Avengers: Age of Ultron
avenger 4could at last resolve a lingering effect that has haunted Earth ’s Mightiest Heroes for years : the dreaming Scarlet Witch revealed duringAvengers : Age of Ultron . The scene were a major prefiguration of what to expect at the hand of Thanos , but so far things have seemingly played out quite differently .
In Joss Whedon ’s 2015 continuation , Wanda Maximoff ( Elizabeth Olsen ) used herpowers derived from the Mind Stoneto match into the psyches of Tony Stark ( Robert Downey , Jr. ) , Steve Rogers ( Chris Evans ) , Thor ( Chris Hemsworth ) , and Natasha Romanoff ( Scarlett Johansson ) , creating pictorial hallucination that invalid the Avengers . The picture presents the dreams as Wanda prey on the Avengers ' fears ( particularly Tony ) , but it ’s not that childlike . The Avengers ' dream are n’t just a patch gimmick for Wanda to momentarily defeat the heroes , they seem to also to be prognostication towards next events in the MCU . SinceAvengers 2 ’s development , the changes behind the scenes at Marvel Studios , like the Marvel Creative Committee being dissolved when Kevin Feige ’s film studio apartment moved like a shot under the Disney umbrella , ended up alter the way of the MCU ’s overall history . Yet looking back atAge of Ultron , the story thread from these dreams induced by Scarlet Witch were n’t desolate , just refitted to fit the MCU ’s evolving direction .
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Age of Ultronisn’t the most popularAvengersmovie with fans and it was criticized for spending too much clock time setting up succeeding MCU events . In hindsight , a fate of what was do up has been paid off . For instance , Whedon ’s decision to romantically pair off off Bruce Banner ( Mark Ruffalo ) and Natasha Romanoff directly direct to Hulk ’s disappearance from Earth to become the Grandmaster ’s ( Jeff Goldblum ) champion on Sakaar . Had Thor not reunite with Hulk on Sakaar and formed the Revengers , he might not have been able to make unnecessary the Asgardian multitude from Hela ( Cate Blanchett ) inThor : Ragnarok . Age of Ultronalso introduced Vision ( Paul Bettany ) , who became a polar player , not just as Scarlet Witch ’s love interest , but as the defender of the Mind Stone , which the Avengers rallied to protect from Thanos ' encroachment in Wakanda .
But the dream Wanda unleashed and force the Avengers to face up have n’t been blank out . Those are key story point that still haunt the MCU and could bring home the bacon clue to will become of the original six hero inAvengers 4 :
Thor’s Dream of Ragnarok And Infinity Stones
Thor was sure that because he is"mighty"that Scarlet Witch ’s tricks would n’t feign him , but the distressful omens he saw seem to have amount true byAvengers : Infinity War . The Odinson hallucinated that he was in a banquet entrance hall of Asgard during a solemnisation ( which check a statue that was afterwards see on theInfinity Warset ) , until a blind Heimdall ( Idris Elba ) confronted him and promised that Thor was"leading us to Hell . “Gripping Thor ’s read/write head , Heimdall announced,“You are a destroyer , Odinson!“as lightning cascade around Thor . The lightning teased the raw power levels Thor would make headway inRagnarok , but there ’s still more that can be read into what Thor experienced in this pipe dream .
Heimdall criminate Thor of being the causal agent of Asgard ’s demolition , which is now the guilt trip the God of Thunder carry since he did go bad to save his world and most of his people . Indeed , no other Avenger would have to face the sheer amount of personal tragedy that Thor has bear recently . Obviously , the plan forRagnarok(and Thor himself ) significantly change since this scene was shot , but it still works as a hint of what was to come - the end of Asgard . But does it also mean Thor can ultimately save Asgard ? Thor ’s vision could be revisited inAvengers 4as the time travelling elements of the celluloid may squeeze the Odinson to confront thisAge of Ultrondreamand its ramifications again , which could spin around it into a new perspective . Perhaps his aspiration mean Thor must retrovert to Hell , and somehow what Heimdall order in reality holds the samara to how Thor can undo all of the deaths and economise his hoi polloi .
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InAge of Ultron , Thor was also the first Avenger to be granted insight into the Infinity Stones , which he in brief saw during Scarlet Witch ’s bring on vision . This direct Thor to inflict the Water of Sights , where he learned about the ancient power informant . Thor later left Earth to look for for the Stones , without success , until Thanos literally do to Asgard ’s door and massacred one-half of Thor ’s people to develop the Space Stone bykilling Lokiat the get down ofInfinity War . For the God of Thunder , revenge against Thanos inAvengers 4could not be more personal .
Tony Stark’s Dream of Dead Avengers
Tony Stark ’s was the first mind Scarlet Witch play with inAge of Ultronand the billionaire futurist was an easy target since no Avenger harbored more awe about the future . Tony almost died when he carried a nuclear missile through a dimensional portal inThe Avengers . The wad of the Chitauri invasion fleet in outer space haunted him ever since . Wanda depict Tony a imagination of his greatest fear , that Earth had fall to the alien invaders and the Avengers were beat because they just were n’t strong enough to forestall ' the inevitable ' . Steve Rogers ' last words,“You could have saved us ! " , shock Stark . Tony then became obsessed with building Ultron as"a suit of armor around the creation . “Tony ’s aspiration looks more like what was ensure of Thanos in the originalAvengersthan how it all played out on Titan inInfinity War , but it could still be interpreted as a harbinger of what would chance on Titan .
InInfinity War , when Doctor Strange ( Benedict Cumberbatch ) and Wong ( Benedict Wong ) told Tony about Thanos and the Infinity Stones , Stark said"This is it!“because he had been dreading this second for age . Tony then commit himself to doing anything it took , including sacrifice himself , to block up Thanos . Of course , Thanos also jazz about Stark , and despite Iron Man ’s best efforts to lead the Avengers and Guardians of the Galaxy , he still failed to take the Infinity Gauntlet from the insane Titan ( althoughStar - Lord ’s worst behaviorbears a lot of the blame for that ) .
in the end , Thanos ' finger snapseems to be the flash point where Tony ’s worst incubus do rightful as he watched evil win and his friends go . However , what stop up happening is n’t quite as absolute as Tony fear . Billions may be drained , but Tony ’s dream was haywire because the original six Avengersdidn’tdie . This could in reality stop up infusing Iron Man with the hope he desperately need to avenge the universe . The query now is whether Stark can somehow place it all to right inAvengers 4.Defeating Thanos should put Tony ’s greatest fear to rest , but what will such an larger-than-life victory end up costing the billionaire genius ?
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Captain America’s Dream Of Returning To The 1940s
Despite Steve Rogers ' best efforts to absorb to life in the twenty-first century , he tragically stay on a man out of prison term . When Scarlet Witch peer into his mind , she did n’t see Rogers ' greatest fear but his secret desire - the affair he was robbed off - getting to persist in his animation after World War II with his one dependable love , Peggy Carter ( Hayley Atwell ) . Thanks to Scarlet Witch , Rogers hallucinate a grown striation victory party in 1945 . Peggy was there to recognise him , promising"The war ’s over , Steve . We can go home . Imagine it . “This show that even though Rogers has built a living for himself with loyal friends and that the world postulate him as the loss leader of the Avengers , he yearn to go back to the time and place where he really belongs . After all , he swallow up Peggy inCaptain America : Civil War , severing his last support tie-in to his past .
A vast question regardingAvengers 4is whether or not Steve Rogers ' dream will really get to come true . There is evidence that clock time travelling will be a key component of the film , likely thanks to Ant - Man ’s access to theQuantum Realm . But what will ultimately become of Captain America if the Avengers defeat Thanos and restore the billions of life in the universe of discourse the Titan wiped out ? Is returning to his twenty-first - century lifetime to lead the Avengers ( mayhap still as a fugitive thanks to theSokovia Accords ) a just wages for all of Steve Rogers ' sacrifice ? Or will he actually gain his heart ’s desire and get to return to his own time to hold out out his day with Peggy if they put Thanos down ? But if that happens , what would Steve Rogers living in the retiring mean for the timeline and the future of the MCU ?
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Black Widow’s Dream Of Her Past
The other Avenger haunted by her past is Natasha Romanoff . Wanda induced a vision where the Black Widow remembered her days as a girl in the Red Room , the KGB ’s facility where she and other children were cultivate to become bravo . Specifically , Natasha recalled being assure that she ca n’t break because she is"made of marble"and big of all , her ' graduation ceremonial ' where she was desexualize so she can never suffer small fry . Black Widow is the most professional and efficient fellow member of the Avengers , but her cool frontal obliterate her many dark mystery and regrets , although she did deal this part of her past tense with Bruce Banner atHawkeye ’s family ’s farmhouse .
Natasha ’s past and resolving her womb-to-tomb injury is something that will most likely be fully depict and addressed in the upcomingBlack Widowsolo celluloid . With Cate Shortland ( Berlin Syndrome ) sign on as director , the prequel depicting how Natasha Romanoff became the Black Widow - which could also detail her first encounter with theWinter Soldier- should last hit theaters as part of the next form of MCU films afterAvengers 4 .
As for whether or not Natasha survives next yr ’s epic blowoff with Thanos , cave in that Scarlett Johansson is one of theactors expected to leave the MCUafterAvengers 4 , it ’s not yet readable whether Black Widow has a hereafter in Phase 4 and beyond . However , Johansson is for certain returning to star in her long - expect solo film , which should illuminate Natasha ’s orphic past and , at last , give fans the full picture on just who the Black Widow is .
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