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Post by Nr1Humanoid on Jul 13, 2019 8:33:01 GMT -5
With Game of Thrones accelerating travel to get the story where it needs to go, I was wondering what other such things have been done that you can think of? Movies and television.
Dallas started with single episode storylines that they completely ignored later on to tell a story. As if the fans would totally forget. Or Karate Kid 2 having the love interest from the first one act totally out of character off screen to give Daniel a new love interest.
Alien 3 off screen kills pissed me off to no end.
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Post by Ryback on a Pole! on Jul 13, 2019 9:20:30 GMT -5
Everything JKR pulled out of her arse for book 7 in Harry Potter.
Wands can suddenly change allegiance... including Dracos to Harry just because Harry yanked it out of his hand.
Get out.
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Post by BorneAgain on Jul 13, 2019 9:22:49 GMT -5
There are many stupid things in Superman Returns that occur just to get to the "feelgood" conclusion of Superman not feeling alone anymore because he has a son. And much like Star Trek Generations, the destination is not worth the contrivances it took to get there.
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Post by jagilki on Jul 13, 2019 12:17:04 GMT -5
Everything JKR pulled out of her arse for book 7 in Harry Potter. Wands can suddenly change allegiance... including Dracos to Harry just because Harry yanked it out of his hand. Get out. Harry's wand went to Draco because Harry yanked it?
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Post by The Thread Barbi on Jul 13, 2019 12:37:24 GMT -5
Who drove the white Hummer in WCW?
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Post by Ryback on a Pole! on Jul 13, 2019 12:40:54 GMT -5
Everything JKR pulled out of her arse for book 7 in Harry Potter. Wands can suddenly change allegiance... including Dracos to Harry just because Harry yanked it out of his hand. Get out. Harry's wand went to Draco because Harry yanked it? At Malfoy Manor, Harry yanked Dracos wand which counted as Harry beating Draco and winning the Elder Wand from Draco.
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Post by bibboid on Jul 13, 2019 14:04:10 GMT -5
Producer: The children on our show have grown up and their storylines are stale.
Writer: Why don’t we have the mom get pregnant so we can do all new “baby” stories.
Producer: BRILLIANT!!!
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Post by jagilki on Jul 13, 2019 17:49:01 GMT -5
Harry's wand went to Draco because Harry yanked it? At Malfoy Manor, Harry yanked Dracos wand Is this the books or fanfiction?
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Post by Mozenrath on Jul 13, 2019 18:29:19 GMT -5
Honestly, most "will they, won't they?" dynamics that try to drag it out past maybe 2 seasons, you run out of good excuses real quick to extend it.
A great example of that would be Picard/Dr. Crusher after a while.
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Post by Hit Girl on Jul 13, 2019 18:45:01 GMT -5
Michael Brody in the JAWS movies simply refused to stay away from the sea.
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Post by Prince Petty on Jul 13, 2019 19:22:48 GMT -5
Honestly, most "will they, won't they?" dynamics that try to drag it out past maybe 2 seasons, you run out of good excuses real quick to extend it. A great example of that would be Picard/Dr. Crusher after a while. Once shows start devoting more creative energy to figuring out how to keep a couple apart, they're pretty much dead. Prime example - Castle. The writers dicked about so much, holding off for four seasons (including one whole season where Beckett secretly knew Castle had declared his love after she got shot, but pretended she didn't remember). Then, finally, they got together but the charm had worn thin and the writers still dicked about more, having Beckett take a job in another city, just to keep them apart.
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Post by schma on Jul 13, 2019 21:04:55 GMT -5
At Malfoy Manor, Harry yanked Dracos wand Is this the books or fanfiction? I think the term you're looking for is "HEY, PHRASING!"
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Post by SAJ Forth on Jul 14, 2019 3:56:31 GMT -5
Michael Brody in the JAWS movies simply refused to stay away from the sea. Jaws 5 would be in Nebraska.
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Post by karl100589 on Jul 14, 2019 4:28:51 GMT -5
One that sticks in my mind was a grossout comedy called Beerfest.
In the film one of the characters (Landfill) gets killed off after being drowned in a vat full of beer. At the eulogy, Landfill's identical twin brother (played by the same actor and never mentioned prior) agrees to take his place in the team, requesting he be referred to as "Landfill" as a tribute. One of the characters even boasts "It's almost as if we never lost him"
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Post by thechase on Jul 14, 2019 7:15:10 GMT -5
The finale of the 2015 series of Doctor Who is almost near universally loathed due to contrived bollocks like this. After setting up a new fate for Gallifrey in the 50th anniversary special, Steven Moffat promised that the quest for Gallifrey would be integral to the next fifty years of the programme. All hyperbolic hogwash, aside from Missy dicking around and deceiving Capaldi in series eight, there was no attempt at seeking out Gallifrey throughout the ninth series until, suddenly, the closing minutes of the seminal classic "Heaven Sent" revealed The Doctor has returned to Gallifrey.
Did they explain how the planet got out of it's pocket dimension? Does The Doctor care? No, he just wants Clara back and Time Lord technology is key to that. The whole thing was brought back just to give Jenna Coleman a diner and Maisie Williams for company. He lets the Time Lords keep the secret of their survival to themselves just to make them feel big and important. Thanks for wasting your time audience
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Post by schma on Jul 14, 2019 11:39:35 GMT -5
The finale of the 2015 series of Doctor Who is almost near universally loathed due to contrived bollocks like this. After setting up a new fate for Gallifrey in the 50th anniversary special, Steven Moffat promised that the quest for Gallifrey would be integral to the next fifty years of the programme. All hyperbolic hogwash, aside from Missy dicking around and deceiving Capaldi in series eight, there was no attempt at seeking out Gallifrey throughout the ninth series until, suddenly, the closing minutes of the seminal classic "Heaven Sent" revealed The Doctor has returned to Gallifrey. Did they explain how the planet got out of it's pocket dimension? Does The Doctor care? No, he just wants Clara back and Time Lord technology is key to that. The whole thing was brought back just to give Jenna Coleman a diner and Maisie Williams for company. He lets the Time Lords keep the secret of their survival to themselves just to make them feel big and important. Thanks for wasting your time audience Moffatt had some brilliant episodes when he was just another writer but as head writer he was a hack. His stories were filled with plot holes large enough to drive a tank through. He wrote some of my favourite episodes back in the day but, I cheered when I heard he was leaving the series. Matt Smith was a good doctor in spite of Moffatts writing not because of it.
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Post by H-Virus on Jul 15, 2019 9:20:45 GMT -5
The biggest reason I stopped watching Once Upon A Time was due to the shows over reliance on Magical Amnesia. It was what the entire first season was based around, but once they fixed it they just kept going back to it, over and over again. I swear they went to the magical amnesia well at least twice every season, whether it was widespread or single-target, they just couldn’t move away from it.
Also: “Oops, I made the villain too strong and there’s no logical way for the heroes to beat him. Better throw in a previously unmentioned magic artifact or new transformation that can put the main character on his level as quickly as possible!”
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Post by Zaq "That Guy" Buzzkill on Jul 16, 2019 10:48:10 GMT -5
Honestly, most "will they, won't they?" dynamics that try to drag it out past maybe 2 seasons, you run out of good excuses real quick to extend it. A great example of that would be Picard/Dr. Crusher after a while. Once shows start devoting more creative energy to figuring out how to keep a couple apart, they're pretty much dead. Prime example - Castle. The writers dicked about so much, holding off for four seasons (including one whole season where Beckett secretly knew Castle had declared his love after she got shot, but pretended she didn't remember). Then, finally, they got together but the charm had worn thin and the writers still dicked about more, having Beckett take a job in another city, just to keep them apart. Another example is the JD/Eliott relationship in Scrubs, originally they got together, then broke up because it turns out they weren't right for each other then they screwed around for most of the show and it pissed me off to no end.
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Post by Sephiroth on Jul 16, 2019 11:21:32 GMT -5
Who drove the white Hummer in WCW? It was ME Austin!
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Post by TWERKIN' MAGGLE on Jul 16, 2019 11:25:05 GMT -5
At Malfoy Manor, Harry yanked Dracos wand Is this the books or fanfiction? It's JKR, there's no guarantee that fanfiction isn't canon.
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