Avengers: Age Of Ultron - 10 Previous Mistakes It Must Avoid

2. Keep The Villain's Motivation Clear

Fan favourite villain Loki possesses a vast intellect which he regularly uses to manipulate his half-brother Thor and the rest of the Avengers, preferring to work behind the scenes rather than directly confronting his adversaries if it can be avoided. Whedon's script for Avengers Assemble used this character trait as a key plot device, where Loki allowed himself to be captured by the Avengers in order to manipulate them from the confines of his prison. It's admirable that Whedon did not resort to changing Loki into a beefed up mindless fighter or heaven forbid, a giant space cloud, but ultimately, Loki's plan was severely flawed. The idea, of course, was to divide the Avengers from the inside, causing teammates to bicker among themselves due to a lack of trust. In essence, this scheme is absolutely something that would occur in the comics, so the movie is extremely faithful to the character of Loki in this sense. However, his actions throughout the first half of the movie are ultimately what bring the Avengers together in the first place, which begs the question, why deliberately unite all the people who could potentially stop your plan just to then make them dislike each other? Wouldn't it have made more sense for Loki to simply carry out his schemes as a free man without the combined force of the Avengers to fight against? In the comics, Ultron has a god complex, driven by the desire to eradicate all human life and populate the earth with his own robotic minions. Seems pretty simple, right? Whedon will likely develop this further, fleshing out the details, but as long as Ultron's plans stay true to this key motivation, the problems with Loki's scheme should not resurface in the new film. It would be interesting to see the relationship Ultron he shares with his comic-book creator Hank Pym, one of the founding members of the team, but it's likely that this will be rewritten as Pym won't appear before Ant-Man is released. Perhaps Tony Stark will be the one to create Ultron instead, allowing Whedon to still explore this concept in Avengers: Age of Ultron. It would certainly add further depth to Ultron's motivation as a villain.