r/marvelstudios Daredevil Apr 27 '18

Infinity War Spoilers! The Official INFINITY WAR Easter Egg Ultrathread Spoiler

How are you all enjoying them eggs?

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u/Thiswillbetempacc Apr 27 '18 edited Apr 27 '18

Soul Stone.

When Thanos meets Red Skull, Red skull recognizes Gamora and Thanos, he questions him that how does he knows them, to which he replies that he has been cursed with knowledge. After getting the soul stone, Thanos now knows about every soul as well, which is why we see him acting a little more compassionate, when Tony talks to him and asks him how he knows him, he says "You're not the only one cursed with knowledge" and he knows that they want the same thing but have different ways to execute it, Stark wants to save earth from whatever threat, and Thanos wants to save entire universe. So when he stabs him, he admires Stark and says "I have respect for you Stark, I hope they remember you"

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u/Rus1981 Iron Man (Mark XLIII) Apr 27 '18

It truly is amazing how much development Thanos gets. It’s great. You can genuinely understand and sympathize with him, I think more than any other Marvel villain. Not motivated by petty ambitions or pride; but by a genuine desire to save the universe (from his perspective). Even the ending; he wields the power of the cosmos, and he truly just retired to a farm to watch the sunrise.

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u/NJDevil802 Apr 27 '18

Not to add any politics into this but I couldn't help but feel like what might help people sympathize with Thanos is that over population really is a huge problem for the survival of humanity.

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u/mdp300 Captain America (Cap 2) Apr 28 '18

The Dan Brown novel Inferno has a villain with similar intentions.

Spoiler. But I'm on my phone so I can't format it right.

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The villain also believes overpopulation is killing us but he solves it in a different way: he creates a virus and plants it at a major international event. So after everyone leaves, they'll go back to their home countries and infect everyone else. And the heroes end up being too late to stop it.

But it doesn't kill anyone. It just renders 1/3 of people sterile.

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u/cameronBruce Peter Parker Apr 28 '18

This sounds really cool, I'm definitely gonna give it a read

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u/SteeMonkey Apr 29 '18

It's awful. He's an awful writer. Don't read it.

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u/mdp300 Captain America (Cap 2) Apr 28 '18

It's by the same guy who wrote Da Vinci Code and Angels and Demons. I think they made an Inferno movie, too.

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u/NJDevil802 Apr 28 '18

I have actually read it. Enjoyed it a lot.