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voldothegr8
07/10/18 4:18:12 PM
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It would explain why he was so relieved afterwards.
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clearaflagrantj
07/10/18 4:18:42 PM
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It would be pretty cool if he wasn't
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HylianFox
07/10/18 4:19:51 PM
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oh SNAP
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Doom_Art
07/10/18 4:22:32 PM
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It would've been pretty cool if he was. Movie just ends with him satisfied and smiling as he turns to ash.
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Zikten
07/10/18 4:24:12 PM
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yes. supposedly the directors said that Thanos put himself at risk too and he was just lucky

he wanted to be fair to all so even he was put on the chopping block. that's how far he was willing to go
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Tyranthraxus
07/10/18 4:26:01 PM
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It would be extremely logically inconsistent to not snap himself.

It was different in the comics when he was just doing it to impress a girl and not for any higher ideological argument. He was trying to show off how much of a bad ass he was by killing off half the people.

The movie gave him a completely different motivation.
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iHuman
07/10/18 4:26:30 PM
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the mcu directors are such cucks

every villain is either a joke or not really evil and just doing it for their family
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ZMythos
07/10/18 4:27:43 PM
#8:


Tyranthraxus posted...
It would be extremely logically inconsistent to not snap himself.

Not really, he has a major God Complex so it would make sense to exempt himself.
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LightHawKnight
07/10/18 4:28:15 PM
#9:


iHuman posted...
the mcu directors are such cucks

every villain is either a joke or not really evil and just doing it for their family


Uh the best villains are ones we can relate to. No villain is the villain of their story anyways.
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Prestoff
07/10/18 4:28:54 PM
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Tyranthraxus posted...
It would be extremely logically inconsistent to not snap himself.

It was different in the comics when he was just doing it to impress a girl and not for any higher ideological argument. He was trying to show off how much of a bad ass he was by killing off half the people.

The movie gave him a completely different motivation.


Wait... really? Glad he has a different motivation, even though we all know it will end with the super heroes winning. The only thing I did enjoy about Infinity Wars is that Thanos is finally a MCU villain that actually poses a threat. The majority of the MCU villains either have been jokes or forgettable with the exception of Loki.
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Tyranthraxus
07/10/18 4:29:04 PM
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iHuman posted...
the mcu directors are such cucks

every villain is either a joke or not really evil and just doing it for their family

How exactly are you justifying Red Skull as "not really evil"
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iHuman
07/10/18 4:29:34 PM
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LightHawKnight posted...
best villains are ones we can relate to.

couldn't disagree more, its fantasy

and when guys are just evil to conquer they get defeated comically
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Zikten
07/10/18 4:29:54 PM
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ZMythos posted...
Not really, he has a major God Complex so it would make sense to exempt himself.

yea but it goes against his code, if you paid attention to his backstory and motives, you would know that not letting himself be snapped would go against what he believes in.
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Tyranthraxus
07/10/18 4:30:26 PM
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Prestoff posted...
Wait... really? Glad he has a different motivation, even though we all know it will end with the super heroes winning. The only thing I did enjoy about Infinity Wars is that Thanos is finally a MCU villain that actually poses a threat. The majority of the MCU villains either have been jokes or forgettable with the exception of Loki.


I mean if you know about Thanos you know he doesn't really pose a threat because he will always sabotage himself. His pride and arrogance is so extreme that he believes even he doesn't deserve to win even though he CAN win.
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Prestoff
07/10/18 4:30:30 PM
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LightHawKnight posted...
Uh the best villains are ones we can relate to.


Heath Ledger Joker would disagree, but I guess he's more of the exception than the rule.
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HBOSS
07/10/18 4:30:36 PM
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yes.

reason being is that he could've turned stormbreaker into a 2ft lollypop but he didnt and let stormbreaker impale his chest. he could've died then and there. in essence he let it happen so in a way, that his snap is what the universe wanted.
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LightHawKnight
07/10/18 4:31:01 PM
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iHuman posted...
LightHawKnight posted...
best villains are ones we can relate to.

couldn't disagree more, its fantasy

and when guys are just evil to conquer they get defeated comically


Are you saying it is a fantasy to have villains who are relatable or fantasy shouldn't have relatable villains? Either way that is a stupid way of thinking.
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iHuman
07/10/18 4:31:04 PM
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Tyranthraxus posted...
iHuman posted...
the mcu directors are such cucks

every villain is either a joke or not really evil and just doing it for their family

How exactly are you justifying Red Skull as "not really evil"

captain america is the one film i haven't really seen

i should watch it
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Lunar_Savage
07/10/18 4:31:24 PM
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IIRC, he is but doesn't give a shit.
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SpinKirby
07/10/18 4:31:34 PM
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I thought he was only halfing the populations.

You can't take a half of 1 individual, so him and Thor would never get deleted.
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Prestoff
07/10/18 4:32:39 PM
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iHuman posted...
Tyranthraxus posted...
iHuman posted...
the mcu directors are such cucks

every villain is either a joke or not really evil and just doing it for their family

How exactly are you justifying Red Skull as "not really evil"

captain america is the one film i haven't really seen

i should watch it


Eh, you're not missing out on much unless you really want to watch his background story.
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iHuman
07/10/18 4:33:24 PM
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LightHawKnight posted...
Are you saying it is a fantasy to have villains who are relatable or fantasy shouldn't have relatable villains? Either way that is a stupid way of thinking.

i'm saying villains don't need to be humanized, especially in a comic book movie

its a very smart way to think, which is why heath ledgers joker will probably never be topped
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AlephZero
07/10/18 4:34:08 PM
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how can he snap!?!
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ZMythos
07/10/18 4:34:08 PM
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Zikten posted...

Yea but it goes against his code, if you paid attention to his backstory and motives, you would know that not letting himself be snapped would go against what he believes in.


I was never bought into his convictions. I always felt more than a grain of malice in his self-righteous demeanor and actions. Nothing ever directly confirms either his backstory or motivation. It all came from his own mouth.
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LightHawKnight
07/10/18 4:35:12 PM
#26:


Prestoff posted...
LightHawKnight posted...
Uh the best villains are ones we can relate to.


Heath Ledger Joker would disagree, but I guess he's more of the exception than the rule.


Uh you can relate to Heath Ledger Joker, or any Joker really. Just a regular person, one day he was pushed too far and snapped, which lead to the clown prince of crime.
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Zikten
07/10/18 4:35:53 PM
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I think his convictions are real or he would not have gone to the incredible lengths he went to to accomplish his mission. it was like a holy quest to him
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Zikten
07/10/18 4:36:35 PM
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LightHawKnight posted...
Uh you can relate to Heath Ledger Joker, or any Joker really. Just a regular person, one day he was pushed too far and snapped, which lead to the clown prince of crime.

yea according to The Killing Joke, he used to just be a normal guy. and Joker believes anyone can become like him if they just have "one bad day" and he is trying to prove it to Batman
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Tyranthraxus
07/10/18 4:37:54 PM
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Prestoff posted...
LightHawKnight posted...
Uh the best villains are ones we can relate to.


Heath Ledger Joker would disagree, but I guess he's more of the exception than the rule.


Heath Ledger Joker was a good villain not because you could agree with his motivations, but he picked at a deep fear that a lot of us have--the fear of upsetting the status quo. In horrific ways. And on a very personal level. Ra's and later Bane are pretty much saturday morning cartoon villains and a lot of the MCU / other DC villains are "destroy the city / universe" type shit and it's literally comical and no one is actually afraid of someone destroying the universe.

But someone who kidnaps your girlfriend and kills her just to make you suffer? Not only is that something that could happen to you, but it can and does happen IRL, all the time. Not just to rich people, but even to average people.

The thought that you can be having a party with your friends and some gangsters bust in and shoot people--that can happen.

trapping the entire police force in the sewers for months is ridiculous bullshit. chemical weapons that make you hallucinate cthulhu monsters is something people do on themselves for literally fun. The fear the Joker portrayed in the movie is real fear and Batman is not a real person but he had to deal with it in real ways.
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iHuman
07/10/18 4:38:09 PM
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heath ledger's joker was legitimately insane and purely motivated to cause chaos and push batman's buttons
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Prestoff
07/10/18 4:38:37 PM
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LightHawKnight posted...
Prestoff posted...
LightHawKnight posted...
Uh the best villains are ones we can relate to.


Heath Ledger Joker would disagree, but I guess he's more of the exception than the rule.


Uh you can relate to Heath Ledger Joker, or any Joker really. Just a regular person, one day he was pushed too far and snapped, which lead to the clown prince of crime.


Not really, we don't know jack about his backstory which was the point Nolan wanted to get at. Ledger Joker is just an anarchist that liked to see the world burn and hated goody two shoes like Dent and the Batman.
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Anarchy_Juiblex
07/10/18 4:39:02 PM
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iHuman posted...
Tyranthraxus posted...
iHuman posted...
the mcu directors are such cucks

every villain is either a joke or not really evil and just doing it for their family

How exactly are you justifying Red Skull as "not really evil"

captain america is the one film i haven't really seen

i should watch it


Red Skull
Dormammu
Ultron
Ronan
Ego
Malekith

Plenty of evil, real threat villains.
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CableZL
07/10/18 4:39:12 PM
#33:


That'd be funny

*snap*

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LightHawKnight
07/10/18 4:39:34 PM
#34:


Prestoff posted...
LightHawKnight posted...
Prestoff posted...
LightHawKnight posted...
Uh the best villains are ones we can relate to.


Heath Ledger Joker would disagree, but I guess he's more of the exception than the rule.


Uh you can relate to Heath Ledger Joker, or any Joker really. Just a regular person, one day he was pushed too far and snapped, which lead to the clown prince of crime.


Not really, we don't know jack about his backstory which was the point Nolan wanted to get at. Ledger Joker is just an anarchist that liked to see the world burn and hated goody two shoes like Dent and the Batman.


But the point is he is the Joker, and we know of the background of Joker and can relate to that. Which is why the Joker is so iconic. They all don't share the exact same background other than being a crazy human, still human with human qualities.
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Tyranthraxus
07/10/18 4:41:16 PM
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LightHawKnight posted...
But the point is he is the Joker, and we know of the background of Joker and can relate to that.

The Joker makes up 3 completely different backstories for himself throughout the course of the movie. You don't know and can't know what it is.

You could argue that we have more information on Comic joker but Heath Ledger Joker is clearly not at all based on Comic Joker. He is as far removed from Comic Joker as Jesse Eisenberg is removed from Comic Lex Luthor.
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Minute
07/10/18 4:42:58 PM
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On an unrelated note, in Ant Man and the Wasp, did anyone think during the mid-credits scene, about how comically unlikely it would be for the snap to occur in the 10 seconds that Ant Man is in the quantum realm, and that all the Pyms who were watching got Thanos'd?
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iHuman
07/10/18 4:43:50 PM
#37:


Anarchy_Juiblex posted...
Red Skull
Dormammu
Ultron
Ronan
Ego
Malekith

Plenty of evil, real threat villains.

i only remember ronan, dormammu, ego, and ultron

didn't like ronan's or dormammu's ending, ego was alright and ultron was a joke of a movie
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iHuman
07/10/18 4:46:42 PM
#38:


Minute posted...
On an unrelated note, in Ant Man and the Wasp, did anyone think during the mid-credits scene, about how comically unlikely it would be for the snap to occur in the 10 seconds that Ant Man is in the quantum realm, and that all the Pyms who were watching got Thanos'd?

Of course. I wish they had used actual probability when writing and not predetermined based on how they wanted to conclude things.

Might take longer but it would have felt more authentic.
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EndOfDiscOne
07/10/18 4:51:12 PM
#39:


The best villains are entertaining, simple as that. Killmonger and Loki are better than most MCU villains because the actor nailed the role.
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Jiek_Fafn
07/10/18 4:54:55 PM
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Imagine thinking Ledgers Joker is just an unrelatable monster. The entire fucking point of him and his monologues was to be relatable.

He's supposed to represent the desire to destroy that most people have somewhere inside them just amped up to 11. Just like Batman represents the desire to protect amped up to 11. He's supposed to be somewhat relatable.

Being relatable isn't the same as feeling sorry for someone.
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Tyranthraxus
07/10/18 4:55:57 PM
#41:


Jiek_Fafn posted...
He's supposed to represent the desire to destroy that most people have somewhere inside them just amped up to 11. Just like Batman represents the desire to protect amped up to 11. He's supposed to be somewhat relatable.


You have completely missed the point of the movie.
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iHuman
07/10/18 4:57:01 PM
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you are reaching so much

in fact batman even tells joker straight up "what are you trying to prove, that everyone is as ugly as you"

he's not relatable, he's a psycho
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Jiek_Fafn
07/10/18 5:02:28 PM
#43:


iHuman posted...
you are reaching so much

in fact batman even tells joker straight up "what are you trying to prove, that everyone is as ugly as you"

he's not relatable, he's a psycho


Very few people are Batman levels of selflessness. You don't have to agree with someone to relate to them in some way.
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LightHawKnight
07/10/18 5:04:01 PM
#44:


iHuman posted...
you are reaching so much

in fact batman even tells joker straight up "what are you trying to prove, that everyone is as ugly as you"

he's not relatable, he's a psycho


You act as if humanity is perfect. We are not. We are incredibly flawed, being a psycho is still relatable.
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Tyranthraxus
07/10/18 5:06:24 PM
#45:


LightHawKnight posted...
You act as if humanity is perfect. We are not. We are incredibly flawed, being a psycho is still relatable.


There is nothing relateable about the Joker unless you are deranged on a level of James Holmes. Nobody but a complete madman looks at the Joker and says "yeah I kinda get where he's coming from"
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iHuman
07/10/18 5:09:39 PM
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Yeah I mean I was under the impression relatable meant someone who was "down to earth." Had common man man goals and motivations.
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Jiek_Fafn
07/10/18 5:14:05 PM
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Tyranthraxus posted...
LightHawKnight posted...
You act as if humanity is perfect. We are not. We are incredibly flawed, being a psycho is still relatable.


There is nothing relateable about the Joker unless you are deranged on a level of James Holmes. Nobody but a complete madman looks at the Joker and says "yeah I kinda get where he's coming from"


Monster trucks, knocking down dominoes campfires and buildings being demolished are cool as fuck to watch. Most people have the moral capacity to not extend that to hurting others, but the primal desire to watch shit be destroyed is still a part of many of us. Check out any world star video for evidence of that people like that kind of thing even when someone is getting hurt.
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Tyranthraxus
07/10/18 5:16:53 PM
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Jiek_Fafn posted...
Monster trucks, knocking down dominoes campfires and buildings being demolished are cool as fuck to watch. Most people have the moral capacity to not extend that to hurting others, but the primal desire to watch shit be destroyed is still a part of many of us. Check out any world star video for evidence of that people like that kind of thing even when someone is getting hurt.

You are comparing compacting garbage to violently ending lives just to hurt their families.
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iHuman
07/10/18 5:17:10 PM
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omfg can you stop reaching?!

"yeah i understand blowing up hospitals, i used to knock down dominos as a kid"
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Jiek_Fafn
07/10/18 5:18:15 PM
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Tyranthraxus posted...
Jiek_Fafn posted...
Monster trucks, knocking down dominoes campfires and buildings being demolished are cool as fuck to watch. Most people have the moral capacity to not extend that to hurting others, but the primal desire to watch shit be destroyed is still a part of many of us. Check out any world star video for evidence of that people like that kind of thing even when someone is getting hurt.

You are comparing compacting garbage to violently ending lives just to hurt their families.


Correct
Did you not understand the phrase "amped up to 11" in my original post?
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