Why Thanos was a Dumb Villain

Was Thanos the dumbest vilain?
Guys I think he was dude, I really do man. I didn't fully watch infinty war again but from what I did oh my. It was definitely worse than I remember on the dialogue but I think it still might be a fun whimsical adventure. Not logic town 3k. I've been watching movies, still gonna do the 2024 movies video but around the time oscars happen. Mfs got every movie in theaters 2025. Crazy. Bad medium movies are. But going back to super hero movies is actually hard. Too goofy.
As always thanks for watching. Video is doing better than my last 10 so yeah. Honestly gonna follow one of the goats CVH's philosophies in that non blockbusters are broccoli and normal people don't like eating vegetables all the time. At the end of the day, I'm not better than supe movies.

[@spimpsmacker6422]

>Has the ability to make anything imaginable possible, thus removing the issue of finite resources leading to the decay of society >Still decides to kill half the universe as though they won't just repopulate, or better yet still leaves some of the people trying to stop him alive so they can find a way to undo everything he's done thus making the entire effort pointless. I seriously don't get why they chose this over his original motivation of trying to get the affection of Death, it was so much more straightforward and actually made sense.

[@wingusdingus4958]

Because that would be silly and comic book movies are serious business. Although it also could have been something like not wanting to have issues with religious people or something who knows.

[@lamegamertime]

No but we have to clickbait "top 10 times the villain was RIGHT"

[@Monnimo]

Because look at villains coming out during that era and they were all "le misunderstood" or smthn

[@9308323]

What's worse was that nobody called him out for it even though some of these people were supposed to be super geniuses. Tony, Banner, Strange? Even Hulk was smarter than Thanos and the rest of the clowns. And I'm not talking about Professor Hulk.

[@voratittchunharuckchot9711]

because the movie want to lie about Thanos's real motive and saying that he is right. Thanos believe that he is on a mission to save the universe, but in reality it is because he is crazy, narcissistic, and only want to prove himself right. It is stem from the fact that his idea about saving his own planet by reducing half of population was rejected, so he want to prove that he is actually right by doing it to the entire universe. The truth is that by suggesting that idea in the first place is crazy and illogical. Reducing half of population just once is not going to solve the resource problem long term and it is even more illogical to do it randomly because some people are actually more important than other. Some people might have the skill and intelligence to solve the resource problem, while some other might just be a criminal like joker. An example to prove that Thanos is wrong is in the first guardians of the galaxy movie: Thanos claimed that what he did to Gamorra's planet save them, but when Gamorra got caught and sent to the prison the guard comment about she being the last of her race. This mean that despite what Thanos did, the entire species died anyway.

[@d-land7775]

Click is actually peak cinema

[@existentialhorror2218]

the scene where he is alone in the rain is insanely peak

[@JalinnChibata]

This is LITERALLY what I've been thinking since I saw Infinity War

[@sirlimonada2]

i mean i agree but at some point most of these movies could've ended if any of the characters connected two neurons

[@spud7234]

Even bronze strange players in marvel rivals be pulling off sling ring kills

[@deltram]

Strange consistently makes mistakes with magic. He will use dangerous magic knowing full well of the consequences of using said magic if the ends justify the means, or will not use magic he knows he has when it is ideal. He is also arrogant and cocky. That's how he's being characterised. I find it weird how people expect every character in a piece of fiction to act perfectly regardless of their character.

[@spud7234]

@deltram I mean I agree, you can have character inconsistencies for the plot, as long as you don't highlight them But having him use a sling ring offensively within the movie itself just makes you wonder why he suddenly doesn't use this anymore. They even make it so that he cuts off the dudes hand, when I saw that, I legit thought it was foreshadowing for how they would remove the gauntlet

[@deltram]

@@spud7234 pretty sure wong was the one who cut off black dwarf's hand, as strange was being taken by maw at the time.

[@spud7234]

@deltram ahhh yes, that was it, then honestly it's a bit more believable

[@deltram]

@spud7234 yeahh strange didnt see that so he most likely would not have thought to use it.

[@bensonabernathy4664]

Bro you criticizing the characters by cursing them out is just way too funny. I was laughing pretty hard.

[@yeaimbaked]

Originally titled “thanos lost to bad writing”

[@deltram]

But... He won? He snapped half the universe? Are you talking about Endgame?

[@pieperson444]

all they needed to do to fix this was talk about how using the stones kills the user because they're too powerful. that's why thanos has a chemo arm in the second movie right? why not make it canon?

[@deltram]

@@pieperson444 Or... they could show you? Like they did when other characters tried to use the stones, underestimating their power, in previous movies? Some woman got vaporised for even touching the Power Stone. Thanos is incredibly durable, durable enough to survive snapping. That is showing that using the stones can cause backlash to those who use them rashly. Have you not seen Thanos shudder everytime he gained a stone?

[@pieperson444]

@@deltram he does strain, but it dialogue seems to say that the infinity gauntlet straight up nullifies the effects of infinity stone radiation until the second infinity war.

[@betergrif9504]

@@deltram yes but it shouldn't be a "he gets a little harmed whenever he picks up a stone while other people js die" and should be a "he is able to keep himself stable a little after the stone's power runs through his body, BUT he will get injured the more he uses the stones, so he has to moderate it" would explain quite literally everything

[@deltram]

@@pieperson444 the gauntlet does not negate the infinity stones' "radiation." It sort of acts like an accumulator and disperser of their energy. Using the full power of the infinity stones severely damages the user. Had the gauntlet negated its harmful effects, Thanos could snap constantly with no problem, same with Smart Hulk, who also had a gauntlet that channeled the infinity stone's energy.

[@pieperson444]

@@deltram this is only established in the second movie tho.

[@DeviousDS]

people only criticize things for being "inconsistent" if they already didn't like it

[@paulpasadena]

If Superman and the Flash actually could move as fast as they could in the movies and comics, they would be the smartest people on the planet because their ability to speed read would be off the charts. They could both read 100 books in a day. Over one month, that would be 3,000 books a month. They'd be so smart their brains would probably pop out of their skulls.

[@xXx_T0M_xXx]

In most comics Superman is a genius with the combined knowledge from thousands of different galaxies but, in most movies and tv shows they keep him normal so that Batman can actually offer something to the justice league. Plus, when running at super speed, since you have so much momentum, every step moves you way farther than a normal step. When speed reading, you still have to comprehend every word. It doesn't download like a computer. It would still feel like you're reading 100 books back to back.

[@yusufbekcoolman2671]

I'll do you one better! Thanos could choose to do literally ANYTHING thanks to the stones but still decided to go for a genocide. That just throws his whole 'the hardest choices require the strongest wills' thing into a trash.

[@MrTzatziki115]

thanks for the ending superhero genre is just non logical but so fun to watch

[@ogata100nosuke]

ya when we power scale it instantly becomes bad writing

[@toitenhuy7983]

Btw bro i remember you saying something about replay the last of us 2 can you make an in-depth review like the halo Infinite vid or the old halo 4 vid

[@RSG200]

Sure I'll make the video.

[@toitenhuy7983]

​@@RSG200Thank❤

[@b1akn3ss93]

Would it have been possible to double the amount of resources or even increased them infinitely with the infinity stones?

[@youtubestudiosucks978]

Yes, the reality stone can manipulate physhics and grant wishes, the powerstone controls all the power and generates unlimited energy. You just need those 2 and you got unlimited resources. I guess the space and time stone could technically make copies of everything too by just replicating the space and time of the object too so he had at least 2 different ways to do that without needing to have all the stones

[@pickle7433]

So if you start filling up a cup that is about to spill over, would you A: remove half of the liquid so that you can add more or B: Just keep pouring that shit so it spills all over the counter?

[@youtubestudiosucks978]

@pickle7433 he could always create more space using the space stone and create more planets and stuff by using the reality stone. Do you even know what the infinity gems do? Hint, it's in their name

[@darkskinvince4380]

no glaze (i'm boutta glaze ) but this editing style is mad funny . It's like the video has pacing if that makes sense.

[@ryszardsikora6894]

I used to like Mauler when I was younger and dumber, but him thinking art is objective and being so self serious about "objectively" judging movies for hours honestly pretty cringe

[@spimpsmacker6422]

Mauler is just a massive sperg and review elitist, as much as he likes to mock channels like Moviebob he's hardly any better. That God of War Ragnarok fiasco that happened awhile back really made me lose interest in his content entirely. He honestly just needs to leave EFAP and take some notes out of RLM's book on how to learn humility and not act like a pretentious dork for someone who reviews Disney movies primarily made for 15 year-olds for a living.

[@ryszardsikora6894]

@@spimpsmacker6422 yeah.

[@Venzynt]

There are standards and conventions in storytelling. Strictly speaking it is still subjective if you choose to use them or not, but if you're trying to tell a good story in similar fashion to other good stories, then there are objective measures involved.

[@YouOtin]

I stop liking Mauler when he just became a racist moron who lies in his reviews around 2022

[@ryszardsikora6894]

@Venzynt no. There are things storyteller might want to strive for, but ultimately whether a story is gonna speak to someone is 100% subjective, there are certain conventions and "rules", but breaking them CANNOT be considered "objectively" bad, there is NO judging art objectively, because there is no right way to make art and there cannot be otherwise it wouldn't be art it'd just be something functional

[@tortugatoontown]

In the scene with thor thanos gets hit and decides to let thor dig the axe deeper into his body instead of just snapping his fingers and getting it over with

[@lamegamertime]

He needed to reach his anime line quota

[@deltram]

But in the end, he did snap his fingers so... what ur asking for would have gotten the same outcome.

[@tortugatoontown]

@@deltram my point was why did he let Thor potentially kill him seems kinda risky don’t u think

[@deltram]

@@tortugatoontown *Let Thor nearly kill him??* He tried to repel Stormbreaker with the fully completed gauntlet! Is that not trying to live? Stormbreaker is impervious to magic and thus rendered the stones and the beam ineffective. When that failed, Thor was already there when it got lodged in his chest. Thor tried to savour his victory, so in a stinging retort, Thanos says to his face the option he should have took... gone for the head. Thanos rubbed his victory in Thor's face and peaced out before he could do anything to salvage the tremendous loss.

[@deltram]

@@lamegamertime so its just not ok for a character to make a stinging retort to another character, highlighting an error they made, making the consequence dwell on them for the next 5 years, that led to his downward spiral? But no, anime line quota. Dude, that line impacted Thor's soul because he knew he was right, and when he did, it was already too late.

[@lyzzamendozaramos4364]

Why didn't Doctor Strange just go back in time to prevent Thanos from getting the stones or kill him as a baby?

[@12manny34]

They discussed that in End Game, going to the past does not change the future because the past now becomes your future and your present is your past or whatever was said, also they found the idea of killing baby Thanos horrible xD.

[@mgood356]

I recommend you start talking about the popular arkham batman games like you did with Spiderman not to piss off the community (we all know what their reaction is gonna be) but to discuss their stories ( even if their pretty forgottable) Besides 1 game

[@New_Gaze]

I agree, it’s strange that Thanos didn’t fully use the Space Stone. It’s pretty dumb. (This won’t be self-promotion!!) I actually made a video about this, where I mentioned that Tony Stark could have built a time machine back in the first Avengers if he had been given some time to work with the Space Stone.

[@GojiraFan-in9oo]

alright. where's your video on Multiverse of Madness?? I wanna see it. M.O.M was cringe as fuck

[@RSG200]

Lol alright I will

[@lamegamertime]

I watched it in theaters and it was...ok. I felt like it was just going for whatever felt coolest in the moment, which was fun at least. Some kind of video game movie pretty much.

[@RSG200]

bro I just watched the movie and I thought it was just ight. Like from 6 to 5 for me. I don't know if I'm gonna make a video so in case I don't, there's the revised pinion

[@GuhTheBruh]

The writers prioritized big dumb CGI fights and giving their highest paid actors the most attention instead of actually making the story make sense, that's also why the movie has way too many inconsistencies and potholes. I guess that just sums up mostly every superhero movie

[@deltram]

@@GuhTheBruh please point out said inconsistencies and plotholes specifically, and we can talk about them. And how else would you rather have these fights be made? What are you asking for? The story happened the way it did because of the actions of the characters. Sure, they could have done better against Thanos, and Thanos could have done better against them. But this is the way the writers went about these characters. It's OK to dislike that, but just saying it for the sake of saying it cos you heard someone else say it... is kinda pointless.

[@GuhTheBruh]

​@deltram 1. this video points out a bunch of inconsistencies and plot holes. But I'll point out a couple more. - Vision not being able to use mind control powers despite having the mind stone - Bringing characters like Gamora back through the dogshit time travel plot but not Black Widow or Iron man or LITERALLY ANYONE ELSE THAT DIED - Stormbreaker not being able to kill a Thanos without an infinity gauntlet. I don't care that Thor became fat, he shouldn't have struggled that fight. 2. If a movie is meant to be serious, then the important fights should also be serious. I shouldn't have to ask for this 3. "Sure they could have done better against Thanos, and Thanos could have done better against them" Do you understand the concept of stakes? If the avengers lost against Thanos then half the universe dies. If Thanos lost against the avengers then he loses his main goal in life. The writers are stupid for making these characters not take anything seriously. 4. "Saying it for the sake of saying it cause you heard someone else say it" Dawg I literally just said my opinion on the matter on a yt comments section. I didn't "steal" this opinion from anyone else it is literally what I was thinking after finishing infinity war in theatre's. The writers clearly wrote the story in order to give the big actors (who play weaker characters) the spotlight It's my opinion, I am allowed to say it no matter if it is a popular or unpopular opinion.

[@deltram]

@GuhTheBruh And in response: 1) Vision was incapacitated by Corvus Glaive and thus couldnt use his stone to the best of his abilities. Hell, if Vision was healthy, he could have easily taken out Thanos, as he has the capability to do so, shown in What-If? When Ultron in Vision's body one-shot Thanos. 2) Yeah they could have brought back a different Iron Man and Black Widow, since that was possible through the time heist, but that might have cheapened their sacrifice in the eyes of the audience. I mean, yes that would be logical, but they aren't robots. How would Stark's daughter or Pepper react to an alternate Tony Stark, who is not their Tony Stark? It sort of raises more problems than it provides solutions. 3) The reason Stormbreaker managed to overpower the completed gauntlet was because the axe is immune to magic. That's it. Thanos could still box with Thor as in Infinity War, without the use of the Power Stone, still demolished the Hulk. And Thanos and his blade could break Captain America's shield. Yknow, the shield made from the material that actually protected him from a strike from Mjolnir in the Avengers?

[@GuhTheBruh]

@@deltram mb I accidentally sent the comment before I could respond to the whole thing

[@deltram]

@@GuhTheBruh alr, ill respond to what you said.

[@nicholasapodaca9886]

I still don't know why they didn't just run away with the space stone.

[@deltram]

5:12 Stormbreaker is immune to magic. That's why it went through the beam. That's it.

[@ChaisAlex]

Why didnt he bring Gumara back to life?

[@hermanandreas88]

Next make a video on how dump Superman is for not being able to kill batman

[@RSG200]

Alright I will thanks for the idea bro.

[@youtubestudiosucks978]

Thanos wasnt dumb, he was simping for a dead girl, he's a necrofile. Where did all the dust go after the snap? He teleported it somewhere else to have his own brethen moon made from it which he smashes off-screen

[@DemiGod925]

2 video on 1 week, love the pace.❤

[@sasuke_nikaido6331]

I don't have an issue with the movie, they could have fixed it with all these with what-if

[@WayneGlensky-vx5er]

Adam sandler from click solos the mcu

[@primevalyautja1305]

I swear Infinity War is Overrated nowadays

[@goehomobile]

hulk has that izzy fight iq

[@javi4591]

Can someone explain the Geordie Greep reference? 3:27

[@lewis7909]

The speedster guy likes geordie greep ☠️

[@DestinySpider]

I'm sorry, but what's the name of the song at 1:06? I heard it a lot recently, and I thought it was from Elder Scrolls or something, but I can't seem to find it for the life of me.

[@squirrel1331]

its from morrowind

[@DestinySpider]

@squirrel1331 Thanks. Do you know the title by any chance, or also not sure?

[@squirrel1331]

@DestinySpider peaceful waters

[@DestinySpider]

@@squirrel1331 Appreciate that a ton, thank you

[@sonofwhyachi4870]

multiverse of madness still shit tho

[@BMCPRODUCTIONS44]

wait make a video on why MOM is a good movie ???

[@swausgebouwen143]

3:16 I liked dr strange 2 :)

[@Oscar-ek2jx]

Bait

[@fwflygon14]

I recomend to read 'worm' if you want a real superhero story pls (its a webnovel)

[@Micheybomber]

w

[@mariatserpe8730]

Dude you had me all in till you started saying multiverse of madness is a good movie. I really don't see a single thing that it has that i like, are you off your meds?

[@themememaster423]

He thought it was a good movie. You didn’t think it was a good movie. He’s not off his meds, he has an opinion.

[@angrygamer1822]

kinda a dumb vid tbh

[@xXx_T0M_xXx]

It was an amazing movie, but Thanos's ideology was so stupid and none of the characters fought intelligently.

[@Natherma985]

literally how it highlights how ts shouldn’t be taken seriously Thanos literally has the power to alter all of reality by the first half of the movie and somehow still decides muh genocide is the only conceivable measure he can take as if he’s just holding a really big gun and not an instant wish granting device on his hand at any time