8 Post-Credits Scenes Marvel Didn’t Have The Balls To Shoot

By James Hunt /

3. Thanos Actually Being... Thanos

Since the end of the first Avengers movie, Thanos has been built up to be the big-bad of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the endgame as it were, at least for those characters as we know them from Phase One.

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We€™ve been led to believe he€™s an all-powerful character, based on what is known of him from the comics, and the fact he€™s the one who has been pulling the strings behind the scenes since The Avengers. It culminated with his appearance post-credits in Age of Ultron, grabbing the Infinity Gauntlet and exclaiming that he€™ll do it himself.

While it was still pretty cool, it didn€™t really introduce us to anything new. Infinity War had already been confirmed by this point, and the idea of it seeded long before then. We know that€™s what it€™s building up to, but through his brief appearances in both Avengers movies and Guardians of the Galaxy, we haven€™t really seen why he€™s this overarching villain who€™s going to cause total destruction.

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A scene of him showing just how powerful he truly is could€™ve been pretty epic. Obviously he€™ll get more powerful with the Infinity Gems, but even before that he€™s capable of some pretty major levels of bad-assery. Something like him destroying Nova Corps to get his hands on one of the Gems would fit within the narrative, and showcase just what he€™s capable of.

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