hey Collider fans John Rocha here well Avengers endgame is almost upon us
and the conclusion of this 22 film journey we have been through with the
MCU will hit its climactic end and lead us into a new phase of Marvel goodness
however before we get to the movie I've been hearing people asking all over
social media and in the ether hey roca what's a Ronan or who's Ronan well sit
back with your popcorn and candy and I'll do my damnedest to answer all your
questions and more in this video okay first of all a little history for you
the word Ronan is a Japanese word that means drifter or wanderer it's tied to
the world of the samurai that existed during feudal Japan from 1185 to 1868 it
is not from that robert deniro Sean Bean movie from 1998 don't get me wrong
that's a fun movie but that ain't this as I was saying the samurai were
considered the military nobility and officer caste in feudal Japan they were
usually part of a clan and pledged their lifelong loyalty and service to a master
or Lord of a house however if their master was killed or if a samurai lost
his masters favor or privilege then they would become masterless and were dubbed
Ronin the idea of Ronin samurai achieved a legendary status in pop culture thanks
to great Japanese movies from Akira Kurosawa
like your Jimbo and Seven Samurai they usually started the great Toshiro fuuny
comic books also embraced the idea of Ronin in titles like lone wolf and cub
and Frank Miller's Ronin the former tells the story of a ronin and his young
son walking through feudal Japan and getting into conflicts while saving
people in desperate situations the latter is a fish out of water story of a
ronin rebirthed in a dystopian future overrun by technology to fight a
historical enemy from his past it's a classic from Frank Miller that
does not get enough love however the Ronin we are talking about in this video
is directly tied to Marvel's favorite Archer Hawkeye aka Clint Barton Barton's
Ronin in the comic books has a more classic ninja look that we've seen
before in other media and legend rather than the classic samurai look he has an
all-black outfit he has the mask the sword etc they're all there along with
some gold trim for Flair gotta have that son Brian Michael Bendis and Joe Quesada
created Ronan during their Avengers run the first Ronan was Maya Lopez a deaf
musician a dancer trained by kingpin to use her abilities to mirror Daredevils
fighting style kingpin just can't ever seem to get over
his daredevil fetish candy hawkeye as Ronan in the trailer looks to be
standing above a swath of dead Yakuza which also mirrors how Maya's Ronan is
first introduced in the comics as she watches the silver samurai as he battles
the hand and the Yakuza in Japan Clint Barton takes on the mantle of Ronin
after the events in Bendis and casados disassembled in House of M storyline
where Hawkeye is killed and brought back to life a few times but that's a video
for another day suffice it to say that Scarlet Witch kills half the Avengers
when she goes mad with her powers and brings a Kree warship to New York Clint
Barton sacrifices himself to destroy the Kree worship when his explosive arrows
catch on fire he is eventually brought back to life once reality is restored
and discovers that his wife aka Mockingbird was killed during this time
as well this could be why he becomes Ronin in Avengers endgame as well if
Thanos his snap kills off his entire family in the comics Barton hides out
with Doctor Strange to come to terms with his loss and heal he eventually
accepts an offer to rejoin the Avengers but does not want to resume the mantle
of Hawkeye now that Cape Bishop has taken his place as the arrow wielding
hero he asks and receives Maya's blessing to become the new roman' he
becomes quite proficient with a katana and is known as a man who can turn any
object into a weapon kind of like a more badass MacGyver
but without a mullet so maybe not as much of a badass as MacGyver after all
after the events of civil war in the comics the superheroes are split about
the superhuman Registration Act so Barton remains Ronin and joins the
New Avengers the sokovia courts are basically the superhuman Registration
Act in the MCU and could be another reason Barton chooses the mantle of
Ronan after he's put under house arrest by the government we shall see also in
the Secret Invasion storyline ronan leads the New Avengers wouldn't the
Russos pull one heck of a swerve if it's Ronan and not Captain Marvel or Black
Panther leading this new Avengers team we will undoubtedly have after endgame
hashtag zero to hero hashtag Hercules well that's it for this
explainer video and I hope now you can strut into Avengers endgame with a bit
more insider knowledge than your less nerdy friends will Hawkeye be ronan in
the main timeline or will he exists as Ronan in an alternate timeline during
the Avengers messing with the quantum realm the movie will let us know but
either way after suffering a bit of ridicule from the MCU fans it'll be nice
to see Hawkeye aka Ronan get a bit more of a mysterious ass-kicking persona that
can get behind okay I'm off to get more lessons in how to use a katana and get
fitted for a leather outfit so I can cosplay his running when I go see
Avengers end game thanks for watching let us know what you think of Ronin in
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