Clark Gregg On Working With Marvel Again, The S.H.I.E.L.D TV Show, & Those VISION Rumors

It would have been great to see him on the TV show. Damn Marvel!!! I'd love to see him back but then death will end up being a joke just like in the comics.

I still think that Nick could have lied about his dearth.

Coulson as the soul of Vision would rock. He'd be slightly awkward around people cause he remembers them but doesn't have the feelings associated with those memories. He'd be a badass Data from Star Trek the Next Generation.

Coulson is dead. Face facts.

I like Clark Gregg though. If he came back as Vision, but only looked like Coulson to play on the emotions of the Avengers, I would be okay with that. Same actor, separate character, similar appearence.

dead should stay dead

Sometimes, dead is better

Coulson aka the Son Of Coul as Vision is a BAD idea.

The fans just won't seem to let ol Phil Coulson rest in peace. Ever since Loki killed the character in The Avengers, many have theorized and speculated as to how Marvel could bring him back from the dead. One theory even involves him being resurrected as The Vision, an android member of the comic incarnation of The Avengers who is inhabited by a human soul. Personally I think dead should be dead, and bringing the character back would only cheapen his heroic check-out, but there is no doubt that the man behind the "son of Coul" is very appreciative of the fan support. In an interview with Movies.com, Clark Gregg once again discusses the possibility of his return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, his plans to possibly direct for them, and those "hilarious and moving" Vision theories..

This is completely wrong and off, and I'm sorry if this is sounding rude, but please do a research before posting something about characters you clearly have little to no knowledge, especially when your articles will come to the front page.

First things first: Vision DOESN'T have a human soul. Vision is an android, created by Ultron and he calls him a "synthezoid". Take a look at how convoluted and non-cinematic Vision's origin is:

The robot Ultron is the creator of the Vision, a type of android he calls a "synthezoid", for use against Ultron's own creator, Dr. Henry Pym (Ant-Man/Giant Man/Goliath/Yellowjacket) and Pym's wife, Janet van Dyne (the Wasp) of the superhero team the Avengers. Ultron sends his new servant to lead the Avengers into a trap. The Wasp is the first to encounter the synthezoid, and describes it as a "vision" while trying to escape. Adopting the name, the Vision is convinced by the Avengers to turn against Ultron.[2] After learning how Ultron created him, using the brain patterns of then-deceased Simon Williams (Wonder Man), the Vision becomes a member of the team.[3] The team initially believes the Vision's body was created from that of the android original Human Torch.[4] The Avengers later are told that the time lord Immortus used the power of the Forever Crystal to split the original Human Torch into two entities - one body remained the original Torch while Ultron rebuilt the other as the Vision. This was part of his plan to nurture a relationship for the Scarlet Witch that would prevent her from having any children, as her power level meant that any offspring she might have could threaten the cosmic beings of the Marvel Universe.[5]

Source: Wikipedia

As you can obviously see, Vision's comic book origin is too convoluted to take it seriously in the big screen. Hence the fact that some people - myself included - think that the seeds for in the future Ultron would use decesead Agent Coulson's brain pattern and memories are already there within the films from the Phase 1, especially The Avengers. Remember what Colonel Nick Fury says to Steve Rogers and Tony Stark after Agent Coulson dies:

[after Coulson dies, Fury gathers the remaining Avengers in the ship's meeting room]
Nick Fury: These were in Phil Coulson's jacket. Guess he never did get you to sign them.
[he throws Coulson's Captain America trading cards on the table towards Steve]
Nick Fury: We're dead in the air up here. Our communications, location of the cube, Banner, Thor. I got nothing for you. Lost my one good eye. Maybe I had that coming.
[he pauses for a moment]
Nick Fury: Yes, we were going to build an arsenal with the Tesseract. I never put all my chips on that number though, because I was playing something even riskier. There was an idea, Stark knows this, called The Avengers Initiative. The idea was to bring together a group of remarkable people, see if they could become something more. See if they could work together when we needed them to, to fight the battles that we never could. Phil Coulson died still believing in that idea, in heroes.
[Stark gets up and walks off]
Nick Fury: Well, it's an old fashioned notion.

See, Agent Coulson is dead. He isn't coming back. He brought The Avengers together somehow, he was the unifying tissue through all these films. He was also Nick Fury's good eye. His vision. His conscience. All these are attributes that could easily work to bring us an even better Vision than we have in comics. Vision is a serious character, but he does use an old fashion costume.

The Vision, if they wanted to bring him to the fold, I can't see it a better way than that. It's tragic because Ultron would be using the memories and the semblance of someone that is dear to a good chunk of the team. The one who brought them together used to tear them apart. It's not about not letting "the dead stay dead". Coulson is dead and he isn't coming back. Vision is another story. And is within the origin of the character that Ultron uses the brain patterns of someone dear to the team to take them down.

I ask, who is better for that than Agent Phil Coulson? The writing is all over the wall for those that have the knowledge of the Marvel Mythology and are looking to the clues. Marvel's official origin for Vision won't be used. Having Coulson's pattern waves to create Vision and using Clark Gregg as the face and voice for him can create some spectacularly powerful and emotional scenes.

As if we didn't need any more reasons as to why a bad fan idea should stay a bad fan idea.

I personally like the idea of Coulson as vision.It would be a departure from the comics yes,but that always happens in big screen translations.Now granted 9 times out of 10 it sucks (ie:Superman having a kid???Or something as simple as costume changes),but I don't think his death would lose its impact as A:The Avengers triumphed after his death and B:it wouldn't be Coulson so much as it would be his likeness used in the creation of Vision.Same actor sure but his death and performance during his life could surely be used as the inspiration behind Vision's creation.And I feel that Marvel has done a bang up job with their cinematic universe so if they were to take that route it would be done tastefully and within the frame of the overall story!

Coulson is dead. Period. Let's just keep it that way. Now if they want to show him in flashbacks or something, then fine. Other than that, he is [frick]ing dead

@Ranger14- But we saw him stop breathing. We saw him lose alot of blood. I don't care if the film made it clear enough to make sure he wouldn't come back. We watched him die and bringing him back will destroy the significance of his death.

@Durf6199

Where'd your gif come from?

Ranger, dude he died. He breathed his last, his eyes dimmed, he said his last words. He checked out, bought the farm, is pushing up daisys, is an EX Agent, he's shuffled of this mortal coil. DEAD.

And IF by some miracle they did bring him back based around the premise that we didn't actually see him die, it would be the singe most ridiculous thing in a movie..ever, and I would have to not watch it. because we did see him die.

Keep him dead, he was a great character and his death carried alot of weight. Though showing some flashbacks in either the movie or TV versions...well that'd be just fine, he should have nothing to do with Vision...provided they even introduced Vision, we'd kind of need Ultron first...

marvel studios the avengers 2 = ultron creates vision,coulson stays dead

20th century fox the avengers 2 = coulson becomes vision created by tony stark

thats how much a bad idea it is,marvel studios would be as bad as the butchers fox.

I liked the idea that Ultron makes Vision in Coulsons image to gain the trust of the Avengers. That way Gregg could still play him it just wouldn't actually be Coulson. He should stay dead though, it would ruin the Avengers original motivation.