"I would say that the exercise of this film is very much standalone, more so than any 'Iron Man' film since the first one.

So...so you mean more than the second one.

Polter-Cow | January 24, 23:40 CET

What if the "7 things" are 6 gems & a gauntlet? That would be awesome & not too farfetched considering the latest New Avengers storyline.

Stupendous | January 24, 23:44 CET

Only 7!!! Joss left one of the main characters out of the first draft! ;)

Stark
Thor
Banner
Cap
Widow
Hawkeye
Fury
Coulson

bobw1o | January 24, 23:45 CET

I was wondering that too.

Simon | January 24, 23:46 CET

I don't know, Mr. Feige. I mean - all I have to do is look at that photo and already I see sev-DRAMATIC LIGHTNING STRIKE

brinderwalt | January 24, 23:50 CET

Glad to hear someone else was thinking it...I guess a lot of us are after the end of the first movie. Always one of my favorite Marvel stories.

Stupendous | January 24, 23:51 CET

Has it ever been officially confirmed that the blue glowing orb Loki had in Avengers was the Mind Gem?

pacer | January 25, 00:32 CET

pacer- I don't think that was confirmed, but I seem to remember something about how the gauntlet was a prop in the Thor movie.

Stupendous | January 25, 00:38 CET

I know if you go back and pay attention to Odin's chambers, there is a shot of the infinity gauntlet!!!

FangedFourLover | January 25, 00:58 CET

I hope Joss makes this infinity gauntlet stuff accessible for us lay people. :) I'm sure he will.

IrrationaliTV | January 25, 01:17 CET

Not a lot of substance, but it sounds like everyone's still really excited. Including me. Yay!!!

Giles_314 | January 25, 01:23 CET

To me, it makes it seem like Avengers II is more about internal conflict than cosmic conflict. I think we're headed towards a versiin of Marvel's Civil War in Avengers II. I think Thanos will come to full fruition in Avengers III.

jgsugden | January 25, 02:15 CET

I believe the shot of the gauntlet was also missing the blue gem

A_Leaf | January 25, 02:50 CET

jgsugden- that's a good point especially since we already have Cap & Iron Man...if they saved the big infinity gauntlet conflict until Avengers 3 that would make that film special & give Marvel more time to add in FF, Spiderman, & Wolverine.

Stupendous | January 25, 03:32 CET

I think Civil War would be a horrible idea, despite other people liking it.

The comics had decades of heroes being heroes, with the occasional miscommunication causing a hero brawl (or in the case of the Avengers, every other issue). Civil War was noteworthy for putting them at odds, after all the times they worked together.

In the movies, we've only seen them work together once.
It is not noteworthy, when we don't have a *long* history of them actually getting along.
Having Thanos and dealing with Death (as an idea, or the physical avatar) is enough to drive the action.

OneTeV | January 25, 17:24 CET

now, this was for the Mtv crowd. What would they value-and would they notice the specifics are absent? I trust Joss to make an entertaining film.

BarryC | January 25, 17:50 CET

I wouldn't really call it a mtv crowd. Its a geek blog.

eddy | January 25, 20:19 CET

Regarding Civil War: It would be limited. It would also be substantially different than the comics as the 'secret identity' angle is pretty much moot: The identies of all the supers is currently well documented. It also would be dumbed down to something that can fit in a movie: Without the X-men, Spiderman or Fantastic Four angles. However, based upon the 'personal' angle Joss is pushing to take, the focus on Cap II as a Shield/Winter Soldier story, and the tidbits we're heard about IM III, the benefits of 'hero v hero' conflict in a movie (more screen time for the heroes, less budget spent on villians), and all the rest, I think we're going to see Avengers II be a Civil War-esque story with heroes differing on whether they be required to be a part of Shield/the government; and with the culmination of the story being the heroes coming together to fight a Masters of Evil roster featuring a variety of (mostly CGI) villians from Phase I and II (Abomination, Executioner, Aurora, Radioactive Man, etc....)

jgsugden | January 25, 22:03 CET

All due respect to Kevin Feige, but what's the point of announcing that there are exactly 7 things that are awesome, and then refusing to give any hint as to what they are? Why bother enumerating them so specifically? Not being rhetorical, I actually want to know.

Squishy | January 27, 03:09 CET

@squishy: According to the article, Feige said that "there are already seven things in there" before Joss has worked this first sketch treatment into a script. That is an "at least seven" statement, not a "seven, only seven, and will never be greater than seven" statement.

OneTeV | January 27, 18:16 CET