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Do you find MCU Thanos a compelling villain?

Do you find MCU Thanos a compelling villain?

Yes- his philosophy is fascinating

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No- he's too lacking in imagination

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Yes- his philosophy is fascinating

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John
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John

I like the idea that the tragedy of killing half the Universe will bring people together (something Falcon and Winter Soldier seems to agree with). Doubling the resources will make people more wasteful.

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Greg Johnson
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Greg Johnson

It's a bare fact that populations of any given species cannot keep doubling (or more), given that resources for it are finite. This is even more true for all life in the universe. Therefore, it follows that some kind of control is necessary at a certain point. Thanos just acted out this logic; props

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Matthew Bass
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Matthew Bass

What I like about thanos is he has the ultimate hero complex. He thinks of himself as this misunderstood hero that knows what s best for everyone but in reality everything he does is in service of his own ego and is incapable of excepting any reality in which he his wrong.

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Simon Immonen
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Simon Immonen

The thing that makes Thanos both sinister and understandable is that his want for destruction does come from what seems like a a genuine cause. It’s a cause that many in the real world agree with, so it makes his relentlessness feel real.

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Bluedragonfive
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Bluedragonfive

thanos in a warped way is trying to make the universe a better place. basically thanos serves as the ultimate answer to what do we do when the bigger universe nick fury warned tony about gets too big

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Camila Cerrada
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Camila Cerrada

I think that his way of thinking is actually really cool and deep

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Jedi Knight
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Jedi Knight

Guys, he's the MAD Titan. Why are we debating weather or not hie plans make sense. Of course they don't make sense! That's why we're trying to stop him!

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Alex007
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Alex007

I obviously don't agree with him, but I feel like the movie does a brilliant job at showing us how a charismatic eco terrorist works. They did such a good job that some real people bought his BS.

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rockmanlp
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rockmanlp

I don't care about his philosophy, but Thanos and Vulture are the only scary MCU villains, (Killmonger is not scary at all). I love how Endgame shows Thanos is a hypocrite.

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No- he's too lacking in imagination

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Brian Klein
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Brian Klein

I loved him as a villain, but I voted this way because I do think he could have used the infinity stones to solve his problem in many other ways. He could have created more planets or whatever he wanted. He could have figured it out without wiping out half the population, which is temporary anyways.

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SpedeVesku
SpedeVesku

Yes, he could use the gauntlet to create infinite amount of resources or something, but that wouldn't teach anyone a lesson in his eyes. For him, it's all about proving that his people should have listened to him.

Chewbaacca's Lover
Chewbaacca's Lover

That's because the Infinity Gauntlet was made for a crazy evil death obsessed villain, it wasn't made for villain whose out for the greater good, it doesn't work for the character they gave us.

Chewbaacca's Lover
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Chewbaacca's Lover

He's elevated by Brolin's performance, but on paper he's generic as hell, if you did this character in a comic book or a novel nobody would find him interesting. Brolin is able to bring a sincerity and passion to a frankly goofy motivation and philosophy. His motivation is a combination of clichés.

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Raymond Smith
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Raymond Smith

Boring. Give me The joker, Catwoman, or The Penguin anytime.

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Randall Patton
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Randall Patton

Compared to comic Thanos, MCU Thanos is a pale shadow. Didn't buy the motivation. I know impressing Lady Death would have been tough to pull off in the movies. But kill half the universe to... do what? What was his point? A survival of the fittest thing? Not clear. It's too crowded? Not buying it.

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Ren Davis
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Ren Davis

His motivation isn’t the problem so much as his sadistic nature doesn’t mesh with the motivation that gave him. You can’t have a “greater good, but bad methods” villain, while also saying he has fun beating people and is an overall sadist. Seems like they wanted it both ways, which hurts character.

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Geekvolution
Geekvolution

That's most of my issue with him. You've gotta explore the sadism or totally retcon it once you decide it's a necessarily evil motivation. Maybe he lost himself along the way and is corrupted by his power, even before the gauntlet, but we're not told that.

Chewbaacca's Lover
Chewbaacca's Lover

Also his the ends justifies the means motivation doesn't work with the infinity gauntlet, it's a device that can literally do anything.

Is Batman and Robin really the better Schumacher Batman movie?

Is Batman and Robin really the better Schumacher Batman movie?

Ridiculous. It's Batman Forever.

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Yep, at least it knows how stupid it is.

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Ridiculous. It's Batman Forever.

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Robert Wild
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Robert Wild

Batman and Robin might be the more tonally consistent film of the two, but the best scenes in Batman and Robin are never as good as the best scenes in Batman Forever in my opinion. I also think Batman Forever just tells a better Batman story overall.

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Chewbacca's Lover
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Chewbacca's Lover

Batman Forever is more balanced and less awkward, but both are better stories than Batman Returns and actually about Batman.

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Liam Donaghy
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Liam Donaghy

Batman Forever is obviously the better film because, for all its faults, it's at least trying to be about Batman's character. Batman & Robin is nothing but a feature-length toy commercial. B&R even steals most of its plot from Forever.

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Andrew Cozzini
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Andrew Cozzini

No way, "Batman Forever" is definitely the better movie of the 2! This is not to say I even dislike "Batman & Robin," as I see it as a harmless flick. However, "Forever" places Batman in the center of the story, executes a well-done Robin origin, and offers up a great Riddler! "Forever" is a blast!

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VideoGameSecrets
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VideoGameSecrets

I don’t think I have to explain anything for this. Batman and Robin is, at least I think, the worst Batman movie. It’s stupid, doesn’t really have a plot, and Batman Forever just is a better movie overall.

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Shaun Blake
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Shaun Blake

Because Baan Forever is actually trying trying be a movie about Bruce Wayne's psychology. The first movie to attempt this. Sure Begins would do it better but no other attempt was made before this. Also the tone, costumes and style are so much better. B&R is just a childish rehash

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NICOLAS GARCIA
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NICOLAS GARCIA

The one thing I can appreciate about Forever is the decent attempt and mostly successful character study of Bruce. It's actually the first film before Begins where Bruce is the protagonist. Kilmers performance is underrated too. That's the one thing that makes it better for me.

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Tomislav Kralj
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Tomislav Kralj

While I can enjoy B&R for the reason of it knowing how stupid it is, Forever though has genuinely well done ideas, concepts, set pieces, with it feeling like an early 70s Batman comic book

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Justin Hayes
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Justin Hayes

You’re a little early for April Fools ya know

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Newt
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Newt

It's just a better written and acted movie hands down. People want to give Batman and Robin too much because it's admittedly received far too much vitriol, but that should lead to us proclaiming such a poor film good (or even decent - this one is quite bad).

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Jedi Knight
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Jedi Knight

Wha??? Who is saying that?

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Yep, at least it knows how stupid it is.

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Spencer Nielsen
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Spencer Nielsen

At least Batman & Robin doesn’t have the crushing weight of failed ambition on it. I feel like at some point (very early on in its writing process) there was a good version of Batman Forever. As it exists, Batman Forever is more frustrating to me than the completely integrity-free Batman & Robin.

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Adam Stewart
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Adam Stewart

Not because it's stupid. I find this movie to have a beautiful Bruce/Alfred relationship, a solid arc for Bruce in him having to trust others for help, let go of trying to control things. I may think BF technically a better movie, but this has a stronger Bruce and Alfred elements.

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Nick hughes
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Nick hughes

If we assume Arnie and Jim Carey cancel each other out. Uma Thurman is much better in her role than Tommie Lee Jones and for that reason I’d say Batman and Robin is more watchable

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Conner Nielsen
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Conner Nielsen

Batman & Robin may follow the structure laid by Forever (which was itself following Returns’ absent structure), but Schumacher’s second Bat-flick is the only 90’s Batman sequel that has an identifiable central plot.

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If you could only play one of these game systems for the rest of your life, which would you choose?

If you could only play one of these game systems for the rest of your life, which would you choose?

Super Nintendo

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Nintendo 64

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Super Nintendo

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Rachel Clara Smith
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Rachel Clara Smith

It was the only system I had access to my entire childhood and I somehow survived 🥲

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Nintendo 64

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VideoGameSecrets
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VideoGameSecrets

I think I would get bored of the SNES. I always try to play something on the SNES, but nothing really screams “I want to play this.” I also grew up with the N64 more than the SNES.

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