| RE: The Avengers Gets A New, Longer Title |
its just an attempt at more publicity f course it's not. It isn't the first time a title has changed to accommodate a certain country, it happens all the time. I think this time it's a but silly, sure, but it's not a publicity stunt.
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Posted by Shifty Bench at 17:20 on 07 March 2012 | Report This Post |
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| publicity stunt to piss of fans? |
this is john steed is dead. long live the iron man. surely its just an attempt at more publicity
Edit - please check site rules on language. The use of that term as an insult is not permitted on Empire. More
Posted by neonasty at 15:59 on 07 March 2012 | Report This Post |
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| Seems A Bit Odd... |
When there's no copyright on titles. Mind you, that's not what George Lucas' lawyers said when a script I wrote called "The Star Wars" earned me a cease and desist order. Still, can't wait to see these posters inevitably defaced on bus stops to read "Avengers Ass Rumble," "Avengers Assh*les" and the like. Has anyone got a Sharpie...? More
Posted by chris kilby at 18:58 on 01 March 2012 | Report This Post |
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Pretty naff title in all fairness though. More
Posted by DLSandall at 23:17 on 29 February 2012 | Report This Post |
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Maybe with adding "Assemble" to the title, they're already lining up sequels More
Posted by DLSandall at 23:16 on 29 February 2012 | Report This Post |
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| RE: ZachBobBob |
I can't even work up the energy to say much about this, but I just wanted to state for the record that I find the marketing for this movie to be cheap looking and dull. I have a feeling this might well bomb, or at least severely underperform. This whole project feels so soulless and corporate, and even on this poster, the scale of destruction gives the distinct impression that we're seeing the maximum number of explosions the penny pinchers at Marvel were willing to pay for. It's not even inter More
Posted by King of Kafiristan at 17:41 on 29 February 2012 | Report This Post |
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| ZachBobBob |
I think that sounds absolutely freakin stupid. The Avengers has so much more punch to it. More
Posted by ZachBobBob at 16:55 on 29 February 2012 | Report This Post |
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| RE: Curioser and curioser... |
Is this aimed at the same people who think a Hollywood superhero movie stars a red bouffanted loudmouthed former radio DJ? More
Posted by akivo at 14:12 on 29 February 2012 | Report This Post |
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| RE: Curioser and curioser... |
Is this aimed at the same people who think a Hollywood superhero movie stars a red bouffanted former loudmouthed DJ? More
Posted by akivo at 14:10 on 29 February 2012 | Report This Post |
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| RE: Curioser and curioser... |
Amazing just because people might mistake it for the TV series? What are we Americans!ough it could also be to coinside with new Comic with the same name which is being released?just saying More
Posted by Wild about Wilder at 13:31 on 29 February 2012 | Report This Post |
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| RE: Curioser and curioser... |
Slightly mis-linked that...
http://www.impawards.com/2012/avengers_ver14.html
There ya go! More
Posted by foolishearthling at 13:25 on 29 February 2012 | Report This Post |
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| Curioser and curioser... |
According to IMP Awards (who trawl the net for new movie posters) this artwork has cropped up on an official poster release, but the title remains The Avengers...
http://www.impawards.com/2012/avengers_v er14.html More
Posted by foolishearthling at 13:23 on 29 February 2012 | Report This Post |
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| RE: no way |
L: bogman2099
i hate marketing guys they are so up there on arse.adults kids are very familiar with the avengers and all theyre characters any one who has picked up acomic or went to cinema every summer for the last three years,we have alot to thank rdj for but the poster looks all over the place with no focus or composition i just hope this movie dosnt become an iron man affair the x men movie learnt that the hard way by centring the plot around wolverine,no one remeber the avengers tv sh More
Posted by waltham1979 at 13:17 on 29 February 2012 | Report This Post |
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Fucks sake! Do they really think people are that dumb that they cant distinguish between one of the most eagerly awaited Superhero films in years or some 60's spy show?
Bet they will be calling TDKR Batman: The Dark Knight Rises next.
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Posted by Cool Breeze at 12:40 on 29 February 2012 | Report This Post |
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This is the dumbest thing since they had to put 'Batman' infront of The Dark Knight. More
Posted by Makaveli2012 at 01:14 on 29 February 2012 | Report This Post |
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| Did anyone else notice... |
How abnormally big The Hulk is in that poster? More
Posted by AlmightyFace at 00:03 on 29 February 2012 | Report This Post |
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| Did anyone else notice... |
How abnormally big The Hulk is in that poster? More
Posted by AlmightyFace at 00:03 on 29 February 2012 | Report This Post |
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| change it |
This is ridicules we all know it has nothing to do with that old TV show/bad film so change it back More
Posted by Rob Chappell at 23:09 on 28 February 2012 | Report This Post |
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L: bamamike
Would not "Avengers Assemble" be a better title for the inevitable sequel? Maybe not but really, who cares? It's not such a bad title for either.
t would be a better title for the third film, if they call the second "Avengers Pop to Ikea". Licence to print money. More
Posted by Fuzzbap at 22:33 on 28 February 2012 | Report This Post |
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I hope the people who chose the title change realise that myself and many other immature people are now going to terrify poor cinema clerks by screaming "AVENGERS ASSEMBLE!" when we buy tickets. Because you can't just say that title. It doesn't work. More
Posted by deathbat6661 at 21:55 on 28 February 2012 | Report This Post |
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| RE: no way |
Had to google it, but TV The Avengers began in 1961, comic The Avengers, 1963. Would be odd for anything to be about copyright after nearly 50 years of co-existence, and claiming copyright on a title is pretty hard to back up anyway, unless it's a very specific phrase or completely made up word(s) that the person being sued is being accused of trying to associate their stuff with. The and Avengers are not individually unique words, and there are other books that also have the title The Avengers More
Posted by jobloffski at 21:12 on 28 February 2012 | Report This Post |
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Well that's just silly, and I'm not going to call it that. More
Posted by Whistler at 21:08 on 28 February 2012 | Report This Post |
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Would not "Avengers Assemble" be a better title for the inevitable sequel? Maybe not but really, who cares? It's not such a bad title for either. More
Posted by bamamike at 20:57 on 28 February 2012 | Report This Post |
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| no way |
i hate marketing guys they are so up there on arse.adults kids are very familiar with the avengers and all theyre characters any one who has picked up acomic or went to cinema every summer for the last three years,we have alot to thank rdj for but the poster looks all over the place with no focus or composition i just hope this movie dosnt become an iron man affair the x men movie learnt that the hard way by centring the plot around wolverine,no one remeber the avengers tv show not the 15 to 24 More
Posted by bogman2099 at 20:18 on 28 February 2012 | Report This Post |
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| no way |
i hate marketing guys they are so up there on arse.adults kids are very familiar with the avengers and all theyre characters any one who has picked up acomic or went to cinema every summer for the last three years,we have alot to thank rdj for but the poster looks all over the place with no focus or composition i just hope this movie dosnt become an iron man affair the x men movie learnt that the hard way by centring the plot around wolverine,no one remeber the avengers tv show not the 15 to 24 More
Posted by bogman2099 at 20:17 on 28 February 2012 | Report This Post |
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Awful poster, insulting title. More
Posted by sephiroth7 at 19:45 on 28 February 2012 | Report This Post |
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L: Biggus
Fake as.
rong as. More
Posted by Histeria at 19:42 on 28 February 2012 | Report This Post |
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| RE: Photoshop Mastery cont.... |
You think it may have been a copyright issue? The owners of the British (60's) Avengers trying to cash in on this? More
Posted by Spaldron at 19:41 on 28 February 2012 | Report This Post |
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| RE: Photoshop Mastery cont.... |
Bit shite of Marvel not to just promote the film as The Avengers and let anybody asking friends if it's the Brit one be told, no, it's the comic book team up film with "FUCKING IRON MAN ON THE POSTER ON EVERY OTHER BUS STOP IN THE COUNTRY"
Or sum shit like dat.
Use the potential confusion to promotional advantage, a quick google reveals these avengers had the name first. You've got your Avengers, these are ours...
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Posted by jobloffski at 19:31 on 28 February 2012 | Report This Post |
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Who freed the X-Men: First Class poster designers from the depths of photoshop hell to make this? Horrible, horrible, horrible, horrible... Also, the new title kills all of the cool factor that this film may have had. More
Posted by murder_minty at 19:28 on 28 February 2012 | Report This Post |
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| The Genuine Article |
jefmac69, I'm afraid that you're wrong. That's the new HULK. It's styled to look like Mark Ruffalo. It looks nothing like the 15ft HULK from Ang Lee's movie. It's not even the same shade of green.
If you look at the top of Helen O'Hara's article it states very clearly that the source of this news article is DISNEY. As MARVEL STUDIOS is part of THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY we can safely assume that this news is 100% genuine. More
Posted by Carpentersson75 at 19:27 on 28 February 2012 | Report This Post |
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| RE: Photoshop Mastery cont.... |
@jefmac69 Seems legit to me. Lots of other news sites have the "US" version, still called "The Avengers". Other than that it's the same poster.
For example:
insidemovies.ew.com/2012/02/28/avengers-poster-new-york /?iid=rcfooter-movies-%27avengers%27%3A+cast%27s+charac ter+insightsnd by the way, the face on the Hulk looks nothing like the Ang Lee Hulk. More
Posted by Fuzzbap at 18:51 on 28 February 2012 | Report This Post |
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Fake as. More
Posted by Biggus at 18:50 on 28 February 2012 | Report This Post |
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Fake as. More
Posted by Biggus at 18:50 on 28 February 2012 | Report This Post |
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| Photoshop Mastery cont.... |
Scrap that, I've changed my mind. This poster is merely a composite of all the original film's posters.
The Thor suit is wrong, The Iron Man suit is wrong, The Hulk picture is from the Ang Lee version, and all the others seem to have come from other posters.
Bad job Empire, if you're gonna fake a movie poster, do it properly More
Posted by jefmac69 at 18:06 on 28 February 2012 | Report This Post |
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| Photoshop Mastery |
This kind of looks like a joke to me - however genuine it actually is - as this can truly be described as one of the most badly designed movie posters in history!
Photoshop mastery is aint. If you look (not very) carefully, you can see that every character is looking in a completely random direction, and know hulk is a lot bigger than everyone else but does it not seem that his proportions look daft?
As for the title? Doubt it's true. So ridiculous it's laughable!
Ominous signs for th More
Posted by jefmac69 at 18:00 on 28 February 2012 | Report This Post |
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The text under the poster calls it "Marvel's The Avengers" More
Posted by RobotDevil at 17:39 on 28 February 2012 | Report This Post |
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| Swedish title also changed |
Avengers Self Assembly More
Posted by UnkleRupert at 17:38 on 28 February 2012 | Report This Post |
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If it's called "Avengers Assemble", why does it still say "Marvel's The Avengers" in the credit block? I'd assumed that was a legal dodge for just calling it "The Avengers", which presumably whoever made the '90s film still has some rights to as a title. More
Posted by badblokebob at 17:37 on 28 February 2012 | Report This Post |
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