Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-2058272-20160829234959/@comment-2058272-20160901035102

The basic plot I have for Avengers now (though much of it is still reliant on your guys' films) is that, after Hulk II, Bruce Banner is hiding out in the wilderness, hasn't Hulked out in a while, and Leonard Samson has given him something to supress the gamma radiation that comes off of him when he's in his human form, so the government can no longer track him by his gamma radiation (at least when he's Bruce Banner), but then something happens, and there's a major spike in gamma radiation in that specific area, so John Ryker (who will be Hulk's kind of mini-antagonist, he's not really a big part of the overall story but he's involved in Hulk's arc) contacts Ross, Ross sends in Iron Man (in the Hulkbuster armor, of course) to catch the Hulk, turns out Hulk is too powerful for him to beat physically, so he outsmarts him, leading him off of a cliff or something. Hulk turns to Banner, is tranquilized, and taken away to the RAFT, where John Ryker mocks him and gives him a hard time. Let's just say they have a system to keep Hulk from turning into Banner EASILY, only under extreme circumstances will he be capable of transforming. Ross thanks Stark, asks him to help out with future super threats, Stark isn't sure about it, so Ross gives him some files on other superhumans (Abomination, Leader, Thor, Spider-Man, the X-Men, basically everyone in this universe so far), and tells him to sleep on it. The first act of the film basically sets up where everyone is after their respective films (Captain America, Thor, and the Maximoff Twins) but mainly focuses on Iron Man and Hulk. The first act also introduces us to Franklin Hall, a Stark Enterprises employee who is the head developer on an anti-gravity project. What I kind of intend (and if it's okay with Max) is for Iron Man to be all about scientific advancement in this movie, without really thinking too much about it. He doesn't really realize that some things aren't meant to be controlled, not only gravity, but also these superhumans. Stark, after reading about some of the more powerful villains in the universe (like the Leader who could literally make you do whatever he wants you to do, or Magneto who's obviously dangerous because, well, he's Magneto, and I'm sure the villain in the Thor movie will be something powerful as well), Stark is convinced that these threats should be taken care of. He develops several protocols for basically any possible situation. As this is going on, Stark is also very involved in Stark Enterprises, overseeing "Project Graviton" because he's the CEO of the company after all. He and Franklin Hall have kind of a bromance, let's just say for the first half of the film, they're this Avengers series' version of the "Science Bros" (Stark + Banner in the MCU), working together on the project and talking about all sorts of crazy science. The other characters will all have their own subplots, but I'm still waiting to see where those characters end up before Avengers. The anti-gravity machine is seemingly finished, and they turn it on, but something goes wrong, and it begins to pull the building and all surrounding buildings up out of the ground. Iron Man evacuates everyone, but the anti-gravity machine Franklin worked so hard on is destroyed. Franklin snaps, believing Stark sabotaged the project. Franklin turns against Stark, and constructs his own, smaller version of the anti-gravity machine: a Graviton suit he wears that allows him to control gravity himself. Let's just say, he turns himself into a living science experiment basically, wires even going into his body and connecting to his brain, machinery attached to his skin. He basically turns himself into the new Graviton machine, and wreaks havoc. He is nigh unstoppable, having control over gravity itself. This leads to the third act, which is the final conflict of the film. Stark rallies the Avengers, and they team up for the first time to defeat Graviton. Hulk ends up running off in the end, and Stark lets him go. The Stark Enterprises building is rebuilt, and Stark goes against the government, destroying all of their files on the superhumans. Ross tells him he's just made a very powerful enemy, and Stark says he has very powerful friends. The film ends with the Avengers (minus Hulk, of course) gathered in an off-the-grid facility. Stark tells them that you can't always control life, but when the dust has settled, you can at least avenge those lost.

This is a very, VERY rough draft. Yes, throughout the second act Stark does meet with all of the Avengers members, they aren't just pulled in out of nowhere towards the end. There is a team-up between Iron Man, Cap, and Thor before the third act, when they all first meet, and Stark also gets to know Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver, who he protects from some insane anti-mutant group, maybe the Purifiers. Of course, Stark also gets to know Bruce Banner. At the beginning of the film, everyone sees the Hulk as a mindless monster, but by the end, the Avengers all see Bruce as a hero. Bruce also learns that if he can control his own anger enough, the Hulk becomes less like something that happens to him, and more like a very powerful bullet, with Bruce being the gunman.

Any of this can be changed if it conflicts with any of your plans, but it's just a start.

What do you guys think?