r/Marvel • u/PuzzleheadedTry3475 • 1d ago
Film/Television Who actually got better quotes?
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u/activatedplatypus 1d ago
"I had strings, but now I'm free. There are no strings on me." -Ultron
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u/Pandoratastic 1d ago
Does it count as an Ultron quote when it's Ultron quoting someone else?
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u/Bhavil17 1d ago
Yeah you can. Take a leaf out of Michael Scott's book
"I had strings, but now I'm free. There are no strings on me"
- The person who said it originally
-Ultron
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u/WorldRunnr 5h ago
This scene is like photographically burnt into my head, I can watch that little clip in my head 24/7.
We used to say this when one of the boys would clutch a outnumbered victory In ANY shooter circa 2015
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u/Vncpls 1d ago
They both have iconic lines and memorable quotes but I do think Ultron has the slightly better delivery. I can't quote it verbatim off the top of my head, but I love the line: "When the Earth begins to settle God throws a rock at it, and believe me, he's winding up."
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u/Bologna_Slamwich 16h ago
Maybe because I didnāt like the Ultron movie but thanosā quotes were significantly more memorable to me.
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u/CaliforniaBoundX 1d ago
"When a monster has your son, donāt be the ship. Be the goddamn king".
Ultron.
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u/Tiraloparatras25 1d ago edited 20h ago
Mcu Ultron is a walking thesaurus. Thanos has more aura( because he beat the avengers).
Now Ultron in what if, is fascinating to me.
Edit: meant Ultron in what if, not Thanos. Zombie Thanos was cool, though.
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u/Itz_Iced 23h ago
Ultron definitely has the better quotes but Thanos's quotes are just more iconic lol
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u/GlassFamiliar42 18h ago
"I'm the fucking Lizard King"
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u/WalterPregis 6h ago
āWell, I will not be blackmailed by some ineffectual, privileged, effete, soft-penised, debutanteā¦.ā
I was so hoping he would have said this to Captain America.
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u/arrownoir 7h ago
What quotes are those?
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u/Itz_Iced 5h ago
"I had strings, but now I'm free. There are no strings on me..."
"I think you are confusing peace with quiet."
"Stark asked for a savior, and settled for a slave."
This mf was genuinely dropping quotes every scenešš
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u/arrownoir 4h ago
I meant Thanos.
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u/Itz_Iced 4h ago
"You should have gone for the head."
The hardest choices require the strongest wills.
The iconic: "You could not live with your own failure. Where did that bring you? Back to me."
Or even the simple "I am Inevitable"
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u/johnnagethebrave 1d ago
Ultron has the witty repartee down.
āYouāre confusing peace with quietā
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u/Shmokeshbutt 1d ago
"The Best Thing About Being Me... There Are So MANY Me's!"
- Ultron
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u/Cappabitch 20h ago
"Do you feel like you're fighting for somethingāfor more than your survival? Can you tell me what it is? Do you even know?"
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u/Pandoratastic 1d ago edited 1d ago
Wait, when did Ultron quote Agent Smith?
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u/Choochoo1147 18h ago
Pure quotes, probably Thanos. Ultronās lines are made immeasurably better by having James Spader voicing him, Iād be curious to see if heās still considered as iconic with another actor. Probably not, Spader elevates it.Ā
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u/WorldRunnr 5h ago
Letās play a What if scenario:
Which voice actor could go toe to toe with this role?
I canāt think of any that match James spader in this one
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u/laxlax18069420 1d ago
Ultron by a mile. Make him the next big bad.
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u/Over-Analyzed 1d ago
So excited for his return in Vision Quest.
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u/PlatasaurusOG 1d ago
The way they cut away as Vis is blasting him at the end of AoU always had me convinced weād see Ultron again. Glad I was right for once.
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u/Foloreille 23h ago
The reason we see Ultron in VisionQuest is not because Ultron is not killed by Vision itās because a good part of VisionQuest will be in Vision head
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u/NeonGenesisShockwave 22h ago
Well that is BECAUSE Vision stored a part of Ultronās original code in his brain so yeah he survived
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u/Foloreille 18h ago
How do you know itās that and not just Vision imagination ?
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u/PlatasaurusOG 7h ago
My theory is that itās more they come from the same code, and it wouldnāt take a whole lot to send him in either direction.
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u/AshyWhiteGuy 1d ago
Iām still waiting to find a heavy metal band that uses Ultronās āwhen the dust settles, the only thing living in this worldā¦ will be metal.ā š¤š»
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u/darthyogi 23h ago
Ultronās sound cooler but i canāt remember his lines as much as Thanosās
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u/WorldRunnr 5h ago
thanos had more movies and more lines so ultron definitely has to play the quality vs quantity up hill battle on this one
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u/paradisewandering 1d ago
Ultron. Spader made a scary comic book character terrifying in real life. One of the best written, best voiced villains I can think of. Eloquent, violent, spitting prose. Vader is a contender, but there arenāt many more.
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u/Particular-Story1697 1d ago
Man, hearing Spader again, even without the robot filter is just awesome
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u/King_Korder 19h ago
Ultron basically only spoke in quotes, and with Spader's voice it was phenomenal.
Thanos had some great ones but his most standout ones are just things like "The hardest decisions require the strongest wills"
But like
"Boom. The end. Start again. The world made clean for the new man. I was meant to be new. I was meant to be beautiful. The world would have looked to the sky and seen hope, seen mercy."
"Gaaah, Captain America, God's righteous man, pretending you can live without a war."
"I think you're confusing peace with quiet."
"You wanna protect the world but you don't want it to change. How is humanity saved if it's not allowed to evolve?"
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u/Typical_Research_877 22h ago
Ultron, obviously... "God's righteous man, pretending you could live without a war."
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u/CannibalPride 21h ago
I mean he could and did actually
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u/trulymadlybigly 20h ago
I mean at the time though he couldnāt, all he did was wake up from a coma and immediately become a soldier again.
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u/SortNo412 18h ago
āAfter today, the only thing left in this world will be metalā
āI have no strings on meā
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u/Ecstatic-Quality-212 19h ago
"Clearly you've never made an omelette"
Ultron wins by this one quote.
Jokes aside, both are really close, but I give it to Thanos because man, was that man so quotable.
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u/aRorschachTest 1d ago
I feel like Thanos quotes are more iconic. I donāt know, I never really liked MCU Ultron. Probably because I vividly remember EMH and Next Avengers Ultron which I found far more compelling
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u/Succulent_Rain 1d ago
I canāt remember a single quote from Ultron. I can remember almost all the memorable quotes from Thanos.
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u/Alexandratta 17h ago
Really?
"When the Earth starts to settle, God throws a stone at it. And believe me, He's winding up."
"As I always say, keep your friends rich, and your enemies rich, and then find out which is which"
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u/Unlucky_Loquat_8045 16h ago
Eh that second one is technically a Tony quote. I mean itās immediately met with āStark used to say that.ā
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u/Batnanman 15h ago
āCaptain America, Godās righteous man, pretending you could live without a warā
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u/Livid_Restaurant7848 12h ago edited 12h ago
Captain America, Gods Righterous Man, pretending you could live without war.
I had to kill the other guy, wouldn't have been my first call but down here in the real world we are faced with ugly choices.
I wanted to take this time to explain my evil plan.
etc.
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u/No_Criticism_2238 8h ago
You, Avengers, are my meteor, my swift and terrible sword and the earth with crack with the weight of your failure.ā
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u/QCSports2020 3h ago
Ok Internet please be nice but I really don't understand that first Ultron quote.
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u/Temporary_Term_7442 21h ago
I recommend you to watch Age of Ultron again and listen to the absolute banger of dialogues from him,bro speaks quotes for living
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u/trulymadlybigly 20h ago
āYouāre unbearably naiveā.
I say this to my kids a lot just for a LOL
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u/LavenderPig 19h ago
"When the Earth starts to settle, God throws a stone at it. And believe me, He's winding up."
Better villain than Thanos for because of his dialogue. I will die on this hill.
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u/Witty-Lawfulness2983 19h ago
I found a new way to say this - āI will kill on this hill.ā
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u/ProctologyExplosion 20h ago
James Spader could read the back of a shampoo bottle and make it sound hilariously sarcastic.
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u/Particular_Umpire_44 22h ago
āYou donāt have to break anythingā
āClearly, youāve never made an omeletteā
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u/bluAstrid 23h ago
"Captain America. God's righteous man, pretending you could live without a war."
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u/alvents 23h ago
i'm sorry i can't physically throw up in my mouth
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u/godspeed_humanity 21h ago
Stark: The vibranium is getting awayā¦ and youāre not going anywhere.
Ultron: Of course not. Iām already there. Youāll catch on.
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u/DemonicBrit1993 21h ago
Keep your enemies rich and your friends rich and wait to see which one is which
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u/No_Tart6728 Deadpool 21h ago
"When the dust settles, the only thing living in this world will be metal..."
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u/Vegetable_Fun_1059 1d ago
"There's no strings on me.now I'm free..."
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u/0oooooog 23h ago
That's a line from Pinocchio
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u/Vegetable_Fun_1059 23h ago
He said it as his first words in the MCU
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u/0oooooog 23h ago
Yes and it's a line from Pinocchio
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u/OkPear1535 22h ago
Okayyy? It's true but it's not really relevant
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u/0oooooog 20h ago
I'm just saying his best line isn't even his own line.
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u/No-Site8330 19h ago edited 19h ago
His first line was a quote. It's not a sign of unoriginality, rather an educated expression of awareness of both self and international culture. It's not like they were trying to hide an attempt of plagiarism, I'm pretty sure they even showed a shot from the Disney movie and played a snippet of the song. They actively wanted to make the reference clear.
EDIT: Fun fact, the line works even better in Italian, since that language uses the same word (fili) for both strings and wires.
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u/No-Site8330 19h ago
To be fair, the movies that Thanos featured in were way more successful and popular than Age of Ultron. It's easy for a great character in an otherwise mediocre movie to go relatively overlooked and forgotten. Not that I think the narrative around Ultron was great, but he did get some great lines and the acting was amazing.
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u/Livid_Restaurant7848 12h ago
I'm the opposite. Only quote I can think of is "I am inevitable". Meanwhile Ultron had some bangers.
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u/Left_Composer_6449 18h ago
Thanos easily, almost every single quote was memed on. But Ultron still had some amazing quotes.
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u/GhostRider092 14h ago
Makkelijk: Ultron, zonder enige twijfel.
(Thanos kraamde ook enkel onzin uit. "De helft van de bevolking moet dood/verdwijnen om de planeet te redden." ONZIN !)
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u/UncleMadness 22h ago
"I will not be blackmailed by some ineffectual, privileged, effete, soft-penised debutante. You wanna start a street fight with me, bring it on, but you're gonna be surprised by how ugly it gets. You don't even know my real name. I'm the fucking lizard king."
Ultron by a mile
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u/the_amazing_trobbio 1d ago
Iād say Ultron, especially because his motivation makes more sense. Movie Thanos says he wants peace through balance, so wiping out half of all life, but with the infinity stones, there could be so many other methods that would make more sense. In the comics, he kills to impress Death, which i prefer as a motivation. Ultron wants humanity gone and for a good readon. We are a problem to nature.
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u/SwimmingSecond2682 23h ago
Thanos spoke like a philosopher. He was amazing.
I wish we could get a story with Thanos in the future without the infinity gauntlet.
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u/Evil_Weevill Hawkeye 21h ago
Ultron doesn't have as many punchy quotable lines. But personally I think he has better overall lines and is a more interesting villain than Thanos.
MCU did him dirty a bit with the movie they put him in. By that metric, Thanos had the better movie, which is also part of why he's more quotable, but I think Ultron has better dialogue overall.
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u/pixiefyy 20h ago
What If Ultron is the one that actually lives in my head rent free
he aint just dropping villain lines hes doing cosmic philosophy while deleting whole realities
Thanos got the aura and the big wins but What If Ultron had that calm creepy voice making extinction sound like simple math
so for quotes ill take What If Ultron every time even if zombie Thanos was a cool ass visual
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u/No-Department1194 19h ago
Ultron. He was much more faithfully written to his comic counterpart (the quotes kinda fall flat with that).
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u/RhodProton 17h ago
I literally dont remmeber a single line of Ultron dialogue....or really anything from that movie other than the Mjolnir scene
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u/saxlax10 14h ago
James Spaders Voice as Ultron is so incredibly unnerving. I hope we get more of him after Vision Quest
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u/Internal_Gur_4268 13h ago
The only Ultron quotes I can remember are really corny ones. Thanos easy win. He was actually a good take on the character. They need a complete redo on Ultron.
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u/VallhallaChampion 12h ago
Thanos had better quotes by far. Itās stupid they turned Ultron into a meme factory. Thank god Whedon didnāt do Infinity War or Endgame.
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u/AdaptedEvoSupe 10h ago
Thanos because he has 2 movies instead of just 1. Vision quest might change that
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u/AtaraxiaGwen 9h ago
āBecause of you, I'll always know what a grown man with baby balls looks like.ā āThanos
āDubstepās for p*ssies.ā āThanos
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u/Simple_Leg725 8h ago
If ultron was in an infinity war type movie heād be heath ledger levels of aura
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u/arrownoir 7h ago
Ultron. Almost everything he says is quotable and still plays in my head years later.
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u/mehediofbd 6h ago
Thanos has dialogues. Hard, intense dialogues. But if you want quotes... Ultron.
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u/Stock_Letterhead1618 6h ago
Ultron for me. I really liked when he said "I had strings.. but now Im free" it just added a sort of chilling feel to it that made me want to watch more
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u/Silly_Commercial8092 1d ago edited 1d ago
Thanos has more iconic lines; we still use them for memes to this day don't we?
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u/DougTheBrownieHunter 21h ago
Thanos was the more prevalent villain so people remember his quotes more, but WOW people in this sub are sleeping on Ultronās quotes.
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u/ohbyerly 20h ago
People are actively quoting Ultron in this thread and I still think Thanosās lines goes harder
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u/OrangeCatMinion 1d ago
Thanos is trying to give you deep wisdom from a genocidal maniac with deep convictions in his beliefs to sway you to his side.
Ultron is using his superior intellect to remind you that no matter how hard you try, you will never be nearly the razor witted catty bitch he is and you will always walk away devastated (or not walk away at all because you're dead).
Ultron wins.
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u/Appropriate_Heat8504 23h ago edited 23h ago
Iāve never seen someone quote ultron. Thanos quotes are used all the time. Iād say Thanos wins
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u/Confident_Contest487 23h ago
Thanos has more aura. That's why we remember his quotes more than ultron. But ultron is a literal walking poem.
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u/highlandviper 22h ago
Thanos got his own movie. Ultron did not. Age of Ultron should have been Thanosā Infinity War.
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u/ImiqDuh 14h ago
Ultron didn't get his own movie? He's currently the only villain whose name is in the movie's title.
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u/highlandviper 14h ago
Sure. But what made Infinity War so good was that we followed Thanos throughout essentially. It was HIS movie because he was the protagonist and drove every bit of the narrative. Plenty of screen time. Plenty of time to understand his motivation. We didnāt get that with Ultron. We got āHuh, humans bad, must killāā¦ a common AI trope.
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u/emptinessmaykillme 21h ago
James spader is a walking poem. Thereās so much Red energy in Ultron and I was all for it
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u/Priiiimetime 20h ago
Yall are wild! I see Thanos quotes EVERY DAY. Yes itās unfair that Thanos had a whole movie (or two) but that wasnāt the question.
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u/AGayFrogParadise 19h ago
Why has Thanos been Trumpified? Looks like he's coated in a tacky layer of gold plating
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u/Wtf_doing21 Spiderman (Tobey Maguire) 1d ago
Ultron. Thanos is easily the best-written villain in all of the MCU, but Ultron is literally a walking poetry book.