'Avengers' hurtles to $178.4M overseas debut

AP ^ | 4/29 | David Germain

[Jonty30]

The effects were spectacular. The actors were excellent.

I just thought the villain was wrong. Parralax is a universe-ending sort of villain. Though premier Green Lanterns, like Kilowag and Sinestro, weren’t able to deal with him, the new guy could?

I think something a little less ambitious was in order.

[LS]

Good observation, and in fact I think this is the downfall of almost all superhero comix and shows: they make the villains way too big. I remember when Thor fought villains like the Black Knight, or the Absorbing Man; Spider-Man fought The Vulture; and so on. On the one hand, the villain has to have a chance, but on the other, he can't be so superpowerful (as in Galactus---which is where I think FF went off the rails) that ordinary humans really can't beat him.

Most of all, my pet peeve, virtually EVERY hero team succeeds when it keeps the individuals individuals, but they have to work together to maximize their powers. The original X-Men had only one super-exceptional power---Cyclops---and the rest were "role players." But together they were fantastic. The TV show "Heroes" worked for the same reason: individuals with limited powers overcame a more powerful enemy because of teamwork. But when either the villains or the hero starts to get too super-powerful, the plot disappears.