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

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.

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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).

you'll be a superhero to me if you stfu

wasn't even what I meant anyway

lol alfred

you'll be a superhero to me if you stfu

kisses

you keep smiling and shrugging it off but no, really, you need to chill

what's the problem? serious question.

we already got a guy to ponder it all fyi

http://www.adherents.com/lit/comics/img/g/Guy_Gardner.jpg

i nerd out about superhero semantics for the space of one post in the avengers thread. so what?

ok, withdrawn.

if you can let it go now.

sheesh, italics and everything

re: expertise, i think superheroes would be a better set of "experts" to consult on the worthiness of this shit than professional comic book critics, who i assume would reject it out of hand

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