A very good point. Even I was wondering what the use was in that thing taking off... Seeing it in battle would have been a great addition.





Apparently Whedon has said that he trimmed the film down from something that was over 3 hours, but that he doesn't believe in putting any of it back in. "Thor" apparently had a great deal trimmed from it as well and never got any kind of extended release. We'll have to see if the shift over to Disney changes the likelihood of Marvel releasing special editions, but for now I think we can only count on a lot of cut scenes included among the extras.





I know Whedon was quoted as saying, in answer to the question of how you follow up something this huge in a sequel, "By making the next one more intimate and personal." (paraphrasing)

Ultron is the most personal of adversaries for the Avengers, in my opinion... provided the right roster.





I assume you mean "dating a cellist", according to that little bit of dialog between Cap and Stark.

Actually, I think that helps. The Vision needs that test to affirm that he's his own man. Think of that Harras written issue where the Vision and Crystal go to help Alex Lipton's father and wife, and replace Crystal with the Scarlet Witch.

Honestly, that's the benefit of using Coulson (regardless of the Cellist) as the basis for the Vision instead of introducing Williams. Since SHIELD will likely be a constant in these films, it makes it very easy to explore the question of whether his actually is Coulson, or if people expect him to be Coulson. One assumes there would be plenty of people on the Hellicarrier (not to mention among the Avengers themselves) who would know and react to this new being walking around with Coulson's brain patterns.

Besides, the smart way to play the Vizh/Wanda relationship is to introduce the attraction in one film, and then build up the external resistance to them being together in the next, before you actually let them come together. Throwing them together in the span of one movie wastes the potential.

Of course, none of it matters a lick if they don't expand the cast to include either of them.


And in answer to Yo's concerns, my guess is that this whole Coulson/Vision rumor began (long before the Avengers came out and Coulson died, mind you) because his personality is actually a pretty good fit for the Vision, minus the fits of rage. He doesn't come across as emotionless or mechanical, but he does come across as unflappable, intelligent, and resourceful in a way that is almost, for lack of a better word, robotic. Just add some angst about who or what he is that can boil over into rage and I think you have a pretty good template for a take on the Vision that I'd enjoy.





I looked at those too, but I don't believe that any names were displayed... just coded numbers. Is that shadowy "World Security Council" from the comics anywhere?

I will say that Powers Boothe would make a pretty damn good Cornelius Van Lunt.





When Stark is trying to dodge Coulson's call, he answers the phone as "Tony Stark's Life Model Decoy", referencing SHIELD's robotic duplicates.

I do wonder what might be included on some of those computer screens within the SHIELD helicarrier.




Now that is an excellent idea, and could work for the next Avengers as well.