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Edited by Mrph1 on Jul 29th 2024 at 3:09:00 PM
Yeah, I mentioned that. It's another reason why it's unlikely Stane was behind it - important or not to HYDRA, if Stane had the pull in HYDRA to be behind them killing Howard as apposed to them doing it for their own reasons without his input, he would've had resources he clearly didn't have in Iron Man 2.
edited 16th Dec '15 8:15:14 PM by KnownUnknown
I always think that connecting prior villains and linking them to a Nebulous Evil Organization long after they've died is a bit of an Ass Pull.
"Stand was cool, but he died. How can we make him more grandoise? Oh yeah, turns out he was member of HYDRA!"
On that note, I really hope they don't do that with Ross in Civil War. Not only would it make the Consultant not make sense, but I really like Ross being who he is with all his vices without it turning out that an evil organization was behind everything he did.
edited 16th Dec '15 8:16:24 PM by KnownUnknown
Marvel please don't turn "he was a HYDRA all along xD" into the new midichlorians.
edited 16th Dec '15 9:03:08 PM by AlleyOop
In my head canon, it was mostly the brief period during which Stane had sole control of the company which made him into a power hungry criminal. It must have p... him off when Tony actually got his act together and he mainly let him live because he was such a good inventor. But I guess he felt that it cant go better than the Jericho.
x4 I agree that Ross shouldn't be Hydra.
If Hydra needs to have a hand in the Sokovia Accords, what I could see them doing is having Baron Zemo (obviously without people knowing about any ties to Hydra he has) on the UN panel that enforces the Accords.
If they don't want to end the movie with Captain America and the all Avengers that sided with him dead, in prison, or on the run, then exposing Baron Zemo might be a way to do that.
Now that the year is nearly over, I am starting to really relish in the excitement for the upcoming year. More Agent Carter! Civil War!!!!! (I love the Captain America Franchise). Ao S should delve into the secret warriors. Even Dr. Strange sounds more and more interesting by the minute. The more they talk about the visual aspects and the more talent they cast, the less I am worrying about the writers they picked.
I am also starting to wonder again which genres Marvel intends to explore next.
So remember that scene in Daredevil?
People really are that dumb in real life.
Forever liveblogging the AvengersIt's slowly building up a team. Currently it's two Canon Foreigners and Quake, but the team should expand now that they've had their first mission.
Writing a post-post apocalypse LitRPG on RR. Also fanfic stuff.![]()
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"Young Avengers"
Okay, that's pretty awesome, given the subject of this thread.
Oh God! Natural light!People really are that dumb in real life.
I loved that scene because it was the kind of mistake that perfectly demonstrates the character's inexperience with hands-on violence. It showed that, even though he's charismatic and brilliant, he's not very experienced in doing things directly.
edited 17th Dec '15 8:32:38 AM by TobiasDrake
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.And his bluff would probably have worked if she hadn't turned out to have experience with firearms.
Writing a post-post apocalypse LitRPG on RR. Also fanfic stuff.Lego sets can be iffy. A character might be included in a set not because they're in that scene, but because that's the only set with an open character slot and they don't fit in the other sets. Props and stuff might be added because it's fun, or because their info is not 100% accurate (misinterpretation, deleted scene). Like with second Hobbit film, one set had Beorn with Gandalf in the Dul Guldur set, and they found a magic ring, but that was not in the theatrical version of the film.

The problem was anyone better would likely have aroused suspicion.
Random terrorists? Poor stupid playboy, but he got what was coming to him. High Grade Minions? Well now who just inherited a company and could have wanted him dead?