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Okay, I presume if you are still reading, you have seen it.
This was an epic event, I got to experience it on an IMAX screen opening night,
and it was totally worth it. Right off the back, one of the concerns on our
minds was if juggling too many characters would be too high of a risk and it
wouldn’t work out the way they were hoping it would. The good thing with Marvel
is that they have been building to this, and they have experimented with many
heroes in the past, like the first Avengers. They took their time to build it,
and because they proved themselves with different approaches including team
ups, I was confident they would succeed, still concerned but confident.
I want to take time to address my thoughts on big questions
that came up during the movie. Some are confirmed, others are pure speculation:
Why can’t Bruce Banner turn into the Hulk?
There are ideas,
but the one that really stood out to me was that the last time he was on Earth,
he basically did a ton of damage to an entire city in Age of Ultron, in fact if
you remember they had a warrant for his arrest for the damage he did, which was
when he was under the influence of Scarlett Witch when she was working for
Ultron. At the end of the movie, when Black Widow was trying to get Hulk back,
Hulk just shuts her off and flies away, and we find out he makes it to Sakaar,
and there is a quote from Hulk which stands out, “Earth hates Hulk”. Though
Thor tries to convince him otherwise, Hulk does think this and when you think
about the destruction that he has done, it probably is hard for Hulk to make an
appearance when they are on Earth. This will be one thing that will be fixed in
the next one I am sure.
Where is Hawkeye?
Simple answer…..he was playing Tag……okay I
am kidding, but Jeremy Remner has a movie called Tag coming out later this
summer. The Russo brothers have confirmed that he is on a secret mission, and
that is why he isn’t found during Infinity War, and also he was under house
arrest when he cut a deal with the government to protect his family. Scott Lang
(Ant Man) did the same thing, and there is more to his story (more on that
later). I feel there will be more to Hawkeye’s story in where he was at, especially
that Nick Fury and Maria Hill were about to contact him when the insanity
started to take place.
Is Gamora trapped in the Soul World?
This theory has been
confirmed by the Russo brothers themselves, they explained that Gamora is
trapped in the Soul World, which is why after Thanos snapped his fingers, he
was transported to the Soul World and he was able to see her as a child. I
think her presence will play a big part in Avengers 4.
What possibility did Doctor Strange see that would make him
give up the Time Stone?
If you remember throughout the movie, Doctor Strange
refused to give up the Time Stone, and vowed to protect it, it was brought up
so many times, but when they were on Titan, Doctor Strange looked into the
future to find over 14 million possibilities and only one of them was where
they were successful. At the moment when Thanos was about to kill Iron Man,
Doctor Strange was willing to give up the Time Stone. When Doctor Strange was
about to turn to ash, he told Tony that this was the only way. We aren’t sure
if Doctor Strange revealed the plan to Tony Stark or if he had him try to
figure it out for himself, but if anything, it’s clear that Tony Stark will
play a very big part in the next movie.
What did Shuri do when the Black Order was breaking into her
lab to steal the Mind Stone?
Shuri was working to get the Mind Stone off and
after the Black Order broke in, she was doing something before turning off the
hologram and kicking butt. She was probably doing one of two things, one was
trying to back up Vision’s mind into her computer, or she could have been
backing up the data on the Mind Stone. Either way, what she was doing is
probably going to help the Avengers out in the next one.
Did Valkyrie and Korg make it out alive?
At the beginning of
the movie, we see Thanos attack Thor’s ship, and we immediately presume that
Thor lost all his people….or did he? The directors confirmed that Valkyrie had
made it out alive, and I believe they confirmed that Korg made it out too. So
yes, they are still around.
Did the Collector get killed?
I think it’s safe to assume
yes, but you never know because it’s obvious that the Guardians of the Galaxy
showed up after Thanos got the Reality Stone, but that doesn’t mean that the
Collector was there when he got it, he could have escaped beforehand.
As you know, this was Thanos’s movie, yes the Avengers and
all the Marvel characters played big parts, but this was focused on Thanos’s
quest to find all the Infinity Stones and to wipe out half the universe. That
is why the ending is very bleak, because it is about the bad guy achieving his
goals, and the next Avengers movie will be about everyone trying to fix the
problems that have occurred. This is where some of my thoughts on the future
Marvel movies will come into play. I honestly think that the next two movies in
the MCU were set up this way on purpose between Avengers 3 and 4, I think each
movie will bring things to the table that will solve the problem that had just
occurred.
Ant Man and the Wasp (July 6, 2018)
Of course, after the dark ending, we
will want a fun adventure movie in the MCU to brighten our day, and this
appears to deliver that. I have been told that this will start with taking
place sometime after Civil War. Scott Lang is placed under house arrest after the
events of Civil War and after that had occurred, Hope Pym and Hank Pym approach
Scott with a new mission where they need him. They are trying to stop a new
villain called the Ghost who stole Hank’s tech. In the most recent trailer we
find out that Hank opened up the Quantum Realm and that his tech was stolen and
that they need to retrieve it. We don’t know why the Ghost wants the tech but
it appears that she is able to come in and out of the Quantum Realm at will. As
you already know, I really liked the first Ant Man movie, and this is something
I am really looking forward to because the tech and ideas just look really
cool. Of course, we get Michael Pena’s character and his two sidekicks back as
well, which will add to the fun in this. Also, based on what I hear, they will
find Hank’s wife in the Quantum Realm, I don’t know how but that is a big part
of the story. So, why do I think this will play a big part in leading up to
Avengers 4. Well, the big thing is the Quantum Realm, I think the things they
discover there will play a part on trying to bring everyone back from being
turned to ash. So first off, there are different theories as to what exactly
happened to everyone when they were turned to dust at the end of Infinity War,
and one of them is that they are put in the soul stone. If you remember at the
end of Infinity War after Thanos had snapped his fingers, he first goes into
the soul world and approaches Gamora who is a child, and it’s all orange and
all, at least that is how I think of it. Discovering the Quantum Realm and what
is possible there will open up many possibilities as to how they can fix the
problems after Infinity War. If you click on this link,
you can see why I think these predictions are solid. Regardless on how big or
small the answers are, I am still looking forward to this for so many reasons.
Captain Marvel (March 6, 2019)
During the end credit sequence, you may
recall Nick Fury and Maria Hill were in New York when they were turned to ash,
right before Nick was vaporized, he was trying to use a pager to reach out to
someone, when he was gone and we saw the pager, you saw it was sending
something and then a logo appeared and there were many that were probably
confused, for those that are familiar with Captain Marvel knew exactly who Nick
Fury was trying to reach out to. For those that aren’t familiar with Captain
Marvel, she is the equivalent of Superman, she ended up getting all these super
powers and she is basically invincible. I don’t know much of her origin story
this movie will explore a bit of that. In case you don’t know this will be a
prequel movie, it will take place in the 1990s, so before the first Iron Man,
and we see Nick Fury before he got his eye patch. Also, Agent Phil Coulsen will
make a return here. Some of the things I hear is that she will be working for
the Nova Corp on Xandar. I don’t know all about her powers since I haven’t read
her comics, but I am intrigued and I might take a look into those. One of the
things is that she can fly in space. The reason her movie is a prequel is to
help set up her character and help show why she was called at the end of the
movie, but most importantly she is going to play a big part in helping to
defeat Thanos or to help fix the current problem everyone is in.
Avengers 4 (May 3, 2019.....maybe a week earlier than that if we are lucky)
Now the obvious next big question is what is going to happen
in Avengers 4. How will the fix the problem?
One of the big things that kept getting discussed was that
Avengers 4 was going to be a time travel movie. So will they go back to stop
Thanos and create a new timeline? That is a possibility, but I have a different
idea in terms of that. I think they are going to use time travel to go into
Thanos’s past and see what lead him to want to seek out the Infinity Stones in
the first place, and see what they could to do to change Thanos’s mind. With
Gamora trapped in the Soul World and her being the only thing that Thanos truly
loved, something will happen that will help to want to have Thanos reverse this
big issue.
Another theory about Avengers 4 that has been brought up is
that they are going to make a new Infinity Gaunlet for Iron Man to wear and
collect the stones so he can reverse the damage done. This would be appropriate
since he started the Marvel Cinematic Universe and it would be fitting for him
to end this arc of the MCU, plus his character has grown tremendously over the
many movies. Plus there is something that was pointed out to me lately that I
never considered but started paying more attention, and when I point it out, it
will incept into your minds, but it has to do with Tony Stark’s left arm, it
always seems to get injured and there are times you see him in later movies
holding his left arm, and even in Civil War, he makes the comment to Black
Widow, “My left arm is numb, is that even normal?” So there is a theory where
he could lose his left arm when fixing the universe, especially when you
realize that Thanos’s gauntlet was damaged after he snapped his fingers and
destroyed half the universe.
One thing that was confirmed, the characters that die here
will remain dead. One of the comments I read from one of the writers is that
the feeling overs Infinity War is short lived, and that the feelings over
Avengers 4 will be greater and more lasting. Let me explain what I think that
means. Yes, the impact on the after effects of Infinity War were devastating,
heck, my entire theater was stunned at the end. Regardless, as many are already
predicting, everyone that turned to dust will be coming back during Avengers 4
(Spider Man, Black Panther, and Guardians of the Galaxy all have sequels
coming), so we basically know this feeling is short lived, but they want this
feeling to stick for a while. However, many have confirmed that the deaths in
Avengers 4 will be permanent, especially with the fact that many of the
contracts for these actors will be up after this upcoming movie, and Avengers 4
is meant to be a finale of sorts. Something really interesting, all of the
heroes that were spared from being turned to dust are basically the original Avengers,
with the exception of a few like Nebula and Rocket. It obviously sets it up
that this will be the last hurrah for the original Avengers team before they
move on, and it would make sense for a few of them to be killed in this next
one. Captain America is high on the death prediction list, and I could see that
be the case.
Do you remember that kid from Iron Man 3, the one that
helped Tony Stark out after ending up in Tennessee? He is supposed to return in
Avengers 4. I don’t know what role he will be playing or if it will be a big or
a small role, but he will be in it. I bet some other MCU characters will make a
return in this one. Right now it’s hard to say who they will be, I am going to
guess that Erik Selvig will be involved in some way. I think I heard a while
back that the actor Stellan Skarsgard mention that he had one more movie in his
contract with Marvel before he was done, this was pre-Thor Ragnarok, and we
assume it’s going to be for this. He could help with coming up with ideas in
defeating Thanos since he had been controlled by one of his minions. Speaking
of Thor characters, maybe Lady Sif could come to help since she was not killed
off in Thor Ragnarok. I would like to think that Agent Coulson would make an
appearance since he is alive in the show Agents of Shield, but I am going to
chalk that as an unlikely, but here’s to hoping. Maybe Valkyrie could show up
and help out since they were on the way to Earth at the end of Thor Ragnarok
before the invasion happened. I am sure Pepper Potts and Happy will show up. A
part of me is really hoping that Elisabeth Ross makes an appearance, she is
Bruce Banner’s original love and hasn’t been seen since the Incredible Hulk,
many consider that move to be non-existent but they brought back William Hurt’s
General Ross for Civil War and also briefly in Infinity War, so I consider the
possibility there. Plus, with Bruce Banner’s issue of turning into Hulk, maybe
she would be the key to help him. Also, when you consider the idea of time
travel, that opens up any character that have died to make an appearance, for
example, characters like Obadiah Stane who was the villain of the first Iron
Man that was killed off could show up when they are going back in time, and
like Red Skull they could find a reason to return to his character again. The
possibilities are limitless with time travel. One thing that has been told to
us by the writers, if we thought Infinity War was big, they told us that they
only scratched the surface and Avengers 4 would be bigger.
The title for Avengers 4 will be ???. I am not good at
guessing titles, so I am not going to try here. The directors did say it was a
spoiler and would not reveal the title until sometime after Infinity War was
released. I presume we won’t find out until later this year, maybe they will
reveal when they drop the trailer for Avengers 4 in (November?). We heard it is
not Infinity Gaunlet as originally predicted, and that it is suppose to be
something that would scare us, one of the predictions was Endgame since this is
more about the end of one era of the MCU and heading into a new one. Other
popular predictions are Avengers: Disassembled, though I think it would be
something more positive since this is Marvel we are talking about.
Regardless of what the predictions currently are, this is
exciting and I can’t wait to see the movie when it arrives in theaters next
year. The killer part is waiting for the movie to arrive, but I am also excited
for the bread crumbs that will be placed along the way to help us get ready for
this. I hope you enjoyed this read and I will catch you next time.
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