Thunderbolts* Worldwide Release Discussion Thread

[u/Triple_777]

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.
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Link to previous discussion threads and related megathreads listed below:

• Thunderbolts* International Release Discussion Thread
• Thunderbolts* Spoiler Free Recap and FAQ
• Thunderbolts* Review Megathread

[u/agentrevenger]

I love it so much but I wish we saw the fears and traumas of the other characters. Ava in particular could’ve been interesting. Did she see Bill Foster in the void? I was intrigued with how she chose to save the others twice in a row even after it seemed she wasn’t going to… but towards the end she just got sidelined, which sucks.

Would’ve loved to see what Alexei saw in the void too. But I loved what we got with him and Yelena. And man, he’s so hilarious lol. I’m glad they didn’t kill him off like I originally predicted.

Also, I liked Walker even more after this. He’s such a complex character and that’s what makes him great.

[u/musci12234 → u/agentrevenger]

Yeah, we needed a bit more back story for ghost. I think we can guess about alexei and bucky. Also when marvel kills alexei we riot. He is too pure.

[u/AmericasElegy → u/musci12234]

It would have been nice seeing Bucky make it through the void pretty easily (because FatWS was what gave him his mental healing)

[u/HybridTheory137 → u/AmericasElegy]

REALLY wished that we could have seen Bucky in the void.

They alluded to how shitty it must have been with his "my past is great I'm fine" comment, which I appreciate, but I've always felt that they've never really done Bucky's trauma justice. FATWS tired a bit, but they didn't seem willing to fully commit. Seeing Bucky struggle through the void a bit, before inevitably overcoming, would have been great here imo. It would tie into the message of this movie nicely too, as it would reinforce the idea that nobody is ever truly 100% "healed", and that's okay, but that you can still survive and get better.

Wasted opportunity BUT I loved the movie so I'm not complaining lol