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Thomas's back branding


When you first see his back, the cross scar is quite long, straight and narrow. It's maybe 1 inch wide at most.

In the flashback where he gets branded, the burning cross is at least 3 inches wide and flared at the edges. There's simply no way that would have left the scar he ended up with.

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Yeah, I normally try to forgive little things like that, but this one, in particular, really did take me out of the moment.

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Agreed. His scars definitely didn't match the branding iron.

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Yep, noticed that. Also they seemed to brand him for about 1 minute solid - that thing would have melted through most of his vital organs by that point and be well on its way to coming out the other side. Branding takes a second or two at most.

Decent movie but Evans needs to out substance before style and shocks.

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