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Edited by Mrph1 on Jul 29th 2024 at 3:09:00 PM
@Mad Skillz: I'd actually prefer if Peter didn't die, since we know he'll be in another movie soon - granted, I expect at least some sort of Reset Button, I'd prefer if we didn't kill off characters for the sake of cheap drama, especially when it'll be people we know will get brought back. Save the dramatic death scenes for people will either stay dead, or ones we don't know will come back to life.
edited 29th Nov '17 7:54:33 PM by KarkatTheDalek
Oh God! Natural light!![]()
Fun isn't something one considers when discussing character deaths.
But this... does put a smile on my face.
edited 29th Nov '17 7:59:03 PM by Gaon
"All you Fascists bound to lose.""Hey, I don't wanna dye my hair red anymore."
"Yeah, sure, fuck it. You barely act in these things, anyway. Why put in any effort whatsoever?"
My various fanfics.Doesn't have to be for cheap drama. Nothing develops characters like death and handling it. Peter's death would be on Tony's shoulders. And that's something that he'll have to deal with and handle. That's why I think it'd be a great story for him.
You could kill Tony off though and do that with Peter but Peter's already gone through a similar moment. You know the surrogate father dying.
I think the surrogate son dying for his father is a stronger moment though.
"In peace, sons bury their fathers. In war, fathers bury their sons."
Basically, I'm envisioning the ending of Pinocchio.
I mean, I get what you're saying, and I even agree with you to an extent, but...I dunno, I guess I just don't like the idea of killing of Peter. Just feels weird to me.
Oh God! Natural light!I'm okay with this. It makes him creepier.
Speaking of Thanos, the Russos want to turn Thanos into a cultural icon for the new generation. Like Darth Vader. Here's hoping they succeed.
Speaking to Comic Book.com at Comic-Con International: San Diego, Russo says he wants to put Thanos on the same level as Darth Vader, the instantly recognizable villain of the Star Wars universe.
“The stakes are incredibly high,” Russo says of the situation in Avengers: Infinity War. “I wanted to turn Thanos into Darth Vader for a new generation. He’s an incredibly intense character. Sociopathic. He takes no prisoners. I think the audience needs to be prepared when they go see these movies.”
“Structurally, with this first film, Avengers 3, we’ve been using smash and grab ‘90s heist films,” he says. “There’s a real urgency to the film and it adds a level of excitement and relentlessness to the movie. It's a lot of divergent narratives coming together into a climax.”
Yeah, I can definitely see the heist film elements.
Upon further analysis, I think I've figured out the big twist of this movie. Not sure how accurate to the comics it is but I'm fairly confident that I've got it right: Thanos is actually just a mutant grape.
This song needs more love.Probably because it feels too edgy/brutal and/or because no one will believe they killed Spider-Man off. It also gives the game away that they're going to do a resurrection. That's what I'm guessing.
But the Russos describe Thanos as "the take no prisoners" villain. Seems like he's the type to finish off opponents if he can and will be utterly ruthless.
@comic That's the exact thing that I was thinking of.
edited 29th Nov '17 8:27:46 PM by MadSkillz
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Yeah, something like that. Plus, he's only been in two MCU movies, so it feels a bit early to go "Holy shit, Spider-Man's dead, they're playing for keeps now!" Granted, it's Spider-Man, but even then, we know he won't stay dead
I feel like you could still do the "Tony fucks up" narrative if Peter just got badly injured or something.
Also, if Peter dies, then gets resurrected...would the next Spider-Man movie need to address this? And if it did, would it take away time from other stories that they wanted to tell? I suppose you could theoretically bring him back with no memory of his death, but that feels like a bigger cheat than just bringing him back...
Space Stone? Either sent by Thanos to get rid of him, or perhaps more interestingly, by Loki in order to warn Earth/prevent him and Thor from stopping him from handing the Stone over to Thanos.
edited 29th Nov '17 8:33:17 PM by KarkatTheDalek
Oh God! Natural light!I mean, if he goes down here, I have no idea what the plot of Avengers 4 would be.
Generally speaking, an adaptation of Infinity Gauntlet ought to have Thanos assemble the Infinity Gauntlet, and then not get Worfed in 5 minutes.
edited 29th Nov '17 8:35:09 PM by KarkatTheDalek
Oh God! Natural light!I think it's pretty self-evident this is the Empire Strikes Back of the Avengers. Thanos will end this movie holding all the cards and cackling maniacally as the world crashes and burns.
"All you Fascists bound to lose."I expect him to end this one missing a Stone - I feel like if he had all of them, the threat would be a bit too immediate to have two movies in between Avengers films, even if one of them is primarily set in the past (was Ant-Man and the Wasp confirmed to be set between the two?).
Oh God! Natural light!

Don't you just hate when there's a spider in your shower and you gotta squash it?
You cannot firmly grasp the true form of Squidward's technique!