Thanos = This Generation's Darth Vader

[Hunter Rider]

No he's not. Characters like Vader and the Joker have had such long term effect, the comparison can't even be made yet.

Yeah, he's put himself in contention but lets see how he stands the test of time.

 

[The_Manhunter]

I agree. It's crazy, everyone I talk to knows who Thanos is, even if they haven't seen the movie.

 

[RetrogradeOrbit]

Let’s revisit this thread in 30 years or so, shall we?

But it won’t be me! I’m already old...

 

[Kevin Roegele]

Darth Vader is THE word when it comes to a villain in sci-fi fantasy and they actually made a character who is now seeped into pop culture to the same level. .

I don't think you can really compare Thanos to an icon like Vader who has been one of the most popular fictional characters in the world for 40 years.

 

[Predator jp]

even here in Japan almost everybody knows Darth Vader.
nobody outside of fandom knows who Thanos is.

 

[Spider-Aziz]

nobody outside of fandom knows who Thanos is.

That would be true before April 27th.

 

[Predator jp]

That would be true before April 27th.

Infinity War made $37mil here in Japan, which is almost exactly same number as the first Avengers, and $10mil less than Rouge One.
so no, at least here in Japan, nobody outside of fandom knows who Thanos is.

 

[Spider-Aziz]

Infinity War made $37mil here in Japan, which is almost exactly same number as the first Avengers, and $10mil less than Rouge One.
so no, at least here in Japan, nobody outside of fandom knows who Thanos is.

People from within and out of the fandom made video essays on what Thanos did wrong.

 

[KBX]

 

[P Supreme]

I feel with A4 coming up and if they keep him around lurking and not kill him off he has a chance I'm bias he is my favorite from the comics, I loved that marvel realized him in such a way that he is part of the conversation at least.

 

[Kane52630]

Thanos won't even be remembered by the masses in 5 to 10 years. I'm not even sure who is talking about him right now, besides some hardcore Marvel fans.

Who are you fooling exactly?

 

[Lily Adler]

My avatar has shown the strength of Thanos's influence.

 

[Iceman]

Who are you fooling exactly?

I've already forgotten Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, and the way home.

 

[shauner111]

Who are you fooling exactly?

Nobody. It won’t be remembered. Unless something massive and memorable happens in the next movie. Just going by the last one, where we are right now, nobody knows who Thanos is outside of the hardcore Marvel fanbase. Ask anyone on the street, they don’t know who he is. Go, I’ll wait.

 

[Spider-Aziz]

Nobody. It won’t be remembered. Unless something massive and memorable happens in the next movie. Just going by the last one, where we are right now, nobody knows who Thanos is outside of the hardcore Marvel fanbase. Ask anyone on the street, they don’t know who he is. Go, I’ll wait.

Who knew Bane?

 

[KBX]

Nobody. It won’t be remembered. Unless something massive and memorable happens in the next movie. Just going by the last one, where we are right now, nobody knows who Thanos is outside of the hardcore Marvel fanbase. Ask anyone on the street, they don’t know who he is. Go, I’ll wait.

Thanos became a Fortnite character immediately

 

[ludovica]

Nobody. It won’t be remembered. Unless something massive and memorable happens in the next movie. Just going by the last one, where we are right now, nobody knows who Thanos is outside of the hardcore Marvel fanbase. Ask anyone on the street, they don’t know who he is. Go, I’ll wait.

Duuude, I swear, sometimes here in Korea you hear people still now talking about him while walking on the streets. Mostly teenagers of course, but still.

Like with "I am Groot", the MCU has built the cache to imprint things on the popular culture.

 

[ludovica]

People underestimate the different conditions onto which Vader and Thanos happened upon.
I assure you that already right now more people in this new global era for pop entertainment know Thanos than Vader.
Outside the Western world Vader is "only" the domain of geeks, Thanos has already had the advantage of a massively bigger audience.

This is not indicative of any intrinsic value of the characters.

It is the same with music, right now around the world probably more people under 25 know about BTS than the Beatles.
However you feel about that, it is what it is.

 

[Kane52630]

Nobody. It won’t be remembered. Unless something massive and memorable happens in the next movie. Just going by the last one, where we are right now, nobody knows who Thanos is outside of the hardcore Marvel fanbase. Ask anyone on the street, they don’t know who he is. Go, I’ll wait.

I don't know why you're pretending to be this dense, but okay.

 

[C. Lee]

nobody knows who Thanos is outside of the hardcore Marvel fanbase. Ask anyone on the street, they don’t know who he is. Go, I’ll wait.

I took up your challenge this morning at the Health Fair my wife was working at today....

I asked 20 random people - "Who is Thanos?"

19 said - "That big ass alien that killed all the Avengers."
1 said - "Cable"......(I think he was some smartass comic geek).

 

[Spider-Aziz]

I took up your challenge this morning at the Health Fair my wife was working at today....

I asked 20 random people - "Who is Thanos?"

19 said - "That big ass alien that killed all the Avengers."
1 said - "Cable"......(I think he was some smartass comic geek).

Cable is my favorite answer.

 

[Lily Adler]

Who knew Bane?

That big ass guy with the mask that beat up Batman.

 

[KRYPTON INC.]

 

[Xeno]

What exactly does make Darth Vader so special and significant in pop culture? His theme? The epic voice of James Earl Jones? His outfit? That Obi Wan Kenobi stopped fighting and allowed himself to be sliced by Vader? That he revealed himself as Anakin Skywalker to his son? That he force chokes his generals?

He's a villain that stands and talks, that is the most of what he does, and when he does something, it's not the kind of things that elevates the empire as an intimidating force.

Voldemort is even more useless as an arch-nemesis of a young boy who was saved by his mother's love, he died off-screen/off-page to be later revealed to be a ghost in need of servants that have no use for him existing but somehow choose to serve him.


Can any villain truly be more overrated than these two useless characters?

Vader is an iconic, memorable villain, but at his core, he was a mere lackey masquerading as the ultimate menace of the series. Vader is the greatest film villain, but knowing that he was just the Emperor's enforcer killed his mystique, in my eyes.

 

[Spider-Aziz]

Reality Stone trick.