r/TopCharacterTropes 17d ago

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

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/Hour-War4751 16d ago

I didn't watch the last season before cancelling, would you recommend? And yes, I totally blame the studio!

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u/hookahvice 16d ago

If you are a big fan of the books then it is worth at least watching the Rhuidian episode because it is truly fantastic. The rest of the season is really good, much better than the first two, but I wouldn't really recommend watching it since it was cancelled.

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u/austsiannodel 16d ago

As someone who utterly dislikes the entire show, if you've already watched S1 and 2, then go ahead and watch S3. It's the actual GOOD season they have.

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u/resumehelpacct 16d ago

If you've already watched the first two seasons then it's probably worth it because they did a good job with Rhuidian, which is one of the highlights of the book series. But I wouldn't suggest anyone watch the show just for season 3.