The Avengers is a thing that is actually happening, a geek dream of nigh-unspeakable proportions that is becoming a real movie.  Ever since Nick Fury showed up after the credits of Iron Man in 2008, Marvel Studios has been building to The Avengers, and it's now just a little more than three months from hitting theaters in 3D (Get your Rogue 3D Eyewear right here, folks).  As such, the mighty promotional machine is about to really get rolling, with all the power of Marvel and Disney powering it. 

Like many other means of modern social networking, Twitter no doubt has the potential to be utilized as little more than a facilitator of digital narcissism, but it also presents a plethora of opportunities for unique discourse that would otherwise have been unlikely, if not impossible.  If, for example, you wanted to address any number of questions to horror director/writer/composer John Carpenter, you'll have a chance to do so this week during a live tweeting Q & A session with the man behind Halloween, Escape from New York, They Live, Big Trouble in Little China, Starman, and The Thing.