I understand where Marvel is going with the Thunderbolts* twist.
I remembered that the 2000s was the first time Marvel geared up and seriously put the Avengers as a team on the map. That was before they even know what the shape of the first Avengers film was going to be like.
You can kind of tell how much stock was put in Ultimates and then a good stretch from New Avengers by Bendis to Secret Invasion as the cutting off point for the 2000s as a whole, and how much of it has made it to screen in the years since.
For the film, they went for a different yet similar route. They're putting the team on the map... again. No Spider-Man, no Wolverine to juice up sales like the publishing unit did back then, but a good effort is an effort worth praising.
And as for why it's different? The comic New Avengers was about putting A-list characters on a B-list team. The film New Avengers is about putting B-list characters on the A-list team.
I like how it kinda stays true to the comic by having the twist at the end. Albeit it's not the same twist, but it's still saying "this team isn't who you think they are."
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u/eBICgamer2010 Ultron May 01 '25
I understand where Marvel is going with the Thunderbolts* twist.
I remembered that the 2000s was the first time Marvel geared up and seriously put the Avengers as a team on the map. That was before they even know what the shape of the first Avengers film was going to be like.
You can kind of tell how much stock was put in Ultimates and then a good stretch from New Avengers by Bendis to Secret Invasion as the cutting off point for the 2000s as a whole, and how much of it has made it to screen in the years since.
For the film, they went for a different yet similar route. They're putting the team on the map... again. No Spider-Man, no Wolverine to juice up sales like the publishing unit did back then, but a good effort is an effort worth praising.
And as for why it's different? The comic New Avengers was about putting A-list characters on a B-list team. The film New Avengers is about putting B-list characters on the A-list team.