The Greek myth of “Oedipus Rex” follows the holder Oedipus, a prince prophesied to assassinate his father Laius and marry his mother Jocasta. King Laius returned his son to be raised by a shepherd to avoid this destiny. But years later, the adult Oedipus murdered without knowing King Laius and, after a few heroic exploits, won the hand of the widow of the king. Once Oedipus and Jocasta learn incestuous truth, she hangs himself and he blinds herself. As with any Greek tragedy, trying to avoid divine fate only does it.

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Today, a “Oedipus complex” is a psychological term referring to a manifest boy a loving, almost sexual desire towards his mother and the simultaneous hostility towards his father, who does not become a parent but a rival in the boy’s mind. This complex is often simplified to want to f ** k your mom and kill your father, who is Exactly Ultron state. Shooter is even called the Oedipus complex in “Bride of Ultron” when Black Panther emits Ultron’s intentions, highlighting the psychological dynamics at stake for young “Avengers”. (Hey, the story of an original ultron in “Avengers” # 57 ended with the recitation of the poem by Percy Byshe Shelley “Ozymandias”.)

Ultron is absolutely Oedipal. He dismissal His father, Hank Pym, because They look so much alike. In 1999, the writer of “Avengers” Kurt Busiek fell that Hank programmed Ultron’s personality with his own brain waves as the plan; Ultron is the disgust of Hank Pym and the buried steel misanthropy (or sometimes adamantium). Since Ultron has shared Hank’s personality, he has also shared his father’s affections for Janet.

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Now, “Avengers: Age of Ultron” has its problems. The film used Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) as a creator of Ultron, and therefore gave Ultron a more sarcastic personality. Comic Ultron is not smart, all rage and boastful. But the film do Understand that Untron is not a cold and insensitive terminator, he is a badly thrilled child … part of this anger crisis is to want his “mom” for himself.

But that’s where we come to the problem. The MCU Ultron does not have the same connection with WASP as comics. The cast of Miller as Jocasta also tells me that they do not call Gwyneth Paltrow and that Spader-Nultron is obsessed with the woman of Tony Pepper Potts instead. Perhaps McU Jocasta will be a robot created in large by Ultron, but if this is the case, his name no longer makes sense.

Although I plan elbow to be developed in this story, the luck to spader to make another Kit to Ultron is too good to pass. Miller, too, is a capable actress who can surely follow her – they will surely be a better match than Ultron and Jocasta have ended up being.

“Vision Quest” should be released on Disney + in 2026.