Avengers: Infinity War
The movie maker behindAvengers : Infinity Warexplain how Thanos know about Tony Stark / Iron Man . The creation of Thanos has been a major factor in Tony ’s personal arc since 2012’sThe Avengers . His concern of the theory of another attack on Earth , further fueled by the Scarlet Witch - stimulate visual sensation inAvengers : Age of Ultron , motivate him to create Ultron . This caused people to paint him as a speculative guy , an image that stuck with him fall intoCaptain America : Civil War . In realness , Tony is anything but a villain . The arrival of Thanos and him finally deliver the goods inwiping half of spirit in the universeproved that he was really right all along .
But just as the star , billionaire grappled with the idea of an extraterrestrial speculative guy wire attempt to take over Earth again , Thanos was also interrupt by the idea that an ground - dweller may be just the person to hinder him from accomplish his goal of a perfectly balanced world . This is the reason why despite having never assemble before their encounter on Titan , the Mad Titan was aware of Stark .
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During the audio commentary include inInfinity War ’s home vent , carbon monoxide - director Joe Russo and co - writer Christopher Markus talk about how Thanos knew specifically about Tony Stark . As it turns out , it stem from the"interesting latitude between Thanos and Tony . They ’re both cognisant of something from an former point and constantly having to deal with being smarter . Thanos is a fantast as much as Tony Stark,“as Markus put it .
Russo further delved into their connectedness by citing theBattle of New Yorkas Thanos ' real first instauration to"Earth ’s best protector . “As much as Tony had been nagged by the threat of Thanos in the last six years , the Mad Titan had been also inconvenience oneself by the existence of Stark . In hindsight , this connection between the two may very well be how the Earth ’s Mightiest Heroes vote out the baddie .
" He ’s cognisant of Stark from the original Battle of New York as the soul who undo the plan . It ’s interesting because , as Thanos move forward from this moment , once he throw away of his armor , he almost becomes a holy warrior where he does n’t spend a circumstances of his energy intentionally trying to mangle people unless they are , in some mode , a terror to his docket . Almost no one ends up being a scourge to the agenda except for Tony , who I think he feels has a sorting of experiential connection to Thanos . "
Tony may have lost the battle against Thanos inInfinity War , but in world , they ’re really at a tie mightily now study that the Avenger technically beat the demented Titan during the Battle of New York . It remain to be seen how their net bout will cease comeAvengers 4 , but it ’s no mystery that Tony will be a major factor in Thanos ' frustration . Doctor Strange ’s willingness to give up the Time Stone to lay aside Tony ’s life was a good indication of that . But while the scrap with the intergalactic supervillain has always been personal for the genius , billionaire , Peter Parker ’s deathwill doubtless further fuel his desire to take down Thanos . Just like the supervillain ’s dedication in reach his destination , it ’s dependable to assume that Tony is not go to stop until the bad guy pays for everything he ’s done , even if that entail he ’ll have to sacrifice his life for the rice beer of it .
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Avengers : Infinity Waris usable now for digital and cyclosis , coming to Blu - ray on August 14th .
