The Avengers gets first poster
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Joss Whedon and Marvel unveiled a tasty treat for this weekend’s Comic-Con visitors – the first official poster for forthcoming superhero epic The Avengers.
The poster, which splits into seven character images detailing the individual Avengers (complete with shadowy background bits and bobs which nod to other aspects of their characters and backstories) was revealed piece by piece before being stitched together into one seamless wall of awesome. However, the full-size image is a bit small and rubbish, so (at the expense of having a series of Marvel logos instead of just one) we’ve used the individual posters to make a monster of which even the Hulk would hopefully be proud.
Just click the teeny image below to see Natasha Romanoff AKA Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson), Tony Stark aka Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr), Bruce Banner AKA The Incredible Hulk (Mark Ruffalo), Steve Rogers AKA Captain America (Chris Evans), Thor (Chris Hemsworth), Clint Barton AKA Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner) and Nick Fury (Samuel L Jackson):
Ahem. SO MUCH AWESOME. That is all.
Honestly looking at the cover and the Y7 G aritng I didn’t expect much. I’m not a huge fan of the jagged edges artwork style but it actually works out okay without looking too much like it was intended for younger audiences (I myself am 29.) It’s definitely well written for being made for all ages. I can actually watch it without cringing at cheesiness. However I think Stark/Iron Man could have been made less like his movie counterpart (Maybe just the voice) and more like how he was in the 1994 cartoon series. I would have liked to see Bucky with a gun (There were real guns elsewhere in the show instead of lazers like lots of other modern cartoons use.) and a swastika on the Red Skull’s arm! WTF! I know it’s all ages but I don’t see anything wrong teaching kids that nazis are bad people as soon as possible in life. If it was anybody other than Marvel I would think they were trying to keep the truth about what the Nazis did from us but I doubt that, Stan Lee being Jewish and all. I liked the Easter eggs: Punisher on the newspaper cover and Wolverine back in the day. This is a definite must have for hardcore and casual Marvel/Avenger fans alike and cool for your kids to watch! I give it a B+ (I’m sure it would be an A if it was R .)