Let me start off by saying I am not going to give any spoilers related to who lives or dies in Avengers: Endgame. I'm going to talk about what I feel is a huge hole in the Avengers' plan if it happens to succeed, but to play it safe, don't read this if you haven't seen the movie...although I suspect if you're reading a post about the movie, you already saw it...so read on if so and please prove me wrong. Maybe I missed something.
I saw the movie on Friday and I dug it, but a certain part has been annoying me since I left the theatre.
Going in we know at the end of Infinity War, Thanos snaps his fingers and half of all living creatures turn to dust and dissapear.
We know going into Endgame that the remaining Avengers are going to want to fix that. We know on some level that they are going to succeed because we've all seen the trailer for the new Spider-man movie coming out so you figure a whole bunch of other folks are going to come back from the dust too - maybe everyone.
So again I'm assuming you saw the flick, so last chance to stop reading. Okay, in the film the ability to put a plan into action happens 5 years after the snap. It's gonna involve the team splitting up and time traveling to the past to gather the 6 inifinity stones and if they can get them all, then they will snap and bring everyone back without erasing what has happened without them during the past 5 years. So everyone that did not turn to dust has 5 years of age and experiences that will not be erased.
When the film does the 5 years later jump, before the action plan starts, basically this is what you learn:
- Everyone has lost at least someone important to them. On average they should have lost half the people they interact with.
- Overall most of the exteriors they show look like things are in pretty good shape. With the exception of a major league baseball stadium. Evidently MLB could not continue so the stadiums rotted along with tons of cars left in the parking lot, but otherwise I guess they cleaned things up pretty good in 5 years with most people looking to be living in nice homes.
- While we know there is still pain and remorse, we know some people are moving on and going on dates again too.
- Also Yakuza types are being bad in Japan again, so crime being back means money must be flowing.
- Electricity, cars, gas must all be good. The Avengers are eating tacos like it's going out of style so all must be good in the food department too.
- We also see a large memorial to those lost in the snap has been created. So new structures are being built.
That's about that sums up the changes we are directly shown that have occurred in the 5 years since the snap. In all honestly, things aren't looking too bad. Maybe Thanos was onto something.
So as we said before, we know Spider-man is coming back, so yeah, the Avengers succeed in getting the stones and they snap and immediately they get phone calls from loved ones who have been dust for 5 years so we know the snap worked. Nice! (I guess their cell phones were in their pockets and those turned to dust too, but luckily when they say undusted, their phones stayed charged)
Then Thanos comes to immediately crap on their parade. A major battle ensues. Some live, some die and the battle ends and then we get to see more or less everyone is happy back with their snapped back loved ones and friends in high school with no major personal or societal fallout. Sweet!
And that is lazy writing. Trust me, I understand the movie is already over 3 hours and a film about the direct aftermath of the original snap (would be awesome by the way - and a way to bring back storylines with certain characters who perhaps did not fair so well in Endgame) could be 3 hours alone.
But here's some of the snap scenarios I can't stop thinking about (and once you start thinking about them, there's really no end to the problems) - Where exactly are the people that were turned to dust going to reappear when the new snap happens?
Logically wouldn't it be where they turned to dust? If that's the case, then what about the people who were flying in airplanes, cruise ships, cars, roller coasters, etc? The people who were walking in that park where the new memorial was put up, like exactly on the spot where the memorial now stands? Or the folks who were in their 6th floor apartment in a building that has since been demolished?
Having them return in thin air or in a space that was previously thin air but now solid is gonna be messy.
But let's say when the new snap was done, they thought about that and had all bodies appear on ground safely somewhere maybe close to where they originally lived.
So let's take the folks who were in planes with their loved ones who didn't turn to dust. How many of those planes crashed and everyone on board that wasn't dust dies because suddenly half the pilots and air traffic controllers became dust. So now you're back five years in the future, your loved one is gone along with probably all your possessions.
Speaking of possessions, this would be even more true if you were basically living a single life - where's your house/apartment? Is someone else living in it legally? Your car? Your money (I wonder how your stock portfolio is doing if it still exists)?
Imagine if you're a pair of 16 year old teenage love birds, I'm sure some of Peter Parker's friends fall into this category. Now you're 21 and your 16 year old love shows back up looking to make out. Yikes!!
What if you were leader of the country or CEO of a business? Do you immediately get your job back? Does your country or company still exist?
Oh and there's this little problem, how are you suddenly going to feed and shelter a population that doubles overnight?
But I guess in the Marvel universe it all works out cause we know Peter Parker is going on his school trip to France soon and everything looks fine.
I probably just like to complain. Thoughts?
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