Earth's Mightiest Teaser

[Vortigar]

Okay i'll agree the Xmen are the top, but the justice league is second by a long way, IMO. They've been around on TV for our parents, us and depending on your age our kids. The JL is well ingrained into the public conscious.

The Justice League is the best known superhero team by far; it's just that the NAME they're "best known" by isn't The Justice League - it's The Superfriends

Oh yeah, the Superfriends I vaguely remember that one from way back.

Maybe it's my local situation. The JLA cartoon never aired in The Netherlands (so they aren't on tv for anyone slightly younger than me and beyond), I had to download that thing (Superfriends did though, see above). But I really think the difference between the US and Europe is massive when it comes to these things. You people mostly don't know who Asterix is (as evidenced by Stuttering Craig in a short on an Asterix game in a horrible way at one point), whereas everybody does over here and I do mean everybody.

Even among my rather geeky friends the name Wonder Woman makes most go "who was that again?" Most have trouble keeping the DC and Marvel characters apart. Every random passer-by on the street has some vague notion of what the X-Men are though.

But apart from my local situation I must really stress that Superhero comics are a uniquely American invention, a point which Bob missed completely back in that episode where he defended Superman walking around in the US flag by posing that every country probably has a character like that. They don't. They really don't. Unless you count Asterix, Bryant the Brigand (horribly translated name) and a couple more like those. The cultural difference in outlook on comics is extremely big. Holland's most persisting comic series is Jan, Jans en de Kinderen, we're talking about a family comic that rose to prominence from the back page of a women's lifestyle magazine. Can you imagine that in the US?

And as an aside:
Loki looks rather snarky as he is escorted past the heroes. Looks like he gets arrested half way through the movie and they probably need him to solve a bigger problem.

 

[diekuh]

Darn - with all the action I was really hoping this thing would be produced and directed by Michael Bay!

 

[duchaked]

From behind, left-to-right: Bruce Banner, Black Widow and Captain America. Probably safe to assume these interiors are The Helicarrier, a flying aircraft carrier SHIELD uses because... well, if you had one wouldn't you?

hell yeah! I remember seeing it in the Iron Man 2 game (which was...surprisingly entertaining) and was like "man this is so cool"

I like how Thor's "hanging around outfit" is basically "ditch the cape."

LOL hilarious. as are many other points here.


still, I gotta say that the teaser did its job. the music fit to give it a fast paced edge and all, but I do agree on something more suitably grand and epic for the full trailer? I dunno, this IS the ultimate assembly that Marvel and fans have been dreaming of

 

[walrusaurus]

I'm glad I'm not the only person who was irritated by the music. It seemed incredibly out of place, and wrong for a reason that i can't quite put my finger on.

 

[LordFisheh]

I really hope we don't just get another 'evil Loki'. He's my favourite god, dammit! It's him and Hades against the world, just because the shiny gods like Thor don't appreciate them...