THE AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON - Why Am I Feeling So Darned Befuddled About You?

THE AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON - Why Am I Feeling So Darned Befuddled About You?

Like all sequel announcements to movies you get excited about- you get hyped, you start making plot assumptions and guesses in your head, you tell all your friends but why is it that my passions for Joss Whedon's sequel has died out?

Editorial Opinion
By muhammed - Oct 07, 2013 07:10 PM EST
Source: comicbookmovie.com

One can easily argue that 2013's Comic-Con was the best Comic-Con in a really long time; Zack Snyder is going to give us the comic book duo we've all been waiting for, Gareth Edwards bring us our first real look from his movie about Walter White Vs. A giant mutant lizard dinosaur, and James Gunn's epic about a simple musician from Pawnee, Illinois becoming a lord of the stars and so much more.



Allow me to create a scene for you... You're a comic book fan, you just went through an hour or so of marvel stuff from Thor to Guardians and everything else. It's almost time to leave and you're ready to jet out of here so you can hook up with the chick dressed as an Ewok.



Suddenly, an untamed Joss Whedon appears.... he walks in... the whole crowd is hanging on his words... He's got something to say and you're ready to go, it's Joss Whedon so it's not like you're not going to listen and see what he's got. Obviously it has to be Avengers stuff, but what is it? It is nothing but a piece of fried gold, that's what it is.



Now let me tell you something; When I heard the next Avengers villain was Ultron i was extatic. The pure concept of it was genius. Then as the news came out continually- James Spader, Elizabeth Olsen, Aaron Taylor Johnson... all of it... Brilliant!



But soon enough i became less and less excited, I soon realized one thing was in question. Where will my sense of child-like awe be? Us comic book readers have been waiting for an Avengers movie since we were children, ten years almost for me and double that for some of you ancient geezers. When you see The Avengers on the big screen you get this sense of weird child-like wonder (Keep in mind when it comes to D.C. Vs. Marvel i'm neutral.)You think to yourself "If Marvel never does this again, if this is the only Avengers movie ever, it's ok because I still have this moment. In my minds eye The Avengers will always be here to protect us." Sure enough after I left the theater, went home, showered, tossed on my uniform for work I was still thinking how cool it was just to see childhood heroes alive.



With sequels to movie franchises already established along with new characters- That doesn't seem enough build up and hype to recreate a flame that was burning in me for 12 years. So if I'm so damned confused about Avengers 2, imagine how I feel about Part 3, and the Thanos situation is a whole new can of worms for another article.



This isn't me venting and acting like Skylar White here, this is a worried fan who doesn't want to see his favorite super-team lower themselves to the levels of Transformers: Revenge of The Fallen. We can only hope that Feige and Friends can avoid the typical trilogy rat-race: You're off and in the lead in the first lap and thing are looking good, second lap you're kind of falling behind but you can pick it up still, and third lap your horse trips and falls, breaks his neck and you're beating the damned thing with a billy club trying to bring it back. These are all legitimate concerns



But then again I'm just a simple man with simple tastes. Cold beer, good pizza, and a weird attraction to women who look like Linda Cardellini in Freaks and Geeks.

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PsychoManiacJacky
PsychoManiacJacky - 10/7/2013, 7:21 PM


I am lovin the article buddy, just lovin it.
PsychoManiacJacky
PsychoManiacJacky - 10/7/2013, 7:46 PM
Give him a break people it's his first editorial and a great first in my opinion. Everything about this felt so nostalgic to me and has many traces of my earlier writing in forms. This is a man with a unique writing passion and in my opinion a unique vision of things in a sort of way you wouldn't expect.
CaptainAmerica31
CaptainAmerica31 - 10/7/2013, 7:50 PM
Good point. If you start a race and try to get ahead you'll eventually run out of breath and slowdown. Now I don't know if it will be below the level of the avengers. It could be better but there's just looming thoughts that it will not be as good and that squanders my hopes
Grendel1
Grendel1 - 10/7/2013, 10:48 PM
Just breathe. I'm old enough to remeber the Star Wars trilogy the first time it came out in theatres. Star Wars was epic. Empire was even more epic. Joss was around for that too. I have to imagine that A2 is going to be unbelievably good and will move the MCU canon forward in ways we cannot imagine right now. When the first trailer hits the theatres for this movie you are going to get your broner back and its all going to play out well.
Minato
Minato - 10/7/2013, 10:52 PM
Its ok The Avengers was a movie 50 years in the making and had huge shoes to fill in which it succeeded. The second one isn’t going to have the same magic of seeing these legends come together for the first time. What this movie does have is less pressure to bring them together and more pressure in being a great movie. Joss Whedon knows the situation the franchise is in and will deliver with a better movie.
ruadh
ruadh - 10/7/2013, 11:39 PM
What I'm getting from this editorial is that the issue is building hype too soon.

It used to be that you didn't really hear about movies until maaaaaybe they were filming, but usually when the first trailers hit. And that got you all excited, and it built in a very natural way, since you could actually go see that movie in a month or two. Now you get teasers a year before the film is even set for release, and you get big fat announcements two years before, etc etc. So, yeah, I can see where things wind down. BUT...just wait until you get some set reports, or at least a trailer, and I'll bet the excitement will build right back up.
NovaCorpsFan
NovaCorpsFan - 10/7/2013, 11:52 PM
If Jacky likes it, everyone should.
Abary
Abary - 10/8/2013, 5:12 AM
Abary's Comment: ...O____o
Bearjew
Bearjew - 10/8/2013, 5:41 AM
for me it goes
Superman/Batman
Guardians of the Galaxy
Avengers: Age of Ultron
Ant Man
Captain America: TWS
GinjaNinja
GinjaNinja - 10/8/2013, 7:21 AM
A:AoU
GotG
SvsB
Cap
Ant Man
Orphix
Orphix - 10/8/2013, 7:35 AM
If you want to ramp up your enthusiasm and regain that childhood wonder there is one thing you can do to help.

It's tricky and not everyone here would agree but if you wish to recapture that enthusiasm and excitement keep yourself away from any news on these films.

No more rumors, gossip and (for me the worst killers of the magic of cinema) BTS papp shots you will soon start getting that thrill about the movies.

Maybe just stick to official sites for your news and stick to just one teaser trailer. It's hard, practically impossible; I can't even do it myself but it does work.
Minato
Minato - 10/8/2013, 8:44 AM
@Fangz I think you just Donatelloed my brain dude


jaysin420
jaysin420 - 10/8/2013, 11:26 AM
I totally agree.

Avengers was amazing, I've seen it like 20x but I'm just not that excited about the sequel.

Maybe Thor will change that but right now I'm way more excited for Superman/Batman, Star Wars and even GOTG.
NovaCorpsFan
NovaCorpsFan - 10/8/2013, 11:34 AM
EVEN GotG! You say that with such little faith.
EpitomeofAwesome
EpitomeofAwesome - 10/14/2013, 6:09 PM
Wait thats the end? Dude, you should make more of this, I think you've got a point!
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