Despite the fact that we’ve now had three trailers for Avengers: Age of Ultron, the sequel is still very much shrouded in secrecy. However, a new scene was shown to lucky shareholders yesterday by Disney CEO Bob Iger, and it reveals more about what happens when the Hulk and Iron Man’s Hulkbuster come to blows!
The scene opens with an armored police vehicle arriving on the scene. An incredibly angry and destructive Hulk is witnessed tearing up the streets, destroying cars and spreading all-out panic. Police, heavily armed with machine guns, openly fire on the Hulk to no avail. In the distance comes Iron Man, flying at super speed to the scene. ‘Hold your fire,’ he commands to the responding teams below. He is flanked by large metal objects that speed along through the air with him, keeping up every step of the way. We cut back to the menacing Hulk and all of a sudden, a large steel (?) surfboard-shaped object slams itself down in the pavement in front of him. Then another. And another. Before you know it, Hulk is trapped inside a giant, solid metallic ‘box.’ At least, that is, until Hulk smashes free and then continues his rampage.
And then, it assembles — piece by piece — the Hulkbuster, almost in Mark 42 fashion. ‘The witch is messing with your brain,’ Stark tells Hulk. ‘You’re smarter than her, you’re Bruce Banner.’ This yields an even angrier response from Hulk and it’s on. Hulkbuster vs. Hulk. The Hulkbuster usually seems to have the upper-hand, as they drag each other through the streets, tearing up the pavement. At least until Hulk ends up on the Hulkbuster’s back, impaling the shoulder with a traffic light pole. ‘Dick move, Banner’ responds Stark as they continue to fight. Then the damaged pieces of the Hulkbuster fall off and are quickly replaced with new parts. Different parts. And now Hulkbuster is atop Hulk, Stark treating Hulk’s head as a punching bag, literally pounding Hulk’s head into the pavement over and over and over (much to the amusement of the audience). ‘Sleep, go to sleep’ chants Stark, but spoiler alert: it doesn’t work. Then, one of the replaced parts of the Hulkbuster, the arm missing a hand, wraps itself around Hulk’s arm and sucks him in and Iron Man takes flight, toting Hulk by the arm.
Well, that sounds epic! Talking of Iron Man though, Avengers: Age of Ultron star Robert Downey Jr. yesterday took part in a wonderful charitable endeavour which saw 7 year old Alex (who was born with only a partially developed right arm) presented with his own Iron Man themed bionic limb by the actor. Here’s the video:
The arm was created by Albert Manero, a doctoral student in mechanical engineering at the University of Central Florida who is working on building and donating low cost 3D printed bionic limps to children through his volunteer group Limbitless Solutions. These cost just a fraction of what they normally would, with an arm like this coming in at only $300 instead of $40,000. This could be a real game changer.
When Downey Jr. heard about Albert’s group, he became involved and decided to surprise superhero fan Alex by dressing up as his Avengers character Tony Stark. You can find out more about the charity right here.
