Avengers, Assembled, Kind of
This weekend was the New York Toy Fair, and as per usual, there was a great deal of awesome shit. So while I sort through everything, please enjoy this fun fan-made Avengers trailer. You know, I know Jon Favreau was reportedly pissed about all the other Marvel cameos and nods he had to force into Iron Man 2, but Marvel’s not dumb — that shit is like crack for nerds, the stuff that keeps us coming back, again and again. Seeing so many of them laid out in one video… well, fan-trailer or not, I’m pretty goddamn excited for Avengers. (Via Gorilla Mask)
About The Author
Robert Bricken is one of the original co-founders of the site formerly known as Topless Robot, and its first editor-in-chief, serving from 2008-12. He brought the site to prominence with “nerd news, humor and self-loathing” as its motto, raising it from total internet obscurity to a readership in the millions, with help from his savage “FAQ” movie reviews and Fan Fiction Fridays. Under his tenure Topless Robot was covered by Gawker, Wired, Defamer, New York magazine, ABC News, and others, and his articles have been praised by Roger Ebert, Avengers actor Clark Gregg, comedian and The Daily Show correspondent John Hodgman, the stars of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Rifftrax, and others. He is currently the managing editor of io9.com. Despite decades as both an amateur and professional nerd, he continues to be completely unprepared for either the zombie apocalypse or the robot uprising.