That Marvel Cinematic Universe is filled to the brim with powerful superheroes -- and
The Avengers brought all of those heroes together for us by intertwining the entire universe.
However, some heroes and villains from the Avengers franchise, just aren’t as popular
as others.
Some are even hated.
So today on Beyond the Screen, we’re going to be counting down the Top 10 Most Hated
Avengers Characters.
Before we begin, be sure to stick around until the end of the video where I’ll be responding
to some of your comments.
Lets jump in.
10 Quicksilver Quicksilver was a short lived character in
the MCU, making his one and only film appearance in Avengers: Age of Ultron.
His involvement was great, but the performance was impressively marred by Aaron Taylor-Johnson’s
accent, which was truly atrocious.
Anywho, is accent was at least consistent, which is more than we can say for Scarlet
Witch -- thank god that disappeared.
Now, Quicksilver wasn’t that memorable at least according to fans, who much preferred
the depiction we saw in X-Men instead.
The MCU version is fun guy, but doesn’t seem to convince fans that he poses much of
a threat -- which I guess he doesn’t considering he died trying to protect Hawkeye.
9 Ultron Right off the bat, Avengers: Age of Ultron
was not a good movie.
It wasn’t bad, but it certainly wasn’t good.
Which is a damn shame because it introduced one of the most powerful Avengers, Scarlet
Witch.
Anyway, in Age of Ultron we were of course introduced to Ultron, one of Stark’s disastrous
creations.
Now, he’s not your typical villain which is somewhat refreshing, however, he comes
across as more of a creepy puppet than a malevolent robot hellbent on destroying the world.
Now, it’s safe to say that the film hindered the character, and in any other movie he could
of soared -- but I don’t think that’s correct.
He is a robot with lips, and his character bordered between menacing and comical throughout
the entire movie -- which isn’t the best thing for the main antagonist of the movie.
8 Pepper Potts I’m talking pre-Endgame here, but honestly,
Pepper redeemed herself in my eyes during that movie, but it still doesn’t forgive
her character choices leading up to this point.
Now, she is a hit or miss with fans -- with many considering her unreliable and manipulative
-- however, she does keep Tony grounded, which he certainly needs.
Regardless, there has always been something inherently irksome about Pepper Potts, and
perhaps it may just come down to Gwyneth Paltrow as an actress, I’m unsure.
It’s hard to escape the fact that any scene containing Potts is completely and utterly
joyless, plain and simple.
Her purpose, yes, is to boss around and control Iron Man, however, it would be nice to see
her loose up once in a while, instead of making fans audibly sigh whenever she enters a scene.
7 Mantis Mantis is an empath, which makes her incredibly
endearing and sweet -- however -- there is such a thing as too much.
And that’s what we get here.
Because of the heavy focus on combat action in the majority of the MCU, Mantis was inevitable
going to take a backseat for the most part.
Just there to deliver quippy one liners, and form a cute bond with Drax.
However, she did prove her worth during Avengers: Infinity War, when the gang battled Thanos
on Titan -- sadly though, this seems to be her one and only stand out moment in the entire
franchise.
With her character, much like the rest on our list, blending into the background instead
of shining in the spotlight.
Sorry Mantis.
6 Bucky Barnes Ok, calm down, calm down.
I love Bucky, I do.
But you have to agree that he caused more problems than solved them.
Pre-White Wolf he was an annoying for most of the Avengers, an annoying itch that wouldn’t
go away.
You know why, because of Captain America.
When Cap finds out Bucky is alive he stops at nothing to get his friend back, even putting
his life and the rest of the Avengers in danger -- which resulted in the Civil War.
Which, yes, I know was down to the Sokovia Accords, but it was also all about Bucky.
He tore the group apart for a small amount of time, with Cap abandoning the Avengers
to whisk his brainwashed friend away.
5 Ant-Man Ant-Man’s problem is that you just can’t
take him seriously.
In the early stages of his MCU appearances, he seemed to be there mostly for comedic effect.
Now, yes, his character has developed overtime, and he is arguable one of, if not the most,
important character in Endgame during their fight against the Mad Titan.
Simmer down Stark lovers, I can hear you screaming.
Now, Paul Rudd manages to balance the dramatic and comedic sides of the character quite well
--- and successfully keeps up with the likes of Iron Man and Captain America, which is
why he takes the number 5 spot.
However, he can be frustrating, and annoying, with the incessant jokes during dramatic moments,
sometimes you just need to read the room before opening your mouth.
Just saying.
4 Hawkeye Hawkeye is a soldier, a badass one at that.
He’s witty, and emotional when need be.
And, even lacking superpowers he is still able to keep up with the rest of the Avengers,
making use of his exceptional aim and infinite amount of arrows.
However -- no matter what, he still successfully fades into the background, with them only
exception being his performance in Endgame.
But still, he is quite easily forgettable, and doesn’t hold a strong presence on screen,
which may be less about the character and more about Jeremy Renner as an actor.
3 Star-Lord The MCU has had a rich vein of characters
making god-awful decisions.
Truly terrible ones.
That, of course, includes the most infuriating character on our list, the wannabe-comedian,
Star-Lord.
As we know, during Avengers: Infinity War, the gang had their chance to take down The
Mad Titan, however, Star Lord successfully screwed that up for the team by losing his
cool and began to attack Thanos for they could get the stones off of him.
Which, in the grand scheme of things, resulted in everything that happened following that
moment.
Perhaps if he wasn’t such a child about everything, we would still have some of our
favorite heroes, and Endgame would never have had to happen.
That’s all I’m saying.
I hate Star Lord.
2 Vision Oh Vision, my last favorite character in the
entire MCU -- mostly because I love Scarlet Witch and she can do better!
Now -- before I lay into him too much, I will say that his character design and costume
is flawless, I would go as far as to say, beautiful.
There, ok, a compliment.
Now, back to business.
Vision is quite apassive, innocent entity who possesses knowledge in vast quantities.
However, he’s bland, and more frustrating than entertaining.
Quite honestly, him dying in Infinity War was the best part of the entire film, but
him dying twice made it perhaps my favourite film of all time.
He’s morally good, and painfully so.
And seemingly gets in the way more than anything.
Also, leave Scarlet Witch alone, she doesn’t have time for a romance unless it’s with
Black Widow.
1 Falcon Poor Falcon, everyone seems to hate him, including
me, and honestly, I really don’t know why that is.
His character is fun, witty, and incredibly confident, and he’s more than entertaining
to watch -- but, again, we just don’t like him -- why is that?
Falcon is a former pararescue airman who helped veterans through their PTSD -- that’s a
huge plot point, but it doesn’t show on screen.
Instead, he just appears to be a character that is there -- just along for the ride.
Like many of our other characters, he doesn’t stand out amongst the superhero bunch -- more
so blending in to the background alongside Hawkeye.
Even in the film that introduced his character, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, he really
doesn’t draw much from his character.
He’s just there.
Really, that is the best way to describe Falcon.
Just There.
Well, there we have it!
Do you guys agree with our list?
Are you as triggered as I expect you to be?
Leave us all your thoughts and feelings in the comments down below.
Before we go though, I just want to respond to a few comments from one of our last videos,
Top 10 Celebrities Marvel Will Never Hire.
Jared Quinney said “This is really screwed up” -- Thank you, that’s sweet.
Cecilia C said “Lucy, you are awesome, you’re always surprising me with new news!” -- well
thank you!
I really appreciate that.
Blue 8 Angel 6 said “Can you do a Top Scary or Coolest post credit scene list?”
-- Into it, very into it!
I’ll see what I can do.
Chesni Layne said “I’m new to the channel and I really like what I’m seeing.
You are both entertaining AND informative.
Thanks for popping my Top Ten Cherry (so to speak) Lucy!”
-- You are very, very welcome.
I am here for all your cherry popping needs (so to speak)
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