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Edited by Mrph1 on Jul 29th 2024 at 3:09:00 PM
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Maybe, but you would have to change him so much that it would simply be much easier to just replace him with a completely different character.
I mean, the MCU Star-Lord is completely different from the comics Star-Lord in any case - comics Star-Lord became an astronaut, met the Master of the Sun, and that's how he became "Star-Lord." MCU Star-Lord did none of that. At what point does it matter whether or not "J'son" is his father?
edited 10th Sep '15 10:44:30 AM by alliterator
I like Spartax. When written well, J'son was an entertainingly complex antagonist before he was dethroned and became the obnoxiously stupid Mr. Knife. He's basically Space Doom, looking out for his empire by whatever means necessary, often terrible means, while trying to get his son to accept his proper place in their government.
With Peter hiding in the criminal underworld to shirk the responsibility. He has ethical concerns with his father's empire but, at the same time, he really doesn't want to be a prince. He's Space Jasmine.
And now he's been elected to the throne and his extreme discomfort with having to finally face up to the responsibilities he's been running from for so long is fantastic.
I really like this dynamic. I feel like much would be lost if his father is Eros or Thanos or Cosmo or whoever.
EDIT: Although if his father does turn out to be Cosmo, I will certainly find that entertaining enough as well.
edited 10th Sep '15 10:49:02 AM by TobiasDrake
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.Eh, the High Evolutionary pretty much is responsible for Adam Warlock. Before the High Evolutionary, Warlock was just known as "Him" and then the High Evolutionary found him and woke him up and then created a Counter-Earth where Warlock lived for a bit before doing the whole Jesus-dying-and-being-reborn thing.
Yes, I know. But he wasn't Warlock then, he was just "Him." It wasn't until the High Evolutionary/Counter-Earth stories that he really started to be called Adam Warlock.
The High Evolutionary was also the one that gave him the Soul Gem on his forehead, which was later retconned to be one of the Infinity Gems.
We all love Loki Charms, but how about Groot Loops?
Age of Ultron - All deleted scenes that were on the BD/DVD.
-More on the rivalry between Hawkeye and Quicksilver, with Quicksilver mentioning Hawkeye is so irrelevant that Ultron and them didn't even factor him in their strategies to defeat the Avengers. Quicksilver also mocks Hawkeye as being too old and too slow in all their encounters.
-At Hawkeye's farm, Hawkeye's wife complains about a tool shed Hawkeye never finishes because he's always off with the Avengers. During the ending montage, he'd be seen finishing it.
-Stark calls the Twins "Flowers in the Attic", and they don't understand the reference. Wanda says it sounds lovely, Hawkeye quips "trust me, it isn't".
-Extended version of Banner infiltrating Ultron's fortress to rescue Black Widow. She then uses Chitauri weapons that Baron Strucker had salvaged to fight off the Ultron drones.
-Alternative version of Black Widow bringing out the Hulk by pretending to have toyed with Banner's emotions in order to put the Hulk on a leash and mocking him for thinking she could actually love him.
-Hawkeye policing the Twins throughout the Battle of Sokovia. At one point, he coaches them in how to more effectively use their powers to battle the Ultron drones.
-Captain America and Iron Man are at odds throughout the movie and part on less amicable terms.
-Alternative ending where Quicksilver survives due to Dr. Cho's medical technology and joins the Avengers alongside Scarlet Witch.
edited 10th Sep '15 12:39:00 PM by VeryMelon
That's a shame. Imo, the film definitely could have used this.
Lol.
edited 10th Sep '15 12:41:24 PM by KnownUnknown
It's an obscure novel from the 80's about a pair of twins who live in an attic and develop an incestuous relationship.
Nobody getting the reference is probably why it was cut.
edited 10th Sep '15 1:03:15 PM by TobiasDrake
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.-Hawkeye policing the Twins throughout the Battle of Sokovia. At one point, he coaches them in how to more effectively use their powers to battle the Ultron drones.
Damn, I would have loved to see the scene in actual film. I get why it was cut - it probably interfered with the pacing - but Hawkeye coaching those two would have been a really cool scene.
-Captain America and Iron Man are at odds throughout the movie and part on less amicable terms.
Huh. I wonder why they didn't use this, since it would neatly set up Civil War. Perhaps they didn't want to end on a downer note.

Well, apparently it is a thing in the animated series. So I guess we get two different versions of his heritage.