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

[KINGTHANOS]

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.

I think Kang is the villain in Infinity War Part I with the Time Stone, and everyone in the galaxy is trying to take him down for different reasons to get the stone. Obviously Thanos will attain the show and in the final scene of the movie he'll kill Vision and take the Mind Stone to complete the gauntlet and set-up Part II.

I could also see the Black Order being involved in either movie to serve as extra villains for the rest of the characters to battle. Imagine:

• Black Dwarf vs Groot and Luke Cage;
• Supergiant vs Jessica Jones, Iron Fist, and Rocket;
• Proxima Midnight vs Scarlett Witch, Black Widow, and Captain Marvel;
• Ebony Maw vs Dr Strange, Vision, and Yondu
• Corvus Glaive vs BP, Hawkeye, Quake, Daredevil, and Falcon
• Thanos vs Iron Man, Cap, Thor, Hulk, Warlock, Spidey, Star Lord, Drax, etc.

It could be magnificent if done right!

 

[Mike5575]

I think Kang is the villain in Infinity War Part I with the Time Stone, and everyone in the galaxy is trying to take him down for different reasons to get the stone. Obviously Thanos will attain the show and in the final scene of the movie he'll kill Vision and take the Mind Stone to complete the gauntlet and set-up Part II.

I could also see the Black Order being involved in either movie to serve as extra villains for the rest of the characters to battle. Imagine:

• Black Dwarf vs Groot and Luke Cage;
• Supergiant vs Jessica Jones, Iron Fist, and Rocket;
• Proxima Midnight vs Scarlett Witch, Black Widow, and Captain Marvel;
• Ebony Maw vs Dr Strange, Vision, and Yondu
• Corvus Glaive vs BP, Hawkeye, Quake, Daredevil, and Falcon
• Thanos vs Iron Man, Cap, Thor, Hulk, Warlock, Spidey, Star Lord, Drax, etc.

It could be magnificent if done right!

So, all the ladies fight it out? Meh. There are negative tropes attached to that. Captain Marvel is one of the most powerful heroes. She should be with team fighting Thanos. Some of these characters are too weak to go against the Black Order.

 

[Wildcard]

Agreed, I want to see the female heroes in the battle as well. Excluding someone as powerful as Captain Marvel would be very foolish, imo. It'd be a huge opportunity missed as not only does it show how important/powerful she is but it would no doubt open her up to an even wider audience.

 

[ernesth100]

Equal female representation aside, that's a great idea. I'd like to see Thanos's minions take on other heroes while the big boys(and girls) take on the Mad Titan himself.

 

[Wildcard]

Yeah, that's really just what's best. Or at least in my opinion.

The best should be saved for last, so to speak, especially since this is the Mad Titan we're talking about.

 

[Saitou Hajime]

Spoiler

The mid-credits scene seems to imply that the gauntlet itself seems to befar from a mundane ornament and specifically manufactured by Thanos to harness the stones' powers, and the only reason he has held off going after them himself was because it wasn't completed yet, which it finally was at the time of that scene (hence Thanos' line).

 

[MbJ]

So I guess this puts the cameo in the first Thor movie out of continuity.

 

[Wildcard]

I always thought it best to ignore that little appearance of the IG.

 

[MbJ]

It was so brief I doubt many people caught it.

 

[BoredGuy]

Ive looked for that damn thing everytime I watch Thor, and I can still never spot it

so yeah, Marvel prob won't hesitate to disregard that

 

[AndrewGilkison]

Didn't Marvel cut that out of the first Thor movie anyway?

 

[Mike5575]

Didn't Marvel cut that out of the first Thor movie anyway?

Nah. It's in the movie. The scene is just before the Frost Giants try to raid the vault. You can also see the Orb of Agamoto and the Eternal Flame.

 

[MbJ]

Didn't Marvel cut that out of the first Thor movie anyway?

You see it for a split second with some other stuff like the Orb of Agamotto (which I'm assuming is also retconned/ignored).

 

[KINGTHANOS]

Even if Thanos had the gauntlet all along, and the Thor 1 scene was simply an Easter egg, Thanos will still have to head to Asgard to get the Space Gem, so we may yet see Thanos kill Oden and break through his Treasure Room.

 

[jaqua99]

Spoiler

The mid-credits scene seems to imply that the gauntlet itself seems to befar from a mundane ornament and specifically manufactured by Thanos to harness the stones' powers, and the only reason he has held off going after them himself was because it wasn't completed yet, which it finally was at the time of that scene (hence Thanos' line).

Not sure how you gathered that. While I think the

Spoiler

manufacture

part can be assumed, the rest is a stretch.

I think Kang is the villain in Infinity War Part I with the Time Stone, and everyone in the galaxy is trying to take him down for different reasons to get the stone. Obviously Thanos will attain the show and in the final scene of the movie he'll kill Vision and take the Mind Stone to complete the gauntlet and set-up Part II.

I could also see the Black Order being involved in either movie to serve as extra villains for the rest of the characters to battle. Imagine:

• Black Dwarf vs Groot and Luke Cage;
• Supergiant vs Jessica Jones, Iron Fist, and Rocket;
• Proxima Midnight vs Scarlett Witch, Black Widow, and Captain Marvel;
• Ebony Maw vs Dr Strange, Vision, and Yondu
• Corvus Glaive vs BP, Hawkeye, Quake, Daredevil, and Falcon
• Thanos vs Iron Man, Cap, Thor, Hulk, Warlock, Spidey, Star Lord, Drax, etc.

It could be magnificent if done right!

I don't understand why people are thinking the black order will appear. There's nothing significant to that group regarding this story at all. Their existence is incredibly short lived and first appeared less than two years ago, and were only around for a few months. There's nothing significant to them, or any of the characters that make it up I feel like

 

[Saitou Hajime]

Not sure how you gathered that. While I think the

Spoiler

manufacture

part can be assumed, the rest is a stretch.

Spoiler

The "finally" part of Thanos' comment seems to imply that he was waiting on the gauntlet to be ready before he personally went after the stones.

I don't understand why people are thinking the black order will appear. There's nothing significant to that group regarding this story at all. Their existence is incredibly short lived and first appeared less than two years ago, and were only around for a few months. There's nothing significant to them, or any of the characters that make it up I feel like

I never cared much for the modern Thanos' propensity for armies and elite soldiers. Thanos fighting the universe solo like old-school would be a refreshing change from the "big bad and his army" syndrome that the past two films have gone through.

 

[Wildcard]

I agree completely with that sentiment. Even though it's nice to see Thanos have underlings, I'd like to think he's capable of handling his larger schemes solo...which he can. He doesn't really need a group unless it's to do the more miniscule work.

 

[MbJ]

Thanos won't be alone. Whedon is correct, it's a massive 4 hour story with a bunch of heroes. They're not gonna have just one bad guy.

I don't understand why people are thinking the black order will appear. There's nothing significant to that group regarding this story at all.

And as the guy with the Ultron icon can attest, Marvel NEVER deviates from the original stories or changes things up.

Even if Thanos had the gauntlet all along, and the Thor 1 scene was simply an Easter egg, Thanos will still have to head to Asgard to get the Space Gem, so we may yet see Thanos kill Oden and break through his Treasure Room.

Loki beat him to it.

 

[DaddlerTheDalek]

I wonder who could be Thanos' lackey's in IW.

 

[Levsky]

They should be some big villains resurrected (like Malekith and Ronan) or brought back from other dimensions (like Red Skull) only to make Thanos play a little bit with our heroes by sending their arch-nemesis against them. I think he would look very powerful manipulating all these bad guys as his lackeys.

 

[Loki882]

That's what I was thinking. He resurrects Ronan, Malekith, etc, and brings in Red Skull (with a power boost) to be his pawns. Maybe Loki "allies" with him as well, and then betrays him at the first convenient opportunity.

 

[GarysMyOldman]

we don't know whats been happening between Thor 2 and Age of Ultron in Asgard. Thanos being all powerful has to know Loki is back in Asgard, maybe Loki slipped him the gauntlet as a gesture for failing to bring him the tesseract.

 

[m4st4]

Thanos is still just a CGI creature from the post credits for me. He better deliver.

 

[Wildcard]

Can't wait to see this post-credits scene that's been spoken of. For my own safety I guess I'll have to be careful about the threads I inhabit for the next few days. haha

 

[jaqua99]

Spoiler

The "finally" part of Thanos' comment seems to imply that he was waiting on the gauntlet to be ready before he personally went after the stones.

I never cared much for the modern Thanos' propensity for armies and elite soldiers. Thanos fighting the universe solo like old-school would be a refreshing change from the "big bad and his army" syndrome that the past two films have gone through.

Unfortunately,

Spoiler

he said "fine", not "finally"..."fine, I'll do it myself"

I agree, Thanos isn't the guy to invade with an army. If he does, HE's the character who's army should be fodder.

Does anyone think we'll get any combat or fight feats for Thanos without the gems? Or is he gonna be just the schemer, who vision and Hulk beat up when he doesn't have the gauntlet