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Thanos was a true ideologue. He could have targeted half the universes population AND all the people trying to stop him. It would have been a insignificant amount over his intentions. Quickly erased by the exponential increase in population growth he would have started.
He also could've just doubled all the resources in the universe
Doesn't that still result in issues? Like it might take longer but the end result would be the same.
I mean the main problem comes from the fact that that's not what comic Thanos' reason for killing half the universe is.
In the comics Thanos wanted to kill half the universe to impress lady death who he was in love with.
But since a love triangle where Thanos is getting cucked by Deadpool isn't really fit for movies we got what we got.
You know there's something about a villains motive being so small and pathetic that just makes it seem more real. Hardly anybody has any grand ideas about shaping the world, even those with the power to. Most billionaires are literally buying big boats and buildings instead of shaping nations. Destroying things because he can't handle rejection is just so much more human.
Dreams are dead. We need to revive dreams.
So does removing half the universe. They'll eventually get back to where they were.
Or made all living things require half as many resources.
One of the more annoying aspects of the story arc. Thanos was originally written as this religious zealot who quite literally wanted nothing more than to bone Death. Everything he did was in service to this dogmatic view that killing was a holy act. So much of his character is just my man being an uncompromising, super-powered sociopath.
And then the MCU writers come in and try to make him a eugenicist who can't do math. "Just gonna nix half the universe's sentient population and then go off and... uh... farm." Dude, come on. Why on earth did they feel the need to take one of the setting's explicit unquestionable villains and turn him into Sam Bankman-Fried with magic rocks?
Disney, probably. They gave us some good things, I guess. Kinda sucks it's their IP forever now.
I'm leaning towards being competely over marvel and super hero shit in general. Sad that some might think it's because I'm old and no fun but really I don't think the story telling is up to my standards anymore.
At this point I want depth and execution. Really, my standards may be too high but it's my time, I guess.
I just need a story that has something important under the surface. Something to keep me guessing. Then in a master stroke execute every scene with intention, artistry, and style.
I also tend toward darker themes.
Most people want that but corporations would rather have money from rubes than bother to make anything with good storytelling.
The mainstreaming and Disney-fication of "gritty" movies has been absolutely dogshit for the content.
You can't make Blade or The Crow anymore. You can barely make The Matrix. You just get a bunch of GrimDark cartoony bullshit.
I'm dreaming of a Berserk done right. Not that shit they somehow did two seasons of. The Golden Age stuff is really good. I just want post golden age now.
They do all this build up and the climax of Golden Age really grabs you. Then its just... damn, yeah. More of that high drama / political intrigue / folly of man's hubris / yearning of the human heart shit. The monster fights are fun, but the real meat of Berserk is that romance and betrayal.
Have you seen Godzilla Minus One? That movie was so good.
Agreeded
And that's why I've started to prefer seinan manga to most other things, too