Thanos didn't personally choose individuals; the Infinity Gauntlet, guided by the Mind Stone, randomly selected half of all life across the universe to vanish, ensuring impartiality and preventing favoritism, with the snap acting as a universal "coin toss" that affected everyone from heroes to ordinary civilians without pattern or discrimination. He believed this random, indiscriminate eradication was the only way to achieve his goal of balancing resources and preventing universal collapse, as explained in *Avengers: Infinity War*.
The Blip began in 2018 when Thanos, wielding all six Infinity Stones in the Infinity Gauntlet, exterminated half of all living things in the universe, chosen at random, with the snap of his fingers.
In 1945, Red Skull vanished from Earth upon holding the Tesseract while trying to finish off Captain America, leading him to be teleported by the Space Stone to Vormir, where he was cursed to serve as the keeper of the Soul Stone.
Anthony Russo explained: All of our choices are based on story. It's based upon the road that these characters have traveled, in not only this movie, but throughout the entire entity up to this point because, again, these movies are the culmination.
Thanos knew he couldn't beat Asgard, so he waited for opportunity. It came as Odin's death and Asgard's destruction. He was WAITING for it.
However, Red Skull saw his true intentions, informing Gamora that Thanos was, in fact, weeping for Gamora, as he truly loved her as a daughter, and was heartbroken that he had to sacrifice her to get the Soul Stone. Disbelieving, Gamora could not comprehend that Thanos ever showed genuine love for her.
Because Deadpool was owned by Fox, and Marvel didn't have the rights to him. Many years ago, Marvel sold the rights to their biggest names: Spider-Man to Sony, Fantastic Four (forgot to who), and the X-Men to Fox (Deadpool included).
He knew Tony for a long time. They also fought in a lot of battles together. They were like brothers. On top of that he had all the previous things happened which probably made him even more sad when Tony died.
J.A.R.V.I.S. was replaced by F.R.I.D.A.Y. in the MCU because J.A.R.V.I.S. evolved into the sentient being Vision at the end of Avengers: Age of Ultron, leaving Tony Stark needing a new primary AI for his suit, with F.R.I.D.A.Y. serving as the next step in his AI development, not just a temporary fix.
Is Red Skull the son of Captain America? No way he is the son of Captain America in the MCU. But…. An alternate iteration has since been seen as the Ultimate Marvel equivalent of Red Skull, the secret son of Captain America (Steve Rogers) and Gail Richards.
Behind the Scenes
The term "Blip" originated in Spider-Man: Far From Home and was used to describe half of the population disappearing due to Thanos' Snap, the five-year time period as well as the resurrection five years later.
To summarize, the weakest superhero ever recruited by the Avengers was Delroy Garrett Jr., also known as Triathlon. Formerly a track star who competed in Olympic Games and won three gold medals, Garrett became a superhero when he found a mysterious object and gained the powers of 3-D Man.
NoobMaster69 in Avengers: Endgame is the same character, Aaron, from Captain America: The Winter Soldier, an Apple Store employee who played Fortnite with Thor and Korg, revealed in a later Xbox tie-in commercial where his cousin (who created the name) appears, tying him back to the MCU's gamer tag in Endgame.
Though Thanos was born to two Eternals (A'lars and Sui-San), his body carries the Deviant gene . That's why he has mottled purple skin and a disfigured chin whereas the rest of his family could more or less pass for human.
Tony Stark/Iron Man
Tony snapped his fingers with all six Infinity Stones attached to his hand. The ensuing burst of energy mortally wounded the Avengers' leader. Although it was sad, Iron Man's final heroic act was a fitting ending for a complex, yet totally lovable, character.
🍿: The first on-screen F-bomb in the Marvel Cinematic Universe landed in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, when Star-Lord finally snaps and drops the word during an emotionally charged moment.
The Mark 42 (or XLII) Iron Man armor is special because it's an autonomous, modular suit that can assemble itself around Tony Stark, controlled by microchips in his arms, allowing remote operation and deployment in separate pieces, making it his first "summonable" armor but also prone to malfunctions as a prototype. It's famous for its unique gold-and-red design and the ability to fly in segments to surround Tony, even letting others wear parts of it, though it was still experimental.
With Thor's Storm Breaker, Cap's Vibranium shield and infinty stones. Ironman can kill Thanos and his entire army without needing a finger snap.
Ryan Reynolds as Wade Wilson / Deadpool: A wisecracking mercenary from Earth-10005 with accelerated healing but severe scarring over his body after undergoing an experimental regenerative mutation to treat terminal cancer.
Amanda Seyfried revealed why she ended up turning down Marvel's offer to play Gamora in Guardians of the Galaxy. “No, because I just didn't wanna sit around getting painted for more hours than my acting time,” said the 40-year-old actor.
Korath is a major antagonist in the Marvel Animated Universe. Unlike the MCU, Korath was an adopted son of Thanos, and therefore, the adoptive brother of Gamora and Nebula and a follower of Ronan the Accuser.
It's made clear in Guardians 2 why Thanos favors Gamora. Gamora is the better fighter, and he views Nebula as inferior because of this.