r/DC_Cinematic • u/SpeedForce2022 • Sep 02 '21

POLL Which DCEU death was the saddest? Spoiler

Which Death?

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u/SlasherDarkPendulum Sep 02 '21

It's the same thing, really. It's a loophole. "We killed off the character, but we want to make more money. We'll just bring them back and explain it with time-travel, multiverse, speedforce, variants, [insert story loophole here]".

They did it with Loki already, and while they did as good a job of it as they possibly could (it being a different Loki is literally the show's secondary premise), at the end of the day fans didn't see the death of Loki, they saw the death of A Loki.

RDJ's death in Endgame wouldn't have the same emotional impact if he was just going to be playing a slightly younger version of the character 2 years later.

It's about to happen to Green Goblin and Doc Ock, too.

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u/xenongamer4351 Bruce Wayne Sep 02 '21

Dude what??

Black widow takes place before the events of infinity war and end game lol

There’s no time travel, it’s literally a prequel

What you’re saying is like complaining that darth Vader was in rogue one, the story takes place before they die, there’s no maneuvering going on

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u/SlasherDarkPendulum Sep 02 '21

Yeah, I didn't say it was time-travel. That was one of four loophole examples I gave in a mocking (and fictional) quote. A prequel film is just another loophole for keeping an actor in a beloved role, even after that character had their story wrapped.

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u/xenongamer4351 Bruce Wayne Sep 02 '21

No it’s not lol

You said time travel, multiverse, speedforce, and variants

Prequel was not mentioned, and prequel is not a loophole lol that’s ridiculous

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u/SlasherDarkPendulum Sep 02 '21

explain it with time-travel, multiverse, speedforce, variants, [insert story loophole here]"

I didn't think I needed to explain this, but the [insert story loophole here] is where you are supposed to insert the story loopholes I didn't list. I'm not going to list every way you can get around killing a character, these are comic book films, that list would be several pages long.

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u/xenongamer4351 Bruce Wayne Sep 02 '21

… you literally just said it was one for the 4 you mentioned, now you’re saying it was one of the ones you didn’t list

Regardless, it’s not a loophole

You can think it’s a loophole if you want, but your belief is wrong lol

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u/SlasherDarkPendulum Sep 02 '21

you literally just said it was one for the 4 you mentioned, now you’re saying it was one of the ones you didn’t list

I admit, you had me going for a moment, but no one's that stupid. Good bait, had a good chuckle.

Regardless, it’s not a loophole

Agree to disagree.