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Edited by Fighteer on Dec 15th 2022 at 9:55:58 AM
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Didn't see it, my bad.
You fell victim to one of the classic blunders!
Do we KNOW Aaron Johnson filmed the New Avengers scene or is it possible they didn't get that far? He's said they definitely wrote an alternate draft where he survives and gets a real costume, but I'm not sure if it was shot or not.
Though the Loki cameo is still missing even though it's confirmed Tom Hiddleston shot it.
Tom Hiddleston explains why Loki was cut from Age of Ultron.
Apparently the sequence was confusing to audiences and people thought the film was implying Loki was controlling Ultron through the Mind Stone.
This is the first I'm hearing of Loki being in Age of Ultron.
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That's a very good reason for cutting him from the film. With as common as the complaints about Loki's overexposure is, miscommunicating to the audience that Loki was controlling Ultron would have resulted in an even greater backlash than the "Black Widow calls herself a monster 'cause she can't have babies" misinterpretation.
edited 5th Oct '15 10:17:23 AM by TobiasDrake
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Totally random thought which has bugged me a while: Hydra doesn't really know the difference between a head and a tail, does it? Based on their symbol their saying should be "Cut off the head two new tail grow back."
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Idris Elba mentioned before the movie was out that he shot a scene with Tom Hiddleston and then after the movie came out (or close to the release date, I don't remember) someone in an official capacity with the film said Tom had filmed a part for the movie, but got cut during the editing stage.
Depends on if you're talking about hydras or geckos.
Their logo resembles an octopus, so it'd actually be arms.
edited 5th Oct '15 10:31:47 AM by Tuckerscreator
But a hydra is a snake.
Or carnivorous sauropod.
Could be some mutant strain of earthworm.
edited 5th Oct '15 10:43:39 AM by KnownUnknown
"The difference between reality and fiction is that fiction has to make sense." - Tom Clancy, paraphrasing Mark Twain.
Queen of Good Things, Honest
Generally speaking, "Cut off one head and two more will take its place!" has always just been empty rhetoric. It has a more badass and inspirational sound than "We Have Reserves so drown them in a sea of our corpses!" but a functionally identical meaning.
Somewhat fitting, as this strategy was fairly popular in WWII.
edited 5th Oct '15 10:51:33 AM by TobiasDrake
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I also mean for the leadership "kill me, and simply other will take my place" one element of Hydra is that they are a persistent bunch, always growing again and again.
Granted, they should drop the "Hail HYDRA!" that is poor advertisment for your group, I prefer "Hydra dominantus!" of the alpha legion, more to the point.
"My Name is Bolt, Bolt Crank and I dont care if you believe or not"
I wonder if the MCU will progress long enough for us to see Cassie Lang become Stature. Or, at least, to get a nod to it.
edited 5th Oct '15 11:18:21 AM by KnownUnknown
"The difference between reality and fiction is that fiction has to make sense." - Tom Clancy, paraphrasing Mark Twain.
I've said this before, but I'd love for the next stage of the MCU, after Infinity War, would be to focus on the Young Avengers.
edited 5th Oct '15 11:26:36 AM by higherbrainpattern
The big downside is that the actress who plays Cassie really is as young as she looks. It'd be a long time before she's old enough to believably portray even a teenager. After Infinity War she'll only be about 11.
Even so, I could see a tense moment in an Ant-Man sequel involving her having to use the Ant-Man tech to become giant, in a similar vein to how IM 3 had Pepper and the President use Iron Man and War Machine Iron Patriot briefly.
And then, if the MCU does go on long enough, then maybe...
edited 5th Oct '15 11:40:45 AM by KnownUnknown
"The difference between reality and fiction is that fiction has to make sense." - Tom Clancy, paraphrasing Mark Twain.
I am still hoping to see the Secret invasion...but in any case, Phase four should be more or less full if we assume that Ant-Man, Dr. Strange, Got G, Black Panther, Captain Marvel, Spider-man and the Inhumans all get a sequel.
Not necessarily - I mean, Phase 1 and 2 were both six movies, but Phase 3 is set to be ten movies. So Phase 4 could be six to ten movies long - if it was ten movies, they could do that "alternate one old and one new character" they've been doing.
I'm guessing Phase 4 will be Guardians 3, Avengers 4, sequels to the 5 new series, and one or two new movies.
edited 5th Oct '15 12:52:18 PM by Kostya
The Dubsmash War finale approaches and it's going on television!
edited 5th Oct '15 1:08:31 PM by Tuckerscreator
There's also the possibility they won't do a sequel for Ant-Man and instead just fold him into the Avengers franchise like they did for Hulk. Or if any of the other new Phase 3 characters end up as Stillborn Franchises.
I'd love for Dr. Strange to just get his one movie and that's it. That's all people get.
I would laugh so hard.
edited 5th Oct '15 1:25:49 PM by higherbrainpattern
Also regardless I can't imagine there won't be at least one new franchise. They're in the business of generating new IP and have a very deep pool of characters to use.
Dr. Strange only getting one movie wouldn't bother me. It's the least surprising thing Feige would do.
Was just posted a few pages ago.