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by **sdsichero** » Thu Apr 26, 2012 8:13 pm

Pre-order eFX Avengers Prop Replicas Soon

Should get that Cap one for Salwen

by **sdsichero** » Thu Apr 26, 2012 8:26 pm

Not into these but...

MarvelStore.com To Deliver Exclusive Avengers Toys in May

by **fieldy snuts** » Thu Apr 26, 2012 8:28 pm

Heroes Return designs?

by **sdsichero** » Thu Apr 26, 2012 8:40 pm

fieldy snuts wrote:Heroes Return designs?

The Iron Man looks like it... maybe Ant-Man?

by **Thor-El** » Thu Apr 26, 2012 11:07 pm

So I was just reading some of the Foreign Box Office totals for the opening day release of The Avengers. The movie made $17.1 Worldwide thus far, setting opening day records for Australia, New Zealand, and Taiwan.

Another interesting fact is that the pre-sale tickets for The Avengers is more than more than the total combined pre-sales of Iron Man 1 and 2, Thor, Captain America, and Incredible Hulk.

by **sdsichero** » Thu Apr 26, 2012 11:53 pm

Tee-Roy'd wrote:So I was just reading some of the Foreign Box Office totals for the opening day release of The Avengers. The movie made $17.1 Worldwide thus far, setting opening day records for Australia, New Zealand, and Taiwan.

Another interesting fact is that the pre-sale tickets for The Avengers is more than more than the total combined pre-sales of Iron Man 1 and 2, Thor, Captain America, and Incredible Hulk.

Just $17.1? Disappointing.

by **sirbluenose** » Fri Apr 27, 2012 3:59 am

As The USA is overseas to me - I've seen it

Spoilers below

just kidding I wouldn't do that

by **Victorian Squid** » Fri Apr 27, 2012 7:26 am

sdsichero wrote:
Just $17.1? Disappointing.

*snort*

Has anyone read an actual decent review of the Avengers movie? I am already thoroughly weary of reading amateur fanboy reviews from here in the states and across the pond. (I don't use "decent" meaning positive, I mean decent meaning the writer has a sense of critical analysis and is not just trying to figure out how he'll get out of the theater without everyone else seeing the stains on the front of his pants.)

by **bkthomson** » Fri Apr 27, 2012 7:32 am

Victorian Squid wrote:
*snort*

Has anyone read an actual decent review of the Avengers movie? I am already thoroughly weary of reading amateur fanboy reviews from here in the states and across the pond. (I don't use "decent" meaning positive, I mean decent meaning the writer has a sense of critical analysis and is not just trying to figure out how he'll get out of the theater without everyone else seeing the stains on the front of his pants.)

I'm just reading the top critic reviews on Rotten Tomatoes.

by **Victorian Squid** » Fri Apr 27, 2012 7:37 am

bkthomson wrote:
I'm just reading the top critic reviews on Rotten Tomatoes.

I'll check those out.

by **Punchy** » Fri Apr 27, 2012 7:42 am

Victorian Squid wrote:
*snort*

Has anyone read an actual decent review of the Avengers movie? I am already thoroughly weary of reading amateur fanboy reviews from here in the states and across the pond. (I don't use "decent" meaning positive, I mean decent meaning the writer has a sense of critical analysis and is not just trying to figure out how he'll get out of the theater without everyone else seeing the stains on the front of his pants.)

The film is so good in a fanboy sense that it was hard for me to really critically analyse it. Yes there are some flaws, but as a fan of the comics they don't matter, and they shouldn't matter to anyone with even a shred of interest in Marvel Comics.

This isn't the kind of movie where you look at the mise en scene or apply auteur theory, this is the kind of film where you sit back and go 'this is awesome'.

I know that sounds like I'm being deliberately dumb, but it's just that type of film.

by **Victorian Squid** » Fri Apr 27, 2012 7:48 am

Punchy wrote:
The film is so good in a fanboy sense that it was hard for me to really critically analyse it. Yes there are some flaws, but as a fan of the comics they don't matter, and they shouldn't matter to anyone with even a shred of interest in Marvel Comics.

This isn't the kind of movie where you look at the mise en scene or apply auteur theory, this is the kind of film where you sit back and go 'this is awesome'.

I know that sounds like I'm being deliberately dumb, but it's just that type of film.

I didn't read your review yet, if you thought that was directed at you.

(But although you can't really apply old saws like "auteur theory" to a Hollywood mishmash film like Avengers, there are still all the same elements in any other film in an action movie, after all there are technical reasons as well as subjective ones as to why a movie like, say, "Die Hard" is a better film than "The Expendables".)

I kind of blame 3D, since that's what almost every reviewer talks about instead, and something I have no interest in (at least as 3D is done now).

by **Punchy** » Fri Apr 27, 2012 7:54 am

Victorian Squid wrote:
I didn't read your review yet, if you thought that was directed at you.

(But although you can't really apply old saws like "auteur theory" to a Hollywood mishmash film like Avengers, there are still all the same elements in any other film in an action movie, after all there are technical reasons as well as subjective ones as to why a movie like, say, "Die Hard" is a better film than "The Expendables".)

I didn't think you were talking about me, I was just trying to provide an explanation as to why the reviews are so fan-focused, it's the kind of movie where, as a fan, seeing these characters and concepts on screen takes precedence over everything else.

I would say that the action sequences in this movie are better than a lot of modern action films like Transformers or whatever, they are genuinely thrilling. If you liked the style used in the Iron Man movies or Thor, this is that x10. Even the smaller hand to hand fights like Black Widow's scenes are very well-choreographed. The CGI is also excellent from a technical standpoint, Hulk looks real.

It would be interesting to read a review from someone who has no affinity for the comics or the previous movies, they'd be less fanwanky, but would also probably miss the point of the movie.

by **Punchy** » Fri Apr 27, 2012 7:56 am

3D was a footnote in my review, I liked it, but it's not essential to the film being any good like Avatar.

by **Victorian Squid** » Fri Apr 27, 2012 7:58 am

Punchy wrote:
I didn't think you were talking about me, I was just trying to provide an explanation as to why the reviews are so fan-focused, it's the kind of movie where, as a fan, seeing these characters and concepts on screen takes precedence over everything else.

I would say that the action sequences in this movie are better than a lot of modern action films like Transformers or whatever, they are genuinely thrilling. If you liked the style used in the Iron Man movies or Thor, this is that x10. Even the smaller hand to hand fights like Black Widow's scenes are very well-choreographed. The CGI is also excellent from a technical standpoint, Hulk looks real.

It would be interesting to read a review from someone who has no affinity for the comics or the previous movies, they'd be less fanwanky, but would also probably miss the point of the movie.

Huh, that would be interesting to read though. I wish I could go back in time to film school and get my crankiest, most elitist prof to write a review, that would be hilarious.

Although maybe he would just like it too much too. That would also have been hilarious.