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Originally Posted by FngKestrel
The fact that he redeemed himself is exactly the reason he needed to die. The character development made him endearing to us in the end, and to elicit an appropriate emotion, he needed to die.
Not my formula, happens in Hollywood all the time. The producers of Titan A.E. spell it out in the commentary track.
To bring this on-topic, beloved characters need to die, a la Jean Grey at the end of X-2. (You like how I brought that around?  ) |
Yeah, they did the Ultimate Sacrifice, in Octopus' case he did it to redeem himself. Grey did it cause she's just that kind of gal...
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