Is it time for us nerds to start anticipating THE AVENGERS, directed by Joss Whedon?

Also xpost: They need to remove the masks to sell the movie, ie Look who's in it! Vs., I dunno, Dolph Lundgren or something. Though on this front Ruffalo gets hosed. Wonder if people will go into this expected Bana or Norton Hulk?

i wouldn't worry about that

http://www.hotflick.net/flicks/1998_Out_Of_Sight/998OOS_Michael_Keaton_002.jpg

Who's worrying? I want a movie where Bana, Norton, and Ruffalo all play the Hulk.

They could call it "Hulks."

you know who got hosed actually, are Ant-Man/Giant-Man and Wasp

suspect they might be alluded to in some fashion

oh yeah, the moviegoing public is gonna be outraged about that xp

xpost The otherwise unrelated (author of the books aside) Out of Sight and and Jackie Brown share a universe; Michael Keaton is in both as FBI ace Ray Nicolette.

― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:07 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

they sorta share a universe with the cancelled karen sisco AND justified, too!

I AM OUTRAGED THAT THIS FILM DOES NOT INCLUDE MY FAVORITE CHARACTER, WIFE-BEATING PSYCOPATH HANK PYM!

prob 3:10 to yuma too

last i heard, antman was looking to be developed as a full fledged cgi property?
i'm sure avengers 2 will feature reboot spiderman; only reason he's not in there is not as a sop to tradition but because they're cycling actors

Who is the villain?

Can you imagine if they'd done the same thing in the Batman movies?

― Tuomas, Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:40 AM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

the part in iron man 2 when downey is breakdancing in the suit was so awful because it was a real dude wearing a clumsy suit rather than slick cgi

I was pleased to be able to recognize the ruff in this, thanks to ilx's love for him

nah, Sony have the rights to Spider-Man, Fantastic 4 and X-Men. They can't use him

Who is the villain?

― Inevitable stupid samba mix (chap), Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:17 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

society

Sloki

XD

mmm, right you are re: sony; i forgot

and now that you remind me, Edgar Wright is supposed to be doing the Ant-Man movie but that's been talked about for years and doesn't seem any closer to happening

i am PRAYING for modok to show up
maybe don rickles

New trailer btw:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPoHPNeU9fc

I hope they spend 20 minutes with a Nick Fury origin story, so we can find out how he got his eyepatch.

mail order iirc

that trailer is pretty awesome

the ruffaloface on hulk is cracking me up

Ruffalo seems too mellow to hulk out

http://i.imgur.com/cxP9Z.jpg

I want them to do a mo-cap movie where actors play everything, including trees and buildings. It would be so surreal to see inanimate objects imbued with human characteristics.

is the title of the movie Avengers Assemble now?

nah, Sony have the rights to Spider-Man, Fantastic 4 and X-Men. They can't use him

― Number None, Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:19 PM (5 hours ago) Bookmark

sony has spiderman, fox has x-men & FF

Who has The Punisher now?

yo is that robin in this next to the guy from cougar town

you just now know that? you need to read your sister blog, the "all the avengers news fit to paste" one

It's only called Avengers Assemble in the UK afaik. Prob cos of
http://scifimafia.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/The-Avengers-Peel-Steed-Champagne.jpg

It still has Avengers in the title though! I don't get how that title is less confusing.

http://i.imgur.com/cxP9Z.jpg

― goole, Wednesday, February 29, 2012 1:07 PM (4 hours ago) Bookmark

lol at this btw

who knows how studio execs/marketing people's minds work really?

Maybe they could make it AV3NG5RS

eh?

eh?

I'll just wait for AVENGERS 2: THE AVENGERING

AV2 AVENGE THIS

"Avenged!" (with Liam Neeson)

Alternatively: "Avenge Harder."

I'll Always Know What You Avenged Last Summer

looks great! i like that they're including some of the less well-known avengers, like hawkeye and scarlett johannson.

It's lame that they went for the "kewl" Matrix style Ultimate Marvel redesign of Hawkeye's costume, though. The original costume has a classic design, all they would've needed to do was tweak the horns of the mask and the tunic, as they probably don't look that good in live action:

http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/7/72631/1434080-hawkeye_01_super.jpg

What's even lamer is that in the main Marvel continuity Hawkeye now has the same stupid Matrix costume, most likely for cross-marketing purposes.

i agree about ultimate hawkeye being lame - thats a design thats really aged poorly - but i've always thought all his iterations were pretty lame looking. at least hes not wearing wraparound shades in this

they did go with one of the most overtly comic booky costumes ive ever seen for captain america though

http://i.imgur.com/KwgEq.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/DDkGZ.jpg

Yeah, Captain America is the one example where they could've modernized the costume a bit more. His helmet is especially goofy, as it makes his head look bloated in a weird way. Maybe they should've given him a hood instead of a helmet, like in the comics?

he sorta looks like an overgrown toddler now.