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Edited by Mrph1 on Jul 29th 2024 at 3:09:00 PM
The big issue is Cass Lang, if they put her in the movie. If she's the same age as her actress, then we've got several years before she's even a teenager.
Another is Runaways. The main way I would see a Young Avengers movie working with the MCU's tone is by having a bunch of kids caught trying to survive a very serious, deadly and bleak situation, which is all the worse because they have no way out but to try and fix it themselves. Which is Runaways' whole bit.
For a Young Avengers movie, Marvel could just do a Time Skip and recast Cassie Lang with an actress who's actually in her late teens.
edited 26th Jan '16 12:22:14 PM by higherbrainpattern
I mean, even in the original comic Cassie was only 14 anyway.
I would really like Kate and Eli to turn up. Of all the Young Avengers, they'd be the easiest to adapt since their backstories don't tie into any of the existing Avengers. Eli is a bit tied to the concept of Captain America but that's simple to write in. You could also arguably adapt America without giving any details about her home dimension other than "my moms died and I left and now I can't go back".
Patriot would be easy enough to retcon in. There's a lot about the WW 2 years in the MCU we've never seen, so they could easily say they tried to recreate Cap by experimenting on a group of black men.
The much bigger elephant in the room right now are Speed and Wiccan. Their ages already made very little sense in the comics, but it's an even bigger stretch here since Wanda is in her late teens/early 20's at the absolute oldest right now.
So no, they really can't do a Planet Hulk movie right in the middle of a Thor movie.
edited 26th Jan '16 1:01:12 PM by alliterator
Clearly the High Evolutionary steals the newborns and takes them to space.
edited 26th Jan '16 1:04:34 PM by LordofLore
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Or, here's something: make them not Scarlet Witch's children.
I mean, they aren't even technically her children in the comics, either. She used her powers to have children, but their souls came from Mephisto and then when they vanished, those souls were reincarnated into the past. There is probably no way that could happen in the MCU.
Not at this moment, since Universal has the distribution rights to any Hulk movie. If they renamed it, possibly.
edited 26th Jan '16 1:04:14 PM by alliterator
Just have Hulk not go back to rule Sakaar until after Ragnarok is dealt with. These aren't complicated changes to be making. Hulk's plotline doesn't NEED to be relevant to Ragnarok, just to be a way to introduce Hulk in space and his new world and get him into the story, as well as have SOME version of Planet Hulk on the big screen.
edited 26th Jan '16 1:31:30 PM by PushoverMediaCritic
Banner/Hulk could easily be introduced on Earth. He doesn't need to be introduced on another planet.
edited 26th Jan '16 1:36:56 PM by alliterator
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Which is already silly because Depending on the Writer Vision is supposed to have synthetic organs anyway.
Does Vision poop?

A YA movie would most likely require a in-universe time skip of ~8 years after a Phase.
Could have Fury die of old age, Clint becoming a archery teacher for the rich(with a certain girl attending his lessons) to bring in money to the family in peacetime etc.
edited 26th Jan '16 12:17:33 PM by LordofLore