(Super mega huge version over at Durden, video after the jump)
Here are some pictures and video from Saturday’s Marvel panel that I waited three hours in vain for. Marvel chief Kevin Feige asked the crowd if they wouldn’t mind waiting another five minutes or so (very funny, motherf*cker) for a special treat, and then he invited Sam Jackson to the stage and had him introduce all The Avengers, including Robert Downey Jr. (Tony Stark/Iron Man), Clark Gregg (Agent Phil Coulson), Scarlett Johansson (Black Widow), Chris Hemsworth (Thor), Chris Evans (Captain America), Samuel L. Jackson (Nick Fury), Jeremy Renner (Hawkeye), Mark Ruffalo (Bruce Banner), and director Joss Whedon (the Great Foreheadulo). No matter what Sam Jackson says, I’m always waiting on pins and needles to hear him shout “MOTHERF*CKER!” Anyway, then America’s sweetheart, Snuggles Downey Jr. took the stage, leading off with an ever-so-timely joke:
Don’t anybody stab anybody anywhere until I’m done talking.
WAKKA WAKKA (*pen to the eye*). Once he’s warmed up the dorks through the magic of chuckles, he says he was watching Inception the other day and thinking what an ambitious movie that was. But then he realized The Avengers is just as ambitious. Which is kind of true, if you squint (I would argue it’s automatically more ambitious to make a project from scratch than to create something for an existing market, but that’s for another discussion).
I’m cautiously optimistic about all the casting choices they’ve made so far. I don’t know Joss Whedon’s work too well, but he seems like he cares a lot, which is probably the most important thing. But if I was a betting man, I’d say we’re probably going to get another two-hour medley of trailers for future movies a lá Iron Man 2 (it wasn’t terrible, but come on) rather than an actual good movie in its own right. Meanwhile, I was thinking DC’s Green Lantern panel seemed pretty lame by comparison, but then I saw Blake Lively and just sorta zoned out for a while trying to imagine what her skin smells like. My guess is unicorn fur and angel’s breath with just a hint of pancake batter.
[video via Examiner]
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Morbidly obese guy in a Punisher shirt, red Chucks, and Klingon-faux-ridged forehead dismissively wanking between the Anime fleshlight stand and the Luke Walton look-alike contest.
Ill be missively wanking at the Luke Walton fleshlight stand
Also, very little has been written on the victim of the eye stabbing. One thing IS for sure, though: the victim wasn’t a Twilight fan. Why? Nobody was carrying the guy in the Harry Potter shirt on their shoulders whilst he did Jello shots of Romulan Ale off of pale redhead Slave Leia to the sound of cheers and electronically simulated blaster fire.
Or ill be wanking at the Luke Walton fleshlight look a like contest which makes ME stand *uncorks boner with wine bottle opener, sprays crowd with blood and semen*
I see more pecs than tits which means this movie is going to suck llama schlong.
That is hands down the best photoshop of VV to date.
Holy shit, you’re right YHWH. I didn’t even see him until you prompted me to look.
At the same time that this was going on, that dude who created Pushing Daisies was assembling the most ambitious club sandwich ever.
I would have went with Scott Ruffalo. What’s that? He’s what? Whoops…
Given the general intelligence and literacy levels of the average Faygo drinkin’ ninja, there’s going to be some violent outrage when they see that The Hulk isn’t wearing clown makeup.
I was about to complain about Scarlett Johansson’s lack of skin until I realized that maximum security prison clothing rules for women visitors probably also apply to Comic Con
[slides up on rollerblades wearing a spiked leather g-string and carrying a poodle dyed pink and lime green]
“…he says he was watching Inception the other day and thinking what an ambitious movie that was. But then he realized The Avengers is just as ambitious.”
Fuck, Jr is clearly on the horse again. Quick somebody call Celebrity Intervention.
This header photo (or whatever you blog types call it) should be in an art gallery. I didn’t see the seductively subtle Vince Vaughn Eating a Banana element on the first viewing. Oh my. How provocative.
The question Comic-Con is afraid to answer is this: Which comic book character would you cast Tim Allen as?
So you’re saying Hollywood is attempting to make a movie based on a comic book? It’ll never work, I tell you!!!… (*sighs – stabs self in eye with fountain pen*)
I was so captivated by the fantastic Vince Vaughn work that it took a minute to notice Big Val there.
Vince, you need to go over to ThePirateBay.org and download The Ultimates 1 and 2. Your excitement for this film and its casting will quadruple. Really excellent writing, an updated Avengers. That’s where they are getting most of their story ideas from for this and the Spidey reboot. Hell, that’s exactly why Samuel L. Jackson is even involved is because of the Ultimate Marvel titles.