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[craigdbfan]

Yeah most of his energy would be totally depleted.

 

[Khemik@L]

Cool. Just so you guys know it wasn't a complaint or nitpick just opening the discussion

 

[Poni_Boy]

I did, after seeing that incredibly Stark-centric Japanese poster where they might as well have just featured Tony's giant head alone & skipped the tiny profile shots of Cap, Thor & Hulk. If anything's ever wreaked of "Iron Man & his Amazing Friends" its that horrific Japanese poster.

Robert Downey Jr is the most popular star in the movie. Iron Man is the most established and marketable character. RDJ has been a bigger star in Asia than in the US for decades. The marketing team is charge of getting asses in seats, NOT the plot and characterization of the film itself. It's been confirmed ad nauseum that Iron Man is not the central character in the film. Can we let this rest now? It's getting uber repetitive and unnecessary.

 

[Dark Raven]

Where is this Japanese poster of Iron Man and his Amazing Friends? Can someone post it here?

 

[Chewy]

Where is this Japanese poster of Iron Man and his Amazing Friends? Can someone post it here?

Funny thing for those complaining about that poster: RDJ is credited fourth on it

"Iron Man and his Amazing Friends" indeed

 

[Poni_Boy]

Where is this Japanese poster of Iron Man and his Amazing Friends? Can someone post it here?

Spoiler

 

[The Caped Knight]

Where is this Japanese poster of Iron Man and his Amazing Friends? Can someone post it here?

 

[Endeavor]

Anyone else still think this thing looks like it was made for television?

LOL, what?! That's ridiculous.

 

[Dark Raven]

It definitely looks like it was made for television. A big, massive IMAX-sized 3D television in hundreds of theatres.

 

[craigdbfan]

Yeah television for the year 2150.

 

[Poni_Boy]

Anyone else still think this thing looks like it was made for television?

It definitely looks like it was made for television. A big, massive IMAX-sized 3D television in hundreds of theatres.

LOL this makes me think of what Kevin Smith said the other day. He has a 100+ inch LED TV and premiere sound system at home and said he can't wait to watch Avengers on it. Was never envious of the man until he said that.

 

[sgaana]

I did, after seeing that incredibly Stark-centric Japanese poster where they might as well have just featured Tony's giant head alone & skipped the tiny profile shots of Cap, Thor & Hulk. If anything's ever wreaked of "Iron Man & his Amazing Friends" its that horrific Japanese poster.

Of course that's the angle for a JAPANESE poster.

Iron Man is enormously popular in Japan. (Which, after all, has a long history of heroes putting on mechanized armor suits.) Just like the Japanese trailer shows the clip of the Helicarrier rising from the sea... like, oh, I don't know, the hugely popular and iconic Space Battleship Yamato. They WANT the Japanese audience to make those connections, because that is what the Japanese audience has demonstrated it likes and will pay to see.

Why is "targeted marketing" such an odd concept?


Finally: hate to be "that guy" but...

"wreak" is a verb that means "to cause" (or more specifically "to inflict"; it always has a negative connotation). It's almost never used these days except in the construction "to wreak havoc".

"reek" is a verb that means "to smell badly".

(Misused homonyms bug me. So sue me.)

 

[DyeLorean]

Great trailer, but I've seen too much already. 42 days for me, I'll be out from this forums until that day. ¡Adiós!

 

[Endeavor]

(Misused homonyms bug me. So sue me.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dnb1aRb_p80

 

[Mysteryman]

Anybody know which character we see first in the film? .
Who would you like it to be ?

 

[Dark Raven]

In the pictures in the foreground, if everyone is in their civilian garb, Fury shouldn't be wearing an eye patch. He just puts it on for battle so that he can see better.

 

[wobbly]

Anybody know which character we see first in the film? .
Who would you like it to be ?

Likely it will be either Fury or Cap.

 

[Kirmit]

I posed this question in the trailer thread but does anyone have a hunch why Hulk wasn't in the Japanese trailer much and I'm just noticing he's blacked out on the Japanese poster, do Marvel think the Japanese will have a problem with Hulk?

 

[The Caped Knight]

Anybody know which character we see first in the film? .
Who would you like it to be ?

Captain America

Spoiler

 

[Iron_Stark]

Robert Downey Jr is the most popular star in the movie. Iron Man is the most established and marketable character. RDJ has been a bigger star in Asia than in the US for decades. The marketing team is charge of getting asses in seats, NOT the plot and characterization of the film itself. It's been confirmed ad nauseum that Iron Man is not the central character in the film. Can we let this rest now? It's getting uber repetitive and unnecessary.

Of course that's the angle for a JAPANESE poster.

Iron Man is enormously popular in Japan. (Which, after all, has a long history of heroes putting on mechanized armor suits.) Just like the Japanese trailer shows the clip of the Helicarrier rising from the sea... like, oh, I don't know, the hugely popular and iconic Space Battleship Yamato. They WANT the Japanese audience to make those connections, because that is what the Japanese audience has demonstrated it likes and will pay to see.

Why is "targeted marketing" such an odd concept?


Finally: hate to be "that guy" but...

"wreak" is a verb that means "to cause" (or more specifically "to inflict"; it always has a negative connotation). It's almost never used these days except in the construction "to wreak havoc".

"reek" is a verb that means "to smell badly".

(Misused homonyms bug me. So sue me.)

Thank you, that guy is seriously getting annoying with his repetitive whining and moaning.

edit.

Let me add that it's been said that Hogun was the central figure in Thor's Japanese trailer and Storm Shadow was the central marketing figure for the G.I. Joe movie in '09 for the Asian audience.

Like Poni_Boy said, it's about getting asses in seats.

 

[jaqua99]

Well,
Thor wont know Cap Ironman And The Hulk for much longer than two days either .
Is it any more reasonable to expect the camraderie between these three heroes to form so quickly in the same realtively short period of time that Thor's romance blossomed ?

Point is, is that, yeah, he may not know the Avengers, but thats part of the main plot, its the main reason for the movie. Jane on the other hand, was not really the MAIN plot/story in Thor, she was a side story. That movie was about Thor learning humility and how to be a better individual, and what it means to be an a true Asgardian. The Avengers is about this team, so I think its safe to say, you can't really compare Thor's relationship with his fellow avengers to his relationship with Jane, one is the pain part of the film's story, the other, is not.



Catch my drift dude?

 

[Nova2113]

Add to that to conserve power.

I think they are on the way back from Germany after capturing Loki.... Right before Thor attacks the quinjet to save Loki

 

[Dark Raven]

Thank you, that guy is seriously getting annoying with his repetitive whining and moaning.

edit.

Let me add that it's been said that Hogun was the central figure in Thor's Japanese trailer and Storm Shadow was the central marketing figure for the G.I. Joe movie in '09 for the Asian audience.

Like Poni_Boy said, it's about getting asses in seats.

Who is Hogun?

 

[Endeavor]

Who is Hogun?

The guy who couldn't deliver his lines in the Thor movie.

 

[Iron_Stark]

Who is Hogun?

Hogun the Grim, he's part of the Warrior's Three. Asian dude with the mace.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hogun