The first trailer below my first two paragraphs is the official Russian trailer for “The Avengers.”  For some reason the characters seem more rounded (as rounded as one can get in two minutes and 13 seconds) and less like they were just posing.

It strikes me as odd because I would think that more Americans are familiar with the characters than Russians, which is why I guess we would be a more appropriate market for that particular cut.

For purposes of comparison, here’s the American version: