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By: Neil Solano
Marvel comics, the company that created superheroes including Spiderman, X-Men, and The Hulk, successfully catapults America’s favorite superheroes to the big screen.
Unfortunately, Marvel’s promotional methods consist primarily of stirring the public with restless hype for the Avengers movie in 2012. Comic fans might look forward to new introductions of the additional superheroes that lead up to the Avenger storyline, but the hype is overwhelming.
The latest Marvel film released to theatres, Iron Man 2, had a small surprise for viewers at the end of the credits. The quick two-minute clip established the next Marvel film - Thor will be joining the reel marvel heroes.
This trend of leaking a preview of Marvel’s next film project is typical for each block buster. Before Iron Man 2, the second Hulk movie had a clip at the end hinting a larger future Avenger franchise.
The question that everyone is asking is: who will it include?
Steve Carda, a Green River student, comic fanatic and owner of many Avenger Comics, explain his concerns about how the film will play.
“The last thing I want is another Spiderman 3” he says. “I don’t want the film to introduce a bunch of new characters, both heroes and villains, and then kill them off at the end,” Carda said.
With a strict 2012 deadline, how will the company manage to somehow include all the characters in previous movies?
Carda echoed this concern about the possibility to release films capturing especially capturing Captain America and Thor.
Despite the concern, whenever Marvel dishes out another multi-million dollar film, the public doesn’t hesitate to flock to theatres wanting to watch it. No matter how many times a friend, magazine or a review show warn people about an upcoming Marvel stink bomb people still buy movie tickets to watch it from beginning to end. Ah yes, the power of Marvel.
Recently converting herself to a comic freak thanks to Iron Man, Green River student Kim Nyu-Lin tells us how even if the trailer, plot or actors look horrible, she will undeniably watch every film.
“You can’t listen to what others say” she points out. “So what if the film turns out to be a flop, it’s a stepping stone for Marvel and I want to witness it.”
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