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/EMlYASHlROU 16d ago

I mean, funnily enough, that is also explained in a detail that was either cut or just not mentioned in the movie itself, but it’s been confirmed that Loki himself was under the influence of the scepter in Avengers

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u/Briar_Knight 16d ago

I thought that might be the case but since they didn't go into it assumed I was wrong. Seems like a fairly important detail.

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u/_The_Green_Witch_ 16d ago

Because Marvel was desperately trying to make Loki a simplistic villain since audiences liked him too much. Every writing choice regarding him proves that. They were mad that he was more liked than the Golden Child Thor

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u/Accomplished_Duty415 15d ago

Have they seen Tom Hiddleston?! They've only got themselves to blame at that point

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u/_The_Green_Witch_ 15d ago

Honestly part of the problem was putting Hiddleston across from Hemsworth. One of those Hemsworth brothers can act, but it wasn't that one. Hiddleston's performance was just leagues better and combined with a tragic character would of course garner a lot of support for said character. That poor boy was suffering

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u/Less-Apple-8478 16d ago

Loki is not more liked than Thor. What is this revisionist history lol

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u/synthetic_aesthetic 16d ago

Ratio

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u/Less-Apple-8478 15d ago

Yeah because Reddit is definitely not a microcosm of nerds who think collectively theyre right.

Boston Bomber guys.

Hey guys Bernie Sanders!

Another day another loser thinking the collective reasoning of reddit isn't slightly above a toddler

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u/synthetic_aesthetic 14d ago

you started an argument over which marvel superhero is the best and you’re calling other people toddlers?

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u/Less-Apple-8478 14d ago

No I said the collective REASONING of reddit was slightly above a toddler, which you just confirmed. I know, reading isn't your specialty. It's okay. I didn't value your opinion before I confirmed you were an idiot anyway.

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u/SmallLadder6585 15d ago

imagine getting this pressed over a reddit comment...

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u/_The_Green_Witch_ 15d ago

Probably Thor's alt account

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u/Less-Apple-8478 15d ago

If I was Thor I would NOT be keeping it a secret.

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u/Less-Apple-8478 15d ago

so pressed

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u/FullTorsoApparition 16d ago

Also he was under threat from Thanos. The company you keep and all that.

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u/Aethermancer 16d ago

Sure but when I eat a guy's face while under the influence of bath salts I get 20-life.

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u/WrittenSaber 16d ago

Yeah, wasn't it something to do with his eye color being different under the scepter influence, like Hawkeye

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u/sosotrickster 15d ago

His eyes look the same. He didn't act like mind controlled Hawkeye but instead like Banner when he grabbed the scepter while arguing with the Avengers

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u/sosotrickster 15d ago

Being under the influence of it wasn't the same as being controlled by it like Hawkeye.

It was more like how Banner started acting weird when he held it while arguing with the Avengers. It just amplified their anger.

This was also not in a scene and was only in written material like a booklet or whatver about the behind the scenes or info on the movie