4. The Thor Clone
What Happens In The Comics: Hw did Goliath die? He was killed by Thor. Well, not actually Thor, because the good of thunder had already died in a previous story. As part of the effort to contain the growing resistance to the Registration Act, Reed Richards was employed by Tony Stark to create a cybernetic clone of Thor which was eventually named Ragnarok. Appearing in the middle of a battle that Capptain America's forces were winning, Ragnorok first turned the tide of the fight and then, to the shock of everyone watching, brutally murdered Goliath. The cybernetic clone went on to have a significant role in the rest of the Civil War and later stories. Why It Won't Work In The Film: The issues with Ragnarok's appearance are manifold. Marvel have just given us a film all about what happens when an artificial intelligence goes rogue, so it seems unlikely that they'd introduce another one so quickly. Ragnarok was created by Reed Richards, who doesn't exist in the film universe. Reed's role could be taken over by Tony Stark just as Stark took Hank Pym's in the creation of Ultron, but, in the end, the creation of Ragnarok just doesn't make sense in the world that the Marvel films have created. Thor may or may not feature in the upcoming film, but just because he's absent doesn't mean that the Avengers would be on the lookout to replace him with a clone, or even have the technological means to do so. The introduction of another suitably high-powered character, such as Sentry or Captain Marvel, could have a similar effect in the film, but would Marvel want to introduce a big hero as a murderer?
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