Avengers Movie Will Have Deleted Scenes That Won’t Even Be Shot

Yes, another Avengers title that doesn't tie into any continuity that sounds like it will be comprised of a mish-mash of scenes and ideas that couldn't make the cut elsewhere. They can charge $4.99 for it too. Someone give me a job at Marvel Marketing!

Whedon is perfect for job; however, I hope Marvel keeps him completely focused on the project. His creativity and talent tend to falter and fall apart whenever he's spread too thin. It is apparent with BtVS seasons 6 & 7 because he was dabbing in Angel, Firefly, the BtVS animation, and Reaper. The latter two, which by the way, never got beyond development.

It's really not even an opinion. All he did was take the oppurtunity to complain about pricing and too many Avengers titles. It's all well and good if he doesn't like the idea, but to already start complaining about things that he assumes are still going to be valid in 2012 is absolutely ridiculous.

Just because you don't agree with it doesn't make my opinion not valid. The $4.99 price tag and Marvel marketing team was a bit of a joke (my condolences to your sense of humor), but the article and idea behind it speaks directly to the heart of my issue with A-list superhero oversaturation in the current market climate.

Do I think things will be different in 2012? Honestly I don't know. I don't think anyone can really tell what the comic market will be like in a few years. However, I can tell by looking at current trends (see: Batman & Thor related titles in November's solicitations) that the overpricing and oversaturation of A-list comic characters doesn't seem to be slowing in the next few months (which is as good as it gets for telling the future of the comics industry).

To break it down to it's most basic form, my opinion is really more of a question of whether or not we really need to devote the creative resources to another Avengers comic which (guessing from the movie plot) just rehashes their origin as a team.. again. I'd be just as uninterested if DC decided to put the table scraps from the Green Lantern script into a comic form and add another GL spin off to the shelves.

I guess I'd much rather see the writing and artistic talent being used on titles that shake things up rather than just continue the status quo. If Whedon could dramatically re-imagine the Avengers by somehow using the bits of his script that didn't make the cut, maybe I'd be interested. But I guess we'll have to wait and see on this as it's all wild speculation anyway.

Hope my posting now stands up to the critical standards of internet user Drfunkphd. ;)

He's a pretty solid director- I'd say he and JJ Abrams are the best directors to come out of television production in recent years (although, if I were to rank the two, I'd put JJ Abrams 1st). Whedon only has Serenity under his belt, as a film director, but he has experience with writing for ensembles, giving everyone a chance to shine.
As far as why he was chosen by Marvel? He worked with Marvel before, he has the experience with a large cast, but I would say another reason is he's probably relatively affordable, and Marvel Studios seems to do whatever it can to save money on its movies.

This is a very ambitious project, I know he is a geek icon but Marvel really should have given this project to someone with more experience.

Yes, Thor looks like a bum who's just been woken up from a park bench.

yeahhh. back in the day. early 2000's I believe. I have most of the run in which that art appears from.