The Definitive Collection of Pre-release Avengers Footage

In the past, there have been moments in Geek Culture that saw the world take notice and stand in awe. In terms of pure excitement, the release of The Phantom Menace was one. So was The Death of Superman, which got unprecedented media coverage. The inclusion of Watchmen into Time’s list of 100 best novels still makes us proud. More recently, the Christopher Nolan Batman movies have revolutionized the way Hollywood looks at Superheroes.

Come April, it appears we have potentially another such moment in our hands.

Unless you’ve been off-planet for the last half decade or so, you are aware of the upcoming The Avengers film, which hits Indian Theatres on the 27^th of April, as a culmination of the four movies Marvel Studios has released so far.

Listed here is most of the pre-release footage from and related to the film currently available, for your nerdgasmic viewing pleasure.

The Captain America : TFA post-credits Teaser

After the credits of the last Marvel Studios movie Captain America : The First Avenger, fanboys were treated to their first look at The Avengers. Opening with Cap taking all his time displaced frustration on a punching bag, the teaser goes on to shock and awe with a montage involving all the characters in the film, and ending with, what else, a Tony Stark quip. 

 

Marvel One-shots

Included as bonus material with the Thor and Captain America : TFA Blu-rays, the two Clark Gregg as Agent Phil Coulson starrer One-shots set to explore more of the Marvel Cinematic Universe in general. 

The Consultant sought to explain the last scene of The Incredible Hulk, where Tony Stark visits General Thunderbolt Ross. The clip goes a long way in adding a connective tissue to the story so far, and the dialogues and character interactions in the clip gives a small taste of what to expect in the movie, what with Joss Whedon helming and all. 

A Funny Thing Happened on the way to Thor’s Hammer, on the other hand shows us the more awesome man of mystery side of Coulson, as he foils a robbery at a gas station. Probably not very relevant to The Avengers, but an excellent watch nevertheless.

Theatrical trailer #1

The first theatrical trailer opens with a few big explosions, and then moves into character interaction territory. The agenda is simple : With this trailer, Marvel sought to put out word of their long term plan finally having succeeded, and that this movie was indeed, in every sense of the word, happening. The trailer’s been discussed before here(link to http://www.comicaddicts.com/2011/10/notes-and-screengrabs-from-avengers.html), but I kid you not, no amount of repeated viewings cease to make me excited for this film. Not too much of the story was revealed, with the approach being to generally showcase all the characters and their relationships.

 

The Russian Trailer

Not too different from the first English trailer, this one includes a montage involving Tony Stark listing all the members of the team, which should be fun to watch in English. Also, this might just be the closest we ever get to a truly Russian Black Widow.

The Extended Superbowl TV Spot

Next line is the superbowl commercial, which surprisingly brought us plenty of new amazing footage, including our first real full-blown look at Mark Ruffalo’s Hulk, first look at the aliens constituting Loki’s army, The Hulk catching Iron Man scene and the uber cool shot of the Avengers standing with their backs to each other preparing for battle.

Theatrical Trailer #2

Recycling some footage from the Superbowl spot and adding plenty more awesomeness, the second trailer includes a lot more dialogue, further cementing expectations of Whedontalk at its best being on full display in the film. The aliens get teased once again, this time in flying vehicles, there’s a few shots of the big three battling it out in a forest, and, towards the end, we get our first look at the rumoured Leviathan monster.

 

German Trailer

Once again not differing too much from the English trailers, this one includes a couple more scenes showcasing Tony Stark being Tony Stark, which have been translated below.

Scene with Cap at 0:58 :

Stark:… And following orders is obviously not my style.

Rogers: And everyone knows that style is all you care about.

Stark: From all the people around here, who wears the most figure-hugging outfit?

Towards the end with Banner and Cap :

Stark: I promise a stress-free environment. No surprises. (zaps Bruce)

Banner: Ow!

Rogers: Hey!

Stark: You really got it under control, don’t you. What’s your secret? Relaxing Jazz, bongo drums?

Rogers: Is everything a joke to you?

Stark: If it’s funny!

The Japan Trailer

The Japan trailer, partly in English, surprisingly included plenty of erstwhile unseen footage. It opens with the aliens coming out of some kind of portal, which fuels the aliens being from the Negative Zone theory. Pepper Potts shows up, finally confirming her presence in the film, Hawkeye and Maria Hill finally talk, we get a first (read : awesome) look at the SHIELD Hellicarrier taking flight along with plenty ofbrand-new action sots.