the saddest part is that jeremy renner was actually a very good casting choice, he’s extremely fun in that exhausted and grumpy manner, and he’s so fit for blockbusters? idk idk it’s just such a pity it never clicked

Fun Fact: For the Hawkeye show, Jeremy Renner and Hailee Steinfeld both learned American Sign Language to welcome Alaqua Cox to the set

Age of Ultron is my favorite Avengers movie because it makes Clint a fun 3-dimensional character, and makes the Avengers seem more like a family than a team...

Hawkeye is one of my MCU favorites. He's not flashy or goofy or loudmouthed like some other characters, but he does his business, has some funny quips, and some pretty cool scenes tbh. I feel like he's the guy who isn't looking for recognition, but he's the one everyone can relate to and root for.

Honestly, I think Clint might be my favourite of the Avengers. Sure, he never got his own movie and he's constantly overshadowed by his teammates, but there's real value in having a member of a team of superheroes whose just an ordinary guy, albeit very skilled. His more grounded experiences compared to everyone else were often a breath of fresh air, and since he was the only one of them to have a family (that we know of), it made him being in dangerous situations all that more unnerving for us because we know who he might be leaving behind if things went wrong 😟

People sleep on him imo, the family scenes in Age of Ultron sold him for me

I actually really love Hawkeye. And especially Renner. The show was one of my favorite Disney+ shows so far and I think Renner brings that grouchy old man that secretly really cares schtick that works really well.

Gotta be honest, Hawkeye is one of the few MCU characters that retained a good amount of the character he had in the books. He is extremely aware that he isn't the most powerful and he just has to do his best. The Hawkeye show was easily the best of the Disney + shows in my mind. But a wider audience has gotten used to everything being cataclysmic. He isn't going to fight on the moon or make out with his alternate version or something. He's just a guy who's very good at something. It isn't supposed to be bombastic and those stories tend to get overlooked even when they can be some of the best ones.

This is why I loved him in EMH, he was witty and had a great sense of humor. They actually gave him a personality, whenever he appeared I remember always chuckling at his quips. We need this hawkeye back

Hawkeye is very loved because he's so mistreated. Fans want to see him do good, and I credit that to Renner making us love what little he was given. The show had so much potential: to be a low stakes Christmas story, show us who Clint is, give us his origins, and introduce Kate while not taking away from Clint. But the writers were really bent on bringing her in and making her important. Clint serves as a push for her story, not the other way around like in the book it's based on. The simple swap of the big car scene shows it, she's making the shots and he drives. In the book, he solves it and she helps. It's shame, the deleted scenes add so much depth and personality to Clint. You see him as a kid and how his origins are so unique compared to the other heroes.

Hawkeye was my favorite MCU show but that is mainly because he is also my favorite MCU character.

I've always liked normal dudes that are super skillful, so I like Hawkeye

I like that he tells Wanda what it it means to be an Avenger.

I actually really enjoyed the Hawkeye series. I liked seeing that aspect of a basic human dealing with the fall out of their super human excursions. The pain, the hearing issues, juggling family with obligation etc. It deepened his character for me and made him instantly one of the most relatable Avengers. I liked how the fact he was a father tied in with him taking Kate Bishop under his wing. It worked much better for me than when they used Tony Stark having a daughter as a way to delay him back to the fight. While we'd had depth to Tony's issues with his father, there'd been little to tie that to him wanting to be a better father himself. For me the costume isn't really here-nor-there, but then while I dabbled a little, I'm not a big fan from the comic days. I do think there is more that could be done with the character, and I'd love to see a Hawkeye movie some day. If set in the past, it could be a good way to bring back Black Widow as well, exploring more of their history as agents as well as Barton himself. Alternatively, if set in present day, you could also get mileage out of doing something between Barton and Yelena as I think his fatherly, protective instincts would come in there as well given the connection with Black Window. Whatever way they do it, I do hope we get more of the character and he's not just immediately replaced by Kate (though I am excited for her story also).

T'challa's "I don't care" in Civil War was brutally savage

I think you should have titled this video " why you don't care about Hawkeye" casue I thought he was a loved character

Hawkeye was actually my favourite mcu show. And he has since become one of my favourite characters.

I think MCU's Hawkeye gets a lot of undeserved crap. There's a lot a missed potential to make him as great as his comic version, but he has shown to be the best marksman in the MCU, an excellent fighter, caring especially towards his family, Natasha, Wanda and Kate. He's far more useful than people care to admit. He wasn't in Infinity War and the Avengers lost the fight. And he has gotten some character development throughout the films and show. But I do think they should've took some pages out of Arrow's book for developing Clint. And let him have a cool costume

I really love this show! I thought the character was finally given the credit and spotlight he deserves. Renner was, and always has been, great in the role.

Maybe people will appreciate him more now that he's in the ICU???

The thing is . He is a favorite.

If only the production teams give more chances for hawkeye to do some cool tricks with his arrow skill instead of CQC with his bow, I think that would be dope.

I don't get all this hate for Hawkeye. He's great. I like every scene he is in.

Out of all the shows that Marvel has released , Hawkeye was my favorite. Different and grounded and has my type of humor. I love Hawkeyes personality.

He was really good as a supporting character but his show was meh. Jeremy Renner plays the character so well tho.

Jermy Rener once did a song parody where he sings about how he is also an Avenger. It is quite funny and touching

Aged like milk

For me that classic Hawkeye costume is good in the comic, but I feel like it's a lot like the classic Captain America costume they used in the first Avengers movie: I don't think it would translate to screen really well.

I really enjoyed his show

Loki's character development was the only thread I actually enjoyed out of the new Disney+ shows. He finally learned to accept his own flaws and the reality that he has no direction in life, kill his ego by accepting the pain of the people around him that he's affected, and learned to love himself for the first time in his life which in turn unlocks his ability to love others. Plus, it gave us one of the greatest supervillains the MCU has and will ever see. I loved every bit of it, felt like I was watching Legion all over again.

There's tons of Hawkeye fans. And like 9/10 love Renner and as Hawkeye. We want more

My favorite Hawkeye moment is still Jeremy Renner singing “Maybe I’m as Super as They Are” on Jimmy Fallon. I would have absolutely watched a show that felt like that. It was focused on him and how he proves his value among a horde of heroes while laughing at the gap between him and the others in a self-aware manner.

For years many do want more of Clint in the MCU. Watch that fantastic Ronin Japan fight scene in Avengers Endgame, there is so much more of Clint's story waiting to be told between Infinity War and Endgame for Hawkeye. There should have been an Agent Clint Barton movie, a Hawkeye movie, and a Ronin movie and they failed to leave out so much more of his past in the Hawkeye show. And they also had their chance to make a show better than Arrow season 1 and 2.

Hawkeye was a really good show tbf haha. I get why other than that there's not really a big deal made about him but I think he's cool in the endgame samurai bit and the one where he calls out the fact that nothing makes sense. Don't think he's a great character like but you know. He's not horrible!

Hawkeye is my absolute favorite superhero and I remember being so excited to see him on screen when reading the Fraction and Aja series in high school. It's really nice to see someone pointing out the feelings I've been trying to explain to anyone who would listen for literal years. Sometimes it feels like the MCU is just throwing in the same argument everyone gives when I say he's my favorite: "he just has a bow and arrow, what's he supposed to do?"

This hasn't aged well

Maybe a hot take but I actually really enjoyed Hawkeye and it might be my favorite of the Disney plus shows

For most of the franchise, we were just told to like Hawkeye without actually seeing why. He was essentially an action figure through most of the films. On top of that, they never really found ways to integrate him into a team full of gods & monsters. He's just a dude with a bow who's an easy target for jokes about how he's just a dude with a bow. What little character they gave him was phoned in and his show was too little too late. It has nothing to do with Renner and everything to do the studio not knowing what to do with him.

I think the reason I love Hawkeye is because Captain America is my favorite. A grounded , skilled character with morals and a personality. Hawkeye’s humor is my type of humor.

Hawkeye was an excellent show, and Jeremy and Hailee have excellent chemistry. But before all that, and despite Renee’s displeasure for the mind-control intro he received, making him a remorseless killing machine was a great introduction to his superhuman abilities to stand him up against his future partners, before then giving him a pretty satisfying arc over the next handful of movies and his show. Clint was the one Avenger I absolutely didn’t want anything bad to happen to.

Marvel completely wasted the characters of Hulk, Hawkeye and Natasha.

anyone else remeber unanimously headcanonised clint and natasha solo film budapest? 😢 those were the days

I think Hawkeye’s show is among the best of the marvel shows and really made Clint one of my favorite avengers

haven’t watched the video yet. i but i literally watched rewatched Hawkeye last night and still holds up as one of the best Disney+ shows for me. great christmas adventure too

I think he's my favourite avenger

Hawkeye has always been my favorite comic book character. I started collecting comics when West Coast Avengers was first published (so obviously i am some sort of expert. hahaha). In my opinion, the MCU has always gotten Hawkeye wrong. They always portrayed him as a stoic soldier/spy/whatever, but the thing that always made Hawkeye so great in the comics, was his cocky and wisecracking confidence. Also he was a major hot-head for most of his early appearances. This made him was someone to step up and call out the "leaders" on the Avengers...thinking incorrectly... that he should be leading the team. Eventually he learned what true leadership was and was put in charge of the West Coast team (for better or worse). To me *that* should have been his arc. Having a young, wise cracking know it all, eventually learn to be a leader among gods and heros. Also, to see a cocky joking character go to the dark side after the SNAP would have been more shocking. But instead he started out as a stoic soldier, and then when things got bad...he became a murdering stoic soldier. Last thing and i will get off my rant...as much as i have grown to like Jeremy Renner as Hawkeye, i don't think he was ever the best choice for the part. My fan casting...stay with me here... would have been Sean William Scott.... yes i said it... Stiffler as Hawkeye. (Only my opinion please be kind youtube hahaha)

Renner and Johansson hold the best scene in the whole MCU filmography when they are fighting each other on who will sacrifice themselves. It’s the most emotional and well acted scene IMO

After the accident, we do now…

Maybe I'm biased, but I remember Hawkeye show more for the Polish tracksuit mafia guy more than the titular character. We kidnapped you, rozumiesz? You're our hostage now, rozumiesz to?

I loved him in Age of Ultron, Endgame and Hawkeye. Both Hawkeye and Black Widow should've gotten movies before phase 4

I first heard of hawkeye in the sega mega drive (genesis), Captain America and the avengers walk along beatemup and partial shooter game which I played back in the nineties. In that game, Captain America's shield acted like a boomerang, Iron man had laser blasts and the highest health, Vision had lasers like Iron man but was a little faster and less well armoured, but could do flying kicks across the screen, and Hawkeye had the lowest health, the weakest weapon, and a slide attack that was supposed to dodge projectiles, but usually just ended up getting him hit a lot. guess which character I played the least :D.

It feels like all of the Hawkeye character development (grieving his family and becoming the Ronin, then later learning to accept Black Widow's death) all happens off-screen. without seeing the moments that make him who he is, how are we supposed to care about him? Also even though he doesn't have powers like most of the others it often looks like he doesn't even need to put effort into what he does, making him look "cool" but making him less relatable

magic of written story being lost because the people adapting it just don't get it and the "creative cowardice of not respecting characters." now where have i heard that before...

The way they transformed Wanda from twin in the end credits, into side character, into a tv series in WandaVision, and then into a villian... is the type of development we need for Hawkeye

I think that the MCU screwed itself with Infinity War and Endgame back to back. I think that if the let the five year gap play out in real time they could’ve made movies and shows dealing with the loss of half of all people and focus on lesser known characters with new heroes stepping up to the plate and then after five years they should’ve done Endgame. Now everything is half-assed

Hawkeye is my guy. And the show was also lit.

Hawkeye: gets mind controlled, becomes an avenger with literally just a bow, watches his best friend kill herself for him, loses his entire family, becomes a literal ninja, his family comes back, all of the hawkeye show, his dead best friends sister tries to kill him, etc. This guy: no development here

I have a feeling people are going to be caring a whole lot more now! Lol

Clint was my favorite MCU Avenger and Renner is probably the strongest actor in that lineup as well (him or SJo).

I feel like the way Hawkeye has been written in the MCU, stuff happens around him and to him, but he has very little agency and does very little to progress the story himself. The series did a little better job at that, but it seemed largely to elevate Bishop and to give him something of an exit - too little too late

Unfortunately Disney was more concerned about introducing Kate Bishop, than they were with telling a story about Jeremy Renner’s Hawkeye The comic book series is the only reason this Live-action TV show actually worked. The best parts of the show was from the comic books and the only reason I actually watched this show. It’s a shame that Disney ruined another good character

Lol what?! Speak for yourself because I MASSIVELY care about Hawkeye entirely as I absolutely ADORED him with his Christmas Special show last year. That was INCREDIBLE Christmas special for the character of Hawkeye and Kate Bishop (except for how they handled kingpin, that could have been done ALOT better and differently) working a a great tribute revival interest towards the character, something that you’re not getting here when you made such ridiculous claim statement that “we don’t care about Hawkeye anymore” lol Most other people do. It’s unbelievable how negative this channel has been being lately towards the MCU and other media lately like this. I get the MCU isn’t perfect and has its faults at times but Hawkeye isn’t one of them. This channel, man. Jeez, it’s like their riding the thread of being negative brings in more views just for the sake of it.

I loved the Hawkeye show yes I understand the complaints that Kate Bishop took more of the spotlight but it does make sense. Like Hawkeye is an aging dude, he doesn’t want to be in the fight anymore and just wants to be with his fam. I think the show gives him a great arc and explores a lot of how he dealt with the ronin stuff

Hawkeye is my favorite marvel character, hopefully he gets some good content in the future

There's always cosplayers of him at Comic Cons. I am grateful Hawkeye got to shine in Endgame and AoU. For more him, all they need to do is focus more in the character than anything else, make a Hawkeye / Ronin movie in the style of John Wick, Ninja Assassin, Logan, and Mission: Impossible. Yes, rated R like Blade. And the budget doesn't need to be huge like the 2016 Deadpool movie. There is so much more to do with the unappreciated Hawkeye character.

Yeah, this video puts it well. I think he could work as anchor for the avengers, someone who grounds the game, so that it doesn't just turn into abstract art.

He never could compete with godlike super powers. So, though excellent at his skillset, he could not help but be relegated to the background among those who did. And then, he was kind of the last survivor standing. Everyone else dead or missing in outer space, other dimensions,etc. it did not help he went legit insane after the snap over the loss of his family. And never really addressed the trauma of that. Even when everyone was restored. And they made him deaf to add insult to injury. And replaced him with a precocious young thang. It’s understandable if the character has lost his mojo at this point.

We should have gotten a Black Widow movie to show their origins as a duo. Would have made the both of them much more well-rounded

I think his weapon is actually very tactical, since you can't attach string to a bullet and have it stick into a target unless you use darts, which are rarely more powerful than a nerf gun, or an explosive in a bullet without it exploding

Clint has been the most relatable character, and my most favorite part of the MCU. I think after the D+ Hawkeye series, he deserves a break with his family while Kate Bishop carries the mantle.

Avengers 2 made him one of my favourites and I loved his Disney plus show.

I would love to see hawkeye be a mentor figure to the next gen avengers. he has the training, the experience, and the wisdom to pull it off.

As a big fan of fraction’s writing and specifically Aja and Fractions’s hawkeye, I was so pumped for this show, but I was ultimately bummed out. I liked the little references and there were some scenes that came straight out of the book, but whatever I guess.

7:14 right here is the key statement. The show was about making us like the new character using the established character as someone to move the plot

Clint is one of my favourites, I always wish we got to see him more

They were too afraid to make a modern rendition of his comicbook costume. Thet could've easily made a similar looking outfit to Owlman, but they just made him a two-in-one spy bundle with Black Widow. 😂

I actually really like the MCU HawkEye! There are some heart felt performances like when Clint Discoverers that the family has been blipped… that was moving.

@Nerdstalgic I have a great idea for your next video if you have not done it already is over review/history, lesson of Superman: Year One Novel by Frank Miller and John Romita Jr. and will James Gunn, and Peter saffron turn this graphic novel into their vision of a superman movie?

What you're talking about? Hawkeye is my favorite avenger since Age of Ultron. I think he's one of, if not the most compelling character in the MCU!

Fun experiment could be: Who else would ya have cast for this character and to what extent if any might it serve the cause?

Hawkeye is my favorite. I love AoU because of Clint. He isn't flashy, he doesn't have superpowers, and yet, he is one of the best heroes because of those things. He is just a regular guy doing his best and will never back down even when the odds are overwhelming.

Maybe YOU didn’t care about him. I’ve always like Hawkeye

Uhm “we”?!?! Don’t include me in this, he has been my favorite for YEARS!!!!

Well, for those who know, now we care about Jeremy... 😓

Clint has always been as popular in the MCU as he was in the comics before Fraction's run. Make of that what you will. *shrug* Also the best Hawkeye story, My Life As A Weapon, ends with him not having his traditional Hawkeye costume but the one in the show... so it doesn't seem disrespectful to ignore his really badly-designed costume with the goofy mask...

In 2023 I'd rather see a Hawkeye flick with Renner than any other Avenger (okay, maybe Hulk, but only in Planet Hulk). He's easily the best actor of the lot, tied with Downey Jr., and seeing a character get by largely on his wits is absorbing, to say the least. I don't need the world to be at stake to enjoy a superhero movie, just intelligence at work, good writing and good acting. Cheers,

Thank you for showing ARROW some love! 🏹

Clint has been my favourite since day one 🏹 💜

my favorite marvel scene is that scene when hawkk talk to wanda on age of ultron about the flying city and he has a bow and arrow

I loved Hawkeye in everything but his show. I think Hawkeye would’ve worked better if his series had come before the first avengers movie. But with all the spectacle that literally every other mcu property has had… i couldn’t make it past episode 2 especially because kate bishop seemed to be the primary focus of those first two episodes and based on what I’ve seen in the comments section, he’s essentially used as a prop for kate bishop instead of standing on his own as a character.

It's okay that we didn't get to see a ton of Hawkeye in the MCU, it's fine that there are Avengers characters that are in the supporting character role. The writers gave Clint some great moments, the Hawkeye TV show was pretty good. The one thing I would change retrospectively is that there should have been a Black Widow movie prior to Infinity War, it should have been a spy-thriller-action flick centred on Black Widow, Hawkeye, and ... I don't know, some other lower tier hero.

The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes' Clit was what I envision MCU Hawkeye to be. We got a series with his name, but very little of him in it, a real shame I liked the actor since I first saw him in MD House. And the character was always the odd man one, which we all can sympathise with. Such a shame that they haven't fleshed him out properly. Can't ask much more out of the M-She-U.

Jeremy Renner is an amazing actor since Hurt Locker, in the mcu his as realistic as it gets. And Hailee is gorgeous

HE NEEDED an origin story start in the MCU.

i loved hawkeye, it was a really good street level marvel story

just because you dont, doesnt mean NO ONE does. hes fucking awesome!

I used to enjoy Hawkeye until my best friend basically shoved him down my throat. Like I get it, he’s the best avenger, and it dominated our entire friendship. I can honestly say Hawkeye has a dedicated fan base, and Renner is a god in her eyes

ngl I love Renner's Hawkeye. The show was one of my favorite MCU things post-Endgame. A lot of the assumptions made in this video had me like "Says who?".

I didn't/don't care about hawkeye because there's nothing he brings to the table that someone else can't do better. Spycraft? Tony can literally hack into anything or make stealth drones. Precision? Tony again, that power source allows for variable output. Intimidation? The giant, unkillable rage demon can probably scare information out of people. Leadership? Captain fuckmothering America is right there, with tactics honed in war. Like, at the end of the day, he and Black Widow are better at desks, parsing through documents and information stolen by Tony/Bruce/Steve. They're baseline humans. They probably got some kind of super-cancer from inhaling all that dust from the buildings during the NY invasion. And would've been shredded by shrapnel. My favorite Clint moment was when he was emotionally destroyed by his family getting dusted. It was hilarious to see him destroyed like that.

Me, whose favorite Avenger is Hawkeye 😢