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What the Future Holds
WRITER : Admin
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DATE : 24-03-19
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CATEGORY : Movies
Predictions are a fool’s game, but there are a few things to remember in the shadow of that devastating finale. First and foremost, the heroes lost in Thanos’s final blight were, by and large, the new blood of the MCU. The likes of Spider-Man, Black Panther, and Dr. Strange are far more likely to anchor the next decade of Marvel movies than to disappear forever. It won’t take away the shock or power of the moments when they disintegrated before our eyes, but resurrection is the watchword in comic book stories, and Disney is unlikely to let the cornerstones of its next wave of cape flicks linger in oblivion for too long.
But more importantly, Infinity War is a film that seems keenly aware of how it’s in conversation with 2012’s The Avengers, the film that kicked this uber-franchise into another gear. And as much as the original Avengers movie was about the forging of those unlikely bonds among its heroes, it was also a story about self-sacrifice.
Tony Stark’s arc in the film centered on that theme. Captain America rebuked Stark for being all about himself and never willing to make the sacrifice play. It gave Tony the extra motivation to single-handedly redirect a nuclear bomb headed for New York City and take it through the portal to another world, with no hope of return. He nevertheless survives, naturally, but it’s that choice that truly matters — the choice to put oneself on the chopping block in order to save others, and maybe to save the world.
It’s the same choice that Buffy herself made in that same fateful finale. When push came to shove, and it became clear that fighting the good fight alone wouldn’t be enough to stop the power-mad god who threatened all of existence, Buffy still refused to put her sister in harm’s way. Instead, she took her sister’s place, sacrificing her own life to stop the villain and save all that there was to be saved. When someone has to die, these are the sorts of heroes who would rather the mortal obligation fall to them than the people they care about.
And maybe that portends the path forward for Avengers 4. The Avenger who comes closest to succeeding in Infinity War is Thor, and on the surface, that would seem to support the “personal connections only hold you back” theme of the film. Thor has a quiet but harrowing conversation with Rocket where he acknowledges that he’s basically lost everyone near and dear to him. In a movie where every hero is hindered by their unwillingness to let the people they love come to harm, even to save the universe, it’s the man with no one left who forms the plan and strikes the blow that nearly wins the war for the good guys.
But his is also a choice of sacrifice. When it comes time to forge the weapon that may be able to slay a god, Thor has to put his own life on the line. He has to hold open the mechanism that lets the power of a star flow through him and to create his awesome weapon. He is severely wounded by the blast, but succeeds in helping produce something with the potential to defeat Thanos. And there, perhaps, Infinity War tips its hand.
Because even if The Avengers are not willing to trade lives, they are willing to offer their own. Even Dr. Strange, who seemed to be making the same sort of choice that Loki and Gamora and Scarlet Witch did, may be playing the long game. Having glimpsed the lone, possible future where The Avengers succeed, he could be allowing events to come to pass where he disintegrates into nothing, with the hope that it will set the surviving heroes on the singular path toward righting all that’s gone wrong.
Accomplishing that goal may very well require this same sort of ultimate personal sacrifice. Infinity War and its promised sequel represent a turning point for the franchise, a close of one significant chapter of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the beginning of another. It’s conspicuous how many of those who survived the terrible geometry of Thanos’s snapped-finger are among the original set of Avengers from Phase One of the franchise.
If, as Infinity War seems to posit, the thing that sets Thanos apart — that allows him to succeed when there are so many chances for him to fail — is that he is willing to give up what he loves in order to achieve his goal, then maybe what sets The Avengers apart is an equal and opposite form of commitment and devotion.
Maybe it’s Iron Man carrying that nuke away from New York City. Maybe it’s Captain America letting his plane fall into the ocean. Maybe it’s the countless other times our heroes have won the day by placing themselves onto the altar rather than allowing who or what they love to be forced upon it.
No one knows for sure what the next installment of The Avengers mega franchise holds in store. But it’s not hard to imagine the current generation of Avengers collectively making the same sort of personal, sacrifice of their own lives in order to preserve the next — the choice not to let someone you love go to save the world, but to let yourself go to save them, and the world with them. It’s a form of love that Thanos, however teary-eyed and mournful of the prices he’s paid, may not be able to comprehend or, accordingly, defend against.
But more importantly, Infinity War is a film that seems keenly aware of how it’s in conversation with 2012’s The Avengers, the film that kicked this uber-franchise into another gear. And as much as the original Avengers movie was about the forging of those unlikely bonds among its heroes, it was also a story about self-sacrifice.
It’s the same choice that Buffy herself made in that same fateful finale. When push came to shove, and it became clear that fighting the good fight alone wouldn’t be enough to stop the power-mad god who threatened all of existence, Buffy still refused to put her sister in harm’s way. Instead, she took her sister’s place, sacrificing her own life to stop the villain and save all that there was to be saved. When someone has to die, these are the sorts of heroes who would rather the mortal obligation fall to them than the people they care about.
But his is also a choice of sacrifice. When it comes time to forge the weapon that may be able to slay a god, Thor has to put his own life on the line. He has to hold open the mechanism that lets the power of a star flow through him and to create his awesome weapon. He is severely wounded by the blast, but succeeds in helping produce something with the potential to defeat Thanos. And there, perhaps, Infinity War tips its hand.
Because even if The Avengers are not willing to trade lives, they are willing to offer their own. Even Dr. Strange, who seemed to be making the same sort of choice that Loki and Gamora and Scarlet Witch did, may be playing the long game. Having glimpsed the lone, possible future where The Avengers succeed, he could be allowing events to come to pass where he disintegrates into nothing, with the hope that it will set the surviving heroes on the singular path toward righting all that’s gone wrong.
If, as Infinity War seems to posit, the thing that sets Thanos apart — that allows him to succeed when there are so many chances for him to fail — is that he is willing to give up what he loves in order to achieve his goal, then maybe what sets The Avengers apart is an equal and opposite form of commitment and devotion.
No one knows for sure what the next installment of The Avengers mega franchise holds in store. But it’s not hard to imagine the current generation of Avengers collectively making the same sort of personal, sacrifice of their own lives in order to preserve the next — the choice not to let someone you love go to save the world, but to let yourself go to save them, and the world with them. It’s a form of love that Thanos, however teary-eyed and mournful of the prices he’s paid, may not be able to comprehend or, accordingly, defend against.
WRITER : Admin
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DATE : 24-04-16
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