Avengers: Infinity War
The reveal that Thanos slay Drax ’s family come inGuardians of the Galaxy , but thanks toAvengers : Infinity War ’s manager commentary , we now lie with exactly how they snuff it .
Fans who saw the MCU - shatteringAvengersmovie could n’t possibly have caught the explanation , since it is n’t explicate in the picture show itself . But while strengthen Drax ’s connection to Thanos and the secret plan ofInfinity War , the novel details may stir a few more questions about the turgid persistence of Marvel ’s Cosmic heroes , villains , and the Nova Corps in general .
As we mention above , the firstGuardians of the Galaxymovie satisfy fan in on Drax ’s tragical backstory almost immediately , with " The Destroyer " explaining that Ronan the Accuser slaughtered his syndicate , fueling his delegation of retaliation . What they may have missed were the clues as to how they cash in one’s chips - which only make sensory faculty now that the Infinity War has hail and gone .
When bear the knife to Gamora ’s throat in the firstGuardians , Drax described how"Ronan mutilate my wife , Hovat , and my daughter , Kamaria . He slaughtered them where they stood . And he laughed!“By the end of the picture , Drax would come to realize that Ronan was merely a marionette serve Thanos - meaning it wasThanoswhom he needed to belt down for retaliation .
And inAvengers : Infinity Warhe see his chance , when snarf up on Thanos and The Collector in Knowhere . A minute with a deeper meaning , as explained in the home video commentary by director Joe Russo :
" This is a callback to Drax ’s history with Thanos here … His major planet was treated the same way as Gamora ’s planet . Drax was put on one side , his family was put on the other .
Nobody knew to search any profoundly into the details given of Drax ’s family line ’s death at the time , since it was assumed that Thanos was just as much of a bloodthirsty conqueror in the MCU as the comics . Marvel had yet to reveal the all - consuming(and completely dumb ) architectural plan Thanos has for universe control . In hindsight , connecting the dots makes mother wit , since the films do n’t give any concrete exercise of other reason he would send Ronan to hit on his behalf . The most logical finish is that Ronan the Accuser was , at least for a time , leading Thanos ' mission of killing half a major planet ’s population personally .
IfThe Avengers : eternity Waraims to compound Marvel ’s many standalone plots as " all leading to this , " then retconning or clarifying Drax ’s tragedy as further proof of Thanos ' overall finish , then job done . But for fans who like to read a act nearer , this raw wrinkle raises some story issues in terms of persistence - in films already exhaust , and potentially more picture to come afterwards .
For starter , it turn Ronan from a Kree also fueled by retaliation , and draw to the power of Thanos into the cruel , malevolent loss leader of a senseless genocide . So have ’s trust that his characterizationwhen Ronan counter in theCaptain Marvelmoviedoesn’t seek to ignore that detail . And secondly , it seems to put more than a decade ( and as much as two ) between Thanos killing one-half of Gamora ’s major planet , and doing the same to Drax ’s . Even for a galaxy , that would presumably thread a LOT of attention . Since you ’d hope that a ten - plus run of planetary race murder would put Thanos on the Nova Corps ' radar .
Some may fence that he was , but Thanos , his Chitauri Army , and Ronan were too frightening for any cosmic peacekeeping operation grouping or war machine to stand against . Which is a plausible enough excuse to dismiss problems fans may not desire to see … even if it retroactively exaggerate their threat and level of mightiness , along with the that of the hero who beat them . Not to mention hint it does n’t really matterif Thanos create the hero Novabefore Infinity War even get down .
Now let ’s just go for the other Marvel films can expand on the newInfinity Warstory entailment , without contradicting them .
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retaliator : Infinity Waris available now on Digital HD , and will release on Blu - ray and DVD on August 14th .
