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AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON WATCH ALONG!

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MotoDork

SWEET BABY JESUS

The Dingo

Oh good! Avengers movie before my 2 week vacation starts - I'm a little sad that I probably won't get to see your next few reactions as soon as they drop, but if I don't then at least I'll have something fun to come back to after my vacation

Garrett

What a treat for the weekend! Thanks Shanelle

Reef

That's DJ Bruce Lee on Tony's shirt.

Jayson Phillips

Very good reaction!!!! can't wait for ant man!

LittleGalaxyBoy

Fun fact both Wanda & Pietro Maximoff made their first appearances in X-Men #4 (1964) as teenage members of Brotherhood of Evil Mutants and the son/daughter of Magneto. She would then develop into a more heroic character, joining The Avengers and becoming front and centre for alot of the major early Avengers stories. Wanda has never been a member of The X-Men and is very much an Avenger. Legally 20th Century Fox own the movie rights to X-Men, acquiring them in 1994 I want to say. Marvel though still has to approve movies storyline/aspects before the film is made so they still had input about certain aspects. Fox just had the rights to make movies based on The X-Men, Fantastic Four were also owned by Fox. When Marvel began to start making there own films with Iron Man (2008) giving birth to the MCU. They ran into a problem of not having the rights to there most popular IPs at the time. Spider-Man, X-Men, Fantastic Four etc. When it came time for Age of Ultron (2015) Marvel were able to use Wanda & Pietro but under the Fox/Marvel agreement they could not refer to the twins as mutant, the term mutant as a whole could not be used within the MCU. They could also not tie their origins to The X-Men, including characters like Magneto. So instead we got a loose origin surrounding them being Experimented on by Hydra and "gaining" their powers from an Infinity Stone. This is why the term "Enhanced Individual" was used along with a number of other names to refer to the twins. Though Marvel did leave the door open for them to possibly be Mutants, not confirmed or denied. This could also be why Marvel could not mention their "hero" names, Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver, maybe an agreement with Fox. Disney then acquired 21th Century Fox in 2019 for $71 billion. The rights to both The X-Men, and Fantastic Four reverted back to Marvel allowing them to use X-Men/Fantastic Four within the MCU. Since then Marvel Studios has created X-Men 97 (2024) an amazing Animated Series that is the best thing Marvel has released in recent years, though not apart of the MCU. And released just a week ago Deadpool & Wolverine (2024) a movie that is apart of the MCU for reasons I'll not explore because of spoilers. And finally Marvel are also filming Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025) a movie that will introduce the F4 into the MCU, long time coming for Marvel's First Family. And sometime down the line I'm sure we'll get X-Men movies as well.

Jayson Phillips

Wanda and Pietro maximoff were twins and their dad was Magneto from the X-Men universe but since Fox at the time owned the rights to X-Men they had to re-create their backstory. Fox did show wanda and Peter Maximoff in the X-men days of future past before Disney bought Fox

Daniel Johns

You said you want to watch WandaVision... just curious if you're going to watch the Marvel TV series when they come up and how you'd do videos for a shorter form entertainment? You should definitely finish the first three phases of films, but I'd hate to see you become a Marvel-only channel and miss out on other great films. Maybe stack episodes of the shows? And obviously clone yourself. Just make sure to brand numbers into the face of your clones. You shouldn't have a clone if you don't know that." -Jake Peralta

The Dingo

Age of Ultron is generally considered the weakest of the four Avengers movies, and I originally agreed. During my rewatches, however, my opinion of this movie has improved. Also you were wondering about the purple stone. It's generally called "The Orb" in the movies. I can't think of any other questions you asked, but if you think of one that the other commenters don't answer, feel free to ask. Oh one tidbit: when Nat is looking at Clint and Laura's baby, you might notice that the baby has a shirt with his name on it: Nathaniel Pietro Barton - Clint and Laura named him after Quicksilver, which I thought was a great way to show how Pietro really earned Clint's respect by the end of the movie after disliking him so much throughout.

The Dingo

I would also add that Fox and Marvel had to come to an agreement about Wanda and Pietro for this film, because Fox owned the rights to all things mutant but Marvel owned the rights for all things Avenger, and Pietro and Wanda (at the time) were both. The rumor that I read (and perhaps someone can confirm if it was right) is that the compromise was that Marvel got to use Pietro in a single movie and Fox got to use Wanda in a single movie, but otherwise Marvel had the rights to Wanda and Fox had the rights to Pietro. (Again this before Marvel acquired Fox)

My Ex Boyfriend

You asked whether or not we liked dropping right into the action or not in the opening scene, and I did not. I have soften a bit on the rewatches but still not loving it. But it is still a solid movie. Ranks really high on my MCU list. Glad to see things have your brain spinning around about past connections and future possibilities. It is still a wild ride.

Ashley

First off, your new water bottle is HUGE... or you're much more petit than I realized. I think the MCU does a really great job of balancing the CGI heroics and action set pieces with moments of humanity and character. Tony and Steve's bromance tingles with tension at times. Hawkeyes home life gives you stakes as he's just a man with a family, he has everything to lose and everything to fight for. Black Widow isn't the main focus (until her own movie, that is excellent) but is the glue that holds them together. I love the shot of Hawkeyes new baby and on its shirt he has Quicksilvers name as his middle name to honor his sacrifice to save Hawkeye. The tiny details that are scattered through the MCU show the care and attention to detail the creators have for this series eg the mention of Wakanda. These are more than special effects, these characters are people you start to care about. The interconnectivity between relationships binds all the movies together. Also, if you love RDJ and his bromance + witty dialogue I think you'd thoroughly enjoy the 2 Sherlock movies he made where him and Jude Law are perfect together. Great movies too. Keep up the great content, these are a highlight of my week.

MotoDork

Hey guys, what about that Ant Man?

George Baxter

This is the lowest rated Avengers film but it's my personal favourite. It further develops the existing team and takes them to darker weirder places whilst introducing new characters and ideas that define the universe going forward. I also think this film balances CGI and live-action the best in the series. Avengers 1 has too many chintzy sets and costumes whilst Infinity War is 99% CGI to the point we're just watching floating heads on a green screen! People complain with it starting with an assembled team but clearly the film needs the time and we already saw them assemble! Why repeat when there are new weirder areas to go to? I would have liked to see Ultron with 4 arms deal out some real damage (like in the comics) but I really like him as a standalone villain. AI has only become more relevant and he's essentially an evil extension of his creators, so he reflects the Avengers sins. It's good thematic storytelling.

MotoDork

I'm a little concerned because I have not seen activity from Shanelle in seven days. Also Ant Man.

My Ex Boyfriend

She is scheduled to post Age of Ultron to YT on Saturday, so that will be proof of life if that happens.

MotoDork

It's 9:40PM EST and no youtube post yet. Do we need to start worrying?

shanellericcio

PROOF OF LIFE IM DEAD. I just get overwhelmed and don't know when to announce that a video is blocked, I always hold out hope it'll go out. and this time it didn't clear till Sunday 🥲