Unfortunately if you are Sheldon Cooper(Big Bang Theory) then you believe Hawkeye is useless. The weakest member of the Avengers apparently. He is often the core of nerd rage..."Hawkeye was under used!!" "Hawkeye should die in Avengers 2!!" "Blah blah blah nerd rage!!"
As a longtime fan of the Avengers, Avengers in all animated incarnations ( remember the 1966 Marvel cartoons? ) and Avengers comic books... Long before Jeremy Renner landed the coveted role of Clint Barton- I myself often imagined auditioning for and landing the part. I had fully realized action sequences in my mind's eye where Hawkeye makes a last second save of a fellow Avenger or makes an incredible acrobatic escape from a more powerful villain... YES I KNOW....Hawkeye was very underwhelming in the first Avengers film.
Hawkeye in a nutshell first movie:
Almost reprimanded by Fury for not being on top of the Tesseract situation.
Mind controlled by Loki pretty much from the opening bell.
Killed some guards in Germany and stole something that didn't belong to him.
Tried to bring down the SHIELD helicarrier.
Lost a one on one fight with an injured Black Widow.
Helped as much as he could in the battle of New York and did in fact have 3 or 4 redeeming moments.
If you are a Hawkeye fan...yeah that blew chunks for you. If you understand what Whedon was trying to do, the story he was trying to tell then hey it wasn't that bad an outing for our lovable archer. Could more have been done with Hawkeye? sure...but the movie was fantastic so how about we give the pass and see what Whedon will do in the follow up.
Most wondered item for Hawkeye: WILL HAWKEYE DIE ?
I want to say no. If he had played a bigger part of the first movie then maybe but now there are some elements we have to take into account. AVENGERS 3: THANOS...will we need as many heroes as possible to battle Thanos OR does room need to be made to accommodate the incoming guest appearance by the Guardians of the Galaxy ? Will Whedon kill an Avenger or just continue to kill side characters to push the story? Are all the girlfriends of the Avengers safe ? The Vision, Quicksilver, Scarlet Witch, (rumored) Black Panther, (rumored) Ms Marvel.....that's four members added to the already roster of six. Is James Rhodes and Sam Wilson now Avengers members ? because that makes 8 before you add Vision,Witch,Quicksilver and the possible Panther and Ms Marvel. That would be 13 Avengers and if you throw in the GOTG- you have 18 heroes to battle THANOS....Can Whedon squeeze an 18 hero roster into a 2 1/2 hr movie ? So that brings us back to Whedon possibly killing off members to make room....and the name that always comes up is HAWKEYE.
Whedon has said Hawkeye will play a bigger role in the sequel....but that doesn't secure his life or death fate. He is a no powered master assassin...so is Black Widow. Which leads to how much bad-assery we have seen Widow do in 3 films as opposed to barely anything for Hawkeye. Agent Melinda May from Agents of SHIELD is a bigger bad ass in the eyes of geeks everywhere...to be honest Maria Hill (played deliciously by Cobie Smulders) is a bigger fan favorite and the perception of her characters abilities to be useful is higher than Hawkeye. So either Hawkeye starts doing acrobatic fight scenes like Widow and whips 4-5 guys easy squeezy like Melinda May and Natasha Romanoff or it's DAS BOOT for Hawkeye.
Don't get me wrong I LOVE THE HAWKEYE CHARACTER. I do not want Hawkeye to die in the sequel...but when you really really think about it....who else is there to die that isn't Jane Foster, Pepper Potts or Maria Hill ? WIDOW is safe! trust me Black Widow is not dying in this movie or the next.
Well those are my random free flowing thoughts....I will be back tomorrow to take a look at another Avenger character and my 5 things that Batman v Superman needs to not suck donkey dick.
As a longtime fan of the Avengers, Avengers in all animated incarnations ( remember the 1966 Marvel cartoons? ) and Avengers comic books... Long before Jeremy Renner landed the coveted role of Clint Barton- I myself often imagined auditioning for and landing the part. I had fully realized action sequences in my mind's eye where Hawkeye makes a last second save of a fellow Avenger or makes an incredible acrobatic escape from a more powerful villain... YES I KNOW....Hawkeye was very underwhelming in the first Avengers film.
Hawkeye in a nutshell first movie:
Almost reprimanded by Fury for not being on top of the Tesseract situation.
Mind controlled by Loki pretty much from the opening bell.
Killed some guards in Germany and stole something that didn't belong to him.
Tried to bring down the SHIELD helicarrier.
Lost a one on one fight with an injured Black Widow.
Helped as much as he could in the battle of New York and did in fact have 3 or 4 redeeming moments.
If you are a Hawkeye fan...yeah that blew chunks for you. If you understand what Whedon was trying to do, the story he was trying to tell then hey it wasn't that bad an outing for our lovable archer. Could more have been done with Hawkeye? sure...but the movie was fantastic so how about we give the pass and see what Whedon will do in the follow up.
Most wondered item for Hawkeye: WILL HAWKEYE DIE ?
I want to say no. If he had played a bigger part of the first movie then maybe but now there are some elements we have to take into account. AVENGERS 3: THANOS...will we need as many heroes as possible to battle Thanos OR does room need to be made to accommodate the incoming guest appearance by the Guardians of the Galaxy ? Will Whedon kill an Avenger or just continue to kill side characters to push the story? Are all the girlfriends of the Avengers safe ? The Vision, Quicksilver, Scarlet Witch, (rumored) Black Panther, (rumored) Ms Marvel.....that's four members added to the already roster of six. Is James Rhodes and Sam Wilson now Avengers members ? because that makes 8 before you add Vision,Witch,Quicksilver and the possible Panther and Ms Marvel. That would be 13 Avengers and if you throw in the GOTG- you have 18 heroes to battle THANOS....Can Whedon squeeze an 18 hero roster into a 2 1/2 hr movie ? So that brings us back to Whedon possibly killing off members to make room....and the name that always comes up is HAWKEYE.
Whedon has said Hawkeye will play a bigger role in the sequel....but that doesn't secure his life or death fate. He is a no powered master assassin...so is Black Widow. Which leads to how much bad-assery we have seen Widow do in 3 films as opposed to barely anything for Hawkeye. Agent Melinda May from Agents of SHIELD is a bigger bad ass in the eyes of geeks everywhere...to be honest Maria Hill (played deliciously by Cobie Smulders) is a bigger fan favorite and the perception of her characters abilities to be useful is higher than Hawkeye. So either Hawkeye starts doing acrobatic fight scenes like Widow and whips 4-5 guys easy squeezy like Melinda May and Natasha Romanoff or it's DAS BOOT for Hawkeye.
Don't get me wrong I LOVE THE HAWKEYE CHARACTER. I do not want Hawkeye to die in the sequel...but when you really really think about it....who else is there to die that isn't Jane Foster, Pepper Potts or Maria Hill ? WIDOW is safe! trust me Black Widow is not dying in this movie or the next.
Well those are my random free flowing thoughts....I will be back tomorrow to take a look at another Avenger character and my 5 things that Batman v Superman needs to not suck donkey dick.