A Comparative Analysis Of Ultron And Marvel's Avengers

It can be argued that ideology is a belief system as Marxist would argue religion is an ideology. Marxists argue that society is divided into two opposed classes, the minority capitalist who own the means of production and the majority property less working class who have to sell their labour. This shows that ideology is a belief system as the ruling class stop the poor from becoming successful, therefore the poor start to believe that they cannot become successful.

Many comic books that are made into films have men playing the key roles, yet some comic books adapted to the big screen have female’s playing roles of importance. Since these movies are mainly guided for the viewing of men, the female characters are typically very attractive. In The Avengers: Age of Ultron, one of its main characters is Black Widow, played by actress Scarlett Johansson. In Richard J. Gray II’s article titled “Vivacious Vixens and Scintillating Super Hotties” he created a definition of a superheroines “hotness.” Looking at Black Widow and Gray’s idea of “hotness” we will break down the character and see if she passes Gray’s hotness test. Before we can begin, the key term “hotness” must be defined, “as it applies within the context of the representation of the new millennial superheroine, is a delicate balance between sex appeal and physical strength” (Gray, 2011). The balance needed to be achieved in order to classify Black Widow as having this “hotness” will require her character to be broken down into her sex appeal and also the physical strength she displays throughout the movie.

After reading the stock characteristics one that caught my attention would be "Briguella” due to the fact that Loki from the Avengers fits the role. Loki or better known as the "God of Mischief" is a god in Asgard that was once run by his father Odin. Loki's desires are to take the throne for him, doing anything necessary to reach his goals. Risking and taking the lives of many in multiple attempts to reach said goals. The schemes done by the god can be viewed as dangerous and overall deceitful which is why I think Loki falls under said category.

Controversy on Marvel Studios, Avengers, Age of Ultron, has broken out over the topic, is Ultron a hero or a villain? Many people say that Ultron is in fact a villain, but others argue he is a hero. Unlike other villains, who only seek world dominance, Ultron’s one goal is to create a utopia that would leave all the war and destruction behind. Further examination might surprise viewers, for the simple fact that Ultron is a villain but shares heroic qualities.

They are who we would depend on if our fantasies were a reality. They are Marvel’s one and only Avengers. The Avengers were created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby to compete with DC comics Justice League. The Avengers consists of; Captain America, Iron Man, Wasp, Ant Man, Hulk, Black Widow, Hawkeye, Thor, and Spiderman. Out of all these heroes I believe I am like Captain America: he is loyal, stands his ground, and defends the rights of others. I am like Steve Rogers.

The Avengers Age of Ultron represents a metaphor of the United States and the soviet union in the Cold War because when the robots are coming in one by one they try to stop them from taking over. In that case the United States and trying to stop the Soviet Union from spreading communism. Avengers go through a series of events battling the evil of ultron's force and saving the innocent people from around the world. Ultron's ultra motive is to grow stronger and become powerful until he is satisfied, then to take over the world, and make his own generation of robots in the world to kill people and get rid of The Avengers. The Avengers come together as a group, like the US came together creating the alliance with other European and Latin countries,

Joss Whedon’s Avengers: Age of Ultron is the second film in the Avengers series, and is also part of the gigantic Marvel franchise being number eleven in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. In this jam-packed action/sci-fi/fantasy film we see a slew of iconic superheroes: Thor, Iron Man, Captain America, Hulk, Black Widow, and Hawkeye, just to name a few, team up to save the day once again. However, unlike most other Marvel movies, the conflict and doubt arises within the group of the Avengers first and then manifests itself as Ultron, a complex intelligent computer program created as fail-safe to be used for global defense and protection. However, once Ultron manifests himself he believes that he must eliminate all of humanity

The highest grossing superhero movie of all time is Marvel’s The Avengers. The 2012 film brought in a total of $1.519 billion dollars around the world (CBR.com). A potential cause of this type of success would be the remarkable number of social media users. In January of 2017, there were over 3,338,000,000 active social media accounts globally (smartinsights.com) This number is composed of active users on Facebook, Instagram, Tumblr, and Twitter.

‘Avengers Age Of Ultron’ was certainly one of the most hyped films of 2015. Considering how good ‘The Avengers’ was, I couldn’t help but expect a film of the same calibre. Unfortunately, I can’t say it is. I’m sure it’s not a bad film, in fact I came out of the cinema thinking it was a successor to the first, but all the action scenes were steering me away from some weak points in the film, Josh Whedon’s lack of story and interesting direction disappointed me the most.

In Marvel’s Avengers Age of Ultron, the main antagonist is Ultron, this villain is an artificial intelligence program that the film’s characters: Tony Stark and Bruce Banner created. Tony thought it would be wise to have some help, saving the world is difficult task so he created the Iron Legion, which was a group of robots who would assist the Avengers on their various missions. Tony and Bruce tried to create something more powerful, but their attempts failed. After the Avengers successfully obtained Loki’s scepter after one of their recent missions, Tony and Bruce began studying the scepter and the source of its power. Tony found the key that would aid them in creating the program. Stark explained to Bruce that this world, “This vulnerable

The controversy however stems from the race change from an Asian character to a white one. A problem with one film though doesn’t indicate a problem with the company as a whole though. Films such as Iron Man 3 (IM3) and Captain America: Winter Soldier (WS) are excellent examples in how to introduce more emotional depth to the genre without racial or gender injustices. IM3 deals with the aftermath of a very traumatic event for Tony Stark, and allows the superhero to be vulnerable and even allows him to not be the hero in the end. Tony is not the one that defeats the bad guy, his girlfriend Pepper is the one to deal the final blow (Black). This film shows the audience a rare moment: a vulnerable superhero who is deeply affected by the crimes he is has fought. This is different from the usual Marvel bravado that is shown from the heroes who usually are only slightly bothered by the issues or are not even effected at all.

Over the years in the world of comics there has been a major rivalry between Marvel Studios and DC. Both studios have put out amazing content and are the top in Superhero creation. However, there’s always the question of which one is better. There are two teams, Marvel’s Avengers and DC’s Justice League. Each team has multiple members, and it’s always been a debate on which team would come out victorious.

A tale as epic as the cast that played in it, Avengers: Age of Ultron, is perhaps one of the best movies i’ve ever witnessed in cinema. The story takes long after the events of the first Avengers film with a host of new and old characters returning to fight for justice in the world. As the film begins, viewers witness a spectacular fight scene between the Avengers and a whole army of Hydra soldiers, lead by Baron Tony Stark is coerced, through mental implantation, to construct a machine whose sole purpose is to bring, as quoted, ‘peace in our time.’ However, things turn against him when the machine begins to take on a sentience of it’s own and eventually goes bad. This sentience’s name is Ultron, and he is determined to fulfill Stark’s wish,

Ideology is basically a system of meaning that helps define and explain the world and that makes value judgements about the world (Croteau, David, Hoynes, William, Milan, Stefania, 2012). Ideology is related to but broader then concepts such as world-view, belief system and values. Ideologies do not necessarily reflect reality accurately but often they present a distorted version of the world. (Croteau, David, Hoynes, William, Milan, Stefania, 2012). Karl Marx believes that the ruling class control ideology and used a trick to create an illusion of fairness and harmony (Lane, Dr.Karen, 2013) This plainly brings into question human agency and free will however one can argue that those influenced still have the ability to change it (Lane, Dr.Karen, 2013). Italian theorist Antonio Gramsci argued that cultural domination is never fully achieved and that audience awareness is evident but again cultural domination is always in contention (Lane, Dr.Karen, 2013) Gramscian thesis of Hegemony also argued that ruling groups can maintain their power through force, consent, or a combination of the two (Croteau, David, Hoynes, William, Milan,

The relatability from what the subject material is to how it can influence the audience is crucial in understanding of how Marvel Studios applies to their main audience. Marvel Studios have a wealth size of different movies that appeal to different types of audiences (ComicBookCast2,2016). It is good to have a variety of themes and emotion to display to your audience (Weekend Warrior, 2016). The subject material that Marvel Studios bases their universe on is too over the top for the average everyday people going to see movies, but Marvel Studios have made the effort of condensing and making it more simplified (Weekend Warrior, 2016). Marvel Studios have also known not to scale down on their projects and make it more ridiculous as possible, such as Ant-Man, Doctor Strange, and Guardians Of The Galaxy or to lighten how unrealistic it is to make it more realistic including but not limited to Captain America, Thor and Iron Man (Weekend Warrior, 2016),(ComicBookCast2,2014). The themes in Marvel Studios have never been misunderstood or misrepresented