![]() Wanting revenge on the forces responsible for his parent's death-Stark Industries-Pietro volunteers for a horrific and painful set of experiments that grant him his powers. To side-step around that tricky mutant issue, Marvel reimagined Quicksilver as an orphan in a war-torn nation. This actually makes a fair deal of sense, given the grim backstory Marvel Studios concocted for Quicksilver. Aaron Taylor-Johnson injected a bit of humor into his Quicksilver, but it was far darker than Peters'. While Joss Whedon's take still included that trade-mark cockiness, it felt much more abrasive and unwelcoming. In comparison to FOX's Bryan Singer's Quicksilver, Marvel's rendition of the super speedster is surprisingly sober. That's why Age of Ultron's Quicksilver gets his powers from genetic experimentation, and not the mutant X-gene. However, Quicksilver also spent many years in the comics as a member of the Avengers, giving Marvel Studios equal claim to the character-just so long as they severed all ties to mutant-dom and the X-Men. ![]() Quicksilver (along with Scarlet Witch) debuted in the Marvel Universe as evil mutants to combat the X-Men, placing them under FOX's purview. According to the deal, FOX has exclusive rights to all X-Men-related properties. The split famously came a few years back, thanks a tricky loophole in Marvel and FOX studios' licensing deal for the X-Men franchise. Now that Avengers: Age of Ultron has revealed Joss Whedon's take on the mouthy Marvel Speedster, Quicksilver, fans can finally put on their boxing gloves and debate: Was Age of Ultron's Quicksilver better than last year's X-Men: Days of Future Past's?įor those who may not know, two versions of Quicksilver inhabit in the world of cinema, despite only one Quicksilver existing in the Marvel Comics Universe. ![]()
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