Thread:Marvelus/@comment-26838855-20190116120806/@comment-26838855-20190501040821

Convenience of Snapped Characters (Assassin1and2, Edward Zachary Sunrose)
Assassin1and2 wrote: I mean yes but also all of the Original Six Avengers survived as well, and pretty much every Guardian except Rocket got dusted. That was convenient, but I accepted that better I think because a) they're sort of part of a larger group (while that technically makes no difference in terms of saying "What are the odds this group of six survived?", I saw it more as the group of 20ish shown at the end of Infinity War and counting lived versus died, and that makes it feel less convenient). And b) also because that was the first coincidence, to keep piling on the coincidences is pushing it.

Edward Zachary Sunrose wrote: Someone on reddit mentioned that not only is it possible for large groups of related people (like the movie heroes and their supporting casts or the TV heroes and their supporting casts) to be spared/dusted en masse, it's also exactly what would happen in real life. They linked to a Wikipedia page but I can't remember the name of it. I think it was called the Law of Large Numbers or something like that?

But there actually is a probability-based reason for why the TV side would remain completely unaffected for seasons at a time while the movie side was crippled between movies. I would be interested to see that because I don't claim to be a scientist, but I cannot see any possible reason why in a completely random 50:50 live:die snap, the odds one specific person surviving wouldn't be 50%, two specific people 25%, three specific people 12.5%, four specific people 6.25%, etc..

"I Went for the Head" (Marvelus)
Marvelus wrote: Someone else was annoyed when people laughed at Thor's "I went for the head" line? What? Are you asking "Did people laugh at Thor's "I went for the head" line in your screenings, and if so, did it annoy you?"

TV References and Final Battle Character Appearances (Edward Zachary Sunrose, Ben 1,000,911, Marvelus)
Edward Zachary Sunrose wrote: We also have two indirect references from the films to the TV side; Vision's line in Civil War about the number of enhanced individuals rising exponentially since Tony came out as Iron Man (which could also be a reference to everyone in the movies), and Doctor Strange questioning Wong on whether or not he brought everyone (which could also be about missing heroes like Stakar's team of Ravager Captains, Nakia, Sif and Kraglin). I had a feeling someone might mention these two references. While you can interpret it that way, there is nothing to suggest they are intended as references to the TV shows, so I'm not counting them.

Also, while I didn't see him in the film, Kraglin is apparently there - I noticed in the credits it said Sean Gunn was "On-Set Rocket" and "Kraglin" and pointed it out to my friend, asking if he'd spotted Kraglin because I hadn't.

As for Sif, if the rumour about her in-development show is true, she was exiled from Asgard by "Odin" (Loki) between 2015 and 2017 on some framed excuse to try to basically to get rid of one of the biggest threats to him. So maybe they just don't know where she is.

Ben 1,000,911 wrote: I thought Kraglin was there? Marvelus wrote: Yes, Kraglin was present. Yup.

Edward Zachary Sunrose wrote: Wait, he was? I know I saw Sean Gunn in Chris Pratt and Elizabeth Olson's behind the scenes videos, but I thought he was there doing the mo-cap for Rocket.

I can't wait to get the Blu-Ray, I'm gonna have to freeze-frame the entire battle. Both. M'Baku's also apparently there, didn't spot him.

Marvelus wrote: Am I the only one who saw him? There's a lot going on at that point.

Edward Zachary Sunrose wrote: Probably not, but I didn't see him. I didn't see Howard the Duck, either. But I did see screenshots online. Yeah also didn't spot Howard and had to find out via screenshots. Guess he's a Ravager now.