The Avengers (May 4th, 2012)

[Beantown]

Filming begins.

That means the movie is finally here, which means news will start coming out about it and the on-set shots will be here sooner rather than later...which means it was time for an official thread on the movie.

I know we have the "Lets cast....The Avengers" thread that was started in '08 and contained a few posts from last year about The Hulk re-casting, but with permission we'll talk about the movie in here.

I, for one, am excited to see a full-cast shot at some point.

[TheShizNo1]

Re: The Avengers (May 4th, 2012)

What the hell sparked these super hero movies in the last 3-4 years?

[rockchisler]

Re: The Avengers (May 4th, 2012)

What the hell sparked these super hero movies in the last 3-4 years?

The running out of ideas and Spiderman...

[Scottdau]

Re: The Avengers (May 4th, 2012)

What the hell sparked these super hero movies in the last 3-4 years?

Spiderman got it going.

[KingV2k3]

Re: The Avengers (May 4th, 2012)

What the hell sparked these super hero movies in the last 3-4 years?

Showbiz is a "copycat league"...



Batman / Dark Knight and Ironman certainly contributed to this as well...

[SPTO]

Re: The Avengers (May 4th, 2012)

Spiderman got it going.

It's a little more deeper than that. Marvel has been wanting to branch out their properties to the big screen but there's been multiple failures over the years. Spider-Man opened the floodgates and now Marvel has a subsidiary totally focused to putting their heroes to the big screen.

WB and DC have been slow to catch up but over the last year or two they've ramped up their branching of the DC properties and one of the main people behind the comic books (Geoff Johns) heads up DC Entertainment vis a vis the handling of their properties on TV and film.

[DaveDQ]

Re: The Avengers (May 4th, 2012)

I somewhat disagree that DC has been trailing. Superman was huge with Christopher Reeve and Batman with Keaton/Nicholson was a huge success. The sequels to these films were rough but the Batman craze in 89/90 was big.

Maybe where they lack is developing less popular characters, but Marvel's go at it hasn't been the greatest. The Fantastic Four/Xmen films are mediocre at best and it took Hulk a couple of go arounds to have something special. I liked Iron Man, and I'm not saying Marvel is laying a bunch of eggs. I love that these characters are coming to film. Who would have thought we'd see a Thor movie?

I think though that the DC representation in film has been small but impressive.

[SPTO]

Re: The Avengers (May 4th, 2012)

I somewhat disagree that DC has been trailing. Superman was huge with Christopher Reeve and Batman with Keaton/Nicholson was a huge success. The sequels to these films were rough but the Batman craze in 89/90 was big.

Maybe where they lack is developing less popular characters, but Marvel's go at it hasn't been the greatest. The Fantastic Four/Xmen films are mediocre at best and it took Hulk a couple of go arounds to have something special. I liked Iron Man, and I'm not saying Marvel is laying a bunch of eggs. I love that these characters are coming to film. Who would have thought we'd see a Thor movie?

I think though that the DC representation in film has been small but impressive.

I agree with you the ratio of good film the number of releases has been a bit better with DC. What I meant was that DC hasn't taken full advantage of their properties the way Marvel has. The Superman and Batman movies you mentioned were leased out and such but there was very little involvement from the comic book side.

Marvel since Spider-Man has had a very close link between the folks that work on the comics side and the movies. Avi Arad who founded Marvel Studios came from the comics side as he once owned Marvel outright for a few years and led the company out of bankruptcy. So even though now it's more run by Hollywood types these days there's still a strong connection and the movie and publishing arms are intertwined.

It's taken DC a while to catch up but there's now starting to be that kind of intermingling with WB/DC and the DC Entertainment brand. One thing DC has done MUCH better than Marvel is in the animation department as DC really built up its properties on TV and on direct to DVD film.

[DaveDQ]

Re: The Avengers (May 4th, 2012)

It's taken DC a while to catch up but there's now starting to be that kind of intermingling with WB/DC and the DC Entertainment brand. One thing DC has done MUCH better than Marvel is in the animation department as DC really built up its properties on TV and on direct to DVD film.

I really like the animated series DC puts out. Batman Beyond was really enjoyable for me. I just watched All-Star Superman on Netflix and really liked it. But I'm no pro on comics so my opinion is somewhat watered down.

[aholbert32]

Re: The Avengers (May 4th, 2012)

Maybe where they lack is developing less popular characters, but Marvel's go at it hasn't been the greatest. The Fantastic Four/Xmen films are mediocre at best and it took Hulk a couple of go arounds to have something special. I liked Iron Man, and I'm not saying Marvel is laying a bunch of eggs. I love that these characters are coming to film. Who would have thought we'd see a Thor movie?

I think though that the DC representation in film has been small but impressive.

Xmen 2 is one of the best superhero movies in the last 15 yrs.

Also, the only reason DC has a better ratio is theyve barely released any films over the last 10 yrs. Superman Returns was awful. The Batman series has been great. Thats 3 films in 10 yrs.

Marvel on the other hand has 3 great ones (Iron Man, Spiderman 2 and X2) and a few good ones (Spiderman 1, The second Incredible Hulk)

[marshallfever]

Re: The Avengers (May 4th, 2012)

This is sort of insane, the Thor movie and Captain America aren't even out yet and their already starting The Avengers. For some reason i feel as if this is going to be very difficulty to pull off correctly.

Thor is the main character in his own movie, Captain America is the main character in his movie and Iron Man has been the main character in his own movie; now your getting three individuals who were the main attractions of their movie into one big film with them all sharing time. I just find that to be really hard to pull off.

I would love to see how Thor and Captain America pan out this year before i can start thinking about the Avengers movie. As much potential as it has, i'm really iffy on the idea. A super hero group needs a super villain to fight which is another big issue of combining a group of super heroes.

I'll be on the side lines until we get more information on this sucker.

[SPTO]

Re: The Avengers (May 4th, 2012)

Thor is the main character in his own movie, Captain America is the main character in his movie and Iron Man has been the main character in his own movie; now your getting three individuals who were the main attractions of their movie into one big film with them all sharing time. I just find that to be really hard to pull off.

We've seen many movies in the past that has used big names in the same film so this isn't all that "difficult" to pull off as long as there are segments where each character gets to show off his skillset. It'll be interesting to see how they pull that off without making it seem like you're watching segments rather than a whole film.

[LionsFanNJ]

I'm already a fan of Joss Whedon's work so I'm not worried about him juggling screen time. Plus a few of the actors already gone on record as loving the script.

That being said I'm more of an X-Men fan and looking forward to First Class a little more

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[NovaStar]

Re: The Avengers (May 4th, 2012)

Xmen 2 is one of the best superhero movies in the last 15 yrs.

Also, the only reason DC has a better ratio is theyve barely released any films over the last 10 yrs. Superman Returns was awful. The Batman series has been great. Thats 3 films in 10 yrs.

Marvel on the other hand has 3 great ones (Iron Man, Spiderman 2 and X2) and a few good ones (Spiderman 1, The second Incredible Hulk)

What up A. You can't forget about Blade!

[DaImmaculateONe]

Re: The Avengers (May 4th, 2012)

I wonder if this movie gunna be based on the cartoon series that just came out