Seems like a connection could be made with the Secret Warriors comics. If the big ship-thing is really "Leviathan", than the obvious connection is the Leviathan group Nick Fury is up against (which would tie-in nicely with Hydra in Captain America since they are splinters of the same group). Plus, those creatures look alot like the Leviathan supersoldiers created in the tanks using Brood and alien tech.
Have not seen the episode yet but the mental image of the Hulk using the Thing as a club is very enjoyable
At first, I was worried about Mark Ruffalo as Hulk. But, if he appears to be as badass as the footage in this trailer, I could care less about his acting.
In The Ultimates, the Chitauri were only seen disguised as humans, except for one time when we got a glimpse of one and it looked basically like a Skrull. These might just be brand new creations, which is a little disappointing.
I can't tell which is bigger: my Nerd Boner for this movie or my Lady Boner for Chris Hemsworth.
Anyone else thinking that the "aliens" are actually denizens of Nifelheim? I mean they do look kind undeadish. Undeadian. Undead-like. Whatever. Maybe when Loki fell he found his way to Nifelheim. Maybe there's some kind of Nifelheim Queen or something that is an analogue for Angrboða or Hel. The first would make better sense given that we haven't been shown that Hel has even been born yet. It would support the giant mechanical world serpent, instead of an offspring it can be a weapon. Maybe Fenrir will be handled similarly.
they nailed Doom perfectly, you really get the feeling that he is a galactic level threat on his own, taking down the Avengers effortlessly was inspired as well as how the two teams interacted, i love this version of the Hulk, and the bits between him and The Thing were awesome TV. But wow i have to say Dr. Doom just stole that episode.
I'm still not sure if Loki's army is even organic. Did that one that Hulk beat on the side if the building have a laser arm or something?
And yes, the cartoon was great yesterday. But I hope they resolve the "Secret Invasion" thing before the season's over. It's a little hard to enjoy Cap in action knowing that he's been switched out for a Skrull.
It's The Dísir which were the Valkyries of Bor (Thor's Grandfather). And were exiled by Bor to the space between realms, which is where Loki fell in the Thor movie.
Valkyries = Female. Disir = Female. They're not an army and do you really think the baddies in the movie would be a bunch of dead women?...
I think that might be it or at least some of them cause they sure don't look like Korbonites(which wouldn't make a lick of sense to use anyway) or Badoon
DISIR! totally spelled it wrong but, these guys seem to be the closest thing I've seen that resembles them. Apparently in the comics Loki is involved with them too.
Furious Fanboys speculated that the aliens are the little used Marvel race The Badoons. Looking at this more modern depiction (one of the left) seen at the marvel website it could be them.
I'm still thinking it might be the aliens from breakworld because as far as I know Joss Whedon had a direct hand in creating them. That would give him the most freedom. Along with that, there's also the possibility that their story might mimic their appearance in the comics where they sent Ord to earth to stop a mutant from destroying their planet. It'll probably be adjusted to fit the avengers movie, where Loki somehow tricks them to invade earth in self defense?
"Marvel released a new Avengers TV spot on Friday, meaning I'm sure you've seen it already..."
Of course I haven't seen it! You just said it was a TV spot. Between Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Video, iTunes, Tivo, independently produced video podcasts, the Zune marketplace, and if all else fails, bit torrent, I can't even say when I last sat down to watch actual broadcast TV. In fact, if you wanted to make sure I DON'T see a commercial, television is a good place to hide it.
I fast forwarded through a good bit of that episode of A:EMH since it was basically a "join" in that it connected a couple of dots to bring us closer to the actual story and did so with a big boring tensionless fight scene... so we take a whole episode to introduce Doctor Doom (dot one) and reveal another Skrull (dot two). Not bad, not great.
This mental image has caused me to finally cave and add Avengers: Earth's Mighiest Heroes to my Lovefilm list. It better be as good as you describe, or there shall be trouble.
found the hulk using the thing as a club to take down the doom boot hilerious . including when the thing yells at the hulk to get mad and then becomes the club as for Lokies army fans will just have to wait till the movie and some one metions their name. though can also now see a fff that contains the hulk using some one as a club
Really, the best part about Doom in that episode?
It's not that he just hands the Avengers and Fantastic Four their collective asses when they attack him in his base.
It's that he hands them their asses, then calmly walks up to his throne, sits down, and politely (though angrily) tells them to leave.
Well, it's either that, or the fact that he is completely unresponsive to Wasp's taunts until he finally tells her to shove it because he's not even listening.
Indeed, I loved Doom in that episode. That is Doom the way he is supposed to be written, One step ahead of the heroes.Most cartoon's always screw him up and have him as a one off villain that's cheesy, but Doom at his best is supposed to be like that. Scary.I love the only real person to even really hit him was the Hulk, who he touched and blew out of his castle, then calmly pulled his hood back up.And was he using magic for some of his attacks? It awfully looked like it (which would be awesome, since so many writers forget he's probably the 2nd most powerful magic user on the planet).
I agree. This is 100% accurate Dr. Doom.
True story, my wife is pregnant and if it's a boy we will name him Victor.
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I just thought about how Whedon might handle the other Avengers trying to antagonize Bruce into Hulking out and I got really happy, even if that scene doesn't actually exist.
That scene does exist in one of the German released trailers. It shows Stark prodding Banner with what looks like a tiny cattle prod, just to see what happens.
No they look like Beta Ray Bill. That was after he was cybernetically enhanced to be his race's protector. Korbinites look like orange skinned bald humanoids with no noses.
Didn't think of them. While I'm not sure it is them, it would give them a chance to do a Beta Ray Bill cameo.
cuming at the thought of one character using another as a sexual-aid/weapon? Rob - that's just how FFF are spawned!
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