Avengers Endgame & The ThanosRat Dilemma 

To anyone who had to see that thumbnail... I am sorry. It took on a life of its own.

“This Thanos just sits back and lets other people do the work” Remember how it took until 2015 for him to say “Fine, I’ll do it myself”?

So Dr. Strange saw that one rat and was like "THIS IS THE ONE FUTURE!"

the beginning of the endgame is excellent. It is slow. it is empty. This is the best way to show the emptiness that must have felt people living after the snap. It helps us, as viewers connects with the heroes that have survived the snap

Thanos:"I finally erased half living things in the universe out of existence" Rat:"I'm about to end this purple man's dream"

Is it convenient Tony just figures out time travel? Yeah. Is it convenient Nebula just links with her old self? Yeah. Is it convenient that the rat steps on the button? Yeah, very lucky events. The chances must be like, one in a million, or maybe one in fourteen million six hundred and five.

People don't understand, imagine what the rat had to lose to get to that point...

Instead of the Rat accidentally walking on the perfect combination of buttons to release Scott, they should have had Luis come looking for the van, get it out of impound, and he be the one gets it open and releases Scott. They missed a perfect opportunity to let Luis explain to Scott what all had happened in his signature style.

Could be random, but I love how Ant Man as the one who carries the story forward. Giving the team the idea of they having a chance

9:45 i think thonos is being very clever here. attracting the most powerful avengers to himself to fight while still undercover nebula find the stones. even thor said its a trap. so i don't think he is doing nothing here.

3:30 I never felt this "slowness" as an issue. To me that felt like it was exactly what they were going for and I appreciated it because it fit the theme of "we lost and don't know where to start to fix it".

I feel like the slow pacing of the aftermath was deliberate and depressing.

I don’t find a rat problem in ratatouille

The rat was master Splinter after spending considerable time educating himself in the Quantum fields.

Thanos has the same motivation, he changes to destroying the whole universe and starting over because he has already seen that his original plan fails due to the avengers undoing it. By erasing only 50%, there is a chance that those who survive could undo it again, thus he changes his motivation. Also time travel wasnt built in one night, with Tony talking to Scott when they first go to him seems he has already looked into it which was why he dismissed them so quickly with it. He also didnt try 1 equation and get it right, the only equation we see is the right one but there is dialogue you seem to have missed to explain that. Time travel wont really matter moving forward BECAUSE of the way they explained it. Changing the past WILL NOT change the future, they lose a fight, go back in time then win, it doesnt effect the timeline they are from. (Lose in universe 199996 and travel hack to 199995 to redo the fight and win then go back to 199996 that villian and their loss will still be there)

I disagree with your take on Thonos' motivation. I always thought of Thanos in IF as an incredible narcissist, and I think Endgame's Thanos drove home the truth of his motivations.

For a second, I thought he was talking about the rat in the first act that set Ant-Man fre- oh wait, nevermind

You forget, the reason that Thanos destroyed the stones was because there was already a villain: The Avengers. To him, they were the one thing that would destroy everything he had worked so hard to create.

As much as I loved Endgame, I'm really glad there's a critique that feels entirely subjective versus nagging and aggressively negative.

He wants to create a new universe because in his mind, he realizes that the Avengers will never accept what he did at the end of Infinity War. This is backed up when he is monologuing before fighting Cap, Iron Man and Thor.

On the motivation of Thonos at the end its still in line with what he's always wanted,to build the universe in his own image one where life is preserved instead of the sentiment of living hence he makes it a point to mention the leftovers remembering. He takes matters in his own hands when he realises that everyone he's ever tasked with gathering the stones fail,including the black order in Infinity war,thus he realises that the obstacle was never the Avengers but them still being alive long enough to see him reach his goal

My dad said it pretty nicely, he said that so many people were actually agreeing with the ideals Thanos had that the Russo brothers or someone decided to make endgame Thanos absolutely disagreeable to prevent anyone siding with Thanos again

Nebula and rhodey should have fought Ronan's thugs

Tony didn’t figure time travel out his first try, he even says something like that to his operator.

If you watched Thanos in movies before Infinity War he was always a type of a guy who waits for others to work for him. First he used Loki in Avengers, then he send Ronan in Guardians of Galaxy. Only after Age of Ultron he states that he is tired of waiting and he will do it himself. So in IW we see Thanos who lost his patience. But in Endgame its younger version of Thanos who is still patient enough to wait. Also I understand the change they made for Thanos goal. He sees world after his plan was succesful and is not satisfied from it. It also increase the stakes of the movie, because now everybody will die not only half of the universe. PS His initial goal was also dumb because why having unlimited power he want't to destroy half of the life instead of creating more resources?

I personally think ultron should have come back at like the time travel bit if they went for the mind stone as he puts it in visions head

I understand your points but didn't thanos from infinity war sit in a chair for approximately 6 years before he actively went after the stones.

There was a villain racing them. It was drax but he was just standing incredibly still.

*The beginning has no villain cause the focus is the heroes dealing with the world and the defeat.*

No no no no no no no no no the time travel was the best thing about endgame because it was handled right unlike in for example back to the future. Sure time travel is now difficult to ignore in any post endgame movies but honestly who even wants to watch those?

I think it’s safe to say that Rocket is an Avenger after the snap. That makes me happy.

The first act is slow and it was amazing, we wouldn't have felt the way later in the movie the way we did if the first act was breezed through. And if they did breeze through, people would complain and say that they wish there was more of the post snap world shown

Filmento, I've not seen all your stuff, so I might be wrong here, but I get the feeling you believe a movie plot needs a villain in order to be a good plot. So, are there any good movie plots you're aware of that contradict this and are good without having a villain?

Thanos 2014 is missing the experiences that shaped him on the way to getting the stones in the first place. Plain and simple, the story covers the differences. Maybe its not as interesting. Maybe it's not the same compelling villain because that villain hasnt become the person that came to respect the Avengers and respect the sacrifice he had to make to get to that victory. This movie is not happening in a vacuum its the second part of a two part story.

I always thought he was waiting to heal. I mean he used the stones right after taking an axe to the chest. He probably wanted to heal up a bit before trying the stones again.

Personally, I watched the movie (not a comic book reader, but I enjoyed the recent MCU movies, this one didn’t make me bored at all in theatres.

I think the destroy life and save life argument was a little bit far, because right before Thonos said he will kill everything in the universe, he did mentioned he thought eliminating half lives, the other half will thrive, the avengers showed him otherwise, so he decided this time he will eliminate all instead. But yes it was delivered via a line only, so it feels weak. If this change of motive could be visualise it will be way better

For me, it was good that the first hour was slow because they needed to show how the repercusions of Thanos Snap affected everyone, including the avengers. It was also necessary to stablish what they could do in order to revert Thanos actions. So that is not a villainless hour, it was a consistent plot building hour. But I am agree with you that the rat saving Ant Man was a massive Deus ex machina.

Everyone: Thanos is the most powerful being in the universe. Filmento: or maybe a rat...

I think they consciously made Thanos' motives less rational because too many people agreed with him.

Thanos destroyed the stones because he heard that "Karen" wanted to talk him down for them. He couldn't snap that away.

Deep in my heart, at least Thanos died thinking he’d won. And I’m happy with that.

Yeah, ok, but Thanos with an ‚A’ is also a Dum-Dum? People analysed his Original Plan with the ‚Snap’ and realized: Oh, what a Dum-Dum.

By the time of the start of End Game Dormamu is long aware of what power stones posses and so he would be aware that it is possible to make his twisted realm to conquer all the multiverse using them. Sooo: 1. Dormamu lurks through the minds of Avengers and Thanos siders looking for an opportunity, for a soft spot in the stones protection. 2. Forms a plan to initiate the fight between two sides, in order to posses tge weakened mind of the final Gauntlet holder and let twisted realm to get over the multiverse 3. Dormamu realizes that quantum world, in which Antman sits, might help Avengers travel time(because he is the infernal power of the twisted realm, who percieves time and space differently, perhaps understanding quantum mechanics and time-travel capabilities of this knowledge) 4. Dormamu starts to infiltrate the mind of Stark, helping him to discover the right construction of time travel machine. 5. Dormamu builds up his influence on the Starks mind, allowing to change decisions he is making 6. Final battle shows almost nothing of Dormamus presence, because he is concieling himself in order to strike truly unexpectedly, however scene goes on with no change caused by him. 7. Scene after credits shows, that Dormamu violently tried to make Stark unleash him from twisted realm, but didn't succeed in any visible way. However, right when the Stark lets out his last breath, cursing enraged Dormamu suddenly disappears into the thin air, leaving us with the look into steady twisted realm accompanied with intense beat building up.

I think you forget that he noticed since that they came back that he failed in the future that's why his motivation or his goal is different, to notice that in the future he failed in his initial goal so he had to go about destroying everything and building a new world where they didn't remember what the world used to be

I can’t believe that you called him Thonos at 8:04 😂 😂 😂

I click because the thumbnail was legendary

I hope they use noobmaster69 for the next Thor movie. It would be a waste not to use such a great antagonist for the MCU.

I think past Thanos's motivation is different than present Thanos because he never thought about how he would do it and he thought the way his future self did was a more brutal way whereas in reality present Thanos was doing it to actually save life. Also I think making the first part empty was a good choice since it shows antman how he had returned to a world that was traumatized and broken due to the snap

thanos just turned to an well devoleped and builted character to just an flanderized caricature of himself

the vader 'i dont even know who you are' is hilarious.

Channel literally describes my subliminal feelings during movies watching

wow i didn't even think about endgame not having a villain.

So... you know Thanos destroyed the stones so no one could undo whar he did right? And the younger Thanos now wants to destroy all life and make it anew is because he saw what people did and thought when he completed his original goal. And with his new universe, he would make sure no one knew about the old one. Both of these things were clearly stated in the movie

i don't have time to explain but for this one filmento you are wrong

I believe kang should had been teased in the time travel aspect of this movie and could've served as the secret manipulator like thanos was in the first avengers

I mean they did tease Adam Warlock, imagine if the Sovereign sent him to get the stones, and he was the secondary villain. Maybe at the end after a fight with Captain Marvel or some of the Guardians, he decides to help them defeat Thanos. Would’ve made the movie soo much more coherent and high stakes

I love your content, but in this video, you leave out important information and take things out of context several times.

Thonos' goal changed from erase half of life to (destroy? no but to) RESTART life because Thonos KNOWS that he will achieve his original goal/plan(Thanos' plan/Infinity war's outcome) and saw his "destiny"/what he became by achieving those goals thanks to Nebula's eye-hologram-thingy.

Now that's what I call plot convenience

You can't expect them to keep track of time travel when they can't even tell what year they are supposed to be in. The Avengers takes place in 2012, Tony says it's been eight years to Thanos, then when they jump forward five years they are somehow in 2023 and not 2025? I know it's five years from when the movie was released, but being eight years after The Avengers was established by other comments by other characters... Except for the times the writers forget and say the wrong year again. But it should be consistent between movies by the same crew at least.

Another thing to say is that the younger thanos is just that, younger. He is immature compared to the older thanos. He doesnt have the same experiences.

Thanos in endgame wasn't as good as in infinity war but he was not a bad villian

What if we stick with what you said, keeping the old Thanos, except the film serves as a redemption ark for him? Where Thanos has to work alongside the Avengers to get the Infinity Stones before the new Villain, and perhaps he ends up sacrificing himself to stop the villain?

the real reason thanos just sits around and does nothing is because he is still in blue hammer guy mode, not doing anything while someone else goes to hunt down stones, canonically accurate laziness

*sees thumbnail* *WHAT HAVE YOU BROUGHT UPON THIS CURSED LAND*

A mouse saved the Marvel heroes You can’t get more meta than that

I honestly like the fact that the “real” Thanos died after completing his mission. It made things feel real when Thor killed him and it didn’t change anything. It was simply a meaningless revenge kill.

EndGame's Biggest Flaw for me. Hulk never had his Rematch with Thanos. We could've had Stoneless Thanos vs a Unafraid Hulk.

Maybe thanos took so long to snap his fingers again to destroy the stones. Was simply because he was still recovering from the first snap. Remember “it almost killed me” just snapping once?

It would have been better that Stan Lee's Cameo in Endgame was him being a janitor with a rat pet that casually left it next to the Van where antman was trapped. That would have given Stan lee a plot weight and would have hint him as the ONE-ABOVE-ALL

We need a scene of deadpool going around the world solving problems kinda like in deadpool 2, and showing deadpool spraying liquid cheese spray on the button for antman’s van with him looking at the cam saying “you’ll thank me later”

5:00 great job with the video, but he destroyed them to avoid temptation. That works, right? Temptation can grow over time

I mean, the fact that randomly a rat presses the right buttons may very well be why they only win once. It’s the only timeline where antman gets out.

The whole point in the first half is that nothing is happening, the villain is their grief and guilt. Nothing is meant to happen cause they are hopeless

I just assumed it was two days ago because that's how long it took him to recover enough to use them again.

Even though the first 1/3 of the movie is "slow", I think it is necessary to see the feel the impact of what happened at Avengers Infinity War. It is not about the action or villain, but the ones that remain behind and our original Avengers. And it is because of this, the rest of the movie is that much more satisfying.

I agree but also disagree. The slowness of the beginning does a great job of showing the impact of the snap.

It's implied that Tony had already been working on time travel. I assumed that he had given up on the idea, but his conversation with the Avengers made him try again. The rat is super convenient. I agree with you there. You claim there was no real obstacles when they traveled in time, but I very much disagree. You may not like the obstacles they wrote (fair enough that's subjective), but they're definitely there. There is a constant state of anxiety every moment because they're not sure what will happen. They lose the tesseract and have to figure out another way to steal it. As mentioned, Cap had to fight himself, but he also had to figure out a way to grab the scepter from Hydra. He may have solved that obstacle quickly, but it was an obstacle. As mentioned, Clint and Nat had to figure out who was going to die (you brushed past this but that is a pretty big problem to have). Cap and Tony had to get the tesseract and particles out of SHIELD without really knowing the base at all. Nebula's connection with younger Nebula alerts Thanos to their plan (whether you like young Thanos or not, that's a pretty big obstacle). As mentioned, Bruce had to convince the Ancient One to give up the time stone. You made fun of this one, but it's still an obstacle. It may not be as risky or as intense as the other obstacles, but Bruce still had to have a verbal sparring match with one of the world's smartest people. You said, "Oh, he just happened to say the right thing," but did you think it would never come up how Thanos got the time stone? That doesn't seem like a coincidence. Even if it was a coincidence like the rat, it would still be an obstacle. That's a lot of obstacles that supposedly don't exist. I agree Thanos isn't as good in this one, but I think it's for the opposite reason that you do. I don't think this movie needed a villain at all. That's hard to say because I love the way this movie wraps up, but having a villain is not the point of this movie. Having another villain (or having Thanos be planning something else from the beginning) would be redundant, boring, and take up a lot more time in an already long movie. The whole point of this movie is responding to what the villain has already done. We only need a physical antagonist for the fight at the end. I would argue that this movie DOES have an antagonist all the way through: time. They weren't able to make it to Thanos in time to get the stones back. They had to live in this broken world for five years. They struggle to crack time travel. Going back in time has a lot of obstacles (yes it does ;p), Thanos learns about their plan because two Nebulas are in the same time, and Tony even says at the end "When you mess around with time, it tends to mess back," referring to Thanos arriving and bombing them. To me, Thanos is not as strong in this movie because he is just the physical representation of the metaphysical antagonist. I still wish he was a stronger villain, but I don't think he needed to be more integral to the plot of this movie. I say all this as a fan of your videos! I'm not trying to be negative, I just wanted to share my thoughts. Keep up the great work man!

Thanos explains that the reason he changes his motivation (shredding the universe) because of how the Avengers tried to undo it. He needs a universe where people don’t remember the old world.

my therapist: "it's ok, thanos rat can't hurt you. he isn't real" thanos rat:

Thonos motivation is that he has seen that killing half the life will still result in the resistance of those left alive so if he kills all and then rebuilds it the right way it will be happy for him saving them

"Thonos is the kind of guy who sits back and lets other people do the work" Thanos tells Ronan to bring him the Orb (Guardians of the Galaxy) Thanos tells his disciples to bring him the two Stones on Earth (Infinity War) Thanos tells Gamora to find the Soul Stone for him (off screen, but still)

The rare point of yours that I disagree with so far: Thanos seems like he has logical sense in Infinity War but, to me, it always was quite apparent that his reasoning was just a rationalization that he created for himself. He is insane and intelligent not intelligent and misguided, the insane part is really important. In End Game since he saw how his original plans were undone he decided that he would just kill everybody since killing people was his main goal, not saving people, despite what he tells everybody including himself. That's highlighted by the many people who question why Thanos decides to wipe out half of life instead of creating twice as many resources, both of which would have the same affect. He doesn't see saving as the main goal, he wants to kill. Opening scene of Infinity War he "has his fun" by kicking the Hulk's ass and then he goes and stabs Heimdall in the chest after he saves the Hulk. It is the same character in both films but one of them feels more of a connection to the heroes than the other. I do agree that films should stand alone or else what's the point but for me this is literally the only movies that are exceptions, Infinity War isn't nearly as good without watching at least a few of the previous entries and End Game definitely doesn't work without Infinity War. Really like the channel though! Just found it a few days ago.

I believe that it was Megatron from Beast Machines who once said something like: "So this is how the world ends, not with a bang, but with a rat."

I disagree about the first act feeling "slow" to me it felt just the right amount to feel the emotional impact of half the population being dusted.

That “Thonos” quote was taken out of context though. Thanos decided to restart the universe because he realised he simply couldn’t succeed with the avengers in the mix. Also nice star wars/game of thrones reference 😂

Endgame has a villain. Grief.

I just thought it was the idea that seeing himself winning made thonos extremely arrogant.

"But at this point I care so much about these characters I would happily watch them play golf for an hour" I feel so attacked right now XDD

Hey Filmento, I've stumbled upon your videos and find most of them pretty interesting and entertaining to watch, but that being said I don't think this video is as tight nit as some of your other work for a few reasons. 1. I find it a bit funny for you to say that Thanos has always been an 'active character' when for the past 10 + years of films he's been sitting on a floating throne allowing others to do his work for him. It was only until Infinity war when he HAD to step in and even then he still sent most of his minions to do the work. If 'Squidward' had gotten the necklace off of Strange we would have never had the fight on Titan, if the Avenger's hadn't shown up at the train station Midnight would have gotten Vision and the mind stone. Most of the gems he had to get were because his minions failed him and he HAD to act. 2. I think adding a secondary antagonist at this late in the game in a movie that, whether we like it or not, is a second part to Infinity war would be so jarring as a moviegoer. We would have to flesh him/her out and give them motivation, a purpose and so on and so forth or they would be a simple D list marvel villain like many of the movie villains before. At least for me, I would find it just as contrived as the 'rat' scene that suddenly a new villain shows up out of nowhere in the final movie of the OG Avengers. 3. Saying that Thonos irradicating the universe and then rebuild it isn't something the real Thanos would do is, in my opinion, a poor critique. The reason this younger Thanos is prepared to wipe out the whole universe and start again is that the OG Thanos did that already and the younger one sees how it has brought him to the current predicament he is in right now. I think it would be very confusing if the past Thanos merely was like, "When I get the Gauntlet, I'll do the exact same thing that my future self will do!" He saw that his plan left those who would want to revert his actions, so why not clear the board and start from scratch? You also bring up that Thanos never got any development in Endgame but he doesn't have to, this is the same Thanos we saw in Infinity War but REacting to the Avenger's plans instead of acting as he did before. He had the ball in his court during IW, he had a response for everything and was ready to plow through them all, whereas in Endgame he knew nothing about it and had to react to what they were planning on doing. He doesn't need to talk about his daughter or his homeworld in this one because we already saw who he was in IW, why bring it up again other than to reiterate what we already know? And you just saying 'that's not how that works,' doesn't discount that this is still the Thanos we knew in IW but younger and reacting to a whole new set of circumstances. 4. He didn't use the stones to destroy the stones for no reason, he destroyed them so the Avengers could never use them to change back what he did, so I guess you could say he DID destroy them because he knew SOMEONE would come after them, that being the Avengers. I'll grant him doing it after two days is arbitrary but would it have made the movie better if they said he destroyed it a week ago because he thought that would be the best time? or maybe a month from then so it would be on his birthday? Does it really matter when he destroyed it? Honestly, that's the smartest thing he could have done and if Ant-Man wasn't saved by that glorious rat he would have gotten away with it. 5. Speaking of rat, I think most people have a certain amount of leeway they will give a movie when it comes to contrivances and conveniences, sometimes you're able to look past them and sometimes you can't. If that rat hadn't pressed those buttons Ant-man would have been trapped in that realm forever and there would be no movie; that's true...but, I could say the same for many moments in the MCU. If that bomb that landed at Stark's feet had actually been an effective bomb he would have died instead of becoming Iron Man, if the plane landing in the frozen ocean actually killed Cap we wouldn't have Captain America in the present/future and there would be no other Captain America movies. I know mine could seem like a stretch but honestly, it only matters as to what degree you find them annoying, I thought it was stupid that the rat freed him but I saw it as a small moment that didn't really ruin the movie. 6. The pacing problem only seems to be a problem if we look at this movie as a stand-alone movie and not a 'Part 2' to a two-parter finale for the MCU, there's a reason that when the movies were announced they were called "Infinity wars part 1 and 2'. Now, could they have done some stuff to make it feel less bloated in some areas? I won't deny that but I think it was nice to see how the people of the world and the Avengers are dealing with the universe-spanning genocide the just had. 7. I wouldn't say that Nebula connecting to her future self is arbitrary, we've never been given any reason not to believe something like this could or couldn't happen. We know very little of what goes on with the inner workings of Nebula so saying it's arbitrary isn't exactly right. Convenient? Yes. Arbitrary? No. 8. You say that everything is too easy in the time travel arc and yet you point out several moments that cause conflict and problems, Hawkeye and Black widow, Stark losing the Tecceract thanks to the Hulk, Cap facing his former self, and you forgot Nebula being captured and kicking off the whole third act! There's plenty of conflict and issues that the team have to face off against. I am guessing you mean more of an antagonistic threat but not every threat as to be solely forced by an antagonist. Hell, you brought up a movie in your previous analysis that doesn't have a main antagonist and that's the original Back to the Future, Marty is sent back in time by Doc Brown and he just needs to make sure his mom and dad get together, they didn't need a villain for it and yet it still felt compelling by having small conflicts and an overarching plot. Their small conflicts caused a ripple effect that brought the larger, antagonistic conflict to their timeline. 9. Your 'biggest' point against this Thonos is that his driving motivation is non-existent but that is just plain wrong, his motivation is said in the movie! When he sees through Nebula that his plan is realized and the Avengers are trying to stop it, he travels to the present to stop that from happening. Once the Avengers bring back everyone, he sees that leaving half of the world alive would only cause more problems for him so he changes his plan, to start fresh! He realizes his first plan won't work and changes it accordingly, and you say there's no development. 10. Just like in IW, he sees himself as destiny, that's why he says, "I am inevitable." because you can "dread it, run from it, destiny arrives all the same and now it's here, or should I say I am." Him seeing his future self accomplish his goals only bolsters his feeling of being destiny. 11. I don't think Thanos is a hero, or rather, I don't think Thanos cares if people think of him as a 'hero' all he cares about is that he is right! He sees himself as right! And he still does in this version of himself. That's why he does what he does and is still steadfast in his conviction. I still very much enjoy your channel and I hope this doesn't come off as an attack or anything but I just felt like this video wasn't your strongest, I still find your work to be quite entertaining though and look forward too more of your videos in the future.

I . . . I actually really liked the way they did Thanos in Endgame. I didn't see it as a betrayal of his established character so much as a revelation of his true nature. Thanos says he's saving the universe, and I think he believes it, but at the same time his actions don't always *quite* mesh with his stated ideals. He claims to be motivated by mercy and benevolence, but he clearly enjoys messing with people (specifically, he enjoys having total power over others) -- first, when he takes the time to bare-knuckle box with the Hulk (which Maw explicitly says is for fun), and later when he *completely unnecessarily* torments both Starlord and Gamorra, forcing Starlord to have to choose to kill her before revealing that he himself was in control the whole time. My feeling about Thanos is that he's a lot like . . . ***SERIOUS DEATH NOTE SPOILERS*** (Skip to bottom for good, old-fashioned Endgame spoilers) . . . Light Yagami, who claims to be sacrificing himself to make a better world, but in reality is just a psychopathic serial killer with a literal god complex. He uses and betrays the people who trust him without a trace of remorse -- in fact, he pretty clearly enjoys what he's doing, one time going so far as to tell his victim who he was -- just so he could see her reaction when she realized she was going to die. In summary, my impression of Thanos is that he's basically an exaggerated take on an abusive parent figure -- most easily seen by his relationship with his "children," most notably Nebula. He claims to act on others' behalf, to be making the"grown up" decisions that no one else can or will, but *every time* he encounters resistance (with the apparent exception of Gamorra) he reacts with vengeful spite, the hallmark of a bruised pride. So it's hardly any surprise that when Thanos encounters defiance -- in his mind, *ungratefulness* for his salvation -- that he immediately reverts to punishing, stripping down, and rebuilding the universe *just like he's been doing to Nebula all along.* (I promised myself I was done rambling, but I have one thing left to add: this side of Thanos is why he destroys the stones in the first place. He originally thought he would settle for wiping out half of all life, but once he found himself alone with his thoughts he realized that the temptation to keep using them would inevitably be too great. He doesn't destroy them to protect us from some other villain. He destroys them to protect us from *himself.*

I think Thanos’ character was different on purpose. The new Thanos learns that he eventually gets the stones at some point. This takes away any doubt from his mind. He becomes over confident and cocky. His pride is what causes his downfall in endgame. In infinity war, Thanos had no way of knowing if he’d get all the stones. Yes, he was confident, but there may have been some shred of doubt in him. This is why he came off as more calculated and smart. He had no choice but to think of ways that he could get the stones creativity. There was no ego to get in the way. In endgame, his ego gets in the way of his true plans. He now feels entitled to the stones.

"Thonos" is a more comic accurate version of thanos, not better just more comic accurate.

I liked your previous video thumbnail. This one, not so much.

Easy explanation for Thanos waiting would be to gain enough energy/strength to snap his fingers again... The first snap hurt him pretty badly and while he was willing to die he wasn't trying to kill himself.

But the worst part of the movie was: Professor Hulk. Not even his own distinct personality, just Mark Ruffalo on steriods.

I'm just waiting for the reveal that Noobmaster69 is actually the Grandmaster

Sorry, can't agree with you on this one at all. "Thonos" motivation isn't non-existent. He sees what he achieves in the prime timeline but notices that people, instead of being thankful to their saviour, keep hanging on to the idea of the universe as it was before. That means his plan was flawed from the beginning. "Thonos" can see that now. Basically, he is addressing what people have been debating about after Infinity War - whether his plan made sense or not, that halving the population of the universe would only make for a temporary respite, that making more resources would lead to further population growth, exacerbating the problem, and so on. "Thonos" gets this now. He notices that the plan as it was brought misery over the universe because people do not simply adapt and move on. So he goes for the "clean slate" approach. Wiping the whole universe out and recreating it in a controlled manner. He'd become the "intelligent designer" of a universe without flaw. Literally God. He puts it "A grateful universe, not knowing what they've been given" and Cap responds by saying "Born out of blood." This time, the plan was foolproof, it would work. But the cost would be the whole of current existence. Also, "Thonos" is still the same as he was up until "Guardians of the Galaxy", his backstory applies to him as well as his IW self. He just finally course corrects, see above. And the fact that the movie doesn't have a villain for two hours I can agree with, but not that you think that devalues it. It's dealing with the consequences of Infinity War. Thanos' work is done, killing him changes nothing. He doesn't need to be alive for the Avengers trying to fix the universe. It's practically the same as the ending of Watchmen, where the Crimebusters arrive too late to stop Ozymandias' plan. It's already done, now everyone has to live with it.

"Why can't they just go back into the past and fix it?" This was explained in the movie. Going back in time doesn't change YOUR time line, your past has already happened. Instead it creates a new timeline entirely. Endgame worked because they didn't go back in time to kill Thanos before he could snap, they went back in time to get the stones so they could reverse the snap. SPOILERS AHEAD This is why Black Widow's death is permanent. They can't just go back and stop her once they beat Thanos, she's already dead.