Author: Phil Hornshaw / Source: TheWrap
(Note: A bunch of spoilers for the end of “Avengers: Infinity War” and beyond. Read on at your own risk.)
The end of “Avengers: Infinity War” left a lot open for fans to speculate. Thanos snapping his fingers and eliminating half the universe was a devastating moment, but this is the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Fans were left wondering how the remaining heroes might be able to undo Thanos’ wish and save beloved characters like Black Panther, the Guardians of the Galaxy and Spider-Man.We have confirmation on a key piece of information that could reveal how the characters who turned to dust after Thanos (Josh Brolin) emerged victorious might survive. It has to do with one of the all-powerful Infinity Stones itself: the Soul Stone.
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In the Marvel Comics version of the story called “Infinity Gauntlet” that was very loosely adapted into “Infinity War,” the Soul Stone contains an entire pocket dimension — a self-contained place known as the Soul World. And the people who are killed by the Soul Stone aren’t totally dead; their spirits wind up in the Soul World, inside the stone, and they’re stuck there. “Infinity War,” like “Infinity Gauntlet,” sees Thanos questing after the six Infinity Stones to use them to quickly and efficiently wipe out half of everything alive in the universe. And when he uses them all at the end of the movie, people randomly turn to dust, completely ceasing to exist.
There was speculation that “Infinity War” actually includes a trip to the Soul World, right after Thanos gets the sixth Infinity Stone and snaps his fingers. When he does, he’s briefly transported to an orange-hued place with a small gazebo-like structure. There, he sees a young version of his adopted daughter, Gamora (Zoe Saldana), who he sacrificed to get the Soul Stone. Fans figured that was the Soul World, but since it wasn’t explicitly stated in the movie, nobody could be 100 percent sure.
Thanks to the director commentary in the home video release of “Infinity War,” we know definitively that that orange place is the Soul World, and that has huge implications for what’s next in the battle with Thanos. During the commentary, directors Joe and Anthony Russo and screenwriters Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely discuss the scene after the snap. When McFeely asks, “Are we confirming that that’s the Soul World,” Joe Russo answers, “Of course that’s the Soul World.”
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