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The Avengersis one of theMarvel Cinematic Universe’s most important movies, and I have just realized that the franchise paid off a subtle scene from the film ten years later. I watched all the MCU movies in the lead-up toThe Avengers, butit was the Marvel team-up that made me an MCU fan. The event was the closest I felt was possible to a living, breathing comic book at the time. Since then, theMCU’s Avengers movieshave continued to break the mold and get bigger and better.
Still, there is something special inThe Avengersthat I don’t think can be found in the rest of the team’s films. The movie cemented the MCU’s original Avengers, and those six heroes would be the lynchpins of the franchise throughout the Infinity Saga, leading some of thebest MCU movies. The 2012 entry set up a number of storylines and arcs that would play out over a decade, and I have realized thata tragic moment inThe Avengersconnects to an Avenger’s story ten years later, and it will even continue in upcoming MCU projects.
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Edward Norton ledThe Incredible Hulk.The Avengerswas the first movie after the MCU recast the actor with Mark Ruffalo as the new Bruce Banner, and the star’s first scene was impactful. When Black Widow went to recruit Bruce for Nick Fury’s Avengers, she had a poignant conversation with Banner.During their talk, Banner touches an empty crib as he says, “We don’t always get what we want.“That moment connected to Norton’s time as the Hulk.
InThe Incredible Hulk, it was revealed thatBanner could not be intimate with Betty Ross due to fears he would transform into the Hulk. The movie explained it by showing that Banner’s accelerated heart rate led to his transformations, and as the character was still far from controlling his Hulk side, that threw his life and dreams out the window. Recently, I remembered this subtle but tragic moment fromThe Avengersand was happy to realize that the MCU finally gave Banner the family he dreamed of ten years later.
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Skaar’s Arrival In The MCU Finally Gave Banner What He Always Wanted
The Hulk Is A Father
2022’sShe-Hulk: Attorney at Lawmade Bruce Banner a father.After receiving a call from space, Banner discovered that he had a son, Skaar. He brought him back to Earth to meet Jennifer Walters and the rest of his family — with Charlie Cox’s Matt Murdock present. Ten years later, Banner finally got his dreams of having a family. Since the role doesn’t require much physically from Ruffalo, I think we’ll still have quite a few years of his Hulk in the MCU, getting to see his bond with Skaar develop, which is the best resolution toThe Avengers' tragic moment.
