How AGE OF ULTRON handles destruction compared to MAN OF STEEL.

How AGE OF ULTRON handles destruction compared to MAN OF STEEL.

Do our big screen super heroes do enough to ensure the safety of the freightened public in the midst of a disaster? Well Vulture.com has seen AOU and compare it's destruction to MOS. Hit the jump for their take on the major differenc

By merrillmind - Apr 15, 2015 05:04 PM EST
Source: Vulture.com
 It's no surprise that the immense amount of destruction put on display during MAN OF STEEL was the subject of much discussion from critics and fans alike. Well Vulture.com has just released a very in depth comparison between the destruction seen in MAN OF STEEL and the just about to be released AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON. The writer of this piece has seen AGE OF ULTRON and makes some very insightful comments. Kyle Buchanan states,"thought about that third-act carnage a lot while watching Avengers: Age of Ultron, which places an unusual emphasis on evacuating and saving innocent people." Unusual is a very valid point, from Transformers: Age Of Extinction to the current box office champion Furious 7  few blockbusters show their on-screen heroes actually taking time to stop and ensure the safety of civilians. 
 
What do you guys think about this new Vulture article? Sound off in the comments below.

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DeusExSponge
DeusExSponge - 4/15/2015, 5:40 PM
To the Editorial Section this one goes!
MisterBatfleck
MisterBatfleck - 4/15/2015, 5:40 PM
Do we really need an article like this at a time like this where we're all just hours away from something great?
XelCorp
XelCorp - 4/15/2015, 5:43 PM
This may rustle some jimmies
Cruel
Cruel - 4/15/2015, 5:43 PM
What is this?
XelCorp
XelCorp - 4/15/2015, 5:44 PM
@CIAGuy- Tap the link (Soure)
merrillmind
merrillmind - 4/15/2015, 5:45 PM
@MisterBatfleck I have nothing against MOS or DC/WB. This Vulture article is very well written and it's very clear that even if you don't count MOS not many comic book movies show super heroes trying to save people.
XelCorp
XelCorp - 4/15/2015, 5:46 PM
So all those people who always wanted to say ""Marvel movies don't have any stakes/never will"" in troll fashion can now stfu when it comes to that LOLOLOLOL
BlackPhillip
BlackPhillip - 4/15/2015, 5:47 PM
The Avengers were also evacuating people in the first movie. Even the New York Pig Dept was helping in the evacuation.
Cruel
Cruel - 4/15/2015, 5:47 PM
"Dawson...get off your "behind the screen high horse". LOL
I've watched both movies SEVERAL times. The point of the article is that the writers and directors didn't want to make AGE OF ULTRON a movie filled with destruction because non-comic book fans would be turned off.
Avengers had destruction in Manhattan. Man of Steel had destruction in Metropolis. People were killed in the battles. Superman was ALONE, fighting an equally super-powered army. Of course there's going to be destruction and people will be killed. There are many members on the Avengers team, AND they had SHIELD to back them up. Of course they can evacuate! DUH!
They're both movies based on comic book character(s)! It happens in the comics!
Ooooh, Marvel didn't kill people in their battles, but DC did. Bad DC! LOL Whatever."


This
Nickk
Nickk - 4/15/2015, 5:47 PM
Click bait lol This gone be funny @MisterBatfleck i was thinking the same but this gone be fun tho
the
the - 4/15/2015, 5:48 PM
Not news, but...
would Josh steal this?
Axiom
Axiom - 4/15/2015, 5:48 PM
That article was spot on. There is no one as blind as those who refuse to see. It will change nothing unfortunately.
merrillmind
merrillmind - 4/15/2015, 5:49 PM
I'd like to see the Justice League try just as hard to save people as the Vulture writer said The Avengers did in AOU. I really liked the scene in MOS during the battle of Smallville when Superman while in the middle of a fight stopped and checked to see if the soldiers were ok, even though they were against him at that point in time.
Dingbat
Dingbat - 4/15/2015, 5:49 PM
First off, there's nothing to this article except a link and some pictures. Add some substance.

Second,

"Something that Kevin and I talked about from the start was that we'd seen a little bit of a trend in movies where the city gets destroyed and the heroes say, 'We won!'

That does not happen in MOS. Nobody acts like they won.
XelCorp
XelCorp - 4/15/2015, 5:49 PM
I guess that is true though . Most superhero movies lately (Not all) have been all about punch punch and kick kick rather than actually saving people.
MisterBatfleck
MisterBatfleck - 4/15/2015, 5:50 PM
@merrillmind

Oh I know you don't, but this type of article is a prime fuel source for a fire.
Cruel
Cruel - 4/15/2015, 5:52 PM
"Something that Kevin and I talked about from the start was that we'd seen a little bit of a trend in movies where the city gets destroyed and the heroes say, 'We won!'

Also to my other point Superman cries after finishing his battle

Whatever.
I give up.

It's just trollbait by now.
DrKinsolving
DrKinsolving - 4/15/2015, 5:52 PM
Can't wait for AOU....
merrillmind
merrillmind - 4/15/2015, 5:54 PM
@Misterbatfleck I'm aware it's a subject that has been the cause of endless flame wars, but with AOU ready to hit theaters it sounds as though it includes the most apparent saving of civilians in the comic book movie genre (so far) and I think that is a very big deal as the entire genre gets older every year.
xxxxxxx
xxxxxxx - 4/15/2015, 5:55 PM
Yawn. Not even worth discussing since so many misinterpret the destruction's imapct down the road.
Mecha
Mecha - 4/15/2015, 5:56 PM
It's completely different! The Avengers is a TEAM of superheroes fighting robots. While Superman was fights highly advanced gods with no help from the Justice League at all.
Cruel
Cruel - 4/15/2015, 5:58 PM
@merrilmind


You mean like Ironman throwing a rampaging Hulk on to a crowd of people?
I guews because it's in Africa it's ok.

MisterSuperior
MisterSuperior - 4/15/2015, 5:58 PM
Are people STILL whining about the destruction in MoS?
Dingbat
Dingbat - 4/15/2015, 6:00 PM
Did anyone notice the devastation that the battle of NY caused in Daredevil? It worked because It was consistent with the tone of the show, as it was in MOS. Showing that devastation in the avengers would have been innapprorate.
IHateBoogers
IHateBoogers - 4/15/2015, 6:01 PM
All you MOS apologists are hilarious
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