Us geeks all know that Ultron was created by scientist Hank Pym (aka Ant-Man) and is a bad ass artificial intelligence robot with a ridiculous power set that covers everything from superhuman levels of strength, speed, stamina, durability, and reflexes; flight at subsonic speeds; and various offensive weapons such as concussive blasts of energy fired from its optical sensors and hands, and an "encephalo-ray", which places victims into a deathlike coma. I mean, what?! That's an insane amount of power! Many have wondered how Ultron will be handled in the upcoming Avengers: Age of Ultron movie and will he retain these Superman-esque powers or will he be made a little bit more accessible.
Joss Whedon spoke on this topic with Entertainment Weekly in the magazine's cover story for this week. “I knew right away what I wanted to do with him,” Whedon says. “He’s always trying to destroy the Avengers, goddamn it, he’s got a bee in his bonnet. He’s not a happy guy, which means he’s an interesting guy. He’s got pain. And the way that manifests is not going to be standard robot stuff. So we’ll take away some of those powers because at some point everybody becomes magic, and I already have someone who’s a witch.”
The witch that her is referring to is The Scarlet Witch, who has yet to be cast.
Whedon adds that he has to be careful “to ground [the character] while still evoking that guy.” And like a certain giant green Avenger hero, it sounds like large doses of rage will be key to his personality. “As a character I love [Ultron],” Whedon says, “because he’s so pissed off.”
And now the speculation begins....
Okay, so magic is involved with Ultron's origins? Hmmm. And Scarlet Witch is the first character to control magic. She can basically make the improbable happen. Plus she starts off as a villain. What if she causes J.A.R.V.I.S. to become self aware? Then Stark attempts to shut him down, but J.A.R.V.I.S. doesn't want to "die" or go back to being a sidekick of Iron Man. So he flees and looks at evolving himself or his armor into something Iron Man cannot harm....with the element that Tony created himself...Vibranium! J.A.R.V.I.S. was there when Tony created the element, so he knows where to go to harvest materials needed. This can place Wakanda (as a source for the materials) in as an easter egg and possible set up for a Black Panther movie. Wanda, feeling sorry for J.A.R.V.I.S. helps him in his quest to evolve. As J.A.R.V.I.S. evolves he may become fond of Wanda, but she rejects him. J.A.R.V.I.S. is spurned and comes to realize that humans are imperfect creatures and his logical solution is to wipe them out. He comes back stronger due to the vibranium and pissed-offier and calling himself ULTRON! The Scarlet Witch now has a deep tie to ULTRON and pleads with the Avengers not to "kill him"...that he is only doing this because he has confusing feelings for the first time. She helps the Avengers take him down with a virus. Maybe Quicksilver is a hacker too. I keep forgetting he's in this thing too. When they actually do defeat him, he is not killed, but reprogrammed to be more sympathetic and humanized. Maybe they transplant his artificial intelligence into a more human-looking android....thus becoming the VISION.
Boom.
