I thought we’d see something like a dozen different ads by now, but Marvel is taking their time on rolling these out it seems. Either that, or it’s because they’ve shown so much of the action scenes in bits and pieces that revealing the actual story would be a bad thing. Of course, as I’m not one of those internet poker-a-rounders digging up every plot point or on-set screenshot out there so I can spoil my screening, I don’t mind the slow reveals one bit. Actually, it would be amazing to see a major motion picture that’s not a Terence Malick film pop up with not so much spolieriffic fanfare and blow audiences away because it was under-hyped and amazing. Eh, like that ever happens these days…

Another week, another Iron Man 3 making-of feature bound for the home video release (mark my words). It’s fun seeing Marvel set up their universe through these recent flicks that do an interesting job at condensing that huge history from their comics into two-hour (or less) chunks easily digested by the masses. Granted, for some reason Spider-Man, Ghost Rider and some other heroes haven’t yet gotten that “perfect” reworking as film properties (at least in my opinion), but it’ll be interesting to see how the characters from other films cross over into the more popular ones over time…

I’ll bet you a nickel that you see this on the DVD and Blu-Ray when it comes out in, oh… about a year from now (or by Christmas, actually). I’m not psychic, folks – just right (ha ha). You can believe that this video isn’t going to waste and neither are the rest of them Marvel has planned. Of course, when you finally DO buy that DVD or Blu-Ray… you’ll also know which special features to skip because you’ve seen them already. Hey, I’m just trying to save you all some time so you can make more popcorn (or less). Hmm – let me shut up now before Marvel sends The Mandarin after me…