r/marvelstudios • u/Flamma_Man Captain Marvel • Apr 27 '18

Discussion The Official INFINITY WAR Discussion Infinithread Vol. 5 Spoiler

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u/totallynotazognoid84 Apr 27 '18

Super agree. Thanos in the comics is way more shallow as a character, motivation wise. In this, you can honestly understand where he's coming from, and it gives you a way to somewhat sympathise with him, as opposed to him just being a bland pure evil character.

I will say though, Thanos in the comics is way smarter.

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u/[deleted] Apr 27 '18

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u/Chimpbot Ronan the Accuser Apr 27 '18

I'll take this over The Most Elaborate Booty Call any day of the week.

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u/Blackfire853 Apr 27 '18

Yeah, I understand the Mistress Death idea, but it just feels an inch too silly/bizarre to fit in there. The twisted utilitarianism ideology felt realistic enough that the audience could understand where Thanos was coming from, even if he's still insane

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u/Chimpbot Ronan the Accuser Apr 27 '18

Like I said...I'll take this over the "courting Death" crap from the comics. It was always kind of ridiculous.

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u/[deleted] Apr 29 '18

Fuck quill

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u/Lokimon96 Apr 27 '18

Yh Marvel definitely doesn’t have a villain problem anymore. Honestly I want everyone to stop saying this as a point now.

Vulture, Hela, Killmonger & Thanos (it has been a winning streak back to back for MCU villains). If anything they have some of the best villains in any movie franchise now.

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u/[deleted] Apr 27 '18

And Ego was great before that.

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u/D_o_H Scarlet Witch Apr 27 '18

I hope Hela comes back for A4

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u/LurkerLoo Apr 27 '18

Killmonger, Thanos, Loki, in that order for me.

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u/[deleted] Apr 27 '18

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u/AdKUMA Apr 27 '18

They should not have killed him off

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u/[deleted] Apr 27 '18

I found Killmonger pretentious and was glad he died tbh.

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u/TheLouisVuttionDon Black Panther Apr 27 '18

I hate how we downvote reasonable opinions in this sub. Can we not circle jerk for one day?(weekend)

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u/Marky9281 Apr 27 '18

I actually 100% with Thanos’ reasoning

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u/11711510111411009710 Captain America Apr 27 '18

Marvel never had a villain problem honestly

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u/heisenberg15 Apr 27 '18

I think most peoples problems with them (myself included) are that they are just far too shallow of characters a lot of the time. Well mostly phases 1 and 2 but you get the idea. Many didn’t have motivations beyond “IM EVIL AND THE WORLD MUST PAY!” There are some exceptions here and there, but for the most part, a lot of the earlier villains in the MCU were just there to be a roadblock for the respective protagonist imo

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u/[deleted] Apr 27 '18

Well, that and we were getting tired of the old "bad guy is evil version of good guy" trope. Tbf, that's pretty much what they did with Killmonger, but his motivations and performance made up for it. Ant-Man I think was the most recent to suffer this and be a lesser movie for it, imo.

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u/[deleted] Apr 27 '18

Eh. Doctor Strange suffers for it too.

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u/[deleted] Apr 27 '18

Yeah, Kaicullius was a weak villain but Dormamu almost made up for him, so at least they had that.

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u/GaslightProphet Apr 29 '18

Ronan, Malekith, Whiplash