Talk:Maleficent (film)/@comment-929837-20140628011439/@comment-29952513-20140628041807

In regards to heroes taking lives, in both Man of Steel & Amazing Spider-Man 2 the heroes where put in a position where killing the villain was the only option as the alternative was letting them go & kill countless innocent lives.

Both heroes had attempted to make peace & both cases failed & when they killed the villains it wasn't with a smile & cheer they themselves where horrified by their actions & you can see, especially with Superman, that this single moment has changed him & that from now on he will never take another life again.

As for Optimus, he's in a film where the director feels that the franchise is just a dumb idea that is meant to just sell toys so are you really surprised that he completely misses what the hero stands for.

Now in regards to villains becoming heroes, that's nothing new. The Wicked Witch of the West was made into a hero in the popular play Wicked & Hook has become something along the lines of an anti-hero in the TV series Once Upon a Time. So Maleficent & Elsa going from villains to heroes is nothing that shocking & it really is just taking things from a new pov & Given that it is done well, seriously Maleficent & Elsa are great characters, it okay.

If you don't like it that's fine but the idea of making a hero a villain & vice versa has been done for centuries & will continue for a century more. And regardless, the old stories are still there, there not going anywhere.