6 Things Joss Whedon Hated About The Avengers

5. The Invisible Spider-Man And Captain Marvel

The end of the second film is a nice enough moment. Captain America, rather than continue to yearn for the happy ending with Peggy Carter that will never be his, has embraced his identity as a soldier. The Avengers are now his home. Black Widow puts aside dreams of a different life but also the idea that she's doomed to be no more than an assassin, and they prepare to beat their new team into shape.

The rest of the team is made up of new members who have earned their place over the course of the movie. The Scarlet Witch, Vision, and War Machine were all pivotal in the final battle against Ultron. And the Falcon... talked apartments with Cap for a few minutes, that totally counts.

Still, that roster could have been a little more exciting. None of them are losers exactly, but none have quite the star power of an Iron Man, Thor, or Hulk. And at the time this scene was shaping up, Sony and Marvel were in talks about bringing Spider-Man into Marvel's cinematic universe and a Captain Marvel movie was at the pitch stage.

Whedon was naturally enthusiastic about the chance to debut Spider-Man and another female superhero in the final moments before the credits ran... or maybe even in an end-of-credits sequence like the ones in the first Avengers and Guardians of the Galaxy. But talks stretched on as they do, and when the deal was finally done, it was too late for Whedon to film even the merest, two-second glimpse of Spider-Man dangling on a slowly stretching webline from the ceiling.