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The super-powered gang's all here in "The Avengers" trailer
By James Brady RyanOctober 11th, 2011, 3:30 pmComments (15)We've waited through two Iron Man films, Captain America: The First Avenger, and Thor — not to mention heaps of internet speculation — and now The Avengers is nearly upon us. While we've had our chance to form opinions on most of the cast from their previous films, this first trailer gives us the best look we've had at Mark Ruffalo's Bruce Banner (the third in one decade!) and a chance to see Jeremy Renner's Hawkeye in the light of day. And while you can see hints of the group's interpersonal dynamics — which will probably have a big part in making or breaking this film — most of what we get is a lot of explosions and punching and grand pronouncements of heroism.
All in all, I'm not particularly surprised but I'm not particularly disappointed, which I guess means the trailer succeeded? (Major loss of points for the generic angry rock soundtrack, however.) I mean, I'm so into this movie already that unless the trailer actually reached out of the computer and slapped me my excitement level wouldn't change, but how do those of you less invested in the film feel?
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Commentarium (15 Comments)
Some giant a** robots and we're good to go. Looks ridiculous.
I can't tell who the villain is. And/or why there only appears to be one villain. Because really, unless it's Magneto or Apocalypse, the premise of bringing all these jerks together seems like overkill.
One of the major villains appears in the trailer. (And has appeared in a previous movie. I probably don't need to be this vague, but some people are especially spoiler averse.) It should be pretty easy to answer your questions with a little Googling (or checking out io9.com), if you want to spoil yourself.
One villian is plenty. Way too many comic book movies fall into the trap of too many villians (Batman Forever anyone).
Who's playing John Steed and Emma Peel?
It looks as meh as I expected. Like Michael Bay decided to make a "gritty" movie, nothing more. And even in the trailer, only Mark Ruffalo and Samuel Jackson manage to hold their own against Robert Downey, jr. I'm sure it will do well at the box office, but its nothing to get excited about if this is what it has to offer.
Looks like Loki's a major villain, at least.
I don't know about anyone else, but this trailer left me grinning. Maybe I have bad taste, but, shit, I'm excited. Plus, Scarlet Johansson's overwhelming hotness does good things.
why does this shit always have to go down in NYC. C'mon bro. Lemme just get my bagel and go to without some major catastrophe going down. Get off my sack. Shit.
So! Many! Cliches!!
When did Nick Fury go turn black?
Iron Man. Didn't you stay until the end of the credits? :P
I did, I'm just trying to figure out why?
If they need a black demographic, what about Black Falcon or Black Panther...pretty racist names too.
I'm optimistic, especially since Joss Whedon directed it. It helps when the director is knows the characters and the genre. He's written for Marvel and Dark Horse. Then again, I tend to think everything Joss touches is gold, so I might be a bit biased. :P