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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 introd
by 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.
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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 agoBasically 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 agoAh 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 agoAmusingly, 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 ago1981 - 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