Category Archives: Avengers
The All-New, All-Different Avengers Kind of Puts the Kibosh on that Whole Reboot Idea
The first hints of a post-Secret Wars Marvel were revealed to the Internet yesterday with the team lineup of the All-New, All-Different Avengers. This is the first official look of what the Marvel Universe will be like in the Fall, when Marvel promised a big reboot! Or Marvel promised a big change and a lot of people assumed that meant a reboot. Me? I was never convinced, and this new cover image backs up my theories.
Take a look at it and tell me what you see.
Green hands? Brown ground?
I see Ms. Marvel, Lady Thor, Sam Alexander as Nova and Sam Wilson as Captain America; otherwise known as the exact same lineup of characters in a pre-Secret Wars world. So if Marvel were actually going to go through with a reboot, wouldn’t none of these characters exist?
Granted, the addition of Miles Morales means a whole heck of a lot. But that’s something to unpack on another day.
All I’m worried about today is the fact that, when Secret Wars is over, the Marvel Universe is going to be largely the same. It’ll have the same characters in most likely the same situations. Yes, some things will be different, some characters and status quos might be switched around, but the Marvel Universe isn’t going anywhere.
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Even the Avengers TV Commercials Are Amazing!
Avengers: Age of Ultron is in TV commercial mode now, with only a month and a half before it hits theaters. And apparently one of those commercials is the most amazing TV movie commercial ever produced.
Jeez louise! That was amazing! The action, the banter, the character moments, the accent; that is brilliant stuff! And that’s just a commercial! Oh man, this movie. I can’t even. I can’t even all over the place!
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Someone Discovered the Secret of Happiness
The secret is little kids doing the voices for the latest Avengers: Age of Ultron trailer.
Who knew it would be this easy? Apparently the folks at The Watercooler knew the secret, because they made the above video, and the world is a brighter, better place for it. I know my day is better.
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Newest Avengers: Age of Ultron Trailer is Still Amazing!
Here is the third, and probably last, trailer for Avengers: Age of Ultron, which will be in theaters on May 1. This trailer is just as good and amazing as the previous trailers.
Oh man, where to even begin? There is just soooo much in that trailer! Ultron, Avengers, Quicksilver, Scarlet Witch, fights, awesomeness, quips, everybody hanging out in a house for some reason! This trailer was packed to the brim with new stuff! This movie is going to be insanely awesome!
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The Spider-Man/Marvel Movie Deal is Finally Happening!
Apparently this news hit super late last night, after I’d already gone to bed. So believe me when I say this is a good start to my day! Marvel Studios and SONY Entertainment have finally reached an official deal for Spider-Man to start appearing in Marvel movies, and for the Marvel production team to help SONY make their next Spidey flick.
A good day indeed
What this means is that Spider-Man is going to appear in Captain America: Civil War, and then possibly future Marvel movies. And when SONY releases their next solo Spider-Man film in 2017, Marvel’s producers are going to have a hand in it, and it will also tie into the larger cinematic universe. They’re going to find a new actor to play Spider-Man, and this pushes a few of Marvel’s other movies back to later release dates.
You can read the full press release here.
Personally, I think this is cool news, but hardly necessary. The Marvel Cinematic Universe was getting along just fine without Spider-Man, and has a lot of big, exciting movies planned. As much fun as a Spider-Man cameo in Civil War is going to be, I wouldn’t want him overshadowing their plans for Black Panther in that film. And I am far far more interested in the Ant-Man, Black Panther, Dr. Strange and Captain Marvel movies than I am about yet another solo Spidey movie (even though I loved both Amazing Spider-Man films).
Plus I’m perfectly happy with Andrew Garfield as Spider-Man, I thought he was great in the role. I would prefer Marvel and SONY just conscript the two Amazing Spider-Man films into the Marvel Cinematic Universe and go from there. Those films definitely fit the Marvel aesthetic. And Garfield could hold his own against Robert Downey Jr. and the others. My only request is that Marvel convince SONY to drop that ‘secret dad’ subplot that the Amazing films were obsessed with.
Who wants a new origin story?
So what do you henchies think? Is this good, bad or are you indifferent? Sound off in the comments!
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