Thanos' snap is all over 'Avengers: Endgame.' But why the heck was it a snap?

Thanos wiped out half of all life in the universe at the end of Avengers: Infinity War. He did it with a simple snap, a physical action — even though the power granted to him by a fully powered Infinity Gauntlet meant he could accomplish the same feat with nothing more than a thought.

Enter the question that kept coming up in my mind as Endgame revisited the snap repeatedly: Why even bother with a snap?

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It goes back to the comics, of course. In the original Infinity Gauntlet series, written by Thanos creator Jim Starlin, the moment that directly inspired Infinity War's Snappening played out in roughly the same way. Thanos dramatically assembled the Infinity Gems and fended off an onslaught of superhero attacks long enough to raise his arm up and ..snap. Read more...

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