Hey everyone, I'm The Canadian Lad and I just
watched What If Episode 8 at 0.25x speed. If you ask me, this was by far the best episode
in the series. This gave us the real Age of Ultron, not just
a few weeks of Ultron. So I'm gonna break it down scene by scene
and try to explain everything. And I'll just give you a heads up, I did find
some incredible attention-to-details in this episode, so make sure to watch till the end. But before I begin, I’d like to thank today’s
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precisely in Russia with Hawkeye and Black Widow fighting the Ultron Robots. Now it seems as though whenever a disaster
takes place, Hawkeye always gets a Mohawk. Now he has some sort of a cloak that makes
him invisible, well it could be a reference to Harry Potter but I think it's more of a
Shield reference. And if you notice very carefully, it doesn't
make him invisible entirely, as we can still spot his head in this scene. It works more as reflective panels that makes
everyone else see through him! We see him shooting his arrows aiming towards
the sky while the robots were only a few feets above the ground, a brief reminder of what
he did in Avenger 1 where he had to take the wind into account. Now while fighting the bots using his arrows,
he was literally disabling each one of 'em, except this one, this one he decided to kick
instead. Now notice this is the only robot that actually
gets back up and tries to attack Hawkeye once again! And over here Black Widow literally beheads
a bot just with a kick while using her batons to behead another! Now just to give you a lil bit of backstory,
in this universe Ultron has essentially won! As opposed to the main timeline, where Ultron
couldn't upload his consciousness in Vision's Vibranium body. The Watcher explains how the end of this world
began with Tony's dream to put a suit of armour around the world. -CUT SCENE- While the Watcher explains how Tony created
Ultron, we get some quick shots from the main timeline. Indicating how Ultron has already learned
the past of each Avengers. We get shots from Thor 1, Incredible Hulk,
Avengers 1, Iron Man and Captain America: The First Avenger. This all goes by pretty quickly so I thought
I may as well describe it. Then the Watcher shows us the difference between
our universe and this universe! -CUT SCENE-
Now notice when The Watcher shows us the moment Vision was born in our universe,
Natasha is standing with the other Avengers but in Age of Ultron, she wasn't there because
she was captured by Ultron. So if he's talking about our universe, Black
Widow shouldn't be there yet! Now there's one more detail here in this scene. Notice when The Watcher takes us from one
universe to another, he makes the same hand gesture as Doctor Strange does in live-action. Even the sound-effects are similar! -CUT SCENE- Ultron has already killed every Avenger except
Clint and Natasha who were in the Quinjet at the time. Here we see Cap's broken shield as Tony saw
in his dream in live action. What's interesting here is that Thor's hammer
is surging energy even though Thor is already dead, indicating the hammer is glitching,
so Ultron must have managed to do something with Mjolnir as well. Now after Ultron came into power, he deployed
all the nukes. And seeing all these nukes being fired, Clint
says this: -CUT SCENE-
Throughout the MCU, we've never seen Clint Barton verbally express his fear like this! He said it because he figured out what's gonna
happen seeing all these nukes in the sky! Now with the earth almost destroyed, Thanos
appears from a portal. He's probably here because he's after the
mind-stone. He has all the infinity stones except that
one, so it makes sense he would come to Ultron who now dons the mind-stone on his forehead. But surprise surprise, while trying to eliminate
half of all life in the universe, Thanos gets sliced in half himself. This scene goes to show just how much more
intelligent Thanos is in our timeline, where he sent the Black Order to take care of Vision
first. It was Corvus Glaive who stopped Vision from
phasing. Vision had to deal with this disruption for
the entirety of Infinity War, which eventually led to Thanos snatching the mind stone from
his head. Whereas this Thanos came to Ultron who not
only can phase through, but has already conquered planet earth. He couldn't comprehend the power of Ultron. And I like how even Thanos gets shocked as
he's about to be chopped in half. Now when Ultron used the mind-stone and shot
his laser beam, even we didn't understand what just happened until we saw Thanos from
the back. It was animated in a way to create more tension. But notice if you watch it in slow-motion,
right from the get go, you'll see how the laser beam has not only penetrated Thanos'
armor but has also gone through him! And I don't blame you for not catching this,
we only see this for 1 frame. Another great attention to detail! Ultron then grabbed the rest of the infinity
stones from Thanos' gauntlet. Now here's a major difference between Ultron
and Thanos. Ultron chose to have a suit of armour around
himself after he became even more powerful with all six infinity stones. But Thanos got rid of his armour once he started
collecting the infinity stones. One felt he needed more protection and thought
beyond anybody's imagination by using his entire suit as a gauntlet. Whereas the other was arrogant, he thought
the infinity stones are all that he needs. Now just an appreciation for the director
of this series, Bryan Andrews, just look at the way he executed this scene. I really feel Marvel should hire him for a
live-action movie. I know this series is taking a lot of reference
from previous films but the scenes that are new, just look at how beautifully they were
executed, so yes, I have full faith in him! Now as soon as Ultron activates all of the
infinity stones, he says this: -CUT SCENE-
That's the moment he realized there are worlds beyond his own. This makes me wonder did Tony feel the same
when he wielded all six infinity stones? I know it wasn't for long but he did nonetheless! Lemme know what you think about this in the
comments. Now with this newly gained knowledge, Ultron
has a new purpose. He planned to destroy every single universe
and that's why he created an army of sentries using the reality stone. He even conjured himself a cape mirroring
his look from the live-action. Now I absolutely loved the design of Ultron's
ship. It not only aligns with his look but it gives
an evil vibe as well. And notice when he teleports his ship to Asgard,
the energy around the ship is blue. Meaning he's using the space stone to teleport. I like how these details are almost always
on point. After arriving on Asgard, it literally took
Ultron 7 seconds to destroy the planet into pieces! -CUT SCENE-
(laugh) But notice, when Ultron used his double edged blade to blast the palace of Asgard,
the energy coming off the blade was purple. Meaning he was using the Power stone. He then travels to the Sovereign where we
see the Guardians of the Galaxy, this aligns perfectly with their mission from the beginning
of Guardians Volume 2. Even though this scene was pretty lighthearted
in live-action, but in this one, they're all killed. He then moves to Sakaar and reduces it to
ashes. But notice how Korg was fighting to save Sakaar,
whereas in live-action he wanted to begin a revolution and escape from this prison! Him fighting for Sakaar goes to show he will
fight for anyone as long as they are on the right side of history. Ultron then destroys the planet Ego. Now because Ego is a living planet, notice
we can spot 2 eyes and one mouth. Which actually goes from content to sad as
soon as it gets destroyed. Cut to Xander, which is about to receive the
same treatment as Asgard. But Captain Marvel intervenes and says this:
-CUT SCENE- Skynet and a Killer Robot movie? Well, this is definitely a reference to The
Terminator. But she says she doesn't think the film needs
a sequel, this is probably because she had left earth by the time Terminator 2 had come
out. She was taken from earth in 1989 and Terminator
2 hadn't come out until 1991. so clearly she has no idea that a sequel already
exists. Now Carol flies into him, boring a hole in
the ground. They plumet through the earth as they plunge
into the planet's core. Umm, Ultron looks a bit like Venom doesn't
he? Now notice as they enter the core of the planet,
the background changes from black to red and yellow. This is an accurate detail considering earth's
core is extremely warm! I mean, it's well beyond 9000 Fahrenheit and
it just makes sense it would look like this! But Captain Marvel couldn't hold Ultron for
longer as he got the upper hand and completely annihilated Xander! Now because Captain Marvel is powered by the
Space stone, the fusion of her powers and the six infinity stones created such a shockwave
that it decimates every single planet in it's way! Notice how far Xander was compared to the
rest of the planets and yet the shockwave managed to cause this much damage. I like how the explosion of each planet corresponds
to the color of the Infinity Stone that was used to destroy it. After completing his mission, Ultron stands
alone, having no one more prophecy to fulfill. He feels sad and fears eternal loneliness,
just how I feel after publishing a video on YouTube. But having decimated every world around him,
Ultron now experiences a new level of silence. This allows Ultron to ascend to a previously
unattainable level of consciousness. The universe around him is so silent that
he begins to hear The Watcher himself. If you follow the eyes of Ultron, just as
The Watcher begins to speak, he opens his eyes. He even rolls his eyes to his left implying
he can even sense where the voice is coming from! So had The Watcher only kept his mouth shut
instead of talking shit about Ultron behind his back, this insane motherlad would have
died of boredom! So that's on you Watcher, you should have
been watching instead of giving us a commentary! But this also shows us just how powerful Strange
Supreme had become in Episode 4. -CUT SCENE-
He didn't need an infinite amount of silence around him to sense the presence of the Watcher. So if you ask me, if Strange Supreme wields
all six infinity stones, he will be even more dangerous than Ultron. We then see the chamber of The Watcher for
the first time. And just as I predicted in my previous breakdown,
The Watcher resides in a chamber of prism where surrounding him is the multiverse. Wherever he looks, he sees a different universe. And notice even the Watcher needs to open
a portal from his chamber to see what's going on around the multiverse, and just like any
portal, it works from both ways. Whenever it opens, Ultron can see him as well. The Watcher gets really worried as he had
never expected Ultron to obtain this level of power. He says there's still hope for this universe,
one last hope and that is Natasha and Clint Barton. Cut to the KGB archives where Clint and Widow
search for the file of Arnim Zola. We learned in Captain America: The Winter
Soldier that Arnim Zola's consciousness has been turned into an AI and that's why they're
looking for his file, as he's the only AI capable of shutting down Ultron. The Watcher for the first time feels the urge
to intervene because Widow and Hawkeye are having a tough time to find Arnim Zola's file. The Watcher feels desperate, something we've
never seen before. Natasha then discovers the Red Guardian shield. So it's safe to assume that Natasha's chosen
family existed in this universe as well. That's why she uses humor to hide her true
feelings about finding this shield. -CUT SCENE-
And I like how Clint makes a reference to Star Wars: A New Hope while searching for
Zola's file. -CUT SCENE-
Clint and Nat then find out the file and learn that Arnim Zola's AI is currently in Siberia
in an old Hydra base. Cut to Siberia where Clint and Nat finally
find the Zola AI. They're in the exact same facility in Siberia
that we saw in Captain America: Civil War, when Bucky and Steve had this infamous fight
against Tony. Nat explains to Clint who Arnim Zola was and
how he uploaded his own brain to a series of data banks. Now Arnim Zola's AI addresses Nat and Clint
by their full name. -CUT SCENE-
This is directly taken from the comics as Hawkeye's full name is Clinton Francis Barton. Nat and Clint ask Zola to infiltrate Ultron's
code and dismantle him. And Zola agrees to their demands. Widow then makes a phone call to the Avengers
Tower to alert Ultron of their presence. And within a couple of minutes, the Ultron
Army starts to invade this facility. Hawkeye then uses an arrow styled USB to download
the program. Notice how there's a smaller arrow symbol
within the USB as well, which is purple in color. This is a nod to Hawkeye from the comics where
he dons the color purple a lot. Hawkeye of course used a similar tech back
in Avengers 1 when he infiltrated the Shield Helicarrier. Zola then says Ultron isn't the first genocidal
megalomaniac he had to deal with. -CUT SCENE-
This is him not only talking about Hitler but Red Skull as well, who he dealt with personally. A massive fight takes place between the Ultron
Robots and Nat and Clint. Clint quickly shoots the Data arrow that pierces
one of the Sentry's eyes. So basically what they did here is download
the Arnim Zola program and then uploaded it to this Sentry's body. Notice how this sentry now glows green instead
of red, signifying he's against Ultron. But Nat shoots down his legs as a precaution. After all, this guy aided Hitler, Red Skull
and infiltrated Shield just to name a few! Zola then tries to dismantle Ultron but because
he's off-world fighting The Watcher, he's out of range for Zola to disable him. We then see some amazing action scenes where
Hawkeye and Widow go head to head against the Ultron Sentries. But then we see the reversal of Avengers:
Endgame as this time it's Clint who sacrifices himself so that Nat can escape with Zola. Notice how this arrow started glowing as soon
as Clint put it in his bow, foreshadowing how Clint is planning to blast this entire
facility, something that even he won't be able to withstand. I just love this shot, a great parallel to
Avengers: Endgame where we saw Cap going against Thanos and his army all by himself. Widow and Zola escape and just like Yelena
said, Nat really likes to pose, doesn't she? Nat then breaks down in tears realizing Clint
is dead, just like Clint did in live-action after losing her. She then asks Zola why he wasn't able to disable
Ultron and he says he can't do it because wherever Ultron is, he isn't in the observable
universe. Cut to The Watcher's chamber but this time
Ultron managed to infiltrate it. Notice, at the beginning Ultron had to use
all six infinity stones even when he wasn't doing anything. Indicating that just to be here, Ultron is
having to harness the power of all six infinity stones. He doesn't waste a second as he literally
blasts The Watcher with the power stone. And from here, Ultron looks around and finds
so many universes, that's like giving him a re-birth, giving him a purpose once again! And we can again see but now in a closer-look,
all six infinity stones are still glowing, so he's harnessing the power of each one of
'em at all times to stay here every second. That says something about The Watcher, innit? His prism fortress is so hard to break in
that it would take the might of all infinity stones to get there! The Watcher then manages to defend against
the power stone so notice what Ultron does next. He doubles the power by now adding the time
stone in the equation. He fuses the power and the time stones and
shoots directly from his chest-plate. Now Ultron gives a message to all Spider-Verse
deniers! -CUT SCENE-
Anyway, notice in this scene the infinity stones are no longer glowing, meaning Ultron
is getting stronger by the second. The longer he stays here, the less he has
to depend on the stones. Ultron then punches The Watcher out of his
prism and he crash lands on a planet. We get an epic battle between the two as we
see The Watcher conjuring his own suit of armour. Now notice during their epic hand-to-hand
combat, The Watcher deflects all of Ultron's punches and lands 3 of his own punches on
Ultron! Until Ultron headbutts the Watcher but The
Watcher retaliates with the same move! They go from one reality to another until
Ultron becomes so massive that he literally devours a whole galaxy! This could be a nod to the character Galactus,
who is literally known as the Devourer of Worlds. The Watcher then crashes through another reality
and lands in Time-Square. Here we again meet this guy in the pineapple
t-shirt, which I did explain in my previous breakdown so I won't go much into details. Bystanders over here are now taking photos
of the Watcher, I like that Marvel made sure the phone screen shows accurate detail, so
kudos for that. Now behind Ultron in the Time Square billboard,
we see Steve Rogers being sworn in as the President of the United States. -CUT SCENE-
So in this Universe, he valued people over puddy! -CUT SCENE- Ultron then punches The Watcher so hard that
with each punch, the reality warps around them. We go from New York to Wakanda to the Middle
Ages and then also Skrulls. Not only the surroundings but Ultron and The
Watcher also get warped in different realities with each punch. Imagine being so powerful that you can literally
punch someone to a different dimension! Ultron even knocked out The Watcher for a
few seconds, as we can see The Watcher's eyes were not glowing here. And when he comes back to his senses, his
eyes start glowing again! Now as Ultron is about to make the final blow,
The Watcher disappears into this white light. Now notice how instantly Ultron goes from
this snowy planet back to the Watcher's chamber, from where he could access all of the multiverse. Him teleporting so fast again indicates just
how powerful he's getting by the minute. To be honest, Ultron having access to nukes
is better than this because now he can unleash chaos upon the multiverse. Cut to this prison where The Watcher begs
Strange Supreme for help. Now notice as we are about to see Strange
Supreme, for a second we could see the 3rd eye on Strange's forehead. In the comics, Doctor Strange gains a 3rd
eye that he can activate to see things normal people cannot see. And where's the third eye? Right in the center of his forehead. Even in the live action movie, Ancient One
presses her thumb exactly on Stephen's forehead and says "Open your eye". -CUT SCENE-
Notice she doesn't say "Open your eyes", she says "Eye", its singular. So this is again taken straight from the comics. Strange Supreme then forces The Watcher to
admit that he's in need of help. And that's how this episode ends. This episode pretty much explains the promo
where we've seen the likes of Captain Carter, Star-Lord, Strange Supreme and The Watcher
himself fighting against thousands of Ultron bots. We're probably getting a big-team up in the
finale so Marvel is following their original formula of giving us individual stories first
and then teaming up when absolutely necessary! Now if you liked this video then please give
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