r/FavoriteMedia • u/Yams4Days • 6h ago
Discussion What is the moment in a show/movie that always has you scream at/beg the screen for it to be different because the entire show would've went another direction if it had? (Spoilers: The Boys, Adventure Time, Arcane) Spoiler
gallerySpoilers ahead for Arcane, The Boys, and Adventure time.
First off, I mean this in a good way.
There are some moments where show puts together things so beautifully that the viewer will go "we were so close" or "COME ON!" or "if only ___ hadn't happened", but thats the POINT.
I am not talking about poor writing, or the moment a bad show becomes a bad show. I'm talking about fundamentally integral and intentional parts/ singular moments of a show, that are completely necessary but will always make the watcher have a visceral reaction of "I don't want it to go this way" or "I wish I could've seen it the other way" (even it would've been boring).
They have to be a moment that would've changed the entire storyline if they gone the other way.
The moments I can think of (and feel free to disagree and explain) are the following:
The Boys:
The scene where they ALMOST nuke Homelanders powers. Every time I watch this, I'm screaming at the screen it feels just SO CLOSE. Ridiculously close, like they had him right there, one more second!
Adventure Time:
Martin (Finn's Father) loved Finn and his wife Minerva, but his past came back to get him. He tries to save Finn from danger, and tries to send a text to Minerva about what's happening but the Guardian appears right before he can hit send, and he get brain damaged as a result. Minerva thinks for nearly the next two decades of Finn's life and the sequence of adventure time that her husband ran away with their kid, and never truly loved her. Martin goes crazy and never gets a chance to vindicate himself.
Arcane:
Jinx goes to help the others. It was always inevitable this would happen, but the moment when Mylo is about to open Vanders last cuff, and then Jinx's monkey bomb goes off is brutal. It feels so ridiculously close, and that one moment changes the entire direction of the show.