Will We Get Our FIRST MARVEL CINEMATIC UNIVERSE SUPERHERO DEATH In 'Avengers: Age Of Ultron'? (Entertainment Weekly Spoilers)

Will We Get Our FIRST  MARVEL CINEMATIC UNIVERSE SUPERHERO DEATH In 'Avengers: Age Of Ultron'? (Entertainment Weekly Spoilers)

Why I think one fan favorite character may bite the dust.

Editorial Opinion
By DougMcCausland - Jul 17, 2014 06:07 AM EST
Joss Whedon, known for unceremoniously killing off fan favorite characters in his projects, already struck a blow at the Marvel Cinematic Universe once by killing off Phil Coulson in The Avengers after swearing up and down that he wouldn't go that route. Of course this action was undone with the release of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., but it goes to show that Joss hasn't lost his cruelty towards supporting characters who have never wronged him before. 

Now, lets go over the latest Avengers: Age of Ultron info graciously given to us by Entertainment Weekly. The publication described a scene which was previously leaked by El Mayimbe (why do you guys STILL doubt this man?) in which the Avengers kick it back at the Avengers Tower in New York City following their battle with Baron Von Strucker in the opening sequence. Tony Stark, Steve Rogers, Black Widow, Clint Barton (Hawkeye), James Rhodes (War Machine), and Thor are having a cocktail party filled with sushi platters as Thor's hammer is laid out on a table and various team members attempt to pick it up in drunken stupor. 

Suddenly... DUN DUN DUN, Ultron, a megalomaniacal A.I. accidentally unleashed by Tony Stark attacks the party with his own version of the Iron Legion from Iron Man 3. A massive firefight breaks out. Presumably, the heroes hold their ground and manage to barely beat back the forces of Ultron. Nothing that heart breaking right? That's where you're WRONG, considering this is the second film in the series, customarily the darkest chapter. This why I say that Don Cheadle is gonna have to find a new starring vehicle to pay the bills.



Yup, I believe that after the firefight, Rhodey will be as dead as Dak Ralter from The Empire Strikes Back. No mercy from the merciless god Joss Whedon. There aren't any Iron Man movies in the forseeable future, and with the Avengers team not really having room for what is essentially Iron Man with a cooler color scheme, War Machine will be fodder for the personal angle needed for Tony's character arc in this film. Its gonna tear Tony up that he was responsible for creating the machine that killed his best friend. Now that they have Sam Wilson, who is rumored to be added to the Avengers lineup and was reportedly sighted on set, the general movie going audience can't throw out "they can't kill the only black guy" card.


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Pasto
Pasto - 7/17/2014, 6:47 AM
Plus one for 'DUN DUN DUN'.
Pasto
Pasto - 7/17/2014, 6:48 AM
I actually agree with you. I wouldn't be surprised if Rhodey kicked the bucket at the party.
iMVuze
iMVuze - 7/17/2014, 6:48 AM
That's a ballsy prediction and I like where your head is at.
Pasto
Pasto - 7/17/2014, 6:49 AM
He'll be the Coulson of the film. Once he dies, the Avengers we'll be pissed and take out their frustration on Ultron.
batz11
batz11 - 7/17/2014, 6:51 AM
...just hope we get a super-bad-ass War Machine armor though before he bites it...
batz11
batz11 - 7/17/2014, 6:54 AM
Also, maybe Tony will "tribute" War Machine's death with this look...one can only hope he adds black 'eventually'...



yossarian
yossarian - 7/17/2014, 7:05 AM
They won't kill off a black guy. [frick]ing kill Hawkeye or Widow.
kong
kong - 7/17/2014, 7:05 AM
The black guy always gotta die first....
tonytony
tonytony - 7/17/2014, 7:10 AM
hawkeye already died once in the comics and adds nothing to mcu unlike rhodey so my money is on him. Maybe he might kill coulson again and make it a running theme like kenny in southpark
Abary
Abary - 7/17/2014, 7:11 AM
I'd love to see him die because it'll drive Tony to destroy Ultron. It's about time we deserve to see the more dark and emotional side of Tony before RDJ leaves.

BUT, do you have any idea what uproar this will cause. People [frick]ing rioted when Darwin was killed off in X-Men: First Class, now imagine what people will think from this, a movie that will A) most definitely be more popular and B) kill off a character that has been established throughout 3 previous films as apposed to Darwin dying 10 minutes after being introduced.
batz11
batz11 - 7/17/2014, 7:13 AM
Yoss, they'll just replace him with another black guy...



Oh, right, they already have Falcon, maybe you're right, can't have more than one...rigodamndiculous....
DougMcCausland
DougMcCausland - 7/17/2014, 7:29 AM
Hell, technically the founder of the Avengers is black...
jeni
jeni - 7/17/2014, 7:35 AM
Yep! Soon as I read the party description I was convinced Rhodes was toast. It can't be Hawkeye, Renner seems to have been working on this film longer than anyone, I know he has more stunt prep to do than most of the others, but if he dies it will have to be right at the end. Plus there was that interview where they put the laser sights on Cheedle when he said he would tell them what happened to that Hawkguy - him joking about Hawkeye dying when it actually Rhodes, that sounds about right to me.
kinghulk
kinghulk - 7/17/2014, 8:22 AM
sadly i think they will kill him. the only other character i can see them killing is quicksilver.
kinghulk
kinghulk - 7/17/2014, 8:24 AM
i do hope falcon joins the avengers at some point in the story, i would also like to see some other lesser known avengers introduced by avengers 3 like manifold and smasher (they have been in a lot of recent avengers stories like infinity)
sKeemAn
sKeemAn - 7/17/2014, 9:26 AM
That would make for a good story. I personally hope he's not killed in this, but I could see it happening for some Stark drama. Lets pray he doesn't die in the first 30 min. like every other black guy in every other movie.
tvor03
tvor03 - 7/17/2014, 10:51 AM
Rhodes isn't dying. Why? Because Whedon already wrote a character death that inspired the team in the first movie. And Whedon isn't enough of a hack writer to do that twice in a row.
LEOSTRATOR
LEOSTRATOR - 7/17/2014, 11:11 AM
They always kill the black guy.
kinghulk
kinghulk - 7/17/2014, 11:28 AM
tvor03- do you not know joss whedon?
DougMcCausland
DougMcCausland - 7/17/2014, 11:30 AM
tvor03 - so you're saying that because one character already died in the first movie means that no other character can die without Joss Whedon being a hack? What kind of logic is that? And it doesnt have to "inspire" the team, it just leads Tony Stark down a dark path.
DougMcCausland
DougMcCausland - 7/17/2014, 11:34 AM
I wouldnt even say Pepper Potts is safe, actually.
Cles
Cles - 7/17/2014, 12:10 PM
There was an interview with Whedon on TotalFilm, where he said that War Machine would play a "key role" in the final battle. Will that be his death? Likely not, but according to that, he won't die in one of the first sequences.
kinghulk
kinghulk - 7/17/2014, 12:15 PM
a thought just occurred what if a different character died one that isant an avenger? like one of the heroes love interests cough jane foster cough, or perhaps the president of the united states?
McNyagano
McNyagano - 7/17/2014, 12:21 PM
Yes yes, let's kill off the only Black Guy on the team-.- I'd be dissapointed if Joss does this.
tvor03
tvor03 - 7/17/2014, 12:25 PM
yes, if Joss Whedon kills off another character, then he is a hack writer. If he can't figure out a different way to get an emotional response out of the audience then the same method he used in the last film, not to mention all his crappy tv shows, then he isn't a good writer.
kinghulk
kinghulk - 7/17/2014, 12:47 PM
tvor03- would you prefer it they put rhodey in a hospital bed similar to happy in iron man 3?
tvor03
tvor03 - 7/17/2014, 1:03 PM
why does any character need to be hurt or killed in order to provoke the Avengers to act? I mean, this is the Avengers for heaven's sake. They took it upon themselves to become the protectors of the planet, so why would they need a personal reason to become motivated to do the thing they said they were gonna do?

And Tony Stark already has the burden of responsibility in that he created Ultron. To add a familial death would become superfluous.

And kinghulk brought up a good point about happy. In Avengers, Stark's good friend is killed which motivates him to act. In IM3, his very close friend is severely injured which motivates him to act. To kill or injure Rhodes in order to motivate Tony would be the third time in as many movies where the same trope is used. That wouldn't just make Whedon a hack, it makes Feige and the whole MCU hacky.
kinghulk
kinghulk - 7/17/2014, 1:21 PM
i thinks it's less about motivating the avengers and more about making the audience believe ultron is a genuine threat that can hurt and even kill these heroes.
Pedrito
Pedrito - 7/17/2014, 3:17 PM
I think we've gotten used to the Walking Dead pattern of
1) add new black dude to the group
2) kill the previous black dude
3) repeat
TheRedCondom
TheRedCondom - 7/17/2014, 4:54 PM
Duh! They are called the "Avengers"... they got to avenge something, unfortunately its gonna be the black guy jk

I'll be disappointed if that happened. I'd say make Ultron try to kill Pepper Potts, or better yet... Jane
superherofan21
superherofan21 - 7/17/2014, 5:18 PM
Yeah, this makes a lot of sense. I couldn't see why else they'd put Rhodey in this movie.
MightyZeus
MightyZeus - 7/18/2014, 12:21 AM
I'm still hoping that either Black Widow or Hawkeye will be killed off.

I think it's Black Widow's time to go.
CorndogBurglar
CorndogBurglar - 7/18/2014, 6:46 AM
@ tvor

A character doesn't have to die to make them act. Who's to say Ulteon doesn't just kill someone in the final battle, when ghe Avengers are already fighting? It isn't like Ultron isn't enough of a badass for that to happen.
tvor03
tvor03 - 7/18/2014, 6:52 AM
@corndog

but that's not what the OP was theorizing.
Lhornbk
Lhornbk - 7/19/2014, 10:24 PM
*sigh* There is nothing in the description of this party that I've seen from EW that suggests it was what el mayimbe described. It's a party given to impress people (specifically bigwigs in New York), not for them to unwind after the South Africa battle. In fact, EW didn't even say if it was right after the South Africa battle (I would guess no, because I think they'll want a few minutes of downtime, instead of basically having two battles back-to-back. Plus, they have to show that Stark built Ultron, so I bet this party happens no earlier than 30 minutes into the film.) There is also nothing in the EW description about the Avengers getting drunk and attempting to lift the hammer. So, el mayimbe probably heard about a party in the movie, and took some guesses about when the party was and what happened. But he didn't mention Ultron appearing, so at best I would give him half credit. As for his supposed "scoop" about the battle against Strucker, anyone with half a brain could guess that such a battle would take place based on what was already known about the movie. So I won't give him credit for something that I was guessing.

Seriously, it amazes me how el mayimbe's defenders give him credit for stuff that he's only 25%-50% right about, and also give him credit for something that everyone already knew would happen. My favorite is someone giving him credit for "scooping" that Harrison Ford has signed on for Episode VII, as if everyone in America and probably half the people in Europe didn't already know that Ford would come back. I bet I could make educated guesses about "scoops" for various genre films and I would have about as good a percentage of correct guesses as el mayimbe has "scoops."

As for Rhodey dying, no, don't think so. For one thing, the description in EW of what Ultron says is wrong. Plus, Rhodey is only close to Stark. If they kill someone, it'll be someone close to everyone.
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