Like many of you, I saw Infinity War last night and was blown away by the sheer storytelling within the film. And, as it is the culmination of 10 years of films, a lot happened.
WARNING: HERE BE SPOILERS. DO NOT READ BEYOND THIS POINT IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN INFINITY WAR OR CARE ABOUT GETTING SPOILED.
Let me rephrase, a lot of death happened.
When Infinity War was first announced, it was announced as two films - this changed over the period of shooting the two films back to back, to the point where in May 2019, we are getting the next installment of the Avengers series that may or may not be a direct continuation of this film.
The ending to Infinity War was very much an "Empire Strikes Back" moment for the series, where the bad guys have seemingly won. Our heroes are decimated and popular characters that you didn't expect to perish, did just that.
It also felt like a season finale cliffhanger to a favorite TV show, and immediately, my brain started formulating theories and potential outcomes for the next film. I thought it might be fun to have a thread for all of us to post our wild rampant theories, and look back on it next year to see who was right, wrong, or close.
That said, here's mine:
Avengers 4 will be a Tony Stark Revenge plot. After seeing Peter die in front of him, he returns home to find that Pepper has also vanished. This sets him on a course to find Thanos and, more specifically, the time stone so that he can reverse what happened (As evidented by Strange saying that "this is the only way" prior to his death). In Infinity War, when Thanos wanted the Soul stone, he had to sacrifice Gamora. My over-arching theory is that, by the end of Avengers 4, Tony will have to make a similar sacrifice to use the time stone: He will need to reverse time so far back, to the very beginning (Iron Man 1), so that everyone lives. But in doing so, the life he knows, the people he's met, and the bonds hes formed, never come to pass. The price he pays is losing his love (Pepper), his friends (Avengers), and his fortune (his business). This allows for Marvel to reboot / tell alternative storylines within the MCU and not be bogged down by existing contracts or actors who are done with their roles.
The big hole in my theory is that it potentially erases the entire MCU in one fell swoop, and makes all the previous films essentially non-existent. So while not iron clad, I think some form of Tony's sacrifice will require him to not be a part of what he has built.
Anyway, post your theories, break mine apart, have some shawarma, that's the point of this thread! Let's see what happens on May 3rd, 2019.
WARNING: HERE BE SPOILERS. DO NOT READ BEYOND THIS POINT IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN INFINITY WAR OR CARE ABOUT GETTING SPOILED.
Let me rephrase, a lot of death happened.
When Infinity War was first announced, it was announced as two films - this changed over the period of shooting the two films back to back, to the point where in May 2019, we are getting the next installment of the Avengers series that may or may not be a direct continuation of this film.
The ending to Infinity War was very much an "Empire Strikes Back" moment for the series, where the bad guys have seemingly won. Our heroes are decimated and popular characters that you didn't expect to perish, did just that.
It also felt like a season finale cliffhanger to a favorite TV show, and immediately, my brain started formulating theories and potential outcomes for the next film. I thought it might be fun to have a thread for all of us to post our wild rampant theories, and look back on it next year to see who was right, wrong, or close.
That said, here's mine:
Avengers 4 will be a Tony Stark Revenge plot. After seeing Peter die in front of him, he returns home to find that Pepper has also vanished. This sets him on a course to find Thanos and, more specifically, the time stone so that he can reverse what happened (As evidented by Strange saying that "this is the only way" prior to his death). In Infinity War, when Thanos wanted the Soul stone, he had to sacrifice Gamora. My over-arching theory is that, by the end of Avengers 4, Tony will have to make a similar sacrifice to use the time stone: He will need to reverse time so far back, to the very beginning (Iron Man 1), so that everyone lives. But in doing so, the life he knows, the people he's met, and the bonds hes formed, never come to pass. The price he pays is losing his love (Pepper), his friends (Avengers), and his fortune (his business). This allows for Marvel to reboot / tell alternative storylines within the MCU and not be bogged down by existing contracts or actors who are done with their roles.
The big hole in my theory is that it potentially erases the entire MCU in one fell swoop, and makes all the previous films essentially non-existent. So while not iron clad, I think some form of Tony's sacrifice will require him to not be a part of what he has built.
Anyway, post your theories, break mine apart, have some shawarma, that's the point of this thread! Let's see what happens on May 3rd, 2019.
