Nitpicking: Avengers Infinity War

***SPOILERS FOR ‘AVENGERS INFINITY WAY***

It has been some weeks since I initially watched ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ and I have seen it a total of 4 times. I maintain it is the best Super Hero and Marvel movie made to date.  But like all things it is not a perfect film and here is a list of some nitpicking things I found with Avengers Infinity War:

-         “Get this man a shield”. So all film I was waiting for that moment because it was in the trailer. In ‘Captain America: Civil War’ Cap left his shield with Tony. It was made with vibranium and since Wakanda is full of vibranium and the King did say to get Cap a shield I assumed it would be as cool if not better than the original…nope. Instead he has 2 cocktail trays attached to his arms. So disappointed. I would have loved to see Cap using a triangle shield (from WW2) or his energy shield.

 

-         What’s up Hulk?:

So Banner can’t get it up? Performance issues? By ‘it’ I mean the Hulk. Why would the Hulk cower in a fight? Maybe it is leading into the Banner/Hulk for Avengers 4? I just didn’t buy it that the Hulk would shy away from a fight.

-         Why not throw a bone to the MCU Television series?

When shit was going down in NYC why didn’t they take the opportunity to have Luke Cage show up? Daredevil is still MIA, Iron Fist, Jessica Jones, Agents of Shield and Punisher didn’t have to be there but why not include Luke Cage? It would have kicked ass when Banner is having his initial performance issues if Luke Cage would have come running in and taken on the brute bad guy. And he could have went with Banner to join up with the Avengers…just saying they have these Netflix shows tied in with the MCU so why not use a character from them to help legitimize the Netflix series? And Luke Cage would have been the perfect addition.

-         What happened to Valkyrie?

So they established this kick ass African American /Asgardian character in ‘Thor: Ragnorok” and she is nowhere to be seen in this film.  It is assumed she escaped with half of the Asgardians before Thanos destroyed their ship but it would have been nice to see her. Or Lady Sif…

Just a few nitpicks but as I said in my review of this film: it is as perfect as any MCU film has got to date.

My 'Avengers' (Uncanny & West Coast)

With the new 'Marvel Now' Avengers teams being revealed I decided to build my own dream teams of 'Avengers'. I am designing 2 seperate teams for this franchise and I'll give my reasons.

Uncanny Avengers (New York):

- Captain America: Leader of team.

- Beast: Tech guy, back-up leader

- Machine Man: Also tech guy and robot

- Black Widow: Spy/intelligence specialist

- Thor: Alien/God and the powerhouse of the team

- Ice Man: New guy, former X-Man. Training close with Captain America and Beast. Potential side-kick for Cap?

- Captain Marvel (Ms): Also a cosmic powerhouse for team

- Falcon: Close friend to Cap.

Reserve Members for Avengers (New York):

- Spider-man

- Wolverine

- Daredevil

(Spider-man and Wolverine already get a lot of exposure outside of the Avengers and in my opinion really not needed to be on the team full-time. Just to lend a hand when needed. Daredevil is best served on the team in small doses in my opinion)

- Red Hulk: General Ross has a lot of respect for Cap and obeys his commands when given.

West Coast Avengers (LA): I also loved the concept of having a separate team on the west coast. Why have 2 teams based in New York?

- (Green) She-Hulk: Leader of this team. She is both smart and strong and well respected in the super hero community.

- Iron Man: Tech expert. Tony Stark

- Moon Knight: some what crazy but comes through when needed. Hollywood producer by day.

- Spider-Woman: Gorgeous girl with the powers of Spider-man.

- Wonder Man: Powerhouse. Also a re-established movie stunt man when not being a hero.

- Vision: Also a tech expert, android and can be a powerhouse.

- Luke Cage (Power Man): Powerhouse. Relocates to LA when his wife Jessica Jones moves her 'Alias Private Investigations' business to LA.

- Astra: Former Imperial Guard. Banished and Stranded on Earth, her powers are similar to 'Kitty Pryde'. She is recruited by Tony Stark.

Reserve Members of West Coast Avengers (LA):

- Hulk: Bruce Banner and Tony Stark work together from time to time. Also he is She-Hulks cousin.

- Scarlett Witch: She sometimes shows up to help, also because of her former relationships with Vision and Wonder Man.

- Power Woman: Jessica Jones, wife of Luke Cage sometimes assists.

- Namor: Sometimes helps out when asked.

I would love a chance to tackle these characters. I really believe the Avengers should be limited to 2 monthly titles, one team based in NYC and one in LA. But I do have faith in Rick Remender and Jonathan Hickman will do a good job with the Uncanny Avengers, Avengers and New Avengers.

Next Time I do this it will be on the Justice League. Again 2 teams: JLA & Justice League: Europe

TTYL