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

seems like they were inevitably headed in that direction with the FF movies (you can't have the Silver Surfer without Galactus, really) but that franchise is obviously dead now

the thing you need to know: both thanos and darkseid are, effectively, gods that fight superheroes and worship death

blue skin, living planet, mind-melding

The FF movies came with the Marvel logo, but they weren't Marvel Studios. Marvel Studios movies, I imagine, will stick very much with the flattened out reality of the Avengers-related movies - you won't see any extreme stylization; I can't imagine that Raimi's charming little exclamation marks in the first set of Spider-Man movies (the way he'd cut at a particular moment as someone's screaming at the screen) would be allowed today.

seems like they were inevitably headed in that direction with the FF movies (you can't have the Silver Surfer without Galactus, really) but that franchise is obviously dead now

― Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 10 May 2012 17:42 (12 minutes ago) Bookmark

They had Galactus. He was a Warren Ellis-style cloud thingy

speaking of thanos/darkseid, i thought loki's 'i will liberate u by making u a slave' thing seemed like a pretty blatant anti-life equation ripoff?

more nod than ripoff, but yeah

man it feels like ppl have been trying to make a doctor strange movie for forever

famous monsters of filmland used to print a list of movies in development in every issue, I remember seeing doctor strange on there back in the late 70s/early 80s

or maybe it was just this?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077469/

ha

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFCL0eCjnsA

yeah, it cracks me up when places like the new yorker refer to spider man / xmen as the first marvel movies.
we've been here before but with less at stake.

Was "X-Men" the first good Marvel movie?

"Blade" or "Blade 2?"

How quickly we forget Howard The Duck.

Blade was two years before X-Men, if that rocks your boat (it does mine)

Blade II was 2 years after, same year as Spiderman.

. i wanted a lot more psychedelic imagination out of the LOTR films, too. orange skies, purple trees, impossible structures and anatomies.

I would see the SHIT out of this movie. Can't wait for Avengers, but yeah, I'm pretty sick of 'gritty' 'realistic'. One of the reasons I prefer 60s Batman to any of the modern ones.

ah, whoops yes, the new yorker used howard as a referent.
but that's not right!

Howard the Duck is AWESOME btw. Gets so much crap from people tho.

a "psychedelic" LOTR wouldn't have much to do with the source material though

The one we got was not exactly cinema verite, definitely uses its share of tricks for the "You have briefly gone up a level", starting with the shot of Ian Holm golluming.

LOL Memebase

http://chzmemebase.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/superheroes-batman-superman-superheroes-aunt-robin-is-looking-good.jpg

There was this one extra in the movie that kept popping up, too, at the end. First you see her in the coffee shop through a window looking scared. Several minutes later you see her being loaded onto an ambulance or evacuated or something. Then during the news scroll at the end she gets a few lines, saying she was forever grateful to Captain America or something like that. Maybe she's Whedon's niece?

it was mel gibson's daughter from what women want -- the way they kept emphasizing her in shots made me think she was supposed to be a familiar character, i haven't seen the captain america movie so i was like oh maybe she's from that. in any event if someone has dialogue they're not really an 'extra.'

For any car geeks:

http://www.latimes.com/business/money/la-fi-mo-autos-saturday-acura-nsx-avengers-20120512,0,1580757.story

Also, Jim Starlin interview:

http://herocomplex.latimes.com/2012/05/11/avengers-spoiler-special-mystery-villains-creator-speaks-out/#/0

i don't know who the big villain reveal was in the credits but some dude behind me sounded like he was brought to completion at that moment.

― goole, Sunday, May 6, 2012 11:26 PM (6 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

ilx poster some dude?

― bark ruffalo (latebloomer), Sunday, May 6, 2012 11:27 PM (6 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

nah son i got there via Scherbatsky much earlier in the movie

HC: When did you find out Thanos was going to be in the film — and was it hard to keep it a secret?

JS: I was only alerted by friends to Thanos appearing in the film a few weeks before the opening. They’d come across rumors about it on the Internet. So I had no problem at all about keeping that particular secret.

Now, now - if Marvel gave money to every person who designed something cool and timeless for them, they'd ... have less money for themselves.

it's just shocking that they didn't even TELL him. They thank Starlin in the credits for fuck's sake!

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3wvk7TGiM1rumg3bo1_250.gif

Is that a mo-cap test for Hulk transformation? Or will the sequel feature his arch-nemisis Gay Hulk?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_1Rt1R4xbM

Saw this last night. Probably the best superhero movie I've seen.

I don't know, man, it's no Punisher: War Zone

Nothing is, though.

http://www.earwolf.com/episode/punisher-war-zone/

I love this episode, it's with the director of Punisher: War Zone.

the punisher is not a superhero #nerdhairsplitting

true, true

first screening of new 3d tech. the effect is cool and much improved, but pretty distracting, including getting the right focal point over my glasses. Will probably not bother with 3D again for a while.

wait how is the punisher not a superhero? he has an origin and a sidekick and a hideout and a rogue's gallery

...but no superpowers. You might as well call Batman a superhero.

most do

the Punisher's biggest roadblock to SH status is no cape imo. you need superpowers and/or a cape, neither is a problem.

Yeah, but most have a pedant attack with their name on it.

he needs a Pun Signal skull light. That'd tip it over.

or Skeletor's Havoc Staff

...but no superpowers. You might as well call Batman a superhero.

b-b-but batman is one of the most archetypal superheroes out there.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XoRGgpF2qc&noredirect=1

Would love for there to be a scene like this in the Avengers sequel.

Punisher's got a costume, which is close enough to superhero. Besides, fuck a cape:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNUbPRj9TGM&feature=related

He's a vigilante, duh

So is Batman.