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Edited by Mrph1 on Jul 29th 2024 at 3:09:00 PM
Hulk doesn't deserve any revenge, and the actual Hulk persona wouldn't want it and is done being used as a weapon outside of his choice. That was kind of the point.
The characters who really got done dirty are the ones who actually had a reason to be feuding with Thanos personally, especially Drax and Quill.
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But... That's just it. CGI-wise I doubt there's much difference at all in terms of cost between Hulk and smart-Hulk. I think it was plot-driven. A consequence of not being able to make Hulk solo movies and Endgame already being a very story-dense, long movie. There just wasn't enough room to give his arc a proper conclusion.
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I'm not saying Hulk should have just straight up defeated Thanos or anything, but having him with Cap, Iron Man and Thor in their fight would have been nice. If anything, it would only make Thanos even more of a threat when they still don't beat him that way. He could also easily be given some motivation... Maybe have Betty Ross as a snap victim. Of course, she'd have needed to already be an actual established MCU character for that not to come across as fridging, so maybe not. He should be angry over Natascha's death though, surely. Bring back the concept of him getting stronger as he gets angrier, and there you go, it's justified for him to both want to fight Thanos and be more of a match.
Regardless, even if he doesn't get outright revenge on Thanos, I feel he deserved better than what was essentially being written out entirely. Banner didn't resolve his differences with Hulk, he just erased him.
Edited by FGHIK on Aug 25th 2020 at 10:57:30 AM
There's not really a narrative reason for Hulk to go after Thanos at all. "He beat me up once after I attacked him" applies to many more characters, and is just as unjustified.
Honestly, there's not even a good narrative reason for Tony's "revenge" - "He's been in my head for years because I flew one of our nukes into space"? At least Thor had the refugee attack.
Hulk's always trying to smash...
Edited by wanderlustwarrior on Aug 25th 2020 at 11:04:54 AM
That would've been something else off course. In fact, he should've outright replaced Cap in my opinion.
Mjolnir or not, Steve had no business fighting the Mad Titan one-on-one (as awesome as that moment was). One hit should've logically turned him into red paste.
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I think Coulson asks Thor if he's Russian or something because he's seen a lot of organizations/nations who would really like someone with Thor's skillset? Once Thor eventually got captured, I mean. So unworthy Thor isn't superhuman, just a really buff guy who trained really hard to beat people up. Or I could be remembering wrong.
Edited by Altris on Aug 25th 2020 at 9:29:40 AM
So, let's hang an anchor from the sun... also my TumblrUnworthy Thor was basically riding on centuries worth of combat experience, and the fact that he's still a pretty big dude.
By normal human standards, he's a Strong and Skilled Lightning Bruiser who was Taught by Experience.
One Strip! One Strip!I mean in the movies he is also more explicitly superhuman than in the comics, but still not to the level where he should logically survive a direct encounter with Thanos.
But yeah, I'll concede, good story should take precedent over pure power levels, this isn't DBZ.
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