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We have a successful Iron Man franchise. We have a moderately successful Hulk franchise. We have Captain America and Thor (check out some Thor news here) coming up soon. Add these up and you've got one hell of an Avengers film started.
But what are the Avengers without a villain? Kang the Conqueror is fun, but confusing to the mainstream. Loki is great, but will most likely be used in the Thor solo movie. So who can be both powerful enough to fight the Avengers while remaining both interesting and approachable enough to the average moviegoer?
Well, how about an already established movie character?
From Russ Fischer over at CHUD.com:
Take this one with a grain of salt; a few days ago MTV ran some quotes from Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby, the co-writers of Iron Man, about what they'd like to see in an Avengers movie. In short, they like the idea of the Hulk as the villain, which parrots what Hulk director Louis Leterrier said earlier this summer. The opinion of Fergus and Otsby is given more credence than most because they might be writing another Marvel movie. And despite Zak Penn being currently credited for the Avengers script, there's a suspicion that they may have some input. (Right now, I doubt it.)Anyway, point is that the Hulk, as has been discussed in many places for a while, would make a pretty good Avengers antagonist. He'd help sidestep the need to set up a new villain worthy of the super-team, and pose a significant physical threat as well. (As has been seen in more Marvel comics issues than I can count, as the Hulk has been a perennial go-to antagonist over the years.)
This is an idle discussion topic more than anything else right now, but it's been a slow news week, so go for it. Can't wait to see the comments list on this one.
Goblin
Posted to Other, Superheroes on 16 October 2008
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If memory serves, the first issue of Avengers was about Loki using the Hulk, no? Sounds like a perfect set-up for a film. Though I was thinking the film was to be about finding and reviving Captain America.
You could tie it all together possibly by having the Red Skull, somehow alive in the present day, being the one to manipulate the Hulk. After what the hulk did in his own film to the military, to have him rampage through a city would be the perfect reason to set the Avengers loose.
I don't know. I'm not all that excited about it because it's been done a thousand times. But then again, it might be an excellent way to get Joe Six Pack interested in the Avengers since, to him, the Hulk going up against the Avengers would be new. Me, I'm just not that excited. Is it too early for me to be asking for the Masters of Evil?