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Post by Starshine on May 1, 2018 23:51:33 GMT -5
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Post by Stone Cold Eleanor Shellstrop on May 2, 2018 0:01:13 GMT -5
This movie has a 'Lord of the Rings' eagles moment:
Why didn't Heimdall use the dark magic to simply teleport Thanos into a nearby sun?
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Post by The Summer of Muskrat XVII on May 2, 2018 0:08:05 GMT -5
F***. Apparently I’m dead
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Post by Big DSR Energy on May 2, 2018 0:11:43 GMT -5
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Post by Starshine on May 2, 2018 0:21:06 GMT -5
This movie has a 'Lord of the Rings' eagles moment: Why didn't Heimdall use the dark magic to simply teleport Thanos into a nearby sun? It's the same as wondering why Thanos didn't just permanently increase the amount of resources present in the universe. It just one of those movie things you have to shrug go with.
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Post by Stone Cold Eleanor Shellstrop on May 2, 2018 0:49:00 GMT -5
This movie has a 'Lord of the Rings' eagles moment: Why didn't Heimdall use the dark magic to simply teleport Thanos into a nearby sun? It's the same as wondering why Thanos didn't just permanently increase the amount of resources present in the universe. It just one of those movie things you have to shrug go with. I think the next movie could easily justify why Thanos didn't increase the amount of resources of the universe--simply turn to his obsession with death. Yes, Thanos *could* have chosen to increase the amount of reasons, but he didn't, because he *wanted* to kill have the universe, because he functions in the universe a hammer and every single death that occurs in the universe is a nail. The idea of adding bounty to the universe is simply inconceivable to him. That would be true to the character, but also an easy enough 'fix' to the inherent questions the Infinity Gauntlet, as an existing object in the MCU, invites when it functions as a story device. I liked Infinity War, but when I start to look at the film more closely, a lot of little things don't add up or don't work at all. For example, as the spaceship flies to Titan, Doctor Strange freaks out because Stark can't/won't take the ship back to Earth. Later on in the movie, Doctor Strange uses his sling ring (?) to create portals to move Starlord, Mantis, and Spider-Man around the battlefield. So if Doctor Strange had his sling ring on Titan, why couldn't he have used it on the spaceship when he wanted to go back to Earth? Yes, Iron Man talks Strange into the idea of taking the fight to Thanos, but it was contrived character stupidity that existed to push the narrative forward. It's just disappointing that there is a lot of contrivance in this movie in order to make the narrative function.
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Post by Starshine on May 2, 2018 1:01:38 GMT -5
It's the same as wondering why Thanos didn't just permanently increase the amount of resources present in the universe. It just one of those movie things you have to shrug go with. I think the next movie could easily justify why Thanos didn't increase the amount of resources of the universe--simply turn to his obsession with death. Yes, Thanos *could* have chosen to increase the amount of reasons, but he didn't, because he *wanted* to kill have the universe, because he functions in the universe a hammer and every single death that occurs in the universe is a nail. The idea of adding bounty to the universe is simply inconceivable to him. That would be true to the character, but also an easy enough 'fix' to the inherent questions the Infinity Gauntlet, as an existing object in the MCU, invites when it functions as a story device. I liked Infinity War, but when I start to look at the film more closely, a lot of little things don't add up or don't work at all. For example, as the spaceship flies to Titan, Doctor Strange freaks out because Stark can't/won't take the ship back to Earth. Later on in the movie, Doctor Strange uses his sling ring (?) to create portals to move Starlord, Mantis, and Spider-Man around the battlefield. So if Doctor Strange had his sling ring on Titan, why couldn't he have used it on the spaceship when he wanted to go back to Earth? Yes, Iron Man talks Strange into the idea of taking the fight to Thanos, but it was contrived character stupidity that existed to push the narrative forward. It's just disappointing that there is a lot of contrivance in this movie in order to make the narrative function. Yeah, I thought it was alright. I just don't hold these movies up to a lot of scrutiny because of what they are. I will say that I did like this version of Thanos a lot more than the nihilist, death lover in Infinity Gauntlet though. While that one felt like it was written by an angsty 13 year old about his 'most powerfullest and coolest bad guy who beats all the strongest good guys ever and only loses because of himself' fanfic, I appreciate that they made a concerted effort to give him a focused moral compass despite the fact he's still obviously psychopathic.
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Post by Jonathan Michaels on May 2, 2018 1:21:56 GMT -5
I’m still processing.
One thing, though.
On balance, there are several thing in this movie that make me hopeful that She Hulk is coming.
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Post by Ryushinku on May 2, 2018 3:17:38 GMT -5
Man, I wish, but She Hulk is a whole tangled up rights situation worse than Hulk, IIRC.
Good point made on the Super Best Friendcast podcast yesterday - GotG2 establishes, in what was then a pretty awesome way, that Quill reacts very quickly to emotional heartache. When Ego told him about his mother, it was blamblamblamblam within a second, no time wasted talking.
What happens in IW fits Quill's character to a tee, even if it can be frustrating to viewers.
Besides, hey, Strange could've stopped him if he wanted. If he wanted. *meaningful look*
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Post by The Summer of Muskrat XVII on May 2, 2018 6:49:48 GMT -5
It's the same as wondering why Thanos didn't just permanently increase the amount of resources present in the universe. It just one of those movie things you have to shrug go with. I think the next movie could easily justify why Thanos didn't increase the amount of resources of the universe--simply turn to his obsession with death. Yes, Thanos *could* have chosen to increase the amount of reasons, but he didn't, because he *wanted* to kill have the universe, because he functions in the universe a hammer and every single death that occurs in the universe is a nail. The idea of adding bounty to the universe is simply inconceivable to him. That would be true to the character, but also an easy enough 'fix' to the inherent questions the Infinity Gauntlet, as an existing object in the MCU, invites when it functions as a story device. That would also strip away everything people enjoyed about Thanos if the turned him in to “generic I like to kill” bad guy #19
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Post by the2ndevil on May 2, 2018 6:55:59 GMT -5
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Post by Feargus McReddit on May 2, 2018 7:16:41 GMT -5
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Post by Clash, Never a Meter Maid on May 2, 2018 7:32:15 GMT -5
God dammit. *pixels away*
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Post by Josh Spicer on May 2, 2018 7:40:45 GMT -5
Thor wasnt going to die at the end because Thanos had already killed off half of the asgardian.That is my take at least loved it overrall,love Thanos. Only disappointed no OG Avenger died and that random Red Skull appearence.Would be better if it was a Watcher. Nitpicks Here's the thing about the "half of the Asgardian". Drax died. And he was basically the last of his entire race. So I think at that point it wasn't "half of every race." I think Thanos graduated to "half of ALL life on the universe" or "half of ALL the population in the universe."
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Post by Josh Spicer on May 2, 2018 7:41:34 GMT -5
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Post by Rolent Tex on May 2, 2018 7:43:04 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on May 2, 2018 7:45:42 GMT -5
Warning: will murder your speakers/headphones. But goddamn. Again, ten years ago, I'd have never believed you if you told me this was a crowd's reaction to the Mighty Thor. While I get it, this is the shit that makes me wait until blu-ray
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Post by Dub H on May 2, 2018 8:41:32 GMT -5
So, what I get from this is like Goku coming in alive, with gotenks, and piccolo vs majin buy with a fully prepped spirit bomb and still failing. More along the lines of Freeza got the Dragon Balls before Goku and group could go all out.
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Post by mrtuesday on May 2, 2018 8:48:17 GMT -5
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Post by Savage Gambino on May 2, 2018 9:37:55 GMT -5
Thor wasnt going to die at the end because Thanos had already killed off half of the asgardian.That is my take at least loved it overrall,love Thanos. Only disappointed no OG Avenger died and that random Red Skull appearence.Would be better if it was a Watcher. Nitpicks Here's the thing about the "half of the Asgardian". Drax died. And he was basically the last of his entire race. So I think at that point it wasn't "half of every race." I think Thanos graduated to "half of ALL life on the universe" or "half of ALL the population in the universe." You see, I'm not even sure Drax is the last of his race anymore. Guardians of the Galaxy establishes Gamora as the last of HER kind as well, but in Infinity War, Thanos pats himself on the back for "saving" the Zen-Whoberis. Of course, Groot is called the last of his kind as well completely independent of Thanos's campaign. Who knows.
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