The Russo Brothers Spill The Beans On Thanos' Backstory And His Powers In AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR

The Russo Brothers Spill The Beans On Thanos' Backstory And His Powers In AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR

The Russos recently revealed that Thanos' backstory in Avengers: Infinity War has been cut from the movie but in a new interview, they've explained everything we need to know about the villain's past!

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By JoshWilding - Apr 10, 2018 11:04 AM EST
Filed Under: Avengers: Infinity War
Source: The Telegraph India
We recently learned that the Russo Brothers have decided not to delve too much into Thanos' background in Avengers: Infinity War despite it often being described as his movie. Whether or not those scenes were actually shot isn't clear but if they are sitting on the cutting room floor, we can probably expect to learn more about the Mad Titan's past when the Blu-ray hits shelves later this year. 

In the meantime, Joe and Anthony have actually explained the villain's origin story during a recent interview and told us pretty much everything we need to know about what motivates him here. 
 
"Thanos is this virtually indestructible character who’s stronger than the Hulk, and has invincible skin. He’s from a planet called Titan. Many years prior to the film his planet was experiencing a cataclysmic shift. They were running out of resources, and they were overpopulated. Thanos made a recommendation that they exterminate half the population randomly in order to save the rest of the population. Of course, the Titans rejected his notion, branded him a mad man, exiled him, and the planet ended up dying. So he has taken it upon himself to go planet-by-planet throughout the universe and wipe out half of the population of each planet as a way to correct the planet and bring it back into balance."

We'd heard that the fall of Titan is what resulted in Thanos wanting to track down the Infinity Stones in order to save the universe but there are a lot of new pieces of information here, including the fact that he was actually exiled for suggesting killing half of the population on his now ruined home planet. 

The filmmakers then went on to elaborate on what he has planned for Earth's Mightiest Heroes (and the wider universe as a whole) and it's fair to say Captain America and company should be worried. 
 
"Once he hears about the stones, he realises that if he can get hold of all of the Infinity Stones he can control the entire universe," they added. "With the snap of his fingers he could correct the universe permanently by removing 50 per cent of life from it. So, these are incredible stakes for our characters. If the Avengers were built for anything, it’s stopping Thanos from completing his goal."

What do you think about these new Avengers: Infinity War details? Share your thoughts below.
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DasRouse
DasRouse - 4/10/2018, 11:06 AM
Primero!!!
antman8o8
antman8o8 - 4/10/2018, 11:40 AM
@DasRouse - GOODBYE!
CorndogBurglar
CorndogBurglar - 4/10/2018, 12:01 PM
@DasRouse - One major problem with this motivation.

If Thanos is truly only trying to save the universe then he wouldn't need to kill half of the universe'w population.

He has the friggin' Infinity Gauntlet. He has full control over reality itself. Not to mention Space and Time. There are any number of ways he could prevent the universe from being destroyed that doesn't require mass murder on a universal scale.

It's a bit hard to feel sympathetic for a character, which is obviously what they are going for, when that character CHOOSES 5o commit murder even though they have become all powerful with full control over the universe and how it works.
Matador
Matador - 4/10/2018, 12:28 PM
@CorndogBurglar - You gotta give it to Thanos his focused, has a one track mind, and loves what he does.
deepee3
deepee3 - 4/10/2018, 1:10 PM
@CorndogBurglar - But what you're expecting is for him to do something RATIONAL while wielding unlimited power.

People who are given unlimited power RARELY IF EVER do rational things with it.
GratefulBat
GratefulBat - 4/10/2018, 7:43 PM
@deepee3 - Dang doo, good answer
CorndogBurglar
CorndogBurglar - 4/15/2018, 6:02 PM
@deepee3 - True.

But this is his plan BEFORE he gets a hold of u limited power. He is trying to get his hands on unlimited power so he can murder half the universe.

That's the problem. It isn't the power that made him do something irrational if that was his plan all along.

So again, hard to feel sympathy for a character like that.
DasRouse
DasRouse - 4/10/2018, 11:07 AM
I hope they explain this a little bit in the movie.
thatguy75
thatguy75 - 4/10/2018, 11:08 AM
Well, that sounds really evil.
aflynn
aflynn - 4/10/2018, 11:08 AM
"He’s from a planet called Titan. Many years prior to the film his planet was experiencing a cataclysmic shift. They were running out of resources, and they were overpopulated. Thanos made a recommendation that they exterminate half the population randomly in order to save the rest of the population"

So he wants to go to each planet and wipe out half the population just because of what happened on Titan?

What if a planet is doing fine, there is no issue with over population, there is no issue of a lack of resources, bad hombres, etc. He is still gonna wipe it out just because?

mehhhhh.. still looking forward to the movie though.
ODanil
ODanil - 4/10/2018, 11:12 AM
@aflynn - the answer is something between "it doesn't matter" and "who cares"
GhostDog
GhostDog - 4/10/2018, 11:13 AM
@aflynn - "What if a planet is doing fine, there is no issue with over population, there is no issue of a lack of resources, bad hombres, etc. He is still gonna wipe it out just because?"

Thats the thing. Thanos seems like a warped futurist. He thinks he knows whats coming regardless of what is presently going on. At least thats what it seems like to me.
Nightwing1015
Nightwing1015 - 4/10/2018, 11:10 AM
But what if a planet is underpopulated? Would Thanos really be so stupid to arrive there and remove half its population?
smgmayhem
smgmayhem - 4/10/2018, 11:46 AM
@Nightwing1015 - Something tells me he doesn't care all that much about the details and has his mind set lol
HeraldNumber7
HeraldNumber7 - 4/10/2018, 11:11 AM
i know i'll probably love the movie regardless, but... shoulda gone with impressing Death, fellas. sounds much more bad ass, as where this sounds a bit arbitrary.
thunderforce
thunderforce - 4/10/2018, 11:12 AM
We could use some of that here because no one wants to talk about controlling the population of the Earth and I really think that is our biggest problem .
PsychoticSpaceRaccoon
PsychoticSpaceRaccoon - 4/10/2018, 11:18 AM
@thunderforce - We have more than enough resources for the current population. The biggest problem is unequal access to resources.

Now in 50-100 years? It may be a different story.
thunderforce
thunderforce - 4/10/2018, 11:21 AM
@PsychoticSpaceRaccoon - No we really don't . Did you know that water tables are drying up in many countries and it takes hundreds of years to replenish . That is going to be a huge problem for us all .
TomSolo
TomSolo - 4/10/2018, 11:56 AM
@thunderforce - On the podcast "We Are Here", they had an expert on recently that said population control fixes itself as women in 3rd word countries gain more equal rights. When they arw allowed to have control of their futures, they pursue education and employment and wait long to have children and have less and less.

There is a lot more to it, but it was a very interesting insight.
Mcufanboy101
Mcufanboy101 - 4/10/2018, 12:01 PM
@thunderforce - The only decent way to manage a population is to help impoverished countries achieve a first world status.

Anything less makes you on Parr with a genocidal maniac with an ego complex.
thunderforce
thunderforce - 4/10/2018, 12:22 PM
@CheepTricks - So you are saying that someone who wanted to hand out condoms to poor countries is just the same as the dictator of Syria ? I think not .
Mcufanboy101
Mcufanboy101 - 4/10/2018, 12:49 PM
@thunderforce - No. Anything that supports the idea of eugenics in any way is closer to the genocidal maniac with an ego complex.

Besides. Condoms to poor countries protect people from STD's and the spread of disease. Which also goes against population control by having people die.
Mcufanboy101
Mcufanboy101 - 4/10/2018, 12:50 PM
Unfortunately condoms won't help population control when, in reality, its poverty that produces larger populations that cannot support themselves.
Mcufanboy101
Mcufanboy101 - 4/10/2018, 12:51 PM
Actually, it would "help" but it won't make the major impact that people think it will.

Sort of like curing the symptoms but not striking at the main source of disease
auditore
auditore - 4/10/2018, 1:02 PM
@thunderforce - We know it's you Thanos go away with your overpopulation talk
thunderforce
thunderforce - 4/10/2018, 1:09 PM
@CheepTricks - Why is poverty the cause for all this ? I am not rich and I would not have kids if I couldn't afford to feed them , why is it ok for others to have as many as they can or want when they know they will likely die from lack of food or water ?
Mcufanboy101
Mcufanboy101 - 4/10/2018, 4:07 PM
@thunderforce - It's not "ok" for them to do it. The idea is that if you live in poverty, it makes sense to have as many kids as you can. Their priorties aren't the same as ours. Some of their kids WILL die. The more they have the more likely the chance that some of them will make it out alive and go on to earn money. Sticking together in third world countries is the only way to survive.

Getting other third world nations closer to the status that we enjoy will change the social zeitgeist. The more your society values thriving instead of survival, the less that reproduction becomes as your primary focus. Thus overpopulation will naturally decrease. Its simply the logical step.
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