Chad shook his head "Darn shame, I just really can't see Black Widow as a villain."
"She technically isn't. More closer to her Ultimate version than the 616 version. I'm sure we can find a way to give her some redemption arc later on."
"I'll hold you to that. And I'd been planning some amazing fight scenes too. It would have been great seeing her and Hawkeye fighting together."
That was...better to move the conversation before you get too tempted to reverse your decision.
It was David who decided to interrupt this time though. "I get that Maggia is supposed to act as a Red Herring, as in making the audience believe they planned it all when it was SHIELD all along, but I'm still concerned about Swordsman's motive. I mean, let's give SHIELD some credit here; they are not going to just stiff one of their top agents pay when they know how deadly he can actually be. Personally, I think we can do something better with him."
He…did have a point there. The Pitch even said that Swordsman would have goons and helicopters with him, but if he really needed the money for his family how could he have paid for those? Having him be employed by Maggia may explain it, save that the script didn't say that either.
[] [Motive] His motive is Revenge; Swordsman participated in an operation which caused the death of his entire squad and he blames SHIELD for it.
[] [Motive] His motive is Greed; Swordsman was caught stealing from those he killed as well as from SHIELD itself. He escaped before he could be caught.
[] [Motive] His motive is Pride; Swordsman was the best once, he wants the world, or at least SHIELD, to know and acknowledge that.
[] [Motive] His motive is Love; Swordsman fell in love and married a woman who was involved with organized crime. All he does is for her.
[] [Motive] Something Else: Write In
Once the debate about the motive for Swordsman was done the subject could finally move on to Hawkeye. The character by himself may seem a bit bland, having no powers but his skill at archery, being a Master Acrobat, having great reflexes, and training in hand to hand combat. But there has to be a way to show how deadly he can be at the beginning.
[] [Introduction] Hawkeye is introduced in the middle of an infiltration when he is suddenly discovered and has to fight his way out as well as evade his pursuers. (Stahelski's Choice)
[] [Introduction] Hawkeye is introduced in a quick flashback scene, back when he was only a rookie and nearly screwed up a mission, then do small Time-Skips showing his improvement.
[] [Introduction] Hawkeye is introduced as he is in a training simulation, showing all he can do.
[] [Introduction] Hawkeye is introduced by a Flashback to a training session with his old mentor, at the moment he graduated.
When it came to the discovery of Swordsman identity, David wants to make it tenser, more dangerous. He's thinking on leaning on the suspicion on SHIELD, making it so that they refuse information to Clint, leading him to be…creative in his way of obtaining it.
[] [Base] Hawkeye sneaks into the SHIELD base due to them withholding information. It can also serve as another display of his skills, and the similarities to Swordsman when he did the same at the beginning. The base is attacked by Swordsman and the Silencer, leading to Hawkeye having to fight both, loosing, and them escaping.
[] [Base] Hawkeye sneaks into the SHIELD base due to them withholding information. It can also serve as another display of his skills, and the similarities to Swordsman when he did the same at the beginning. The base is attacked by Swordsman and the Silencer, leading to Hawkeye having to fight both, defeating the Silencer, but losing against the Swordsman. (Leitch's Choice)
[] [Base] Hawkeye sneaks into the SHIELD base due to them withholding information. It can also serve as another display of his skills, and the similarities to Swordsman when he did the same at the beginning. The base is attacked by Swordsman and the Silencer, leading to Hawkeye having to fight the Swordsman and loosing.
[] [Base] Hawkeye sneaks into the SHIELD base due to them withholding information. It can also serve as another display of his skills, and the similarities to Swordsman when he did the same at the beginning. The base is attacked by Swordsman and the Silencer, leading to Hawkeye having to fight the Silencer and winning.
[] [Base] Something Else: Write In
Madripoor. The principality in the Southeast pacific, the land where inequality reigned, and the seat where the final climax of the movie would take place…
…Or it would, if anyone had bothered to remember that it's a part of the X-Men franchise! You can't use Madripoor for your movies!
"Seriously, no one bothered to look it up? Even you?" Chad's unbelieving tone stung. Mostly because he was right. You were supposed to be a Marvel fan, you owned issues going back to the Silver Age, heck Wolverine was still your favorite character!!
But you had been so busy, between trying to remember all you could about Thor, to then having to do a hard swerve for Hawkeye, some details just slipped by. Even if most of them were about who owned what at the moment.
"We will have to throw away most of the location, but perhaps we can save some of the interactions. For now let's focus on those. The final climax is to be a confrontation between Swordsman and Hawkeye. How is this happening?"
David had a gift for getting to the crux of the problem, and as he started giving some ideas you could not help but respond and give your own.
[] [Final Confrontation] Hawkeye leads a SHIELD team to attack Swordsman's hiding place. While all defenses are occupied he will find and confront Swordsman, fighting him one on one.
[] [Final Confrontation] Hawkeye goes after Swordsman on his own, sneaking into the hiding place, and confronting him. He is unaware that SHIELD is tracking him to get at Swordsman as well. (Stahelski and Leitch's Choice)
[] [Final Confrontation] Hawkeye goes after Swordsman on his own, sneaking into the hiding place, and confronting him. He is aware that SHIELD is tracking him to get at Swordsman as well.
[] [Final Confrontation] Hawkeye is seemingly captured as he tries to sneak into the hiding place and taken to Swordsman. SHIELD attacks soon after, Hawkeye breaks free and confronts Swordsman.
[] [Final Confrontation] Something Else: Write In.
And with this you're done. Both David and Chad now have the job of making this a reality. You hope that you've made the right decision, and you guess you'll see eventually.
Now you only need a name for the movie.
[] [Title] Just call it Hawkeye.
[] [Title] Perhaps be a bit more specific, call it Hawkeye: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.
[] [Title] Something Else: Write In
