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Check This Out: EW's Lame Cover for Marvel's 'Avengers' + Set Photos

by Alex Billington
September 29, 2011
Source: EW.com

I'm going to be the bold one who actually calls out Entertainment Weekly for running such a ridiculously boring cover. The internet is abuzz this morning with a "first look" at Marvel's The Avengers line-up on the new EW cover, revealed on EW.com. I'm not the biggest EW reader in general, but this isn't that exciting of a first look, it's not like we haven't seen all these guys before, and that face Mark Ruffalo is doing, my goodness. The other five superheroes on here include Iron Man, Captain America, Hawkeye, Thor with some very bright blue eyes, Dr. Bruce Banner, and Black Widow front and center, the only one with any weapons.

There might actually be more photos and a story on The Avengers inside the issue, but no one has gotten that far yet, and for now it's just a first look at the cover - which you can see as big as we can find it below.

Update: They have released a small batch of new Avengers set photos on EW.com, which are a few of them featured inside the actual magazine. Everyone looks like they're having a fun time, though Johansson and Renner look like they're quite serious. Thanks again to EW for these newer, better set photos for Avengers!

Here's one of the quotes from director Joss Whedon in the online post about writing this on the go: "There is a weird element of: they handed me one of the biggest movies of all time, and I'm making it up as I go."

When an unexpected enemy emerges that threatens global safety and security, Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson), director of the international peacekeeping agency known as S.H.I.E.L.D., finds himself in need of a team to pull the world back from the brink of disaster. The star studded cast includes Robert Downey Jr, Chris Hemsworth, Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Cobie Smulders, as well as Tom Hiddleston and Stellan Skarsgård who are reprising their respective roles as Loki and Professor Selvig from Thor. Marvel's The Avengers hits theaters everywhere May 4th, 2012.

Filed under First Look, Hype, Opinions

From around the web:

http://www.facebook.com/jvonrader John Von Rader

Ruffalo looks ridiculous in that picture.
- Cruzer
  
  He's going for the Zoolander look in this movie.
  - Anonymous
    
    Actually thought that was Ben Stiller for a sec.
- The Douche
  
  Ridiculous, are you kidding me. That's Blue Steel we all been waiting for.
  - thatguy
    
    Dude....its MAGNUM!!!
- Craig
  
  I didn't even recognize him at first. For a moment, I was wondering what Johnny Depp was doing on the cover.
David Banner

That's a really bad picture of me
- ur_babys_daddy
  
  I know. Were you trying your Todd Sweeny?
Qweqwu

They creepin'...
Johanna

Wohoo!! Scarlett Johansson looks like a strong, empowered and sexy Black Widow. Hahah.. freakin' fantastic, can't wait! Man! I feel like a woman!
Ken Stiller

It seems that Hawkeye and Black Widow were meant to be substitutes for Ant-Man and Wasp all along.
http://www.fusedfilm.com Michael Lee

If I were next to Scarlett Johannson, I'd probably look at her that way too. and on the Ruffalo thing, It looks like he didn't make the casting call for Law and Order SVU
Blake

The colors are far too bright and clean, it makes it look like it's going to be a childrens movie. This entire cover is god awful.
Jack

it's because there's not a cast in character photo they could use, so they opted (wrongly so) to photoshop the individual ones together. But EW usually prefers to be first on the story, rather than best quality, if they're past stories are any evidence.
http://senzafine.net/ Yahzee

... why is Scarlett Johanson doing the Hitman thing? Crappy picture by the way... and the movie will be shit as well (sorry for Joss Whedon)
Tyaxle

Hold up. Everyone is missing the biggest surprise on this cover. Eric Cartman is also in the Avengers!
http://profiles.google.com/snears Nick Sears

I'm excited for this but this cover is just all kinds of fail.
Roderick

... but why's she in the middle...
Cracky

Forget the cover for EW (seriously, who cares what they put on their covers), the set photos look great.
http://twitter.com/Nielsen700 M.K. Nielsen

I'm not a homofob, but this was really gay.
- Rhythmdave
  
  The way you spell homophobe is gay.
- Guest
  
  Congratulations, now I know for a fact that you are homophobic.
Rp1n

Oh wow I didn't know the Wolfman was in this!! O wait... that's Ruffalo... isn't he suppose to be Bruce Banner aka Hulk?! WTF?! O this film is going to blow chunks.
JBrotsis

its like everyone knows avengers is going to be a badass movie...so stop trying so hard to make yourselves look badass
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002062066674 Johnny So Rad

Oh man I thought it was Derrick Zoolander too, its just Ruffalo!
stfugtfo

MAGNUM!!!!!!!!!!
Anonymous

I didn't know Liev Schreiber was Hawkeye!
Anonymous

Yep you're right Alex, the pics are ridiculous
David Banner

1st rule in painting(here:2min photoshop): if the head is too big, do it over. They do kinda look like bobbing head dolls?
Anonymous

can wait for a trailer with more footage
Felix

Why is Black Widow aiming at Iron Man and Thor? Do the Avengers shoot themselves at some point? That is just ridiculous!