So what was the point of Agatha? Was she just trying to absorb SW powers? Just there to investigate? Get her as her disciple?
Mandarin was a whole different thing IMO... That was much much worse because they explicitly called him "The Mandarin". At least in WandaVision, they explicitly called Evan Peters' character "Fietro". They were honest in WandaVision.
I wonder if they just pulled the (literal) **** move with Quicksilver because Marvel is simply terrified at how to work his powers into their storytelling. I mean they offed him as quickly as they could the first time around (Age of Ultron) and maybe this was their way of saying "yeah the Multiverse is coming but QS's superspeed will negate half the threats we have planned so...here's Evan Peters but this is all you're going to see of him."
I think in AoU they killed him off for legal reasons (Fox still owns him). From what I remember, they only got the deal to use him in that film?
The director said the first day he met Aaron Taylor-Johnson for the role of Quicksilver, he told the actor that he intended to kill the character and that he would stay dead? unless Marvel suits strongly objected. ?I said, ?The only thing that would keep you alive is if the Disney executives say, ?*****, it?s a franchise and we need all these people and you?re not allowed to kill them,?? he said.
But alternate versions were shot, though Whedon doesn?t say whether they were at the behest of Marvel/Disney or not. ?We did actually shoot him in the last scene, in an outfit with his sister,? he admitted. ?And we did shoot him waking up from his, ?Ahh! I didn?t really die from these 47 bullet wounds!? but the intent was always that we were going to earn this and then you have to stand by it.?
No, Quicksilver dying was all Joss Whedon. There's numerous articles about it. He always likes killing off characters. He always said it gives weight to the story. Why he also killed of Couslon.
For example..
Also, behind the scenes drama states Whedon was at odds with Disney about some aspects, so he purposely demanded they kill off Quicksilver in order for him to make changes that they wanted to his script.
My main problem with the MCU is that they kill off characters to quickly, especially villains.
Did anyone go "Oh no not Quicksilver, I wasn't expecting him to die, what a great way to take the story" because my thoughts were "What a waste".
My main problem with the MCU is that they kill off characters to quickly, especially villains.
I get the whole stakes thing. And I don't know how to pick apart the details of script, narrative, and editing that make an on screen death work; and at times it's lame or laughable.
Worked: Kuill, Boromir, Iron Man, Killmonger, Obi-Wan, Qui-Gon, Anakin, IG-11, Thanos (although apparently Killmonger will be back; just can't beat that magic herb!)
Laughable/lame/token/boring death: Kylo, Quicksilver, Loki, Nat
AOU made a big deal about the tissue regeneration thing; so I figured Quicksilver was just put on ice to make an appearance later. Not gonna knock Whedon as he does some good stuff; but he goes off the rails too.
List is just off the top of my head; then there's the revolving door fakeout deaths (why bother?) Anyway this fake Quicksilver showing up was for me - just irritating. Wasted opportunity to fix past un-needed lameness.
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