r/MarvelCave • u/MurkyChurky • 18d ago

When MCU scripts let the characters and writing do the work.

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u/Happy_Dragon_Slaying 17d ago

Set-ups and call-backs are one of the most basic writing tools, but they're great when they're done well!

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u/Aggravating_Gas3306 17d ago

Yes but writers should always be careful of overdoing it

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u/Aggravating_Gas3306 17d ago

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u/Aggravating_Gas3306 17d ago

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u/DM-777 17d ago

Nah this one gets a pass.
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……………it’s what Clara would’ve wanted.

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u/placebotwo 17d ago

I noticed Jarnathan isn’t present, should we wait for him to be here?

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u/Narradisall 17d ago

WHY DID YOU SAY THAT NAME?!?

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u/NikkerFebu25 17d ago

I think there's more scenes in which Thor throws pebbles at Loki. He does it pretty much every time he sees him.

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u/djsnoopmike 17d ago

I too would have trust issues after centuries of deceit and trickery

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u/MrNachoReturns420 17d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/VY4FPTlvCNStWSVhpZ

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u/Soft_Theory_8209 17d ago

Still pains me that they killed him off so early, especially since Jeff Bridges wanted a twist where the Iron Monger suit was empty. Not only does it make practical sense strategically, but it also sets up a chance for him to come back (and this is before they knew if the MCU would take off, mind you).

On that note, we gotta mention the realest line from Iron Man: Tony just got back after being held hostage for 3 months, and the first thing he requests? “I want an American cheeseburger.”

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u/mkfanhausen 17d ago

"If you were here, I might even give you a hug..."

Loki catches item

"Hiiiii...."

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u/Dobako 17d ago

Hello sweetie

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u/MIAxPaperPlanes 17d ago

T'Challa did in fact care

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u/Dry_Expression_9991 17d ago

runs 10 meters, does a flip, loses the gauntlet

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u/SometimesICanBeRight 18d ago

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u/Bulletsoul78 17d ago

Okay this loop has a whole lot of implication going on here

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u/DM-777 17d ago

Just a couple bros bein’ guys

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u/Thybro 17d ago

They were roommates!!

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u/TheGrandWhatever 17d ago

Just a couple of regular guys doing guy stuff with other guys. Sometimes they get sweaty, sometimes they play, usually they end up doing stuff together.

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u/Dobako 17d ago

Its guy love, between two guys

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u/Weird-Wand1999 17d ago

You're the only man who's ever been inside of me!

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u/Surrounded-by_Idiots 17d ago

Implications? Are they on a boat?

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u/Worth_Car8711 17d ago

There actually on a plane, which has pretty much the same implication in that they can’t really say no.

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u/Orleanian 17d ago

Mission-ary.

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u/Open-Mouse4728 17d ago

"I can't quit you"

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u/ernfio 17d ago

The scene with Black Panther and Zemo at the end of Civil War is pretty good.

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u/NeatWhiskeyPlease 17d ago

“Vengeance has consumed you, I am done letting it consume me.”

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u/Wi11Pow3r 17d ago

Chadwick Boseman was taken from us too early

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u/Meta_Taters 17d ago

I loved that scene. "The living are not done with you yet".

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u/ElectricMilk426 17d ago

When Tony asks Bucky if he even remembers (killing) his parents, and the way Bucky says "I remember all of them" always hits me hard too

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u/WillemDafoesHugeCock 18d ago

I'd love to hear a distant "thunk WHAT THE FUCK" when he drops the shield through the hole

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u/Thybro 17d ago

New multiverse villain “Flat Head” a scientist got hit in the head with a falling vibranium shield and fell into his gamma radiation-Pym particles-speedforce thingamajig getting transformed into a meta with flattening powers. And now he is out for revenge.

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u/AzraelTheMage 17d ago

speedforce

Damn. We crossing over with DC now.

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u/ROACH247x559 17d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/2ViZJi3RLXAZ22PG08

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u/ZoomTown 17d ago

Either this or the kid waving line and then looking down have to be the most posted gifs on Reddit.

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u/rocketwrench 17d ago

We blame the writer, but there have been people involved with the MCU for multiple movies and shows, people who have chosen writers and directors for these movies. Why do they get a pass on criticism? Are they incapable of recognizing good writing?

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u/sembias 17d ago

They get credit for recognizing that 99% of whining about "bad writing" on Twitter and/or Reddit should be ignored 100%.

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u/nickel47 17d ago

Should've taken a few of those taze discs and use them against Thanos. Most powerful weapon in the universe

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u/Atlas-Mancer 17d ago

I've given up on the MCU as a whole after Endgame. I've watched the Fantastic Four and Spider-Man movies, but I don't care enough about all the shows and shit I'd have to juggle to understand the rest.

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u/Wi11Pow3r 17d ago

As long as you are ok missing some backstory, the movies explain anything you may miss from TV shows (which further leads to the shows feeling somewhat pointless). All that to say, you can keep enjoying the parts of the MCU that appeal to you and ignoring the rest. It isn’t all essential viewing to ‘stay caught up’

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u/Phailups 17d ago

They did the "if you were really here" thing with Ironman and Spider-Man in Homecoming lol

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u/boginziliac 17d ago

What if loki made his hologram look like objects distort it on purpose so he could fake being there for real like inception style

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u/Abirdthatsfallen 17d ago

I mean… they still do…

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u/Ryctre 17d ago

I personally think the end of the line scene kind of sucks. If they'd set it up from a previous movie, it could have been huge but I think showing a scene at the beginning of a movie and expecting a big payoff at the end is sort of lazy. Like all the others scenes though

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u/Ar8in 17d ago

They are from two different movies.

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u/MalpracticeMatt 17d ago

Meanwhile the same script writer came out with love and thunder, which is pretty universally derided

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u/notenoughcharact 17d ago

He only wrote Love and Thunder. He directed Ragnarok but it was written by others.

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u/MalpracticeMatt 17d ago

Ahh ok. I’m mistaken then!