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Theory: all modern scripts are in fact simply weighted sums of various trope basis functions. My least favorite is "we have to save the team member, risking ou

by dekhn 3y ago

Theory: all modern scripts are in fact simply weighted sums of various trope basis functions. My least favorite is "we have to save the team member, risking our ability to save the planet".

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flanbiscuit 3y ago
One trope I often notice in some big-budget films is when the government (or some entity) needs a scientist/specialist's help to save the planet and they introduce this person by walking into the middle of a lecture they are giving. Sometimes that person is seen as a 'quack' at this lecture, sometimes people are actually listening. Gov't approaches said person after lecture ... cut to person walking into secret base type thing Perfect example: Stargate 1994 - when we meet James Spader - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mq1RPu2aaU4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mq1RPu2aaU4 I know there are more examples of this, I notice it all the time. edit: So James Spader's character is an example of "The Worm Guy", but I wonder if there's a name for the scene itself, something like "fetch the scientist at a lecture" https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheWormGuy https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheWormGuy
- dekhn 3y ago
  Basically a weighted sum of https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheProfessor https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheProfessor https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TeenGenius https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TeenGenius https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MadScientist https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MadScientist See also: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LectureAsExposition https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LectureAsExposit...
  - flanbiscuit 3y ago
    Ah yes "Lecture as Exposition" is probably what I'm looking for. That, and this one: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheWormGuy https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheWormGuy
    - dekhn 3y ago
      Amusingly, the trope is both validated, and somewhat modified in the original Indiana Jones movie; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CR7Kh77aNnU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CR7Kh77aNnU and the next scene, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FT3m4LXq3b4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FT3m4LXq3b4 (and of course, that film established many modern tropes, such as https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SecretGovernmentWarehouse https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SecretGovernment... top men. top.... men.
- jareklupinski 3y ago
  1981 - Raiders of the Lost Ark https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CR7Kh77aNnU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CR7Kh77aNnU because who doesn't want to be Harrison Ford
keville 3y ago
It's not even "all modern scripts", it's just "all scripts": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Seven_Basic_Plots https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Seven_Basic_Plots

by dekhn 3y ago

Theory: all modern scripts are in fact simply weighted sums of various trope basis functions. My least favorite is "we have to save the team member, risking our ability to save the planet".

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flanbiscuit 3y ago

One trope I often notice in some big-budget films is when the government (or some entity) needs a scientist/specialist's help to save the planet and they introduce this person by walking into the middle of a lecture they are giving. Sometimes that person is seen as a 'quack' at this lecture, sometimes people are actually listening. Gov't approaches said person after lecture ... cut to person walking into secret base type thing Perfect example: Stargate 1994 - when we meet James Spader - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mq1RPu2aaU4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mq1RPu2aaU4 I know there are more examples of this, I notice it all the time. edit: So James Spader's character is an example of "The Worm Guy", but I wonder if there's a name for the scene itself, something like "fetch the scientist at a lecture" https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheWormGuy https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheWormGuy

dekhn 3y ago
Basically a weighted sum of https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheProfessor https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheProfessor https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TeenGenius https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TeenGenius https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MadScientist https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MadScientist See also: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LectureAsExposition https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LectureAsExposit...
- flanbiscuit 3y ago
  Ah yes "Lecture as Exposition" is probably what I'm looking for. That, and this one: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheWormGuy https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheWormGuy
  - dekhn 3y ago
    Amusingly, the trope is both validated, and somewhat modified in the original Indiana Jones movie; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CR7Kh77aNnU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CR7Kh77aNnU and the next scene, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FT3m4LXq3b4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FT3m4LXq3b4 (and of course, that film established many modern tropes, such as https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SecretGovernmentWarehouse https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SecretGovernment... top men. top.... men.
jareklupinski 3y ago
1981 - Raiders of the Lost Ark https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CR7Kh77aNnU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CR7Kh77aNnU because who doesn't want to be Harrison Ford

keville 3y ago

It's not even "all modern scripts", it's just "all scripts": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Seven_Basic_Plots https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Seven_Basic_Plots