Still, the Black Order being fairly easily bested was certainly something that was a concern to some of the fans –especially comics fans — whilst commenting about the movie on this site.
So in the grand scheme of the payoff that the film is trying to land, fleshing out something like the lackeys working in the name of Thanos actually seems kind of strange.
Ever since that first post-credits sequence that teased his desire to challenge The Avengers themselves, this inevitable match-up has been the endgame, with every step of the way leading toward Avengers: Infinity War’s events.
As Joe Russo told the audience of Iowa City High School, which was reported on by their Little Hawk Student Newspaper (via Pastebin), the focus of Avengers: Infinity War isn’t the introduction of the Black Order, but moreso the fulfillment of the promise of conflict between Earth’s mightiest heroes and the mad titan himself, Thanos.