Which base should be used in 2012's 'The Avengers'?

Which base should be used in 2012's 'The Avengers'?

Here's a look at the various HQ's from Avengers history. Which would you prefer to see in the movie?

Feature Opinion
By JoshWilding - Jun 21, 2009 05:06 PM EST
Filed Under: Avengers
Source: Josh Wilding

AVENGERS MANSION



Location
890 Fifth Avenue, Manhattan, New York

Features
The Avengers Mansion had three above-ground floors and three basement floors. The first three floors were open to the public and have twelve rooms to house Avengers who wished to reside in the mansion. A portion of the mansion's third floor served as a hangar for the Avengers' Quinjets, their primary mode of transportation. The three floors below ground were restricted to the public and had modified rooms for the Avengers' needs. Such rooms below ground were: Tony Stark's arsenal chamber, the Avengers gym, Hawkeye's test-shooting room, the training room (much like the X-Mansion's Danger Room), The cryogenic storage area, and the ultra-secure assembly room. The Mansion was surrounded by a wall twelve feet high and one foot thick, as well as an array of high-tech security defenses. Nonetheless, those defenses were often breached by the supervillains faced by the Avengers.

THE HYDRO BASE/AVENGERS ISLAND



Features
The Hydro-Base is a floating seacraft disguised as a natural island floating off the coast of North America outside US territorial waters. When the FAA revoked the Avengers’s flight privileges from their mansion, they created a private airfield on Hydro-Base. The Avengers later moved their headquarters to Hydro-Base when their mansion was destroyed by the Masters of Evil until they returned to their old base. As an Avengers outpost, Hydro-Base offered its airliner-capable runway, a Research and Development facility including several robots, and a quinjet hangar. Hydro-Base was later destroyed however by Doctor Doom.

STARK TOWER



Features
Tony Stark had originally intended to rent out the ninety lower floors as office space, while using the top three levels as his new, state-of-the-art bachelor pad; however after four years of construction resulted in a striking 1138-foot tall structure which dominated the skyline, Stark found most prospective tenants reluctant to rent for fear that his Avengers ties would lead to attacks by “space aliens”. Since the Avengers needed, Stark decided not to fight these expectations; he determined the Tower would be used by the kind of people who would expect just such an attack. Stark gifted the top three floors to the new Avengers as their home, where members could meet, plan and, if need be, reside. Featuring numerous high-tech security, surveillance, and training devices, Stark Tower is fully equipped to serve the needs of the world's most prominent super-hero team. The tower, in keeping with it's original purpose as a residence for a free-wheeling billionaire, also has a number of amenities for those living there.

The Helicarrier



Features
The Helicarrier is a flying aircraft carrier specifically designed to be itself capable of independent powered flight in addition to the conventional functions of aircraft carriers. It is the signature capital ship of the intelligence/defense agency S.H.I.E.L.D. Though never used as a base for The Avengers the helicarrie has frequently been used for mission briefings and meeting with Director of S.H.I.E.L.D, Nick Fury.

The Triskelion



Features
The Triskelion is S.H.I.E.L.D Headquarters and Super-Villain holding facility, and former headquarter of the Ultimates. The Triskelion held cells capable of holding both Magneto and The Incredible Hulk. It is located off the coast of New York City.

So, which would you most like to see as the Headquarters of The Avengers and which will actually work best on the big screen?
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WhiteWidow
WhiteWidow - 6/21/2009, 6:12 PM
stark's golden "the hellicarrier",of course! *__*


but for the silver screen,the avengers masion and stark tower should both be used at some point in the movie..
SlurpeeGuy
SlurpeeGuy - 6/21/2009, 7:32 PM
They should go with the classic Avengers Mansion for the movie. Stark Tower is too FF and Hydor Base is too unbelievable for a new start up super team.
divo
divo - 6/21/2009, 8:34 PM
In reality, they will probably go with the treskilion or stark tower. The mansion is a little campy IMO lol.
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 6/21/2009, 9:49 PM
First of it should be 2011 dammit!

SECOND WTF is this article about JOSH @ ??? Any REAL AVENGERS fan will want it in the AVENGERS MANSION! ?? What are you on dude? This is the start of the AVENGERS an WTF are you bringing ULTIMATE crap into it for??? OMG not only is the AVENGERS mansion a must, in reality they wouldn't have all that HI TECH yet???

This is the START of the AVENGERS, the start!!! Anyway, any real fan would want the MANSION, stop trying to sh!t on the AVENGERS dude all that other stuff would be cartoony, we don't want the AVENGERS to blow do we???

Nice thought out article but kinda pointless, its like having BRUCE WAYNE without WAYNE MANOR, PETER PARKER without the DAILY BUGLE, GREEN LANTERN without the RING???

GEEZUS!
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 6/21/2009, 10:07 PM
Damn, must've been that PR!CKELION that riled me lol!

Soz JOSH @ But come ooooon. ; D
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 6/21/2009, 10:47 PM
You mean PR!CKELION!!! Geez can see no real AVENGER fans here!

Well except me an SlurpeeGuy that is! ; )
OptionFour
OptionFour - 6/22/2009, 12:36 AM
Actually, I really enjoyed the article. I'm not a big Avengers fan (not that I don't like them, I've just always been more for DC) so seeing something like this is pretty cool for me, and a good re-Cap. (terrible pun, I know.)

I think, for the movie though, you won't see any of these initially. You'll see a generic, ground-based SHIELD facility. I don't think that it will occur to them immediately that this experimental 'Avenger Initiative' will automatically require a huge mansion, or a tower, outfitted to the gills. Especially not if its just five or six people at the start. They may mention building the mansion or Hydro Base at the end of the first movie, though.
Spilox
Spilox - 6/22/2009, 3:03 AM
gimme the carier or the mansion. 2 best options i think.
JoshWilding
JoshWilding - 6/22/2009, 5:12 AM
LEE: calm down, you're beginning to sound like Supermike, lol! the point of the article is that i thought it would be interesting to see what HQ people most want to see in the film!

I hope that the Helicarrier is in the film but for the actual HQ i would most like to see Stark Tower with my second choice being Avengers Mansion. The tower would be really visually stunning on the big screen but the mansion would be good for the Avengers to be attacked in...that would be a pretty dramatic scene!

As for the Triskelion, I always liked it as a base in The Ultimates but maybe not so much in an Avengers movie!
Supermike
Supermike - 6/22/2009, 5:56 AM
I am a real Averngers fan and I don't even want these movie to happen so I guess that make me the only averngers fan
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 6/22/2009, 6:02 AM
Hows it interesting JOSH @ Your putting this Sh!te in ppls heads!!! Until you brought this up most would've thought AVENGERS MANSION because that is where it all started!!!

You wont be happy till they turn it into a full blown ULTIMATE movie dude!!! Theres a reason why all that crap is happening in the ULTIMATE titles right now in the comic books! They suck an need to be all killed off! ; D

ULTIMATE MARVEL HEROES =


REAL MARVEL HEROES =


Damn its real close lol! : D

JOSH @ If ya didn't like the Triskelion you should've said so on ya main article dude, all the brain dead, (no names) will want that base, trust me lol!

I think the HELICARRIER should be saved for the FURY movie???

A flying base in the first AVENGERS movie wont go down too well!
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 6/22/2009, 6:02 AM
Oh look, talkin' of brain dead, there's supermike! : D
JoshWilding
JoshWilding - 6/22/2009, 7:55 AM
LEE: you know I would hate to see the Ultimate versions of the characters on the big screen as I have told you before but it cant be denied that Mark Millars original run on Ultimates 1 and 2 were brilliant! And hey, any real Avengers fan (not including 'SimpleMike' up there) knows all about these bases so its an intesesting discussion to see what people would prefer to see, lol!
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 6/22/2009, 8:27 AM
Yeah JOSH @ Its interesting lol, but the problem is it will start waves from a little pond when you put big pictures up of crap like Triskelion, people will start going great idea an then ppl be doing articles too about,then it gets stuck in more minds then end of the day by some sh!tty luck we get it stuck in our AVENGERS movie man!!!

I actually read THE ULTIMATE line of comics, i know what you mean, infact that was about the only ULTIMATE i read, well maybe a couple of SPIDEYS! But i keep saying, anything ULTIMATE don't deserve to be in an AVENGERS movie, the fact the ULTIMATES are in a completely different Universe has alot to do will it too! It like saying, Cool we'll have THE AVENGERS HQ in the WATCHTOWER!??

Damn sorry, when it comes to the AVENGERS im very passionate about it, its my favorite of all the MARVEL titles an i want a amazing movie not just an okay one!

The FURY thing im over it, but i still say if they wanted a name BRUCE WILLIS would have been perfect! But oh well lol, i'll still never see him as the real FURY though, just a stand in! ; )

JOSH @ So you want the real HAWKEYE in this not the ULTIMATE one right???

Glad you want real MARVEL on the big screen dude, i thought you was turning to the dark side lol!!! : D
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 6/22/2009, 8:29 AM
Oh sh1te, soz didn't mean to right that friggin' much!!! ; D
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 6/22/2009, 9:11 AM
LOL TEABAG @!!! : D
JoshWilding
JoshWilding - 6/22/2009, 10:24 AM
LEE: the Ultimate Hawkeye was the one thing I hated about the title! He had no personality-i dont want some black ops Hawkeye I want the wise cracking ass kicking real deal!!!

THEHAWK
THEHAWK - 6/22/2009, 12:10 PM
i always liked Avengers mansion, but in the story I wrote I had them based out of Stark Tower, because to me it made more sense, and a huge state of teh art tower would be a lot cooler than a mansion.
crostron1992
crostron1992 - 6/22/2009, 6:05 PM
starks tower no doubt
THEHAWK
THEHAWK - 6/22/2009, 8:58 PM
I still can't think of a final villain for Avengers... Someone besides Loki or Hulk. Maybe a team of villains...Anyone???

or can there be only one?
SirJediFrank
SirJediFrank - 6/23/2009, 10:36 AM
Nice article josh. i mean, good recap. haha the moment i read the words Ultimates HQ, i thought of LEE and there you have it.
Anyway, Iron Man 2 is crucial to know what kind of HQ will SHIELD have, therefore the remaining HQ will be available.


longbowhunter
longbowhunter - 6/23/2009, 12:22 PM
I vote mansion and helicarrier. It seems there is going to be a working relationship between Avengers and S.H.E.I.L.D.
IronMarvel
IronMarvel - 6/23/2009, 4:40 PM
The Triskelion. Mansion too much like xmen and tower too much like ff. Dont want non comics fans to get confused!
Joslezio85
Joslezio85 - 6/24/2009, 10:44 AM
I think I'd like to see a little bit of like three or four of them. It would be cool to mix it up. Like have the Triskelion for when they are working with S.H.I.E.L.D. they can have their own special wing etc. etc. and the Hydro Base as just a place where they go for times that they need to be away from the mansion. The mansion should stay the main headquarters, obviously. Throw in the Stark Tower as the place they go to see new modifications to suits, weaponry, transportation etc. Keep the mansion as just their basic living quarters and meeting place. It seems cooler to use all four and show the world how much the Avengers actually have to protect the world with. Know what I mean?
jallanr
jallanr - 6/24/2009, 10:47 AM
i think they should def use the mansion in the first film. like said b4, they wouldn`t have all that major technology for things like the helicarrier, this will be the first time they group together! well, they might do the helicarrier, because this team is being run by shield, so they could hav the tech, but ya i want the mansion

woo hoo!
WhiteWidow
WhiteWidow - 6/25/2009, 2:01 PM
what is it with you people and the ultimate u.?
its bad enough they had to go and make sam j. nick fury.
now you want the triskillion?!?
pleaze!no!
thwhtGuardian
thwhtGuardian - 6/25/2009, 6:45 PM
I think stark tower is probably what we'll see given the fact that iron man was fury's first contact for the avengers initiative. The avengers are already tied to him I think their base will be on one of his many properties. I'm a huge avengers fan, but I never liked he avengers mansion, it seemed overused in the marvel universe, everyone had one: xmen, avengers, doc strange, that's just to many people with the same kind of domicile.
alexsummers
alexsummers - 6/29/2009, 3:13 PM
890 5th ave -- avengers mansion. Please put it where it belongs: 890 5th ave.
StephenStrange
StephenStrange - 7/1/2009, 2:38 PM
I would be happy with any of the above. ButI have a question.
What is that fruity looking thing on top of Stark Tower? That looks kind of strange. Like modern art or something.
Spectre94
Spectre94 - 7/23/2009, 1:45 PM
I would like the mansion, but they will probably use the triskelion or stark tower but i prefer the triskelion
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