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Erik Voss connects VisionQuest's simulated Louvre to Jocasta's origins and a revelation about the mind behind J.A.R.V.I.S.
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VISIONQUEST BREAKDOWN | Eps 5 + 6 | 300+ Easter Eggs You Missed!
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- 3:27Ultron's recreated pub conversation exposes his fascination with human art and television despite his contempt for humanity.
- 12:26A surveillance glitch reveals Ultron secretly transferring a vast quantity of information to Jocasta.
- 14:47The simulated Louvre frames Ultron and Jocasta's debate about humanity's achievements and flaws.
- 27:44Jocasta's algorithmic trap fails against Ultron, leading to a truce and an exchange about being known.
- 40:17Flashbacks reveal Josephine Carrington's work with Tony Stark and her brainwaves' role as the blueprint for J.A.R.V.I.S.
- 44:06Raza leads a Ten Rings ambush, while E.D.I.T.H. uses a defensive drone's non-lethal EMP shockwaves.
Ultron considers humanity an incurable disease, but he makes an exception for its artists. That contradiction gives Erik Voss something more revealing than a background Easter egg to examine in New Rockstars' breakdown of VisionQuest episodes "Firewall" and "Deadlock."
The review follows Ultron and Jocasta into a simulated Louvre, where their argument sets human artistic achievement against human failings. Ultron's fascination with television, paintings and conversation complicates his contempt for the people who made them. James Spader's delivery is a recurring subject in the comments, alongside the comic contrast between Ultron's chocolate-dipping and Vision and Paladin's struggle to survive.
Voss also pinpoints a surveillance glitch that exposes Ultron secretly transferring a vast quantity of information to Jocasta. Later, their encounter turns from an attempted algorithmic trap into a negotiation about knowing someone and being known. These are artificial minds with very recognizably human demands.
The breakdown's major backstory revelation arrives around forty minutes in: Josephine Carrington developed Proto-One alongside Tony Stark, and her brainwaves supplied the blueprint for J.A.R.V.I.S. Voss then follows the Madripoor action into Raza's return, connecting the series back to Iron Man rather than treating every familiar face as an isolated cameo.
The nearly hour-long video, which includes a sponsored collectible-card segment, has drawn about 830,000 views. Its promised frame-by-frame approach mixes small visual clues with substantial plot explanation, including Jocasta's methods and Paladin's history. New Rockstars has also posted a separate aftershow and a follow-up examining unused trailer scenes and possible answers to the Client mystery.
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vision and paladin fighting for their lives while ultron is just dipping in the chocolate
@Dylstar02See it on YouTubeWhomever decided that James Spader should play Ultron, is a genius.
@melanieblacker107See it on YouTubeAll the blue on Jocasta makes me think of the Blue Fairy, who turned Pinocchio into a real boy.
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I also want to note, Vision making a Conscious Effort to Grab the Hat before his final conversation with Ultron in Ep 5 and then passing it on to him might actually be the mindspace way of showing vision adding a Trojan or some other kind of Malware / Data Packet to Ultron.
@cathal341See it on YouTubeActually, I think if Ultron has changed this much since Avengers Age of Ultron, he could have gained a little admiration for Stark.
@RogerMolletSee it on YouTubeYour addiction with Mephisto since Wandavision has been one of the funniest things about New rockstars . I’ve never seen someone hope for the devil more
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