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So, I think that Endgame works if you’re a casual viewer of the MCU. If you have any investment in it, or any desire for character continuity (which is why I got out of comics in the first place) then it’s probably going to grate.
The Soul stone, I figured, is something that you have to give up, just as you need to sacrifice for it - but the sacrifice is once and can't be undone unless what you've done has been undone. And Clint gave it up so it could go back to Vormir for Thanos to later find (and destroy).
2014!Thanos coming to Earth and dying is a MAJOR MAJOR PLOTHOLE that I am surprised nobody has commented upon. I mean, maybe Tony wiped their minds and sent them back but made it look like he dusted them, but that seems complicated. And would have been less cinematically satisfying. But after they went to all the trouble and fuss about putting the stones back…
Also: I liked the idea that Peggy got over Steve, married someone else, lived life long and happily and successfully and died of old age. I LIKED IT. Plus,I’m struggling to see Steve sitting back and doing nothing (or next to it) while the world slowly slides sideways…
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Date: 2019-04-25 10:48 pm (UTC)So, I think that Endgame works if you’re a casual viewer of the MCU. If you have any investment in it, or any desire for character continuity (which is why I got out of comics in the first place) then it’s probably going to grate.
The Soul stone, I figured, is something that you have to give up, just as you need to sacrifice for it - but the sacrifice is once and can't be undone unless what you've done has been undone. And Clint gave it up so it could go back to Vormir for Thanos to later find (and destroy).
2014!Thanos coming to Earth and dying is a MAJOR MAJOR PLOTHOLE that I am surprised nobody has commented upon. I mean, maybe Tony wiped their minds and sent them back but made it look like he dusted them, but that seems complicated. And would have been less cinematically satisfying. But after they went to all the trouble and fuss about putting the stones back…
Also: I liked the idea that Peggy got over Steve, married someone else, lived life long and happily and successfully and died of old age. I LIKED IT. Plus,I’m struggling to see Steve sitting back and doing nothing (or next to it) while the world slowly slides sideways…