
40 minutes into the movie, after Tony figures out how an "impossible" theory comes true.
Analysis: I knew going in Iron Man died at the end, so I knew that every scene he was in would be precious — at least in retrospect, after you see the movie. The scenes during this Peetime are nothing but Tony and his family, and these scenes can't be missed if you've been following the MCU for 11 years. Plus, this is when we hear, "I love you 3000." These are the sort of building blocks in a story we consider essential to see, and not just read in a synopsis.
IGN.com, Vulture
54 minutes into the movie, when the setting changes to Japan.
Analysis: This is a great 2 minute Peetime, but it's followed by an important scene between Hawkeye and Black Widow. And, due to what happens later with Nat, this is kind of important to see. If only Hawkeye's fight had gone on for another 45 seconds, we'd have a pretty decent Peetime here.
1 hour and 1 minute into the movie when a young girl comes downstairs and says, "Dad?"
Analysis: This is our Recommended Peetime. It's an hour into the movie, so hopefully our fans could use this as a "preemptive" Peetime, and then coast to the end. All the scenes in this Peetime have characters talking about the Infinity Stones, essentially summing up previous movies. Very easy to summarize if you've seen the previous films. There's a tiny bit of humor, but nothing emotional.
Peetime Grade: A
IGN.com
1 hour and 3 minutes into the movie at Avengers HQ, when the team is talking about Infinity Stones.
Analysis: For my money, this is the very best Peetime in the movie, and the one we recommend to our users over the other two we offer. The only issue I have with it: they should have started it a few minutes earlier. Our Peetime starts at 1 hour and 1 minute, when a young girl comes downstairs and says, "Dad?"
Peetime Grade: B
1 hour and 10 minutes into the movie, when the setting switches to Asgard.
Analysis: Yes, good choice, except that it's too short, and comes just a few minutes after a much better Peetime that IGN themselves chose. There's no point in having Peetimes this close together. Too many options confuses people. It's much better to just go with the best choice. Also, saying "Asgard" is kind of a spoiler.
Peetime Grade: C-
After it's discovered there's a glitch with Nebula's cybernetic parts, in particular her memory projector.
Analysis: The following scene on Asgard is crucial to Thor's character arc in the movie. It's easy to sum up, but you just can't get the depth of meaning necessary to see how the God of Thunder gets his act together. That said, we did consider using this Peetime, but we have a much better option coming up in about 17 minutes. So we went with that. We felt that giving users only a few really good options for Peetimes would be better than peppering the movie with a bunch of Peetimes that weren't as good.
1 hour and 40 minutes into the movie, when the setting changes to New Jersey.
Analysis: This Peetime has potential. I even wrote it up to include in the RunPee database, but upon review decided against adding it, because there's a better option coming up in 14 minutes. Also, this scene involves Tony Stark meeting his father, and again, we don't want to miss any of these emotional moments with Iron Man.
Peetime Grade: B-
Somewhere around 1:45 into the movie, after Nebula does her little switcheroo.
Analysis: Seriously? Are you kidding me? This builds up to one of the big 6 Avengers — who has been around since Iron Man II — sacrificing herself. This is a good Peetime? Have you seen an MCU movie before?
About an hour and a half into the movie, when War Machine and Nebula arrive on Morag.
Analysis: Please, this call back to the first Guardians movie is awesome sauce.
When Hawkeye and Black Widow get to Vormir.
Analysis: Personally, if there were no other good options for much better Peetimes coming fairly soon, I would have used this one in the app. Sure, it's crucial to what happens soon after with Black Widow, but they do spend a good long while figuring it out, so if you hustle, you'd be okay.
About 1 hour and 54 minutes into the movie when *Someone* wakes up alone in a pool of water.
Analysis: Boy, this was a hard choice. It's a powerfully emotional scene, which usually exempts a scene from being used as a Peetime. However, we felt the emotional content was pretty obvious. You would normally want to see this scene, but if you miss it, then the synopsis will catch you up without any confusion when you return.
Getting good pee breaks isn't for amateurs!
I extend kudos to the people who attempted to get Peetimes for Endgame when they've never done it before. There's no doubt this was one of the hardest movies we've ever had to do Peetimes for.
Here at RunPee we've done Peetimes for 10 years, and for literally over 1,500 movies. We have frequent conference calls to critique each other and offer feedback. When we sit down to watch a movie at home that another one of us did the Peetimes for (in the theaters), we make note of their choices and then give feedback, both positive and negative.
I always tell the RunPee Family, "We're only as good as our last Peetime." One of the things that pleases me most is the lack of negative comments we get on our choice of Peetimes. We've yet to get a complaint on our Peetimes for any movie this year, including Endgame. And believe me, when we make a mistake, we hear about it. Don't bring up Frozen to RunPee Mom. 🙂
Movie Review – Avengers: Endgame
A Open Response to Kevin Feige (re: Using the Bathroom During Endgame)
Did you stay to the very bitter end of Endgame? There's some speculation about what that hammer sound was at the end of the credits in Avengers: Endgame. Is it something we'll find out in an upcoming movie? Could be. But that hammering-on-metal audio clip sure does sound a lot like this scene from Iron Man 1 — the MCU movie that kicked everything off eleven years ago. What do you think?
Starting this weekend, the trailer for Spiderman: Far From Home plays after the end credits of Endgame. However, I'm not sure if the hammer sound extra will still be played near the end of the credits.
Update: As of Thursday (May 9th) RunPee Jilly heard the hammer sound at the end of the credits, but didn't see the Far From Home trailer. Can anyone confirm?
Warning – Avengers Endgame is not going to be Peetime friendly
Posted on April 25, 2019 June 11, 2019
Avengers Easter Egg – Where We Saw That Random Kid in Endgame Before in the MCU
Who is that teenager from Avengers Endgame standing there at the end with our heroes — but a little apart — looking vaguely familiar? With no explanation given? It's like Broom Boy from The Last Jedi, all over again. Who is that kid?
Want to try to guess where you've seen him before in the Marvel Cinematic Universe? Shave off a few years. Make him around ten. Do you remember which movie he had a MAJOR role in?
It's okay if you can't remember, because his movie came out in the early days of the MCU, and his character was promptly forgotten. The MCU has a literal cast of thousands by now, especially if you include everyone in the Wakandan army from Avengers Infinity War. If you're not a real die-hard MCU fan, it can be hard to keep all those faces and names straight.
So, who's the kid in Endgame?
It's 17-year-old actor Ty Simpkins, reprising his role of Harley Keener: the kid from Iron Man 3 who gave Tony Stark a little sanctuary — and a lot of geeky help — when Stark needed it. The two made a good connection, and the kid character was enjoyable to watch, instead of precociously irritating. (Although I think Robert Downey Jr could have chemistry with a mailbox if the role called for it.)
Harley is a forgotten hero in the MCU, but that doesn't mean he won't come back for Phase 4. He made one half of a great team with Stark, and has a bright scientific mind of his own. And don't forget, Stark left him some goodies to play with that he might have put to good use by now.
Stark seems to slip effortlessly into mentor roles. Just look at his relationship with Spider-Man. It might be because of the way Stark begins his journey as an overgrown kid, and naturally doesn't want to see bright young people make the mistakes he did. Stark has come a long way after 11 years in the hero profession. Remember the days when he amused himself onstage by peeing in his Iron Man suit?
Will Harley make another appearance after Avengers Endgame?
Harley's old enough to help our heroes in a meaningful way now, should they choose to take him on for the new generation of Avengers. Get that boy a shield! Or maybe his own Mark V Iron Man special.
There's no reason not to see this kid again after Endgame, since we know Phase 4 of the MCU begins next. Also, now that Earth knows a gazillion intergalactic beings exist, you can't have too many heroes to help keep them safe.
Iron Man 3 – movie review
Avoiding Endgame Spoilers – Your #AES Mission
THE ENDGAME IS NIGH!
Many of you have your tickets for the Thursday (April 25th) evening premier of Avengers Endgame at 6:00 pm Eastern Time, or at least only a few hours later. You can't wait to see the movie opening night, plus you don't want to worry about getting spoiled by those who see the movie before you.
Good job! You have successfully completed your #AES (Avengers Endgame Spoilers) mission. But…you're still not out of the woods.
The Earth is round!
That means we have time zones, which means some countries will get to see Endgame before it opens in the USA. This is bad news for those of us living in America.
So, you're still in danger of contracting #AES
To make matters worse, Endgame opens a few days earlier (on Tuesday, April 24th) in quite a few countries: Austria, Australia, Belgium, China, Colombia, Cyprus, Germany, Denmark, Finland, France, Greece, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Italy, South Korea, Lebanon, Malaysia, Netherlands, Norway, New Zealand, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Sweden, Singapore, Taiwan, and the United Arab Emirates.
I did a little quick math — and around a BILLION people live in countries where Avengers: Endgame opens on the 24th.
But it gets worse. Endgame opens in a bunch of other countries on Wednesday 25th.
With the exception of Russia, the USA will be the last country to premier Avengers Endgame to the public
If you live in the USA and want to avoid the barrage of spoilers bound to flood social media about Endgame, then I suggest taking a sabbatical from all social media and news coverage starting around Tuesday at noon, New Zealand North Island Time (8:00 PM Monday night on the USA east coast — or 5:00 pm US Pacific Time).
We will still have early Peetimes ready for Endgame on the RunPee app before the USA's opening night. The film is over three hours long, and you're going to want to pee at some point, no matter what MCU producer Kevin Feige says. Good luck, and don't forget to have the RunPee app downloaded and ready before this crazy long Marvel Cinematic extravaganza begins playing at your film's showing.
#SeeYouOnTheOtherSide
#ThanosStillDemandsYourSilence
#WhateverItTakes
Peetimes Coming for Avengers Endgame BEFORE OPENING NIGHT
Movie Spoiler Etiquette – For Avengers Endgame and Beyond
Your 20 big benefits to using the RunPee app
Did we say no spoilers?
You might be surprised to learn that finding Peetimes in a movie isn't the hardest part of the RunPee job. Ofttimes we find great Peetimes but get stuck on picking out the best Peetime Cue: a brief line of dialog — or description of some action — that stands out to signify the beginning of a Peetime.
A good Cue might be: When Jack says, "Can I have the extra-spicy onions on my burger?"
It's short, distinctive, and non-spoilery.
An example of a bad Cue would be: When Jack chokes to death on spicy onions.
I don't think I have to explain why we could never, ever, use a Cue like that.
There's a lot of middle ground we struggle with, and try to find ways to describe the important, almighty Cue, without giving something away.
How we avoid spoilers in our Peetime Cues
Like in Avengers: Infinity War, one of the Cues is: Thanos says to *someone*, "I like you," then vanishes. That *someone* was Star Lord, but if we used his name, you would have seen the Cue and thought to yourself, "Well great; I guess I know that Star Lord and Thanos meet at some point. Thanks for spoiling that."
Later in the movie there was a great Cue: Black Panther says, "And get this man a shield."
That line was delivered time and time again in the movie trailer, so you knew it was coming. It's a great character payoff, with a multi-film buildup.
Now, that brings us to Avengers: Endgame. Right off the bat we know none of the Cues can start with: Spiderman says…
Spiderman got Snapped. Everyone presumes he's going to be un-Snapped, somehow. But we don't know for sure, and we don't know when. So we can take his name, and everyone else who got Snapped, off the Cue list.
For that matter, we don't know if Thor, Iron Man, Banner/Hulk, Captain, et al., will survive. Using their names in a Peetime Cue — at least after the midpoint of the movie– is problematic. We hear time and again from fans, begging them not to spoil anything. As big fans ourselves, we get it.
Whose Name can be used in a Peetime Cue?
At least we can assume Captain Marvel has a big part to play in the upcoming MCU movies, so I think her name is fair game. Beyond that, expect a lot of Cues that read something like: *Someone* says, "Hurry — throw me the sonic screwdriver." And *Someone else* replies, "I got it, but the battery's dead." 🙂
If that wasn't a big enough challenge, I admit it — finding good Peetimes in last year's Avengers: Infinity War was no picnic. It was undoubtedly the hardest MCU movie to do Peetimes for so far, mostly because there were so many simultaneous story-lines to juggle.
Music montages are a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow for Peetimes, but I think we can safely assume there will be no music montages in Endgame, unless Star Lord hatches a plan to distract Thanos via dance-off at some point…Oh wait, Star Lord got snapped. Well, there goes that.
We will have Movie Pee Breaks before the opening night of Endgame
Rest assured, we're going to make our best effort to find good times for you to make a pee break. Shanee Edwards, our Hollywood film critic, will provide us with Peetimes days prior to the public opening. She doesn't do Peetimes for many movies, and she'll be working alone, but she knows her stuff and will give everyone going to see the movie opening night something to work with.
Then we have four People, myself (Dan), Jill, RunPee Mom, and Vera, all seeing the movie opening night so we can collaborate on choosing the very best Peetimes. Friday morning we're going back see the movie again so we can come home and polish the Peetimes until they shine like an Infinity Stone. Plus we'll get Peetime feedback from Dana and Shani over the weekend.
I tell everyone who does Peetimes for RunPee: we're only as good as our last Peetimes. That's never been more true than when the fate of the universe is at stake.
Avengers Infinity War – Whose Fault is the Snap?
So…let's think a bit. Whose fault is the Avengers Infinity War Snap? Why am I, and half the universe, dead? Gone to ashes.
The Avengers most to blame, who come to mind right away are:
Star Lord — Mainly just a normal human with specialized combat melee skills. Peter Quill is just a petty thief trying to be a better person. He's only slightly better at being 'good' than Rocket or Drax, after all.
Thor — God of Thunder — Should know better than to gloat after 1500 years of Godhood. You're still not worthy yet, are you?
Dr. Strange — The jury is out til Endgame resolves. Next.
Captain America — WTF dude! YOU! J'accuse!
Hulk — The Big Green Guy who let us all all down. Just because you have issues with Banner doesn't excuse toddler tantrums, big guy.
Breaking this down a bit more. Each of these heroes, and a few others, have some big burdens to bear.
Star Lord — Everyone blames him for the events on Titan. Peter Quill isn't the sharpest crayon in the Crayola box, but I don't blame him. It looked like he totally screwed the pooch in Infinity War, didn't it? He really lost it for our guys on Titan..but, remember, Dr. Strange had to make it look good for his ONE future they would win. That means whatever "Mr. Lord" did was part of the plan. Also, Peter Quill never set out to be a hero — he just wants his girlfriend back. His investment strategy — Gamora: everything. Universe: whatever.
Hey, THOR — He just HAD to gloat. Not only should he have gone for the head, he should have gone for the arm. But Thor, mighty and all, isn't the smartest Avenger. Maybe being cute is a liability. A god should do better. Head, arm…you haven't learned a thing in 1500 years, have you?
Dr. Strange — I don't blame him at all. He spent what — hundreds of years looking at alternate realities? I'm sure he knew what he was doing when he gave Thanos the time stone. He's not stupid and we know he made it clear to Stark what his priorities were. There were no mistakes made here. Place your bets with Strange.
Cap — I blame him, really, mostly. We don't trade lives??? Really? Much as I love Vision, this should have been a non-starter. Get that Stone out of Vision now, K? Even Wanda knew this had to happen. Shuri could have fixed this much earlier, and the ending would have been different. We DO trade lives, Cap. Have you not been watching all these movies? Sacrifice is part of the game. You don't get to win everything just because you want it enough.
Hulk. He couldn't be bothered to help Earth, or the universe, for that matter. Poor Banner. Poor us. He has a lot to make up for. I know: Hulk is the mental equivalent of a toddler, but that's no excuse. #HulkSmash… #Smash??? Where did he go? Why leave Banner in a Hulkbuster suit? We better find out why.
Gamora — Thanos never would have found the soul stone without Gamora just giving it to him. I know he was torturing Nebula…but look at the result. I know it's not nice to talk ill of the departed, but if there's blame to go around, she should shoulder one infinity stone's worth.
While we're talking about about the stones, what about Loki? He gave Thanos the Tesseract for the same reason Gamora gave him the soul stone — to prevent more sibling torture. Also, remember Asgard getting munched during Ragnarok? Loki probably should have left the Tesseract in the vault.
So, who is to blame, besides (obviously) Thanos?
I know a lot of people blame Star Lord and Thor, but really, Cap made the worst call with the fate of the universe at stake. Vision could just go hide in the the internet like JARVIS did before. And Hulk is still basically an infant. Peter Quill is only a dude in love for the first time. Dr. Strange has a plan, and that is where I will place my bets.
Hollywood Celebrities Mourn Stan Lee on Twitter
We love your work, Kevin Feige, but RunPee WILL find Peetimes for Endgame.
Dear Mr. Feige,
We here at RunPee love Marvel movies more than Nick Fury loves cats. And flerkens. We are super excited for Avengers: Endgame. So much so that we did two breakdowns of the first trailer:
Avengers 4 Endgame – First Trailer Review
A Slightly More Than Casual Fan's Reaction to Avenger 4 Trailer
We also haven't been able to stop ourselves from speculating on what Phase 4 of the MCU might hold. And we especially love Spider-Man: Homecoming.
There is always time to pee.
However, we must take issue with your statement that there won't be time to pee during Endgame. While we expect that Endgame will be action-packed, emotional, and perhaps our favorite movie of the year, there is ALWAYS time to pee. Since we established the RunPee app in 2009, we have offered Peetimes for over 1500 movies — and all of the MCU movies. We offered Peetimes for roughly 169 movies last year alone, including three Peetimes for Avengers: Infinity War. No offense.
You might want to recall Captain America: Winter Soldier had one of the best Peetimes ever in RunPee history. Not that it was an unnecessary scene, but it was very easy to summarize what happened. You do challenge us to find a scene we can sum up, but we're up to it. Every time.
No intermission?
You've chosen not to give Endgame an intermission, and thus not put it in the same league with masterpieces such as Lawrence of Arabia and 2001: A Space Odyssey. And why would you? It's only a movie about THE FATE OF THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE.
However, just because you're not giving people an opportunity to pee doesn't mean we can't. We never failed to find a Peetime before and we will not fail now. We will do #WhateverItTakes.
We will not fail.
We realize Endgame is not Suspiria, for which we found an epic twelve minute Peetime. However, we have found Peetimes for such thrilling movies as A Quiet Place, Mad Max: Fury Road, and Mission Impossible: Fallout — and we WILL find at least one good Peetime for Endgame.
(Don't worry – we summarize what people will be missing during their few minutes away.)
We will guarantee at least three pee breaks, although two of them may be "emergency-only" Peetimes. But we promise you won't have to make anyone squirm in their seats during your assuredly excellent movie. We're superheroes at RunPee too. 🙂
One last thing.
By the way. I am severely disappointed you have not released any footage of Howard the Duck and Spider-Ham helping to save the day, but I trust you are saving that as a surprise for the theatrical release.
We here at RunPee wish you the best and we look forward to watching–and peeing during–Avengers: Endgame.
Golden Man
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Golden Man loves comedies, romantic films, superhero movies, and awards bait. He blogs about the Oscar race all year long at www.etchedingold.ninja
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Q: Running Perl executables in git-bash I tried to run script in git bash command line and I saw:
"use: command not found"
When I changed sh file from
'./clean_translations.pl' to 'perl ./clean_translations.pl'
After that script works.
I have win 8.1. Path is as in other PC (win 7).
What should I change to works without 'perl'?
Edit: echo $PATH:
/c/Users/PBI/bin:/mingw64/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/mingw64/bin:/usr/bin:/c/Users/PBI/bin:/c/usr/bin:/c/strawberry/c/bin:/c/strawberry/perl/bin:/c/straw
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Program Files (x86)/Intel/iCLS Client:/c/Program Files/Intel/iCLS Client:/c/Wind
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A: You need to use a shebang.
Add this as the first line of the script:
#!/usr/bin/env perl
This conveys that the script should be run using Perl interpreter.
If you are running the script on windows shebang is not parsed. The file extension(.pl) is used to decide the interpreter. In a bash shell shebang is necessary.

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7of which I became a servant according to the gift of the favour of Elohim given to me, according to the working of His power.
12in whom we have boldness and access, with reliance, through belief in Him.
13I pray therefore, that you do not lose heart at my pressures on your behalf, which is your esteem.
19to know the love of Messiah which surpasses knowledge, in order that you might be filled to all the completeness of Elohim.
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Ben Affleck is back in critics and controversy again due to his giant multi colored tattoo on his entire back. Its so much common for plenty of people around the world to ink the tattoo, whether its ex's name or a bird or leaf, and getting regret afterward because it got inked based on the mood and thoughts at that point of time. But its uncommon for a mega star who chose to star in Daredevil and Gigli in the same year. Ben Affleck's tattoo is a massive, monstrous and colorful image of a phoenix (some kind of bird/mythical creature hybrid), 'rising from the flames' as the phrase goes, leaving not much room left on his back.
The tattoo was first noticed in 2015 just after his split from Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck claimed that its just temporary and fake for a upcoming movie only.
[It's] fake for a movie … I actually do have a number of tattoos but I try to have them in places where you don't have to do a lot of cover up they get sort of addictive, tattoos, after awhile.
After few months, Ben Affleck was seen on the set of Live By Night with an open back gown that put the design on full display.
You know what we would say in my hometown about that? 'Bless his heart'.
A phoenix rising from the ashes. Am I the ashes in this scenario? I take umbrage. I refuse to be the ashes.
Jennifer Lopez, Ben Affleck's former fiancée told the TV host.
It's awful! What are you doing? His tattoos always have too many colours, they shouldn't be so colourful.
Birth Place: Berkeley, California, U.S.
Awards: 2 Academy Awards, 3 Golden Globe Awards, 2 BAFTA Awards, 2 Screen Actors Guild Awards.
Residence: Santa Monica, California, U.S.
Famous for: As the writer of Good Will Hunting (1997), the role of Batman in 2016 movie Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.
Ben won another Academy Award for Best Picture in his work on Argo in 2013.
Ben won an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay in his work on Good Will Hunting in 1998.
Ben and his siblings moved to Cambridge, Massachusetts after their parents divorced when he was 11.
Ben won a Golden Globe for Best Screenplay-Motion Picture for Good Will Hunting in 1998.
Ben has been nominated for two SAG awards.
Ben won Outstanding Performance by a Cast for Shakespeare In Love in 1998.
Ben has also been nominated for three Emmy awards. In 2002, 2004 and 2005 he was nominated for Outstanding Reality Program for his show Project Greenlight.
Ben was nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Cast for Good Will Hunting in 1998.
While Ben was directing the film Gone Baby Gone, police mistook him for a Boston drug dealer and he, along with some of the crew, were almost arrested.
Ben was chosen as one of People Magazine's Sexiest Man Alive for 2007.
Ben is a big Daredevil fan.
Ben has Scotish and English ancestry on his father's side of the family and Irish ancestry on his mother's side of the family.
Ben recently listed his Brentwood home for sale for $4.99 million in Dec 2005, since he is currently residing with his wife and children.
Matt Damon is Ben's bestie and both attended Rindge And Latin High School together.
Ben and his friend Matt Damon sold their Academy Award winning script Good Will Hunting for $600,000.
Ben was chosen as one of People Magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People in the World in 2005.
When Ben was little, he asked his mom for a dog, and she tested him by making him walk an imaginary dog for a week. He only lasted for five days and didn't end up getting a real dog.
Ben runs an internet company with Matt Damon, LivePlanet.
Ben booked himself into the Promises Rehab Center in Malibu, due to his battle with alcoholism in 2001.
Ben is an avid poker player, regularly entering local events. He has been tutored by poker professionals Amir Vahedi and Annie Duke. He won the California State Poker Championship on June 20, 2004, taking home the first prize of $356,000, and qualifying him for the 2004 World Poker Tour final tournament.
Ben hoped to snag the role of James Bond in the next Bond movie, but he lost out.
Ben previously starred in ads for Burger King as a child actor and L'Oreal Elvive hair products in 2003.
Ben was engaged to pop singer and actress Jennifer Lopez. The high-profile couple was known as "Bennifer." Ben and wife Jennifer Garner are known as "Bennifer Part II."


The Computer Science program at the CEGEP level can provide all the skills, knowledge and training needed to win over industry employers. The problem? A widely held misconception that a university degree was the only way to break into the highly competitive field.
Which is why Face3 was tasked with creating the WhyComputerScience? campaign. We developed the brand to destroy the stigma surrounding the field. We provided the tools to interact with high schools and gave away brochures, posters, stickers, and more. The results speak for themselves. The program has now reversed the trend of falling applications has beaten the previous years' numbers by a wide margin.


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Q: Error using session in IIS 7 After deployment of my website to IIS, I'm getting the following error message when trying to access a session:

Session state can only be used when
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  either in a configuration file or in
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I access it in Page_Load or PreRender events (I tried both versions). With Visual Studio Dev Server it works without a problem. I tried both InProc an SessionState storage, 1 and multiple worker processes. I added a enableSessionState = "true" to my webpage explicitly.
Here is part of web.config:
<system.web>
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    <compilation debug="true" defaultLanguage="c#">
        <assemblies>
            <add assembly="System.Core, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=B77A5C561934E089" />
            <add assembly="System.Data.DataSetExtensions, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=B77A5C561934E089" />
            <add assembly="System.Web.Extensions, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35" />
            <add assembly="System.Xml.Linq, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=B77A5C561934E089" />
            <add assembly="System.Web.Extensions.Design, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35" />
            <add assembly="System.Design, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=B03F5F7F11D50A3A" />
            <add assembly="System.Windows.Forms, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=B77A5C561934E089" />
        </assemblies>
    </compilation>
    <pages enableEventValidation="false" enableSessionState="true">
        <controls>
            <add tagPrefix="asp" namespace="System.Web.UI" assembly="System.Web.Extensions, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35" />
            <add tagPrefix="asp" namespace="System.Web.UI.WebControls" assembly="System.Web.Extensions, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35" />
        </controls>
    </pages>
    <httpHandlers>
        <remove verb="*" path="*.asmx" />
        <add verb="*" path="*.asmx" validate="false" type="System.Web.Script.Services.ScriptHandlerFactory, System.Web.Extensions, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35" />
        <add verb="*" path="*_AppService.axd" validate="false" type="System.Web.Script.Services.ScriptHandlerFactory, System.Web.Extensions, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35" />
        <add verb="GET,HEAD" path="ScriptResource.axd" type="System.Web.Handlers.ScriptResourceHandler, System.Web.Extensions, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35" validate="false" />
    </httpHandlers>
    <httpModules>
        <add name="ScriptModule" type="System.Web.Handlers.ScriptModule, System.Web.Extensions, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35" />
        <add name="SearchUrlRewriter" type="Synonymizer.SearchUrlRewriter, Synonymizer, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral" />
        <add name="Session" type="System.Web.SessionStateModule" />
    </httpModules>
    <sessionState cookieless="UseCookies" cookieName="My_SessionId" mode="InProc" stateNetworkTimeout="5" />
    <customErrors mode="Off" />
</system.web>

What else do I need to do to make it work?
I tried to monitor if IIS accesses the aspnet_client folder with Process Monitor and didn't get any access.

A: The solution happened to be very curious. Though IIS7 jn WIndows 2008R2 in error description says to add SessionStateModule to system.web section, it should be added to system.webServer section.
<system.webServer>
    <modules>
        <remove name="Session" />
        <add name="Session" type="System.Web.SessionState.SessionStateModule, System.Web, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a"/>
    </modules>
</system.webServer>

A: Sessions should work on a plain, empty application.  That is, all the default values should work.
If it's not working with basic test applications, then IIS may have got confused with your application.
Try deleting your IIS application.  Then create a new virtual directory, restart IIS, and then add your application again.
Also, double check your application's ASP.Net settings.  Make sure it's set to the correct version of ASP.Net.
While searching, I also ran into...
http://ramonaeid.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!A77704F1DB999BB0!181.entry
Hope that helps.

A: Make sure that the service names "ASP.NET State Service" is running and then add this to your web.config.
<sessionState mode="InProc" server="127.0.0.1" port="42424" ... >

Reference:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms972429.aspx
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/h6bb9cz9(VS.71).aspx
Comment:
Maybe is better to manual change the port to something else. This can be done with regedit.
HKLM\Syste\CurrentControlSet\Services\aspnet_state\Parametres\Port -> 42424
Some more infos:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff648667.aspx

A: Has this particular server been used for anything else? Is it a Windows 2008 server and IIS7?
I'm willing to bet that you're missing some server roles for IIS, have you checked those by right clicking "Computer", choosing "Manage", going to the roles management (it's on the primary tree in computer manager) and checking the installed bits for IIS?
If this is IIS6 then you may have other concerns. But I figure we'll start with something simple, see if we can't help you figure this one out.

A: What is your folder structure. Do you have web configs at a higher folder that may have explicitly disabled this?
If possible, reregister asp.net
Open Control Panel
  Programs\Turn Windows Features on or off
    Internet Information Services
      World Wide Web Services
        Application development Features
          ASP.Net <-- check mark here

ref: How to register ASP.NET 2.0 to web server(IIS7)?

A: Try adding in pages section in web.config the following section:
<namespaces>
   <add namespace="System.Web.SessionState" />
<namespaces/>


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