Vermillion
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The winter episode. Teehee
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Avengers: Age of Ultron | Production Thread
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The winter episode. Teehee
DonasaurusRex
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right...
Poofynamanama
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guys that's a drawing
Whedon needs to kill someone off...chances are it's gonna be Hawkeye or one of the sidekicks.
So...?
George Oscar Bluth II
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Mega Spooky
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I almost choked laughing at that.
Father_Brain
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Devin Faraci tweeted the other day that there's a press visit to the AoU set this week. We won't hear anything from it for a long, long time (the embargo on a GotG set visit from last September was just lifted two weeks ago), but those interviews with Feige and Whedon are going to be kinda awkward. Wonder if they'll declare Ant-Man questions off-limits.
Cloud Strife
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Wohoo
Feige has a ton of experience as an executive now, I'm sure he'll have no problems giving sugarcoated replies and dancing around it. Whedon wouldn't have to entertain any of such questions at all. It's not his movie. Don't think it'll be a particularly big deal with regards to Avengers 2. The larger problem for Marvel will be how they look in the press in the coming weeks if they can't get Ant Man together.
Father_Brain
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Even if they get a new director in time, the whole thing is definitely going to cast a pall over Hall H at SDCC. Wonder how they'll handle it.
Yeah I think Comicon is going to be REALLY interesting. Probably the first time ever that Marvel Studios will find their panel on a defensive tone. Uncharted waters. I just don't think there will be an impact on general press stuff meant specifically to promote Avengers 2 though.
I expect them to announce the rest of the Phase III Movies. And I expect a delay on Ant Man. It wont be the first movie, it will be the third.
What has Whedon to do with Ant-Man?
What has Whedon to do with Ant-Man?
Bobby Roberts
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They'll handle it by announcing a Captain Marvel movie. Watch.
I've been expecting
Whoa
Any director who has a pitch interesting enough to keep Marvel interested for 8 years, and talks about it candidly over the years, letting fans know the project is alive, and then leaves the production with his entire high level crew just weeks before shooting starts, will create drama. Why are you being so dismissive of something that natural?
Lactose_Intolerant
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Is colbert going to be a Tony Stark body double? He just grew a tony stark goatee plus it aligns with the shooting schedule.
http://www.latino-review.com/news/exclusive-avengers-age-of-ultron-early-story-details-revealed
Latino Review has early plot details on Avengers: Age of Ultron.
Latino Review has early plot details on Avengers: Age of Ultron.
Basically, Age Of Ultron takes place and opens immediately after the Baron Von Strucker post credit scene in Captain America: The Winter Soldier.
The opening set piece and big action scene has The Avengers as a team attack that rogue outpost Hyrda cell run by Baron Von Strucker. He has Loki's staff, and also possesses Chitauri weaponry. The Avengers are there to basically clean it all up. But that's not all, Von Strucker also has the corpse of a leviathan!
Quicksilver and Scarlett Witch fight alongside Von Strucker against the Avengers. The Scarlett Witch uses her powers and cast a hex on the Hulk into thinking that the Leviathan is still alive. It's safe to say some serious Hulk smashing ensues. More on Hulk in a minute.
Eventually The Avengers win, capture the staff and the bad guys. The team then goes back to Avengers Tower and have one poppin' party. The whole team takes turns trying to pick up Thor's hammer Mjolnir. This is their party thing. Rhodey is in this scene by the way. Tony Stark tries to pick up Mjolnir in his Iron Man armor and the arm accidentally falls off the armor. Oops. Captain America can budge it a tad but can't pick it up! Now they may change this because the canon in the comics is that Cap can pick it up so we will have to wait and see. It will probably freak out hardcore fanboys.
Now about The Hulk. Remember when Mark Ruffalo told Total Film last week:
[My roles] even bigger than last time, and its more complex and it has more layers and a bit more arc.
How complex? Well, in the party scene at Avengers Tower, we discover that Banner and Black Widow kinda have a thing for each other. Banner is afraid to consummate anything with her for fear of hulking out and hurting her. He doesn't trust himself. OUCH! Talk about blue balls, in this case hulk green, hence leading to his "It's complicated" facebook status update this morning.
Banner and Black Widow are definitely into each other. Very Buffy and Angel stuff. Very Joss Whedon. But that is not all. We also learn in the party scene that Jane is no longer with Thor! The poor Asgardian is at the bar watching Jane with Richard (Chris O' Dowd's character from Thor: The Dark World). Supposedly, he is ok with it. He's fine. Supposedly.
The opening set piece and big action scene has The Avengers as a team attack that rogue outpost Hyrda cell run by Baron Von Strucker. He has Loki's staff, and also possesses Chitauri weaponry. The Avengers are there to basically clean it all up. But that's not all, Von Strucker also has the corpse of a leviathan!
Quicksilver and Scarlett Witch fight alongside Von Strucker against the Avengers. The Scarlett Witch uses her powers and cast a hex on the Hulk into thinking that the Leviathan is still alive. It's safe to say some serious Hulk smashing ensues. More on Hulk in a minute.
Eventually The Avengers win, capture the staff and the bad guys. The team then goes back to Avengers Tower and have one poppin' party. The whole team takes turns trying to pick up Thor's hammer Mjolnir. This is their party thing. Rhodey is in this scene by the way. Tony Stark tries to pick up Mjolnir in his Iron Man armor and the arm accidentally falls off the armor. Oops. Captain America can budge it a tad but can't pick it up! Now they may change this because the canon in the comics is that Cap can pick it up so we will have to wait and see. It will probably freak out hardcore fanboys.
Now about The Hulk. Remember when Mark Ruffalo told Total Film last week:
[My roles] even bigger than last time, and its more complex and it has more layers and a bit more arc.
How complex? Well, in the party scene at Avengers Tower, we discover that Banner and Black Widow kinda have a thing for each other. Banner is afraid to consummate anything with her for fear of hulking out and hurting her. He doesn't trust himself. OUCH! Talk about blue balls, in this case hulk green, hence leading to his "It's complicated" facebook status update this morning.
Banner and Black Widow are definitely into each other. Very Buffy and Angel stuff. Very Joss Whedon. But that is not all. We also learn in the party scene that Jane is no longer with Thor! The poor Asgardian is at the bar watching Jane with Richard (Chris O' Dowd's character from Thor: The Dark World). Supposedly, he is ok with it. He's fine. Supposedly.
George Oscar Bluth II
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The last paragraph. Music to my ears. Shame it's most likely fake.
George Oscar Bluth II
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Badass Digest supporting the LR article.
http://badassdigest.com/2014/06/10/age-of-ultron-spoilers-reveal-parties-and-romances/
http://badassdigest.com/2014/06/10/age-of-ultron-spoilers-reveal-parties-and-romances/
RobotNinjaHornets
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Why no mentions of Hawkguy
I need my Hawkguy
I need my Hawkguy
The last few months have been rough :c
George Oscar Bluth II
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He'll probably crash through the window saying "Okay...This is bad."
Short version: Banner wants to smash, but is afraid Hulk will smash instead.
Thor 3 to be a romantic comedy with Chris O'Dowd as the "villain".
George Oscar Bluth II
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So...what do people think of (Spoilers from spoiler post)
Banner and Natasha?
Alcoremortis
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I really don't see it. Like, at all.
Spoilered to preserve the spoilerness:
Honestly, I saw moderate antagonism between them at the very most. I mean, it was pretty clear that Banner was kinda pissed about Natasha lying to him about literally everything, though he was repressing it in typical Banner fashion. And after the Helicarrier explosion, it wasn't until after Natasha started talking that he totally lost it... and of course, she was the first person he went after.
I guess I'm thinking about the reactions here through a Peter David lens. In his run, David had this running concept that Hulk goes after people that Banner is angry at, but helps people Banner likes (something also mentioned in the recent Waid run) which I kinda felt applied here.
I dunno.
However, ignoring all that, the fact that Natasha totally unsecretified his secret identity when she posted all the SHIELD stuff on the internet... probably not something to start the church bells chiming. I mean, I suppose it could work with some severe explanation... but it just seems out of the blue. I think the only pairing that would be stranger would be Banner and Thor.
I guess I'm thinking about the reactions here through a Peter David lens. In his run, David had this running concept that Hulk goes after people that Banner is angry at, but helps people Banner likes (something also mentioned in the recent Waid run) which I kinda felt applied here.
I dunno.
However, ignoring all that, the fact that Natasha totally unsecretified his secret identity when she posted all the SHIELD stuff on the internet... probably not something to start the church bells chiming. I mean, I suppose it could work with some severe explanation... but it just seems out of the blue. I think the only pairing that would be stranger would be Banner and Thor.
SolidChamp
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I hope it does.
Her, Portman, and Skarsgard were awful in Thor 2, and their subplots meandered and were a complete bore.
That film had so many problems, and they only added to it. The only saving grace was Hiddleston chewing the scenery as Loki. Dude is fucking awesome in that role and clearly relishes every moment of it.
Alcoremortis
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Noooo... why...
Also, I was cool with Kat Dennings in both Thor movies. She was kinda annoying... but I felt like the movie needed an annoying character who didn't know anything just to normalize the competence levels.
Also, I was cool with Kat Dennings in both Thor movies. She was kinda annoying... but I felt like the movie needed an annoying character who didn't know anything just to normalize the competence levels.
Alcoremortis
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Well, you can't just say that. You have to provide examples.
-Banner/Natasha relationship
-Avengers going after Von Strucker in opening sequence
-said opening sequence also includes Hulk v. Iron Man in Hulkbuster armor, which I didn't understand how would fit with everyone being a team but the Scarlet Witch explanation makes sense
-and c'mon, that party totally sounds like something Whedon would write, in exactly the manner he'd write it in
-Avengers going after Von Strucker in opening sequence
-said opening sequence also includes Hulk v. Iron Man in Hulkbuster armor, which I didn't understand how would fit with everyone being a team but the Scarlet Witch explanation makes sense
-and c'mon, that party totally sounds like something Whedon would write, in exactly the manner he'd write it in
I mean, it's possible that someone just took all of those scraps and weaved together a fake narrative to include them, but this kinda sounds too Whedon-y for me to dismiss.
Alcoremortis
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That's why it makes a good story for LR to write.
However, even if it is real, I don't think Whedon would take the primary female lead and turn her into a
romantic subplot. Unless the whole thing is a fake in universe. Which I think is more likely, that BW is putting on a show for some team gain. It would just be too bizarre to suddenly have this romance pop out of nowhere when there's been no indication in previous movies that it was going on or even possible. Tony Stark and Banner would be easier to swallow than this, especially since (as I mentioned earlier) Banner was kinda super pissed with BW for most of the first Avengers.
That's the stupidest thing. She's had minimal interaction with him.
Pai Pai Master
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Really?
-She was the first person to come into contact with him and they had a lot of 1-on-1 dialogue, almost as much as Stark/Banner
-She was the one that got stuck down in the helicarrier with Bruce before he turned Hulk
-She was the one that gave him shit when he showed up in New York for the final fight
If there was going to be any of the Avengers pairing up together over the course of these movies, Bruce/Nat makes the most sense. It's also pretty unexpected for long time comic fans, so it's an angle I don't mind seeing explored.
Tim the Wiz
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Alcoremortis
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See, I saw this as moderate antagonism.
Seriously, all she did was lie to him and it was pissing him off in his repressed way. Banner was almost beating the Hulk transformation on the Helicarrier... and then Natasha started talking and that tipped him over the edge. And then the first person he went after was her. And it's not because she was just there, I'm pretty sure it's because he was just mad at her. I mean, Hulk tends to help people Banner likes and smash people Banner's pissed at.
Rastafarian42
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None of this sounds too out there especially
taking down Hydra in the beginning of the movie I figured that much from the Cap 2 after credits scene.
In other words, flirting.
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