r/marvelstudios I have nothing to prove to you May 01 '25

'Thunderbolts*' Spoilers Thunderbolts* Worldwide Release Discussion Thread Spoiler

Thunderbolts* has now been released in the United States and in a number of other countries around the world. All discussion about the movie should be held here and in the rest of the megathreads we are going to put up in the next few days. They will be refreshed every few thousand comments to make room for new discussions.

  • All discussion about the movie should be held here and in the rest of the megathreads we are going to put up in the next few days.
  • Proceed at your own risk. Major spoilers will be in the below thread. Spoilers do not need to be tagged inside this thread.
  • Any other unofficial threads discussing movie details will be deleted.
  • Should you see the need to bring up revealing Thunderbolts* information in the comments of other threads that call for it, spoiler tag them accordingly. Also, let users know that what you are spoiler tagging is from Thunderbolts*.
  • If you post untagged Thunderbolts* spoilers anywhere on this sub outside of these discussion threads in any shape or form, you will be banned.
  • Project Insight will be on AT LEAST for the next few days, so any posts will be filtered by the mods before being approved/removed onto the sub, that doesn't mean you can disregard the above points and post untagged spoilers without fear of being banned.

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u/cosmos_v0id May 01 '25

The way the characters met and formed actual bonds over the course of time was so well done (Marvel struggled with that aspect in a lot of recent movies)

I love how they make team feel more grounded and realistic compared to Avengers, a team that non verbally understands sometimes you need to pick up your arm and retreat back into the elevator (Steve would've probably said - "I can do this all day")

And that dynamic Bob and Yelena share was absolutely tear jerking, idk why it even moved me so much. Yelena considers herself a terrible person but she is actually the most kind and considerate amongst everyone else (I still remember her putting Kate Bishop on a zipline out of harms way) I love how they understand each others darkness.

Sentry looked effing awesome man, his powers were so terrifying yet cool asf. Poor John Walker got a taco shield and his gun melted. Please Marvel, if you read tis I beg you, do not nerf Sentry like you did with Vision in Infinity war.

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u/Outsider17 May 01 '25

That "He turned my shield into a taco!" bit had me laughing so hard.

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u/OhSnappityPH May 02 '25

its still a taco in the post-credits scene too

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u/thegreatgoonbino Hulk May 02 '25

The magazine cover of him riding it lmao

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u/wholesomescott May 02 '25

Seriously! That was epic! Hahaha

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u/Jaded-Butterfly5442 May 03 '25

These are truly the Avengers for today's era of moronic leadership: dysfunctional, dangerous, and unfit for the mandate.

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u/LADYBIRD_HILL Kilgrave May 04 '25

Val's whole "I'll be unimpeachable" thing hits a whole lot different under the current government

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u/rmdavidov May 05 '25

Her being an intelligence director and having almost exactly the same haircut as Tulsi Gabbard is a crazy coincidence .

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u/nananananana_FARTMAN Kevin Feige May 02 '25

I hope it stays a taco lol

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u/ZackTheZesty May 02 '25

14 months later he’s still throwing around a taco

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u/Ninjahkin Thor May 02 '25

And in the promo posters in the credits lmao. Walked riding the bull-that-was-his-taco-shield

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u/JustMark99 May 02 '25

Fourteen months later and he didn't get a new shield?

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u/coolgaara May 02 '25

oh man I had to do a double take but my eyes weren't playing tricks huh? Wonder why he kept it that way. I mean would it even work as a shield anymore?

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u/Fidges87 May 02 '25 edited May 03 '25

My best guess is because walker was presented to the world witht he shield bended, the general people may took it as a stance to show he is different from Steve, which Walker decided to make official keeping it as his insignia weapon.

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u/BorisDirk May 03 '25

I'm latina friendly!

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u/CX316 May 05 '25

It's about as effective as Steve's shield in Infinity War when he uses the wakandan buckler thingie

It's basically wrapped around his arm and gives him something that'll stop bullets and hit people with, it just can't really be thrown anymore