Avengers: Infinity War (2018) - *** WARNING: SPOILERS ***

TriedandTested said:
Two things: can we stick to discussion/spoilers of this movie and not include the the comics and what's coming. Not cool. Not all of us of love the movies also read the comics.

Also: https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-...poiler-ending-thanos-marvel-mcu-a8332051.html oopsy.
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I have to question how daft you have to be to say that in an interview where they will likely be fishing for info, wasn't like a quick response he obviously thought about it and still stuck his foot in his mouth. He partially says half then says everybody. And typically the interviewers jizzed themselves at the thought of this being big news so went ahead and reported it.
 
TriedandTested said:
Two things: can we stick to discussion/spoilers of this movie and not include the the comics and what's coming. Not cool. Not all of us of love the movies also read the comics.

Also: https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-...poiler-ending-thanos-marvel-mcu-a8332051.html oopsy.
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I wouldn't really call that a spoiler. I would only class that as a "sort of" spoiler.

1. For anyone who doesn't know anything about Thanos and the Infinity Gauntlet. Sure, they could be spoiled about what happens.
2. Anyone with passing knowledge of the Inifnity Gauntlet and what Thanos did in the comics, couldn't honestly expect everyone to be alive at the end of Thanos obtaining the Infinity Gauntlet as he did here. So what Mark said there was more of a confirmation of what everyone guessed already
3. If they really were not suppoed to air that, I'm fairly certain that an aide would have stepped in and had an alteration done to the segment. Since there wasn't, I doubt it was something that was not allowed. I'm guessing this is because there might have been a mentality that anyone stepping into the Thanos and the Infinity Gauntlet, would have a look in from the comics. So it was more of a nod to those people. And those entirely new would have had a hard time avoiding such info, so I think they were just hedging bets on who to "bring in". Since I don't think it was possible to keep it hidden from both sides of the audience.
 
I know they won't do it, but it would be awesome imo if A4 picked up something like a year later, to give us an idea of how it has affected everything, then we get all the remaining heroes meeting up for an attack on Thanos.

Also a thought. Did the Gauntlet get kind of destroyed/melted at the end? Remaining heroes against Thanos that can only use one of the stones(the point of the gauntlet was it was the only way to use them all wasn't it?) would be a bit fairer!
 
Pighardia said:
Did the Gauntlet get kind of destroyed/melted at the end?
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No one knows for certain at the moment. Except maybe for those whom are writing/written the script.

It's not explicity stated in the movie, and from what I remember, nothing in the comics have shown something similar. So it's anyones guess at the moment what happened there.
 
Meddling-Monk said:
I wouldn't really call that a spoiler. I would only class that as a "sort of" spoiler.

1. For anyone who doesn't know anything about Thanos and the Infinity Gauntlet. Sure, they could be spoiled about what happens.
2. Anyone with passing knowledge of the Inifnity Gauntlet and what Thanos did in the comics, couldn't honestly expect everyone to be alive at the end of Thanos obtaining the Infinity Gauntlet as he did here. So what Mark said there was more of a confirmation of what everyone guessed already
3. If they really were not suppoed to air that, I'm fairly certain that an aide would have stepped in and had an alteration done to the segment. Since there wasn't, I doubt it was something that was not allowed. I'm guessing this is because there might have been a mentality that anyone stepping into the Thanos and the Infinity Gauntlet, would have a look in from the comics. So it was more of a nod to those people. And those entirely new would have had a hard time avoiding such info, so I think they were just hedging bets on who to "bring in". Since I don't think it was possible to keep it hidden from both sides of the audience.
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At no time was he shown in any trailer as having all five stones. The most I think was three, shown when he had two and placed another in the gauntlet.
 
@MissChief

Thor Ragnarok trailers, showed Thor with both eyes. Then we had a different Thor in the film.

The point I'm getting at is: They're in a situation where it's impossible to "surprise" a side of people with things. So I think what they did was more an assurance to Comic people that "it's happening". Since they know it will garner hype among them at the very least who will help hype it up for others to go. And change the "guessing" to something fans and moviegoers can't predict:

The mystery, instead of "will they do it"
(Kill everyone, not really, nearly everyone per Mark's wording)
, now became
"Who will it happen to?"
.

This way, everyone is surprised, I certainly was, and I come from a comic background. Since I didn't know who will get hit. But I knew someone WILL be hit. Hence, why I think it was actually to the benefit of the film, and not a detriment.
 
Well it's been interesting reading the various viewpoints from other people about what happened and what they think might happen. It certainly made me reconsider parts of the movie. I must watch it again with new eyes :)
 
I went to see this yesterday while my motorbike was being serviced. I've seen all of the previous films except for Black Panther, which did prove to be a bit of an error on my part, seeing as Wakanda was so prominent in the story. Oh well.

I've read through both this thread and the other and I am more of a 'casual' fan of the Marvel films than many, with no real knowledge of the comics. I've read a couple of Batman (DC, I know...) graphic novels to see if it might appeal but... Not so much.

Anyway, for such a long film, I was gripped. There are critically acclaimed films that I've not tried watching due to 2hr+ runtime as I get fidgety, even if otherwise enjoying the film.

My biggest interest is in Thanos, as I consider the character, his motives and his aims very interesting from a philosophical point of view. He is not a pure 'bad guy', existing in an area of some moral ambiguity on a universal scale. His aim to painlessly remove half the universe's population, picked at random, in order to preserve it is interesting when considered against humanity's insistence on destroying its own host for depleting resources (in real life).

That said, he was not beyond enjoying torturing others, straightforward genocide and murdering his 'daughter', obsessed with his goal at any cost... so he's still very much on the darker side of the spectrum. A necessary evil perhaps?

(For what it's worth, regarding destructive humanity, I'm more hypocrite than I am eco-warrior so not here to preach).
 
Re some of the discussions over the last few pages: anything involving time-travel is basically doomed to be full of plot-holes if you start asking 'what if they'd just...' so it's just one of those things where whoever has the Time Stone... you have to just switch your brain off somewhat.
 
Loved it to bits.

I think if your someone who actively admires the craft of good, competent filmmaking then it's impossible not to admire it. What they managed to achieve with the original alone was something special, but keeping all these characters concisely threaded together through a narrative that's not only compelling but (almost) entirely original is INSANE. The pacing was completely on point, the direction superb and the screenplay... well, give Markus and McFeely every award we have.

Thought Thanos was easily the most compelling villain in the roster so far. His certainty and conviction in his supposed purpose was genuinely scary.
 
DrToffnar said:
Thought Thanos was easily the most compelling villain in the roster so far. His certainty and conviction in his supposed purpose was genuinely scary.
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What about that guy from Civil War that everyone seems to go on about...you know, he had that brilliant plan to erm, you know, the one that made total sense!:p

I might go and see it again today.
 
You knew Thanos was badass when he straight up boxed the Hulk into submission. My favourite bit of the movie and it was the first few minutes :D
 
Daftbrown said:
My biggest interest is in Thanos, as I consider the character, his motives and his aims very interesting from a philosophical point of view. He is not a pure 'bad guy', existing in an area of some moral ambiguity on a universal scale. His aim to painlessly remove half the universe's population, picked at random, in order to preserve it is interesting when considered against humanity's insistence on destroying its own host for depleting resources (in real life).
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Yeah, yeah, all interesting, but, the Thanos that the Marvel character is based on actually just did this to impress a girl :p
 
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