2024.09 What Marvel's Thunderbolts* can learn from DC's Suicide Squad movies

Get to It Already – Both versions of DC's Suicide Squad films take their sweet time even getting to the task at hand. Ayer's film is infamous for the redundancies of its introduction and re-introduction of the principal characters; Gunn's film had a very purposeful fake-out, with an entire team of faux protagonists slaughtered in the opening act. ...
Let. Them. Fight. – Due to the nature of Suicide Squad's premise, there's always a missed opportunity to see the various superpowered characters on the team going at it. There were scuffles, sure (like Peacemaker killing Rick Flag Jr.), but it took the footage of just one trailer for Thunderbolts* to showcase how very cool it is to see Yelena/Black Widow II, John Walker/US Agent, Ava Starr/Ghost, and Antonia Dreykov/Taskmaster all fighting one another while utilizing their respective powers and skill sets. ...
Take Heavy Losses – The beauty of Thunderbolts* is that its roster of characters is either experienced MCU fan favorites (Sebastian Stan's Bucky, Pugh's Yelena), or characters that fans wanted brought back, expanded on, or redeemed in some way (Red Guardian, Ghost, Taskmaster). ...

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