'Avengers' Alternate Opening: Whedon Almost Gave Us a Flash Forward
Included with the soon-to-be-released Avengers Blu-ray, here's an alternate, totally-different, Cobie Smulders-filled opening to Joss Whedon's superhero blockbuster. On the one hand, it isn't really necessary nor all that interesting a scene, but on the other hand, it does a great job quickly introducing the film's central theme: flipped over cars. So hard to say if Whedon made the right call on this one. Decide for yourself below.
Likely cut from the film so we wouldn't spend the whole thing dwelling on how Captain America is a suicidal depressive in severe need of counseling, here's an Avengers deleted scene in which Chris Evans mopes around his apartment, dwells on his dead friends, considers calling h... / Continue →
That "sidekick" Samuel L. Jackson revealed he'd be getting in The Avengers? According to Deadline, it's one-time SHIELD director Maria Hill--just like those of you who said "MARIA HILL" foresaw! Furthermore, it seems How I Met Your Mother's Cobie Smulders is a shoo-in for the p... / Continue →
As critics rightly noted, The Avengers did an admirable job in balancing out its broad cast of already-established superheroes. But, as Harry Dean Stanton probably noted, the film did a slightly less admirable job in balancing out its cast of already-established Harry Dean Stan... / Continue →
