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Edited by Mrph1 on Jul 29th 2024 at 3:09:00 PM
As an individual fighter she was very competent, however Ronan relied on firepower so all she got was a Designated Girl Fight, I think. Don't remember that much of the movie.
Anyway, AOS has Jiaying, Agent Carter season 2 will have Madame Masque, and Luke Cage has whoever Alfre Woodard is playing and they might cross over into the films so there's that at least.
Thing is didn't Captain Marvel get planned well before all this stuff? Wouldn't Perlmutter have to have been okay with that? I mean sure now it could be done without his okay, but it's been in the pipeline for a while now.
“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ CyranYes. I've mentioned before that Captain Marvel is very delicately placed, however. It's sandwiched between Infinity War 1 and 2. Given that both of those movies are guaranteed to hit the one-billion mark, that means that even if Captain Marvel fails as hard as Perlmutter believes all female-driven movies will, there's a financial buffer preceding and following it.
Captain Marvel was originally slated for June 6, 2018 alongside Infinity War Part 1's May 4 release. Had things gone to plan, the first half of Infinity War would actually still be in theaters when Captain Marvel hit. With the Spider-Man movie, it's taken up the November 2 slot from Inhumans and given its slot to Black Panther, while the Infinity War films have not been affected at all.
edited 1st Sep '15 2:41:58 PM by TobiasDrake
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.So I watched Age of Ultron on a flight back to US.
Basically, how utterly mediocre.
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Everything felt so light and stakeless and it was impossible for me to get really involved in this movie. It lacked the "HOLY SHIT" factor that The Avengers and...pretty much all the biggest/acclaimed action movies that came out this year.
I watched Furious 7 almost right after that (before that, I watched Princess and the Frog, which I enjoyed more than Ultron). Boy, no wonder why Furious 7 did better than Ultron, both critically and commercially.
That said, the Hulkbuster scene was incredible and Hawkeye and Captain America gotten much more awesome. There is a lot of heart in character relationship, which I appreciated. Of course, the scene with Bruce and Natasha sucked. And of course, how can I not talk about the whole "infertility " "monster" issue. Basically, I do understand what the writer/director intended, but poor choice of words there.
On Ultron.
-sighs-
Okay. I am going to respect the opinion of people who liked the more conflicted and human aspect of him, but I feel that after a host of underwhelming and forgettable Phase 2 villains, this film needed more intimidating villain.
Basically, it needed the trailer's version of Ultron.
But then again, this made 1.4 billion dollars, so what do my opinion matters anyway. -shrugs-
Continuously reading, studying, and (hopefully) growing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTR7V-HhjOc
I'll believe that when I see it.
edited 1st Sep '15 4:08:59 PM by Guy01
Ok, who let Light Yagami in here?Yeah. In the end, MCU Ultron will be remembered more for his snark than his menace.
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-Thanos summons Mook Army with Gauntlet. cue repeat of last two movies-
edited 1st Sep '15 4:14:14 PM by nervmeister
Vision's a bit more of The Comically Serious. And Thor is more boisterous than snarky.
It probably won't happen, since the Avengers fight comedians and not threats, but I would love to see the Avengers go into the first fight with Thanos joking and snarking at everything, feeling good and utterly confident that they can handle this after the robot. Thanos just gives a Slasher Smile and casually strides up to them and demands the gem from Vision. Tony cracks a joke and the Avengers attack....and Thanos.Tears.Through Them. He swats Hulk away, beats down Thor, smashes Cap's shield and his arm, blasts away Hawkeye and Widow, throws Cap's broken body at Falcon and then crushes Tony, just crushing his bones and armor. Etc, Etc.
With the Avengers defeated and lying on the ground beaten and broken, Thanos then rips the gem out of Vision's forehead, puts it in the gauntlet and leaves.
THAT is how I would introduce Thanos to the Avengers, not by him being a comedic fool, but by showing that Thanos is an unstoppable threat that they can't just run over like Ultron and Loki.
Plus, Tony being beaten to a pulp would be a good enough excuse for him to get the Extremis Treatment.
Like I said though, he'll probably be a snarky comedian. Ugh.
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Bullseye in Season 2 of Daredevil may give you just that. As for Thanos, a dry wit tinged with disturbing implications (think Shere Khan from Disney's Jungle Book) as opposed to Iron Man levels of snark would suit him well,
edited 1st Sep '15 4:37:13 PM by nervmeister
I loved Age of Ultron and I thought Ultron himself was pretty menacing. The fact that he sounded so human made him seem even creepier to me. In pretty much all the previous incarnations, he sounds monotone, like Brainiac, but in this one he actually sounded like an Artificial Intelligence, not just a computer.

I don't know Gomorrah seemed far more competent throughout. Admittedly it has been a while since I have watched the film but she also never came off as much of a threat to me, unlike Ronan who did seem like a threat to me even before he got the gem.