Thread:DementedP/@comment-1255618-20150705164324

I have to say, the story blew me away. Even better than I was expecting!

A different take on Ultron than the movies, but it is true to the comics from what I can tell even though I'm not intimately familiar with Ant-Man or Ultron stories, and it does shed light upon his motivations. Still, it doesn't explain why the glimpse of the Age of Ultron in 'Age of Ultron' was so wondrous and beautiful, and I suppose we'll never know, unfortunately. :p  All we know is that Ultron wanted to kill or assimilate everything that wasn't himself, but not what he was planning to do afterwards.

In any case, I wonder in what direction they'll take Ultron Pym. Personally, I'm hoping for a complex characterization that isn't entirely heroic or villainous, with Ultron/Pym forming meaningful bonds with other characters, heroes, and villains, rather than being a psychopathic loner like the old version of comics' Ultron. The line "Earlier, you pondered if there is a God.  There is now." reminds me a little bit of his movie incarnation who also wants to be like God. Maybe he'll attempt to actively guide humanity in the future, which might put him at odds with the Avengers and other heroes but also be significantly different from the genocidal monster we've had before. A villain who is trying to "save" humanity would be quite interesting, especially given all the evolutionary conflicts that exist among humans in the Marvel Universe, like those with the mutants and inhumans and robots and techno-enhanced; maybe Ultron would want to bring an end to those conflicts, by force if necessary. 