Locked AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR v.1 (New Set Photos)

[MaveDeltzer]

Hooray!!! Getting rid of the superfluous Part 1 & Part 2 titles for something that has nothing to do with Infinity War (as DL posted my thoughts from months ago above), at least I hope it has nothing to do with this.

With this uplifting news I'm gonna finish my 'Infinity character credits' idea once I get back from Star Treking Beyond the Darkness we went Into.

 

[scorpipede]

I read that this will still be split but the second movie will be titled something other than Part 2.

 

[scorpipede]

Yeah, IW works as a two parter among only the hardcore comic nerds. The entire rest of the MCU consumer base (roughly 95%) has no idea what's involved in IW and whether or not it should be a two parter.

All any average Joe knows is that they hate two parters because they usually suck.

that's been remedied since Miss Congeniality 2 came out bruh.

 

[scorpipede]

Hooray!!! Getting rid of the superfluous Part 1 & Part 2 titles for something that has nothing to do with Infinity War (as DL posted my thoughts from months ago above), at least I hope it has nothing to do with this.

they don't have time to intoduce the clones methinks.

 

[PRIDEWASBETTER]

I trust whatever decision they make.

@Dragonlordxxxxx good points in your editorial. They're going to be two movies anyway, why not go ahead and formally announce it?

 

[MMouse]

So thanos's continuing story will be in another marvel movie with another super hero headlining the movie?

Kinda like how every marvel movie somehow ties in together?

 

[CutStryker]

Wondering how long the run time will be now with just the one part?

 

[PRIDEWASBETTER]

Wondering how long the run time will be now with just the one part?

It'll be your standard 2-2.5 hours, but the intent, according to the Russo brothers, was to have 2 different movies anyway.

 

[MikeMcMann]

What does squirrel girl do? I've always heard that she's the one of the most powerful marvel characters, but I'm not sure if that's just Marvel kidding around or if she really is super powerful.

ITs a ridiculous child like premise and reset.

What do you do once you reach ultimate power in a character like Thanos? What do you do once John McClane can single handedly beat 1000 terrorists while eating hundreds of bullets himself?

You can no longer scale up and provide anything of meaning to the fans so you reset. You create a stupid character like squirrel girl who has no obvious powers to speak of that would make sense that she could fight someone like Thanos (but how can you write anyone who makes sense to beat Thanos?) and you let her beat him easily in the most preposterous of ways. It makes no sense because it does not have to. The entire premise is ridiculous to begin with.

 

[MikeMcMann]

I've always referred to The One Above All as just that, or "TOAA". That's generally his title and generally how I've seen most people refer to him. One Above All or One-Above-All is generally how I've seen and how I refer to the celestial. But whatever. No big deal.



Yes, but at the time he embodies the universe he comes to realize that he's unworthy of such power and that it's basically just not gonna work out with Death. Nebula slipping in and taking the IG off his void body was just the end result.

Not really sure how they're going to portray it one way or the other. Either they make it ridiculously under powered or they make it legit. It's gonna really feel like a shortchange if they've hyped this whole thing up for so long and it climaxes with an under powered IG. My hope is they do it right but I'm not expecting much.

Yeah, I think most characters in the MCU are vastly under powered. It's retarded. Thor especially seems to have gotten it the worst.

Its not retarded. It's smart.

In comic books Superman and Wonder Woman did not start out near god like. They built up to it over decades as fans wanted more.

You do not start with ultimate Thor matching up against Thanos because where do you go?

I know comic book nerds (of which I am one) want that continuum but it would it be dumb to give us that.

Characters like John McCain became ridiculously over powered for normal humans to the point where they could not realistically take it any further for fans, and thus the transition to super humans. All of a sudden we had the correct logic for hero's going beyond McCain. They were super human. And super human movies picked up where hero movies could no longer go.

You need an under powered Thor, etc to grow into the their powers over many movies (even if it pisses off comic nerds) so they are not starting with Thanos and right on to Squirrel girl which only the nerdiest of nerds would want.

 

[DIABOLUS]

I think this is a smart move.

Kill Bill
The Hunger Games
Divergent
Twilight
Harry Potter

Shit needs to stop.

 

[brokenjaw]

So they will cram two 2h/2,5h movies into a single movie? Gee what could possiblly go wrong.

 

[Adamant]

Its not retarded. It's smart.

In comic books Superman and Wonder Woman did not start out near god like. They built up to it over decades as fans wanted more.

You do not start with ultimate Thor matching up against Thanos because where do you go?

I know comic book nerds (of which I am one) want that continuum but it would it be dumb to give us that.

Characters like John McCain became ridiculously over powered for normal humans to the point where they could not realistically take it any further for fans, and thus the transition to super humans. All of a sudden we had the correct logic for hero's going beyond McCain. They were super human. And super human movies picked up where hero movies could no longer go.

You need an under powered Thor, etc to grow into the their powers over many movies (even if it pisses off comic nerds) so they are not starting with Thanos and right on to Squirrel girl which only the nerdiest of nerds would want.

I can agree with building them up to their peak, but I think at this point we're well beyond the point of building them up. IMO Thor should have been peaked in Avengers 1. But going on Avengers 3, several years later, and he's still basically in the same boat he was in Thor 1. It's dumb. Is it too much to want the characters we see on the page in the movies? Not everything needs to be reined in all the time. Comic book movies are already so far out there, I don't see the harm in eventually representing heros (or artifacts) at their proper power levels on the screen.

 

[MaveDeltzer]

Part 3 of 4 of my Avengers credit art layout (Pt 2 on pg 7)

Spider-Man: Todd McFarlene, David Marquez, Sara Pichelli, Mark Bagley & Olivier Coipel
Top Center Pick: David Marquez

Black Panther: Mike Deodato Jr, Michael Turner, Stefano Caselli, Steve Epting & Brandon Peterson
Top Center Pick: Steve Epting

Captain Marvel: Mike Deodato Jr, Frank Cho, Leinil Yu, Sana Takeda & Terry Dodson
Top Center Pick: Mike Deodato Jr

Daredevil: Frank Miller, Gabrielle Dell'alto, Alex Maleev, David Mazzucchelli & Brandon Peterson
Top Center Pick: Alex Maleev

L Cage & J Jones: Stuart Immonen, Mike Deodato Jr, Gabrielle Dell'alto, Michael Gaydos & Mark Bagley
Top Center Pick: Stuart Immonen

 

[A Pennysworth]

First movie will be Thanos wrecking the Universe. And The Avengers not being able to do anything about it. Probably with someone or many dying 2nd movie will be the Avengers regrouping and overcoming odds. Think Empire Strikes Back to Return of the Jedi.

 

[Adamant]

Update: July 29, 2016

AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR Will Now Be a Standalone Film, Won't Be Split into Two Films

For some time, Marvel Studios has hinted that their two-part Avengers: Infinity War will be getting new titles. Today, there’s a minor update as Walt Disney Pictures confirms that the first film will retain the Avengers: Infinity War title and that the second is now officially known an Untitled Avengers film.

Production on the two Infinity War movies is set to begin in November of this year in Atlanta, Georgia with both movies being shot back to back. Directors Anthony and Joe Russo, who return after Captain America: The Winter Soldier and Captain America: Civil War, will direct the features.

It remains to be seen which characters will be the primary focus of the film, though we do know that Captain Marvel will appear in the movies ahead of her solo movie in 2019.

Screenwriters Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely will pen the scripts for the two features which directors Anthony and Joe Russo will film entirely in IMAX. Marvel’s Avengers: Infinity War is slated for a release in theaters on May 4, 2018. The followup will then open on May 3, 2019. Both films are now also confirmed for 3D releases.

Marvel Announces 'Avengers: Infinity War' Will Now Be a Standalone Film, Won't Be Split into Two Films

Comments: I suspect the story will essentially still be a two-parter. I think they're not splitting up the title for marketing purposes only in light of the recent disappointing or overall negative performances by recent two-parter movies like the Hunger Games and the Divergent Series. Basically, it will still be Avengers: Infinity War Part 1 and 2 but just with different titles.

This is a smart, savvy move by Marvel, shows awareness of public perception and the box office landscape.

The last Divergent Series movie's (Allegiant) box office performance was so bad that the final installment (Ascendant) won't be released in theaters but will be a TV movie instead [Link].

So it sounds like this goes from Infinity War Part's 1 & 2 to Avengers 3 & 4? So nothing really has changed except how they're gonna market it.

Will film entirely in IMAX? Meaning 100% of the movie will be IMAX? Even personal one on one talking scenes?

 

[KONG-D'SNT-TAP]

Who cares what they call it, I can't wait till these movies come out.

 

[Adamant]

First movie will be Thanos wrecking the Universe. And The Avengers not being able to do anything about it. Probably with someone or many dying 2nd movie will be the Avengers regrouping and overcoming odds. Think Empire Strikes Back to Return of the Jedi.

Would definitely be down for a dark as shit movie where Thanos wrecks shit with no hope in sight.

 

[Amerikuracana]

Civil War just happened.. I'm personally burned out. If I owned the company, and we made a billion every time we came out with one, I would come out with them until people stopped going to see them.. And then I would realize that me and my buddies money had turned people into sheeple and that as long as we advertised a lot and did these kind of "internet leaks" that wtevr we wanted to be "in style" would never go out of style.. And that would be good for me and my company.

 

[MikeMcMann]

I can agree with building them up to their peak, but I think at this point we're well beyond the point of building them up. IMO Thor should have been peaked in Avengers 1. But going on Avengers 3, several years later, and he's still basically in the same boat he was in Thor 1. It's dumb. Is it too much to want the characters we see on the page in the movies? Not everything needs to be reined in all the time. Comic book movies are already so far out there, I don't see the harm in eventually representing heros (or artifacts) at their proper power levels on the screen.

Yes it would be too much for casuals considering Marvel has a 20 year plan for the MCU.

If you were introducing action movies to a brand new audience who had never seen one and you had a 20 year plan you don't start with anywhere near a full powered John McClain. You start with a bare knuckled Dirty Harry and build up.

Again I get that us comic nerds just want the movies to pick up where comics left off but that is not smart for the MCU and thus their success so far.

And what are the characters "proper" power level? I've seen Superman and Wonderwoman seem to struggle to lift a car in the comics. They have a range of proper power depending on what point you want to represent. The proper point is not the one based on the last comics you necessarily read.