11 Best Things The MCU Did Differently To The Comics
6. Ultron's Creation - Avengers: Age Of Ultron
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A few eyebrows were raised when it first emerged that Tony Stark and Bruce Banner - not Hank Pym - would create Ultron in the MCU, seeing as how Ant-Man was heading to theatres just a few months after the film anyway. However, given how the origin of the being plays out in the comics, it's easy to see why Marvel opted for a change.
For starters, neither Hank Pym nor Janet van Dyne were established in the MCU by that point, whereas both Bruce and Tony were already two of the most popular Avengers in the franchise. There was also the added wrinkle of both scientists dealing with the fallout of the Chitauri Invasion, and while Banner himself is initially reluctant to manufacture the Ultron AI, both he and Stark are equally culpable for its creation.
Say what you will about the villain's portrayal, but having Banner and Stark be the ones to create it made for a much more compelling story, and one that was much easier to stomach, as opposed to seeing Pym gradually lose his mind and turn into an abusive old cad as his robot terrorised his teammates.
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
