Post by DC-Fan on May 11, 2018 18:14:27 GMT
Thanos is better than other MCU villains, which isn't saying much since all other MCU villains have been awful and lame. But Thanos is still not a great villain.
1st, Thanos sparing Starlord, Iron Man, and Scarlett Witch just because they stood up to him? WTF? That's really lame. Great villains don't hesitate to kill those who oppose them or don't obey their orders. When Hans Gruber told the CEO of Nakatoma to open the vault and the CEO said he can't and said "You'll just have to kill me", Hans didn't say "Brave man, I'm going to spare your life for standing up to me." Hans said "OK" and shot him in the head. No hesitation. Because that's what great villains do.
2nd, aside from ripping off The Illiad, the sacrifice scene was put in to try to make Thanos look more humane and sympathetic. 1 MCU fan even wrote on another thread that Thanos doesn't enjoy killing. That's also really lame. Great villains aren't humane or sympathetic. Hans Gruber was a greedy asshole who was willing to kill many innocent people to get rich. Nothing sympathetic about that. The Joker was an evil and psychotic sociopath who enjoyed killing innocent people. Nothing sympathetic about that. Great villains enjoy killing innocent people and have no remorse or regret about it and aren't supposed to look humane or sympathetic.
1st, Thanos sparing Starlord, Iron Man, and Scarlett Witch just because they stood up to him? WTF? That's really lame. Great villains don't hesitate to kill those who oppose them or don't obey their orders. When Hans Gruber told the CEO of Nakatoma to open the vault and the CEO said he can't and said "You'll just have to kill me", Hans didn't say "Brave man, I'm going to spare your life for standing up to me." Hans said "OK" and shot him in the head. No hesitation. Because that's what great villains do.
2nd, aside from ripping off The Illiad, the sacrifice scene was put in to try to make Thanos look more humane and sympathetic. 1 MCU fan even wrote on another thread that Thanos doesn't enjoy killing. That's also really lame. Great villains aren't humane or sympathetic. Hans Gruber was a greedy asshole who was willing to kill many innocent people to get rich. Nothing sympathetic about that. The Joker was an evil and psychotic sociopath who enjoyed killing innocent people. Nothing sympathetic about that. Great villains enjoy killing innocent people and have no remorse or regret about it and aren't supposed to look humane or sympathetic.