New york... It's always New York... You can count on your fingers how many movies do not start the zombie apocalypse/alien invasion/whatever in New York...
Well, sometimes it's Las Vegas. I have a nagging suspicion that many Americans want to nuke Las Vegas.
J.G. Ballard's novel "Hello America" ends with Las Vegas getting nuked.
In the movie "War Games", the two kids decide to first nuke Seattle (where they live) and ... Las Vegas.
And in Stephen King's "The Stand", Las Vegas gets nuked.
New york... It's always New York... You can count on your fingers how many movies do not start the zombie apocalypse/alien invasion/whatever in New York...
Well, sometimes it's Las Vegas. I have a nagging suspicion that many Americans want to nuke Las Vegas.
J.G. Ballard's novel "Hello America" ends with Las Vegas getting nuked.
In the movie "War Games", the two kids decide to first nuke Seattle (where they live) and ... Las Vegas.
And in Stephen King's "The Stand", Las Vegas gets nuked.
Coincidence? I think not!
Wargames, yeah, they did do LV in that. O lawd, I went to see that at the theater in high school
This more a movie watcher trope but: When a movie based on a book is constantly compared to said book. Books and movies are two completely different forms of entertainment, what works for one often does not work for the other. Judge the movie on its own merits, the book should not be a factor.
*writes down additional Death Star plans for the future*
How about literal insanity in a character or franchise? Doing something twice before and having it get destroyed, then building an even BIGGER one with the exact same problem and expecting it to not get blown up as well is just dumb. Same with hitting a wall that you couldn't break the first hundred times you hit it, and other things like that.
This more a movie watcher trope but: When a movie based on a book is constantly compared to said book. Books and movies are two completely different forms of entertainment, what works for one often does not work for the other. Judge the movie on its own merits, the book should not be a factor.
But on the other hand, if a studio is doing an adaptation of a book or other media, they should actually do an adaptation. Too many so-called adaptations are really original stories with a thin veneer from the book they're supposed to be adapting.
@BillyYank I must admit, I have completely missed the torches in LotR, despite having watched it numerous times. Guess it was because of daylight all around Medieval people must really have had no idea about DST...
@BillyYank I must admit, I have completely missed the torches in LotR, despite having watched it numerous times. Guess it was because of daylight all around Medieval people must really have had no idea about DST...
Yeah, you could definitely have piercing incendiary weapons. Even arrows could be engineered for burning structures. They just aren't practical for shooting en masse to kill en masse.
This more a movie watcher trope but: When a movie based on a book is constantly compared to said book. Books and movies are two completely different forms of entertainment, what works for one often does not work for the other. Judge the movie on its own merits, the book should not be a factor.
But on the other hand, if a studio is doing an adaptation of a book or other media, they should actually do an adaptation. Too many so-called adaptations are really original stories with a thin veneer from the book they're supposed to be adapting.
I agree although you can stray too far from the source material. Take The Last Airbender for example. It isn't a book, but is a good example of adaptation gone wrong. One of the biggest problems with it is the characters had little personality. The personalities were what made the cartoon so hilarious and endeering. There are certain things you have to get right. But you can't please everyone either. It can be a tricky balance, especially when going from cartoon to live action.
The mummy is the bad guy (or gal as the case may be...)
You just don't get the Mummy who gained immortality for the benefit of all gnomekind by passing down knowledge and research...
Come on people. Not all dead people are bad. Rotting maybe. Bad, no.
I don't know. Ifin it was me waking up after that long in a coffin, not in the best physical state, I would probably be AT LEAST a little cranky. I mean for no other reason that not havin a smoke an a coffee after so long.
THEN I would straight up be Roy Batty from Bladerunner when asked by his creator "What seems to be the problem?" and what he wants. Batty replies " I want more life, ......" then proceeds to gouge his eyes out when not given what he wants. Yep, that would probably be me as a mummy.
I sincerely hope ol Ridley does not screw up Bladerunner 2049 coming out later this year. That movie is classic.
I thought all mummies were Lawful Evil. Then again, I thought all succubi were evil and Fall from Grace proved us wrong.
I don't know how many here remember or have the 1st ed DMG but when I was a young-un, I did not care WHAT alignment that succubus was illustrated at the back of the book, I was THERE.
It has kinda already been discussed above, but the whole "friend zone" thing where dorky guys always meet a way, way hotter girl then complain about being friendzoned because she doesn't immediately fall in love with them even though are such nice guys. I think I've seen a hundred memes about this as well and to be frank it all those memes was the sole reason why I unfollowed 9gag on insta.
It has kinda already been discussed above, but the whole "friend zone" thing where dorky guys always meet a way, way hotter girl then complain about being friendzoned because she doesn't immediately fall in love with them even though are such nice guys.
It has kinda already been discussed above, but the whole "friend zone" thing where dorky guys always meet a way, way hotter girl then complain about being friendzoned because she doesn't immediately fall in love with them even though are such nice guys. I think I've seen a hundred memes about this as well and to be frank it all those memes was the sole reason why I unfollowed 9gag on insta.
To be fair... this is less a trope than art(ish) reflecting the crappy reality... people (mostly my fellow willy-wearers) really do behave this badly with disturbing frequency. What's really sad is how few narratives call these guys on their entitled bulls***.
You are right of course and I think it's only a facet of a greater problem, that is, people expecting to get tangible rewards for not acting like complete asses. It doesn't help that society holds near sociopathic behaviors as the pinnacle of "success" and fiction routinely hands over such rewards even at the risk of perverting the message of their narrative.
Edit: my English seems shaky in this post, sorry about that
Great thing about being decent is that it increases your chances of getting laid. :> On the more serious note, of course those self-proclaimed "nice-guys" are the opposite of decency. Also - there is no friendzone. There are just manipulative bastards who try to guilt you into relationship, pretending to be your friends.
Great thing about being decent is that it increases your chances of getting laid. :> On the more serious note, of course those self-proclaimed "nice-guys" are the opposite of decency. Also - there is no friendzone. There are just manipulative bastards who try to guilt you into relationship, pretending to be your friends.
How about the underdog prevails in the end trope? What movie doesn't have that at as a plot point? In real life the underdog seldom wins. Even in the World Wars the Central/Axis powers were really the underdog once the U.S. got involved. The way it's portrayed you'd think it was somehow remarkable that we prevailed when it's the complete opposite in reality...
It doesn't matter how desperate a situation is. Someone always come up with an insane plan that will save the day. Or everything that went wrong was actually part of the hero's plan since the beggining... All movie heroes are clearly omniscient...
It doesn't matter how desperate a situation is. Someone always come up with an insane plan that will save the day. Or everything that went wrong was actually part of the hero's plan since the beggining... All movie heroes are clearly omniscient...
Heh, yeah, ol Macgyver made a career out of that. The newer ones I have only watched bits of, seemed weird how every little thing he does is blurbed with an on screen description.
Long thread is long and I am lazy, so please forgive me if someone already posted this, but ...
Everyone speaks English
and
Fake Accent
No. Just no. It is far too common that a movie features two or more characters who's native language isn't english and when they are alone with each other they still speak english. Likewise I could puke every time I hear a non-native speaker of a certain language acting like they are one, screwing up every line in the language they are supossed to be be speaking natively. I get it, people are too lazy and/or stupid to read subtitles, but it absolutely kills the immersion for me.
That said, bless Tim Kring's Heroes and Quentin Tarantino's ... well, pretty much anything. Especially Inglorious Basterds though. Bless.
PS: I wanna add that it's okay for everyone to "speak english" if at no point it's established that the characters actually do speak different languages even though they should be (any kids movie/ show set in space ever). It's not great, but it's understandble why writers do this.
Movies The action hero who dodges gun shots while kicking everyone's asses . I remember that from Tomb raider's film, mr. and mrs smith and (sadly) the hobbit's Legolas.
Also, whitewashing.
TV The cute, fit , smart, stylish , perfect gay guy.
It doesn't matter how desperate a situation is. Someone always come up with an insane plan that will save the day. Or everything that went wrong was actually part of the hero's plan since the beggining... All movie heroes are clearly omniscient...
Branching off of this: The explained plan will always fail, but the unspoken one always succeeds.
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In the movie "War Games", the two kids decide to first nuke Seattle (where they live) and ... Las Vegas.
And in Stephen King's "The Stand", Las Vegas gets nuked.
Coincidence? I think not!
How about literal insanity in a character or franchise? Doing something twice before and having it get destroyed, then building an even BIGGER one with the exact same problem and expecting it to not get blown up as well is just dumb. Same with hitting a wall that you couldn't break the first hundred times you hit it, and other things like that.
And guess what...
The mummy is the bad guy (or gal as the case may be...)
You just don't get the Mummy who gained immortality for the benefit of all gnomekind by passing down knowledge and research...
Come on people. Not all dead people are bad. Rotting maybe. Bad, no.
THEN I would straight up be Roy Batty from Bladerunner when asked by his creator "What seems to be the problem?" and what he wants. Batty replies " I want more life, ......" then proceeds to gouge his eyes out when not given what he wants. Yep, that would probably be me as a mummy.
I sincerely hope ol Ridley does not screw up Bladerunner 2049 coming out later this year. That movie is classic.
Being a decent person isn't about getting laid.
Edit: my English seems shaky in this post, sorry about that
On the more serious note, of course those self-proclaimed "nice-guys" are the opposite of decency. Also - there is no friendzone. There are just manipulative bastards who try to guilt you into relationship, pretending to be your friends.
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It doesn't matter how desperate a situation is. Someone always come up with an insane plan that will save the day. Or everything that went wrong was actually part of the hero's plan since the beggining... All movie heroes are clearly omniscient...Everyone speaks English
andFake Accent
No. Just no. It is far too common that a movie features two or more characters who's native language isn't english and when they are alone with each other they still speak english. Likewise I could puke every time I hear a non-native speaker of a certain language acting like they are one, screwing up every line in the language they are supossed to be be speaking natively. I get it, people are too lazy and/or stupid to read subtitles, but it absolutely kills the immersion for me.That said, bless Tim Kring's Heroes and Quentin Tarantino's ... well, pretty much anything.
Especially Inglorious Basterds though. Bless.
PS: I wanna add that it's okay for everyone to "speak english" if at no point it's established that the characters actually do speak different languages even though they should be (any kids movie/ show set in space ever). It's not great, but it's understandble why writers do this.
The action hero who dodges gun shots while kicking everyone's asses . I remember that from Tomb raider's film, mr. and mrs smith and (sadly) the hobbit's Legolas.
Also, whitewashing.
TV
The cute, fit , smart, stylish , perfect gay guy.