Spared

Died =(

Interesting, the music playing during Tony's call with pepper, where she begs him to come home, is the same track played in Cap 1 where Peggy asks Cap to jump out of the red skulls plane.

http://comicbook.com/marvel/2018/04/30/avengers-infinity-war-every-easter-egg-cameo-marvel/

Spared! Whew.

I know this won't be popular here, and I'm not saying I necessarily agree, but a lot of interesting points are definitely raised in this extremely well-written piece...

Queued up for later. Love his writing so this should be interesting.

Just got home from seeing it and holy crap that was amazing

Lucky #007 said:

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Watching Age of Ultron. The scene where Cap makes Mjolnir move is cinematic gold.

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Wanted to see Black Widow try. Wuss!

So I just watched last Friday's Agents of SHIELD

there is a throw away line about "what's going on in New York right now"

I had thought the show jumped off the MCU reservation a long time ago, but it appears that they are going to keep trying to stay relevant. The season is almost over, so are they going to have half of the cast turn to ash in a couple of weeks?

Turning on my nerd thought process usually only reserved for Star Wars on this one.

So Captain Marvel will show up to help in A4 but we can't have her be this all-powerful being because what's the point of the Avengers? Clearly she'll do something big, at the very least reuniting Iron Man/Nebula with the other survivors.

Initially I didn't like the big 4 (Stark, Cap, Thor Banner) all not vanishing but yeah, those are the Avengers, they've got to be the heroes that take back the win from Thanos in the next picture. And the more I thought about it, the more I think we were given at least the process of how they do it in one pivotal scene.

When Thanos first sees Ironman he calls him Stark, much to Tony's surprise and labels him as "not the only one cursed by genius."

And there in, you can see Thanos as an extremely distorted image of Stark through a mirror. What did Stark do in Age of Ultron? He took a technology that he didn't really fully understand and used it to try and remake the world as he saw fit - putting himself above everyone else as the guy who decides what's best for everyone. As a result, a spit ton of people got killed.

Thanos does the same thing with the Infinity Gauntlet. Granted he murders half the galaxy, but he does it with tech he doesn't fully understand to accomplish a goal that he alone decides is best for everyone.

Now then, Ironman's initial attack results in him scratching Thanos and drawing the line "all that for a drop o blood." Now Stark is first and foremost a scientist, and what scientist, when confronted with an unstoppable physical opponent, wouldn't like a blood sample to take to a lab and figure out where this guy can be hurt?
As Matt Damon said in THe Martian, Stark's about to "science the $h1T" out of Thanos to find his weakness.

Finally, I would guess Stark survives A4. Part of being the genius playboy billionaire philantropist curse will be watching others (Cap) die to save you and living a long life missing your friends.

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TCTTS said:

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Is Hemsworth our last great action star?.

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Chris Pratt?

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Kelly Marie Tran??

LeonardSkinner said:

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TCTTS said:

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I know this won't be popular here, and I'm not saying I necessarily agree, but a lot of interesting points are definitely raised in this extremely well-written piece...

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I could squabble over a couple of little things, but overall, objectively, he's making strong arguments.

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He makes some strong points, but glosses over one huge fact. These are based on comics. He mentions it a few times, but still treats them the same as any other movie series. They don't follow typical television or movie logic. Two of the major points he made can be summed up by the fact that they are based on comics. That's why they are so interconnected and structured the way they are. You also don't have to read comics to know that every hero dies at some point only to be revived later on. No one stays dead forever.

TexasAggie_02 said:

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So I just watched last Friday's Agents of SHIELD

there is a throw away line about "what's going on in New York right now"

I had thought the show jumped off the MCU reservation a long time ago, but it appears that they are going to keep trying to stay relevant. The season is almost over, so are they going to have half of the cast turn to ash in a couple of weeks?

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I suppose they could be super lucky and all be spared ...

TexasAggie_02 said:

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TCTTS said:

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Is Hemsworth our last great action star?.

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Chris Pratt?

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Pratt has to be the next most bankable male action star I can think of.

Hemsworth seems to have that potential but he hasn't found that role yet. 13 Strong didn't make much of a splash, he does have a Men in Black spinoff coming up that could be that perfect launching point.

I have a feeling Hemsworth is about to blow up like Channing Tatum did and end up in more "prestige" movies. I hope so at least. I rewatched Ragnarok and love his performance in it even more than when I first watched it. He was my pets MVP of Infinity War.

Thanos Thoughts:

What if there are an odd number of people in the universe? How would Thanos kill exactly half of them? If he doesn't, he's not bringing balance!

And one wonders, if every being in the universe regardless of status, wealth, or friggin' gender identity suffered a 50% chance of being snuffed out ... did that include Thanos himself?

Mind = blown.

Personally I was hoping Thanos's motive would be as they show in the comics: he is in love with Death, and wants to please her. His motive in A:IW seemed mundane by comparison.