Thanos's plan makes no sense
So this weird Thanos-logic dictates that mercilessly murdering.. well, genociding so many people and living entities that it doesn't practically even matter that some were left alive.. somehow means life will be better for the survivors (why does he have the right to even decide that?)..
I mean, this logic is so stupid. Someone like Thanos would never be that stupid - at least not the Thanos I know from the comics.
If you can do 'anything', why snap half the life into non-existence (which wouldn't work anyway, because you can't destroy energy, which is what souls are, so only BODIES are destroyed, so those souls would incarnate anyway, and create a lot of 'birthing pressure' from that sides, which is what happened with 'baby boomers', because so many people died in wars, so the pressure mounted a lot, so people started reproducing more than ever)...?
I mean, wouldn't some better solutions include:
- Make the Universe larger
- Make sure there are way more resources
- Give everyone access to information about dangers of overpopulation (maybe 'force' people to just KNOW this thoroughly, not just theoretically - shouldn't be worse than murdering 50% of people, right?)..
- Change people's biology so that they do not NEED food, but can just nourish directly from the cosmic energies that are abundant, and then also create some kind of 'cosmic energy points' where everyone can go to to do this, OR just give everyone a mental skill to perform this task telekinetically any time they need energy, etc. etc..
- Mentally teach people to fast, so they don't need as much food, and then teach them to meditate, use yoga and Tai Chi and Qigong so they can manipulate energies and eat less food and yet be more vibrant, and so on..
- There must be more, but I am tired..
In any case, that mad plan is so idiotic, because realistically, it would require like 2000 years of planning, scheduling, drawing lines, making judgments, and so on. Will you erase a criminal on some planet, but a cop on another, or will all criminals be the first to go? What if someone has been really good, how do you even measure that? How about someone that has potential for evil, but hasn't done anything bad yet?
I mean, wouldn't Thanos himself be erased, if there's ANY kind of judgment, because what is worse than destroying 50% of all life in the Universe (or whatever it was)?
Someone has to measure every single planet and form of existence where there can be life, and then decide if some semi-sentient plant is going to be erased or not, or whether they will be allowed to be killed for food - what about animals and all that? Do all those 'resource units' also get destroyed, even if they function as resources for others? Is it arbitrary (which would make it even stupider)?
Also, this plan assumes the Universe is limited, when in reality, it's limitless, so how do you erase half of 'infinity'? It's like dividing by zero, it can't be done!
(Before anyone raises an objection, just LOOK AT THE NAME OF THIS MOVIE!)
The comic was SO much better, but even that seemed like just a poor man's version of 'Secret Wars', which was probably the best comic story I have ever read, despite its typical 'injected romance' stuff in some parts. THAT would've made a great movie, if done right.. (heavy emphasis on 'if done right')
So, if you want a good, 'epic', 'large scale story with cosmic entities involved', just read the old comic 'Secret Wars' - you'll see all your favorite superheroes in action, and even get to watch Galactus do some pretty cool stuff. Of course the best thing about that is still Victor Von Doom, which is underused and misrepresented in every single movie he's ever been in that I know ow.
They even have a 'black woman' version of 'Captain Marvel', and I have to say I actually really like this version - she's cool, humble, powerful, superfast (for obvious reasons) and is at some points imperative to the solution to problems presented by the nigh-omnipotent 'Molecule Man'.
I can't even praise enough how they present Ultron in 'Secret Wars' - absolute perfection!
My problem with modern movies stems from a few things - my own imagination can conjure up better stories than these awfully predictable movies (and adding a useless twist at the end that breaks all logic isn't the solution), the comics I have read throughout decades have presented me with SO many more, SO much more imaginative and interesting scenarios (try to bingeread 'Fantastic Four' comics from about early seventies to mid-nineties or something to see an enormous variety of ridiculously 'cosmic' and expansive ideas and things moviemakers would NEVER dare try).
Then there are of course books, fan fiction and such - it's hard to take a really formulaic, predictable movie as something wonderous or epic, when you have all this to contrast it to. Heck, even 'Secret Wars II' is better than modern movies, stupid as it is.