AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR Writers Explain Why Thanos' Motivation Is Different From His Comic Book Counterpart
It's been known for quite a while now that Thanos' motivation in Avengers: Infinity War will be different from the comic book version of the villain, and now the film's writers have explained the decision.
After first appearing in the Avengers back in 2012, the Mad Titan Thanos is finally set to have a central role in a Marvel Studios film, and many fans are rightfully excited. This excitement has only been fueled by comments from the film’s cast and crew, which describe Avengers: Infinity War as being told largely from the perspective of Thanos.
However, while such comments caused a lot of excitement, others which explained the Titan’s motivation in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, were unsurprisingly met with less positive reactions from some fans. The bulk of these reactions stemmed from the fact that the MCU will seemingly forego the role of Thanos’ infatuation with Death in the villain’s actions.
Now, ahead of Infinity War’s release date, the film’s writers, Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, have explained the reason behind this change from the comics.
“At the very beginning, just because it’s such a focal point of the comics, we talked about it,” McFeely told Comingsoon.net, revealing that Marvel had discussed keeping true to the comics before explaining why it wasn’t right for the movie. “It is not something that brings you closer to his motivation. It’s not something where the average moviegoer says, ‘Now I can kinda empathize with him because he’s in love with Death!’ “
While this is a solid and insighful explanation from the writer, the exclusion of Death will still undoubtedly be a disappointment for some fans. Still, the writers also explained that they will be keeping true to some elements of Thanos’ comic book counterpart:
“But I think we took that passion that he has… he really is in love with Death in the comics! He’s a lovelorn, kinda sad little fella. We wanted to maintain that level of emotion on his part, just redirected.”
This redirection of Thanos’ emotions likely refers to the fact that in the MCU Thanos is highly motivated to save the universe from disaster, a motivation that is said to be the result of the destruction that befell his homeworld of Titan.
Anyways, what do you fold make of these comments from the writers? Do you think this is a good reason to deviate from the comics, or are you disappointed with change? Whatever your thoughts may be, make sure to comment below.