I think it came good in the way it tied into the events of TWS. I enjoyed the second half of the first season very much.
Admittedly I haven't watched much of it, but what I have seen was yawn-inducing, and felt very cheap, befitting some generic TV show. Which isn't really excusable, as some even non-premium TV shows are putting out nearly film-quality work every time out.
Fair enough, but there is too much great TV out there for me to invest my scarce TV watching time giving shows a chance to improve when they start out badly. I'm just now getting around to Homeland season 1. Now there's a ****ing TV show.
I'll be the first to admit it took a while to get off the ground with the hassle of establishing characters and trying to build the team up (as is the case with most television shows), but there was little about the season premiere last week that was "boring" or "cheap."
The effects for the Absorbing Man were very well done for one thing.
Spoiler:• Leaked reported info from Unit Producer John M. is as follows:
The entire story has to do with time. Strucker is trying to go back to the days of Hydra and prevent things from happening so it can still be in command. He is in possession of not Loki's staff, because Loki had it at the end of Thor and he doesn't work with the humans. Strucker has the Time Gem. He tests it on QS and SW resulting in their powers. (Speed=aka slowing down time around him, and probability manipulation)
The film opens like Cap 2 with them on a mission successively stopping Strucker and "rescuing" the twins to bring them to the good side. The person who commands this is Tony by deploying a robot team. This is when it goes to the party at the Avengers tower. Ultron is in the back room, where the scenes cut back and forth as he becomes aware of the constant destruction Tony is causing with robots like himself so he commands a few of them and attacks and escapes.
Tony is forced to reveal to the team everything. The Vision he'd been working on and the dealings with Fury he has on the side to not consistently put them at risk.
The race is on to find Ultron resulting in the globe spanning battles seen in the teaser from Comic-Con. Ultimately at the beginning of the Third Act Widow, QS, Thor, Hawkeye, Rhodes, and Cap are all killed by Ultron's robots. The Hulk is the most upset by this as he had a budding relationship with Widow. The Hulk blames Iron Man and the fight it out big time. Iron Man is saved by Vision and SW-where we first get a glimpse of their "relationship" on screen as a trust/tandem.
• As Hulk is confused and sent away by SW to the snowy field. The last consisting of Iron Man, Vision, SW, Nick Fury, and Maria Hill decide to send Vision back in time with the power of the orb to stop the creation of a key A.I element installed in Jarvis. Effectively eliminating Vision but maintaining Jarvis. As things go back to "normal" and everyone is alive the Time Gem is taken to the Collector by Thor not knowing the Collectors intention/master. Hulk and Widow reconcile although Hulk and Iron Man do not. SW gets her brother back. Rhodes and Hawkeye have no clue. Fury is aware. Cap questions everything and has a hunch as he has been throughout time already and has memories of back when Stark Sr. was doing things.
The key that ties this film into the others is the age of Hank Pym. We see him as a younger scientist when Vision goes back. He becomes the actual "creator" of Ultron in this new reality but is "stopped" from having it come to life by the AI element implanted by Vision. (Technically a virus, like the book) But Pym, being Pym, wants to solve this problem so, as he gets older and unable to, he hires a young gun to do his thievery for him looking for a specific item. (Paul Rudd's character)
The movie is reported to end with Thanos actually visiting Loki to retrieve the gauntlet accompanied by the Collector. (Ending in yet another "bad guy" end credits scene)
The other mention is Dr. Strange witnessing the recorded powers of SW while in the Hospital with bandages on his hands. Supposedly from the wreckage and ends with a slight smile as he will actively seek out other-worldly abilities. *slight change but makes sense)
PS I’m sure a lot of this will change but I challenge anybody to screenshot this and wait for more trailers/the movie. The source who provided this info is at LEAST 70% reliable.
Can we please just have Thanos finally get some gems...
I don't really get why Marvel wouldn't just pay the "big guns". The movies make MASSIVE money and a few million more each for the big guns won't put much of a dent in that bottom line. If you were entering territory where paying actors too much was the difference between a profitable film and a money losing film then I get it, but these films are in zero danger of flopping.
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