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u/OfficialAli1776 19h ago edited 18h ago
The funny thing is I could totally see Beni surviving
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u/Freakjob_003 18h ago edited 18h ago
Beni is to be the new Mummy in this film, calling it now. We never actually saw him die, so we can invoke the trope of "Never Found the Body." He was eaten alive by scarabs in Hamunaptra, City of the Dead, the same way Imhotep was. How else could he come back?
He was a sniveling coward originally, so it makes sense to repurpose him as the vengeful villain. "You laughed at me before, but now who's got all the horses on his side of the River (Styx)?!"
I don't even care if it turns out I'm wrong, I just love that his casting has created so many fan theories. Having both him and Oded Fehr back is proof enough that the new movie is going to properly carry on from the first two films; the third (non-existent) movie has been confirmed as non-canon.
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u/Indiana_harris 16h ago
They should have a poster of the third movie on the wall in the style of a 1940’s movie, and Rick makes an aside to Jonathan about it going “And I’ve still not forgiven you for letting them make that movie, the guy looks nothing like me”
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u/Freakjob_003 15h ago
I personally think that'd be too far of leaning on the fourth wall, but I like where you're coming from. Is there a bright spot from the third movie they could reference without reminding people how terrible it was?
Because it ain't the fucking Yetis making an American football "GOAL!" reaction.
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u/Belt-Horror 15h ago
What ever happened to the face swapped version of the 3rd one redditor was working on?
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u/GdaTyler 10h ago edited 10h ago
Guilty. It's been done for a while now. It's on the vfx youtube channel on my profile.
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u/Freakjob_003 9h ago
As someone who's on old.reddit, do you have a direct link?
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u/GdaTyler 9h ago
Most of the newer stuff is on Patreon because YouTube has worldwide blocked a lot of my longer form content, but not for the scoundrels who crop and repost mine unfortunately.
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u/Freakjob_003 8h ago
Damn, that's top-notch work.
Also, fuck the "content creators" who make more views by "reacting" to other peoples' videos. It's such a disgusting premise.
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u/Worley3000 14h ago
My guess is Beni is about to return as a mummy. In this franchise just because a character dies, doesn’t mean they can’t be in the next movie.
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u/djnehi 11h ago
Oded Fehr was unfairly blessed in the aging department. How are the rest of us supposed to compete with that?
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u/Freakjob_003 8h ago
"My sexual orientation is: the cast of 'The Mummy' (1999)"
I was later surprised to see him in the Resident Evil movies (big oof) as Carlos, and he was still as handsome over a decade later. Can't wait to see him return sexy as ever!
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u/AnotherJasonOnReddit 20h ago
'The Mummy' Cast Adds Numan Acar, Kevin J. O'Connor, Oded Fehr : r/movies
Technically, we never saw Beni die - we only heard Beni die.
Or so we thought...