The new Avengers trailer is here. It looks like Tony Stark has all the best lines. That’s fine with me.
I’m not yet a huge fan of how Edward Norton lost control and turned into Mark Ruffalo, but we’ll see.
So, we know from the trailer that Loki is involved; and we know from the post-credits sequence in Thor that the cosmic hypercube from Captain America is also involved. But the trailer also features what looks like a small spaceship, which I don’t figure to be Loki’s ride. Rumors tend Skrullward, but then again they would.
Looks fun! I wonder what the Skrulls will look like in this. Similar to the comic or some other direction.
They should’ve hired Bill Shatner to play Bruce Banner
I generally cannot stand costumed superheroes (despite being a pretty serious comics fan), but I adore pretty much everything Joss Whedon has laid his hands on, so I’m definitely interested…
Not even Watchmen, or Frank Miller’s (early) work on Daredevil and Batman?
I’ve been looking forward to this since the first Iron Man. I’ve even watched some of the behind the scenes footage that onlookers have posted online (usually on youtube).
The Skrulls rumour has been around for awhile, but has there been confirmation anywhere that Marvel Studios has the rights to the Skrulls? In the comics, they debuted in the Fantastic Four, so I wonder if Fox has the rights? But whether or not the Skrulls show up, I wouldn’t mind an appearance (or foreshadowing) of the Kree. Or would they also be under FOX (as they also debuted in FF)?
Richard G.
If memory serves it’s cosmic cube, not hypercube.
It’s cosmic cube in the comics, tesseract in the movie. A tesseract is a hypercube, so I split the difference.
According to libertarians, how would giant films like this be financed without IP?
I can’t speak for all, but if deep sixing IP monopoly means going without empty hollywood spectacles then it’s a cheap price.
Oh, and fancy an industry making do with what they have to work with! More money does not automatically a great movie make.
Etc etc…
a) We’ll all be richer.
b) Big projects can be funded by subscription, i.e., fans can pledge money ahead of time.
c) Technology makes cheaper blockbusters possible. The fan film Star Trek: Of Gods and Men was made on a very low budget ($150k, I believe); and while it doesn’t look like a present-day blockbuster, it would have cost millions to make anything look that good a few decades ago.