Back in 2008 one of my favourite channels launched. It was based off the Vlogbrothers unique style of vlogging which wasn't really vlogging as it was a way of communication between people. The FiveAwesomeGirls channel consisted of daily vlogs by five different girls 5 days a week, each girl with their respective day of the week. These girls were for the most part strangers but as they conversed and shared their stories with each other and the world they formed a strong and very public friendship. All of this happening through over 600 videos within the course of about 3 years.
Although they've stopped posting for about 2 years there is still a lot of great content on their channel. I'll admit to crushin' on one of the girls but how can you not?! They're so damn smart and cute. These girls live up to the name of their channel and produced some fantastic original content. Channels like these were what YouTube was all about and it was a great medium for storytelling.
Check out the FiveAwesomeGirls channel to see their fantastic video archive.
The summer of 2012 had a great movie line up. I'm a big fan of the Marvel comic book movies of the last decade so it's no surprise that The Avengers was a big part of my summer break. In my opinion Joss Whedon successfully incorporated the protagonists from Iron Man, Captain America & Thor into one smooth flowing storyline that was entertaining and easy to follow.
The Avengers is a fantastic movie and each character has been developed beforehand in their previous movies. The characters continue to develop in the Avengers movie as well and they all get an equal amount of screen time. I believe all the movies looked at together as one film creates the sense of an expansive storyline that continues beyond the ending credits.
The interaction between the actors may be seen as cheesy but if you look beyond that and get yourself in the mood to be sucked into the action there is plenty of it in this movie. Each actor has grown into their role through their respective films so you are likely to flinch at the sound of Thor's war cries or feel an overwhelming sense of patriotism when you see Captain America save a group of citizens from harm. The Iron Man, Captain America and Thor movies are where you will see the characters transform into the heroes you see in The Avengers. Each connecting movie contains a conflict and a climax but more so for those individual characters. The Avengers presents an even more epic conflict for the characters as a whole and that is where the relationship between the heroes really begins.
If you haven't seen The Avengers I highly recommend you do. To get the most out of this film I suggest you watch Iron Man 1 & 2, Thor, and Captain America beforehand.
