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Post by Mozenrath on Apr 24, 2023 0:04:38 GMT -5
No amount of Snyder defenses will ever made this not silly. There are ways they could have kind of made it work, but not at all the way it's actually done and how the character is handled overall.
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Apr 24, 2023 0:08:53 GMT -5
No amount of Snyder defenses will ever made this not silly. There are ways they could have kind of made it work, but not at all the way it's actually done and how the character is handled overall. If nothing else like you could've at least had the dude sacrifice himself to save his wife instead of his dog. It'd still be stupid but it would at least be somewhat more logical.
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Post by Mozenrath on Apr 24, 2023 0:19:05 GMT -5
There are ways they could have kind of made it work, but not at all the way it's actually done and how the character is handled overall. If nothing else like you could've at least had the dude sacrifice himself to save his wife instead of his dog. It'd still be stupid but it would at least be somewhat more logical. Yeah, or have it be as a result of him having a change of heart or something, but yeah, I love dogs, and this is still extremely stupid.
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Apr 24, 2023 0:25:22 GMT -5
There were a lot of terrible things about that movie, but a dune buggy chase in a franchise where wheeled vehicles have been obsolete for centuries being added because Patrick Stewart had taken up dune buggy racing as a hobby is amongst the worst.
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Post by bibboid on Apr 24, 2023 0:47:22 GMT -5
Logan’s Run had some really good special effects for the mid-70’s…right up until they meet Box the robot. Because nothing is as threatening as a gisnt disco ball of a robot that could be avoided by walking away from it at a brisk pace.
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Apr 24, 2023 0:58:46 GMT -5
There were a lot of terrible things about that movie, but a dune buggy chase in a franchise where wheeled vehicles have been obsolete for centuries being added because Patrick Stewart had taken up dune buggy racing as a hobby is amongst the worst. Apparently he's said that the scene was planned regardless, he just asked to be part of it. Not sure if that makes it more or less dumb.
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Apr 24, 2023 1:14:33 GMT -5
Apparently he's said that the scene was planned regardless, he just asked to be part of it. Not sure if that makes it more or less dumb. More. Definitely more. Could've been worse, though. Stewart also took up water skiing in the early-'00s.
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Post by Bo Rida on Apr 24, 2023 1:24:29 GMT -5
Honestly take your pick from most of latter era Game of Thrones; many of them fit. The sand snakes were the first thing to come to mind reading the thread title.
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Post by tirtefaa on Apr 24, 2023 2:48:51 GMT -5
No amount of Snyder defenses will ever made this not silly. Pa: "I can't let you do it, Clark." Clark: "Why?" Pa: "Because people will see you use your powers." Clark: "And?" Pa: "People will hate you or manipulate you or something." Clark: "You know, I don't have to use my powers. I'm perfectly capable of running at a normal rate of a 20 something year old guy, which is far better than a 50 or 60 year old guy." Pa: "If something happens, they'll discover you're different. It's better that I go." Clark: "Why?" Pa: "Because I'll die normally." Clark: "You do realize that there have been various abnormalities with direct contact with tornadoes? And those people survived with little to no injury. Like...I'm capable of making it look real." Pa: "We can't take that chance, Clark. Let me rescue the stupid dog." Clark: "You're like the worst dad ever. Go right ahead, I guess. Whatever." Pa: "They're not ready for you, Clark. They don't deserve you." Clark: "Go ahead and die already."
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Post by dav on Apr 24, 2023 3:07:22 GMT -5
The episode with the girl and the dog from FMA. Went for drama and came out comedy.
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Apr 24, 2023 3:13:39 GMT -5
I know we already have a 300-page thread crapping on the guy, but... Zack Snyder is kinda the king of lame shit that he thinks is totally awesome.
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Post by schma on Apr 24, 2023 3:50:21 GMT -5
Undertaker, you're here, I'm here, let's do this? *voice cracking*
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Post by Jedi-El of Tomorrow on Apr 24, 2023 4:26:39 GMT -5
No amount of Snyder defenses will ever made this not silly. The death of Pa Kent is supposed to show Superman that he can't save everybody, no matter what his powers are, he's helpless in that situation. Pa Kent dying because of his actions during a tornado is not that.
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Post by Perpetual Nirvana on Apr 24, 2023 9:37:24 GMT -5
No amount of Snyder defenses will ever made this not silly. The death of Pa Kent is supposed to show Superman that he can't save everybody, no matter what his powers are, he's helpless in that situation. Pa Kent dying because of his actions during a tornado is not that. Yeah, there's a reason Pa Kent usually dies of a heart attack or something like that.
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Post by Confused Mark Wahlberg on Apr 24, 2023 10:14:07 GMT -5
No amount of Snyder defenses will ever made this not silly. From the same movie, there's the bit where Clark destroys the jerk trucker's rig in a completely insane manner. Like, how would that be explained if he's hiding his powers?
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Post by Hit Girl on Apr 24, 2023 10:47:49 GMT -5
Girl killing raptor with gymnastics.
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Post by Mozenrath on Apr 24, 2023 11:22:16 GMT -5
Girl killing raptor with gymnastics. I didn't mind that. What did get me is them getting a T-Rex to the mainland, and how you're expecting all of this chaos, the promise of escalation after the first one, and the end result feels really limp. Like, all of the tension of the first one is completely gone, and that's probably in large part because what made the first movie scary is the isolation. If you had a T-Rex in a major city, yeah, it would be a problem, but it'd also be one that'd get solved really quickly versus a dozen or so terrified people on a jungle island.
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Post by BRV on Apr 24, 2023 11:44:12 GMT -5
There's a scene in "The Blind Side" that always just has me immediately burying my face in my hands.
Sandra Bullock's character goes to the projects to confront a group of gang members. One gang member tells her off in a threatening manner, and the response of this suburban mother is to march on up to him and tell him she's carrying a gun in her purse. And the gang member LITERALLY GULPS IN FEAR and is left shaking in his boots. Like, honest-to-goodness *gulp!* moment, like you'd see in cartoons.
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Post by Gerard Gerard on Apr 24, 2023 12:17:37 GMT -5
There's a scene in "The Blind Side" that always just has me immediately burying my face in my hands. Sandra Bullock's character goes to the projects to confront a group of gang members. One gang member tells her off in a threatening manner, and the response of this suburban mother is to march on up to him and tell him she's carrying a gun in her purse. And the gang member LITERALLY GULPS IN FEAR and is left shaking in his boots. Like, honest-to-goodness *gulp!* moment, like you'd see in cartoons. Oh wow, having only heard about this movie it’s somehow even worse than I imagined.
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Post by Natural Born Farmer on Apr 24, 2023 12:52:18 GMT -5
Honestly take your pick from most of latter era Game of Thrones; many of them fit. The sand snakes were the first thing to come to mind reading the thread title. They made a big deal of introducing the Golden Company as being a bunch of arch-badasses to justify why Cersei didn't care that the Lannisters were going north to fight with everyone else. Then they get flattened by the Unsullied and Dothraki in King's Landing without even much of a fight.
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