I'm predisposed to be irrationally excited for "The Avengers" because of what it represents: The idea of comic-style shared-universe "continuity" - the type that blurs through arbitrary genre lines by suggesting that "real" characters and "fantasy" characters exist side-by-side - become part of "movie language" is one of the wish-dreams of the Geek Age. If this works, everything changes.
That the film actually looks really good - with actors who came to play and a sharp script already evident - is quite a relief, though...
First teaser is a little Iron Man heavy, but that's not surprising since his main selling point - he's "the funny one" - doesn't require any finished FX. It's hard to get a good read on the big picture of it; since it's obviously unfinished footage (no color-correction, people shooting guns at empty space, cars being blown up by nothing) but so far I'm encouraged.
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