The Avengers Were the Avengers a formal team by the end of the movie? [Spoilers]

[PokeJ]

DarkRaven, what's up with all these weird posts?

 

[DJ Kornphlake]

Even though the movie didn't end with them all moving into a sorority house with each other and having pillow fights, yes, they are now a team. That was the entire buildup of the movie.

 

[Rock Sexton]

Even though the movie didn't end with them all moving into a sorority house with each other and having pillow fights, yes, they are now a team.

I raffalol'd ....

 

[Havok83]

They didnt seem like a formal team to me,. Seems more like they were merely on call for whenever something were to happen, but they wouldnt be sticking together and functioning as a unit

 

[Avenger]

They're not a team, they're a time b--err, a family! Yeah, that's it...

 

[Ultimatehero]

This is not the comics. This is the MCU. They are a team in their team up movies and operate on solo missions in their solo movies. The movie spells it out for you that they will return when needed, so always an "Avenger" whether they're together or not. They will not have to be re-scouted or analyzed for worthiness again.

Exactly they seem more like how SMALLVILLE handled the JLA which was cool and realistic. They're friends living at different parts of the world that keep in touch and impact each other while still living their own lives and sometimes reuniting. I think that concept is great, personally.

 

[Bren]

Don't see how the aggression against someone asking this question is justified. It all comes down to opinion, but the question itself I reckon is a good one to be discussed.

In my opinion, the film shows them as individual hero's who teamed up, and would team up again, but they are not a fully fledged team.

Rock, your example of the LA Lakers; no they don't have to live together to be a team, but practicing, having the same goals to achieve, defining their roles fully etc does. And at this point The Avengers characters are not a team yet.

I DO believe that there are obvious suggestions that they WILL be a team at some point. But in this film, no.

Again, my opinion. Argue it, fine - Don't get upset because it's not the same as yours...

 

[Gamingboy]

I get the feeling that they aren't quite an "official" team yet but they obviously know they are headed in that direction. Or, at least, Tony thinks so. Probably Cap too.

I mean, would anything less than a team eat Shawarma together?

 

[Bren]

True. In fact, we'll find out in flashbacks in their individual films that Shawarma's actually gave them their superpowers in the first place...

Thanos had a VERY good shawarma...

 

[zentype]

One thing we've learned these last 4 years is Marvel likes to take their time to do things right and not rush into things.

They don't have an official headquarters and they don't respond to "Avengers Assemble!" --yet. But we know that's coming.

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As we can clearly see at the end with Pepper and Tony designing the tower.

I'm glad Marvel is taking their time to build everything up. Just made the payoff (This movie) that much more sweet

 

[souNdwAve89]

I agree with Bren and zentype. Joss Whedon said so himself that they didn't make Captain America shout "Avengers assemble" because there wasn't a time and place that it felt right. Looking back, it was a good call. Sure, I would have gotten nerd goosebumps if Captain America shouted, "Avengers assemble" (maybe during the group circle shot) in the movie, but I believe it would be even better in the sequel when they join forces once again.

 

[Rock Sexton]

Rock, your example of the LA Lakers; no they don't have to live together to be a team, but practicing, having the same goals to achieve, defining their roles fully etc does. And at this point The Avengers characters are not a team yet.

I DO believe that there are obvious suggestions that they WILL be a team at some point. But in this film, no.

Again, my opinion. Argue it, fine - Don't get upset because it's not the same as yours...

I could never be upset about it so please, don't flatter yourself.

You're getting into some serious extremely campy territory now ..... training together? Are we going to get an 80's style montage complete with the comeback track "Eye of the Bilchsteim" from the band Survivor??? I think you have the wrong film if you're expecting that. Any kind of training or "team building" will be indirect like you saw with the Helicarrier sequence.

The whole point of the NYC battle was that they finally came together as a team and once again Fury attests that when Earth needs them they will return to fight together.

 

[Dark Raven]

I could never be upset about it so please, don't flatter yourself.

You're getting into some serious extremely campy territory now ..... training together? Are we going to get an 80's style montage complete with the comeback track "Eye of the Bilchsteim" from the band Survivor??? I think you have the wrong film if you're expecting that. Any kind of training or "team building" will be indirect like you saw with the Helicarrier sequence.

The whole point of the NYC battle was that they finally came together as a team and once again Fury attests that when Earth needs them they will return to fight together.

So in the X-Men movies, when they had the Danger Room sequence or in XM:FC when they were learning to use their powers, this was obviously an 80s-style montage?

 

[Rock Sexton]

So in the X-Men movies, when they had the Danger Room sequence or in XM:FC when they were learning to use their powers, this was obviously an 80s-style montage?

Exactly the kind of cheese I'm talking about.

The Avengers already know how to use their powers and they showed from that tracking shot in the film that they know how to combine them when needed.

 

[hafizbat]

I agree with Bren and zentype. Joss Whedon said so himself that they didn't make Captain America shout "Avengers assemble" because there wasn't a time and place that it felt right. Looking back, it was a good call. Sure, I would have gotten nerd goosebumps if Captain America shouted, "Avengers assemble" (maybe during the group circle shot) in the movie, but I believe it would be even better in the sequel when they join forces once again.

Oh, so that's why there was no "Avengers Assemble!" line from Cap. You have no idea how much I was looking forward to it and how disappointed I was when it never came. But at least Whedon explained why, and now I can look forward to it in Avengers 2

 

[BrollySupersj]

I don't think so, I feel if they were a team, they would all stay together. They're more like what Nick Fury called them, a "response team". When the **** gets really ******, they form back together. Till then, everyone does their own thing.

 

[Rock Sexton]

I don't think so, I feel if they were a team, they would all stay together. They're more like what Nick Fury called them a "response team". When the **** gets really ******, they form back together. Till then, everyone does their own thing.

They're a RESPONSE TEAM. Fury openly says that when he's talking to the World Security Council.

 

[Quasimod0]

They team up when the world needs them to team up. There isnt a world-threatening event every day ya know.

 

[Stringer]

Why would they be living together if they all have their own solo movies/events to deal with? This isn't the comics. You expect Iron Man 3 to open with everyone lounging around chatting and Stark jumps off a couch and says "uh oh, I got some things to take care of." and take off?

 

[cherokeesam]

Good god, I think over half of the people in this thread have never read an Avengers comic in their life.

Dark Raven was asking a simple and appropriate question: are the Avengers a formal group, like they are in the comics? And the answer is: so far, no.

In the comics, the Avengers are a full-fledged organization, with a central headquarters, an elected leader, bylaws, membership dues, a full-fledged UN Charter (which is online for your reading pleasure, should you choose to partake), the whole nine yards.

The Avengers in the MCU are, so far, just a group of heroes who banded together for a single mission then went back on their separate ways. I'm sure they'll formally organize in Avengers 2, and we'll start to see more signs of that, like an Avengers Mansion or Triskelion or some such.

But again, short answer to your question, Dark Raven: No. For now.

 

[Rock Sexton]

"It's the origin of a team." - Joss Whedon in Forbes Magazine

 

[Flemm]

You're missing the point, so clearly you're still in the dark. Of course they can function as a team. The question is whether they are a formal team or one who just band together in times of emergencies.

Well, no, I think they are not formally a team. But... I think that's largely the point. This movie kept it organic, and I expect the next one probably will, too.

We see them "Assemble" for the first time here, but it's not a battle cry yet. Same kind of thing.

Right now there is an "A" on Stark tower, by accident, but it's not Avengers tower yet, etc.

I'm not sure how they'll handle it, exactly, but we might not see them as a formal team until the end of the third movie, for example. There will probably be more strife first, maybe not in-fighting so much next time, but tension with the world council. Maybe with Shield.

 

[Rock Sexton]

Good god, I think over half of the people in this thread have never read an Avengers comic in their life.

Dark Raven was asking a simple and appropriate question: are the Avengers a formal group, like they are in the comics? And the answer is: so far, no.

In the comics, the Avengers are a full-fledged organization, with a central headquarters, an elected leader, bylaws, membership dues, a full-fledged UN Charter (which is online for your reading pleasure, should you choose to partake), the whole nine yards.

The Avengers in the MCU are, so far, just a group of heroes who banded together for a single mission then went back on their separate ways. I'm sure they'll formally organize in Avengers 2, and we'll start to see more signs of that, like an Avengers Mansion or Triskelion or some such.

But again, short answer to your question, Dark Raven: No. For now.

They're a team .... they're just not the one you guys are talking about in the comics. Again, they're Fury's "response team" as he states in the movie.

 

[Pink Ranger]

Oh, so that's why there was no "Avengers Assemble!" line from Cap. You have no idea how much I was looking forward to it and how disappointed I was when it never came. But at least Whedon explained why, and now I can look forward to it in Avengers 2

When the Avengers move into their new headquarters in the sequel, and they wind up with all this crappy Ikea furniture still in the boxes because Stark spent all his money on the building, then we'll hear Steve say, "Avengers, Assemble ... that jhurkeinflugen living room set."

 

[Mr. Immortal]

When the Avengers move into their new headquarters in the sequel, and they wind up with all this crappy Ikea furniture still in the boxes because Stark spent all his money on the building, then we'll hear Steve say, "Avengers, Assemble ... that jhurkeinflugen living room set."

That would be beyond hilarious!