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

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.

Batman's a vigilante.

xp

And the both have belts.

batman has superscience gadgets, punisher has guns and a van

i'd argue that being in a comic book makes you a superhero tho

Batman has a mask and an alter ego.

batman is a.... love vigilante

"Your dad was a brave brave man. But now he's dead."

Batman's a vigilante.

yeah, but come on, he's one of two characters that arguably invented and continues to define the superhero genre (w supes, natch). he's a superfriend, a member of the justice league, wears tights and a cape, battles supervillains, etc.

Batman that is a member of the Justice League and all that shit hasn't been in movies

Outside of a handful of periods, they're written as pretty different characters

"Superhero or not" is about the mootest damn question I can think of.

it's contenderizer's calling to address this question

it is my calling to answer all questions (have i explained to you about how lolcats work?)

it is also my calling to "about"

we already got a guy to ponder it all fyi

i'm helping

Y'all are bringing a lot of reason to a debate happening under the auspices of #nerdhairsplitting.

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anyway...

Batman that is a member of the Justice League and all that shit hasn't been in movies

Outside of a handful of periods, they're written as pretty different characters

disagree. the world in which batman exists is more self-contained in the movies than in the comics, not apparently a part of DC's superhero-dense universe, but the essence of the batman/bruce wayne character hasn't changed much in his transition from page to screen. he's very much in line with what we've seen in the comics over the last quarter century. nolan pushes the more fanciful elements to the margins in terms of a "realism" that's derived from espionage and action movies, but i don't see how this makes the character any less a superhero (though he is an unusual one, being powerless and all).