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Avengers: Age of Ultron
Some Thoughts on Avengers: Age of Ultron: Keith Chow (blog) - "And while I had a great time watching the thing, I couldn’t help but feel a little underwhelmed by the whole enterprise."
Review: Sorry To Disappoint, But I Actually Loved Avengers: Age of Ultron: Sam Maggs (blog) - "Maybe it makes me a capitalist sheep. Or maybe I’m a weird feminist, or a Joss apologist, or an easily-brainwashable hype-bot. But regardless, I thought Avengers: Age of Ultron was awesome, and I’m not even going to apologize."
The Avengers’ Black Widow Problem: How Marvel Slut-Shamed Their Most Badass Superheroine: Jen Yamato (blog) - "The thing nobody wants to admit about Jeremy Renner, Chris Evans, and the Great Superhero Slut-Shaming of 2015 is that, PR crisis aside, the BroVengers were right."
An Open Letter to Joss Whedon from a Disappointed Feminist Fan After Watching ‘Age of Ultron’: Sara Stewart (blog) - "Haven't we gotten to a point where the one lonely female superhero in our current landscape can just pursue the business of avenging without having to bemoan not being a mother?"
’Avengers 2’ Video Review: Post Credits (video) - "Welcome to Post Credits, the movie review show from our friends at ScreenCrush! On this Hulk-sized episode, ScreenCrush Editor-in-Chief Mike Sampson and Managing Editor Matt Singer assemble to discuss the latest from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Avengers: Age of Ultron."
Untitled: allofthefeelings (Tumblr) - "Here’s the thing about Natasha’s arc in AoU: it actually had a lot of potential to be really good, using what we’ve learned about her from the past few films, without changing any of the major beats, with a little bit of extrapolation."
Overthinking It Podcast 357: Age of Ultron: Overthinking It (podcast) - "Ben Adams, Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, John Perich and Matthew Wrather assemble to overthink Avengers: Age of Ultron."
NOC Reviews Avengers: Age of Ultron: Brandoneaston (blog) - "Avengers: Age of Ultron was the perfect summer popcorn film. It’s a big, loud and frenetic superhero movie with a decent amount of heart."
Age of Ultron’s Black Widow Problem [SPOILERS]: Jennie Law (blog) - "After all, what’s a woman comic book character without a heteronormative love story?"
Avengers: Age of Ultron Review: Kay (blog) - "And although I reached a point where I was actively avoiding any more trailers (or exclusive scenes or commercials or featurettes), some of what should have been exciting or a discovery within my viewing experience was tempered by the feeling that I’d seen it before."
"A Suit of Armor Around the World": Avengers: Age of Ultron: Emily Asher-Perrin (blog) - "Here’s the deal: We can talk about Avengers: Age of Ultron as a film, or we can talk about it as a piece of the Marvel Cinematic Universe jigsaw puzzle."
Was Avengers: Age of Ultron As Good As Its Predecessor?: Lady Saika (blog) - "So, you all knew it was coming sooner or later: my review of Avengers: Age of Ultron. I have already seen the movie twice, but unlike its predecessor, I probably won’t hit the thirteen-showings mark with Avengers 2. Even though I enjoyed parts of it, it was weaker than the original Avengers on almost every level."
Ultron Is a Dumb Character, and That’s Okay: Abraham Riesman (blog) - "Reviewers of Avengers: Age of Ultron have repeatedly noted that Ultron’s big-screen incarnation is confusing and dull, and they’re right — but that’s not because the filmmakers lost sight of the character’s roots. Put simply: Ultron has always been boring."
The Flaws of Marvel’s "It’s All Connected" Cinematic Universe: Graeme McMillan (blog) - "As a stand-alone movie, Avengers: Age of Ultron has everything you could want from a summer blockbuster — it has eye-popping action sequences, epic stakes and an emotional climax that provides weight to everything that's gone before. The problem is, Avengers: Age of Ultron isn't a stand-alone movie."
Age of Ultron: Consequences, Legacies, Killer Robots: Devin Faraci (blog) - "The film, from beginning to end, is about dealing with what you have done and trying to understand what you will leave behind."
Untitled: septembriseur (Tumblr) - "I’ve just returned from seeing Age of Ultron, which proved to be both formally a shambles and so ideologically toxic on every level that I found it difficult to enjoy even those isolated moments that provide competent entertainment."
Age of Ultron, Part 1: The Empire of Tony Stark: Hello Tailor (blog) - "Rather, I think it failed in two pretty basic ways: As an "event" sequel to the Avengers franchise, and as a Joss Whedon movie."
What was up with that Black Widow scene in Avengers: Age of Ultron?: Hello Tailor (blog) - "I was going to post an Age of Ultron review today, but since the movie isn't out in the U.S. until next week, I've decided to stick with one specific topic: that bizarre conversation between Bruce Banner and Black Widow."
On AI In Age Of Ultron: beccaelizabeth (DW) - "I'd kind of assumed the personhood of at least some existing AI in the MCU was a given, and understood by their creator at the very least, but after Age of Ultron I'm having to examine that assumption."
Did We Watch the Same Movie?:beccaelizabeth (DW) - "I'm reading a meta about themes of family and legacy in Avengers Age of Ultron."
Best Age Of Ultron Recap Is Best beccaelizabeth: (DW) - "Because yes, the most frustrating thing is the way Marvel as a whole has ducked out of dealing with the implications of Winter Soldier and gone back to HYDRA being That Lot Over There with the foreign bases, and the solution to SHIELD being more SHIELD only different, and at the very best reading endlessly deferring having an actual conversation about this."
On That Natasha Line: beccaelizabeth (DW) - "SPOILERS to discuss that triggery infertility line:"
Untitled: beccaelizabeth (DW) - "I saw a thing announcing a story about a guy who works for HYDRA because it's good money in this economic climate."
Age Of Ultron Ship Report:beccaelizabeth (DW) - "I had heard about the 'ships before I went in, and they were not my preferred sort."
Worthy:beccaelizabeth (DW) - "So, they're playing with the hammer at the party, and it's all about who is worthy."
Avengers:Age Of Ultron:beccaelizabeth (DW) - "I came out of the movie thinking about how I would re-edit it, and by the time I got home I concluded I'd need to re-do it. I just weren't happy with it."
Age of Ultron reaction post: igrockspock (LJ) - "This film starts with an action scene that shows all the characters working together as a team, which immediately felt unsatisfying."
If you have meta to submit or rec, please comment to this post or to the screened Submissions Post. If you'd like to give us blanket permission to link your meta please comment to the Blanket Permissions Post. If you have feedback or questions, check out our FAQ, Contact the Mods, or PM/email. If you'd like to volunteer to link-find or mod, please comment to the Volunteers Post.
Avengers: Age of Ultron
Some Thoughts on Avengers: Age of Ultron: Keith Chow (blog) - "And while I had a great time watching the thing, I couldn’t help but feel a little underwhelmed by the whole enterprise."
fandom:mcu, warning:spoilers
Review: Sorry To Disappoint, But I Actually Loved Avengers: Age of Ultron: Sam Maggs (blog) - "Maybe it makes me a capitalist sheep. Or maybe I’m a weird feminist, or a Joss apologist, or an easily-brainwashable hype-bot. But regardless, I thought Avengers: Age of Ultron was awesome, and I’m not even going to apologize."
fandom:mcu
The Avengers’ Black Widow Problem: How Marvel Slut-Shamed Their Most Badass Superheroine: Jen Yamato (blog) - "The thing nobody wants to admit about Jeremy Renner, Chris Evans, and the Great Superhero Slut-Shaming of 2015 is that, PR crisis aside, the BroVengers were right."
fandom:mcu, topic:femalecharacter
An Open Letter to Joss Whedon from a Disappointed Feminist Fan After Watching ‘Age of Ultron’: Sara Stewart (blog) - "Haven't we gotten to a point where the one lonely female superhero in our current landscape can just pursue the business of avenging without having to bemoan not being a mother?"
fandom:mcu, topic:femalecharacter
’Avengers 2’ Video Review: Post Credits (video) - "Welcome to Post Credits, the movie review show from our friends at ScreenCrush! On this Hulk-sized episode, ScreenCrush Editor-in-Chief Mike Sampson and Managing Editor Matt Singer assemble to discuss the latest from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Avengers: Age of Ultron."
fandom:mcu
Untitled: allofthefeelings (Tumblr) - "Here’s the thing about Natasha’s arc in AoU: it actually had a lot of potential to be really good, using what we’ve learned about her from the past few films, without changing any of the major beats, with a little bit of extrapolation."
fandom:mcu, warning:spoilers
Overthinking It Podcast 357: Age of Ultron: Overthinking It (podcast) - "Ben Adams, Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, John Perich and Matthew Wrather assemble to overthink Avengers: Age of Ultron."
fandom:mcu
NOC Reviews Avengers: Age of Ultron: Brandoneaston (blog) - "Avengers: Age of Ultron was the perfect summer popcorn film. It’s a big, loud and frenetic superhero movie with a decent amount of heart."
fandom:mcu
Age of Ultron’s Black Widow Problem [SPOILERS]: Jennie Law (blog) - "After all, what’s a woman comic book character without a heteronormative love story?"
fandom:mcu, topic:femalecharacter, warning:spoilers
Avengers: Age of Ultron Review: Kay (blog) - "And although I reached a point where I was actively avoiding any more trailers (or exclusive scenes or commercials or featurettes), some of what should have been exciting or a discovery within my viewing experience was tempered by the feeling that I’d seen it before."
fandom:mcu
"A Suit of Armor Around the World": Avengers: Age of Ultron: Emily Asher-Perrin (blog) - "Here’s the deal: We can talk about Avengers: Age of Ultron as a film, or we can talk about it as a piece of the Marvel Cinematic Universe jigsaw puzzle."
fandom:mcu, warning:spoilers
Was Avengers: Age of Ultron As Good As Its Predecessor?: Lady Saika (blog) - "So, you all knew it was coming sooner or later: my review of Avengers: Age of Ultron. I have already seen the movie twice, but unlike its predecessor, I probably won’t hit the thirteen-showings mark with Avengers 2. Even though I enjoyed parts of it, it was weaker than the original Avengers on almost every level."
fandom:mcu, warning:spoilers
Ultron Is a Dumb Character, and That’s Okay: Abraham Riesman (blog) - "Reviewers of Avengers: Age of Ultron have repeatedly noted that Ultron’s big-screen incarnation is confusing and dull, and they’re right — but that’s not because the filmmakers lost sight of the character’s roots. Put simply: Ultron has always been boring."
fandom:mcu, fandom:marvelcomics, topic:history
The Flaws of Marvel’s "It’s All Connected" Cinematic Universe: Graeme McMillan (blog) - "As a stand-alone movie, Avengers: Age of Ultron has everything you could want from a summer blockbuster — it has eye-popping action sequences, epic stakes and an emotional climax that provides weight to everything that's gone before. The problem is, Avengers: Age of Ultron isn't a stand-alone movie."
fandom:mcu, warning:spoilers
Age of Ultron: Consequences, Legacies, Killer Robots: Devin Faraci (blog) - "The film, from beginning to end, is about dealing with what you have done and trying to understand what you will leave behind."
fandom:mcu, warning:spoilers
Untitled: septembriseur (Tumblr) - "I’ve just returned from seeing Age of Ultron, which proved to be both formally a shambles and so ideologically toxic on every level that I found it difficult to enjoy even those isolated moments that provide competent entertainment."
fandom:mcu, warning:spoilers
Age of Ultron, Part 1: The Empire of Tony Stark: Hello Tailor (blog) - "Rather, I think it failed in two pretty basic ways: As an "event" sequel to the Avengers franchise, and as a Joss Whedon movie."
fandom:mcu, warning:spoilers
What was up with that Black Widow scene in Avengers: Age of Ultron?: Hello Tailor (blog) - "I was going to post an Age of Ultron review today, but since the movie isn't out in the U.S. until next week, I've decided to stick with one specific topic: that bizarre conversation between Bruce Banner and Black Widow."
fandom:mcu, warning:spoilers
On AI In Age Of Ultron: beccaelizabeth (DW) - "I'd kind of assumed the personhood of at least some existing AI in the MCU was a given, and understood by their creator at the very least, but after Age of Ultron I'm having to examine that assumption."
fandom:mcu, warning:spoilers
Did We Watch the Same Movie?:beccaelizabeth (DW) - "I'm reading a meta about themes of family and legacy in Avengers Age of Ultron."
fandom:mcu, warning:spoilers
Best Age Of Ultron Recap Is Best beccaelizabeth: (DW) - "Because yes, the most frustrating thing is the way Marvel as a whole has ducked out of dealing with the implications of Winter Soldier and gone back to HYDRA being That Lot Over There with the foreign bases, and the solution to SHIELD being more SHIELD only different, and at the very best reading endlessly deferring having an actual conversation about this."
fandom:mcu, warning:spoilers
On That Natasha Line: beccaelizabeth (DW) - "SPOILERS to discuss that triggery infertility line:"
fandom:mcu, warning:spoilers
Untitled: beccaelizabeth (DW) - "I saw a thing announcing a story about a guy who works for HYDRA because it's good money in this economic climate."
fandom:mcu, topic:economics
Age Of Ultron Ship Report:beccaelizabeth (DW) - "I had heard about the 'ships before I went in, and they were not my preferred sort."
fandom:mcu, warning:spoilers, topic:shipping
Worthy:beccaelizabeth (DW) - "So, they're playing with the hammer at the party, and it's all about who is worthy."
fandom:mcu, warning:spoilers
Avengers:Age Of Ultron:beccaelizabeth (DW) - "I came out of the movie thinking about how I would re-edit it, and by the time I got home I concluded I'd need to re-do it. I just weren't happy with it."
fandom:mcu, warning:spoilers
Age of Ultron reaction post: igrockspock (LJ) - "This film starts with an action scene that shows all the characters working together as a team, which immediately felt unsatisfying."
fandom:mcu, warning:spoilers
