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Old 01-29-15, 07:23 AM
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Re: The Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015, Whedon)

http://www.darkhorizons.com/news/355...e-marvel-films

One of the biggest question marks regarding the upcoming "Avengers: Age of Ultron" is Paul Bettany's The Vision character. The film marks the first time Bettany's been seen on screen in the Marvel universe, following his voice over only roles as Tony Stark's computer J.A.R.V.I.S. in previous films.

Out doing promotional rounds for "Mortdecai," Bettany tells News.com.au that Marvel has a plan for his character and that he loves the security of a regular gig like this:

"That's the really great thing about the Marvel gig for me. I have never known if I have had a job six months out ever in my life. And now I know that they have plans and I can be even more judicious about the stuff that I do outside of that work. I can wait for the right thing and feel really attached to it."

Bettany also confirmed that he hasn't seen any of the previous Marvel Studios films, including those he was in, before he took on his role in "Avengers: Age of Ultron".

"I did a lot of research - and my research was watching all of the films. I realized they are so interlinked and I wanted to understand the universe I was in. So I did and it was a really amazing, fun experience - especially going from my tiny, twenty-day movie with no money and no trailers to this behemoth film was just great.

Everybody made me feel really at home and I have no bad stories - they are really funny people and really creative. I have never seen sets that big in my whole career. I have never seen set pieces like it - we were in a set that felt like a town."

No word on which other films The Vision might appear in, though the "Avengers: Infinity War" two-film saga seems the obvious first choice.
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Him not watching the other MCU films doesn't surprise. He's an interesting fellow.
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Bettany - "I did a lot of research - and my research was watching all of the films."

Any confirmation as to whether he did it as a marathon? Inquiring minds NEED to know!
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Him not watching the other MCU films doesn't surprise. He's an interesting fellow.
He gets to bang Jennifer Connelly every night, so he probably didn't have time to watch them before.
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Hmph. Didn't even know he and Connelly were together.
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Re: The Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015, Whedon)

Originally Posted by Josh-da-man
Is that just a shadow on the Hulk, or is he half gray?
Pretty sure that's just a shadow.
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Re: The Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015, Whedon)

Saw the theatrical trailer attached to The Loft tonight, and wasn't expecting it. Surprising in this day and age. the usage of a song from Pinocchio.
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Originally Posted by bluetoast
the usage of a song from Pinocchio.
Yeah, what else can we add to the Disney/Marvel playlist?

Cap 3:Civil War-"Savages"
Black Panther-"Son of Man"
Thor: Ragnarok-"Be Prepared"
Doctor Strange-"Higitus Figitus"
Inhumans-"Welcome (To our family time)"
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I'm tired of superhero movies but Captain America: The Winter Soldier really caught my attention, and now this new trailer looks really good. Marvel Studios has really done well with translating the fun nature of the superhero group dynamic and adapting it for a mainstream audience.
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So does the fact that it's still not rated mean they are still editing the movie (and thus have yet o submit it to the MPAA) or are they currently appealing the rating (like they did with the last Avengers movie)?
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Would love to have this.

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The mileage that Lego are getting out of these tie-in sex is amazing. There's a Lego everything now.

Holy crap, that price ! I guess this is aimed at adult collectors !

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So does the fact that it's still not rated mean they are still editing the movie (and thus have yet o submit it to the MPAA) or are they currently appealing the rating (like they did with the last Avengers movie)?
They had to appeal the last movie? Why? It was pretty innocuous. Pretty much nothing human got hurt, it was just a bunch of smashing and crashing. Episodes of superhero cartoons do the same amount of property damage all the time.
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Re: The Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015, Whedon)

Originally Posted by hanshotfirst1138
The mileage that Lego are getting out of these tie-in sex is amazing.
Freudian slip?
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Originally Posted by hanshotfirst1138
They had to appeal the last movie? Why? It was pretty innocuous. Pretty much nothing human got hurt, it was just a bunch of smashing and crashing. Episodes of superhero cartoons do the same amount of property damage all the time.
They originally got an R-rating due to Coulson's impalement. They had to re-edit the scene several times before the MPAA agreed to award the film a PG-13.
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Jesus Titty Fuckin' Christ.

That Helicarrier will be mine.
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It would be cooler if it was based on the comic instead of the movie.
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Re: The Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015, Whedon)

Just imagine if they went with the original design:

https://ideas.lego.com/projects/63951

It would have been almost 85.5 inches long and consisted of over 20,000 pieces. That's like the size of the USS Flagg. I would have definitely paid for that even if it was over $1,000.
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Re: The Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015, Whedon)

Originally Posted by Deftones
Freudian slip?
Sorry. Damn. Sorry.

Originally Posted by RocShemp
They originally got an R-rating due to Coulson's impalement. They had to re-edit the scene several times before the MPAA agreed to award the film a PG-13.
The MPAA's endless obsession with 6 seconds of scenes remains a great mystery to me. If the guy is getting stabbed, the guy is getting stabbed. What does removing four frames of it not perceptible to the human eye accomplish?

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Jesus Titty Fuckin' Christ.

That Helicarrier will be mine.
I love hanging out with fellow adults .

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Just imagine if they went with the original design:

https://ideas.lego.com/projects/63951

It would have been almost 85.5 inches long and consisted of over 20,000 pieces. That's like the size of the USS Flagg. I would have definitely paid for that even if it was over $1,000.
Yeah, you and 7 other people . I think Hasbro and Takara flirted some supreme-sized military Transformers toys of aircraft carriers and such before realizing the commercial impracticality.
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Originally Posted by hanshotfirst1138

Yeah, you and 7 other people . I think Hasbro and Takara flirted some supreme-sized military Transformers toys of aircraft carriers and such before realizing the commercial impracticality.
I have no delusions that it was commercially viable. It's absurdly big but I like to reward companies that take chances if I'm interested in their product. Maybe they would have only sold 100 sets at that price and size but it would be a unique item at that size.

If Hot Toys had actually made the 1/6th scale Bat, I would've purchased it with no reservations, even if it was $5K. Something like that would definitely be a grail piece as well as anchor your entire collection. Alas it was not meant to be and they went with 1/12th scale to make it the same size as the Tumbler (I preordered it, maybe one of the only ones).

Maybe I'll get lucky and someone will find a way to combine two or three sets into one gigantic Helicarrier. I would clear out my Hot Toys Hall of Armor dio to have some space on my shelf to display that bad boy.
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Detailed look at the motherfucking Vision, motherfuckers!









More here:

http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansit...news/?a=114726
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Viz looks great
still not sold on the look of Ultron
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That Hulkbuster fight is what I've wanted the most since we knew the two characters were in the same world. Better have damn good choreography
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I gotta get that Hawkeye fathead wall decal!

... Said no one ever.
Old 02-03-15, 08:22 AM
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^ LOL, thought the same thing.

Only one buying that is Renner's mom... and then only because they were out of stock on the Hulkbuster.

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