Movie: The Avengers : Age of Ultron

Age of Ultron Movie

In an effort to create a suit of armor around the planet, Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) admits that he launched "the Ultron program." Now, whether that program has roots in the research of one Hank Pym (Michael Douglas), we just don’t know yet. But yes, the comic roots have been doctored, and Stark is now the Dr. Frankenstein to James Spader’s Ultron.

Captain America (Chris Evans) also explains that the act of saving the world, time after time, is creating a bit of a disaster climate. It almost looks like the Avengers are doing more harm than good, with the collateral damage from their actions coming with a price.

We now see the seeds of what Joss Whedon does so well self-doubt instilled in the mighty. The director has been explaining that the Avengers, as a team, are super-powered beings who don’t know how to properly exercise their control. And Ultron looks like he will be the tipping point that plunges the team into anarchy and chaos. Look at the Hulk fighting Ultron robots.

Ultron

First (of course) we have to discuss Ultron...he looks amazing throughout the trailer but he also looks different in various points of said trailer.

We have (what appears to be) an emergence scene that opens the trailer and what seems to be a hodge-podge or partially destroyed Iron Man Armor or possibly an Iron Army/Ultron Initiative (Suit/Drone) hobbling his way into a room. This android picks up another suit/drone body and crushes its skull. A likely sleight directed toward Tony Stark. the hobbling suit had the Avengers logo emblazoned on its chest.

The suit/drone he picks up off the floor also has a 'A' on it and has a white and blue color pattern. We end up seeing the same suit that crushed the drone in a heap later in the trailer. Whether the heap is after the emergence or before is anyone's guess. I'd suggest it is a scrapped project that became the self-aware Ultron and escapes later in the film. If not a random suit Ultron takes possession of to attack the team or monologue a warning to the group.

We then see a much more familiar look for Ultron in a scene that has quite a few of the droids launching out of a body of water. The Ultron droid in the foreground of the frame is climbing a rock face and we can see the details on his variation version of the character clearly. We later get another version of Ultron or possibly one of his drones, with Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch in a scene that looks like it's underground. Possibly a Wakandan mine as speculation has been heavy that Ultron will be going for Vibranium in this film. In the clearer HD trailer we can see some screens in the background and archways.

We get a glorious moment in the trailer that forces us to compare this being to that of a Terminator. We see what appears to be molten material flowing over his forearm...like water. The full reveal comes after, what I call Ultron's final form in the film. Done with haunting precision, set to music from Pinocchio. There are no string on me can be heard uttered from the powerful android as he looks down upon his prey. A likely moment defining his completion or perceived perfection.

Some folks have said the image we saw is not likely his completed form due to one of the covers we've seen that more closely relates the his head to the comics. I think what we see end the trailer is the final form for Ultron Prime. Likely leaving the drones to look more like the iconic version we're more familiar with.