The Avengers Movie

**Omniyoji** · 2012-03-16 21:25

Originally Posted by 6souls

The JP poster does look like the best one so far.

The JPs always have interesting cover art in various media. I'm starting to get tired of all the "actiony" American style.

**Lexa** · 2012-03-16 22:38

Blue and orange.

**The_OG_Nelta** · 2012-03-16 22:43

Originally Posted by Lexa

Blue and orange.

FUCK

**Skai** · 2012-03-17 05:02

The Avengers: Hawkeye, World’s Worst Archer?

Originally Posted by Jim MacQuarrie

Recently, I turned my coach’s eye on the trailers for Brave and The Hunger Games, so it’s only right to continue the series with the third major upcoming film to feature archery as a plot point. Both of those posts were well-received; folks from Pixar posted my comments on Twitter, and the story was one of the most popular on GeekDad that week. This one is probably not going to be so well-received: I expect I’ll be called a lot of unflattering names and told to get a life. Hopefully, if you liked it when I praised the first two movies, you’ll give me the benefit of the doubt while I do otherwise to this one.

Aside from my complaints about the archery, I’m sure The Avengers is going to be great. I think the personality clash between the snarky-arrogant Tony Stark and the haughty-arrogant Thor is going to be electric, Captain America’s man-out-of-his-time angst will be compelling, and the Hulk will finally be the tortured hero-monster we all knew he could be. That collapsible bow Hawkeye is toting looks pretty cool, and if it were possible to actually make it work, I’d love to have one. I’m sure Jeremy Renner’s performance as Hawkeye will be great on a character level — he’s an engaging performer and perfect for the role. The movie looks very good. It would be even better if Hawkeye were shown as capable of keeping up with the big boys when it comes time to get out the weapons.

Frankly, he shoots like a rank amateur. Does this ruin the movie? No. But if they’d gotten it right, the film would be even better; attention to the details is usually an indicator of attention to the big picture. In a few interviews last year, Renner said he was taking archery lessons in preparation for the role, but from what I see here, it looks like he (a) had no coach and was entirely self-taught; (b) had an incompetent coach (there are many out there); or (c) is a terrible student and refused to do what his coach told him. The simple fact is, I see these exact same mistakes with first-time students all the time. Every single thing I’m about to point out is something I cover in the first lesson, and I have students under the age of six.

We’ll start with the obvious. Here’s a publicity photo of Hawkeye in action on the set.

Continue here: http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2012/03...wkeye-archery/

Just nitpicking but lol.

**Rulke** · 2012-03-18 22:43

^I'm willing to bet part of this problem is there is no real weight/poundage on the draw of his bow. W/o having to draw with any real arm strength it'd be easy to get sloppy.

**6souls** · 2012-03-20 18:12

http://geektyrant.com/storage/0999-p...s31920127.jpeg

Spoiler: show

**6souls** · 2012-03-23 00:39

**Lexa** · 2012-03-23 12:47

RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE JUST FUCKING GET HERE ALREADY, MAY 4TH!

**6souls** · 2012-03-26 03:20

http://geektyrant.com/storage/0999-p...w32420129.jpeg

Spoiler: show

http://geektyrant.com/storage/0999-p...w32420126.jpeg

**Qalbert** · 2012-03-29 07:56

**BadKarma** · 2012-03-29 12:53

Originally Posted by Qalbert

Yessssssssssssssssssss

**Insanecyclone** · 2012-03-30 15:54

**Hirronimus** · 2012-03-30 15:57

The TMNT thread is that way >

**Indalecia** · 2012-03-30 16:38

....Drauger?

**Qalbert** · 2012-03-30 16:58

Knights of Wundagore maybe?

**Gilanth** · 2012-03-30 17:30

Please don't look like that and be skrulls , it's bad enough Marvel are introducing black nick fury to 616 that we have to suffer shit looking skrulls

**Qalbert** · 2012-03-30 17:36

abloo bloo bloo black nick fury
and they have said several times they don't have the rights to use Skrulls

**Obev** · 2012-03-30 18:09

Originally Posted by Gilanth

Please don't look like that and be skrulls , it's bad enough Marvel are introducing black nick fury to 616 that we have to suffer shit looking skrulls

The Marvel movie universe ain't 616 at all. There's no X-Men, no Spiderman and no Fantastic Four. This Marvel Avengers movie universe is pretty much "all the coolest shit we've still got the rights to," and I'm sorry, but Samuel L. Jackson's Fury is a damn sight cooler than David Hasselhoff.

**Lexa** · 2012-03-30 18:15

I AM GETTING SO IMPATIEEEEENT

**Foxer** · 2012-03-30 18:24

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