[Movie] The Avengers (2012)

Originally Posted by Iron Man

O'Grady? And you were worried about Pym seeming like too much of a douche?

I'd just take O'Grady over Pym. Reading up on Lang's backstory, his stuff seems like it'd make the better (and at the very least most marketable) movie of the three.

It'd be interesting to see if they actually let him write it outside of the franchise continuity. I suppose if they don't plan on using the character elsewhere it would make sense.

Originally Posted by brokenjoker

The Hulk was definitely the best part of the entire movie and I don't care what anyone says, and even though Edward Norton did a fair job at it, Mark Ruffalo was faaaaaaannntastic. I feel like the awful Hulk movies in the past were made up for in the Avengers.

Mark Ruffalo did a great job with Bruce Banner's character. However, I still think Edward Norton did a fantastic job with The Incredible Hulk don't get me wrong, which I believe is the better Hulk/Bruce Banner.

I saw the movie twice on opening weekend as well, and in response to my love for the marvel universe, I bought Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3, using the A Team. ♥♥♥♥ yeah.

Oh and, I was set in changing my name to Iron Man, but considering that it's taken perhaps Tony Stark will suffice. Either that or The Hulk.

I'm going to watch the avengers on saturday.

How can i miss out on a movie as big as this with an Aussie actor in it (The god of thunder from down under)?

I haven't seen The Incredible Hulk (only the version "Hulk" starring Bana, which wasn't very good), but I think Mark Ruffalo did a fine job with the character.

Originally Posted by Brett

Oh and, I was set in changing my name to Iron Man, but considering that it's taken perhaps Tony Stark will suffice. Either that or The Hulk.

I'm pondering a name change to "Loki's doppelgänger," or something to that effect.

Originally Posted by Holden

Yeah, let's cool it with the image-only posts, mortals. I know you guys are having fun, but you're not really talking about the movie at all. I like Tom Hiddleson and Loki as much as the next guy, but I'd prefer if you went and made a user group to post gifs in instead of taking over this thread.

Fair enough. :3 New user group is here!

Saw this movie today, it was... well, really good, high entertainment value. Best performance has to go to Banner and Loki. I never thought I'd enjoy seeing Hulk that much (his other movies were... okay) and yeah Loki's just... smiling ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ you just want to punch (or in my case: be, so you can piss other people off by acting like... a smiling ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥).

As far as I'm concerned, with this movie now out and the Spider-Man reboot as well ass The dark Knight Rises out in July, 2012 is a huge win for superhero movie fans in general.

The only thing I'm afraid of is that sequels will drive this excellency to ruin. The prospect of Captain America 2, Thor 2, Iron Man 3, and Avengers 2 certainly isn't comforting. Don't get me wrong, if the movies are good, I'll see them, however, I don't want producers to drive established franchises to ruin.

see, my big issue now is seeing these guys have their own film. Seeing Bruce run around being badass won't be the same without Tony to nerd out with, or Cap'n to say SMASH, or Thor to be tagged. It's just like... yeah. Do you get my point?

Well, Captain America... The Hulk movies weren't that great... largelyt because well... they haven't played Hulk very well, they tried making the movies epic and serious and all that... and it just didn't work out, whereas in the Avengers he's for the most part funny and awesome. And I think that has a lot to do with the fact that he isn't the center of attention, he isn't the be-all, end-all of the movie. When Banner tranformed in the other movies it's like "oh this is really serious, all of these characters are affected by this now and it's bad" whereas in the Avengers... sure, the first time he transforms it is pretty serious, but more in an "oh ♥♥♥♥" kind of way. And after that, Hulk is used to do what he does best: smash things.

However, the other characters are deep enough to have their own storyline. Granted I thought Captain America and Thor were just... okay, not bad by any means but... eh, nothing great about them. That being said, those movies worked out well on their own and the Iron Man movies I thought were really good because Stark is such a colorful character and the movies are more about him than Iron Man, if you catch my drift.

Can I get a name request change to "Hulk" by anyone with special powers??

Originally Posted by Captain America

see, my big issue now is seeing these guys have their own film. Seeing Bruce run around being badass won't be the same without Tony to nerd out with, or Cap'n to say SMASH, or Thor to be tagged. It's just like... yeah. Do you get my point?

I feel the same way. I've never been able to enjoy a movie set in space because you don't have Han Solo delivering his quirky lines and fighting ♥♥♥♥ alongside Chewbacca. It just ruined the whole experience for me.

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Originally Posted by Araneaes

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To be fair, the Avengers would give them a good run for their money, especially given that all but one of them are Earth mortal humans. Whereas the Justice League are either aliens (Superman, Power Girl, Martian Manhunter), alien-powered (Green Lantern), or magical (Wonder Woman, Hawkman, Aquaman).

So out of all of the Avengers, you have Iron Man, Hawkeye, Bruce, Black Widow and Cap who are Earth humans. Augmented humans, but nontheless humans. You then have Thor, who is the Norse God of Thunder.

(Also it's a testament to the characterisation of Bruce Banner in the Avengers that, for the first time ever, I didn't default to typing "The Hulk").

So regardless of who'd win, it's impressive that the Avengers even pose a threat given that they are all but one mortal men (and woman) who have achieved things that the Justice League couldn't without being born that way (speaking as a primarily Green Lantern fan).

They did have a crossover comic once. It made me dislike Superman more.

I've seen a page somewhere with Superman saying to the Avengers "Don't encroach on our turf" basically. It made him look like the bully he is.

Sentry alone can take down Justice League. Even if he fails, the void will do the job. If you ask me superman is the only one who could be an obstacle for him, but still, supes is not strong enough to handle him.

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Out of topic, but that JLA vs Avengers cover is among one of the worst covers I've seen.

Originally Posted by Iron Man

Also, bear in mind that if the Avengers eventually get the members they had in the comics, the Justice League's chances drop to 0. Primarily due to The Sentry and the Scarlet Witch, but to be fair there have been plenty of overpowered Avengers.

I'm not sure who the Scarlet Witch is but I can honestly say that I hope the Sentry never gets transferred to film.

She's the one that caused the Avengers to disassemble too. This had a great impact in the Avenger's history. And the damages of these actions started by her was later said to be part of the reason of Civil War. If I remember.

A Sentry movie would be interesting. Very. But they would have to fit many other characters in it, they'll have to explain the weird friendship between Bob and Hulk, and his relations with the FF and other heroes.

A Sentry movie would be boring as hell, just like the character.

Aq-ua-Man! Aq-ua-Man! Aq-ua-Man! Aq-ua-Man! Aq-ua-Man!

I don't know what is the general consensus here but I did not find the character boring. I never really liked Jae Lee's art style, but he did a great work for the Sentry's limited series. The dark tone he used fit perfectly in the book.