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Edited by Mrph1 on Jul 29th 2024 at 3:09:00 PM
Awhile back I noted that the final fight in Civi War had a backdrop that looked like the last supper,but I've noticed in Infinity war The Version tells them to kill him so Thanos can't get the stone from his head but none of them can bring themselves too (they do it eventually though but then Thanos rewinds time) ,why does it sound similar to "One of you will betray me"
Edited by Ultimatum on Jan 3rd 2019 at 9:23:28 AM
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We've seen that mohawk several times in the trailers.
True, but usually it's when she's flying in space. This is a different look at it.
I've noticed that the tagline for the movie is "Higher, Further, Faster" and they are even using that as an official hashtag. It comes directly from Kelly Sue DeConnick's run, but I do wonder if they will include the actual context of the phrase, which is a letter Carol gets from an old friend:
And when the soul is born with that kind of purpose... It'll damn sure find a way. We're gonna get where we’re going, you and me. Death and indignity be damned... we'll get there...
...And we will be the stars we were always meant to be.
Edited by alliterator on Jan 3rd 2019 at 1:58:22 AM
Not really.
I legit don't believe in the concept that a hero is only as good as his villain. Or the idea that a compelling villain makes a story better.
Those elements are bottom of the barrel for a good story in my book.
I'm all about the motivations and interpersonal relations of the heroes. About what they react or even don't react to.
Age Of Ultron estblished a lot interest moments for many characters that have had impact going forward in the story.
And again, I happen to think Ultron was fine enough.
The Avengers beat Thanos' army. They were in full retreat, with their leaders dead and Thor smashing their ships out of the sky. The battle wasn't truly hopeless until Thanos showed up.
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I disagree. The Avengers fighting against themselves in Civil War was a much more dynamic fight than the Avengers fighting Thanos's mooks. Because a mook army only really does one thing — rush and punch or shoot. A team of different superpowered characters (a la the Masters of Evil) does a variety of things with different superpowers.
Edited by alliterator on Jan 3rd 2019 at 2:43:39 AM
Not to mention that not all fighting has to be physical. You can have a team fight a single or small group of enemies and have everyone contribute. Maybe Steve and Natasha and Sam go off and try to find the Big Bad’s weakness, while Hawkeye is tracking down the Big Bad’s former associate, and Tony and Bruce are stalling for time via tech... you get the idea.
Not saying you are wrong, but you can't have teams falling apart constantly, and teams are hard to set up.
You can have a bunch of superpowered bad guys rise to challenge the ensemble, but if you don't have the screentime to properly establish them, they end up just barely better than the mook army.
The mook army is a fast, easy threat to set as the extension of an actual bit bad that can have more screentime dedicates to them.
It depends, while the chitauri were disposable, like other said it feel they gaing traction which each passing moment and we see all the chararter wearing down little by little, Ultron is a bad case since it feel like just filler.
Also come chararter jus need mooks, HYDRA for example, maybe not ultron, Thanos.....
what happen to Thanos chitauri? did they just vanish? did Thannos fire them?.
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On the topic of Ultron, I feel like this video offers a compelling alternate take on Ultron. It's not perfect but at the least I feel it makes the film relevant to the universe outside of introduction of the twins and Vision's creation.
Edited by Aleistar on Jan 3rd 2019 at 2:43:15 PM