Post by motosada on Feb 25, 2006 2:16:52 GMT -5
So, I got it at Wal-Mart on the cheap a day or two ago, and just sat down to watch it (in between bouts of FPR and Angle/Taker).
The movie starts off in World War II, as a group of American GIs prepare a strike against a secluded Nazi stronghold which is rumored to contain a super weapon. Leading the infantrymen is America's own super weapon; Captain America. During the thwarting of the Nazis (they even actually show the swastika, which is quite an unusual thing to see unless you're watching The History Channel, or The Apt Pupil (even the first BloodRayne game, which was an M-rated game full-bust deep in Nazism, didn't show it)), it is revealed that not only is the super weapon an ICBM (intercontinental ballistic missile (nuclear missile)), but the Nazis are headed by aliens. That's right, aliens. Hitler is a poster boy, and the whole "World War" thing appears to just have been some alien takeover plot, or somesuch. Stupid covert aliens, BE MORE DIRECT, LIKE THE ONES IN INDEPENDENCE DAY!!!
...
ANYWAY.
Cap thwarts the ICBM launch, and falls into an ocean, where he gets frozen in a glacier. Fastforward to modern times, where a submarine just happens to come across the original Super Soldier, Captain America, in his frozen tomb. This sets in motion a string of events leading to the thawing and reawakening of the WWII hero, as well as the formation of Project Avenger; a task force of Earth's Mightiest Heroes, brought together to defend the planet against just about anything.
Iron Man; bodyguard to industrialist Tony Stark. Wasp and Giant Man; a husband-and-wife scientest team using their unique skills to change their physical sizes to exact opposites of the spectrum. Black Widow; a Russian mercenary with amazing aim, grace, and certainly not above letting her form do the talking for her. Thor; the Norse god of thunder (and apparently environmentalism). And their leader, Captain America.
Oh, and Nick Fury is there, too. But, he's black now, for whatever reason. Maybe the same reason they went with John Stewart to be the Green Lantern on Justice League and not, you know, Hal Jordan?
After the Avengers' first mission ends in disaster due to the team having A FAILURE TO COMMUNICATE, allowing the shape-shifting aliens that are still on Earth (oh, yeah, I did mention that the aliens are shape-shifters and are still on the planet, sixty years after World War II, right? Oh, I didn't. Well... they are) to walk away with every spec and secret that S.H.I.E.L.D. [Strategic Hazard Intervention, Espionage and Logistics Directorate] has, they begin to go their seperate ways until the stolen knowledge is used to stage an attack on S.H.I.E.L.D. H.Q.. It is here that the Avengers assemble to help defeat the threat of the aliens.
Too bad there's a worse one right around the corner.
Dr. Bruce Banner, a disgraced scientist who somehow managed to survive exposure from a gamma-radiation bomb, isn't quite right. And not just because the medications he takes to supress what's really wrong keep him from getting any real work done on the rebirthed Super Soldier Program. Or because what's really wrong has completely ruined his relationship with fellow scientist Betty Ross. And if you don't know what's really wrong, then... -sigh- I guess I gotta tell ya.
When Banner gets angry... Well, let's just say that you won't like him when he's angry. He becomes The Hulk, an uncontrollable and extremy destructive monster, able to level buildings, toss tanks around, and just generally fuck everything up that gets in his way.
The Hulk is being supressed inside Dr. Banner, thanks to medication he is forced to take by S.H.I.E.L.D.. However, Banner believes that if he can discover the Super Soldier serum, that he can control The Hulk. So, when word gets back to him that Captain America has been found, Banner is delighted, since any attempts to replicate or build the serum from scratch have failed.
Banner injects himself with the serum, taken from Cap and reworked to his own body, and subjects himself to the "rebirthing chamber"; where the serum is flushed into the body and it begins to take effect (think, the scene in Spider-Man where Norman Osborne self-administers his version of the Super Soldier serum), turning him into The Hulk, but, Banner now does seem to be in control, just in time for the aliens to come in and start wrecking shit.
The Hulk fucks up some alien bastards, but won't stop when they're all done and The Avengers come to collect him, ensuing in a big brawl that sees not only all of The Avengers, but Betty Ross as well getting involved.
NOW! I can't really say as far as sticking to the canon of The Ultimates goes (although I've been told by a few people that it's pretty much dead-on), but it tells a decent story in the tradition of The Avengers. It also won't be the last, as a second Ultimate Avengers movie is closing up production and will be released in August (along with Iron Man and Doctor Strange animated films releasing in October 2006 and February 2007, respectively), and will pick up the story where this movie left off.
The DVD actually has a nice overview of the history of The Avengers, from the first issue all the way through its many many rebirths, featuring interviews with artists and writers that made the series what it was 30 years ago and what it is today. Also included is a preview of Ultimate Avengers 2.
Overall, I'd say it's definately worth picking up. Especially since you can snag it at Wal-Mart for less than $14. Go. Buy. Nowes.
The movie starts off in World War II, as a group of American GIs prepare a strike against a secluded Nazi stronghold which is rumored to contain a super weapon. Leading the infantrymen is America's own super weapon; Captain America. During the thwarting of the Nazis (they even actually show the swastika, which is quite an unusual thing to see unless you're watching The History Channel, or The Apt Pupil (even the first BloodRayne game, which was an M-rated game full-bust deep in Nazism, didn't show it)), it is revealed that not only is the super weapon an ICBM (intercontinental ballistic missile (nuclear missile)), but the Nazis are headed by aliens. That's right, aliens. Hitler is a poster boy, and the whole "World War" thing appears to just have been some alien takeover plot, or somesuch. Stupid covert aliens, BE MORE DIRECT, LIKE THE ONES IN INDEPENDENCE DAY!!!
...
ANYWAY.
Cap thwarts the ICBM launch, and falls into an ocean, where he gets frozen in a glacier. Fastforward to modern times, where a submarine just happens to come across the original Super Soldier, Captain America, in his frozen tomb. This sets in motion a string of events leading to the thawing and reawakening of the WWII hero, as well as the formation of Project Avenger; a task force of Earth's Mightiest Heroes, brought together to defend the planet against just about anything.
Iron Man; bodyguard to industrialist Tony Stark. Wasp and Giant Man; a husband-and-wife scientest team using their unique skills to change their physical sizes to exact opposites of the spectrum. Black Widow; a Russian mercenary with amazing aim, grace, and certainly not above letting her form do the talking for her. Thor; the Norse god of thunder (and apparently environmentalism). And their leader, Captain America.
Oh, and Nick Fury is there, too. But, he's black now, for whatever reason. Maybe the same reason they went with John Stewart to be the Green Lantern on Justice League and not, you know, Hal Jordan?
After the Avengers' first mission ends in disaster due to the team having A FAILURE TO COMMUNICATE, allowing the shape-shifting aliens that are still on Earth (oh, yeah, I did mention that the aliens are shape-shifters and are still on the planet, sixty years after World War II, right? Oh, I didn't. Well... they are) to walk away with every spec and secret that S.H.I.E.L.D. [Strategic Hazard Intervention, Espionage and Logistics Directorate] has, they begin to go their seperate ways until the stolen knowledge is used to stage an attack on S.H.I.E.L.D. H.Q.. It is here that the Avengers assemble to help defeat the threat of the aliens.
Too bad there's a worse one right around the corner.
Dr. Bruce Banner, a disgraced scientist who somehow managed to survive exposure from a gamma-radiation bomb, isn't quite right. And not just because the medications he takes to supress what's really wrong keep him from getting any real work done on the rebirthed Super Soldier Program. Or because what's really wrong has completely ruined his relationship with fellow scientist Betty Ross. And if you don't know what's really wrong, then... -sigh- I guess I gotta tell ya.
When Banner gets angry... Well, let's just say that you won't like him when he's angry. He becomes The Hulk, an uncontrollable and extremy destructive monster, able to level buildings, toss tanks around, and just generally fuck everything up that gets in his way.
The Hulk is being supressed inside Dr. Banner, thanks to medication he is forced to take by S.H.I.E.L.D.. However, Banner believes that if he can discover the Super Soldier serum, that he can control The Hulk. So, when word gets back to him that Captain America has been found, Banner is delighted, since any attempts to replicate or build the serum from scratch have failed.
Banner injects himself with the serum, taken from Cap and reworked to his own body, and subjects himself to the "rebirthing chamber"; where the serum is flushed into the body and it begins to take effect (think, the scene in Spider-Man where Norman Osborne self-administers his version of the Super Soldier serum), turning him into The Hulk, but, Banner now does seem to be in control, just in time for the aliens to come in and start wrecking shit.
The Hulk fucks up some alien bastards, but won't stop when they're all done and The Avengers come to collect him, ensuing in a big brawl that sees not only all of The Avengers, but Betty Ross as well getting involved.
NOW! I can't really say as far as sticking to the canon of The Ultimates goes (although I've been told by a few people that it's pretty much dead-on), but it tells a decent story in the tradition of The Avengers. It also won't be the last, as a second Ultimate Avengers movie is closing up production and will be released in August (along with Iron Man and Doctor Strange animated films releasing in October 2006 and February 2007, respectively), and will pick up the story where this movie left off.
The DVD actually has a nice overview of the history of The Avengers, from the first issue all the way through its many many rebirths, featuring interviews with artists and writers that made the series what it was 30 years ago and what it is today. Also included is a preview of Ultimate Avengers 2.
Overall, I'd say it's definately worth picking up. Especially since you can snag it at Wal-Mart for less than $14. Go. Buy. Nowes.
