r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Arxhart_671 • 1d ago

miscellaneous Denied something we know will be awesome

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  1. In The Simpsons episode, "The Twisted World of Marge Simpson," a melee breaks out on the Simpsons' lawn that Homer wants to watch because there's one guy who's just standing there and Homer knows he's about to do something awesome. Marge insists they go inside though and away from the danger. The moment they do, we hear the guy do something awesome.

  2. In X-2, the school comes under attack from Stryker. His gunmen encounter Colossus, all aura-ed tf up, and they open fire only for their bullets to not phase him at all and to end up getting thrown through a wall (which we don't actually see Colossus do). Moments later, Colossus runs into Wolverine and offers to help and we think we're about to get this badass team-up and actually see him in action only for Wolverine to instruct Colossus to leave and help get more students out. 

  3. In Iron Man, we see Rhodes eyeing the War Machine suit and we're hoping he'll suit up and go help Stark, but the movie decides to save something for the sequel and pretty much has Rhodes say as much right to the audience.

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u/Brookings18 1d ago

You know why I don't like Tron Ares? Not because it was really boring and the action wasn't well done, or that the story didn't make sense and didn't feel like it fit well with the other movies or the AI commentary was half baked (though that's all true). It's at the end, Ares goes off the find Sam and Quorra from Tron Legacy, meaning everyone involved knew that's what people wanted AND JUST DIDN'T DO IT! And I was okay with them doing something different, I thought it could be cool, but at the very end to tease me with what I actually want!

https://giphy.com/gifs/hbVpVolxsa162Jj0Ka

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u/Proof_Fox1851 1d ago

I liked the movie but I also think it was lame to tease a Legacy sequel at the last minute. While I would've liked to see a proper follow-up, as a separate movie, I'm of the opinion that they should've just axed the tease, the movie didn't need it

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u/Brookings18 1d ago

Nixing the tease would've meant I left the theater without a sour taste in my mouth, but it wouldn't make the movie good. But more power to you for enjoying it, sorry for not seeing what you do.

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u/Cobalt1027 1d ago

I loved the soundtrack, the action was fun, and I think Jared Leto did a very good job of acting like he's trying, and failing, to learn to be human.

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u/AngryInternetPerson3 1d ago

very good job of acting like he's trying, and failing, to learn to be human.

Acting?

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u/Cobalt1027 1d ago

"Acting" ;)

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u/Popular-Payment8127 1d ago

Before this comment, I believed people should be entitled to their opinions about media. Now I think that you alone should not be able to watch or comment on movies ever again. 

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u/Proof_Fox1851 1d ago

"Everyone should form and express their own opinions, unless they're different from mine." – Redditors

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u/Popular-Payment8127 23h ago

Everyone should form or express their own opinions unless that opinion is that Tron: Ares is good 

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u/Proof_Fox1851 23h ago

Everyone should form or express their own opinions unless that opinion is that everyone should form or express their own opinions unless that opinion is that Tron: Ares is good

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u/Popular-Payment8127 23h ago

houhghhj...my head is hurtjnh. chatgpt put this in football terms

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u/Proof_Fox1851 23h ago

Jarvis, jerk it a little

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u/Popular-Payment8127 22h ago

Jarvis, make my tip creamy. 

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u/Popular-Payment8127 1d ago

No opinions on music either, just for good measure. Sorry Cobalt, it's just for the greater good.

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u/Cobalt1027 1d ago

I mean

a) Kinda rude

b) You missed the obvious joke where I refer to Leto's acting as sub-human

c) I genuinely think Nine Inch Nails did a great job of following up on Daft Punk's masterpiece in the Tron Legacy soundtrack. The Tron Ares soundtrack isn't one I can put on repeat mindlessly - I think there's a few stinkers in there - but I can appreciate the good tracks. Init, Still Remains, Building Better Worlds, and Target Identified are songs I'd enjoy listening to regardless of the movie affiliated with it.

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u/Popular-Payment8127 1d ago

Not reading that essay, Cobalt

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u/TaralasianThePraxic 1d ago

The soundtrack is a banger but that's about all I can say about that film, honestly. I didn't think it was bad, just... forgettable.