The Avengers

The third trailer for The Dark Knight Rises will be shown during the previews for this film. Cool, heh.

When I saw it, there were no previews, haha. Went straight to the film.

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Re-posting this:

quote Storm

Whedon talks about special features hitting the home release:

Link. Deleted scenes, eh?

Edit: Apr 26, 12 10:05am

I suppose. But it still seems rather rushed to me. And to put it on the DVD would ensure more sales, apart from the already mentioned deleted scenes by Whedon.

And yup, Zazomy, that's the one! ^^

SPOILERS

Someone had to take a stand. He felt he had an idea on how to assess the situation. Think back to Iron Man during the helicarrier fiasco. He took a stand then. His expertise in a sense, heh. I thought it was more random for Banner to just show up, haha. When was he being a no-brain jock? @_@ He looked at things from his old-style perspective.

Yeah I know about the mid-credit, saw this on April 14th. But after the world premiere the team got together to shoot some scene. Likely on the DVD then.

Yes, it's explained, briefly and kind of plot-holey. xD But given the source, we can't really contest it.

Definitely shady. Fans would be upset over it, without a doubt. One slight favoritism like that would send them over the edge. DVD release for sure.

Damn, you were right. I didn't think they'd do it, or have enough time, haha.

Hawkeye was badass even then. Let's not forget who got Loki out of his captive situation.

http://imgur.com/gallery/bLBBu

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Second end-credit scene in all it's glory, haha.

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quote Blood Muffin

I was just bumming around on IMDb, and read this:

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The movie basically holds true to the comic book origins, save that Nick Fury and SHIELD did not create the Avengers. Also, founding members Ant-Man/Goliath (Hank Pym) and Wasp (Janet Pym) were not cast (Ant-Man had not appeared in a previous Marvel film and, therefore, had not been established for movie-goers, and Wasp merely appeared in a small cameo in Thor).

Anyone know any more details?

I don't believe this to be true. The only two standout easter eggs I know of are Hawkeye and the Infinity Gauntlet.

Huh, that's news to me. I know when Selvig mentions he may have someone who can help them with SHIELD and such, after they confiscate Jane's equipment, that person was Hank. I think they were originally going to use his name but dropped it.

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quote Matty

quote BullFish

Supposedly the scepter Loki uses has the Blue Infinity Gem on it, too (rather than powered by the Cube, that is).

Regarding Selvig's comment about a Gamma expert, I assumed he meant The Leader/Mr Blue (his name escapes me) from Incredible Hulk.

I assumed he just meant Banner Which I thought was confirmed when they do go get Banner once the Tessaract is stolen, cuz 'no one knows Gamma radiation like him'.

They didn't say Gamma expert in Thor if I remember correctly. Selvig mentioned someone who knows about SHIELD, which was Hank Pym.

"I knew this scientist. Pioneer in gamma radiation. S.H.I.E.L.D showed up...never heard from him again."

Selvig was talking about Banner and his absence (hence seeking him out in The Avengers). There's been no nod to Pym...yet.

Not that part, the partner he e-mails after saying that. That was Pym he was talking about. Feige confirmed that.



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Not anymore, that FF series lasted less than a year I believe.

See they could have done something like Civil War did, Cap and Iron Man taking the spotlight for the most part, leading their beliefs. It would have felt like the TMNT animated film from a few years back, with only Leo and Raph actually...getting their time. Pushing aside the other characters in exchange for said "depth." Or like Watchmen did, Rorschach being the main focus because the story was being narrated by him, as depicted in his journal. But they went a much more balanced route, with everyone getting their chance in the spotlight.

For their interactions on the helicarrier, I think it really shaped them well. The arguments and mistrust all set aside because they all had the same goal in mind at the end. I mean, little tidbits like Thor attacking Cap with Mjolnir, to the end where he's saving the guy and helping back on his feet. Sure it's not anything deep, but heck, it's a superhero team based on a comic book series. It's meant to be a bit cliche and cheesy. It's not going to be some thoughtfully dramatic piece like say Inception is. Tagging this along with appealing to the majority of the audience and you've got the elements needed to make a successful Summer blockbuster hit. Take the film for what it is.

It was epic, though, in it's own way, at least to me it was. Comparing it to TDK is a tad bit silly, as they have -completely- different approaches. TDK had much more drama and focused on two or three characters at best. It was a dark, realistic, and serious tone. Avengers was more light-hearted in a sense, action-packed all whilst being hilarious. If anything, TDK had a ton of hype unanimously, even more than Avengers because well...Avengers is getting attacked by some critics around the world. Bollywood hates it for how "western" it is, people are jumping on the joking comment Thor made towards his brother, etc.. I don't remember TDK getting silly bashing such as that. It's been a few years, but yeah, honestly don't recall.

Given Marvel's history of their past few blockbusters, I myself don't see how we could have expected a completely different formula. They all have this similar pacing and style.

For pawns they did tear up Manhattan pretty well even with the team there. And the team got pretty worn out. Numbers played a role but eh. Yeah, it's not following anything canon, and again, this is a version of the Chitauri, they aren't the comic ones at all. Heck, it can be played off as the "peasant" race, showing off the true ultimate skrulls in the next film, or the higher classes as the big man's army, if he even needs one. Besides, to further differentiate the film Chitauri from the comic ones, they look pretty damn different. Marvel played things safe by constantly mentioning they were alternate versions. Whereas they could have just eff'ed it up completely like with Bane in Batman & Robin, or Deadpool in X-Men Origins: Wolverine, or even Silver Surfer in Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer.

I just don't see how they could have been any more fleshed out in the allotted time given.

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The biggest mystery surrounding Joss Whedon’s The Avengers was the identity of Loki’s alien army. There have been many rumors as to who they are, and the most popular seemed to be the Skrulls, but that was shot several times. Well, it seems that rumor is both right and wrong. Whedon revealed the aliens as the Chitauri or at least “a version of them”, who all Marvel fans know as the Skrulls in the Ultimate comics. However, Whedon describes them as the “Kree-Skrull” race. This is possibley being done so they could introduce the Kree/Skrull war in the future sequels, and to avoid wasting well established characters (at least in the comics).

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The DVD release will have some deleted scenes and such, so if they do re-release the film in theaters, I don't know how much I'd bother going back a fourth time when I've already put down for Blu-Ray.