This morning news started swirling around that The Skrulls may (or may not) be the villains in the upcoming 2012 film "The Avengers", which will cross-polinate franchises such as Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.), The Incredible Hulk (Edward Norton), Thor (Chris Hemsworth) and Captain America (Chris Evans) and be directed by Joss Whedon, the director of "Serenity". This is big news for comic book fans, and most could not be more thrilled, while others either accept the news or are majorly dissapointed.
Rumors have suggested for what seems to be forever now that The Avengers villains would be Loki, Thor's evil half-brother who will appear in "Thor" played by Tom Hiddleston, and The Hulk, who's mind would be manipulated by Loki in an attempt to destroy The Avengers. With news that the Skrulls may actually be the villains, it gives us the opportunity to weigh in on whether The Avengers film would have been better with Loki/Hulk or The Skrulls/Hulk (I will get to that in a moment).
According to sources that reported the news that The Skrulls would be given the chance to be The Avengers' nemisis, “The Skrulls will ‘brainwash’ and use the Hulk in a similar fashion Loki did in the comics. Don’t expect a full on alien invasion, though; that will have to wait for a sequel. The Skrulls’ role will be largely clandestine, similar to the way S.H.I.E.L.D. operates. … Apparently, the Skrulls won’t be the only alien race to be introduced in The Avengers; their enemy, the Kree, will also have a presence as Earthly allies. This isn’t surprising information, considering a young actor by the name of Kevin Pennington has been rumored to portray a character by the name of Noh-Varr; who just so happens to be a Kree. Though I couldn’t get confirmation that Noh-Varr is Pennington’s role, at his point, all signs are pointing to ‘yes.’”
Here are reasons why The Skrulls are great choices to fight against The Avengers in 2012.
1. The Avengers will need to be very large scale, to be fair, it would be anyway with just the brilliant talent involved and the characters, but like all comic book films, the villains need to have something to make them superior to the heroes. The problem with Loki is that he is just one man going against a team of superheroes who are fairly powerful, and while Loki is a god, he still does not possess enough power to even defeat Thor. Then again, even when Loki is brainwashing The Hulk to go against The Avengers, it still would not be a strong enough plot device. You cant honestly suggest The Hulk being manipulated by Loki would be able to carry the film, can you? The Skrulls are aliens who are more then one being and can easily be made to be real threats towards The Avengers.
2. Joss Whedon does well with directing sci-fi films, like "Serenity", which has generated a lot of the positive influences everyone has on him directing The Avengers. Adding The Skrulls into the film under Whedon's direction is no doubt going to be flawless.
3. It makes sense to the overall story, so far all we know is that Nick Fury is forming The Avengers. We know absolutely NOTHING as to why Fury is forming The Avengers and The Skrulls would be a perfect and meaningful explanation. Popular beleif had been that Fury is forming them to take on The Hulk, and while that may be partly true, forming a team with heavy hitters like Tony Stark, The First Avenger and A God just seems a bit over the top to defeat The Hulk. Really, if this was the case, Fury could just contact Thor and that could probably be the end of it. Nick Fury and S.H.I.E.L.D assumingly know about everything going on in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and with something as big as an alien occurance anticipated, it would make sense to gather some of the earth's mightiest heroes to tackle them.
4. The inclusion of The Skrulls could potentially add a lot more drama, considering that they can shape shift, and *supposively* they can change themselves to look like other humans and beings which means they could easily take on the form of say Nick Fury, Agent Coulson and any S.H.I.E.L.D agent. Hell, they could even make themselves to look like any member of The Avengers.
5. Marvel is now well known to add easter eggs and hints to other superheroes or anything occuring in the Marvel films, and with the idea that The Mandarin could be in Iron Man 3, The Skrulls could set him up very nicely. That is, if Marvel decides to go the comic book route with The Mandarin and have his rings being of alien technology.
6. It may mean nothing at all, but The Skrulls had played a part in the Ultimate Avengers 2 animated movie and because of this, Marvel may have felt they would be the easiest villains to recognise in the film to non-comic book readers...
Those are just some specific points that I felt should be noted for the possibility of The Skrulls being The Avengers villains, and I hope you all agree with these points!