Well, Thanos was overpowered in the comic. (Keep in mind, this is a comic I adore.)

Not a complaint, just a reality. The writer made him so powerful that he was literally incapable of being defeated. The comic had to rely on a ridiculous deux ex machina to bring Thanos down. And while that works in a comic book, where we're along for the adventure more than we are any particular conclusion, that's not going to play well on the big screen.

In short, the infinity stones should make Cinematic Thanos incredibly powerful, perhaps more powerful than the entire Marvel roster assembled so far. But they can't make him the equivalent of the One-Above-All in the movie like they did in the comic, they'll run into the exact same problem the comic did -- "alright, we've built this incredible villain, now how do we bring him down."

By the way, for those of you who are into the Marvel mythology but don't like to read comics, Thanos became even more powerful than he did in the IG storyline in a later comic series when he acquired the Heart of the Universe. The deux ex machina in that comic, however, was more profound.

Thanos is a fictional character, and the authors ultimately chose to make him that powerful.

That's fine and everything. You're welcome to do that. But they wrote themselves into a corner when they chose to do that when they designed to ultimately bring him to defeat.

That doesn't detract from the character, or the story really, but that ain't gonna swing on the big screen.

We'll see.

I disagree
I think he will be tricked into losing the power after he lays waste to half the universe, and it will go over just fine.
Making him any less than all powerful, and undefeatable would make following the IG story line completely pointless, as I think you miss the real point of it.
I would be totally cool with Thanos growing crops in the soul gem with, seemingly, all of eternity to ponder his missteps when all is said and done.

I also wanted to point out that I think they will go with the plan that failed in the comics that Earth's heroes tried to pull off, in some form, considering this will not be a battle vs the cosmic entities.
Thanos is still confused as to why Death does not want him, and the devil, Mephisto, convinces him that bravery would win her cold heart, and that he would have to battle them straight up to show her that.
So he cuts off all sensory input so that he would not know their next move.
Giving them a .05% chance at victory.
That will give them the chance they need to somehow win. It's gonna be beyond Epic
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http://www.superherostuff.com/blog/m...r-misses-doh/#