The planet has been taken father.
The Third Eyed King pledges eternal loyalty to your cause.
He accepted my terms?
Eventually.
Well done daughter.
Well done.
Stop it!
Why?
By the look of it you seem content enough at the time.
I was a prisoner.
You were a warrior.
I didn't ask for it.
You didn't refuse.
After my planet died I had nothing, no one.
And I thought I never would.
And I was alright with that, I had a new vocation.
Then I found you.
And at my side you became the fiercest woman in the galaxy.
That's why I chose you to find the Soul Stone.
I'm sorry I disappointed you.
I am disappointed, not because you didn't find it.
But because you did and you lied.
I don't know what you're talking...
I gave you my trust!
You repaid it with deceit!
At least be honest about it now.
I could make you tell me.
You seem to know that.
I never wanted to force you into anything That's why when you left me all those years
ago I allowed it.
You allowed it?
You haven't been under the impression that you escaped?
Daughter I raised us you smarter than that.
I'm not your daughter, you didn't raise me you kidnapped me, orphaned me and imprisoned
me!
Everything I hate about myself comes from you.
I stayed because you taught me I didn't deserve better.
Why did you leave?
Because I found people that showed me I did.
You had a family here little one.
No I dind't.
Yes.
No.
You just didn't care what happened to it.
Yippee-ki-yay movie lovers, it's Jan here.
With the Infinity War Blu-ray release we're finally getting to see the movie's deleted
scenes and the one you just saw is one of the things that the Russos were referring
to when they said there was more backstory for Thanos that got the chop from the finished
film.
This deleted scene takes place in the throne room on Thanos's Sanctuary ship, and would
have occurred after Thanos took Gamora from the Guardians, having tricked them with the
Reality Stone on Knowhere.
OK let's look in more detail at some interesting points in the deleted scene.
Notice that red flash there, well that's Thanos using the Reality Stone to create a flashback
of sorts to remind Gamora what her life was like with him.
We get to see Gamora acting as one Thanos's enforcers, exacting tributes from rulers.
She even brings him the head of a king who presumably wouldn't acquiesce to Thanos's
demands.
Gamora and Thanos's feelings about their shared history are diametrically opposed.
He sees Gamora as having become a warrior thanks to him and she sees herself as having
been his prisoner.
Remember the actual movie only shows us Gamora as a young child with Thanos.
So this moment in the deleted scene is an interesting bit of "show-rather-than-tell"
backstory for her character.
As well as Thanos's warped view of their relationship, the deleted scene also confirms how much he
views Gamora as his favourite daughter saying that by his side she became the fiercest woman
in the galaxy.
We've seen and heard about this favouritism before in the Guardians films and how painful
it was for Gamora's adoptive sister Nebula.
That's why I trusted you to find the Soul Stone.
I'm sorry I disappointed you.
I am disappointed, not because you didn't find it.
But because you did and you lied.
The beginning of the exchange between Thanos and Gamora about the Soul Stone is almost
exactly the same in the deleted scene as it is in the final movie.
That's why I chose you to find the Soul Stone.
I'm sorry I disappointed you.
I am disappointed, not because you didn't find it.
But because you did and you lied.
However, after Thanos reveals that Gamora lied to him about the Soul Stone, the deleted
scene continues with further details whereas the final movie cuts immediately to Nebula
being tortured.
In this extended part of the deleted scene, Thanos reveals that when Gamora left him back
in the first Guardians of the Galaxy movie, she didn't escape as she believed, instead,
he allowed her to leave.
Gamora's reaction to Thanos calling her daughter is basically the same as, but a bit longer
than, the version in the final film.
Daughter I raised us you smarter than that.
I'm not your daughter, you didn't raise me you kidnapped me, orphaned me and imprisoned
me!
Everything I hate about myself comes from you.
For a time you had that same will.
As you fought by my side daughter.
I'm not your daughter.
Everything I hate about myself you taught me.
The deleted scene ends differently with Thanos portalling to where he's holding Nebula prisoner,
rather than opening a huge door as happens in the actual movie.
When you compare this deleted scene to what we saw in the final film, it actually feels
more like an alternate or extended scene than a truly deleted scene.
The scene in the movie had a much more dramatic opening with Gamora tossing the food her father
brings her against his throne which immediately and clearly reinforces the antagonism between
father and daughter.
The deleted scene also doesn't include the moment where Thanos tells Gamora how her planet
is thriving ever since he killed half its population.
We were happy on my home planet.
Going to bed hungry?
Scrounging for scraps?
Your planet was on the brink of collapse.
I'm the one who stopped that.
You know what's happened since then?
The children born have known nothing but full bellies and clear skies.
It's a paradise.
Because you murdered half the planet.
A small price to pay for salvation.
You're insane.
That's an important character moment for Thanos as it shows the twisted logic he's constructed
for himself to justify his plan for the universe.
And, of course, it's also an important piece of exposition for the audience to understand
better what Thanos has in mind later when he snaps his fingers and turns half of humanity
to dust.
So, although I think that bit of extra backstory for Gamora would have also been interesting
to see in the movie, overall, the final version we got was definitely more dramatic, snappier
and worked better.
It was also a bit shorter which I imagine was another consideration for the Russo Brothers
given Infinity War's already long runtime.
By the way, originally, there were more Thanos backstory scenes in an earlier Infinity War
script.
According to the screenwriters, a scene was cut which showed how Thanos was rejected by
his own people on his home planet of Titan.
And another scene was chopped which showed how the Mad Titan recruited the Black Order.
So, what do you think about this bonus Thanos and Gamora scene?
Would you like to have seen it in the movie?
I'd love to hear your thoughts in the comments below.
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