How male and female childhood friends are almost never kept just as that. A romantic subplot between them almost always is going to be introduced between them.
Certainly was true (and then some) in The Blue Lagoon back in 1980. Now THAT was a high school movie classic.
So you're no man, but a woman? Good for you! You're still part of the Man race either way. My word, that's the greatest Tolkien cringe moment ever.
If you read the book and accompanying writings, you will see that the Witch King was simply quoting a prophesy made by a hostile elf-lord. It is apparent that the prophesy was deliberately intended to mislead the Witch-King and make him overconfident. It was never the case that he couldn't be killed by a man, only that he wouldn't be.
Whenever some battle maniac unleashes their powers, there's an 97% chance of them shouting attack names. The same is also true for spellcasters with their invocations. I had my fill with 'FIREBALL', 'MAGIC MISSILES', 'ROCKET PUNCH', 'AIR SLASH', 'KAMEHAMEHA' and 'BONE STORM'. Chuunibyou syndrome knows no country borders... Makes one really appreciate chantless casting feats like Silent Spell.
It gets especially silly when it comes to hidden backstabbing folks shouting their assassination techniques behind peoples backs X minutes before the kill.
Genderbending Male Characters into Females because reasons
Like, I get the idea, and at first it was a good idea. However, after Ghostbusters everybody kept latching onto the idea and it is getting obnoxious and unnecessary. It doesn't help that these knew genderbent characters are downright poorly written. I'd rather they just made their own original story with female characters instead of trying to rework old ones. It just seems to imply women can't sustain a big budget movie unless it's a tried and true franchise that they're shoved into.
How many times have you ever seem the hero actually stop to reload a weapon BEFORE shooting at least 20 times? All Police officers should receive movie guns...
How about Black Widow syndrome? A 120 lb. female could not flip those 300 lb. men the way she does. It's just not possible by the laws of physics (unless you're in the matrix).
Whenever some battle maniac unleashes their powers, there's an 97% chance of them shouting attack names.
I thought this was Huang Feihong's (or Wong Fei-hung, if you prefer) fault--he was known for naming techniques as he performed them in demonstrations or challenge fights.
How about Black Widow syndrome? A 120 lb. female could not flip those 300 lb. men the way she does. It's just not possible by the laws of physics (unless you're in the matrix).
Maybe all movies happen in The Matrix... that would explain a lot
Whenever some battle maniac unleashes their powers, there's an 97% chance of them shouting attack names. The same is also true for spellcasters with their invocations. I had my fill with 'FIREBALL', 'MAGIC MISSILES', 'ROCKET PUNCH', 'AIR SLASH', 'KAMEHAMEHA' and 'BONE STORM'. Chuunibyou syndrome knows no country borders... Makes one really appreciate chantless casting feats like Silent Spell.
It gets especially silly when it comes to hidden backstabbing folks shouting their assassination techniques behind peoples backs X minutes before the kill.
Happily ever after/it all works out in the end--unless it is Disney. For some reason the magic of Disney makes me excuse them. But seriously, this is so overdone in Western stories that I crave movies that don't do this.
Gamers are nerds--unless subverted by nerd is the new cool
She's too good/hot for him--seriously, everybody is different and has different tastes!
Dumb/lazy father figure--I understand some people can relate and it can be funny, but it is overdone.
Melodrama--unless done to make fun of melodrama
Catchphrase--unless made fun of, like in Phineas and Ferb (which makes fun of a lot of obnoxious tropes)
Everyone is good looking--I'll make exceptions for comic-book based stuff because it is an art style. But actors aren't all models. Sometimes I love British TV for this very reason. Doctor Who for example has a lot of regular looking people. And even the attractive ones have flaws.
My spaceships swoop and soar like graceful falcons!
No they don't! Aircraft move that way because they're subject to gravity and air resistance. Spaceships don't slow down unless you point the engine forward and fly backwards for a while. They don't change direction unless you point it at an oblique angle.
The thing that gets me is that there's such potential for cool visuals in dogfights where there's no up or down or friction. "Red Five, there's a bandit on your six!" "Got it!" (Red Five spins his starfighter 180 degrees and flies backward while he shoots the enemy in the face.)
Have you ever watched Babylon 5? The fighter combat, especially in the early seasons, has lots of that.
Whenever some battle maniac unleashes their powers, there's an 97% chance of them shouting attack names. The same is also true for spellcasters with their invocations. I had my fill with 'FIREBALL', 'MAGIC MISSILES', 'ROCKET PUNCH', 'AIR SLASH', 'KAMEHAMEHA' and 'BONE STORM'. Chuunibyou syndrome knows no country borders... Makes one really appreciate chantless casting feats like Silent Spell.
It gets especially silly when it comes to hidden backstabbing folks shouting their assassination techniques behind peoples backs X minutes before the kill.
In D&D 3.5 this is even sillier: Assassins get magic, but by Rules As Written, they cast as Bards do... Including the singing, since there's no exception written in the text block...
Related to shouting attack names is shouting the opponent's name while attacking. I don't see this too often, but often enough to hate it. Maybe I'm just scarred from Akira. Great movie, but seriously Kaneda and Tetsuo, I think there's a legal limit to how often you are allowed to shout someone's name.
Military protagonists that feel suspiciously like cheerleading for the US military. Characterised by, for instance, the lack of anything resembling the problems of real military life, but the presence of a conveniently evil bad guy who the military protagonist is protecting all the hapless civilians from with no moral ambiguity.
A subset of the above - goddamn effing space marines. If I never see or am expected to play one again, it will be too soon.
Zombies. But not just zombies, also the fact that every zombie story takes place in an alternate reality where noone has ever heard of a zombie story.
The notion that clowns are intrinsically scary. They aren't. Few children are scared by clowns. Presumably even fewer adults are. The thing about scary clowns was funny 20 years ago; now it's just dumb and probably hurting the livelihood of real people.
Prophecies.
Somebody being or acting "gay" is intrinsically funny. Thankfully, this is finally dying down... at least in Western stuff.
Magical black/native american people (outside of non-realistic stories where lots of people can be magical, obviously).
@Ayiekie , But if we get rid of that last one, what would Morgan Freeman do? (Joking - Morgan Freeman is one of my favorite actors, and he's built a career on that trope.)
Zombies. But not just zombies, also the fact that every zombie story takes place in an alternate reality where noone has ever heard of a zombie story.
I second that, but in my case its just zombies as a whole. I have no idea why they are so popular in fiction. Slow, dumb and the lowest tier of all undead creatures. Seriously, they're not great at all, they're nothing in terms of danger and "scare factor" to, for example, Xenomorphs.
Regarding the Undead I would really like to see a movie where vampires are portrayed as cold blooded murderers who feel nothing about their victims but are smart enough to know how to behave among humans not to be detected instead of being shiny eternal teenagers...
And please, no drama... they are predators and they KNOW that... if they didn't accept that and tried to stay human they would just slowly go insane.
It would make a quite interesting movie... just imagine a supernatural Hannibal Lecter
Regarding the Undead I would really like to see a movie where vampires are portrayed as cold blooded muderers who feel nothing about their victims but are smart enough to know how to behave among humans not to be detected instead of being shiny eternal teenagers...
And please, no drama... they are predators and they KNOW that... if they didn't accedpt that and tried to saty human they would just slowly go insane.
It would make a quite interesting movie... just imagine a supernatural Hannibal Lecter
Regarding the Undead I would really like to see a movie where vampires are portrayed as cold blooded muderers who feel nothing about their victims but are smart enough to know how to behave among humans not to be detected instead of being shiny eternal teenagers...
And please, no drama... they are predators and they KNOW that... if they didn't accedpt that and tried to saty human they would just slowly go insane.
It would make a quite interesting movie... just imagine a supernatural Hannibal Lecter
I feel Ultraviolet might fit what you're looking for, but it's mini-series made in 1998 and I assume it didn't have the highest budget at the time. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0169501/
Regarding the Undead I would really like to see a movie where vampires are portrayed as cold blooded muderers who feel nothing about their victims but are smart enough to know how to behave among humans not to be detected instead of being shiny eternal teenagers...
That's how real-life serial killers function and behave. That would make vampires a serial killers with supernatural elements to them.
@Ayiekie "The notion that clowns are intrinsically scary. They aren't. Few children are scared by clowns. Presumably even fewer adults are. The thing about scary clowns was funny 20 years ago; now it's just dumb and probably hurting the livelihood of real people."
Clowns actually do terrify me. Its a legitimate phobia. (As legitimate as phobias get anyway). Oddly enough, Jesters and Harlequins don't.
I think the clown thing is overblown, but Pennywise from IT was a spectacularly terrifying critter. Albeit not so much because he was a clown, but because of everything else.
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Shouting attack.... NAAAAAMMMEEEESSSSS~~!!
Whenever some battle maniac unleashes their powers, there's an 97% chance of them shouting attack names. The same is also true for spellcasters with their invocations. I had my fill with 'FIREBALL', 'MAGIC MISSILES', 'ROCKET PUNCH', 'AIR SLASH', 'KAMEHAMEHA' and 'BONE STORM'. Chuunibyou syndrome knows no country borders... Makes one really appreciate chantless casting feats like Silent Spell.It gets especially silly when it comes to hidden backstabbing folks shouting their assassination techniques behind peoples backs X minutes before the kill.
Like, I get the idea, and at first it was a good idea. However, after Ghostbusters everybody kept latching onto the idea and it is getting obnoxious and unnecessary. It doesn't help that these knew genderbent characters are downright poorly written. I'd rather they just made their own original story with female characters instead of trying to rework old ones. It just seems to imply women can't sustain a big budget movie unless it's a tried and true franchise that they're shoved into.
The Never Ending Ammunition
How many times have you ever seem the hero actually stop to reload a weapon BEFORE shooting at least 20 times? All Police officers should receive movie guns...Happily ever after/it all works out in the end--unless it is Disney. For some reason the magic of Disney makes me excuse them. But seriously, this is so overdone in Western stories that I crave movies that don't do this.
Gamers are nerds--unless subverted by nerd is the new cool
She's too good/hot for him--seriously, everybody is different and has different tastes!
Dumb/lazy father figure--I understand some people can relate and it can be funny, but it is overdone.
Melodrama--unless done to make fun of melodrama
Catchphrase--unless made fun of, like in Phineas and Ferb (which makes fun of a lot of obnoxious tropes)
Everyone is good looking--I'll make exceptions for comic-book based stuff because it is an art style. But actors aren't all models. Sometimes I love British TV for this very reason. Doctor Who for example has a lot of regular looking people. And even the attractive ones have flaws.
Military protagonists that feel suspiciously like cheerleading for the US military. Characterised by, for instance, the lack of anything resembling the problems of real military life, but the presence of a conveniently evil bad guy who the military protagonist is protecting all the hapless civilians from with no moral ambiguity.
A subset of the above - goddamn effing space marines. If I never see or am expected to play one again, it will be too soon.
Zombies. But not just zombies, also the fact that every zombie story takes place in an alternate reality where noone has ever heard of a zombie story.
The notion that clowns are intrinsically scary. They aren't. Few children are scared by clowns. Presumably even fewer adults are. The thing about scary clowns was funny 20 years ago; now it's just dumb and probably hurting the livelihood of real people.
Prophecies.
Somebody being or acting "gay" is intrinsically funny. Thankfully, this is finally dying down... at least in Western stuff.
Magical black/native american people (outside of non-realistic stories where lots of people can be magical, obviously).
And please, no drama... they are predators and they KNOW that... if they didn't accept that and tried to stay human they would just slowly go insane.
It would make a quite interesting movie... just imagine a supernatural Hannibal Lecter
Like this you mean?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0169501/
Clowns actually do terrify me. Its a legitimate phobia. (As legitimate as phobias get anyway). Oddly enough, Jesters and Harlequins don't.
... it's the stuff of nightmares.