You totally missed your opportunity to call this “Eternals’ Missing Kroment.” Just saying.

When Kro arrived during the final fight, I was totally ready for him to join in against Ikarus. I thought it was clear that they had a common enemy now. So when he just started fighting Thena I was... Confused? It felt underwhelming, especially considering Gilgamesh, probably my favorite Eternal died at his hands.

The Deviants weren't the villains. They were just a distraction.

Making the documentary NOT just a running gag is greatly appreciated. Solid stuff as always, Nando.

I don't always agree with the 'one small change' that you suggest, but this one I _really_ agree with. Especially cause it removes several unutilized chekhov's guns (such as the documentary).

Me before watching this video: Who’s Kro? Me after watching this video: ALL IN ON KRO BAY BEEEE

I’m kinda disappointed you didn’t mention that we finally got a speedster that doesn’t just slow down everything around them

How do you manage to find a way to thematically tie EVERYTHING in a narrative together for satisfying arcs?

“we’re discovering new Skarsgard’s by the minute!” 😂

The newest Skarsgard is being created by a celestial as we speak. Once all Skarsgards are in the same movie, it'll be enough power to wake the celestial in the center of the earth.....it's all connected.

I thought that Kro should have joined the Eternals at the end, too, but I could not have come up with Karun being the mvp

I was actually surprised watching the end fight where I thought this was exactly where it was going - the Deviants turning out to be pawns just like the Eternals and teaming up with them tocreate the Unimind and defeat the Celestial. It just seemed like this was exactly what they were going for, with Ikaris turning into a villain. Only to NOPE generic demi-boss fight and over. Like wut? And I was waiting for Karun to convince Kingo to return - and nope. It's like the ending was written by someone who hadn't read any of the script. But now I REALLY want to know if Dan Stevens was edited out!?

After this video, I have only one thing to say: ”Skrosgard”

In the comics Kro is the secret lover of Thena (which is weird) and sometimes a reluctant ally of the Eternals... so congrats on making him more comics accurate, I guess...

there's a flaw in this "one small change"... why does Kingo come back in the first place? I felt like his arc just dropped off a cliff, for no reason, when in reality he had one of the stongest, along with Phastos, reasons to save Earth. at the beginning, he wasn't willing to fight the deviants because that meant leaving his cast, crew, fans, etc. behind. But then at the end, he's ok with them all being destroyed? and Karun? I like your idea that Kro changes his mind after seeing Karun's documentary, but for me, that wouldn't happen during the final fight. There needed to be another scene before that where these realisations occur... here's my take on it: 1. Kro wants to take out the Eternals. He learns that Kingo has left the rest and is back home... so he goes to attack him 2. Kingo alone is no match for Kro, but just as he's about to defeat him, Kingo tells him the truth about Arishem, why they were put on Earth, etc. 3. Karun then proves it by showing him the documentary footage 4. In this moment, Kingo also realises that he should be protecting Earth, not letting it die, and he made the wrong choice to leave the others 5. They now want to help, but don't know where to go... Karun has the footage from the Domo from when Makkari came with the location 6. They arrive just as Ikaris is getting the upper hand, but seeing Kro triggers the Madweary in Thena, and she attacks him 7. then Nando's scene plays out, Kro flies off, then returns right at the end to stop Ikaris and join the uni-mind this way, we now have some kind of redemption for Kingo, and a reason for Kro...

Maybe they decided late in the game to cut Kro's role down and triggered some kind of contract breach with Stevens so they had to replace him with a Skarsgard. It'd explain why he felt so underbaked in the movie, meaningful stuff was just left out.

It's funny, the whole movie I thought they were setting up this exact twist, that Kro would join them to fight arishem or something, and then it never happened. and I was like, WHY IS HE IN THE MOVIE THEN? cause it REALLY seemed like they were setting it up for that...

Actually Icarus from mythology didn’t die from flying into the sun. He flew too close to the sun, and the wax that was holding him to the mechanical wings that Daedalus built for him melted and he fell into a body of water now known as the straits of Icarus

I had a similar thought: like Kro should have absorbed Ikarus' power and started laying waste to the Eternals... and when Sersi starts the UniMind, Kro's eternal insides forces him to join... the Celestial is turned to stone and Kro can devolve before being defeated or something...

This is a GREAT change since it actually gives the characters a fulfilling and complete arc. I think the movie played around with some interesting concepts, but couldn't stick the landing for some reason. While this doesn't make the movie perfect, it is much better for the characters and their journey. You've done it again nando

That thumbnail is exactly how i feel on it

this villain really felt so weird. he literally only exists to throw you off the trail of the real, twist villain. he does absolutely nothing but every time he’s on screen he acts like he’s the most important character in the movie

That is perfect. I was confused why Kro was still fighting the Eternals when he was going to be destroyed by Tiamut too. I immediately thought it was a wasted opportunity to not have “switch sides” at the end.

THAT'S IT! I, personally, really liked Eternals. I dunno what it was about it, but it clicked with me; it's in my upper third of MCU movies. But even liking it that much, I felt it needed a little extra something and you articulated it *perfectly*.

When it was revealed that Kro could absorb Eternal's power, I thought that he was going to end up being key to them combining powers. I know that would've been harder to pull off, but I would've preferred the Kro/Thena fight be connected to the Icarus/everyone else fight better. Additional proposal: Perhaps Kro is the unimind, or perhaps he has to be deconstructed to figure out how to make the unimind?

And once again you've managed to make a movie batter. I almost wish I could just remember your version.

10/10 would watch a complete recut of the movie with this ending!

I was actually expecting the deviants to join the eternals by the end, but then AJ kills "Kro" (totally missed that was his name), and I was like, "OK, guess not." Also, I think the valet's name was Karun, which should be pronounced "Kah-rune"

I had an idea to get rid of Kro and still have a side villain. Basically my idea is to give Druig Mad Wy'ry. I think it would be a much more emotional conflict if the member whose powers are telepathy and mind control is the one whose mind is constantly at odds with itself. He's clearly conflicted about his role in helping humanity, and he could easily see the destruction of previous worlds and go mad because of it. Imagine if he gets a spell of Mad Wy'ry while sleeping, and his mind controls that of one of the people he's leading in the small colony. What if he inadvertently kills this human, and when he snaps out of it, he has destroyed the one thing he could control in his life. This would make him upset, leading to the Mad Wy'ry taking control of him even more. He goes in and out of it until the other Eternals confront him. His powers now amplified, and his constraint lifted, he now takes over one of his siblings, and uses them to fight each other. Since the movie clearly wanted an excuse to have Thena fight the others, this could be where she does, but not because she has Mad Wy'ry, but because Druig controlled her. I think this would make his character more interesting, and show how dangerous a power like mind control could be. It ties into his frustration with control vs free will. It provides some Eternals on Eternals action. It opens up Thena to have her own character arc that has nothing to do with random craziness. And it gets rid of the need for Kro in the story, as Druig now acts as a secondary threat, leaving more room open for the main characters to have screentime and growth. Lmk what you guys think of this idea.

This guy should be writing movies. No joke, he's amazing at this

I was totally expecting something like this to happen in the movie, felt super weird for them to realise they got tricked into killing the Deviants but then not try to do anything about it

First viewing, when Kro showed up I had thought he was gonna decide to help the others against Icarus. Since he absorbed Ajak & Gilgamesh’s powers, he also became more sentient & absorbed their feelings & memories. He’d see the deviants & the eternals were equally played by celestials. He chooses to go against the one who still supports their rule. If he died, he dies a hero. If he lives as the last of his kind, he still gets freedom he was denied

the lesson of this video, we need MORE KRO! even tho we didn't get a single name drop of him. but yeah, i would've wanted that ikaris moment as well.

I didn't forget Kro, and I was seriously bitter he ended up killed off the way he did. I don't always love Nando's rewrites, but this is endlessly superior to what we got.

Nando, could you pitch your take on one of the Disney+ shows like Marvel Zombies or Spider-Man: Freshman Year?

This is great, i really wish they made ajak willingly give her power to the deviant rather than them just have this random power to absorb eternals ...

It really is the big bland Grey villains that knock movies into mid to low grade for me.

You nail it every time man!!! This is excellent writing👏👏👏👏👏

Ultron is the only cool looking big gray villain

I really like the idea of Karun solving the conflict with the Deviants. Despite being the comic relief sidekick of the comic relief character I felt like Karun had some of the most sincere moments from the movie.

I finally saw the movie and when discussing it with my wife thought the same thing, that his death didn’t make sense in light of the story by that point and his awareness. I like your way of tying it all up with the video and his contribution to the UniMind. Well done!

It blows my mind how consistently amazing your fixes are. How has no studio hired you yet?

Great video Nando. Keep it up. I like the new tone.

Making him a humanoid sooner was one of my first thoughts when playing with the movie, but this really was next-level thinking. Great video!

Yeah, this would have felt a lot more in line with what we were being guided towards, and what seemed to be foreshadowed. I was SUPER surprised that Kro ended that way. That said, i really liked the movie.

...Dude.. I don't know how you do it but that Karun twist and "You are truly the wisest Eternal'. I can just see the smile on his face. Brought a tear to my eye. And the Chekovian payoff of the documentary. The fact that Kros absorption of the others means he'd have a bit of them in him, and Deviants bein also born of celestials making all of this just work. Bravo my dude, bra-freaking-vo.

Bro I literally walked out of the movie and thought that Nando would make this exact change. Crazy.

From the Dennis Reynolds quote to Patrick H Williams merchandise, you are a man of supreme culture, sir.

Man Nando that Deviant/Valet of Kingo tale was very interesting .

Why would Kingo come back. He clearly decided to abstain from the fight. He has to explain why he came back. Maybe use his blast to prevent everyone from fighting. Blasting everyone away from each other.

Dude I honestly thought that this was just a fun silly video, but you really pull it off in the end and once again you made a very cool change to the movie

Amazing video... truly truly inKROWdable

This was exactly what I thought was going to happen. I was disappointed it didn’t go this way. Seemed like a missed opportunity

There are no villains in Eternals. Just complex characters which I found interesting.

I’m loving your It’s Always Sunny reference :) 5:12

Quick note, Nando vs Skarsgard takes up the first 2 minutes of the video

I know right? They set this ending up perfectly too...how do you miss something like this????

It feels like Nando is getting more and more unhinged in these videos... And I love it.

Bro, the editing in this video had no right being this fire

Yes. This. I was shocked this didn't happen when I watched the movie

You predicted it, they’re making a Marvel Zombies series

Loved the “I think you should leave” reference, that show is a gem

I loved the film, but as always, your imaginative edits are so great!

You’re not the first I’ve read suggesting Kor could’ve joined the Unimind, BUT you are the first to involve the documentary, allowing Kor to come to his own realization. Well done!👍

love this rewrite of the ending, would've been so much better. kro really was wasted

I liked the movie, but yeah, Kro was the weakest part. Killing him just sorta means they never really get over that programing of "Deviant BAD!", even though the entire finale is about defying the wishes of the Celestials. Hope they do something to bring this possible theme back around in a sequel, but for now it feels like an incomplete part of the film.

That would have been such an amazing arc for Kro!!!!! I’m upset now that they didn’t put that in!!!!

And now I want to see the new antihero team, the Scars Guard. I'll go away now.

Very well done fix to the ending

Also nice it's always sunny reference

I didnt realised that the uses of the camera could be a great use of chekov gun. wonderful!

You nailed it dude.

great job

I loved Eternals, but man, that was just my fav Nando Video

That was way better, thank you. I mean, the ending isn't the only problem, but it relieves some of the frustration I had with the movie and made more sense for the characters' arcs while tying more bows up. Is anyone else really upset that Kingo said twice that Sprite was in love with Ikaris? Because to me that wasn't clear in their actions and wouldn't friends that have known each other for thousands of years not be so oblivious to that? *cough cough show, don't tell* And if anyone liked each other, I'd think it was Thena and Gilgamesh, but I guess that wasn't a thing? Someone please rewrite the whole thing. And please don't have Ikaris fly into the sun because his name is Ikaris. Please.

Totally off topic, but I just wanted to say that I loved you in the new episode of Um, Actually!

Just watched Eternals last night and you're so right. This is one of your best fixes imo.

I think Kro and the other deviants served their purpose well. On a first watch it's hard to get; but upon multiple rewatches it's clear that the Deviants themselves are just a distraction. Just something to keep the Eternals busy so that they can't see the truth about the Emergence. I loved the philosophical dilemma the movie toted as a central thesis: "Who are we to question the natural order of the universe?"

I wasn't expecting anything from this take as I deemed Kro unsalvageable but this is an amazing rewrite. Maybe your best. It ties everything together and the fact that Ajak and Gil are in a way with them in the Uni-Mind is so touching. Man, I'm mad now that I won't ever get to see it.

5:10 I'm glad you forgot about Gabriel Stacy, the terrible, terrible Gray Goblin from the Sins Past arc. I wish I could forget.

i had no idea that “kro” had a name until watching this video lol

I actually DO think your ending ties into what the movie is about, which is in my mind, "how do we learn to live a life of purpose?" The Eternals and Kro had different obstacles to answering that question, and presenting his obstacle and how he overcame it would round everything out.

Thank you again for making a movie make sense in head canon.

I love this idea, but I just realized it couldn’t technically happen because Druig mind controls Karun to throw/destroy his camera, so the footage has been lost (Edit: Nevermind, they establish he has backups)

You fixed like 4 or 5 missing moments in one. Some of the missed opportunities in this film would have been so easy to change. I was headcannoning character stuff in real time watching it. In some cases I think a few sentences different would have given a few of the characters clearer motives for decisions they made.

I totally thought that the way you described it was how Kro was going to be written in this movie after he became sentient

That was brilliant!

Great stuff, I didn't like that they didn't bring Kingo back, even if it was just to join the uni-mind. That said, wouldn't this leave Thena with nothing to do?

Great video

NANDO, WATCH OUT, IT'S CHARL! HE'S BEHIND YOU! NANDO! NO!!

I like, no, love the idea behind this, and the outcome/ending, but the documentary seems forced. How would the human know to show this large scary humanoid thing the documentary. I think there are a few missing pieces to this puzzle, but yeah they shouldn't have killed Kro

I had this impression ( i forgot the exact plot of the movie) that Kro saw the Eternals fighting and wanted to join in to stop Ikaris and to stop the birth of the next Celestial then he sort of....died. And I was furious. Why waste my time with a distraction of a villain that isn't going to matter? Is it because the Deviants won't matter in the future Marvel story lines? Certain villain removals really irk me. Like when they killed Thanos instead of having him help everybody (like Buu in DBZ) or when Wenwu died. But but but but Wenwu ;_;

Pad that runtime Nando!

Love all the side notes. Nando did not want to talk about Kro!

Biggest problem I found with the eternals was the dialogue, just felt like everything they said was just exposision, not having a conversation.

Just watching and waiting for when I'll finally see you working as a writer for a blockbuster...😎

This is a phoenominal change.

5:11 I HAVE BECOME UNTETHERED AND MY RAGE KNOWS NO BOUNDS!

Kro: That's what you were made to do! Thena: I missed the part where that's my problem.

Total missed opportunity he never said, "time to get with the kro-gram!" Yeah, super cheesy. At least it'd be something to remember him for.