As people began to gather their belongings and were leaving, ending the last day of hysteria in Hall H, we're asked if we'd be willing to stay just for a few more minutes to "see something." We're expecting a trailer or something and there it was on the screen, a play on "The Avengers" logo... AND then ... the intro of Samuel Jackson aka Nick Fury, who strolled onto the stage and took the podium! The audience went wild!
Wait, wait... don't go yet! He started rattling off *names* one by one... Oh yeah, the CAST of "The Avengers." Scarlett Johansson aka "Black Widow," Clark Gregg (the agent who finds Thor's hammer), "Chris Hemmworth aka "Thor," Chris Evans aka "Captain America"... AND :::drumroll please" RDJ aka "Iron Man" himself (everyone just about *lost* it at this point!) in his typical "I.privatize.world peace" flair and rockstar suit. He officially announced Mark Ruffalo as the "Hulk" (recast). If you've seen RDJ in person before, you'd know that he's just like his alter-ego Tony Stark, a real entertainer and crowd-pleaser. He asked whether we had seen "Inception;" he thought it's the most ambitious film he had ever seen - until he found out that Marvel was going to make the "Avengers." Somehow during the thousands of the blitz I missed the announcement of another guy being Hawkeye, Jeremy Renner.
They all stood shoulder-to-shoulder in front of the table on stage and pose along for pics. WOW... this last stunt almost brought down the house!
[click to enlarge pictures]Wait, wait... don't go yet! He started rattling off *names* one by one... Oh yeah, the CAST of "The Avengers." Scarlett Johansson aka "Black Widow," Clark Gregg (the agent who finds Thor's hammer), "Chris Hemmworth aka "Thor," Chris Evans aka "Captain America"... AND :::drumroll please" RDJ aka "Iron Man" himself (everyone just about *lost* it at this point!) in his typical "I.privatize.world peace" flair and rockstar suit. He officially announced Mark Ruffalo as the "Hulk" (recast). If you've seen RDJ in person before, you'd know that he's just like his alter-ego Tony Stark, a real entertainer and crowd-pleaser. He asked whether we had seen "Inception;" he thought it's the most ambitious film he had ever seen - until he found out that Marvel was going to make the "Avengers." Somehow during the thousands of the blitz I missed the announcement of another guy being Hawkeye, Jeremy Renner.
They all stood shoulder-to-shoulder in front of the table on stage and pose along for pics. WOW... this last stunt almost brought down the house!
