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Edited by Mrph1 on Jul 29th 2024 at 3:09:00 PM
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While it would move the needle in that direction, one thing I've learned is that there's no such thing as a sure bet when it comes to predicting future story beats.
Guardians 3 taking place before Infinity War means only that the team will end that movie in a state that could logically lead to the state we saw them at the start of Infinity War. Absolutely nothing else.
Gamora will return if and when Marvel decides it's her time to return. That could be never, even if Guardians 3 takes place after Infinity War, or it could be within Avengers 4 itself even if Guardians 3 takes place before Infinity War.
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I thought the question everyone were making was "where's Hawkguy?"
As for if GOTG vol. 3 would be set before infinity war, I finally found the article: http://www.businessinsider.com/stop-making-avengers-4-assumptions-based-on-announced-sequels-2018-6
"Avengers: Infinity War" director Anthony Russo addressed the criticism of the superhero movie and how the already-announced sequels take some of the punch out of Infinity War's gut-punching ending. Does the fact that a "Black Panther 2" is happening dictate that all will be right with the character by the time the credits roll in "Avengers 4?" Everyone at Marvel has said that the deaths in Infinity War matter and the directors are sticking to their guns. In an interview with Huff Post, Anthony Russo stated that anything can happen in the MCU and people shouldn't assume that just because a sequel has been announced that it will take place after Infinity War.
Co-director Joe Russo took that a step further, citing specific examples of how the MCU can play fast and loose with the timeline. There are four years between "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2" and "Infinity War," so the announced "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3" could take place during that time period and avoid the ending of "Infinity War" altogether.
"There's four years between 'Guardians 2' and 'Infinity War.' That's a long time, and a lot of Guardians stories to tell. Again, as Anthony said, don't expect everything to move forward in a linear fashion in the Marvel universe."
As Swanpride mentioned before, Marvel has lied before, but the posibility is still there, and honestly, I find GOTG vol. 3 being set before infinity war really posible.
edited 18th Jun '18 7:44:49 PM by eligram
I assume that they are lying to us 90% of the time at this point, honestly. Which… They have to, if anything is going to be a surprise or have stakes. However, I strongly doubt that they would set Guardians 3 before Infinity War, because setting up a film where you know the ending isn’t satisfying. It only works for Ant-Man and the Wasp and for Captain Marvel because those characters aren’t in Infinity War.
edited 19th Jun '18 4:18:51 AM by wisewillow
So even though Ultron has already been done, we still have Hank creating an advanced artificial intelligence. Neat!
Also, Ghost more or less confirmed to be In Name Only.
edited 19th Jun '18 11:49:01 AM by KnownUnknown
The cynic in me says Hope and Cassie will probably get dusted so that Scott can have some feelings to feel in Avengers 4, but that's because the first movie did not leave me with high hopes for the film's treatment of its female characters. Neither has the MCU as a whole, to be honest.
The addition of "& the Wasp" to the title does not undo twenty films of precedent. I'm already not liking the trailer's handling of her blasters and wings as a suit upgrade that Hank withheld from Scott. She has better weapons than he does! This means, as a sidekick, she'll be able to accomplish less despite better tools than her male peer!
I know other people are all, "This will be the film that REDEEMS ANT-MAN in terms of female representation!" but I'm just braced for "Why the f*ck isn't this her movie?" Mk.II.
I'd welcome the film to prove me wrong, but as it is, my money's on Scott's Manpain.
edited 19th Jun '18 12:10:13 PM by TobiasDrake
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.What gets me suspicious is that all the trailers so far have focused on Scott Lang bouncing off his supporting cast. Hope does not have a supporting cast and we’ve yet to see a scene of her as Wasp where she’s not being compared to Scott. So yeah, “glorified sidekick” is what I’m expecting.
Because at the time Edgar Wright had all the authority over use of Ant-Man characters, and he wanted his film to be mostly standalone. This is also why the Wasp does not appear in The Avengers despite being one of the founding members in the comics.
How can you be Semi-Perfect?! You're either Perfect or you're not me!
edited 19th Jun '18 12:28:44 PM by TobiasDrake
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.I suspect that vision might have a copy of Ultron. His final scene with him is super ambiguous.
Also, yeah, there's some stuff in Ao U that suggests that Ultron is a much older project, and Hay, there's room for Hank to have had a hand in it.
For those curious, James Gunn just confirmed Guardians 3 is set after Infinity War, not before
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That's the opposite of vague.
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Anyway, I'm seeing some grousing about this since it pretty much confirms those who died in IW will be back (most of them anyway). It's why I've had mixed feelings on the dusting scene. Killing off big gun characters like Black Panther, Doctor Strange and Spider-Man immediately fell into Like You Would Really Do It territory, but I did agree with the Russos' claim that you can't just kill the lower tier heroes like War Machine or Scarlet Witch or Hawkeye or something, because then it's clear that they're just Red Shirts and that the actual important characters have Plot Armor.
edited 19th Jun '18 10:33:48 PM by comicwriter

It taking place before would be really unsatisfying.