'The Avengers:' 8 Things You May Have Missed the First Time Around
"The Avengers" arrives on Blu-ray this week and, as you might expect, it's chock full of bonus clips, special features and even a brand new 10-minute short film. It's pretty epic.
But before you start diving into the special features, there's something else you're going to want to watch first: The movie itself. That's because director Joss Whedon and the folks at Marvel crammed the film with so many Easter eggs, cameos and moments that make you go "hmm" that even the most dedicated fan couldn't catch all of them.
With that in mind, then, and with a great big spoiler warning, here are eight things in "The Avengers" you may have missed the first time around.
Project 42: When Coulson leaves Stark Tower, he also leaves behind several files for Stark to study, relating to the destruction of Project Pegasus. If you look really closely, you can see that one of these files is slapped with the designation "42."
Is this the answer to life, the universe and everything? No, it's actually a reference to Marvel's infamous hero vs. hero comic throwdown "Civil War," which saw Iron Man help develop an extra-dimensional prison for captured bad guys (and rebellious heroes) called Project 42 — a project made necessary because the old housing facility, Project Pegasus, had been destroyed. Hmm…
Are You An Alien?: One more little Hulk-related bit of inside humor: You know the scene where Hulk falls from the sky, only to be found by a concerned security guard who asks him whether he's an alien? Well, that line has a double meaning thanks to the fact that the guy speaking it is none other than Harry Dean Stanton, who is most famous for being part of the crew of the doomed Nostromo in the 1979 classic "Alien." We're guessing he'd rather deal with Hulks any time.
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But before you start diving into the special features, there's something else you're going to want to watch first: The movie itself. That's because director Joss Whedon and the folks at Marvel crammed the film with so many Easter eggs, cameos and moments that make you go "hmm" that even the most dedicated fan couldn't catch all of them.
With that in mind, then, and with a great big spoiler warning, here are eight things in "The Avengers" you may have missed the first time around.
Project 42: When Coulson leaves Stark Tower, he also leaves behind several files for Stark to study, relating to the destruction of Project Pegasus. If you look really closely, you can see that one of these files is slapped with the designation "42."
Is this the answer to life, the universe and everything? No, it's actually a reference to Marvel's infamous hero vs. hero comic throwdown "Civil War," which saw Iron Man help develop an extra-dimensional prison for captured bad guys (and rebellious heroes) called Project 42 — a project made necessary because the old housing facility, Project Pegasus, had been destroyed. Hmm…
Are You An Alien?: One more little Hulk-related bit of inside humor: You know the scene where Hulk falls from the sky, only to be found by a concerned security guard who asks him whether he's an alien? Well, that line has a double meaning thanks to the fact that the guy speaking it is none other than Harry Dean Stanton, who is most famous for being part of the crew of the doomed Nostromo in the 1979 classic "Alien." We're guessing he'd rather deal with Hulks any time.
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movie: The Avengers 2012
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