So, thus far the Avengers have
gathered the Time, Space, Mind and Reality Stones. And Thor grabbed Mjolnir, to
prove to himself that he’s still worthy and maybe as a “just in case” something
hits the fan. The something being brown and gross. We just have one more team
and two more stones to gather. This has been a pretty simple mission; I can’t
imagine how things could get complicated.
Black Widow, Ronin, Nebula and War Machine
drop onto Morag, where the Power Stone was hidden. They break down one more
time, with the assassins Nat and Clint going onto Vormir to get the Soul Stone
while Nebula and War Machine stay to pick up the Power Stone.
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| There's no one I think Clint would want to go into battle with more. And vice versa for Natasha. |
Let’s go with Clint and Nat first.
They arrive on Vormir and are greeted by the ghostly specter of Red Skull. He
takes them to the altar of the Soul Stone and tells them the whole having to
give a soul to get the Stone. Nat and Clint instantly start bickering over who
should sacrifice themselves. Nat feels like she is the most expendable, where
Clint thinks he is because of the five years of slaughter he’d lived in. They
actually start fighting, literally fighting to see who makes the big drop. Nat
ultimately sticks a life line on Clint’s back and forces him to let her drop.
Nat dies on the altar and Clint get’s the Soul Stone. Five down.
Rhodey and Nebula walk to their
positions. Nebula is held up for a moment due to her cybernetics acting up.
They only have to wait a bit on Morag until Star-Lord shows up. It’s freaking
hilarious to watch his Karaoke from their perspective. Without the music it’s
just Peter Quill being an idiot. Rhodey and Nebula knock out Peter, and then
nab the Power Stone.
On Sanctuary II, Thanos’ warship,
his girls are prepping to meet up with Ronan the Accuser to get the Power
Stone. To their shock, Nebula starts having a stroke. Thanos looks over his
second favorite daughter and they pull up her neural net. Here’s the complication,
both Nebula’s run on the same mental network. When 2023 Nebula came back to
2014, 2014 Nebula started picking up her thoughts. Thanos and his minions are
able to learn about everything that is happening in the distant future. And
he’s PISSED.
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| I know that Thanos is a bad Dad, but seriously, he is a BAD Dad. |
Rhodey is able to travel back to
the future with the Power Stone, but a glitch in here system strands Nebula.
Unfortunately, her Dad and his crew show up and take her prisoner. They remove
her newer cybernetics and plating, swap them out with 2014 Nebula’s parts and
send her into the future. Oh no.
The team gather in the present,
semi-victorious. Everyone takes it rather hard when they learn that Natasha
didn’t make it back home. But resolve to make her sacrifice worth it. The tech
savvy team, Tony, Bruce and Rocket, assemble a new Iron Infinity Gauntlet and
set the gems inside. After that, they need to decide who will use it. They know
that the feedback of using such a powerful object is immense, having seen
Thanos’ burns after he used the Gauntlet only twice. Thor is the first to
volunteer, as he is an Asgardian so he could probably survive the feedback.
Hulk disagrees and takes the gauntlet. He explains that he feels like this was
his mission all along, as the energy readings the Gauntlet gives off is largely
Gamma radiation. That and he has the necessarily brilliant mind to calculate
all the changes that will need to be made to also restore individuals that died
due to the Snap. The passengers on flights whose pilots were dusted and the
like. The pain of the feedback almost seems like it’ll be too much, but Hulk is
able to snap, savagely burning his arm in the process.
Meanwhile, past Nebula opens up the
Quantum Tunnel, and pulls her father’s entire ship through. Once in the future,
Sanctuary II bombs the crap out of the Avengers Compound. Hulk, Rocket and
Scott are buried in the rubble and the Iron Infinity Gauntlet is lost in the
wreckage.
On board the ship, 2014 Gamora and
2023 Nebula have a heart to heart. Nebula reveals to her that, yes, she did
hate Gamora and once actively tried to kill them. But in more recent years
they’d actually formed a real, true sisterly bond and considered each other
friends. Thankfully, 2014 Gamora was already having doubts about Thanos’
vision, so she is quickly moved to free Nebula and help the Avengers.
Thanos sends his minions, the
Chitauri, the Black Order and the scourge of monsters at his beck and call to
get the Gauntlet, while he waits for the next challenge. Thor, Iron Man, and
Captain America escaped the earlier bombardment and are the only ones standing
to face off against the mad Titan. Let’s it. Next time.
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| Recreating the single most powerful artifact of your universe? Yeah, a single energy shield should be enough protection. |
I liked Natasha and Clint’s dilemma
in who should make the big drop. They both obviously want to make the sacrifice
over their dearest friend, and according to some source’s former lover. Natasha
wants to make the drop as she’s a former remorseless assassin with a TON of red
in her ledger. Clint wants to make the drop as he’s currently a remorseless
assassin with a TON of red in his ledger. What a conundrum. I’d read that
they’d actually filmed their scene with Thanos and co arriving and bombing the
area, and Natasha running to make the drop to save the mission. They reshot it
so as to make it more Natasha’s choice. Which I think was the right call.
Natasha Romanoff has been a staple of the expanded MCU since she was introduced
in Iron Man 2. She’s fought along
side the likes of Iron Man, Captain America, and The Hulk, she deserved to the
opportunity to make the heroic sacrifice. If he hadn’t already, I bet Clint would
name one of his kids after her. Scarlett Johannsen aka Natasha Romanoff aka
Black Widow, I salute you.
Again, the bit about Nebula and
Rhodey watching Peter’s private dance number was flipping hilarious. The
complication of Nebula’s neural net intertwining with her past self was kind of
surprising. I mean, once they introduced a time travel element, I figured
they’d bring back Thanos for the final battle, but I didn’t think it’d be
Nebula to accidently tip them off. I almost forgot that during 2014 Nebula was
hellbent on earning daddy’s love. Shame her future memories didn’t affect 2014
Nebula more. The build up to the big, final battle was intense, and I’m looking
forward to talking about it at length, next time.
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