The Ultron we will be seeing in The Avengers: Age of Ultron will be somewhat different than the one that has been seen in the comics. For one thing, this Ultron will not be based on Hank Pym’s (aka Ant-Man) brain patterns, because, as director Joss Whedon puts it, this will be an origins story for the villain.
As revealed in the comics, Ultron, who was originally a creation of Hank Pym, becomes sentient, developing an Oedipus Complex and a deep hatred for humanity. The cybernetic increases his intelligence and powers exponentially, nearly taking down the entire Marvel superhero line up time and time again. In fact he is so strong, that Whedon has to make him more grounded so that The Avengers can keep up with him. Hit the jump to see what the director had to say about Ultron.
In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Whedon said:
It’s hard to say who will be behind Ultron’s creation. Since Hank Pym is out of the picture, it’s easy to point the finger at Tony Stark. But we won’t know who it will be for quite a while.
But Whedon does have a point. There will come a time where the villain becomes too god-like, which will put our hero in a position to become even more god-like, and thus it leaves no more room for any sort of character development in the second sequel, because it will just be about who can become the stronger character.
Luckily Whedon is already coming out by saying that he is making these changes and that Ultron won’t be a carbon copy of the character that we have seen in the comics. So it should be interesting to see where these changes takes us.
[Source: EW]