Wasn’t Groot also the last of his species?
So why did Star Lord/Peter Quill bite it? He is the only hybrid of Ego and Humanity.
Are you suggesting that Ego has other children he didn’t murder yet that survived? Or that there are other living Ego entities that didn’t die off during the end of GotG:II?
Aren’t Benicio Del Toro and Jeff Goldblum the same thing that Ego was?
Possibly so – I believe that this is the case in the comic continuity, but I’m not sure if it’s ever been established in the MCU continuity. But, as I noted upthread, Groot isn’t entirely gone, and the end of GotG illustrated that it doesn’t take much of Groot to grow a new Groot. 
Your idea sounds like fun!
They taught the Groot language in Asgard (“It’s an elective.”), so it seems reasonable there’s a whole species of Groots.
Or, at least, there was. Thor also noted that he’s 1500 years old, so it’s entirely possible that Groot’s species was wiped out at some point between Thor’s schooling and the present day.
I just want an official MCU Quin-Jetta. Imagine the marketing tie-in with VW.
They’re all elders… but I always understood the “elders of the universe” to be more like the Jedi council. Many species are represented, but they are not necessarily the same species.
According to Wikipedia (which, I know, can be wrong), “The Elders of the Universe are the last survivors of **otherwise extinct races**” [bolding mine]
So yes, they’re elders. But no, they’re not the same species. So according to the previous hypothesis (of not wanting to exterminate the last member of any given species), there are three possible meanings.
- Ego still exists. (not likely)
- Other offspring of Ego still exist.
- When Ego stopped existing, Peter became pure human somehow and not some Ego-human hybrid.
…or is there some other meaning?
After seeing Wong slice off the other dude’s hand with his sorceror’s portal, I’m a little annoyed Strange never tried the same trick with Thanos. Honestly, those portals seem a little OP. Feels like most of the fights should have ended in 2 seconds with Strange dropping a portal on someone and closing it halfway through their body.
I think you are giving him too much credit. He’s no hero. He would ensure his sick plan would be no threat to himself the same way that Magneto was willing to sacrifice Rogue in the first X Men movie when he could have just sacrificed himself. It calls bullshit on all their high minded delusional talk.
Gotcha. Thanks for the info.
Yeah, I think that that’s a tactic that can only be allowed to work when it fits the plot. It reminds me of “three ways you can kill someone instantly with the Stargate” (spoilered because it’s topic drift):
1. Open the Stargate while someone is standing in front of it (the “wave” that comes out as the gate activates will annihilate them).
2. Stick half of your opponent’s body through an open Stargate’s event horizon, and then shut down the Stargate, which effectively cuts the victim in half, a la the Wong portal trick.
3. If someone is attempting to arrive at the gate located at Stargate Command, don’t open the iris. Anything coming through won’t be able to be reformed, and will be destroyed upon hitting the iris.
How come Dr Strange doesn’t just crash a spaceship at light speed into Thanos? 
I noticed this too, but I thought he said “Oh God” because he was realizing what was happening to everyone else.
You bring up a point of mine though: Not even Captain America in this movie.
As far as Thanos alignment goes I’d say he’s definitely lawful evil. Every person whos life was traded for an infinity stone was spared, Nebula Stark and Thor.
The attack on Wakanda…was it just me or did those things-that-there-were-many-of look sort of…Venom-ish? I pointed it out to Husband and he agreed, but they may or may not be related. I know that there’s an upcoming Venom movie, but it’s from Sony so it may or may not relate.
I mean, Thor was left in the cold of space. He wasn’t necessarily spared.
In D&D alignment terms Thanos is definitely Lawful Evil.
In Magic the Gathering Color terms he is White Black
or atleast keep the other guy off his toes while he re-appears.
‘head shot’