Avengers: Age of Ultron (May 1st, 2015)

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*Milo and Otis remake, end of credits scene*

Pan away from Milo and Otis snuggling together on the barn floor to the top of the barn, where Thanos sits on his wooden, makeshift throne

Thanos: If anyone interrupts the slumber of these animals, I will bathe the starways with their blood!

The End. . . .?
 
*Milo and Otis remake, end of credits scene*

Pan away from Milo and Otis snuggling together on the barn floor to the top of the barn, where Thanos sits on his wooden, makeshift throne

Thanos: If anyone interrupts the slumber of these animals, I will bathe the starways with their blood!

The End. . . .?

I read that and the first thing that came to my mind was this

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I mean, is that bad when Superman comes to mind before Thanos/Ultron. :lol
 
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In what way, you talking about big media?

Most geek sites are giving the movie a pass with everyone stating that a longer cut will make this movie perfect.
 
Amazing the way the media are slowly turning around (in US) to start trashing AOU now.

Not sure where you're getting that idea but when I google "Age of Ultron" a lot of stories about Whedon's bitching and moaning come up. I think he is causing the most rancor by whining about Disney making him do this or that. And I'm sorry Joss, but having Captain Marvel and Spider-Man appear out of the blue when Cap addresses the new team is BEYOND stupid. You should have kept your mouth shut on that because Disney did you a big favor by vetoing that. Now instead of Joss being the director of a somewhat flawed thrill ride he comes across as a big baby that the studio WISELY kept in check. I'm SO glad that he'll be gone from here on out.

But like so many things on the internet Whedon's bitching gives the aroma of blood in the water and the sharks are being drawn in.
 
I thought JW was a bigger professional than this.

Seriously. It would be one thing if the movie was a disaster or his hands were tied from beginning to end but jeez, the bellyaching over one pool scene and some cameos, get over yourself dude.

In 2012 I remember him saying that Disney required him to write a scene where Iron Man fought Thor. I bet they asked for the Hulkbuster scene too. I wonder how much credit we give Joss for things that actually came from Disney/Feige. If he had final cut we might have had a two hour farmhouse movie as brand new characters show up out of the blue to help tend the sheep.
 
I agree, the edits don't seem that big a deal for me.

Which means he's doing this to show that the box office under performance is Marvel's fault.
 
Not sure where you're getting that idea but when I google "Age of Ultron" a lot of stories about Whedon's bitching and moaning come up. I think he is causing the most rancor by whining about Disney making him do this or that. And I'm sorry Joss, but having Captain Marvel and Spider-Man appear out of the blue when Cap addresses the new team is BEYOND stupid. You should have kept your mouth shut on that because Disney did you a big favor by vetoing that. Now instead of Joss being the director of a somewhat flawed thrill ride he comes across as a big baby that the studio WISELY kept in check. I'm SO glad that he'll be gone from here on out.

But like so many things on the internet Whedon's bitching gives the aroma of blood in the water and the sharks are being drawn in.

I actually think all the complaining he's been doing has been making him look bad because the scenes he was fighting to keep in, most people thought were the weakest parts of the film, and the scenes Marvel were trying to put in would have fleshed things out a bit better. This is one of the few times where the director got in the way of the studio.

Here's another interview where he seems to be complaining about working with Marvel

Joss Whedon On Crafting Captain America's "AVENGERS ---" Line

"I made sure that we never shot Chris Evans saying [the 'assemble!' of 'Avengers assemble!'] I was positive that some executive was gonna go, 'You forgot to put in the last word!' I was like, 'With my dying breath...' I don’t have to say that a lot, but sometimes I’ll turn to [Marvel head honcho] Kevin [Feige] and say, 'With my dying breath...'

As much as I was like, 'We didn’t get this, we didn’t get this, this is sloppy, and I’m not happy with that music cue...' With all my complaints, it was in the script exactly as you see it. 'He draws breath to say the next word. Blackout.' So to know that we landed exactly where I wanted to go, however many stumbles along the way, was extremely gratifying. As was Chris Evans’ reaction when I told him what we were going to do in the second movie, at the MTV movie awards, when we won for the first movie – he lost his s***. (Laughs) It was great."

I read this interview and still don't know why it meant so much to him to cut out the last line. Really didn't make sense to me. I would have preferred if we heard Cap finished the line.
 
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I also would have preferred that, and didn't think it was very funny that he didn't finish. But, whatever. No biggie.

And I'm sorry Joss, but having Captain Marvel and Spider-Man appear out of the blue when Cap addresses the new team is BEYOND stupid. You should have kept your mouth shut on that because Disney did you a big favor by vetoing that.
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It would have been awesome. But from my understanding, it didn't happen because they didn't cast those roles or get those agreements together soon enough, not because Feige vetoed Whedon.
 
I actually think all the complaining he's been doing has been making look worse because the scenes he was fighting to keep in most people thought were the weakest parts of the film, and the scenes Marvel were trying to put in would have fleshed things out a bit better.

Exactly! Now I'm actually glad that Cap didn't say Avengers Assembly on Whedon's watch. *******. I mean I realize that he brought some really good things to the table, for instance I'm sure we wouldn't have gotten the Vision or the Twins without him but man, good riddance.
 
Whedon is basically the same filmmaker he was 10-15 years ago, just dealing with different subject matter, and probably being more reigned in than usual. He's a very good filmmaker. Better than most. And is well suited to handling this kind of material. But he's not perfect, and has some clear deficiencies. He's no Brian Singer in the dramatic department, for example. But everyone has strengths and weaknesses.
 
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