The Avengers (SPOILERS BEWARE0

[Joker]

I'm thinking that the cards being in his locker, not his pocket, was a hint that maybe he isn't and that Fury told them he was to get them to band together. Thus the disapproving look from whoever it was that made that observation.

Why would they have that moment together as he said his last words? Just in case a camera was on them?

Perhaps. You can explain anything away with a few lines of dialogue.

[MENTION=56189]Kzach[/MENTION]: The guy's name is Mark Ruffalo. He's been in quite a few high profile movies.

After sitting through and being dissapointed by nearly every Marvel and DC movie adaption I can finally say I found one that was entirely entertaining.
I'm probably gonna watch a few more times.

Would have liked to see the carrier in action. That would have been sweet.

 

[Kzach]

Why would they have that moment together as he said his last words?

To make the audience think that he was dead and thus heighten the impact of the moment as we experience it via our sympathetic connection to the protagonists. Joss has always been pretty good at creating a connection to the characters. It's the biggest reason why Buffy, Angel and Firefly are so popular.

 

[Joker]

To make the audience think that he was dead and thus heighten the impact of the moment as we experience it via our sympathetic connection to the protagonists. Joss has always been pretty good at creating a connection to the characters. It's the biggest reason why Buffy, Angel and Firefly are so popular.

Cute. Is this a meta film as well where some of the characters are aware of an audience that needs pleasing?

 

[jonesy]

Cute. Is this a meta film as well where some of the characters are aware of an audience that needs pleasing?

I don't see what the connection you are making there is.

Making the audience relate to characters isn't meta. It's just standard storytelling. And Coulson was injured, at least. How badly is the question.

 

[Mark CMG]

Just got back from seeing The Avengers. Highly entertaining. More thoughts later when time permits.

 

[Felon]

Maybe Coulson will come back as The Crimson Cowl or The Invincible Man or the Black Lama. Or, maybe he's just dead.

I'd say this film is a pretty big step in the evolution of the superhero film (which has a ways to go from being fully realized). Singer and Nolan both set the tone for superhero films by playing down the fantastic elements. No "yellow spandex" for the X-Men. No crazy gadgets for the Joker. But in Avengers, we get fully costumed and branded heroes. We even get Loki in his longhorn hat.

And Thanos. Wow. The cosmic villain-to-end-all-villains. I'm still geeking out over that.

 

[Felon]

Also, Marvel's Thor and Captain America have never really been my favourites, and Hemsworth I've disliked in other movies, but in this movie both characters were good. (Especially after Cap lost that stupid half-mask).

Cap's costume was one of the few disappointments. The way the fabric bunched-up in certain places (like the neck) was decidedly Adam-Westish.

I halfway suspect that having proper wings on the helm (as in the comics) rather than being decals would have looked better, added the kind of length and weight that Batman's ears lend to Batman's mask.

Then again, I presage that one day in the not-too-distant future, masks will become rare for superheroes, much as capes have become today.

 

[Morrus]

Cap's costume was one of the few disappointments. The way the fabric bunched-up in certain places (like the neck) was decidedly Adam-Westish.

I halfway suspect that having proper wings on the helm (as in the comics) rather than being decals would have looked better, added the kind of length and weight that Batman's ears lend to Batman's mask.

Then again, I presage that one day in the not-too-distant future, masks will become rare for superheroes, much as capes have become today.

How can there be any disappointment in a film filled with so much glorious HULK SMASH? The rest of the movie could have been an extended toothpaste commercial, and it would still have been awesome. Because, y'know....

HULK SMASHED!

 

[Felon]

How can there be any disappointment in a film filled with so much glorious HULK SMASH? The rest of the movie could have been an extended toothpaste commercial, and it would still have been awesome. Because, y'know....

HULK SMASHED!

Y'know, the sad thing is I used to love Hulk as a kid, but I've been disheartened by years of superhero RPG'ing. Nobody ever wants to play Batman or Captain America or Spider-Man. Everybody wants to be Hulk or Tick or some other lunk. It's been very rare that I've found a player who fantasizes about being clever or resourceful hero rather than simply a powerful, dumb, violent one.

Still love The Hulk, certainly love what they do with him in The Avengers, but on the other hand, he represents a bit of a bette noir.

 

[Kzach]

Y'know, the sad thing is I used to love Hulk as a kid, but I've been disheartened by years of superhero RPG'ing. Nobody ever wants to play Batman or Captain America or Spider-Man. Everybody wants to be Hulk or Tick or some other lunk. It's been very rare that I've found a player who fantasizes about being clever or resourceful hero rather than simply a powerful, dumb, violent one.

Funny, I've always wanted to play in a super's game with a character I invented called "Blackout". Although he had a significant power (could drain electricity around him and redirect it) and was good at hand to hand and acrobatics, his main strength was being resourceful and clever and using his enemies weaknesses against them as well as his allies strengths and would often take down his enemies (think King Pin style gangs) through cunning manipulation of events (think Burn Notice) rather than direct conflict.