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Edited by Mrph1 on Jul 29th 2024 at 3:09:00 PM
The whole issue of the Mook Army is that it's hard to give everyone on the heroic side something to do while still making the bad guys look like a threat. Avengers 1 handled it very well by making sure Hawkeye and Black Widow weren't directly in the action, but then AOU had them shredding through Ultron's bodies like they were tissue paper.
edited 16th Aug '15 7:09:22 PM by comicwriter
I've always thought Widow and to a lesser extent Hawkeye are just not front-line combatants - their optimal part of the plot shouldn't be to be mowing down mooks alongside Iron Man and Hulk, but having other but no less important roles that actually utilize their skills.
Widow in particular had her abilities kind of wasted in Ultron in contrast to Avengers 1, which made sure her abilities as a spy and interrogator were at the forefront of her role in the story.
edited 16th Aug '15 7:32:30 PM by KnownUnknown
If he wasn't outright vaporized, he was uncontrollably teleported to any possible location in the universe.
Which may or may not have been habitable or even a planet.
Which, even if it were, would probably not be a very hospitable place to some random alien who burst into existence there.
And then seventy years passed.
Point is, it would take a lot of bullshit to bring back the Red Skull as a threat.
edited 16th Aug '15 7:34:49 PM by TobiasDrake
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I tend to think he's not coming back, given that Robert Redford's character in Winter Soldier was sort of a combination of Alexander Pierce from the comics, "Dell Rusk" and Aleksander Lukin.
And given that Film!Pierce is sort of a Well-Intentioned Extremist, it seems like when they had the chance to use the Skull they decided not to, because they wanted their "secretly evil character" to have a bit more nuance.
Basically, they had the story where the Red Skull was used in the equivalent comic story and they decided not to use him.
edited 16th Aug '15 7:42:05 PM by Hodor2
How exactly did that happen in the comics?
Loki sacrificed himself and saved Asgard during the events of the Crisis Crossover Siege. He set it up so he could reborn as an innocent kid, without the memories of his old life.
The movie could pretty much do the exact same thing, if they wanted. What ultimately caused Loki to sacrifice himself would change, of course, but the essence would be the same. Of course, they could also change Loki's motivation.
edited 16th Aug '15 7:44:38 PM by Heatth
"Huh? 1) Bruce agreed on making Ultron, so it's his own damn fault, too. 2) Yes, he blames Wanda, but not enough to attack everyone else. 3) Black Widow "kicking out"? What? You mean her pushing him down so that he would become the Hulk? Because I'm pretty sure he doesn't blame her for that, he knows she had to do it, but ran away anyway."
1) Yeah but Ultron was tony idea, the one who take the specter and use it them deciding bulding another damn super robot is best,idea,ever and he go away with it 2) just for a moment and again Wanda manage to get in the team after all it happen 3) I was talking in general, how is natasha who in part drag him to shiled in Avenger 1 then kick him after she open to him, I dont said he was anything against her...but with shield and everyone else related
About Red skull is like the mandarin, a villian born of a silly concept(and uber nazi) HYDRA is more abstract as a concept an can be used without problem, Red skull? meh
edited 16th Aug '15 7:45:35 PM by unknowing
"My Name is Bolt, Bolt Crank and I dont care if you believe or not"I think bringing Red Skull back as Pierce would have been kinda silly. Aside from going against part of the "anybody could be an enemy, not just demonic-looking Nazi guys" message, we also already got Zola back. Bringing both back in the same film would not only be repetitive and convoluted, but reduce the effect.
You cannot firmly grasp the true form of Squidward's technique!It might be nice to see Kid Loki age in real time rather than casting a spell to abruptly become Teen Loki.
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.1) Yeah but Ultron was tony idea, the one who take the specter and use it them deciding bulding another damn super robot is best,idea,ever and he go away with it
Okay, I'm assuming you mean "scepter." And yes, it was Tony's idea to make another robot...which worked completely and gave us the Vision. So Bruce wouldn't really be the mad about it.
2) just for a moment and again Wanda manage to get in the team after all it happen
So? He would still only be mad at Wanda, not everyone else.
3) I was talking in general, how is natasha who in part drag him to shiled in Avenger 1 then kick him after she open to him, I dont said he was anything against her...but with shield and everyone else related
Huh? I still don't get it. Sure, she brought him into the Avengers. She didn't kick him out. He left on his own. Do you mean that she kicked him when he was down? How? She didn't do anything of the sort. They just needed the Hulk and Bruce didn't want to become the Hulk anymore. He left because he knew that if he stuck around he would eventually become the Hulk again and he didn't want that to happen, not after losing control.
Loki can shapeshift anyway- just justify any changes with "He wanted to look different that day"
The best thing ever would be if Loki turned into Cat Thor for an entire movie. Just, you know, Thor with a giant cat head.
Do it, Marvel. DOOOO IT.
edited 16th Aug '15 8:31:22 PM by alliterator
Just do extreme Dawson Casting and have Hiddleston play all the Lokis.
Does TH have the usual six movie contract the other actors have? If yes, Marvel would be crazy not to use him as long as possible. If his contract is even longer, well, I am sure adult Loki will stick around on earth while Thor is back in Asgard.
But if TH has ended, Kid Loki is a great variant to keep the character around, provided that they find a young actor who can pull him off. This way they can give Hiddleston a break for a while until they can convince him to come back.
Concerning Thanos...depending on which stones he has, he could theoretically plug every villain he wants out of the time-stream, and he could mind control every Avenger who is unlucky enough to come too close to him.
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He could do that...but if the original Infinith Gauntlet series is anything to go by, he probably wouldn't - where's the fun in that?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSAp-QCHj_A
Just want to throw that one in....it made me love "The Avengers" all over again (and put it back into the top three of my personal list).
Which may or may not have been habitable or even a planet.
Which, even if it were, would probably not be a very hospitable place to some random alien who burst into existence there.
And then seventy years passed.
Point is, it would take a lot of bullshit to bring back the Red Skull as a threat.
Because being frozen in a glacier for about seventy years
is obviously much more realistic. That sort of thing happens just tons of times.
edited 17th Aug '15 10:51:39 AM by HextarVigar
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That actually wasn't a joke, I've heard it called that and accept it. Using a brand to compliment the greater, overall picture - in this case - I can agree with.
One of my complaints with certain films is why there isn't a passing nod to the other heroes.
Or, being honest, I'm the side that complains "where were the others when this shit went down" so, I'm more than happy with Civil War being A 2.5. Just, as long as it doesn't collapse under its own weight by introducing Spider Man, Panther, and whoever else was in Civil War.
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