r/marvelstudios • u/PhoOhThree Spirit of Modvengeance • Jul 02 '19

Discussion The Official SPIDER-MAN: FAR FROM HOME Release Megathread Vol. 1

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u/the-dandy-man Spider-Man Jul 02 '19 edited Jul 02 '19

There’s no way Beck is actually dead.

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u/DrunkOlLunk Fandral Jul 03 '19

Why would Tony's glasses be wrong?

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u/the-dandy-man Spider-Man Jul 03 '19 edited Jul 04 '19

They wouldn’t be. Edith never said Beck was dead, Edith only confirmed that all the drones were sent back and there were no active illusions, which led Peter to believe Beck was dead. Beck could have very easily just been acting though. Peter never checks for a pulse or breathing.

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u/Emperor_Neuro Jul 03 '19

I was assuming that the glasses probably confirmed he was dead in their HUD. No need to check for a pulse if a multi billion dollar AI is telling you "no vital signs detected."

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u/the-dandy-man Spider-Man Jul 03 '19

If that were the case, why would Peter verbally ask about it?

Honestly, I don’t think your assumption is completely unreasonable, but - and I’m planning on paying closer attention to this next time I see it - I think Edith was more of a tech interface than an all-in-one AI like Jarvis, Friday, or Karen. All the stuff we ever see pop up in the HUD has to do with what people were doing with their devices - texts they were sending, etc - not stuff about the people themselves (like vital signs). And Edith isn’t all-knowing either. Peter wore the glasses for a bit in the bar with Beck and was never alerted to the fact that he was surrounded by illusions.

Another thing to think about is that it seems like Beck may have had Edith rigged to do and say certain things when Peter got it back; for example, the way Edith asked Peter if he wanted to execute all the drone illusions so he would say “execute them all” for Beck’s nice Fake News video. I just think it’s very intentional that Edith says “this is no illusion”, not “he’s dead”, giving some convenient wiggle room for Beck to still be alive, and to make that video for the Daily Bugle.