Yesterday was the day that I had been waiting for almost 2 years when first word was waved round the campfire about the release of 'Avengers'. Marvel hasn't really done wonders in terms of being adapted to movies. Fantastic Four was a bloop while Captain America and Thor almost hurt the sentiments of comic book fans. So when 5 years ago Marvel Studio got the grant from Merrill Lynch, the buzz surrounding the event was obvious. Its true that Batman Begins and The Dark Knight took comic book movies to another echelon and Avengers comes nowhere close in explaining the philosophies imparted by Batman movies. And with the Dark Knight Rises looming large over the corner, it was a strategic move as well to launch Avengers, just in time.
So who are the avengers and whats does a superhero team do if its not the highly coveted Justice League. As popularized by Marvel as the earth's mightiest super heroes, the avengers are pretty close to the mightiest. Superman might be the face of popular comics and will always remain so but a demigod like Thor is certain to raise some eyebrows. Captain America is a super soldier who fought against Hitler in the WW2. Iron Man needs no introduction as it might be the most successful Marvel movie yet. While all this is happening, the new Spider Man movie is also making progress and going to hit the cinema soon. Nick Fury (played by Samuel L Jackson) is the key figure who decides to bring together a team of super heroes who can in times of trouble, can united and save the world over and over again.
Like every other thing that Marvel Comic created, Avengers were also created by who else but Stan Lee
Hey Kids, remember my face and name. I am the father of Spider Man, the Hulk, Iron Man, Thor and Fantastic Four.
The Avengers originally consisted of Iron Man (Tony Stark), Ant-Man (Dr. Henry Pym), Wasp (Janet Van Dyne), Thor, and the Hulk (Bruce Banner), for those who are not aware of who Ant-Man and Wasp are, please refer Wikipedia. And Captain America was nowhere in picture and he joined the group when they revived him from the iceberg he was trapped in.
From the moment Tony Stark/Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.) teases in the closing minutes of The Incredible Hulk by saying - What if I told you we were putting together a team?, the comic book fans were on their feet. Finally Marvel people were trying to make sense. Another scene that followed the ending of Iron Man introduced the powerful character of Nick Fury, who will be instrumental in bringing together these superheroes together. So anticipation was reaching its peak and then Marvel came up with the first trailer of this epic (not as a movie but as a concept of Marvel Universe)
This compilation is pretty self explanatory in all aspects about the road leading to the Avengers
