So here’s what the fanboys are going to do: They’re going to watch this trailer on a frame-by-frame basis, tear into the goofy-ass music, argue that something Character X says contradicts something Character Y did in May of 1974, write thousand-word prognostications about who’s shooting those purple lasers, complain about how jokey all these characters seem to be with all their jokes, pore over Tony Stark’s Black Sabbath shirt for plot clues, and investigate if there are, in fact, any bows that really do that badass thing Hawkeye does with his bow.
I, on the other hand, am just going to geek the hell out. Because even now, after however much hype and however many lead-in solo movies, I am still bewildered and delighted that someone actually let Joss Whedon write and direct an Avengers movie. It’s like they snuck into my head one night and stole a dream. So just let me be happy for once in my life and enjoy the moment, jerks.
Better quality here.
For some reason I still have to explain to newbs how this has nothing to do with the Uma Thurman movie, despite the fact that ScarJo looks like she is playing Emma Peel.
The original Emma Peel was my fantasy as a kid.
But hell yeah – The Avengers!
@frankieb
Jesus, how old are you? Why couldn’t you have a healthy fantasy about Xena Onatop like the rest of us?
They did have re-runs of ‘The Avengers’ on TV in the 70’s, ya know.
But yeah, I ain’t getting any younger. But she was pretty hot with those English riding pants and boots, right?
Besides, I thought Xena was just a lesbian fantasy.
I now have a giant man-crush on Tony Stark.
I am quite, quite, quite, quite excited for this movie. Am I seeing that Loki is messing stuff up? I really liked Loki in Thor.
I am now going to try to convince my brain that my expectations are low and I am not excited, because high expectations are the death of action movies.
Release the Kraken!!!!
When does Joss make them all break into song?
Also, @Reverend, please don’t remind me of the absence of Giant-Man (and the winsome Wasp) in this so-called Avengers.
Movies really need to stop doing the “running away from explosions” thing.
I’m hoping the purple lasers have something to do with Kang the Conqueror.
@8 or The Vision.
“Enough is enough! I have had it with these motherfucking Skrulls on this motherfucking planet!”
@Number Six: Yes. We’d better see some serious Skrullfucking in this movie.
I believe the Skrulls have the hypnosis going on, still, but come on, cant they behave for a couple of chapters? Or shapeshift into something useful, its not that hard…