Director Joss Whedon blew the doors off the superhero movie world with The Avengers, but
his follow-up, Avengers: Age of Ultron, kind of left...a few things to be desired.
From weird plot points to mysterious helicarriers that pop up right when you need them, here
are a few of the dumb things about Avengers: Age of Ultron everyone just ignored.
​Why is Stark still Iron Man?
Before Age of Ultron, the last time we saw Tony Stark was in his solo flick Iron Man
3.
Stark spends most of that film dealing with post-traumatic stress from the alien invasion
in The Avengers.
He eventually realizes he doesn't need the armor and walks off into the sunset with Pepper
Potts.
Nice.
Great ending.
So long, Tony...
So then, why is Tony flying around in a shiny new suit when Age of Ultron rolls around?
We never get an answer.
And Age of Ultron basically ignores all the character development and growth we saw in
Iron Man 3.
Why?
Well, probably so he can go and make the movie's villain by accident.
Speaking of which...
​Tony Stark is wildly irresponsible
Ultron might get top billing, but seriously: Tony Stark is the real villain of this movie.
He tinkers with technology and magic he doesn't understand, and then just sets the whole thing
to run on autopilot — so he can go party.
And then he's somehow surprised when an evil AI is born from the all-powerful Infinity
Stone.
Even worse, when Captain America calls him out on his idiocy, he gets all defensive and
shifts the blame.
Sure, his intentions may have been noble, but building some fail-safes into his insanely
dangerous experiments might have been even nobler.
Or at least run some antivirus software or something, dude.
​Missing in inaction
The big party scene early in the run time was one of the best moments in this film,
serving as a fun reminder that this is a big, expansive universe.
But...where did Falcon and War Machine disappear to once the action started?
At least War Machine shows up right at the end, but Falcon is still nowhere to be found.
Wouldn't having an extra flying guy be useful during this gigantic battle that threatened
an entire city?
And it'd be one thing if these characters hadn't showed up early on.
But c'mon!
They're already in the movie!
What could Falcon possibly have had to do that'd be more important than helping save
the entire freaking world?
"Too legit.
Too legit to quit."
Oh, well, never mind.
What the helicarrier?
In Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Cap forces SHIELD's Helicarriers to blow themselves
up.
And then the whole SHIELD organization disbands.
But right when the Avengers need it most, boom!
A helicarrier comes out of nowhere to save the day!
That's not only really convenient, it also makes no sense.
The helicarrier was eventually explained away in an episode of Marvel's Agents of SHIELD,
but expecting people to watch a supplemental video to explain the plot contrivances of
Avengers: Age of Ultron is even dumber than this random helicarrier.
Couldn't they have found some other way to get around?
"You know, I have the authority to downgrade your ass to a Winnebago."
"I'm aware of that, sir."
Logicbuster
Fans have been clamoring for a straight-up Iron Man vs. Hulk fight ever since the MCU
became a thing.
And Age of Ultron delivered in spades, thanks to Iron Man's Hulkbuster armor, which is so
powerful it allows Tony to go toe to toe with the big green guy.
Awesome, right?
But if the Hulkbuster armor is that amazing, why doesn't he just… use it all the time?
It seems silly to develop something this awesome and only use it for this one specific fight.
Y'know, maybe the crazy-powerful Hulkbuster Armor could've come in handy when the Avengers
had to battle a certain murderous robot trying to destroy the world.
Speaking of which...
​Ultron's dumb plan
So Ultron is an infinitely advanced AI with a bloodlust.
He wants to take out the Avengers...and also all of humanity.
Hey, go big or go home, right?
He quickly gets loose inside the internet, and though we're told he can't access the
nuclear launch codes thanks to Jarvis fighting him off, there are still a lot of other things
he could mess with.
How about the electrical grid?
The water supply?
The fuel supply?
Traffic lights?
Air traffic controllers?
Why not hijack every piece of tech used by the Avengers and turn it against them?
The list goes on.
But instead of causing global panic and making toasters kill people, Ultron decides to...build
a humanoid super-body, recruit a couple of freaky super-rave-kids to help him fight,
and then drop a city on the Avengers?
That seems...needlessly complicated.
And stupid.
"What's the vibranium for?"
"I'm glad you asked that, because I wanted to take this time to explain my evil plan."
Look, Ultron.
You may be, like, a super genius robot guy or whatever.
But when your plan is officially dumber than the plot of Maximum Overdrive, you messed
up.
"Uggh!"
"What the hell?!"
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