It seems a good idea to cure people who turned into supervillains and send them back to their respective worlds. But by doing so, it could seriously change the past events which followed the point those villains were pulled by Dr. Strange, and not for the best (Doc Brown could explain that better).
"Back to the Future 2" and "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" show what disasters may happen when attempting to fix past/future events, even with good intentions. Let alone it may happen when attempting to change the timeline of another universe.
For instance: in Spiderman/Maguire's world, Norman's turning into the Green Goblin and subsequent death drove Harry to seek revenge against Peter by turning into the Green Goblin, but he changed his mind (after learning the truth), and sacrificed himself to save Peter from Venom/Topher Grace. If Harry was not present at that point, using the Green Goblin's gadgets, Peter would be dead.
So... was it a good idea or not?
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Reply by Strawberry Shortcake
on December 24, 2021 at 8:21 AM
mechajutaro, I did not ask was it a good idea of the scriptwriters to include those characters in the film, in order to make it more fascinating to the viewers.
My question is whether it was, from Peter/Tom Holland's POV, a good idea to attempt changing past events, without taking into consideration the possible applications.
Reply by Adam
on December 24, 2021 at 4:37 PM
He likes to make up his own threads in other people's threads, it's not personal.
Reply by Adam
on December 24, 2021 at 7:49 PM
But it's not the topic of this thread.
Reply by Midi-chlorian_Count
on December 24, 2021 at 8:31 PM
I found it surprising yet interesting that Marvel stepped into such contention political territory by producing such a clear allegory for legally enforced covid vaccinations.
Yes, Spider-Man wanted to cure these evil characters and prevent bad things happening to them via physiological alterations but should they be free to make that choice themselves rather than having it enforced upon them by the morally righteous?
Very interesting stuff... But as to any timeline changes, that's not the way the MCU works with it's multiverse. i.e. Norman Osborne going back "cured" would create an alternate branched universe. Harry's story would continue to exist on the original branch.
Reply by Adam
on December 25, 2021 at 5:44 AM
So Norman would still be Green Goblin and dead in the original branch?