Black Widow

[RangerWickett]

His plan doesn't play as something that works at all.

I just wish someone had spoken up and said so in the movie. Have Starlord get a confused look on his face, and Spidey says, "How does halving people and resources do anything? I- I could get you a book by this guy Malthus-," and Tony'd go, "This isn't debate club," and then he'd shoot something at Thanos.

 

[Maxperson]

From a superhero fight standpoint, sure, he was largely comic - but then, he had been wasted in prison for 20 odd years, so what would you expect? He's not exactly in his prime.
But being a super soldier isn't his role in the movie. He fits a different narrative role, even if it is still somewhat comedic thanks to being so anachronistic.

I was amused by the reference to Ursa Major.

And the Crimson Dynamo.

 

[Morrus]

I just wish someone had spoken up and said so in the movie. Have Starlord get a confused look on his face, and Spidey says, "How does halving people and resources do anything? I- I could get you a book by this guy Malthus-," and Tony'd go, "This isn't debate club," and then he'd shoot something at Thanos.

Star Lord is an idiot. But Spidey maybe.

But the main argument isn’t that resources were halved. It’s that population doubles every 50 years (insofar as we know Earth’s population was 3.5B in 1970 and it’s 7B now). So his solution merely delays the problem by 50 years.

 

[RangerWickett]

The evidence of announced movies, and a few spoilers, come together for me to expect Marvel to build a Young Avengers, and for the Thunderbolts to show up as a group of antagonists in 2024, for Skrulls to do some invading maybe at the end of phase five in 2027, and then time travel multiverse Kang stuff to require a mega ultra crossover in 2030 that will result in the reboot of the MCU and Kevin Feige's retirement.

 

[MarkB]

I just wish someone had spoken up and said so in the movie. Have Starlord get a confused look on his face, and Spidey says, "How does halving people and resources do anything? I- I could get you a book by this guy Malthus-," and Tony'd go, "This isn't debate club," and then he'd shoot something at Thanos.

Yeah, there's a certain glossing-over of things like this in a few of the Marvel movies. I particularly wanted someone to call Tony Stark on his "hey look, a convenient way to not have to take moral responsibility for my actions" BS on the Serkovia accords in Civil War.

Made worse by him inducting Peter "Great Responsibility" Parker to fight on his side.

 

[Maxperson]

Star Lord is an idiot. But Spidey maybe.

But the main argument isn’t that resources were halved. It’s that population doubles every 50 years (insofar as we know Earth’s population was 3.5B in 1970 and it’s 7B now). So his solution merely delays the problem by 50 years.

Right, and if even Star Lord could see the flaw...

 

[Maxperson]

Did I miss something in Black Widow? I thought at the very beginning of the movie she left her transmitter with her clothing for the General and his men to find, yet at the end she activates the transmitter.

 

[MarkB]

Did I miss something in Black Widow? I thought at the very beginning of the movie she left her transmitter with her clothing for the General and his men to find, yet at the end she activates the transmitter.

Fair point. Maybe she kept a note of the frequency.

 

[HawaiiSteveO]

I really liked it, hadn’t heard / seen much about it before I went in and was pleasantly surprised .

This is still funny though …

If 'Black Widow' Were 10 Times Shorter And 100 Times More Honest

 

[doctorbadwolf]

And a complete lack of thought. If he lowered birthrates for a while, he could have brought the universe to half population without killing anyone. Or he could have used the gauntlet to create more resources, so the universe never runs out. His plan doesn't play as something that works at all.

Yeah it’s just a really foolish plan.