Avengers Footage

[John Jr.]

Cap and Thor against the "Waiting for our CGI" villains. It's funny, specially when you know how different it will look when finished.
http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/MarvelFreshman/news/?a=44718

There's a short video here:
http://blog.newsarama.com/2011/08/19/thor-and-captain-america-team-up-on-set-in-the-avengers/

[BentonGrey]

Awesome!  I cannot wait for this movie!

[cmdrkoenig67]

Cool!  I wish they had their masks/helmets on, though.

Dana

[BentonGrey]

I've heard rumors that the story may be based on the first volume of The Ultimates, and I have to say, that doesn't exactly appeal to me.  Y'all know how much I like the Ultimates setting.  Even if they're taking the general structure, though, the invasion by an alien race, I doubt we'll see too much "Ultimate-ness" with this movie.  The characters all seem like their normal counterparts for the most part.

[cmdrkoenig67]

Sounds like their merging the two universes a bit.  I'm glad the characters are more like the 616 characters, though.   I thought in Thor, they already set up Loki to be the first film's villain (unless I misread that)?

Dana

[BentonGrey]

Good point Dana, it certainly seemed that way.  However, I suppose they could pull in more than one type of threat.

[John Jr.]

I agree with Dana, they are mixing the original and Ultimates concepts in the movies.
I suppose we'll have more than just one villain in the Avengers movie, maybe a mastervillain and some (alien? mystic?) allies.

[Podmark]

From what I've read Loki is definitely in Avengers. Lots of rumors of skrulls but I'm not sure I've seen a confirmation.

[herodad1]

cant wait! really wanna see HULK. bet he's gonna look awsome. ive seen pics but wanna see the finished product.

[catwhowalksbyhimself]

The Skrulls wold explain the footage with guys in suits meant be removed.  The Skrulls would definitely need heavy CGI.

[Figure Fan]

Looking pretty cool so far. The connecting posters are amazing!

[BentonGrey]

Here's a bit of news and some interviews.  The plot thickens:
http://movies.ign.com/articles/118/1189565p1.html

[BentonGrey]

Here's some new footage of a few of the Avengers in action:
http://www.movie-moron.com/?p=18182
I had found a better version a while back, but I can't seem to locate it now.  Anyway, it seems that folks online are pretty confident that the Skrulls will be showing up.  That sounds good to me.

[oldmanwinters]

Boy, I can't wait till this movie comes out next summer!  Marvel has really put together the makings of something special with this one!

[BentonGrey]

Yeah, I'm just getting more and more excited about this flick!  Everything I'm hearing and seeing about it is good.  Even that secret footage there looks like it's of a fun scene!

[captmorgan72]

Ok, I am a stickler for details, so this quote bugs me. "Tony runs down who he has on his side: Two master assassins (Widow and Hawkeye), a demigod," A demigod? Thor is no demigod. He is the son of Odin and Jord. Odin of course is the chief Asgardian god and Jord is a elder goddess. Demigod my arse!

[BentonGrey]

Haha, well, that may not be a direct quote.

[captmorgan72]

Hmm, this kind of has me worried. http://www.joblo.com/movie-news/mark-ruffalo-talks-about-channeling-the-hulk-for-the-avengers

[BentonGrey]

Well, the Hulk is one area where this film is going to have at least a bit of an uphill battle for me.  Edward Norton was just so perfect as Banner, and that movie did such a fantastic job with the Hulk...it does bother me that Marvel couldn't work it out with him.

[captmorgan72]

I completely agree Benton. Norton was perfect in his role. I also thought the CGI for the Hulk were great. Some scenes not so much, but most of them were great. Apparently, Norton is hard to work with. He wants to be involved in more than just the acting. I'm not too familar with Mark Ruffalo, other than his work in Shutter Island, which I thought were great.

I don't know though if I am ready to see the Hulk running around on all fours. I mean are we just going to be seeing a  hairless green King Kong?

[BentonGrey]

Yeah, I still think that the problem with Norton came down to money, and Marvel really should have just shoved enough money at the guy to make the problem go away.  He's an amazing actor, and he did a suitably amazing job.

[catwhowalksbyhimself]

I mean are we just going to be seeing a  hairless green King Kong?

Actually, one of the actors said he was going to be grey this time around.

[Talavar]

Grey would go against all the character art released thus far.

[BentonGrey]

I mean are we just going to be seeing a  hairless green King Kong?

Actually, one of the actors said he was going to be grey this time around.

I'm FAIRLY certain you're screwing with me, and if that is true, bah!

[catwhowalksbyhimself]

That is what they said, but actors don't always have any idea what they're talking about.

Maybe he changes color or something during the film.  Or whoever said that is just totally wrong.  I may have to watch that interview again.

[captmorgan72]

http://www.reelz.com/movie/262408/the-avengers/

It looks like both Evans and Hemsworth, lost a lot of muscle mass since their movies. I can imagine how hard it must be to keep it on.

[John Jr.]

Marvel Studios Releases Official AVENGERS Images
http://www.newsarama.com/php/multimedia/album.php?aid=44444

[Talavar]

First official Avengers trailer is up: http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/marvel/avengers/!

[BentonGrey]

Ohh my gosh....this is shaping up to be the greatest superhero movie of all time....that just looks incredible.

[lugaru]

I'm getting really, really psyched.