The Malthusian Alternative and Overpopulation in Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame

Abstract

This article examines the depiction of the environmental problem of overpopulation in the two Marvel films Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame through the analysis of the character Thanos and his Malthusian theory and his cornucopian thinking counterpart, The Avengers. The article investigates how these two theories affect and form the subject of overpopulation in the two films and what signal the films send in relation to environmental alternatives. It suggests that the films hinder the contemplation of all environmental alternatives through their depiction of the Malthusian alternative as a villainous and unwarranted ideology.