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Thanos Probably Is No Match to the Tyrants in Real Life

In my opinion, the best he can achieve is just a small dictator

Mark Chu
6 min readAug 4, 2021
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When the movie Avengers: Infinity War was out, 2 of my 3 kids were right away eager to see it, so I brought them to the theater. To me, these superhero movies are surely interesting, but I won’t feel bad if I miss any one of them. I saw it simply to have family time. But it turned out watching a movie didn’t get you too much bonding opportunity. Take note: unless you will definitely have a long discussion about the movie afterward, do NOT watch a movie for family time or date. Do something that requires collaboration or at least some face-to-face talking, like preparing a meal together. Anyway.

Well, the movie wasn’t bad at all. After all, it grossed more than 2 billion dollars worldwide, and the ratings are favorable. I have no complaint about the movie; though it didn’t motivate me to see the Endgame. That’s beside the point.

I just want to talk about one thing that came to my mind while watching the movie.

This time, the villain, Thanos, seems to be too strong and formidable for many heroes. From what I see, he’s way stronger than any one of the heroes; in fact, he’s stronger than all of them combined. It’s like me vs. Michael Jordan on basketball; it doesn’t matter…

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Mark Chu
Mark Chu

Written by Mark Chu

I’m a professor of psychology at a small university in southern New Mexico. I like playing musical instruments, basketball, and writing stories.

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