Board Thread:Movies/@comment-3048593-20171206004220/@comment-29908830-20180517112401

So going over Infinity War spoilers and what’s in store for Avengers 4:


 * Most everyone has said this, but everyone who died pre-snap should stay dead if there’s to be any stakes. The only thing that leaves me head-scratching is that we previously saw Zoe Saldana and Paul Rudd, in full costume, together for that Hurricane Harvey thing.
 * As for those that died during the snap, I have an interesting theory. What if, instead of them being dead or trapped in the Soul Stone (like some believe), what if they’re actually trapped in various corners of the Multiverse? This would explain the set photo with Shield Tony, Young Cap, and Ant-Man from a few months ago. Plus, time travel’s been done before.
 * The whole sequence with Red Skull is probably what surprised me the most. I love how Gamora’s death completely caught me off-guard, and that it really fits into the theme of “the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few” taken to its absolute extreme (given how the heroes keep on giving Thanos the upper hand to save one friend, and he’s just like “Ah screw my daughter, I’ve got a world to ‘save’.”). Not a total fan of Red Skull getting the Terrence Howard treatment (with a relative unknown no less), but given that you can’t see his face any longer it shouldn’t be an issue. It DOES make me wonder though - will HE be the next big bad once Thanos is gone?
 * There were a few plot holes I noticed, though not as bad as the Zemo one for me. For example, how did Banner know so much about Thanos? Why did Rhodey bother to help Cap’s group? And I know that Vision started living with Wanda after Civil War from the prelude comic, but they couldn’t make that clearer in the film?
 * As for the sequel, here’s an idea. Assuming the snapped heroes are traveling the Multiverse, Avengers 4 will, I predict, be two concurrent stories, similar in structure to the LOTR sequels. The first involves the survivors attempting to get revenge on Thanos in one final stand, while the second involves the snapped heroes traveling the Multiverse trying to get back home while simultaneously saving the trillions of others also trapped there and becoming a better Avengers team than the original. This will help set up a “passing of the torch” story while not feeling like two films crammed into one.

Anyway guys, there’s a chance I might not post here for a bit. I’ll be in China and Japan for the next two months. I’ve got a VPN though, so there’s still a chance. Until then, fun stuff.