10 Biggest Lies Comic Book Movie Fans Tell Themselves

2. The Avengers Will Work Without Robert Downey Jr.

In a response to the fact that Downey Jr. is basically going to go bye-bye very soon, Marvel have been desperately setting up lesser characters to take over the A-list, but if you think that they're ever going to be more than over-diluted orange squash, you're lying to yourself. Could you really imagine an Avengers team lead The Falcon or Iron Patriot? Save your arguments. You couldn't.

The fact is, the B-list Avengers will soon be the A-list and that is not going to be a pretty thing. Box office figures will undoubtedly drop because this is not the way the MU is meant to work. In the comics, the A-list are the A-list forever because artists are paid to draw the same characters again and again forever.

As soon as you bring actors into the mix, the foot has been shot; people get old, people get bored (I'm looking at you Downey Jr.) and ultimately, Marvel have to either recast or... do what they're doing and pretend that The Falcon is going to be able to eventually take Captain America's place. If you believe that, you'll believe anything.