Thanos Rising was awful and full of inconsistencies.

At the end of Infinity Gauntlet, Starlin had Thanos stop being a nihilist villain after he learned that violence and mystical macguffins will never convince Death to love him. In the sequels, also penned by Starlin, he becomes a sort of anti-hero and Adam Warlock’s companion.

Prediction: we will see neither of those characters nor any of the motivation from the source material; instead, Thanos’s motivations will be remarked upon by many critics as a point of weakness for the movie

Wrong. Thanos had one of the best-defined personalities in the entire cast of Marvel characters, in large part because he came from a time when people didn’t confuse “personality” with “overwrought, multi-issue back story”

They’re going to hint at what might have served as a motive in a couple throwaway lines and, as usual, the Marvel movie’s fans will herald this failure to establish the villain’s motive as “subtlety”

“As ScreenRant points out, it was pretty obvious back in November when Josh Brolin posted this image to Instagram”

Yeah, is anyone surprised? The most likely answer was that Thanos is going to curb-stomp everyone in Infinity War, with an ending of “he wins.”

No, Death of the Endless would have an earnest, understanding talk with Thanos, and let him move on. Marvel’s Death is as cold as she needs to be, and it’s this kind of silent turning away that keeps Thanos good at his role as Avatar of Death.

Not my Thanos.