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Edited by Mrph1 on Jul 29th 2024 at 3:09:00 PM
I'm so glad Thunderbolt Ross is returning; he was so very well cast in The Incredible Hulk, and it allows other elements from that movie to return down the line, like Tim Roth's Abomination who I also thought was really well cast.
It also seems like Civil War opens with a Bat Man Cold open like Age Of Ultron, who do we think they'll be fighting? Presumably it would be something to do with Bucky.
Hmmm... A.I.M. With MODOK zipping about? We know the brothers love that character.
I think they'd have to explain who MODOK is first. Age of Ultron set up Strucker in the Winter Soldier, and the Nazi Nobleman concept with him is simple. Opening with MODOK would have too many viewers wondering "wait, what, who is this giant floating head??"
"I am MODOK, I am designed only for KILLING and also komputation"
"Oooooooh!" says audience. Probably. Possibly.
Forever liveblogging the AvengersAlthough Age of Ultron did proceed to do one of the most egregious cases of They Wasted a Perfectly Good Character of all time with Strucker. Winter Soldier introduced him in a workable way, but Age of Ultron just dashed him into the ground like a damaged b-17.
"All you Fascists bound to lose."No, its cool
Ultron replaced him with a Life Model Decoy and hid the real Strucker on Hydra Island
Forever liveblogging the AvengersThe easy solution to this is in the Batman Cold Open NOT killing The Machine Designed Only Killing.
Can we please make it cannon that MODOK can't actually spell?
At least AIM is already established, but if you wanted a strictly pre-established villain, you could have the Avengers turn up and shoot The True Mandarin to death while knee capping the Leader.
Reading that link to the costume concept art from last page, it explained what the Tron Lines in Widow's suit were: electrical wires for her shock batons. What I expected them to be, honestly.
edited 7th May '15 4:29:06 PM by Tuckerscreator
Wouldn't it be kind of repetitive to see the Avengers attack a hyrda base again? I'd like to see them be proactive against a force other than Hyrda for once.
Credible threats to the Avengers at the moment that wouldn't require much intro would be, hmm, A.I.M. the Ten Rings, Hyrda, Klue, Baltroc or Snowflake. Though, like The Winter Soldier, the batman cold open could introduce an entirely new villain.
"Avengers, as—I was saying, this is your next mission briefing..."
Maybe you'd be less disappointed if you stopped expecting things to be Carmen Sandiego movies.One of those concept arts for Quicksilver makes me think of Kotetsu from Tiger And Bunny.
"We gotta fight this giant robot that was built to take down Godzilla"
Forever liveblogging the AvengersI would love it if the films just kept putting in off screen characters with Kang as their last name through history.
Stan Lee as Kang?
EDIT: Giant Monsters? I guess they don't simply some one is building them, but that just has horrific implications about the inhabitants of Earth.
GAMMA Monsters though, I could tolerate having no explanation.
edited 7th May '15 4:56:05 PM by Whowho

Damnit, Jonah! And you say Spidery-Man is a threnace!
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