Review: The Avengers (Avengers Assemble)

The seed was sewn back in 2008 with Jon Favreau’s Iron Man. Samuel L. Jackson’s cameo appearance as Nick Fury at the end of the film. The Avenger Initiative, he said. The very mention sent a quiver of excitement down the spines of every comic book loving geek the world over. Would Marvel Studios really bring all their heroes (licensing willing) together in one movie? Could they? Four years and four films laying the groundwork (The Incredible Hulk, Iron Man 2, Thor, and Captain America: The First Avenger), and we arrive at the big moment – The Avengers. And my gosh, are we ready for it.

Feature: “Guys, I’m Bringing The Party To You” – The Avengers Trailer Breakdown

Wednesday saw the release of The Avengers trailer, the first of the three summer tentpole  superhero movies. It is EPIC. Honest. Check it out.

Anyway, this the breakdown of the trailer that I promised. It contains more than NINETY screen caps and many of my insane theories about the film. I hope you enjoy.

News: The Avengers High Quality Pics, A Look At The Hulk, And Possible Date Of Next Trailer

The Avengers pic above was first glimpsed in the new issue of Empire magazine, and it wasn’t long until Marvel released this extremely high-resolution version onto the webs.

News: Preview Of Marvel One-Shot “A Funny Thing Happened On To Thor’s Hammer”

It’s the return of our favourite SHIELD operative! No, not Nick Fury, Black Widow, or Hawkeye. I’m talking Agent Coulsen. In the last short, available on the soon-to-be-released Thor Blu-Ray/DVD, it detailed the happenings between Iron Man and The Incredible Hulk in an episode called The Consultant (which you can see here). In this episode, A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To Thor’s Hammer, we discover what happened when Coulsen stopped babysitting Tony Stark in Iron Man 2 and took the trip to New Mexico in Thor.

News: More Avengers On-Set Pics – The Whole Crew!

You wanna see more Avengers pics, don’cha? Yeah, yeah you do.

They’re you go. All of them, just chilling in Central Park. From left to right it’s – Thor (Chris Hemsworth), Loki (Tom Hiddleston), Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner), Captain America (Chris Evans), Bruce Banner (Mark Ruffalo), Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson), and Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.)

News: Avengers Build Up Continues In Marvel One Shot “The Consultant”

This will be very familiar if you happened to watch after the final credits of The Incredible Hulk, but it’s nice to see the story from the perspective of our favourite SHIELD Agent, Coulson.