Hawkeye Runs Out of Arrows in "SNL" "Avengers" Spoof

[MagSeven]

Or, you know, you could just not watch it...

Yeah. I agree with this. SNL is pretty hit or miss and I'm usually out and about on Saturdays, but it's nice to know that it's there as on the chance I am at home, I can catch it. I watched the Bruno Mars episode and it was surprisingly good. Also there is usually nothing else worth watching in its time slot.

[Phil Clark]

Or, you know, you could just not watch it...

As a rule, I don't. But when an article or a thread like this highlight a skit that might be good, I watch that skit to see if maybe that skit that is about something I might enjoy would be worth watching. So far I have been sorely disappointed.

[hulahulk]

That was horrible. At least they could have learned SOME of their lines beforehand.

Where's Churchlady when you need her/him?

[SephirothDZX]

That was a pretty boring segment. None of the actors even looked interested in the skit.

[Surtur]

I was also puzzled by the large Hulk fist. I get that the skit was meant to be funny, but why was his hand so large? I could see if they didn't have anyone playing Hulk, but they did..so why not just have the guy hand the thing to Hawkeye?

Unless was it supposed to be a joke on how different versions of Hulk tend to be different sizes?

[Simbob4000]

How could the size thing confuse anyone? It's a comedy sketch, and his size isn't consistent throughout the whole thing; one shot he's the same size they are, in another he's clearly meant to be bigger (they're using midgets for the Chitauri), then his fist is the size of Hawkeye, and then he's throwing around a Hawkeye dummy the same size as him with the same little Chitauri around.

[Phil Clark]

...Unless was it supposed to be a joke on how different versions of Hulk tend to be different sizes?

How could the size thing confuse anyone? It's a comedy sketch, and his size isn't consistent throughout the whole thing; one shot he's the same size they are, in another he's clearly meant to be bigger (they're using midgets for the Chitauri), then his fist is the size of Hawkeye, and then he's throwing around a Hawkeye dummy the same size as him with the same little Chitauri around.

I think both of you are giving SNL WAAAAAYYYY too much credit here. They aren't geek savvy enough to actually right something that intentional in the skit. The whole skit just felt like a bunch of guys trying to do a backyard parody of the Avengers, only it was less funny and less professionally done.

Come to think of it, it would have been much funnier if the thing had started with a few people saying how they thought Avengers sucked, and then transition to their version of the Avengers. That could have been better. As it was... it was several minutes of my life that I will never get back. And after this, they should totally recast Hawkeye for the next film. Renner should be disowned after that monstrosity.

[Conn Seanery]

It would have been funnier if they'd gone with a geek's vision of the Avengers instead of what was most likely the most prevalent thought in most non-comic reading people's minds ("He's just a guy with a bow")? You may not have liked the execution, but I think they definitely picked the right subject, especially since Renner was hosting.

[Phil Clark]

The idea of the joke is fine. But it totally sucked. There was no comedic timing what-so-ever. No spark. Not even a laugh. Hell, I didn't even smile once during the skit. It was just painful to watch, and it looked as if the actors all felt the same way. It was just a complete and total miss. Not one beat of the skit hit right. They should all be given ten lashes.

[Simbob4000]

I think both of you are giving SNL WAAAAAYYYY too much credit here. They aren't geek savvy enough to actually right something that intentional in the skit. The whole skit just felt like a bunch of guys trying to do a backyard parody of the Avengers, only it was less funny and less professionally done.

Come to think of it, it would have been much funnier if the thing had started with a few people saying how they thought Avengers sucked, and then transition to their version of the Avengers. That could have been better. As it was... it was several minutes of my life that I will never get back. And after this, they should totally recast Hawkeye for the next film. Renner should be disowned after that monstrosity.

Why? It's clearly the size thing is intentional, they show a guy who's maybe about six feet tall fighting Bill Hader as a Chitauri before showing Hulk fighting two midgets. They're clearly using short people to make the Hulk look bigger than the actor really was.

How would a bunch of people standing around saying the Avengers suck had made it better? It wasn't about the Avengers sucking, it was about a guy who shoots arrows being out of place on the team...and how the Avengers wouldn't stop making stupid quips. Or do you mean the movie The Avengers, and not the team? Because it was about how the movie sucked.

[Phil Clark]

My basic point is that just about ANYTHING would have made this nearly unwatchable piece of drivel better. They pinned the whole skit on one lame joke that wasn't working from its inception. Its lazy and dumb.

[Surtur]

How could the size thing confuse anyone? It's a comedy sketch, and his size isn't consistent throughout the whole thing; one shot he's the same size they are, in another he's clearly meant to be bigger (they're using midgets for the Chitauri), then his fist is the size of Hawkeye, and then he's throwing around a Hawkeye dummy the same size as him with the same little Chitauri around.

It's confusing because the giant hand kinda comes out of nowhere. Saying "it's a comedy sketch" really doesn't mean anything. What was supposed to be humorous about the large fist? Not to mention why is the chitauri being midgets supposed to be funny? When I saw they were small I thought it was supposed to show how they weren't much of a threat..not "look how funny it is that the Hulk keeps changing size".

[Simbob4000]

It's confusing because the giant hand kinda comes out of nowhere. Saying "it's a comedy sketch" really doesn't mean anything. What was supposed to be humorous about the large fist? Not to mention why is the chitauri being midgets supposed to be funny? When I saw they were small I thought it was supposed to show how they weren't much of a threat..not "look how funny it is that the Hulk keeps changing size".

I didn't say them being midgets was meant to be funny, it was just meant to show the Hulk was big...it's a scale thing.

[Phil Clark]

I didn't say them being midgets was meant to be funny, it was just meant to show the Hulk was big...it's a scale thing.

But if it wasn't meant to be funny (on a skit comedy/variety show) then WHY DO IT?!? That is why it failed. Epically.

[Conn Seanery]

Phil, we get that you don't like SNL, but take off the blinders. It's the same reason why they had the guy standing on a platform higher than the rest of the group in the opening shot, it's all just camera tricks to make the Hulk look bigger. The only size thing they used as an actual gag was the giant fist.

And since when does every aspect of a comedy skit need to be funny? Do you complain when the "straight man" isn't funny?