re: Infinity war reaction and SPOILERS thread

That's a compliment, dumbass, seeing as the last Jedi was really good too

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seeing as the last Jedi was really good too

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wait.....what?

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head-scratching moments

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General question: I know she's very powerful, but is Scarlet Witch so powerful that she can destroy an Infinity Stone? I assumed (from comic books and I think mentioned in a few previous movies) that they could not be destroyed. Which is why they were hidden throughout the universe. I don't remember what Vision said to her when he explained that she can destroy it and maybe that will clarify things for me.

But if she can destroy the Infinity Stones, then wouldn't that pretty much make her the most powerful being in the universe? And why didn't she just destroy the other stones when she was confronted by Thanos???

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General question: I know she's very powerful, but is Scarlet Witch so powerful that she can destroy an Infinity Stone?

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She sure destroyed that accent that she had in the previous two films. She got Americanized quickly.

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I don't remember what Vision said to her when he explained that she can destroy it and maybe that will clarify things for me.

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He said that she could turn the stone's power back on itself. She didn't have the power to destroy it, but her hex powers can turn objects' powers back on themselves.

Saw it last night. I thought it was fantastic. The humor was great without being overdone. The Russo's always know how to film a fight that's fun to watch. Cant' wait for the next part.

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Now a Question for those that saw it.

Was the Starlord scene with THanos as bad as the Martha scene? Remember they had Thanos dead to right, Ironman was like telling Starlord not to do it and pleading with him cause they almost had the gauntlet off.

How cringy was it compared to the Martha scene?

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Starlord got hit with the idiot stick, but that scene isn't in the same universe as "Martha".

Damned impressive. Amazing body count/victim list.

Gamora, Hemidall & Loki are permanent casualties since they were physically killed. I have to think Vision is as well, although it's possible the Mind Stone could be put back after the stones are removed fro the Gauntlet in 2.

Thor was great, but Thanos/Brolin definitely shined the brightest in the movie. Will definitely be seeing it again.

So it's as dumb as I know you were brainwashed by Hydra but you killed my mom.

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What does the end scene of Thanos seeing Gamora as a child again represent? What was that about?

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I think it’s bigger than that... I think that was showing that the soul stone is consuming those it is responsible for killing... which is why the heroes disentigrated once he snapped his fingers instead of just falling dead

And also shows the avenue in which we get them back

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Was the Starlord scene with THanos as bad as the Martha scene? Remember they had Thanos dead to right, Ironman was like telling Starlord not to do it and pleading with him cause they almost had the gauntlet off.

How cringy was it compared to the Martha scene?

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It's nowhere near the Martha scene. It's not even on the same planet really.

Star Lord has never shown himself to be a mature character at all. He is prone to acting out of anger. He does it in both GotG movies. Also, the ways he has saved the day are clearly massive (excuse the semi pun) ego boosters. In GotG1 he wins pretty much b/c he can hold the stone due to being part Celestial. His big plan was to distract Ronin via dancing. In GotG2 he wins b/c he has friends to save his arse. He only gets the skills to go HAM on Ego b/c the dude tells him "I killed your mom b/c I loved her too much. Thems the breaks when you want to make the perfect universe lol!" It makes sense within the multi film narrative that he would react like a moron and screw everything up. He doesn't even initially take Gamora seriously when she tells him he needs to kill her if she is captured by Thanos.


Martha in Batman vs Superman didn't work b/c it wasn't earned by the script. Batman's mother's name isn't exactly well known and briefly mentioning it at the start of the film doesn't make up for the fact that this Batman gives zero indications that her mere mention is enough to stop him in his tracks. What we are shown of this iteration of Batman is he is depressed, possibly an alcoholic, and is so far over the edge he doesn't think twice about killing anyone he considers an adversary or threat. The dude is launching rockets at guys who are probably just hired goons (who you can have no sympathy for sue but remember Rocky Balboa was a hired goon once too). If you're lucky, this Batman will just brand you after beating your arse senseless. Bruce Wayne in BvS is the kind of guy Christian Bale's Batman would hunt down and imprison for being too extreme. At no point does he show himself to be so sentimental that hearing his mother's name will turn him from a vigilant intent on murder to a guy that goes "Oh shite, your mom is named Martha too!?! Let's form the Super Friends and fight crime together!!!"

To sum things up, Starlord is has always been an emotional reactionary so his reaction works w/in the world built for the MCU while in BvS Batman was in serial killer mode which makes him getting stopped cold by the name Martha feel implausible. Perhaps if there had been a couple movies where we connected with Martha Wayne to set up the BvS Batman "Martha moment" and/or to also fully explore why and how far Batman had fallen it could have made more sense but since WB decided to rush their way into a Justice League set up it was totally corny and insulting to the audience.