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Tom Hiddleton ’s Loki is arguably the peachy of the Marvel Cinematic Universe villainsso farand we believe he want to die . In the next two age the principal chronicle thread the 22 - movie franchise crafted byMarvel Studios is occur to an destruction , and with it , potentially several of import character . form 3 , as it has become known as , conclude with what was primitively annunciate as a two - partAvengers : Infinity Warsaga , with two additional films ( Ant - Man and the WaspandCaptain Marvel ) debuting in between . The third and fourthAvengersmovies eventually became two disjoined account , mostly shot severally as well due to monolithic programing needs for the record - countersink ensemble . associate : Thanos Ca n’t Be Just Another Boring Marvel VillainThey both however will feature Earth ’s Mightiest and their cosmic ally ( theGuardians of the Galaxy ) fightingThanosand essay to undo whatever damage he ’s done with theInfinity Gauntlet . In that respect , when it ’s all read and done , the conclusion ofAvengers 4may part readjust the account or at least lie a founding for a new and different start . This is the big news report Marvel Studios will have ever told and it will feature genuine stakes this fourth dimension . It demand to . Heroes will die . villain will perish too .
Loki Needs to Die to Justify Thanos
If there ’s one critique that can be applied to the MCU as a whole it is its want of suitable villains . Marvel Studios boss Kevin Feige has said in the past it is bydesign to focalise on the heroesand play of that , but there ’s no denying that several films have lose from a lack of development of its antagonists . Inexplicable villain plans or an absence seizure of justifiable motivations ca n’t last forever and this is why we ’re depart to see role that are more morally grizzly and no longer one - and - done villains .
The Winter Soldier ( Sebastian Stan ) served as a Terminator - esque unstoppable force in the secondCaptain Americafilm and is now a fan - fave hero . Doctor Strange ’s mentor Mordo ( Chiwetel Ejiofor ) was apparatus in that origin film as a future antagonist , but one who is n’t truly evil , but rather , has justifiable ground to do what he ’s doing . The same can be said for Zemo ( Daniel Bruhl ) inCaptain America : Civil Warand we suspect , next year forBlack Panther’sErik Killmonger ( Michael B. Jordan ) .
Some of these new scoundrel , like Loki , could have recollective - term arcs in the future tense of the MCU , sometimes even team up with heroes for bigger , more evil threats .
It ’s this baddie problem though that is the biggest challenge the MCU must curb in concluding Phase 3 and construct the finale around Thanos , the majestic Mad Titan who ’s only been in brief tease over the last few years via cameos in post - credits shot ( inAvengers1 and 2 ) and in a few thin scenes in the firstGuardians of the Galaxy .
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When we visited the set ofGuardians of the Galaxy Vol . 2early in 2016 Feige order us thatAvengers : eternity Waris virtually a Thanos movie . He ’s the star . He bring forth a lot of filmdom prison term because he ask it for the obvious story reasons ofcollecting the Infinity Stones , but also to vindicate himself as the cracking and most deadly villain . When Thanos is present on CRT screen , for real this time , he needs to make his mark and makeup for his retiring failures . We think he ’s going to do that too soon in the photographic film in a adult way .
Here ’s how …
Thanos is A Killer From The Start
In theAvengers : Infinity Warteaser prevue , which earned a milestone - setting 230 million views in its first twenty-four hour period , we see Thanos ( Josh Brolin ) with the Infinity Gauntlet having its first stone already in it . The first Isidor Feinstein Stone he collect is the purple - colour Power Stone which we last realise in storage at Nova Corps HQ on the planet Xandar featured heavily in 2014’sGuardians of the Galaxy . That means he goes there , likely wipes them out , and then head to Earth .
The 2d stone he capture is the gamey Space Stone , which resides within the Tesseract . We see Loki handling the Tesseract to a marvelous figure in the prevue , in the midst of death , essentially confirming thatLoki does indeed collar this cosmic cubeat the end ofThor : Ragnarokbefore Asgard is destroyed .
Thanos is coming to collect and Loki is in debt . If you recall the firstAvengersmovie , it was Thanos who bring home the bacon the sceptre and Mind Stone to Loki , along with a sapless sauce Chitauri army to " obtrude upon " ground , and collect the Tesseract . Loki of course failed , lost the scepter , and Thor took Loki and the Tesseract back to Asgard ( but inexplicably left the scepter ) . That imply Thanos had zero stones alternatively of two . That meant Thanos failed as a strategian making his first unveiling in the MCU a rather weak one .
Not to be outdone , Thanos could n’t get the job done two class subsequently either when it came to the purple Power Stone when he erroneously employ Ronan the Accuser ( Lee Pace ) to collect it in the firstGuardians of the Galaxy . Notice the motif here of Thanos failing . Over and over . bounteous big master strategian Thanos seems like an moron , and one who was talked down to by Ronan . Ronan even killed Thanos ' handmaid and Thanos did nothing . Not telling as the deadliestAvengersvillain , right ?
So how does Marvel make up for that and re - position Thanos as a lawful opposition ?
Have him quickly and effectively do what he does well : defeat everything . Have him wipe out Xandar ( kickstarting the ground theGuardiansget involved ) and cater a succeeding need for a new Nova Corps like the comics ( insert postulate forNovaspinoff in Phase 4 ! ) and then when Thanos face the surviving Asgardians fromThor : Ragnarok , he can take them out too , get the Tesseract from Loki , and kill him .
Thanos does not forgive . He should kill Loki . And if this can chance in the first human action ofAvengers : Infinity War , audiences will live Thanos means commercial enterprise and can take him seriously .
New Marvel Cinematic Universe Needs New Villains
By the closing of the untitledAvengers 4 in 2019 , phase angle 3 will resolve and along with it , the full 22 - set of film form the Marvel Cinematic Universe . There are many film with many submarine coming after it ( and now , potentially theX - MenandFantastic Four ! ) of row , but these three phase will end the enfranchisement in its current word form .
That means , for history and contractual reasons , it ’s possible none of the original six Avengers will asterisk in their own films as lead afterAvengers 4 . It means that along with sequels for the newer characters ( Doctor Strange , Black Panther , Captain Marvel , etc . ) and all - new properties ( including cosmic spinoffs ofGuardians of the Galaxy ) , new and more meaningful baddie will need to take the public eye . Some of them have already been introduced or will be soon . But just like we suspect a few Avengers will be go in 2019 , so to should Loki .
His bow is complete . Loki was a villain , sometimes a hero . He falsify his decease once already , bewilder the throne , and even helped Asgard as it fell . There ’s little more he can do as a cinematic villain . Bye bye , God of Mischief .
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