# The last Infinity War Trailer **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 16, 2018, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-infinity-war-trailer/810660 "2018-03-16T13:16:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2018, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-infinity-war-trailer/810660/41 "2018-03-17T01:59:04Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > 4 out of 17? Not a great average there. Not a great plan ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2018, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-infinity-war-trailer/810660/42 "2018-03-17T02:12:36Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > 4 out of 17? Not a great average there. They’re among the latest movies. It’s an evolution. It took them a while to get the whole villain thing down. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2018, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-infinity-war-trailer/810660/43 "2018-03-17T02:29:50Z")
Color me crazy, but I thought Jeff Bridges & Ben Kingsley were great villains as well. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2018, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-infinity-war-trailer/810660/44 "2018-03-17T02:52:36Z")
Oh, we’re using our made-up names. Totally unjustified prediction: Starlord ends up saving the day. Thanos steals the Infinity Stone that the Guardians “returned” to the government at the end of their first movie, and it’s not until he has all the rest of them that he discovers that it’s a counterfeit, and that Starlord still has the real one. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2018, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-infinity-war-trailer/810660/45 "2018-03-17T03:05:06Z")
Oh, and villains: Loki is obviously the best, but I don’t think they’ve done too badly with the others (aside from Nihilist Emo Svartalf Dude in _Thor II_). Ironmonger was a Military-Industrial Complex capitalist and Red Skull was a Nazi: Those are both perfectly good, realistic real-world villains. Ronin the Accuser was something of a cookie-cutter villain, but that’s what they needed, because they were already introducing five-and-a-half completely new heroes that nobody had ever heard of in that movie, and they didn’t have time for proper characterization for a villain. Ultron had the whole monster-of-their-own-making vibe going for him. Whiplash, OK, he was cheesy, but very well-played. Bucky and Scarlett Witch have both ended up as heroes. Who else do we have? ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2018, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-infinity-war-trailer/810660/46 "2018-03-17T03:10:41Z")
Vulture? I liked Vulture. This looks awesome. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2018, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-infinity-war-trailer/810660/47 "2018-03-17T03:21:56Z")
The Extremis guy from _Iron Man III_ was pretty forgettable. But bonus points for the Mandarin, who was hilarious, if not actually villainous. Cory Booker in _Ant-Man_ was a rehash of Ironmonger. Dormamu’s Giant Face was a pretty underwhelming villain in _Dr. Strange_. Kaellicus was so-so, but like Whiplash, the casting made up for a lot. On TV, Elektra and the Hand turned out to be a dud in _The Defenders_. But I agree, the problem Marvel has isn’t that their villains aren’t good enough, the problem is that they keep killing them off. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2018, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-infinity-war-trailer/810660/48 "2018-03-17T03:42:24Z")
The Extremis guy was at least very good at making you want to punch him in the face. That’s got to count for something. ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2018, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-infinity-war-trailer/810660/49 "2018-03-17T03:45:36Z")
> [@Jonathan\_Chance](#): > > [The End Is Near in the Explosive New Avengers: Infinity War Trailer](https://io9.gizmodo.com/the-end-is-near-in-the-explosive-new-avengers-infinity-1823797971) > > OK, I’m 51 years old. I still read comic books. And this is my happy space. > > Thanos, mano-a-mano, with Captain America. What more can anyone ask? Yup. I was never a Cap fan in comics but MCU? Thats my boy dawg. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2018, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-infinity-war-trailer/810660/50 "2018-03-17T04:49:33Z")
Probably just bandwagoning at this point, but I agree that Obadiah Stane, Hela, Red Skull, and Killmonger were all pretty good (though no one’s on Loki’s level), and that Mandarin was fun, in a totally different way. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2018, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-infinity-war-trailer/810660/51 "2018-03-17T07:03:40Z")
I’d also add Klaue, Crossbones, and Starlord’s dad. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2018, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-infinity-war-trailer/810660/52 "2018-03-17T11:19:00Z")
Who was Crossbones? ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2018, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-infinity-war-trailer/810660/53 "2018-03-17T11:19:47Z")
> [@RikWriter](#): > > Except Killmonger burned it all. But maybe they saved some in the gorilla kingdom. All that was planted. I’m reasonably sure Wakandans, not being some urbanite gone kill-'em-all merc, have mastered the strange and powerful technology called “seeds”. ---
**Author:** ![epbrown01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@epbrown01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown01)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2018, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-infinity-war-trailer/810660/54 "2018-03-17T11:57:30Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Who was Crossbones? The former SHIELD agent that was stealing a bio-weapon at the beginning of CA: Civil War. He died in the explosion that killed the Wakandans. ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2018, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-infinity-war-trailer/810660/55 "2018-03-17T13:52:02Z")
> [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > Vulture? I liked Vulture. > > This looks awesome. Yes, Vulture was excellent as well. The whole villain thing is way overplayed and mostly a function of earlier movies. ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2018, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-infinity-war-trailer/810660/56 "2018-03-17T14:00:09Z")
> [@epbrown01](#): > > The former SHIELD agent that was stealing a bio-weapon at the beginning of CA: Civil War. He died in the explosion that killed the Wakandans. Hydra Agent posing as a Shield Agent. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2018, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-infinity-war-trailer/810660/57 "2018-03-17T14:11:08Z")
I am convinced that Steve and/or Tony die at the end of this thing. I also suppose that Thor will be a prisoner of Thanos which may be what drives the plot. A rescue story. ---
**Author:** ![Tapiotar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3be4f8/32.png) [@Tapiotar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapiotar)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2018, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-infinity-war-trailer/810660/58 "2018-03-17T14:20:53Z")
Which of the remaining movies do I have to see before this one comes out? I’ve sort of watched, in that they were on tv in the background while I was doing something else. Iron Man I and II, Thor I and II. I have really watched Guardians I and II, and just watched Thor Ragnarok\* last night. I also watched Doctor Strange. What else do I absolutely need to see? Dark World? The Avengers movies? Captain America? I don’t have much interest in Spiderman or Ant Man – are they necessary? Thank you for your advice. \*I am so happy that Led Zep’s viking song wasn’t used in the earlier movies, because it was so perfect here. I replayed that part several times. And, though this is a comparison across universes, but did Surtur remind anyone of the Balrog, and did the breaking of the bridge remind anyone of the bridge at Khazad-Dum? No other resemblances, of course, but it struck me. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2018, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-infinity-war-trailer/810660/59 "2018-03-17T14:43:50Z")
I would at least watch the two Avengers movies and Civil War but you should watch the two other Captain America movies as well just because they are really good. ---
**Author:** ![Tapiotar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3be4f8/32.png) [@Tapiotar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapiotar)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2018, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-infinity-war-trailer/810660/60 "2018-03-17T15:06:29Z")
> [@Quimby](#): > > I would at least watch the two Avengers movies and Civil War but you should watch the two other Captain America movies as well just because they are really good. Thank you! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-infinity-war-trailer/810660.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-infinity-war-trailer/810660.md?page=4)