Of course, it’s a grim irony that so much modern pop culture - from the computer-generated Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) in The Mandalorian and The Book of Boba Fett to the nostalgia porn of the third season of Star Trek: Picard - is about rejecting the idea of impermanence. In a major movie franchise, Tom Holland is inevitably going to age out of the role and want to do new things. In comic books, Peter Parker can be Spider-Man in perpetuity. It’s a key moment in the evolution of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).Īge of Ultron is a movie about the fundamental tension that exists between the “perpetual now” of comic book stories that can run for decades featuring the same characters and the production constraints of film and television where time cannot be cheated or evaded. “But a thing isn’t beautiful because it lasts.” It’s a nice moment, one that underscores the value of finite things and celebrates the importance of endings. Vision agrees but argues that this isn’t the point. There is a lovely moment towards the end of Avengers: Age of Ultron, in which Vision (Paul Bettany) and Ultron (James Spader) consider the merits of mankind.
3 in its discussion of an MCU movie that offers a genuine end.
This article contains spoilers for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.
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