Natasha Romanov: Black Widow Appreciation 2019

[gurkle]

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It's weird that this is the second Avengers movie that made it look like Clint was going to die, only to have someone else die in his place. In Age of Ultron the writer/director deliberately put in a lot of obvious hints that Clint would die, but then pulled a bait-and-switch by having Quicksilver die to save Clint. And pretty much exactly the same thing happened here. There's also some strange crossover with another moment from Age of Ultron where Natasha and Bruce commiserated about not being able to have kids. It was heavily implied in Endgame that Natasha wanted Clint to be able to reunite with his wife and kids. I don't think either film's team was trying to imply that Natasha's life is less important because she doesn't have children, I just think they lean too heavily on the idea that if Clint has a beautiful wife and adorable children, he deserves to live.

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[AndersonHoran]

I can't believe they did that with Natasha, i'm so pissed...

[Winterboy]

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[Witchfan]

Black Widow's solo is a flop, with the third issue only selling 14,642 issues. Black Widow also was in Domino: Hotshots 1, which did better with 34,980 issues sold.

I saw a new rumor saying that the Black Widow solo movie will take place after the first Avengers movie and before Winter Soldier.

[millernumber1]

Black Widow's solo is a flop, with the third issue only selling 14,642 issues. Black Widow also was in Domino: Hotshots 1, which did better with 34,980 issues sold.

I saw a new rumor saying that the Black Widow solo movie will take place after the first Avengers movie and before Winter Soldier.

That's depressing, but not surprising. What is the drop from #1 to #3?

[Winterboy]

I think only a well-known creative team can give good numbers for a monthly Black Widow series.

I'd rather see her leading a team like Thunderbolts or Secret Avengers. Or maybe working with this guy....
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[Winterboy]

i'm so pissed...

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[millernumber1]

I think only a well-known creative team can give good numbers for a monthly Black Widow series.

I'd rather see her leading a team like Thunderbolts or Secret Avengers. Or maybe working with this guy....
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I wish Mr. and Mrs. X had sold better, to prove that a romance adventure book could be a good plan... but no

[AndersonHoran]

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After 10 years waiting for her movie, when she was supposed to take the spotlight now, they did that with her, they didn't even give her a funeral, in the end she got shafted. I'm really mad how dirty they did her.

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[lilyinblue]

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It doesn't really make anything better, but there was a small detail I loved. I loved that we saw Natasha wearing the arrow necklace that first appeared in the first Avengers movie. She had it on for a few scenes in Endgame. Though ultimately I guess it was a touch of tragic foreshadowing, I appreciated the callback.

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[Winterboy]

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[Digifiend]

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Spoiler tag that please. Here's how:

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[JimRaynor55]

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So apparently an early draft or outline of the script had Clint dying instead. But after reading that draft, the visual effects producer spoke with Markus and McFeely to convince them not to "take this away from [Natasha]." Ugh, thanks but no thanks!

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[Whizbang]

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So apparently an early draft or outline of the script had Clint dying instead. But after reading that draft, the visual effects producer spoke with Markus and McFeely to convince them not to "take this away from [Natasha]." Ugh, thanks but no thanks!

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That whole part of the interview sounded like they were trying to deflect any criticism by claiming a woman told them to do it. Markus and McFeely straight up fridged Natasha and Gamora and are either too ignorant of the genre to realize it or think we the audience is too stupid to realize it.

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[Whizbang]

I wish Mr. and Mrs. X had sold better, to prove that a romance adventure book could be a good plan... but no

Personally what I would love to see is Natasha lead the Secret Avengers in a book that include Bucky, Bobbi, Sharon, Maria Hill, etc. Have the primary focus on the team and their missions, but also have Natasha and Bucky reunite (and in a perfect world where series aren't cancelled after 5-6 issues, I would love to see them take things a little slow and actually rebuild their relationship, rather than have everyone magically act like WS #14 never happened). A romance adventure book might not work right now, but an action-adventure book with a lot of romance in it might work better.