It took Joss Whedon a little while to sign on for Avengers: Age of Ultron, but when he did, all of us viewers took a unanimous sigh of relief. He has said he's saving Thanos for his third act, and Drew Pearce has hinted at this as well, so for the sake of this article I'm going to assume Whedon will also be on board for Avengers 3.
So, on with the show. What does GliderMan want from the Avengers: Age of Ultron?
WAR MACHINE
As Don Cheadle has been confirmed to appear in Avengers 2, I really hope James Rhodes transitions from Iron Patriot back to War Machine. I've been led to believe that the film will show the Avengers largely acting on their own, and if that's true, I'd like Rhodey to be working with the Avengers (or Iron Man, at least), and not on behalf of the government. Besides, we all know him as War Machine anyway.
BIG THOR MOMENTS
In the first Avengers flick, many people thought Hawkeye was put on the back of the shelf. But with Tony Stark all but confirmed to create Ultron (and plus, it's RDJ; he'll have a big role), Hawkeye, Black Widow, and Hulk all having "key roles," and Captain America rumored to have flashbacks and "period pieces" it seems like Thor may be the original Avenger this time around to have the least character development. Understandable, since he probably won't be tied to Ultron in a big way, but how do we make up for this? By having some badass, memorable Thor moments. Examples? Maybe he gets frustrated and blows up on another character in a humorous way. Maybe he's the one who finally wins the battle for the Avengers in the end. Maybe he shouts the classic line: "Ultron, we would have words with thee!" No matter what, we need some cool moments with the Mighty Avenger.
BLACK WIDOW'S DEATH
Joss Whedon has said the film will be more personal, painful, and dark. He said he wants audiences to hurt. When asked what the general philosophy of Avengers 2 will be, he replied: "Death, death, and death." To be fair he also said he must have "a really good reason, a really great sequence" for killing an Avenger, and that they "don't just rule it out across the board, but neither is the mission statement 'Who can we kill?'" The Avengers need something to avenge. As we all know, Phil Coulson (and to a lesser extent, the world) was that catalyst in the first movie. Heroes will be heroes; someone doesn't need to die for them to save the world. But when the theme is "Death, death, and death" we know something major is going to happen. Kevin Feige has said that part of the fun of the Avengers is the rotating aspect. But if Quicksilver, Scarlet Witch, the Vision and War Machine all join and nobody leaves by the next film, that's not rotation; that's expansion. While the team certainly got bigger in the comics, it rotated too, and that's what I would love to see. Of course, someone doesn't have to die for the roster to rotate, they could just leave--but bear in mind these are fights where the world is at stake, and the big bad Thanos is likely to be the villain of Avengers 3. Chris Evans said that at some point in Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Steve and Natasha share a kiss. Google it and you'll even find a picture of it. In the comics, I believe they shared a romance at one point, and it would definitely make sense in the movies. Some people have theorized that the kiss was just so their cover wouldn't be blown--but it doesn't matter. There's no way they spend all that time together, kiss each other, spending the whole movie building that friendship up... and then things go right back to the way they were.
My point here is that Cap and the Black Widow will have formed a bond. The Avengers fought together to end an alien war; so no matter who you kill, it will affect them. But killing Black Widow would bring a special kind of pain to Captain America and Hawkeye, who at this point will both be close to her. It would fit the dark tone of death and loss that Whedon is trying to present, it would allow roster rotation, and would give the team something to avenge.
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