Philosophy in “Infinity War” Part I: Thanos vs. Ultron

philosopherking1887:

As promised, I’m going to start talking about some of the philosophical issues raised in Avengers: Infinity War, and this first one gives me an opportunity to discuss something I’ve meant to for a while: why I find Ultron so interesting. Spoilers and long discussion are under the cut.

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Popular opinion: Markus and McFeely are dimwitted hacks. Unpopular opinion: if Marvel wanted to delve into philosophical issues and create a villain who was interesting and compelling without necessarily trying to make him sympathetic… they shouldn’t have pissed off Joss Whedon.

Tagging some folks who might be interested: @foundlingmother, @fuckyeahrichardiii, @seidrade, @imaginetrilobites

pennie-dreadful:

More Infinity War thoughts

Something occured to me. When Thanos kills Loki, he says something like “there will be no resurrection this time”. So…does that mean that in TDW, Loki didn’t just barely survive getting the shit stabbed out of him, but actually died and was brought back to life? Or is that line a reference to when he (or his lackeys, whatever) found Loki in the void? Did he actually succeed in killing himself and Thanos somehow brought him back? 🤔

He might mean “resurrection” figuratively. Loki’s return from apparent death is much like a resurrection in the minds of those who thought him dead.

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dsudis:

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ohfreckle:

I survived Torchwood and Ianto, nothing can stop me. 

/looks pointedly at @dsudis

IDK, bro, at this point it would just be like pausing Groundhog Day halfway through to be really upset about Phil and the groundhog dying, and writing fix-it fic for that. Is there gonna be stuff I want to fix? Probably, because it’s Marvel and they tend to find ways to disappoint me, but at this point I’ve only seen the first half of a five-hour movie about a macguffin that allows its wielder to wind back time and rearrange the fabric of reality. Ask me for a reaction when the movie’s actually over.

THIS

The Loki fandom is having some trouble, though, because we don’t know if that one will be reversed. The dust people are fine, obviously. We’re just not confident that Marvel cares enough about our fave to give him meaningful screentime or a death that isn’t fucking stupid.