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Look – I know it’s not games, but it’s cool. And there is some crossover between superheroes and games and blah blah blah! Okay, with that feeble justification out of the way, here is the new Avengers trailer. Which looks a little bit awesome.
Tony Stark’s ‘I’m a quirky superhero who does what I want when I want’ schtick wore a little thin for me over 2 hours in Iron Man 2 – but I think I can deal with it here.
Consider my interest ‘piqued’.
Nine Inch Nails are THE action movie trailer soundtrack people these days. Terminator salvation, The 300 and now the avengers.
It feels painfully out of place here, though. It fits perfectly for a metallic action film with robots and shit, but for heroes like these… it feels odd.
The only characters I saw were the ‘good’ guys. No indication of what the threat might be (that I noticed).
Worried that there is little or no interesting story to be had here, and is just another 2 hour snoozefest of pretty people and big explosions.
/whedonblasphemy
Well, the trailer made it pretty clear that Loki is the big bad, and presumably he’ll summon himself up an army of frost giants or Skrulls or radioactive poodles. But you’re right, unfortunately it’s likely this movie will be fairly hollow and just coast on its mega-franchise-crossover gimmick. Should be fun, though.
If you’ve seen the post credits in Thor, it gives a strong feeling of what will be involved in the film (Loki appears and that space cube thingo that was in Captain America in Nick Fury’s hands.)
By the looks of it, it will be action packed, and really not story driven, i still reckon Batman will beat it next year though
It’s Joss Whedon, the studio execs seem to be giving him WAAAAY more breathing room than normal so I’d say The Avengers are well away from the sun.
It looks awesome, but I hate the song they put it to. It may have worked for a Transformers film, but it didn’t feel very heroic.
I think you guys are all forgetting something.
Ok, so Thor, IronMan, Cap A, and Hulk. THAT’S NOT ALL THO! Green Arrow is ALSO in it, and so is Black-Panther apparently, tho I did not see him in there. Then there is Black Widow as well. Its not JUST the movies we have seen, but it is also going to be a glimpse at the movies to come. IBDM has Green Arrow and Black-Panther movies listed, as well as a Thor 2 and Iron Man 3. The Avengers is only the start.
So, list is as follows:
Thor
Cap A
Iron Man
Black Widow
Hulk
Green Arrow
That’s who I could see in the trailer.
Possibly
Black Panther
Spider Man (YES, he is part of the Avengers)
AntMan and Bumblebee would be awesome as well.
Oh, and IBDM also has Avengers 2 listed, so there already banking on it.
Was just about to point this out.
Also, it has been confirmed that Edgar Wright is working on an Ant-Man film.
You won’t see Spider-Man in these films anytime soon as Sony currently has the exclusive film rights for his character and universe.
Same with Fox owning the X-Men film rights. (I think they have Fantastic 4 and Daredevil too, but they may have reverted back to Marvel)
• Spider-Man film rights aren’t owned by the right company for him to appear
• I haven’t heard of these rumours of Black Panther, though I can’t say it would be surprising if he is hinted at or has a cameo. Thanks for the rumour 🙂
• Yeah, I think you mean Hawkeye instead of Green Arrow 😛
• Ant Man may be hinted at, as there have been plans, but he won’t be in the film. Sequel, maybe, but not this film.
• When you say Bumblebee, do you mean the Transformer? Or do you mean Wasp?
1 – The trailer starts off like a Michael Bay Transformers film (not a complaint, just a statement)
2 – Captain Americas costume. I know they preserved his old one (as shown in trailer) etc, but damn, update it.
3 – I hope there’s gonna be alot of sarcasm between Iron Man and Thor.
4 – Is Spider-Man part of the Avengers??? I know there’s been crossovers with him, but that’s all I knew.
Can’t wait to see it though.
“4 – Is Spider-Man part of the Avengers??? I know there’s been crossovers with him, but that’s all I knew.”
He is a member of the Avengers and the Future Foundation in the comics, but that’s as far as it goes because Sony still hold the rights to everything Spidery on TV and film.
As for the game side of things, I’m still holding on to the scrape of hope for a Lego Avengers game, as opposed to Sega reskinning the same god awful game engine for a fifth time.
Not bad, not bad at all. I am unsure if they are hinting that Hulk is a bit of a key plot point in this story arc (it’s also been hinted in some interviews) or they’re just holding back on Hulk shots because they haven’t done the cgi. Heh.
I miss Ed Norton.
I have a feeling I’m gonna be thinking that through the whole movie… Everything else seems pretty sweet though.
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