Age of Ultron: 8 Ways The Avengers' Quicksilver Beats X-Men's

The inherent problem with X-Men’s Quicksilver was the impression of plot convenience and little else that went into his character, from a writing perspective. While still an engaging character with cool powers, Evan Peters did the best with what comparatively little he was given. Other than a reference to his criminal activity and a cute nod to dad Magneto, we know little about the Peter Maximoff of X-Men’s world.

Comparatively, in Age of Ultron, despite the lack of access to mutants, Pietro Maximoff’s backstory ends up not only being closer to Marvel ‘reality,’ but far more interesting and ultimately important to the movie. While neither opted for the actual upbringing of the Maximoffs, Age of Ultron went closer by having its Quicksilver Eastern European who lost his parents and gained powers through human experimentation.

Not only that, but Age of Ultron gave the Maximoffs an element of pathos, which is useful to develop the twins with the limited screentime they were afforded, and gave the movie at least a little grounding in reality, with the Sokovian conflict tearing their family apart hitting home by relating to real-life warfare. Not only that, but in relating their past to Stark Industries’ dirty history, it reinforces themes of the Avengers’ (and specifically Tony Stark’s) moral ambiguity as well as reminding viewers of the depth of the cinematic universe.