[h2]Question #3: What’s the meaning of the subtitle: “Age of Ultron?”[/h2]
The title Age of Ultron comes from an actual storyline and miniseries featuring the villain that Marvel Comics released earlier this year. Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige has already thrown some cold water on the idea that the comic book miniseries and the plotline of Avengers: Age of Ultron will have much in common, mostly because the Age of Ultron featured a lot of characters that Marvel Studios and Disney don’t have the rights to use on film, specifically Wolverine and the Fantastic Four’s Invisible Woman.
The plot is interesting though, with the heroes of the Marvel Universe forced into an underground resistance after a new, super-advanced Ultron takes over the world. Time travel eventually comes into play, with Wolverine going back in time to kill Ultron’s creator, but complications abound and the story becomes rather convoluted even for the above average comic book fan. For those reasons, it’s doubtful that the movie will be a faithful adaptation of the comic book, but given Whedon’s predilection for challenging his heroes to the point of defeat and death, to confront The Avengers with a villain for whom defeat means evolving into a better bad guy seems like the perfect fit.
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