The newest one:
Screenplay by Joss Whedon.
Release date [U.K.]: April 26, 2012
Release date [U.S.]: May 4, 2012
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Every geek I know had a heart attack when they saw Hulk catch Iron Man.
This should be interesting. I’m typically skeptical when there’s so many “protagonists” in a story (will there be a single main character here?), not to mention I have no idea who the overall antagonist is (I see the guy from Thor) – but…
…the trailer demonstrated something even more important: there will be much conflict between these protagonists and that’s what is going to propel the heart of this story – not who the bad guy.
Joss Whedon excels at writing big pieces with lots of characters. Serenity, Buffy, and Astonishing X-Men have proved he can pull it off.
I might be a bit too excited for this.
Trailer looks awesome!!
And it seems to remedy a large problem I had with Thor. I didn’t like that the main conflict in Thor was that he needed to protect his homeworld from the Ice people (sorry – not a fanboy) when it would have been a stronger conflict for Thor to protect earth. It made the film have a strange split in focus that I think weakened it.
But from this Avengers trailer, it looks like the villain is Thor’s brother Loki – who is now attacking earth. So it’s probably the case that the Thor plot suffered to save the bigger battle for the Avengers film. I understand them making that choice.
One of my all time favorite story tropes is when a group of strangers unite against a common threat. For some reason that’s a direct line to my emotional core. So I will eagerly see this!