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Travers, Peter (April 24, 2018). " Avengers: Infinity War Review: All-Star Marvel Team-Up Is Superhero Pile-Up". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on April 3, 2022 . Retrieved April 25, 2018. Its equivalent is called Infinity Mitten, which has no finger separations and the number of Infinity Gems on it is unclear. It gave almost infinite power to its wielder. The villain Thermos used it to kill half of the universe and other activities in an attempt to court Death. He thus attracted the attention of many super heroes who gathered to confront him, but Thermos killed the whole Marble Universe - only to discover that Death's new boyfriend had outclassed him anyway. [3] In a retrospective story, we discover that Thermos had been looking for the Infinity Mitten since his childhood. [17] Boucher, Geoff (September 13, 2019). "Saturn Awards: Spider-Man Star Tom Holland Wins for Third Year in a Row". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on September 14, 2019 . Retrieved July 26, 2020. Because there are eight Infinity Gems instead of six, there are two Infinity Gauntlets designed to hold four gems each. a b c d e f Russo, Anthony; Russo, Joe (directors) (April 26, 2019). Avengers: Endgame (motion picture).

The MCU's rendition of Thanos has received critical acclaim, being regarded as one of the best MCU villains to date, [50] [51] [52] [53] [54] as well as one of the greatest film villains of all-time. [55] In 2022, WatchMojo named Thanos the 10th greatest film villain of all-time. [56] He has also been regarded as one of the best villains of the 2010s [57] [58] and the 21st century so far. [59] Multiple critics praised Brolin's performance, both vocally and for the emotions he conveyed through the motion capture. The performance allowed the audience to empathize with Thanos even though he was the villain, [60] [61] [62] [63] while also allowing the audience to believe Thanos' pain. [62] [63] Peter Travers of Rolling Stone praised both the character and Brolin: "[Thanos is] thunderously voiced by a dynamite Josh Brolin in a motion capture performance that radiates ferocity and unexpected feeling". [64] The Atlantic called Thanos an "unexpectedly resonant monster, filled with sadness and even a perverse sense of honor". [63] Kleinman, Jake (June 3, 2021). "Thanos Creator Jim Starlin's New Comic Is the Best Political Parody of 2021". Inverse. Archived from the original on June 3, 2021 . Retrieved May 9, 2022. Ajak, leader of the Eternals, informs Ikaris that the Blip delayed an apocalyptic event called the Emergence, saving many planets from destruction. [2] [11] However, when the Avengers reversed the Blip, the Emergence continued. Ajak feels the Earth should be saved and recruited the Eternals to stop the Emergence, doing so successfully. [2] Raymond, Charles Nicholas (August 6, 2020). "How Old Thanos Is in All Infinity Saga MCU Movies". Screen Rant. Archived from the original on September 27, 2020 . Retrieved February 3, 2023. Gleiberman, Owen (April 24, 2018). "Film Review: Avengers: Infinity War". Variety. Archived from the original on April 25, 2018 . Retrieved April 25, 2018.Anderton, Ethan (December 7, 2018). "2018 Los Angeles Online Film Critics Society Winners: The Hate U Give Takes Best Picture". /Film. Archived from the original on March 5, 2021 . Retrieved March 5, 2021. Lovett, Jamie (December 22, 2014). "New Guardians of the Galaxy Funko Pop! Bobble-Heads Include Thanos, Yondu & More". ComicBook.com. Archived from the original on May 6, 2022 . Retrieved May 6, 2022. Hoffmeyer, Corey (November 11, 2018). "How Thanos Survived the Destruction of Titan". Screen Rant. Archived from the original on October 8, 2021 . Retrieved December 12, 2020. a b c Seymour, Mike (May 7, 2018). "Making Thanos Face the Avengers". Fxguide. Archived from the original on January 1, 2020 . Retrieved January 15, 2020.

Brolin's portrayal of Thanos was inspired by Marlon Brando's performance as Colonel Kurtz in Apocalypse Now (1979). In an interview in October 2020, Brolin said "[Kurtz] is very elusive and insane but what he is saying makes sense and is poetical ... I started seeing the parallel which I liked for me. I loved being able to resort to a film like Apocalypse Now when I was doing something like Avengers". [48] Reception [ edit ] Josh Brolin's performance as Thanos has been praised by many critics. [49] Mind Gem: Taps the user into the universal consciousness, allowing for unlimited manipulation of psionic powers including telepathy and telekinesis. [ citation needed] Thanos made his MCU debut in The Avengers (2012), in which Damion Poitier portrayed the character and was only credited as Man #1. [25] It was Joss Whedon's idea to include Thanos in the film as his only instructions from Kevin Feige were that the film's villains should be aliens, and the rest was up to Whedon. [26] In May 2014, Josh Brolin signed a multi-film contract to portray Thanos, debuting in Guardians of the Galaxy (2014). Thanos was originally going to have a larger role in the film, but Whedon felt that the character needed to be introduced to the franchise gradually. [27] Screenwriters Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely stated that Thanos' previous appearances in the franchise helped legitimize him as a threat prior to Avengers: Infinity War (2018). Despite this, little screen time had been devoted to Thanos' history and motivations. Markus stated, "We don't get an element of surprise [with his introduction in Infinity War]... You can count on a lot of scenes where we illuminate a lot about him very early", with McFeely adding, "It is incumbent upon us to give him a real story, real stakes, real personality, and a real point of view". [28]a b c Giardina, Carolyn (January 25, 2019). "How Avengers: Infinity War VFX Teams Brought Josh Brolin's Thanos to Life". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on January 26, 2019 . Retrieved January 15, 2020. The 3rd Annual Hollywood Critics Association Awards Nominations". Hollywood Critics Association. November 25, 2019. Archived from the original on April 23, 2020 . Retrieved July 25, 2020. Thanos' story in the MCU takes place in the Earth-616 universe. [b] The fictional biography below includes events that happened to Thanos from more than one Earth-616 timeline, as well as events that happened to him from multiple other universes. Thanos's actions have a universal impact, with the surviving Avengers working to mitigate the damage until undoing the Blip five years later in 2023. [9] Maximoff is traumatized by Vision's death, causing her to have a mental breakdown and create a false reality. [10]

Digital Domain worked on creating Thanos for Infinity War and Endgame, producing over 400 visual effects shots. [43] The company created a new facial capture application called Masquerade, based on the concept of machine learning through computer algorithms, specifically for the film, beginning work on the system 3–4 months before filming began to develop and test it. They presented their results to Brolin, the Russos, and executives from Marvel ahead of filming to demonstrate the subtleties Brolin would be able to bring to the character, which helped inform Brolin on how to portray Thanos. [43] Masquerade improved the quality of facial capture and sped up turn around, but was limited as it required Brolin to deliver his performance in a seated capture position. [44] Before the start of filming, Brolin's facial expressions were captured with ILM's Medusa system, which along with his motion capture data, were fed to Masquerade to "create a higher-resolution version of what Brolin did on set" so animators could apply that to the CGI character. [29] At 8 feet, 3 inches tall, Thanos was made taller for his MCU appearances than he was portrayed as being in the comics. [45] Digital Design considered having "snap" briefly pop up on screen when Thanos snapped his fingers as a reference to how the snap occurred in the Infinity Gauntlet comic. Digital Domain's VFX Supervisor Kelly Port said "as a fun aside, we explored the idea of lifting the actual graphic from the frame of the comic showing the snap, the little yellow action triangles for a single frame of the moment of the snap. They appreciated the idea but didn't ultimately go for it". [46] Physical appearance changes [ edit ] Thanos' previous physical appearances from The Avengers (2012) and Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) Bradley, A.C. (October 6, 2021). "What If... the Watcher Broke His Oath?". What If...?. Season 1. Episode 9. Disney+.Acharya, Raghav; Challita, Elio J.; Ilton, Mark; Bhamla, M. Saad (November 17, 2021). "The Ultrafast Snap of a Finger Is Mediated by Skin Friction". Journal of the Royal Society Interface. Royal Society. 18 (184). doi: 10.1098/rsif.2021.0672. ISSN 1742-5662. PMC 8596009. PMID 34784775. a b Alexander, Julia (July 11, 2018). "What Happens After Reddit Bans More Than 350k Users Because of a Joke?". Polygon. Archived from the original on January 16, 2020 . Retrieved January 16, 2020.