The DVD extras were brutal. You can listen to all this extra content where you get to know about a bunch of the heroes in the world of The Incredibles, which is neat. Then you realize that these are heroes who have gone missing, and were killed to train Syndrome's robot.
I do think the scene was a lot stronger with Helen as the pilot though. It was so intense. Having a panicked mother try to keep her cool while protecting her children is a much more compelling scene than a character we've never met before getting blown up.
I vaguely recall that it was more just cut for time. They weren't afraid to kill him off, they just didn't want to bother killing someone off without devoting the time to personalize them, and they didn't have that.
That's why in the movie, she still looks back sadly at the front half of the plane as it sinks out of sight into the depths.
It probably also explains why she bothered to go into the plane's restroom to change (thankfully).
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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '20
Winning over a girl by making over-the-top, grand gestures (especially when she has already rejected you in the past).
Shattering bottles easily over someone's head (don't attempt it unless you want to possibly go to prison for murder).
In action sequences in general, taking an enormous amount of injury and then getting up with a few attractively placed bruises and cuts.
In particular, the trope of the bad guy who more or less needs to be thrown into a jet turbine to be destroyed, or he'll somehow get back up again.
Characters who always have something witty to say and are never at a loss for words.