Robert Downey Jr. maintains that Captain America, The Hulk and Thor do not fit into the realistic world that Director Jon Favreau created in "Iron Man," even though they are scheduled to team up in 2011.
"Nothing that happened in ‘Iron Man’ is really outside the realm of possibility," Downey told MTV on Nov. 25. "Once you start talking about Valhalla and supersized super soldiers and jolly green giants, it warrants much further discussion.” READ THE STORY!
Downey's understandable concern in the interview is that the superhero team-up movie has to be done right or "it's really, really going to suck," though Marvel Studios has already established one of The Avengers as being a jolly green giant in "The Incredible Hulk" and is lining up the all-American super soldier and god from Valhalla for their own individual movies.
He is either thinking out loud about a movie that was boldly announced, but that has not really hit the ground running yet in terms of story or the actor is being heavily influenced by Director Christopher Nolan's realistic interpretation of the cinematic world in which The Batman operates.
Either seems to be the case because Downey's unclear definition of the "realm of possibility" for a fantastical comic book movie universe might exclude all the hallmark characters from "The Avengers," including most other Marvel Comics superheroes. Not to mention that The Avengers formed as a team in the comic books to combat not-so-grounded-in-reality evil forces that one superhero could not handle alone.
What Downey does not realize is that Captain America and The Hulk are within the fantastical realm of possibility to which Marvel comic book movie fans are accustomed so long as it is based on some scientific possibility. If anything, Thor, the Norse god, merits concern.
The "Iron Man" star also does not understand that extraordinary powers do not drive superheroes, but rather catapult them into extraordinary circumstances that test the metal of their moral scruples. That is what makes it riveting to watch a bunch of over-the-top special effects meant to portray their exploits for more than hour.
Further discussion should instead focus on who could replace Thor as a viable substitute on The Avengers team, which was known in the comic books to have a revolving roster of members.
In doing so, it should be noted that The Avengers are significantly more powerful than most other Marvel superheroes and do not have a narrow interest as to why they do what they do. Spider-Man, Daredevil and The X-Men would have to sit this movie out.
Who fits this bill are the members of The Fantastic Four, who could hold their own in an Avengers-scale fight as a team and have a general world-saving agenda.
Adding them to The Avengers roster also makes story sense in that radiation made The Fantastic Four and The Hulk into superheroes, a common link that would give them a viable reason to interact. Reed Richards and Bruce Banner are science geeks, after all.
Why not give The Fantastic Four one last cinematic run?
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