Avengers: Infinity War

I see Spider-Man, but... no Ned, no deal!

I counted 5 women (Black Widow, Scarlet Witch, Okoye, Gamora, Mantis; no Wasp or Nebula)

I missed Gamora and Mantis but counted a whole 9 seconds featuring women in the trailer

as someone who loves to complain about the proliferation of superhero movies, this is an absurd complaint

also kind of silly to expect anything near equal representation considering every single one of their current toplining characters is male

that's an excuse, not a justification

I see Spider-Man, but... no Ned, no deal!

Quite right. Oh wait.

Ned is in the movie according to Wikipedia, as is Shuri. (Also lol that this trailer is basically a series of low-level spoilers for the Black Panter movie)

Like, I'm pretty sure everyone is expecting Black Panther to make it out of his own movie alive but it wasn't guaranteed that Okeye would until this trailer came out, plus Shuri is listed in the Wikipedia cast.

that's an excuse, not a justification

it's neither - just a reminder of their shitty state of affairs on this score

Speaking of which, where is Monica Rambeau?

it's neither - just a reminder of their shitty state of affairs on this score

so we agree, then - great!

i really enjoy the MCU movies, just this trailer seems to double down on everything i find least enjoyable about them (i.e. fight scenes, brooding, thanos cgi)

hopefully movie won't reflect trailer etc

I appreciate the one-two

.@JohnBoyega is all of us watching the #Avengers​ #InfinityWar trailer... 😂 pic.twitter.com/RguGFWM92s

— IGN (@IGN) November 29, 2017

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— John Boyega (@JohnBoyega) November 29, 2017

A short new thing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVxOVlm_lE8

One less week to wait before we all get to go infinitying.

Apparently two and a half hours long. (How else are they going to show everyone.)

And one last trailer, things go boom, there is snark, etc.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwievZ1Tx-8

i lold at the gag

Yeah, Dr. Strange getting clowned over his name will always be funny.

oddly unpsyched for this tbh

apparently this thing is coming out on my birthday, so my expectations are lower? even a half-assed gift is a nice gesture and I appreciate the effort

xpost Eh, it's not that odd, really. The Avengers flicks have been among the more underwhelming MCU entries imo.

I think the dilemma's similar to the comics -- any single threat you're thinking, didn't Iron Man take out one of these guys on his own in the last story? So the team movie ends up with such an outsized threat that the stakes for any individual character drop, and there isn't enough time to give anyone a real plot arc.

well they dumped out the whole bucket of action figures but it does look appropriately epic and suspenseful, some crazy looking villains and heroes-in-distress moments, ie fighting faceless CGI monsters will only be a small part of this plot.

i don't think it helps that it's coming so hot on the heels of black panther, a bona-fide cultural sensation - another couple of months without a marvel movie would be fine by me, honestly

definitely a weird vibe, now it's more like "want to see more Black Panther plus these other characters you kind of liked? drop by the theater in a few weeks!"

hopefully there will be some actual stakes involved with this one!

kind of think that these two infinity war movies are gonna be the end of RDJ as Tony Stark

Wonder how much work it would take to rebrand this as Black Panther 2: Infinity War.

I'm unsure why the nerd websites are so intent analyzing "what Thanos wants" when the only subplot of this thing that'll be interesting is the characters discovering what angry space dude wants

tbh I think this trailer halfway spoiled that, it's the classic infinity war thing -- too many people alive right now compared to the history of the universe, gotta kill half of em

the macguffin in the story makes whoever holds it a god so I expect some reboots and reshuffles on various hero fronts using the gauntlet as way to wave it off

yeah, it def seems like this would be the most sensible place to rejig things for the next phase of the mcu - seems kinda telling that they're holding off on revealing the title of the second part of this one, presumably because it's gonna be avengers: teen tony unleashed or something similar spoilery

Avengers: Heroes Reborn surely. Or The Liefeldening perhaps?

Avengers: DJP's Triumph

Avengers: Deemsnarok

lol what if the main purpose of the infinity gauntlet is to recast the avengers

"I have rewritten reality and Iron Man has always been... played by Robert Pattinson"

the title of the 2 infinity war movie will probably spoil the most important point of the 1st film: the Electric Boogaloo

Avengers: Shakey's Complaint

"Nobody likes this multimillion dollar ridiculously successful and widely praised franchise at all!"

"By the hoary hosts of Hoggoth, such harsh words."

xpost 2 Aven 2 Gers

the movie ends when Thanos accidentally uses the infinity gauntlet to transform himself into Jonah Hex

and the whole MCU was merely prelude to the long-awaited Jonah Hex sequel

*movie ends, Deadpool appears*

"Did you buy it?"

which is set to be titled the league of extraordinary gentlemen 2: jonah hex vs catwoman

RIP Michael Fleisher

A tiny extra detail:

https://io9.gizmodo.com/peter-dinklage-is-definitely-in-avengers-infinity-war-1823832569

Speculation is he's voicing a Black Order member.

I'm suddenly fearful of the ill-advised introduction of Pip the Troll to the MCU.

Cap has been my favorite MCU character until BP came along. Now fresh off BP it's going to be almost painful to see a movie where Cap is the Team Leader when T'Challa is clearly his equal as a leader in every way.

RIB Michael Fleisher

Bringing the Guardians.. lot in for this. Fuck's that about?

For most of the movie my partner thought that "Bucky" was a weird nickname that Captain America had for the woman he left behind in the past.

I mean... given some of the slash fic that exists, this isn't too far off tbh.

fucky morelike amirite 😂😂😂

i loved this movie but it really was Left Behind for superheroes, eh?

Never read the books, but based on the plot description, doesn't "Left Behind for superheroes" apply better to Endgame? Since that one deals with the actual repercussions of Thanos's fingersnap?

this thread covers both halves of this two-part movie

Ah.

My daughter watched "Endgame" again last night. Still think it's super weird that the kid from "Iron Man 3" gets a cameo appearance at the funeral. I had totally forgotten who that was all over again and had to look it up. Doesn't help, of course, that he is no longer a little kid, but even having seen "Iron Man 3" again more recently than "Endgame," I didn't even know the character's name

i think it's "Pepper Potts"

Salt Shaka.

Idk, that's the kind of narrative continuity that I appreciate and makes it feel a little more like the comics. I mean, even by IM3 Tony was still mostly a stand-offish asshole, but that kid broke through to him and it just showed that he stuck with the kid as a mentor after gifting him that whole new lab.

No prob with the kid being there, but he's only in the one movie, has never been mentioned or referenced since, and is one of the only people in that pile of funeral guests who is not a superhero or movie star. Plus there is absolutely no one that saw this and recognized him as that kid at that time, anyway, because he is five years older and literally looks totally different. I guess that makes him a really conspicuous human easter egg?

i do find it amusing that any lessons Tony learns about not being a jackass pretty much fade by the next movie's start.

well...not anymore i guess

xpost - I mean, it's the MCU, so I wouldn't write him out just yet. According to wikipedia, the actor has a three film deal for the MCU and has appeared in two so far... so, who knows. Now maybe that's just the standard contract they sign with minor characters to leave their options open, but who knows.

Be funny if that contract was iron clad, and the MCU is struggling to justify another two second cameo in one of the upcoming movies.

There were some rumors swirling that he'd put on the armor as Iron Lad in a Young Avengers spin-off.

Avenger: "If only we knew where Tony hid that last transponder tech doodad."
Random young guy at funeral: "I think I know a garage in Tennessee where we can find one ... "

Oof, insult to injury, I think the entire 6 paragraph wiki description of the Iron Man 3 plot doesn't even mention the kid once!