Infinity War "I Will Bathe The Starways In Your Blood!" The Thanos / Josh Brolin Thread

[Steamteck]

Well, that's basically what I meant. t: Hulk punches Thanos, it does nothing and Thanos proceeds to beat the holy Hell out of him and the rest of the team.

I agree, having him dominate the Hulk will show people who are unfamiliar with Thanos why he's such a threat. If the most powerful member of the team can't beat him, what hope has the universe?



It's gonna be awesome.

I actually think that would go over really poorly ( even with me and I'm a CLASSIC Thanos fan) The heroes need to do some damage even if overmatched or the audience will just be annoyed with him. Thanos is a great concept and character But I prefer the version where our heroes are more than a speed bump to him.

 

[ernesth100]

Ya know in the end once Thanos gets his hands on those gems. The Avengers ain't gonna do Jack ***** by hitting him. They'll have to trick him or banish him to some other dimension or something.

 

[KINGTHANOS]

I actually think that would go over really poorly ( even with me and I'm a CLASSIC Thanos fan) The heroes need to do some damage even if overmatched or the audience will just be annoyed with him. Thanos is a great concept and character But I prefer the version where our heroes are more than a speed bump to him.

Eh? Have you ever read Thanos Quest? He defeats several of the most powerful beings in the universe based solely on his intellect and strategy despite them all having gems.

He certainly should manhandle all of them without the aid of a single gem, because it drives home the point that he's nothing the MCU has ever seen before. Like Korath said in Guardians, "He's the most powerful being in the universe", so they are already establishing that he has unmatchable power in his current state.

Seeing the Avengers all fall easily on screen will force the audience to wonder how in the hell can they beat this guy, which will make them the underdogs they should be in this battle. Then when Thanos assembles the gems, it will get everyone interested in seeing how they could possibly bring him down.

In the end, using master strategy and appealing to his ego will be the most believable way to do it, just like it was in the comics, and hopefully this is the direction they take.

Ya know in the end once Thanos gets his hands on those gems. The Avengers ain't gonna do Jack ***** by hitting him. They'll have to trick him or banish him to some other dimension or something.

Even then, he will have the reality and space stone at that point so he'll either return, or pull them into his new dimension lol.

 

[ernesth100]

Oh yeah, I actually made a joke about that a while back. Makes me intuigued to see how they defeat Thanos on the big screen.

 

[Wildcard]

I actually think that would go over really poorly ( even with me and I'm a CLASSIC Thanos fan) The heroes need to do some damage even if overmatched or the audience will just be annoyed with him. Thanos is a great concept and character But I prefer the version where our heroes are more than a speed bump to him.

Thanos is one of the most powerful beings in the Marvel Comics Universe & thus far is the most powerful villain of the MCCU. Doing anything less would go over poorly, imo. Obviously the heroes will find a way to eventually get on more of an even footing with the Mad Titan but Infinity Gems or not they shouldn't be able to do a damn thing for the first few encounters.

He's not just your every day villain so it'd make no sense to treat him like one.

 

[ernesth100]

Agreed, comics, shows, games, or anything. Thanos has always been the one big bad that it takes more than just "punch, punch, punch" to defeat regardless of whether or not he has the gems.

 

[jaqua99]

That's one of his super powers, his ridiculous durability. His strength is a bit above Hulk, Thor, and that class. His energy output generally is greater than the Surfer, he's tougher and more powerful than the heroes, but not to the point where it's a slaughter fest. The reason he generally outclasses powerhouses easily is because although more powerful, Thanos is insanely durable. This, coupled with his strategic mind is what gives him such a huge advantage. Look at his fight with Beta Ray Bill. Thanos controlled the pace of the fight using essentially psychological tactics haha.

He's a genius, if they leave that part of the character out, then it's going to be hard not to be somewhat disappointed

 

[Wildcard]

Agreed completely. He's proven time & time again that he can take the best of hits. But aside from his own natural durability, I'd like to see that intelligence at play with his tech, like his force-fields. The reason why Thanos is such a winning combination as a villain is because he's not only immensely powerful, he's dangerously smart.

Hopefully we'll get all of that in full detail.

 

[TheHeatKitchen]

Ya know in the end once Thanos gets his hands on those gems. The Avengers ain't gonna do Jack ***** by hitting him. They'll have to trick him or banish him to some other dimension or something.

Trick him by putting Breaking Bad on the tv. He'll get sucked into it and distracted. Take the gauntlet and banish him to another dimension with Death and a Netflix subscription. He'll never bother Earth again.

 

[Steamteck]

Thanos is one of the most powerful beings in the Marvel Comics Universe & thus far is the most powerful villain of the MCCU. Doing anything less would go over poorly, imo. Obviously the heroes will find a way to eventually get on more of an even footing with the Mad Titan but Infinity Gems or not they shouldn't be able to do a damn thing for the first few encounters.

He's not just your every day villain so it'd make no sense to treat him like one.

You're not listening. Is the difference for me like the difference between the original terminator and the piece of crap liquid metal one. No damage not a scratch means no tension just boring invincibility. I didn't say he shouldn't overwhelm them. I said doing without a sweat or bruise and because they seemed off their game because of his awesomeness would be unsatisfying. anything less would be a disservice to the heroes. let them fight the good fight and at least let it seem like they bloodied his nose.

They also desperately need to show him do SOMETHING himself before he faces our heroes also. In GOTG , he actually looked kind of weak he just allowed Ronan to kill his minion with no repercussions. Even if he cared nothing for him this should not have been allowed.

 

[ernesth100]

It'd be nice if they had a scene where Thanos uses the reality Gauntlet to shrink himself down to Cap's height too make it a "Fair Fight" and then still dominated the battle. All of Cap's war training and fighting styles and he still does hold a candle to Thanos in hand to hand. The have Thanos break the shield and end Cap right there.

 

[Steamteck]

I will never understand the appeal of a villain who defeats the heroes without effort or damage and humiliates them. I'm actually not too worried though. MCU seems to tap into the original spirit of the characters rather then the later muddied versions or at least creates a good parts version so I'm stoked to see Thanos.

 

[ernesth100]

You know I wonder if Thanos will have like his own army or servants of some sort at first. At first I thought it would make him more threatening if he(unlike many past villains). Simply came to Earth alone and he himself was more than any army even without the Infinity Gauntlet.

But I'd imagine they'd need more than that in Infinity War.

 

[Smashlilman]

Ya know in the end once Thanos gets his hands on those gems. The Avengers ain't gonna do Jack ***** by hitting him. They'll have to trick him or banish him to some other dimension or something.

That's where Loki comes into play.

I can see him basically adopting Mephisto's role from the comics.

 

[Mike5575]

It'd be nice if they had a scene where Thanos uses the reality Gauntlet to shrink himself down to Cap's height too make it a "Fair Fight" and then still dominated the battle. All of Cap's war training and fighting styles and he still does hold a candle to Thanos in hand to hand. The have Thanos break the shield and end Cap right there.

Not even Thanos is a match for Steve's patriotism and indomitable will.

 

[ernesth100]

And yet, Thanos killed him.

 

[KINGTHANOS]

Not even Thanos is a match for Steve's patriotism and indomitable will.

 

[ernesth100]

But hey still a badass last moment for Cap. He knew he wasn't just outmatched he was dead the moment he took steps toward Thanos. Yet he did it anyway and told Thanos like it is.

 

[speno94]

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[ernesth100]

Wtf.

 

[Wildcard]

You're not listening. Is the difference for me like the difference between the original terminator and the piece of crap liquid metal one. No damage not a scratch means no tension just boring invincibility. I didn't say he shouldn't overwhelm them. I said doing without a sweat or bruise and because they seemed off their game because of his awesomeness would be unsatisfying. anything less would be a disservice to the heroes. let them fight the good fight and at least let it seem like they bloodied his nose.

They also desperately need to show him do SOMETHING himself before he faces our heroes also. In GOTG , he actually looked kind of weak he just allowed Ronan to kill his minion with no repercussions. Even if he cared nothing for him this should not have been allowed.

You've confused "not agreeing" with "not listening." I fully understood what you were getting at the first time, I just don't believe that's how it should be handled.

 

[Steamteck]

You've confused "not agreeing" with "not listening." I fully understood what you were getting at the first time, I just don't believe that's how it should be handled.

OK, that's different all together. I just thought you didn't really get was I was saying

 

[Wildcard]

Haha no problem. And I'm not downing your perspective, by the way, just stating my own viewpoints. No biggie.

But all in all we of course agree that regardless of exactly where his power level lies, his characterization needs to be spot on. Thus far, GOTG was a good indication but I really can't wait to see Thanos in more extensive scenes. Those are the moments I'm waiting for with extreme anticipation.

 

[MbJ]

http://www.comicbookresources.com/a...locke-costume-whedon-on-infinity-war-villains

Joss Whedon seems to confirm there are additional villains.

 

[kaijunexus]

http://www.comicbookresources.com/a...locke-costume-whedon-on-infinity-war-villains

Joss Whedon seems to confirm there are additional villains.

Of course there is.

We're getting two distinct stand-alone movies with distinct stand-alone arcs, with a single over-arching story to bind them together.

Obviously it's not going to be "Thanos shows up, fights and leaves" followed by part II where "Thanos shows up, fights and is beaten".

I'm not sure what's going to happen, but what I'm sure of is that there's going to be a whole hell of a lot of it happening. And that means lots of characters and lots of plot.