Details on the 2 new Lionsgate Marvel Animated Blu-rays

[Disco_And]

Lionsgate Home Entertainment have announced the US Blu-ray Disc release of The Invincible Iron Man on 2nd September. One of the first releases in the Marvel Animated Features series, The Invincible Iron Man is an origin story that follows billionaire inventor Tony Stark as he raises a long-buried city in China and awakens an unspeakable evil that only the armor-clad Iron Man can destroy in a battle of modern technology versus eastern mythology.

Features include:
• 1080P 1.78:1 Widescreen
• English 7.1 DTS-HD Master Audio and Spanish 5.1 Dolby Digital
• English and Spanish subtitles
• Alternate Opening Sequence
• “The Origin of Iron Man” featurette
• The Hall of Iron Man Armor
• Iron Man Concept Art
• A Look at Doctor Strange
• First Look at upcoming Marvel Animated Feature Hulk Vs. Wolverine
• First Look at upcoming Marvel Animated Feature Hulk Vs. Thor
• Trailer Gallery



They have also announced the US Blu-ray Disc release of Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow on 2nd September. Make way for the rebirth of Earth’s mightiest crime fighting organization as the children of the original team join forces in this new animated feature.

The new film introduces a younger generation of heroes: orphans bound only by their parents’ former alliance known as The Avengers. Fostered by the misbehaved billionaire bachelor Tony Stark (aka Iron Man), four amazing teenagers with lineage to some of the most revered heroes of all time including Captain America, Black Widow, Thor, Black Panther, Wasp and Giant Man suddenly find themselves the earth’s only hope in stopping a deadly foe. With the help of Marvel juggernaut The Incredible Hulk, the team will hone their powers and go head to head with the very enemy responsible for their parents’ demise.

features include:
• 1080P 1.78:1 Widescreen
• English 7.1 DTS-HD Master Audio and Spanish 5.1 Dolby Digital
• English and Spanish subtitles
• “Legacy: The Making of Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow” featurette
• A First Look at “Hulk Vs. Wolverine”
• A First Look at “Hulk Vs. Thor”
• “Kid Power: Next Gen Marvel”

[Grimshaw23]

Next Avengers: One of the "lowest" thing Marvel has ever done. I really hate this concept of kids taking over for the real Avengers. It's just pathetic. Only worthwhile things about this is seeing the Hulk and Ironman and getting to see a first look at the upcoming animated feature.

[Beast]

Originally Posted by Grimshaw23

Next Avengers: One of the "lowest" thing Marvel has ever done. I really hate this concept of kids taking over for the real Avengers. It's just pathetic. Only worthwhile things about this is seeing the Hulk and Ironman and getting to see a first look at the upcoming animated feature.

How exactly is it low and/or pathetic?

Nothing wrong with it. It's not all that different a concept than the M2 Universe.

[Grimshaw23]

I just don't like these sorta concept about Kids replacing a group. It's just too "kiddie" for my taste because Kids should have no business fighting period. You honestly like this version??

[u_nick]

I do. It's an 'esleworlds/whatif' story like any other. I thought the trailer was decent enough, espcially when 'old Hulk' showed up. Now I cant wait to see how the story unfolds.

edit: And for 'kids' fighting, when I had stopped reading comics a couple years ago, Runaways, Young Avengers, and Teen Titans, as goofy as some of the concepts were, they were absolutely some of the most well written, entertaining comic reads coming out.

[Giyomu]

interested in iron man, will buy!!
interested in next avengers until I saw the cover art right now... didn t know what "next" really meant, thought it was a sequel to the 1st blu-ray

[JBlacklow]

Originally Posted by Grimshaw23

I just don't like these sorta concept about Kids replacing a group. It's just too "kiddie" for my taste because Kids should have no business fighting period. You honestly like this version??

You do know that Spider-man, the X-Men, Robin, and several other classic heroes were kids when they were introduced, right? Some were barely high-school age!

That doesn't even get into the groups like the Teen Titans (who've been around for decades), the Runaways (who became superheroes to stop their super-villain parents from taking over the world), and the analog to these guys, the Young Avengers (who came about because the Avengers were, well, Disassembled and no one wanted to step in).

[prerich]

Originally Posted by Grimshaw23

Next Avengers: One of the "lowest" thing Marvel has ever done. I really hate this concept of kids taking over for the real Avengers. It's just pathetic. Only worthwhile things about this is seeing the Hulk and Ironman and getting to see a first look at the upcoming animated feature.

Agreed! this is ! Pathetic! What they should have done is brought out an Avengers Movie that featured a villan such as Ultron, Korvac, or some one on those lines (and include the Vision)!

[Beast]

People have been critical of Next Avengers since it was announced. Saying it was kiddish. I don't really think it's anymore kiddish than any of their other animated features. Especially if you've seen the trailer and seen what the storyline is about. After all, there's nothing kiddish about the fact that their parents were killed.

EDIT: Just saw that their parents having been killed were mentioned in the movie's description.

[Beast]

Originally Posted by prerich

Agreed! this is ! Pathetic! What they should have done is brought out an Avengers Movie that featured a villan such as Ultron, Korvac, or some one on those lines (and include the Vision)!

This one does feature Ultron. He's the primary villain of the storyline.

[JBlacklow]

Originally Posted by Beast

This one does feature Ultron. He's the primary villain of the storyline.

Plus, it should be pointed out that there is a Paramount "Avengers" movie being worked on for two or three years down the road, which contractually prevents Lionsgate from making anything but alternate continuity Avengers movies.

Thus, the Ultimate Universe direct-to-video version and the Next Avengers.

[prerich]

Originally Posted by Beast

This one does feature Ultron. He's the primary villain of the storyline.

Whoa!!!! Now it has my attention if Ultron is the villian, maybe it won't be that pathetic! :

[AaronSCH]

I'm a big comics junkie but the "Next Avengers" doesn't interest me at all. I never got into the television "Teen Titans" either. However, "The Invincible Ironman will join The Ultimate Avengers and Dr. Strange in my Blu-ray collection.

[alexakajeff]

I'm going to rent the Iron Man one. Looks like it could be good. Let's all hope that it isn't as bad as the batman cartoon that recently came out.

[Clark Kent]

The animated Iron Man movie has been on dvd for a long time already. I would not recommend a blind buy of this movie even for die hard Iron Man fans. As someone that once owned a complete run of the Iron Man comics it was very disappointing to me. Poor quality animation and the story is a hobbled together mess of various Iron Man stories. It's definitely a rent first situation.