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Saddest MCU death?
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GoldenEye Samurai
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Blackwindow was just devastating.
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Yoshichan
And they made him a Lord of Cinder. Not for virtue, but for might. Such is a lord, I suppose. But here I ask. Do we have a sodding chance?
nush
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space magic.
GreatnessRD
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Ironman for sure. Vision's should be classified as the funniest. Because name a death funnier than that!
and 3 others
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Doom85
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Iron Man, though Yondu is a respectable second.
That was less sad for me and more disappointing. Every major permanent death in IW/Endgame had them next to people that meant something to them. Loki and Heimdall were near Thor, Vision was near Wanda, Natasha was near Clint, and Tony was near Pepper, Peter, and Rhodey. Gamora was near no one she cared about (since she did not love Thanos, and his love for her was only the way a twisted mind would view love) and given how the GOTG films put such heavy emphasis on family both blood-related and the type formed through developing close friendships I felt how they handled Gamora's death did not respect that theme.
Since I've heard one of Adam Warlock's powers in the comics is resurrection, her death is the one death I would like them to backpedal on (the others should stay permanent though, even if Loki's particularly stings because goddamn I know they wanted to push Thor into different territory but emotionally breaking him was harsh). No, 2014 Gamora doesn't count, she's technically a separate being plus lacks all the development and relationship-building with the team that OG Gamora had. I hope one of the major plots of the 3rd GOTG film is the team (plus Thor, that's going to be fun) figuring out how to bring her back.
That was less sad for me and more disappointing. Every major permanent death in IW/Endgame had them next to people that meant something to them. Loki and Heimdall were near Thor, Vision was near Wanda, Natasha was near Clint, and Tony was near Pepper, Peter, and Rhodey. Gamora was near no one she cared about (since she did not love Thanos, and his love for her was only the way a twisted mind would view love) and given how the GOTG films put such heavy emphasis on family both blood-related and the type formed through developing close friendships I felt how they handled Gamora's death did not respect that theme.
Since I've heard one of Adam Warlock's powers in the comics is resurrection, her death is the one death I would like them to backpedal on (the others should stay permanent though, even if Loki's particularly stings because goddamn I know they wanted to push Thor into different territory but emotionally breaking him was harsh). No, 2014 Gamora doesn't count, she's technically a separate being plus lacks all the development and relationship-building with the team that OG Gamora had. I hope one of the major plots of the 3rd GOTG film is the team (plus Thor, that's going to be fun) figuring out how to bring her back.
Turnt
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The idea of anything but franchise.
Pagusas
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Iron Man, because I knew it was the end of the MCU for me then, as none of these other actors or characters hold a candle to RDJ, and without him the whole thing is souless. which honestly, 20+ films, I think its a good ending point (with Far From Home as a sorta epilogue)
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Revolutionary
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I was going to say "none", but then I remembered James Gunn gave Yondu a fitting death.
Iron Man's death was kinda hilarious to me though, because of the sheer use of greenscreen. It was like every single actor was filmed individually, it was so jarring.
Iron Man's death was kinda hilarious to me though, because of the sheer use of greenscreen. It was like every single actor was filmed individually, it was so jarring.
DunDunDunpachi
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GodofWhimsy
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Iron Man. The fucker was apart of my life for 11 years. The zombified Iron Man scene (best scene in the film IMO) from Far From Home disturbed the shit outta me and made me want to see spidey cave Mysterios face in.
On another note, these movies are so fun I don't understand the cynicism surrounding them. Just look at what I stated above, only in the MCU will you see shit like that outside of a comic book. One could argue that they've completely dominated cinema for over a decade and that isn't fun for anyone who isn't interested in these kinda films, but really they've only dominated blockbuster cinema which most film buffs didn't consume all that much of anyway and tbh I'd rather see these fun, imaginative, well put together Superhero movies dominating the blockbuster scene than the plethora of shit we got during the early 00s.
On another note, these movies are so fun I don't understand the cynicism surrounding them. Just look at what I stated above, only in the MCU will you see shit like that outside of a comic book. One could argue that they've completely dominated cinema for over a decade and that isn't fun for anyone who isn't interested in these kinda films, but really they've only dominated blockbuster cinema which most film buffs didn't consume all that much of anyway and tbh I'd rather see these fun, imaginative, well put together Superhero movies dominating the blockbuster scene than the plethora of shit we got during the early 00s.
MetalAlien
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The franchise itself. After I saw Endgame it's dead to me.
420bits
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Excatly!
That's why the last Avengers movie gets a "it doesn't exist"-stamp from me, in my world it ended with Thanos growing carrots or whatever he did on his farm and died there of old age.
King of Foxes
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I never watched all the MCU movies but to be honest none of the deaths i did see were anything special.
Boromir and Professor X in Logan are the best deaths in modern capeshit/fantasy.
Boromir probably the best of all time
Boromir and Professor X in Logan are the best deaths in modern capeshit/fantasy.
Boromir probably the best of all time
Jesus Carbomb
From Water into Guinness
Yondu’s death/Ravager funeral was really well done.
HellforLeather
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Yondu. Its one of the few Marvel movies to make me feel anything emotionally at all.
Vision and Loki had the most brutal deaths.
Vision and Loki had the most brutal deaths.
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Sub_Level
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A good ending point indeed.
Until the X-Men arrive in 5 years to usher in a radical new era
Tesseract
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Pejo
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Yondu was the only one that actually made me feel anything at all, the rest either got retconned immediately or had so much buildup that the actual death was meaningless. That said, capeshit movies don't even handle meaningful deaths as well as garden variety mainstream anime, so that's a low bar to begin with.
xellos2099alpha
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Can we include Agent of Shield death? Because a few of them are more meaningful than those in the movie. Linclon, Hive/Ward etc
Ememee
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Jesus Christ, I had to go with Thanos.
Parrylu probably because of Brolin and how much work the writers, directors and graphics department put into the character. Best OTT villain since Vader for my money.
Wasn’t sad with Tony dying. Felt more like “Finally.” And deserved. They’d been building up to his sacrifice since IM1.
I did get sad in Logan. But man, MCU deaths have sucked.
Parrylu probably because of Brolin and how much work the writers, directors and graphics department put into the character. Best OTT villain since Vader for my money.
Wasn’t sad with Tony dying. Felt more like “Finally.” And deserved. They’d been building up to his sacrifice since IM1.
I did get sad in Logan. But man, MCU deaths have sucked.
Tesseract
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The ones in Logan.
Master Of Illusion
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Starlord's mom.
TrainedRage
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I laughed at all of them, don't ask me.
MrTroubleMaker
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None, they always come back ....
mcz117chief
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Does Logan count?
The entire movie is just Logan dying which makes it far more impactful than any other death in recent cinema. All those deaths mentioned above are mostly "shocking", they are resolved relatively quickly. But in Logan the entire story is about Logan and the audience knowing that he is going to die, you just don't know when or how. Every breath could be his last. Very good and memorable movie, I really enjoyed it.
The entire movie is just Logan dying which makes it far more impactful than any other death in recent cinema. All those deaths mentioned above are mostly "shocking", they are resolved relatively quickly. But in Logan the entire story is about Logan and the audience knowing that he is going to die, you just don't know when or how. Every breath could be his last. Very good and memorable movie, I really enjoyed it.
Husky
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Gamora is the only sad death from the movies. Besides Phil Coulson, who returns to be the lead of Agents of SHIELD.
But since Gamora is one half of the MCU's only romantic pairing that isn't bullshit, it was obvious she would always return.
The actual saddest MCU deaths are from Agents of SHIELD, which is also the best entry in the MCU.
But since Gamora is one half of the MCU's only romantic pairing that isn't bullshit, it was obvious she would always return.
The actual saddest MCU deaths are from Agents of SHIELD, which is also the best entry in the MCU.
Phil Coulson, but for real, and Fitz. But there were two of him, because time travel, and uh, it's complicated.
NO THAT'S NOT MCU REEEE
xellos2099alpha
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Would GH-325 work on Stark if it exist after the snap? I would put Lincoln and LMD May on the list, as well as Tablot as he got a raw deal at the end of season 5.
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TheSadRanger
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I'm still salty about Gamora having two movies of character development flushed down the toilet.
Husky
THE Prey 2 fanatic
Oh man, LMD May's final moment might actually top the list for me. Throw Lincoln in there too. And yeah, poor ol' Talbot.
Can't believe that every MCU show but Agents of SHIELD was cancelled, hah. My favorite part of the franchise, allowed to actually reach a conclusion.
Husky
THE Prey 2 fanatic
For sure, killing her really just sucked. It's cool that we have a Gamora back, but it's a really intrusive change to the MCU's most character-driven set of films.
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SLoWMoTIoN
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I felt nothing for any of these characters.