The Marvel Cinematic Universe hasn't been too heavy on the death of big characters so far, partly as it needs to cater for a younger audience, and also because they have such big long-term plans that they need the characters to still be around 5+ years down the line. In terms of the heroes, the biggest casualties have been Agent Coulson (who's still alive thanks to Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and "a magical place") in The Avengers, and Quicksilver in the follow-up, Age Of Ultron (to be fair, we didn't see that coming). The building blocks, the 'standalone' films that lead up to the team-up events, haven't drastically altered the state of things too much in that regard thus far. However, next year that is all about to change, with Marvel's biggest movie not featuring the word Avengers - Captain America: Civil War. Instead of one hero fighting the villain, or them all teaming up to take on a mightier foe, this is going to pit heroes against heroes, and good against good. Captain America vs Iron Man! Hawkeye vs Black Widow! Spider-Man vs... Someone?! The reverberations will ripple throughout Phase 3, of which this is the first movie, and leave things totally altered as we enter the final straight to Avengers: Infinity War. Put simply, sh*t is gonna go down. And war always has some casualties...
NCTJ-qualified journalist. Most definitely not a racing driver. Drink too much tea; eat too much peanut butter; watch too much TV. Sadly only the latter paying off so far.
A mix of wise-old man in a young man's body with a child-like wonder about him and a great otherworldly sensibility.
