Avengers: Age of Ultron
After the death of one-half of his people , include Loki and Heimdall , Thor vows retaliation against Thanos . This keeps him from joining either of his fellow Avengers in Wakanda or Titan as he opt for a side journey to Nidavellir for theStormbreaker- a herculean battle ax that can defeat the Mad Titan . His efforts prove to be worth it as the weapon is capable to slice through the combined power of allsix Infinity Stonesstraight to Thanos ' pectus . This give fans a sense of triumph over the baddie , only for the purple extraterrestrial being to shove in a finger grab , and the next affair Thor hump , half of life in the universe was already turning to dust .
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Infinity War ’s secret plan twist was seamlessly executed - until the very end , devotee did n’t recognize what ’s rifle to happen . When the grab did happen , it was so quick ; even Thor was confused by it for a consequence . That being articulate , the God of Thunder ’s ruinous mistake is actually foreshadowed a few year earlier inAge of Ultron . coif off byScarlet Witch ’s intellect manipulations , Thor finds himself enchant to Asgard where a company is supposedly befall . There , Heimdall face Thor and accuses him of lead them to hell . He furthers it by calling Thor a destroyer . fox by the whole situation , Thor starts to exhale lightning around his soundbox , accidentally hitting a bystander who then disappear into thin zephyr - similarly to how people got dusted inInfinity War .
Oftentimes , Age of Ultronis pick apart for shoehorning level elements that do n’t have anything to do with its own story . or else , their sole purpose is to tantalize what ’s in the cards for next MCU movies . Fans are attend back at 2015 ’s Joss Whedon movie with some warmness as it set up a lot of thing that happened inInfinity Warand its unmediated sequel , Avengers : Endgame . Some of the more explicit example of this includeCaptain America wielding the Mjölnirand Thanos deciding to personally go after the Infinity Stones .
That being say , Avengers : Age of Ultronforeshadowing Thor ’s failure to kill Thanos is n’t something that was pre - plan . The Russos Brothers , alongside writers Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely , formally board the labor in 2015 , but they would n’t start cracking the story until they finish their work onCaptain America : Civil War . From there , the movie maker may have revisited previous MCU picture for aspiration with how they were going to makeAvengers : Infinity WarandEndgame , ultimately giving them an idea on how to perform the now iconic Decimation scenery .
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