Good to see that Mickey Rourke’s unfortunately-attired Whiplash hasn’t made it onto the domestic poster for Iron Man 2, cementing my hope that his character isn’t going to be quite as major as we’ve been lead to believe (although Samuel L Jackson’s Nick Fury and Sam Rockwell’s Justin Hammer are also absent), but it’s Scarlett Johansson’s pose that has generated some discussion on Twitter.

Her Black Widow – looking back over her shoulder, allowing a generous profile and her ass (obscured as it is) to pointing towards the viewer – is, presumably, as Twyst notes, to show tits and ass at the same time.

It’s not an unsurprising choice. After all, Johansson has quite the figure and has been known to hold some kind of appeal to a certain demographic. Also, at the ripe old age of 37, Gwyneth Paltrow can clearly no longer appeal to that same demo.

Of more interest* than the improbably amalgamation of genetics that is Scarlett Johansson (and lord only knows what kind of hideous offspring she and Ryan ‘oh I seem to have lost my shirt’ Reynolds will produce), is the symbol on her shoulder.

I’d add another member to the roster for the Avengers movie. So that makes Thor, Iron Man, Captain America, Nick Fury and the Black Widow – and, if we can hope, the Hulk.

That’s going to be one expensive movie…
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*The fact that a SHIELD symbol is of more interest to me than pictures of Scarlett Johansson is pretty depressing, actually.