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Post by Ryback on a Pole! on Dec 27, 2012 12:00:01 GMT -5
Kids in a predominantly adult setting.
More specifically, bratty kids who constantly one-up and perform better than the trained and experienced adults or, even worse, the annoying kid who is constantly screwing things up. I hate kids in movies, video games, television etc.
I don't mind if the form of entertainment is focussed primarily on children, like the Harry Potter books which focussed on Harry, Ron and Hermione but when a child is shoehorned in alongside a bunch of adults... then they largely get annoying.
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Post by Push R Truth on Dec 27, 2012 12:02:32 GMT -5
Hi, I'm an ELITE HACKER and I wear goth stuff with black hair! I'll sit at a computer I've never been at before and within 5 seconds it's HAXXORED and I have random awesome 3d things flying around on the screen that are under my control and I'm like totally hacking this stuff up brosef!
Also:
Oh man, I've been shot in the leg! OH god it hurts, I can't even stand up, I'm gonna die!!! Hold on a sec, I need to outrun this charging Tyrannosaurus/Alien/Hummer/Mother in Law.
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Post by Confused Mark Wahlberg on Dec 27, 2012 12:29:26 GMT -5
The criminal gang with the total psycho in it. Why would they even hang around a guy that uunpredictable who could F up their plans?
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Post by Malcolm on Dec 27, 2012 13:06:29 GMT -5
The jock who everyone in the school seems to love even though he's a huge jerk.
The popular girl that everyone in the school everyone seems to love even though she's a huge bitch.
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Post by BoilerRoomBrawler on Dec 27, 2012 13:26:17 GMT -5
Prime didn't die He got imprisoned in the Source Wall.......Till Flashpoint even the most ardent New 52 hater has to concede "hey, at least Superbitch-Prime is gone". that said I still think his initial heel turn in Infinite Crisis was great, even if it did precipitate a bunch of ugly trends in superhero comics. Finally, someone else who at least initially liked SBP's heel turn.
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Post by EvenBaldobombHasAJob on Dec 27, 2012 14:26:49 GMT -5
even the most ardent New 52 hater has to concede "hey, at least Superbitch-Prime is gone". that said I still think his initial heel turn in Infinite Crisis was great, even if it did precipitate a bunch of ugly trends in superhero comics. Finally, someone else who at least initially liked SBP's heel turn. it was a legitimately great moment. you could see the exact spot where he goes from misunderstood, overpowered poor kid whose in way over his head to cackling murderous man-child. the fact that the gruesome violence hadn't really been done like that very often made the impact all the more powerful. then DC saw how much money that and Black Adam squashing Psycho-Pirate's face made and decided that every big event needed to be full of graphic carnage. and then Marvel followed suit, and that's why we have crap like Avenger's Arena now, and why a shitty book like Wanted gets way more attention than it deserves.
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Post by EvenBaldobombHasAJob on Dec 27, 2012 14:30:26 GMT -5
The jock who everyone in the school seems to love even though he's a huge jerk. The popular girl that everyone in the school everyone seems to love even though she's a huge bitch. I have to agree with this. yes, there are cliques and bullying is a huge problem, but its rarely handled very realistically. if anyone was as much of a c*** as Rachel McAdams was in Mean Girls at my school, she wouldn't be very popular and most people would make fun of her. we did have girls (and guys) who were stuck up jerks in high school but usually they were total outcasts because of their jerkdom. I dunno, though, maybe it's different up here because while we do have high school football nobody gives a shit if you're the starting quarterback or the head cheerleader.
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Post by Allie Kitsune on Dec 27, 2012 15:20:36 GMT -5
The jock who everyone in the school seems to love even though he's a huge jerk. The popular girl that everyone in the school everyone seems to love even though she's a huge bitch. I have to agree with this. yes, there are cliques and bullying is a huge problem, but its rarely handled very realistically. if anyone was as much of a c*** as Rachel McAdams was in Mean Girls at my school, she wouldn't be very popular and most people would make fun of her. we did have girls (and guys) who were stuck up jerks in high school but usually they were total outcasts because of their jerkdom. I dunno, though, maybe it's different up here because while we do have high school football nobody gives a s*** if you're the starting quarterback or the head cheerleader. At my high school, it was the parents (and some of the teachers) who cared about football, not the other students. Nobody was popular just for playing football. Though some of the popular people DID play football, there was no aura that came with being on the football team (except to some of the teachers). Looking back on it, the most popular people at my high school were the rich kids, because they were the ones with all the weed.
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Post by DragonMasterP on Dec 28, 2012 3:23:54 GMT -5
Here's a big one of mine: The hero is also an asshole. How am I supposed to root for a guy who's just a spiteful dick to nearly everyone he meets?
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Post by Hit Girl on Dec 28, 2012 16:17:23 GMT -5
Foster parents who clearly don't like children.
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Post by Hurbster on Dec 28, 2012 18:08:26 GMT -5
A group of characters with no redeeming qualities whatsoever, with no real antagonists to play off of, that we are supposed to like because they are vampires and vampires are cool. Oh, and they all have pretty much the same personality as well.
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Post by Jiren on Dec 28, 2012 18:40:05 GMT -5
Prime didn't die He got imprisoned in the Source Wall.......Till Flashpoint even the most ardent New 52 hater has to concede "hey, at least Superbitch-Prime is gone". that said I still think his initial heel turn in Infinite Crisis was great, even if it did precipitate a bunch of ugly trends in superhero comics. I liked Superboy-prime, And I'm not ashamed to admit it.
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Post by EvenBaldobombHasAJob on Dec 28, 2012 21:52:07 GMT -5
The criminal gang with the total psycho in it. Why would they even hang around a guy that uunpredictable who could F up their plans? if you'll believe it, Goodfellas was based on a true story and Joe Pesci's character was a real person who actually did f*** over his buddies that way.
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Post by H-Virus on Dec 28, 2012 22:22:36 GMT -5
I've mentioned this in several other threads, but it bears repeating because I always hate it.
Villain: HAHAHA! I have you completely at my mercy, hero! Now, before I kill you, let me take fifteen minutes to gloat about my victory and reveal the entirety of my master plan to you! I mean, it's not like you're going to find a way to escape and go on to thwart my plans or anything! HAHA, I'm so EVIL!!!
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Post by Red Impact on Dec 29, 2012 1:28:28 GMT -5
"I'm an incomparable dick to absolutely everyone, including my patients/clients/victims/family, but because I have magical superpowers of diagnosis/crime solving/etc. that come after three failed attempts, I still have a job. Also, I'm above reproach because, damn it, I'm just that damn good."
Basically, House and every hero like him.
I'll also cosign on the 95 pound woman beating scores of guys 3 times her size with martial arts (aka: at least one character in every Joss Whedon movie).
I'll also add movie villains that kill off their own henchmen, doubly true if it's in a setting where there's not a lot of warm bodies to fill it up. Basically, if you're killing off your own guys, someone is going to shoot you in the head, and it probably won't be your mortal enemy.
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Post by aka Cthulhu on Dec 29, 2012 2:38:50 GMT -5
The rich person type characters who look down and abuse others because they're poor. I get battered with that type of character from the TV dramas during dinnertime. In my mind, I can only scream argghhhhh while trying to enjoy my food.
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Post by Confused Mark Wahlberg on Dec 29, 2012 2:59:10 GMT -5
The villain who will kill his own henchman for the slightest reason. It's never explained why he has so many henchmen to begin with if he treats them like this.
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Post by BoilerRoomBrawler on Dec 29, 2012 4:20:39 GMT -5
Finally, someone else who at least initially liked SBP's heel turn. it was a legitimately great moment. you could see the exact spot where he goes from misunderstood, overpowered poor kid whose in way over his head to cackling murderous man-child. the fact that the gruesome violence hadn't really been done like that very often made the impact all the more powerful. then DC saw how much money that and Black Adam squashing Psycho-Pirate's face made and decided that every big event needed to be full of graphic carnage. and then Marvel followed suit, and that's why we have crap like Avenger's Arena now, and why a s***ty book like Wanted gets way more attention than it deserves. Or Mark Millar in general. I should add one, but all I can think of is why I've never seen a sarcastic member of a group that makes anyone laugh. Suddenly strikes me as strange.
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Post by EvenBaldobombHasAJob on Dec 29, 2012 9:59:15 GMT -5
I've mentioned this in several other threads, but it bears repeating because I always hate it. Villain: HAHAHA! I have you completely at my mercy, hero! Now, before I kill you, let me take fifteen minutes to gloat about my victory and reveal the entirety of my master plan to you! I mean, it's not like you're going to find a way to escape and go on to thwart my plans or anything! HAHA, I'm so EVIL!!! Bond: wait Blofeld, atleasht tell me about yer plan fer wurld dominashun! Blofeld: well I'm not going to fall for that one again.
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