Category Archives: Avengers
Nifty Superhero Redesigns
I’ve praised the awesomeness of Project Rooftop before, but I feel like doing it again today. Project Rooftop is this nifty artist site where people submit high-quality redesigns of popular superheros and their costumes. I love this type of art, because it looks cool, is often very creative and it’s about superheroes. What’s not to love?
Hopefully you’ll be an entertained as I am.
First up is this cool Catwoman design by artist Erica Henderson. It’s got a cool Scott Pilgrim vibe to it.
All she needs are some roller skates
Next we have some personal favorites of mine, the Wonder Twins! I love the hell out of these characters, and not just ironically. The Wonder Twins are just neat, and part of that is their goofy origins with the Super Friends. But did you know that the Wonder Twins eventually appeared in the actual comics? In the mid-90s, they made the jump from the cartoon to the actual, in-canon comics during a series call Extreme Justice. Yep, it was the 90s alright.
This picture, making the pair look rather alien and badass, is drawn by artist Andrew Trabbold.
I am dying to see the Wonder Twins show up in the New 52 or perhaps the Young Justice cartoon
Finally we have what may be one of the snazziest superhero costume redesigns I have ever seen: Steampunk Scientist Ant-Man! This comes from artist George Kambadais, who drew a whole line up of Avengers. But this Ant-Man is above and beyond the call of phenomenal. I love the labcoat-esque shirt that buttons up to the neck. I love that it’s not tucked in. And I love the knee-high boots with the pants tucked in. This costume is just a brilliant design.
Can Marvel hire this guy to design the next Ant-Man for reals? Maybe? Please?
New Avengers Cartoon Trailer!
As if I haven’t posted enough Avengers trailers over the past few months, we’ve got a new one – but this trailer is for the cartoon The Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes! Season 2 is right around the corner!
The cartoon is a blast. It seems loosely based on the various movie versions of the characters, while adding a ton of comic-related stories and villains. It stars Captain America, Iron Man, Thor, Hulk, Wasp, Hawkeye, Black Panther and Ant-Man. It’s made by the sort of writers who like to seed their stories early, then let them play out.
For example, the villainous Ultron was something of a background character (and even a temporary Avenger!) before he eventually became the big bad at the end of the first season.
This new trailer is rather exciting. I see teases for the Vision, Red Hulk, the Fantastic Four, Doctor Doom, Ms. Marvel, the Kree, the Skrulls and basically just a whole lot of awesome, comic book jibba jabba! I know I’ll be tuning in.
For Some Reason, Japan Gets a Much Cooler Avengers Trailer
What the heck, Hollywood? The Avengers is going to be the biggest movie ever, but for some reason you let Japan have an even cooler trailer than what we saw in America? This new trailer has amazing new footage of all the heroes, as well as an unbelievable look at the Helicarrier! The real, full-sized helicarrier!
Don’t believe me? Watch the trailer! And don’t worry, all of the movie scenes are in English. Only the general trailer narration is in Japanese.
Hopefully this will make up for that crappy Superman vs. the Elite trailer I posted earlier.
New Avengers Trailer Warps My Fragile Little Mind
It’s just so beautiful. This trailer is like a glorious comet of righteous awesomeness sailing across the sky of my dreams and delivering the superhero extravaganza I have been waiting my whole life to see. Don’t take my word for it. Watch it now!
The brilliance of this trailer is astounding. There are a few odd moments, like an out of place line or two from Agent Coulson, but otherwise it’s two minutes and 30 seconds of outright geek bliss. What’s more, this is the first real trailer to feature footage of the heroes interacting. Cap and Thor, Hulk and Iron Man, Steve Rogers and Bruce Banner, Black Widow and Hawkeye; it’s fantastic! This movie is going to rise and fall on the heroes interacting, whether it be fighting, bickering or the final assembling; and this trailer is proof that it’s going to be amazing.
Look at me, I’m gushing.
Avengers Assemble — In Other Places, to be Photoshopped Later
A new Avengers movie posted was unleashed upon the world today – and it’s hideous!
Why use Photoshop if you don't know how?
I hate, hate, hate the modern trend in movie posters to just take random pictures of the characters/celebrities and then just photoshop them into a group shot. It’s ridiculous and it’s disgusting. And it never looks good. Ever. Why do they keep doing it? During all of filming, was it really that difficult to get everybody to take a group photo in costume together? Because the alternative is this piece of garbage!
None of those characters are standing in the same room (let alone on some city street), and I wouldn’t be surprised if that Iron Man picture is him with a helmet on, and they just photoshopped Robert Downey Jr.’s face over the helmet.
This is the biggest movie in years from both Marvel and freakin’ Disney, but they couldn’t hire a competent movie poster guy?
