Fawbish
Sr Member
Re: Avengers: Infinity War
We have technically been introduced to the Celestials.
I think they need to go full throttle with his back story. If you don't go full throttle on this one, Thanos will suffer. If you don't get into the idea that he worships the physical embodiment of death (that concept alone will be difficult to portray with the right gravitas on screen) to such a degree that he willingly murders his family for her (ultimate mistress) and then essentially nukes his own race, then it's going to feel like Thanos-light. We don't want that.
Take us to Titan, show us Eternal parents, nice little voice over explaining the Celestials creating life on earth, and life elsewhere. Link it to the Guardians head mining scene. Show Thanos upbringing as a Deviant Eternal hybrid scenario, and his growing hatred and obsession with nihilism over the years as a short montage.
As much as I absolutely adore GotG, it does feel like they have slightly stifled what they might be able to do with him. His words are impressive so far ("I will bathe the star ways in your blood" is a particular favourite) but his actual actions don't feel like someone that should be the biggest threat to the ******* galaxy the MCU has ever faced.
However - some of what you're saying I think can be conveyed by his physical threat. If he literally is easily able to swat aside the Hulk, severely injure Thor, crack open Iron Man like a sardine can etc. That would be very, very interesting. What happens when the Avengers are genuinely outmatched physically? We haven't seen that yet. They've always had fodder to fight (which will happen again I imagine, with another alien race).
Speaking of which, we've never seen what planetoid Thanos is on when he is in his chair - I've just thought for the first time - is it a ravaged/desolate Titan already?
We have technically been introduced to the Celestials.
I think they need to go full throttle with his back story. If you don't go full throttle on this one, Thanos will suffer. If you don't get into the idea that he worships the physical embodiment of death (that concept alone will be difficult to portray with the right gravitas on screen) to such a degree that he willingly murders his family for her (ultimate mistress) and then essentially nukes his own race, then it's going to feel like Thanos-light. We don't want that.
Take us to Titan, show us Eternal parents, nice little voice over explaining the Celestials creating life on earth, and life elsewhere. Link it to the Guardians head mining scene. Show Thanos upbringing as a Deviant Eternal hybrid scenario, and his growing hatred and obsession with nihilism over the years as a short montage.
As much as I absolutely adore GotG, it does feel like they have slightly stifled what they might be able to do with him. His words are impressive so far ("I will bathe the star ways in your blood" is a particular favourite) but his actual actions don't feel like someone that should be the biggest threat to the ******* galaxy the MCU has ever faced.
However - some of what you're saying I think can be conveyed by his physical threat. If he literally is easily able to swat aside the Hulk, severely injure Thor, crack open Iron Man like a sardine can etc. That would be very, very interesting. What happens when the Avengers are genuinely outmatched physically? We haven't seen that yet. They've always had fodder to fight (which will happen again I imagine, with another alien race).
Speaking of which, we've never seen what planetoid Thanos is on when he is in his chair - I've just thought for the first time - is it a ravaged/desolate Titan already?
