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<blockquote data-quote="OB1" data-source="post: 7407172" data-attributes="member: 6796241"><p>It isn't the least bit sound, it's completely mad. First off, populations grow to use the available resources. So Thanos killing half the Universe might lead to a generation or two having slightly higher standards of living as the amount of available capital is spread among the survivors (see America after WWII) but it's just as likely to completely cripple those worlds (see eastern Europe after WWII). In either case, the population will be back to whatever level the resources can sustain within a few decades at most.</p><p></p><p>So what we have is an insane villain. Which is fine, but not particularly interesting. The Avengers are facing him not because of choices they made or faults that they have, but simply because someone insane and powerful exists. There is nothing in Thanos' story that ties him to the Avengers. It could literally be any group of superheroes in the Galaxy facing him. Now, that could still lead to an interesting movie, as we see characters have to make impossible choices in the face of certain doom, and we get some of that, especially with Vision and Scarlet Witch. But will it stick? Who knows, because we don't know what the rules of the game are. Only Dr. Strange does. And that's why it's such a travesty that the film keeps that a secret from the audience</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Agreed that he is the Mad Titan, just don't understand why in the pre release hype people kept talking about what an intelligent villain Thanos was and how people would be able to understand, if not approve, his reasoning. He's insane, his reasoning doesn't make any sense, and to me, it makes the character more distant. He's just a powerful random force, like a supernova. Ultron at least believed that by causing an extinction level event, it would lead to the next phase of evolution and forge something stronger. That's a believable motivation. Ego wanted the entire universe to be him. Killmonger wanted revenge and to protect his tribe. The point is, their motivations have there start in something real and understandable. Thanos does not. They would have been better off keeping his motivation that of trying to court Death.</p><p></p><p>The Soul Stone challenge was also weird. So, he had to sacrifice something he loved to get the stone. But how does he love Gamora if he's willing to kill her to get what he wants? That's kind of the opposite of love. Hmmm, makes me wonder if perhaps he doesn't really have the Soul Stone in the Gauntlet, but a fake.</p><p></p><p>If it's not a time travel story, how else do you bring back all the Avengers who just died? I guess it could be multiple universes as well, but really that's kind of the same thing. If it is just one timeline, and somehow they can use the real Soul Stone to bring everyone back, and this is all going according to Dr. Strange's vision for how to win, the film would still be better served by a little less mystery. As it is, I don't trust anything I saw, and that makes the film fall flat to me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="OB1, post: 7407172, member: 6796241"] It isn't the least bit sound, it's completely mad. First off, populations grow to use the available resources. So Thanos killing half the Universe might lead to a generation or two having slightly higher standards of living as the amount of available capital is spread among the survivors (see America after WWII) but it's just as likely to completely cripple those worlds (see eastern Europe after WWII). In either case, the population will be back to whatever level the resources can sustain within a few decades at most. So what we have is an insane villain. Which is fine, but not particularly interesting. The Avengers are facing him not because of choices they made or faults that they have, but simply because someone insane and powerful exists. There is nothing in Thanos' story that ties him to the Avengers. It could literally be any group of superheroes in the Galaxy facing him. Now, that could still lead to an interesting movie, as we see characters have to make impossible choices in the face of certain doom, and we get some of that, especially with Vision and Scarlet Witch. But will it stick? Who knows, because we don't know what the rules of the game are. Only Dr. Strange does. And that's why it's such a travesty that the film keeps that a secret from the audience Agreed that he is the Mad Titan, just don't understand why in the pre release hype people kept talking about what an intelligent villain Thanos was and how people would be able to understand, if not approve, his reasoning. He's insane, his reasoning doesn't make any sense, and to me, it makes the character more distant. He's just a powerful random force, like a supernova. Ultron at least believed that by causing an extinction level event, it would lead to the next phase of evolution and forge something stronger. That's a believable motivation. Ego wanted the entire universe to be him. Killmonger wanted revenge and to protect his tribe. The point is, their motivations have there start in something real and understandable. Thanos does not. They would have been better off keeping his motivation that of trying to court Death. The Soul Stone challenge was also weird. So, he had to sacrifice something he loved to get the stone. But how does he love Gamora if he's willing to kill her to get what he wants? That's kind of the opposite of love. Hmmm, makes me wonder if perhaps he doesn't really have the Soul Stone in the Gauntlet, but a fake. If it's not a time travel story, how else do you bring back all the Avengers who just died? I guess it could be multiple universes as well, but really that's kind of the same thing. If it is just one timeline, and somehow they can use the real Soul Stone to bring everyone back, and this is all going according to Dr. Strange's vision for how to win, the film would still be better served by a little less mystery. As it is, I don't trust anything I saw, and that makes the film fall flat to me. [/QUOTE]
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