Ok, so, look, we love a good fan theory here at FTN HQ as much as the next nerd and one of the biggest ones of the last few years involved Paul Rudd’s Ant-man and Josh Brolin’s Thanos in Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame.
In case you’re not aware, many fans wondered why, instead of letting Thanos wipe out have of all life in the universe, as he did in Infinity War and the repercussions of which were felt in Endgame, Scott Lang, played by Rudd, AKA Ant-man, didn’t go into Thanos’ em, well, you know, and then become giant man, instantly ripping him to atoms and saving the universe.
And, well, it’s grim – as anyone who has watched The Boys season 3 can attain – but also it makes a lot of sense, doesn’t it?
Well, now, thanks to Disney Cruise’s Avengers: Quantum Encounter at Disneyland, we can finally get an answer as to why it wouldn’t have worked. Well, sort of.
The experience includes a dinner afterwards during which footage is shown of various MCU heroes and one in particular, featuring Rudd’s Ant-man and Evangeline Lily’s Hope Van Dyne AKA The Wasp, caught the attention of some fans who recorded it and put it online for everyone to enjoy… most likely because it tackles this long-pondered fan conundrum.
“Let me address the elephant in the room,” Ant-man says in the clip, below, “I’ve heard a lot of chatter out there asking why I didn’t shrink down, go in, and uh, kill Thanos in a really creative way.
“First of all, gross. Secondly, it’s much more complicated than that. Allow me to explain…” at which point Wasp cuts him off, explaining that they don’t have time, leaving fans chuckling but unfulfilled – no, I’m not going to say it’s like to Marvel movies as a whole, as that would be immature and beneath me.
If you look online there’s many reasons why it wouldn’t [and would] work but it must be said, the main reason is likely because Marvel movies are for families and that would have been, well, again, if you’ve seen The Boys season 3, you’ll know.
Ant-man and the Wasp: Quantumania hits cinemas on February 23rd next year… maybe it’ll be addressed more there [it won’t].
Thoughts? I want to hear them all…
At the beginning of Avengers: Quantum Encounter, Scott Lang (aka Ant-Man) explains why he didn’t kill Thanos by shrinking down and, you know… pic.twitter.com/7kGHLSDXVp
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