Looks like Disney wanna try getting on Warner Bros' animated territory. Because they just launched their very own DC NationMarvel Universe block.
Here's a promo:
On the program: It already on Disney XD. It will be Marvel's own dedicated cartoon programming block. It's basically a little segment on the channel where Ultimate Spider-Man will run alongside Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes. Oh and by the fall/next year, AEMH will be "changed" as they said to (hum... canceled and replaced by) Avengers Assemble - a less plot-oriented more kid friendly take on the Avengers, with more influence from the movies carried over, an humor closer to USM (think Scott Pilgrim on high sugar doses) and a different roster of characters. Cap, Thor and Iron Man will be kept around. But Black Panther, Antman and Wasp replaced by Black Widow (on the team like in the movie) and Falcon. For, some reason...?
Oh, and of course, it will also include new animated shorts and live-action interstitials. Obviously. In case you forgot this was their very own DC NationMarvel Universe block.
Edit: I might have sounded pretty negative above, but I'm actually all for it! I like the idea. Now, just make those shorts as funny and well animated as this, and you can sign me in!
Speaking of Ubisoft, an Avengers tie-in game was confirmed. And yeah, it's coming up a bit late. (I fear cancellation...)
On the down side, this game Avengers: Battle for Earth will be a motion-controlled title for Xbox 360 and Wii U. So unless it's a very good and tightly controlled arcade game.. I'm not feeling it so far.
On the plus side it's handled by Ubisoft Quebec and it won't be a simple movie adaptation, but rather take its roots in the comics. Check out the "real" Hawkeye, Captain America with the little headwings and Thor with his helmet on:
Confirmed in the game are appearances by Wolverine, Spider-Man and more!
Now, we only need to see some actual gameplay footage...
I dunno for you, but I'm still in an Avengers mood!
Here's some pretty awesome animation work by Junaid Chundrigar, featuring the Avengers (as well as some Spider-Man, and Fantastic Four too). The guy's got a very good level of quality, this is some professional animation! What a Ren & Stimpy-like [adult swim] take on these Marvel characters would look like, no doubt.
Being isn't always sun and glory. There's also those odd lousy days...
With the Avengers out (I should really take the time to watch it....soon....), here's a pretty awesome animated parody from CollegeHumor:
Yeah, I'm pretty sure that's how the general public's starting to feel, with all these superheroes around each other, teaming up. They seem to be loving Avengers - for now. But you might see some eyebrows rising if there will ever be an Avengers 2 some day...
I finally went on to see The Avengers yesterday evening!~
There was a non-3D playing at a movie theater around, starting about an hour after I decided to check it out online, so we just went there ASAP.
And the only thing I want to say is: Joss Whedon really knows how to make a good and entertaining movie! I'll even nsay, Joss Whedon's f****** good!!
But that I already knew from Serenity, which only wasn't a success at the time because it wasn't a movie as hyped or an IP as popular as this one. And because of Avenger's bigger and better marketing. Anyways, I truly believe most movies/games/whatever only succeed nowadays due to their bigger and more expansive budge/marketing. Throw money at the screen and people will eat that sh*t - prove in point the awful Transformers Bay-movies.
But I digress.
So Avengers was pretty darn good. I really think only Whedon (and a couple of others) could make this dream project come true. I mean any other "studio-director" would have been overthrown by the dantesque project. The picture quality, CGi, etc. would have been the same, but the movie wouldn't have spent as much time with each character. Respecting both their respective movie(s) and comic book franchises. The movie truly felt like a continuation of each series. Part-Captain America follow-up, part-Thor sequel, part-Iron Man 3. Well, Hulk, due to the change of actor I think didn't felt much like an Incredible Hulk, but Edward Norton's Hulk was alluded here and there (through the supersoldier/Abomination plotline).
It was bright, it was colorful, it was EPIC. Yeah, EPIC's the world. Really, for once this word can b properly used here. Specially near the end, the big panorama through the fight, pausing on each hero really qualifies this movie as epic. It really felt like the Avengers come to life, Stan Lee's Avengers live! (speaking of which, I almost feared this would be the first Marvel movie Stan Lee-less, but thankfully, The Man still got a nice lil' unexpected cameo).
The only thing missing was the current cartoon Avengers: Earth Mightiest Heroes' theme song (come on, we all know it would have been awesome, even an orchestral take on that piece!) and the famous AVENGERS ASSEMBLE! catchphrase, which could have been so easily inserted at a certain moment!
Oh, and I guess my only complain was that the movie's villains, the "Chitauri" (if I'm not mistaken) were pretty dull and generic. They were apparently pulled from the Ultimate Marvel comics, I've just read. Well, I originally thought they were improvised for the movie.. I mean, it's almost as if originally, in the screenplay, Loki was using Skrulls or Krees from across the universe, but at the last moment they were replaced due to the producers or Marvel's involvement, to keep them free for a next future movie. (wouldn't surprise me, imagine a movie based on the Skrulls invasion..?) Thus the movie's Chitauri keep a very Skrull-ysh look, vehicles and weapons, but are instead dull grey-sh CGi creatures without personality.
Anyway, in the end, besides that aspect? A pretty epic movie! Just having fun with superheroes and these Marvel characters. A true superhero movie done right. Almost makes me which most movies could leave secret origins behind.
More than anything, this movie really made me think we could perfectly have a live Justice League movie that would work on the big screen. Think about it! They always think about believable adaptations, etc. But here in Avengers we got a HULK (ha!), gods, aliens from other dimensions, rocketflying robots, super over-the-top-archers, super badass spies, the SHIELD helicarrier, etc. The audience will accept all that as long as it is properly introduced (not even explained - just take a look at Tony Stark's robots and technology!), has a decent enough budget and an excellent marketing! (<-it always comes down to that, heh?) You could have Darkseid, Para-demons and Apokolips as main antagonists/reason for the heroes to join forces. And no excuse like "but Green Arrow/Batman's powerless!" I mean, look at Black Widow or Hawkeye in Avengers! It's a movie, not real life! Just make 'em extremely efficient/badass on screen. It's entertainment, not a fraggin' documentary!
Yeah, this kinda turned into a JL-post, but that's my blog, so let me rumble around :P
Marvel Comics were my gateway into the realm of comic books, but I'm a DC guy at heart!~
Overall: The Avengers? An excellent movie! Why did we get all these Thor, Iron Men and Hulk movies? Couldn't we had gotten that right away?!
Holy Molly!! This is probably the best "ad" for a movie I've ever seen!! Well played, Joss Whedon! Combining Nathan Fillion!Castle with Iron Man!The Avengers - genius!! :D
Can you believe this combined ad for Avengers (just out now, about everywhere) and the awesome Castle TV series got fans imagining Nathan Fillion is Antman in the movie, all over again? Well..me too. I'd make a perfect Hank Pym.... (but I'd still prefer if we could had him over at DC, as Hal Jordan!! >__<)
Like some big epic "fanfic" come to life, The Avengers is slowly but surely coming to screens everywhere. Marvel just released a brand new trailer during the latest Super Bowl.
Enjoy it:
Loud, big, epic, flashy.. it's looking fantastic so far! And I can't wait! After turning the previous Marvel films into quasi-trailer for the anticipation of this crossover, they better not let us down on this :/
Remember DC's Iconic month last year? Here's Marvel turn to reveal a thematic month. (though honestly, they do that a lot...)
Marvel Comics will be having lots of variant covers showcasing the Avengers in different artistic styles. I usually don't like variant covers much... I think they drown the comic book market in an unnecessary over-saturation of books and I'd prefer these covers were related to the content of the books. (I mean why an Avengers variant for, say, the Fantastic Four? why? just to sell some more issues to people that weren't gonna buy that book in the first pace? so commercial... anyways..)
They'll be either representations of the Avengers under different artists own personal styles or through Rembrandt, Michelangelo, Monet-like interpretations. A sort of depiction of what the Avengers would have looked like "throughout the ages".
Here's all of them, enjoy:
AGE OF APOCALPSE #2 Variant Cover by CHRISTIAN NAUCK
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #683 Variant Cover by MIKE DEL MUNDO
AVENGERS #25 Variant Cover by GABRIELE DELL’OTTO
AVENGERS ASSEMBLE #2 Variant Cover by STEPHANIE HANS
DAREDEVIL #11 Variant Cover by STEFFI SCHUTZEE
FANTASTIC FOUR #605 Variant Cover by MICHAEL KALUTA
INCREDIBLE HULK #7 Variant Cover by CHARLES PAUL WILSON III
INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #515 Variant Cover by GREG HORN
SECRET AVENGERS #26 Variant Cover by JOE QUINONES
UNCANNY X-FORCE #24 Variant Cover by JULIAN TOTINO
UNCANNY X-MEN #11 Variant Cover by GREG HORN
WINTER SOLDIER #4 Variant Cover by JOHN TYLER CHRISTOPHER
WOLVERINE #304 Variant Cover by Gurihiru
WOLVERINE & THE X-MEN #9 Variant Cover by ALEX MALEEV
The awesome crew at Avengers Assemble the Series put up this fantastic on-going webshow based on Marvel's Mightiest Heroes called simply "Avengers Assemble!".
It's awesome and I'd suggest anyone to give it a look!
Well made, funny and entertaining. Their acting's pretty good compared to the usual youtube stuff and the costumes are quite top notch.
Here's their very first episode:
Episode 1 of the parody series, Avengers Assemble! In this inaugural episode, Tony Stark (aka Iron Man) leads the team in a discussion of the ramifications of the new Healthcare Bill recently passed.
Perfect to help us wait in the meantime until the actual Avengers movie or the 2nd Season of the cartoon Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes are released.
Finally! some new material to help survive the loooong hiatus.
There's a new trailer for Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes' season 2! Enjoy:
Not a big fan of the Avengers-movie forced inspired design on our guys... :( Though Black Panther looks great! And RHULK?? Seriously, you bringin' this guy in AEMH already?
On an almost totally unrelated note: I love how fun and cutey Wasp looks in this cartoon~ Her design's lovely^^
AWESOME!! Finally! The trailer for the upcoming live Avengers movies just went out not long ago, on Apple's website and now on youtube already! Here it is in all its full glory, enjoy!
Woah! Gotta hand it to Whedon! I didn't believe it could work at first, but it looks like we'll actually have the Avengers, live, in full motion and spirit and due form! Can't hardly wait!!
Here's a bunch of pictures from the upcoming live Avengers movie. And yes, "that guy that isn't Hawkeye" is Bruce Banner.... So here's a bunch portraits of our heroes...
Iron Man. Most popular of the bunch, thanks to some pretty darn' good movies.
Bruce Banner. (Hulk)
Oh no... we lost Ed Norton for this schmuck? Really?
The Black Widow.
Captain America.
Thor. Thou shall not disrespect thee gods!!!
Hawkeye. Guy had random cameo in Thor, now looks like this earned him a spot on the cast. (plus having a lesser profile non-main starring in his own movie-character will help keep the budget manageable)
Here's the whole happy crew.
And here's some shots from the making of the flick:
Alright then. Looks like everyone's having a blast!
