POLL/DISCUSSION: The New Trailer For AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON
Last night Marvel released a pretty great second trailer for Joss Whedon's Avengers: Age Of Ultron... but maybe you disagree? Click on to vote, join the conversation, and also check out the results of our Ant-Man trailer poll.
The new Avengers: Age Of Ultron trailer seemed to go down pretty well with most of you -- in fact probably the only criticism I've read is that it's a bit light on plot, and aside from some very intriguing images it doesn't really give us enough of an idea of what the film will actually be about. Well, I think we can certainly glean a rough idea at least: Tony Stark creates Ultron, Ultron goes bad, Avengers forced to battle seemingly insurmountable odds while also dealing with rifts in the team. You need more? Okay, so there are a lot of new questions raised, but personally I think that's a good thing. What's with the Black Widow flashback? Who is the woman by the water? Is red-eyed Hulk being controlled by Ultron or has he just been watching too much late-night Babestation? All questions I honestly hope remain unanswered until the movie's release, but that's probably wishful thinking.
Some fans were also a little disappointed that we still didn't get a look at Paul Bettany's Vision in action, and the trailer was a bit lacking in any new footage of Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver. This stuff is obviously being saved for future promotion, but do you feel a teasing glimpse or two was needed? What about the tone of the trailer? When it comes to CBM sequels we expect everything to get "darker" by now, but this had a very sombre, borderline creepy vibe with its out-of-context shots and a stripped-down variation of that "No Strings On Me" score.
The results of our Ant-Man poll reveal that the majority of you felt the first trailer was merely "good", but surely we can expect a more positive outcome here... right? Vote below and be sure to share your thoughts in the usual place.
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