One of the most discussed things about Avengers: Infinity War was the ending. If you haven’t seen it by now, it makes no sense why you’re here, as there will be some giant spoilers throughout the article. Thanos snapped his fingers, and wiped out half of the universe – just like he said he was going to do. This ending had quite a few different reactions.
It should come as no surprise that it’s now gotten the How It Should Have Ended treatment, in a pretty funny video:
It turns out that they almost didn’t even go with the “snap of the fingers” ending, and almost saved that for the next film. It looks like they made the right decision though, as this one has been talked about non-stop since its release.
When discussing the ending, co-director Joe Russo said:
“Here’s the thing, I think it’s important to remember anything is possible in the MCU [Marvel Cinematic Universe]. Just because there’s a sequel on the books doesn’t mean … people become accustomed to time moving linearly in the MCU. That doesn’t necessarily have to be the case. There’s a lot of very inventive ways of where the story can go from here.”
Co-writer Christopher Markus said:
“There are still questions. What are they (The Avengers) going to do, and all those sorts of things. But if you had stopped it before he snapped his fingers, or with four stones, that really is just a pause button. That really is just going, What’s he going to do? Will your hero stop dangling from the cliff? And we wanted to put a much more definitive Yes, this happens. Deal with it, tone at the end of it, rather than jerk you around.”
We’ll have more answers to all of these questions when Avengers 4 hits theaters on May 3rd, 2019.
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