The Avengers After Credit Scenes - Spoilers

[Dixon Carter Lee]

Thanos

I have no idea who Thanos is, so I read up a (very) little. Space guy who likes death. Or something. My feeling is that every time Marvel goes into alien territory (their "expanded universe") they're in trouble. Everything about the Silver Surfer and the dude who eat planets was meh. Everything in "Thor" that took place in space was hokey and dull. And the worst part of "The Avengers" were the faceless, agit-prop, flying motorcycle riding aliens. The Joker was good enough for Batman. Why does Marvel keep sinking into the hippy-dippy backlight poster world of aliens in armor?

Now rant about how gay it is to care.

 

[Dixon Carter Lee]

Shawarma

Pretty fucking funny.

 

[IrezumiKiss]

Thanos

I have no idea who Thanos is, so I read up a (very) little. Space guy who likes death. Or something. My feeling is that every time Marvel goes into alien territory (their "expanded universe") they're in trouble. Everything about the Silver Surfer and the dude who eat planets was meh. Everything in "Thor" that took place in space was hokey and dull. And the worst part of "The Avengers" were the faceless, agit-prop, flying motorcycle riding aliens. The Joker was good enough for Batman. Why does Marvel keep sinking into the hippy-dippy backlight poster world of aliens in armor?

Now rant about how gay it is to care.

No, Thanos is a major player in the Avengers and greater Marvel universe, plus most people who know the canon of these comic books from jump street — like Whedon — already know this, so this is totes legit. They went into this movie with good layering. And the way they're going to go into him with the subsequent movies and sequel will (hopefully) be on point. Don't be a after-party hater, guy. It ain't pretty.

Shawarma

Pretty fucking funny.

Yep, that was very funny.

 

[Sean Renaud]

Thanos

I have no idea who Thanos is, so I read up a (very) little. Space guy who likes death. Or something. My feeling is that every time Marvel goes into alien territory (their "expanded universe") they're in trouble. Everything about the Silver Surfer and the dude who eat planets was meh. Everything in "Thor" that took place in space was hokey and dull. And the worst part of "The Avengers" were the faceless, agit-prop, flying motorcycle riding aliens. The Joker was good enough for Batman. Why does Marvel keep sinking into the hippy-dippy backlight poster world of aliens in armor?

Now rant about how gay it is to care.

Because most of their truly great stories involve it. As bad as a film on it is going to be the Infinite Gauntlet is one of the few stories that legitly NEEDS the avengers. Frankly this film could have been solved by Ironman, Warmachine and a couple dozen of those Ironman drones from Ironman 2. Dark Pheonix is a space story (and it sucked in X3 when they tried to make it without the space peopl), Venom is a space story (and it sucked in Spiderman 3 when they tried to make it an earth story). Marvel's space legacy is great. It's a shame they are going Thanos next instead of Skrull but meh. Maybe they'll swerve over the next few years.

 

[IrezumiKiss]

Because most of their truly great stories involve it. As bad as a film on it is going to be the Infinite Gauntlet is one of the few stories that legitly NEEDS the avengers. Frankly this film could have been solved by Ironman, Warmachine and a couple dozen of those Ironman drones from Ironman 2. Dark Pheonix is a space story (and it sucked in X3 when they tried to make it without the space peopl), Venom is a space story (and it sucked in Spiderman 3 when they tried to make it an earth story). Marvel's space legacy is great. It's a shame they are going Thanos next instead of Skrull but meh. Maybe they'll swerve over the next few years.

Actually, the Skrull would just be another form of the Chitani, so it makes sense to go with a one-person legacy villain. However, the shape-shifting ability of the Skrull would make for an interesting foil. And Thanos is a Deviant, of which the Skrulls are a part of, so I wouldn't strike them off the greater plan just yet.

The one good thing about what the Avengers portends is that Joss Whedon and Co. are one of us instead of being people "outside the box" who merely assimilates the decades of storylines into something candy-coated and disposable for the sake of making one movie. When Thanos came on the screen, only a few people in the audience went "awwww shiiieeet" and I was happy because they and I knew, this is how you do this shit for real.

 

[Dixon Carter Lee]

I understand Thanos is big in Marvel's space mythology. I'm saying their space mythology blows.

It always has.

Some time past their Golden Age, when they ran out of stories to tell on Earth (or ran out of good storytellers), Marvel turned to space -- a really trippy kind of damn-the-physics-bring-on-the-magic-fucking-alien-fairies kind of space. I'm sure it all played better back when everyone was downing the last few handfuls of LSD. Today it seems kind of embarrassing.

Kudos to "Avengers" scriptwriters, though, for keeping as much of the story as possible grounded. If the next movie keeps the same writing quality as Iron Man, Avengers and Captain America it might just survive the mean purple raspberry guy from Planet X.

 

[Dixon Carter Lee]

I understand that there are fans of Marvel's popsicle colored aliens and think they're the bestest stories eva, and I'm going to leave your childhood memories alone, for the most part, but just remember there are people in this world who shit every time Optimus Prime gets a new movie. And they're idiots.

 

[Dixon Carter Lee]

I'm very impressed that no one's called anyone gay yet.

 

[IrezumiKiss]

I understand Thanos is big in Marvel's space mythology. I'm saying their space mythology blows.

It always has.

Some time past their Golden Age, when they ran out of stories to tell on Earth (or ran out of good storytellers), Marvel turned to space -- a really trippy kind of damn-the-physics-bring-on-the-magic-fucking-alien-fairies kind of space. I'm sure it all played better back when everyone was downing the last few handfuls of LSD. Today it seems kind of embarrassing.

Kudos to "Avengers" scriptwriters, though, for keeping as much of the story as possible grounded. If the next movie keeps the same writing quality as Iron Man, Avengers and Captain America it might just survive the mean purple raspberry guy from Planet X.

There's a reason why you don't see the Shi'ar in the X-Men movies, even though their Majestrix is Xavier's lover in the current timeframe and he used their tech to rebuild the Danger Room and the Mansion after it got busted up.

They're legit, but nobody has the chops to build them into a movie and make them legit. It's not that the space stuff is wonky, you just have to tell the story in the right way. What works in the comics will always be tricky when converting it into cinema, but it's not impossible. I would love to see Charlize Theron as Lilandra instead of some throwaway model, but you have to ease into it.

 

[Disgustipated]

I've never been a comic book geek yet I see all the movies. It cracks me up when dorks like Sean and Zoomi get all riled up.

 

[IrezumiKiss]

I've never been a comic book geek yet I see all the movies. It cracks me up when dorks like Sean and Zoomi get all riled up.

Hey, I'm not gonna fake this funk. I grew up with comics and all that shit. I seen all the good and all the bad. So, when I see them being done right, I'ma support them. The Avengers was fun as fuck.

 

[Dixon Carter Lee]

I've never been a comic book geek yet I see all the movies. It cracks me up when dorks like Sean and Zoomi get all riled up.

There you go. The first fag comment. You win a protein bar and a phone call from Chuck Norris who will tell you that Bruce Lee was a pussy.

 

[Disgustipated]

Hey, I'm not gonna fake this funk. I grew up with comics and all that shit. I seen all the good and all the bad. So, when I see them being done right, I'ma support them. The Avengers was fun as fuck.

I'm all about the comic movies. My lady and I had lots-O-fun with the Avengers, ya big dork!

 

[Disgustipated]

There you go. The first fag comment. You win a protein bar and a phone call from Chuck Norris who will tell you that Bruce Lee was a pussy.

Thank you and you're welcome.

 

[islandman]

How come the Green Lantern wasn't in this movie?

Was he taking a nap off-planet?

 

[IrezumiKiss]

How come the Green Lantern wasn't in this movie?

Was he taking a nap off-planet?

He had to re-charge his ring, but couldn't find a USB adapter cord.

 

[islandman]

He had to re-charge his ring, but couldn't find a USB adapter cord.

He should get a powermat for it.

 

[Sean Renaud]

The Space stuff doesn't suck though. The modern urge to get rid of all the space stuff sucks. Venom is not made from Spiderman's killer instinct and it's not a cure for cancer either Ulitmate universe be damned. Pheonix is not Jean Grey just being retardedly powerful, it's an alien entity of immense power.

I don't think the Skrull have he same problem as the Chitani. The Chitani's problem is that if you didn't know who they were heading into the movie you didn't care heading out of the film. They could have replaced the Chitani and frankly Loki, with Smyth and the Spider Slayers and made pretty much the same movie. With the Skrull (or Mystique) you could do a whole movie tearing down the team or revealing that one of them was secretly a Skrull the entire time.

Thanos, for me, is just one of those villians who is simply too much. Like Galactus. Same with Darkseid. I can't see a live action Darkseid not being silly. I hope with the next movie we get something of a villians united. (also stomp on Disney's balls until they loan you Spiderman)

How come the Green Lantern wasn't in this movie?

Was he taking a nap off-planet?

Not sure if serious.

 

[RjThoughts]

My family and I are seeing the movie Saturday. I can NOT wait! I grew up reading Marvel in the Silver and Bronze ages, 1969 to 1979. I HOPE beyond hope they introduce some of the more interesting heroes in the next movie, more specifically Ant Man, Wasp, and Doctor Strange. Yes, I know Strange wasn't an Avenger, but at times, neither were Hawkeye and Hulk: They were Defenders.

 

[Sean Renaud]

I'm sure Strange was an Avenger. Everybody in Marvel has been an Avenger. Hell I was in New York during the Gamma Wars, distracted the Abomination and Absorbing man for precisely seven seconds. Got to meet, Fury back before they replaced him with the black Fury, and official membership in the Avengers. They don't call me for any of the good adventures but I occasionally get to help clear out civillians from a war zone. I'm also the guy who gets to explain to Wolverine why he wasn't invited to battle the Sinister Six or the Hellfire Club.

 

[pointless]

How come the Green Lantern wasn't in this movie?

Was he taking a nap off-planet?

fuck it. i'll take the bait: because he's in the justice league not the avengers. wrong fucking publisher.

 

[RjThoughts]

I'm sure Strange was an Avenger. Everybody in Marvel has been an Avenger. Hell I was in New York during the Gamma Wars, distracted the Abomination and Absorbing man for precisely seven seconds. Got to meet, Fury back before they replaced him with the black Fury, and official membership in the Avengers. They don't call me for any of the good adventures but I occasionally get to help clear out civillians from a war zone. I'm also the guy who gets to explain to Wolverine why he wasn't invited to battle the Sinister Six or the Hellfire Club.

I do wish the comic geeks WOULD bring this to the sceen:

http://bravenewworldscomics.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/avengers-defenders-war-hc.jpg

 

[pointless]

I'm sure Strange was an Avenger. Everybody in Marvel has been an Avenger. Hell I was in New York during the Gamma Wars, distracted the Abomination and Absorbing man for precisely seven seconds. Got to meet, Fury back before they replaced him with the black Fury, and official membership in the Avengers. They don't call me for any of the good adventures but I occasionally get to help clear out civillians from a war zone. I'm also the guy who gets to explain to Wolverine why he wasn't invited to battle the Sinister Six or the Hellfire Club.

everyone but squirrel girl.

 

[Dixon Carter Lee]

Here's why the space stuff blows ---

Once you create anything more powerful than Superman you've left human storytelling behind and entered power-fetishdom.

 

[islandman]

fuck it. i'll take the bait: because he's in the justice league not the avengers. wrong fucking publisher.

Spoilsport.