1. The Death Of An Avenger
From the very first rumblings of Avengers 2, Joss Whedon has said he plans to do two things: a more personal scale, and a darker story. And inherently this involved one important plot point: someone is going to die. We know it's coming Joss has even said as much and he kind of has a record of killing of central characters if the story necessitates it. But the death of an Avenger in Age of Ultron is by no means a mere matter of killing off a character. It would mean killing of an Avenger a hero with five decades of publication and legions of fans across the world. It could also very well involve the end of a franchise, or more than one franchise for that matter, in the case of core Avengers like Thor, Captain America, Iron Man or Hulk. But then again, would a death in the family have the same effect if it were someone else? I mean, no disrespect to Hawkeye, but how much would anyone really care if he was the one to bite the bullet? And killing off the new recruits like Vision, Scarlett Witch or Quicksilver would likely have even less of a ripple effect unless Whedon does a hell of a job establishing these characters quickly. Kill off a core Avenger and it'll rattle too many cages, but you'll have an emotional impact that might just stick with people. Kill off one of the others and chances are no one will care. This is the basic dilemma that comes with the big kill that is supposedly coming with Avengers: Age of Ultron. As odd as it may sound, if the wrong character is killed off it'll either mute the effect entirely, or it'll just be too much to bear so making that choice is probably Joss Whedon's most important in terms of getting the emotional effect he probably wants to achieve. Do you agree with our assessment? Is there anything else that could mangle Age of Ultron that we missed? Sound off below!