Avengers: Infinity War (2018)

Kovaks · Mar 16, 2018

Hyped but just gonna say, since when has thanos' goal been to destroy half of anything he has always been about destroying all life in the universe

Xarpolis · Mar 16, 2018

Oh fuck, that looks great.

Was Voldemort torturing Dr. Strange?

Void · Mar 16, 2018

Kovaks said:
Hyped but just gonna say, since when has thanos' goal been to destroy half of anything he has always been about destroying all life in the universe

Are you sure? I can't Lyrical up some screenshots at a moments notice, but I'm pretty sure what he said in the trailer about finding a balance is exactly what he said in the comics too. And the legendary finger-snap that wiped out half of existence, of course.

Xarpolis · Mar 16, 2018

Qhue said:
My current theory:

Spoilers only for info in the trailer

So they state his goal is to wipe out half the universe and that half of humanity will still be left. He says of the half that will remain "I hope they will remember you".

What if the MCU we all know and love is actually after half has been wiped out and no one does remember the half that are missing? By the end of the second movie they will have restored / recovered from an initial loss to Thanos and the universe will be restored...

Closing shots show:

The underwater city of Atlantis.

The Baxter Building in Manhattan with a giant 4 on the top.

Flyover of a large brick mansion, the point of view rotates to look at a plaque on next to the big iron gate that reads "Xavier School for Gifted Youngsters"

Phase 4 begins with a fresh soft reboot.

I personally didn't see any of those things. But it would be very clever if that's what they did.

Kovaks · Mar 16, 2018

Void said:
Are you sure? I can't Lyrical up some screenshots at a moments notice, but I'm pretty sure what he said in the trailer about finding a balance is exactly what he said in the comics too. And the legendary finger-snap that wiped out half of existence, of course.

I don't know I'll have to go back and read the infinity books but in all the more recent comics it has been about total aniallation to please lady death. He'll in the most recent run he is almost there.

Fadaar · Mar 16, 2018

Xarpolis said:
I personally didn't see any of those things. But it would be very clever if that's what they did.

Well duh that stuff would happen at the end of the movie, definitely not something you show in trailers.

Drakain · Mar 16, 2018

Kovaks said:
I don't know I'll have to go back and read the infinity books but in all the more recent comics it has been about total aniallation to please lady death. He'll in the most recent run he is almost there.

If I remember, it was literally the first thing he did to impress Lady Death and become her equal in "Infinity Gauntlet." And by doing so he became more powerful than her, starting the whole not acknowledging him deal. There's been so many version of it though, and they said the movie is not going to be a copy of "Infinity Gauntlet." It's also ironically nothing like "Infinity War" comic with Adam Warlock and Magus.
It visually looks like "Infinity", but that story involves Thanos looking for his son on Earth who is with The Inhumans, and nothing to do with the Infinity Stones.

Drakain · Mar 16, 2018

Gunnar said:
Gotta say though, Cap matching strtength with Thanos triggered me...hopefully hes just toying with him.

It looked like Cap was using all his strength and Thanos was looking down on him like it was no big deal.

Void · Mar 16, 2018

Kovaks said:
I don't know I'll have to go back and read the infinity books but in all the more recent comics it has been about total aniallation to please lady death. He'll in the most recent run he is almost there.

Ah ok, yeah I haven't really read a comic other than Invincible and Y the Last Man in probably two decades. I'm pretty sure the Infinity Gauntlet storyline is the one where he destroys half of existence with the snap, in order to please her. I have no clue what they might have retconned that into or had further adventures with. I'll try to find some screenshots if I get a chance.

EDIT: Quicker than I expected.

Void · Mar 16, 2018

Later in the same book.

I still say that if they end the first movie with that scene, I will fill my pants with jizz right there.

Drakain · Mar 16, 2018

Hah, well done

Void I had forotten she wanted him to do it to start with. So he gathered the Stones to do it which made him her superior.

Merrith · Mar 16, 2018

That's how they should end the first movie for sure.

Miguex · Mar 16, 2018

For the record, its my understanding that they have modified the Thanos backstory significantly for this movie. It does not involve Lady Death, who they haven't even mentioned at this point anyways. But from what I heard 2 days ago, it sounds like they did a great job of making his backstory equally interesting.

Wombat · Mar 16, 2018

Xarpolis said:
I personally didn't see any of those things. But it would be very clever if that's what they did.

Well, the set shots from Avengers 4 are reportedly filled with people in old outfits.

Whether Thanos nukes the timeline, the heroes give up on beating him in the present and try to alter the past to do it, or it is some weird montage where Stark gets the gauntlet and tries to come up with a timeline with a happy ending, remains to be seen.

But I'm convinced the MU looks way different after Avengers 4. There's too many big names whose contracts are up and the fact that out of the numerous Marvel movies in the pipeline post-A4, only a handful have announced casts (Dr Strange 2, Black Panther 2, (some of) Guardians 3) means that all bets are of for who or what survives past A4. (Again, I'll be shocked if Cap makes it out of Infinity War alive.)

Lithose · Mar 16, 2018

Oh man, Spider Man and Strange, I'm geeking out! That was my favorite fucking comic arc and cartoon arc as a kid. If they have Madam Web and Beyonder as a mash up story for the next Strange/Spider man I'll lose it.

Kiroy · Mar 16, 2018

TIL voldemort is in the MCU

Lithose · Mar 16, 2018

Kiroy said:
TIL voldemort is in the MCU

lol, that's Ebony Maw. Essentially Thanos's strategist/trickster.

Kovaks · Mar 16, 2018

Void said:
Ah ok, yeah I haven't really read a comic other than Invincible and Y the Last Man in probably two decades. I'm pretty sure the Infinity Gauntlet storyline is the one where he destroys half of existence with the snap, in order to please her. I have no clue what they might have retconned that into or had further adventures with. I'll try to find some screenshots if I get a chance.

Nice find', also yes on Y the last man, one of my all time favorites, the ending hit me so hard in the feels

Malkav · Mar 16, 2018

Merrith said:
That's how they should end the first movie for sure.

Just imagine, movie ends with Thanos snapping his fingers...black screen....and then the credit rolls without music...and half the names in the credits start fading out. No after credit scene.

Merrith · Mar 16, 2018

Malkav said:
Just imagine, movie ends with Thanos snapping his fingers...black screen....and then the credit rolls without music...and half the names in the credits start fading out. No after credit scene.

Minds would be blown.

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