Avengers Endgame spoiler thread

Random, silly thought.

In the final big battle, I think there are at least few Avengers in the way back and have no communicator who went like this:

"Avengers...ASSEMBLE!."

"Wait, what did he say?

"Why are we running? WHERE are we running towards to?!"

"Aren't you guys here to fight Thanos?"

"What the hell is a thanos?"

"We weren't briefed at all, man."

"Whatever, let's just fight that big purple alien and his army, they look like villains."

"Eh, fair enough. Urraaaaaaaa!!!"

That's funny, I had the same thought yesterday. Not just the "assemble" (which nobody aside from who ever stands beside cap would be able to hear anyway), but also there are multiple scenes of Avengers talking to each other across the battle field. Even if they all have somehow communicators, there must be a lot of chatter in the airwaves with so many people involved.

I was thinking in the theater that it was a nice audience moment, but when he says "Avengers Assemble" they are already assembled. It's supposed to be a Gondor Calls for Aid line, not a Battle Cry. It might have made more sense if it was actually used in any previous film, but alas it wouldn't have that same marketable tag-line drop.

Edited by KJMackley on May 20th 2019 at 6:48:50 AM

Thats how its used in the comics.

They love shouting AVENGERS ASSEMBLE when they're already all standing next to each other

I know, right?

Avengers have been talking to each other over great distances through invisible communicators since the Battle of New York. It's kind of amazing that after all this time, Marvel still can't be arsed to put a little piece of bluetooth plastic or something on Captain America's ear.

Pretty sure Falcon was using a communicator to contact Cap before the calvery arrived.

A little piece of Bluetooth plastic? What is this, amateur hour? Tony Stark paid a lot for minuscule invisible communicators.

They fit inside your ear and if you place them wrong, they'll fit on your eardrum.

Edited by Bocaj on May 20th 2019 at 10:29:28 AM

They specifically included a scene in The Winter Soldier showing Steve putting an ear piece in which then practically vanished so, yeah, they could be assed, but it is one thing to share communication with a handful of people who had time to meet beforehand and agree on which kind of frequency they are supposed to use, and doing so with, what, a thousand people from all over the Galaxy. Even if we assume that just the "Avengers" characters have contact with each other it still would beg the question when the hell they included Valkyrie into the communication chain.

Wizards -aliens guy meme gesture-

I remember a couple years ago, someone brought up how Endgame should have Steve finally say "Avengers Assemble", and a few people seemed to think that was a stupid idea because "They had their chance and they blew it. Doing it now will just be pandering and cringey".

Judging how most people reacted to it, I can safely say those fears can be put to rest. Although, are there any people here who still feel that way? Or was the scene well-handled enough that you didn't care?

Marvel has earned the right to do just about anything they want. My complaint was something very minor, it certainly doesn't break the movie. I do wonder if non-comic fans even got the reference, like I said it's not actually referring to an established and repeated code phrase ("Assemble" has been used in marketing and Furys "There was an idea" speech but is not really an Arc Word). In contrast Tony's "And I am Iron Man" is practically his Catchphrase.

To me, Cap lifting and kicking ass with Mjolnir was so much more awesome than the Avengers Assemble moment.

I'm a sucker for a good team shot beyond the realms of whats reasonable or practical

Pose like an army because shit just got real

Well....honestly, it didn't have that much of a punch. Plus, the phrase doesn't really translate all that well anyway.

I think how they used the phrase might be more of a problem than that they used the phrase. As noted, everyone had already assembled for the eleventh-hour rescue when he said it. I've only seen the movie the once so pardon if I misremember but I think Steve was as surprised as the rest of the team when the cavalry suddenly appeared.

The line would have worked better if Steve had known the cavalry was coming and used it as a pre-emptive Gondor Calls for Aid. Possibly even a badass Shut Up, Hannibal! retort or something.

• Ebony Maw: Now you see the futility of defying him. Do you have any last words before you break?
• Steve: Just two. AVENGERS. ASSEMBLE!
• (portal cavalry)

That way, it segues directly into the awesome cavalry moment rather than being kinda drowned out by it.

Yeah but then we don’t get Sam throwing “on your left” back in Steve’s face

Followed by a magic portal appearing literally on Steve's left.

Well, The "on your left" was too good to leave it. Plus, Steve knowing that they come would have ruined the moment when he is standing in front of Thanos army all alone, ready to fight even though he knows he has no chance to win.

You know what would have been the right moment? When he sees Black Panther and he smiles at him, Steve should do a knowing nod, turn around, scream Avengers assemble and THEN all the portals open!

Edited by Swanpride on May 20th 2019 at 12:41:42 PM

It was used in a comics accurate fashion thus I am satisfied

Everyone standing around for 20 or so minutes after the Un-Snap, itching to get to the battle but Strange refuses to open portals until the time when his prophecy told him Steve would say “Avengers Assemble”.

• “Can we go now, Mr. Strange? This alien planet is really dusty, and that Star-Lord guy won’t stop making lame 70’s references.”
• “Don’t you know anything about narrative tension? Now sit there and wait until it’s dramatically appropriate!”

-stares at his stopwatch-

"It's almost time,but not yet-

"When is it time"

"Soon"

"How long is that going to be?

"Whenever I say it is"

"How much longer?"

"We're in the endgame now"

“You keep saying that!”

To be fair, I'd actually argue it makes sense they were standing around for about 20 minutes or so. In fact, I would even argue it was downright impressive how fast they were able to do so.

Dr. Strange had to ask people "Hey, who do you know who could help and where do they live?" and then run around telling everyone "Hey, the Avengers are being attacked, please help". Many of those people would also still be under a great deal of shock.