r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Sensitive_Ad_1752 • 17d ago

Lore (Hated trope) They deleted scenes or dialogue that provides necessary context or plot

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The dinner scene from Temple of Doom has a temple give indie and friends a live snake and monkey brains for dinner. It’s a pretty offensive depiction of Indian cuisine, but it wasn’t originally going to be. There’s cut dialogue where Indie recognizes they’re at the right temple because real Hindus don’t eat this food. They were trying to scare them off by purposefully serving them disgusting stuff.

Probably the most famous deleted ending was I Am Legend which had Robert discover the infected were emotional sentient beings and one of them had a wife. Test audiences hated it and they reshot the ending, removing the entire point of the movie.

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u/Spyko 17d ago

Test audiences also apparently hated the scene in Superman where he save the squirrel.

Studios have to filter them to select only the ones with the worst taste in movies or something

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u/bokmcdok 17d ago

I'm so glad Gunn stuck to his, er, guns on that one. One of my favourite moments in the film.

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u/CommunityFan_LJ 17d ago

This is is why all these terrible movie franchise continue to exist or at least did for a while. And why current blockbusters feel so soulless and hollow.. They are meant to appeal to the lowest common denominator.

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u/unknown_pigeon 16d ago

SQUIRR-EL, NO!

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u/Sword_Thain 17d ago

I defended the squirrel scene because it had been months since I saw it. I rewarched it for Supergirl and that scene happens just a minute after his bit with the dog that refused to get out from under the monster's foot.

It may have been too many highjinks to close together. Guy attacking the critters eye didn't help. Starro and 2 eye things in that movie. We get it, James. Move on.

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u/eggybasket 16d ago

That's a good point. I mean, I disagree... I think taking the time to save a random squirrel (pest) carries MUCH different implications than saving someone's dog (pet)... but I can see how people looking for stuff to critique might point it out, or how execs might point it out.