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by **sdsichero** » Sun Aug 19, 2012 8:23 pm

Heh "Ramengers"

FEATURE: "The Avengers" Invade Japan!

by **misac** » Mon Aug 20, 2012 6:05 pm

If you preorder at the Disney store they're thowing in four lithographs for free.

My sister ordered it for me for by birthday.

by **staggertjd** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 8:15 pm

No doubt i'm getting this one!

by **sdsichero** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 8:58 pm

misac wrote:If you preorder at the Disney store they're thowing in four lithographs for free.

My sister ordered it for me for by birthday.

Cool. Happy upcoming birthday.

Just make sure she did not get you the UK version.

by **sdsichero** » Wed Dec 19, 2012 12:49 pm

Joss Whedon Says His Avengers Script Originally Included The Wasp

"There was a little bit of time where we thought we might not actually get Scarlett [Johansson]," he explains. "There was a very Waspy draft that I wrote. But it was way too Waspy. I was like, 'She's adorable! I'm just going to watch her!'"

Janet Van Dyne wasn't the only character that didn't make the final cut, however. Whedon says that his original vision called for a second villain beyond Tom Hiddleston's Loki.

"I'm not going to tell you [who it is]," he says, "because that person might crop up another time. But I definitely felt like, 'I've got Earth's mightiest heroes. I've got four of the biggest, baddest, toughest guys out there and I've got one effete British character actor.' They believed very strongly that they didn't want to add any more mythology, I think was the thing."

Although Whedon stayed relatively quiet about the upcoming sequel, he did offer the tease that he thinks swapping out Avengers is an important quality of the comics themselves.

"I used to read 'The Avengers' and part of the ethos of the team was that it changed their lineup every month," he continues. "Their 150th issue was just a bunch of faces. 'Who will be in the team now?!' We had the first issue as a poster in the offices. Now that I'm working on the sequel I said, 'Let's put the second issue up there! Let's change it up a little bit!' The second issue is 'Introducing… Giant-Man! And this character! They were already changing it up after one issue. That's what they always do."