Seen it last night. Amazing movie.
I skimmed the thread, and seen some people say Loki and his army wasn't credible threats....they were never meant to be. The whole thing was set up by Thanos to be a jab, not a knock out punch. To see how Earth and The Avengers specifically, would respond. That's why the leader alien said "humans weren't the cowering wretches we were promised"....Thanos sold this as a walk in the park because he didn't care about this minor victory. He don't care about petty sh*t like Loki ruling Earth, he wanted to gauge how they'd react to a threat.
A lot of people are praising the action, which was incredible, but ignoring the script. And I don't just mean the humor, the script in general was bananas.
As far as Hulk and the helicarrier, there's a theory going around that Loki had the Mind Gem, which is blue....like the crystal in his staff that he was using to control people. It would also explain why Banner suddenly picked up the staff without even realizing it.
Fred.
Good post. Exactly what I was thinking too. I think Thanos already has a couple of the gems and in the upcoming movies will be finding the others and testing them out before a full on assault. The next Thor movie will be big in the storyline of it all I believe.