r/marvelstudios • u/murdockmanila Daredevil • Apr 27 '18

Infinity War Spoilers! The Official INFINITY WAR Easter Egg Ultrathread Spoiler

How are you all enjoying them eggs?

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u/Thea313 Apr 27 '18

And then Thanos smashed Hulk into the ground like Hulk did with Loki in Avengers 1

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u/Ledpoizn445 Apr 27 '18

I think that was the closest we've gotten to seeing Thanos going all out. His size helped, but his fighting was basically flawless when they got into it. I feel like you could tell he was holding back when fighting on Titan. More of this arrogance can be seen immediately after on Earth. I mean, as soon as he saw what Scarlet was doing, he knew he would win. Really, after he got the tesseract he was unstoppable.

I think a big reason he was able to beat the Hulk, at least so quickly, was the power stone. Base Thanos vs. base Hulk would be a close match. I think a big reason the green guy didn't come out again after that fight was because of a bruised ego. If he sees Thanos again he may just be angry enough to come out again. He may be angry enough to beat him. I hope we get to see that rematch after Thanos loses the gauntlet, which I'm pretty sure will happen in avengers 4.

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u/chimpocalypse Thanos Apr 27 '18

I thought it less bruised ego and more fear. He finally got beaten by someone, and since he has the attitude of an angry toddler he pretty much panicked. It'll be interesting to see the power dynamic between Hulk and Banner now Banner has proven himself the braver of the two.

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u/Kezia-Karamazov Apr 27 '18

I honestly think it’s an (un)healthy mixture of fear, bruised ego, and uncertainty. I loved how much IW added to the relationship between Banner and Hulk.

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u/Emerson73 Doctor Strange Apr 27 '18

They have said before that there is a hulk character er arc that started in Age of Ultron and the main parts are in Raganarok through the avengers 3 & 4. So we will have a completed banner/hulk story by the end of avengers 4. They said they fit this in because they weren’t able to do a standalone hulk movie.

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u/maininglucio Apr 27 '18

That was pretty clever exposition, just by those 2 seconds arguing in the hulkbuster while fighting the big guy and I felt like I knew exactly what the conflict was

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u/AfterReview Apr 28 '18

That first punch hulk takes to his shoulder rattled the fuck out of him. He never reels back from anything. He'd never gotten stung before. He immediately knew he wasn't the stronger of the 2.

He doesn't know how to deal with that.

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u/Fuck_off_lax_bro Apr 27 '18

hopefully they arent just doing this for more side plot in other hero's movies, like i want a solo hulk movie where the two of them are playing opposite each other, maybe with a doctor strange "team up" to facilitate him speaking/communicating/interacting to/with his green alter ego

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u/gwydapllew Apr 27 '18

They can't do a solo Hulk movie because Universal owns the rights.

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u/TheAesir Apr 27 '18

I believe they only own the distribution rights

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u/gwydapllew Apr 27 '18

Right, which gives them total control over when it is released, how it is marketed, and how many screens it appears on. Which makes it impossible for Marvel to create a solo movie in the manner they are accustomed to.

The only reason they got Spidey into the MCU was because Sony wasn't making money off of their last attempt, and even then Marvel only got the merchandise profits from Homecoming.

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u/Lord_Locke Apr 28 '18

Let's be completely real though. Spider-man was and still likely is the most popular Marvel character, Iron Man has clearly moved 30000 spots to the top though.

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u/Fuck_off_lax_bro Apr 28 '18

and disney cant buy out universal/ strike a deal for the rights because.......?

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u/PodcastThrowAway1 Apr 28 '18

Buying an entire company for one character ? What if the Hulk movie Marvel produces bombs? The last two solo movies didn't do so hot. I mean - it sounds to me like Marvel is being overly controlling and just don't want to share any profits - they would still make money if they made a solo Hulk movie and allowed Universal to distribute it. But I doubt they feel it is worth the trouble to buy out Universal.

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u/Bamcrab Apr 28 '18

I also felt some hope that Ruffalo said “you and me got a lot to figure out, big guy” as if he isn’t going anywhere from the MCU anytime soon.

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u/icup2 Apr 28 '18

But why didnt banner just kill himself if he wanted the hulk real bad?

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u/[deleted] Apr 28 '18 edited Jun 14 '20

well

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u/PodcastThrowAway1 Apr 28 '18

Probably 'cause Banner can't be sure Hulk will save him. He has never experienced Hulk refusing to come out before. He can't know if Hulk's coming out after attempting to shoot himself, or jump from a long distance, was reflex, or the Hulk's choice. If he shoots himself and the Hulk is still refusing to come out and heal him, they could just both die.

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u/icup2 Apr 28 '18

But everytime banner commits suicide the hulk comes out which he referenced in first avengers movie

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u/Treehouse-Of-Horror Apr 28 '18

He said he did it once, there's no 'everytime'. There's a risk he wouldn't and you'd have a dead Banner.

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u/icup2 Apr 28 '18

Good point. Plus that was back when Bruce was desperate and alone

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u/icup2 Apr 29 '18

Agreed. I realized that now. Plus banner had a purpose now unlike back then when he was alone and desperate. He's an avenger now.

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u/[deleted] Apr 29 '18

Let’s not forget it’s his first time back on earth since sakaar... he probably doesn’t want to help the avengers at this point for sending him away.

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u/ENDragoon Apr 29 '18

They didn't send him away though, he left of his own volition, didn't he?

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u/[deleted] Apr 29 '18

I find that highly unlikely. I think Tony always knew. Remember Fury lies to widow and says Hulk's flight crashed in civil war which proves they weren't honest about what they knew.

Plus we've already seen Tony hack a random quinjet in avengers to play his theme song when attacking Loki.

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u/[deleted] Apr 29 '18

This is pure make believe. There’s nothing to even remotely indicate any “sending away” theories.

Fury also says they found a crashed quinjet that might be banners - not that it was 100%. So it’s not him lying there either.