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Yes, this drives me crazy. I particularly hate the trope where the plot hinges on two characters having a huge misunderstanding that would be resolved by a 5 se

Yes, this drives me crazy. I particularly hate the trope where the plot hinges on two characters having a huge misunderstanding that would be resolved by a 5 second conversation.

thedanbob 3y ago
Or the "problem that would be resolved by a 5 second phone call" trope. I always thought it was funny how long it lasted even after cell phones became ubiquitous.
- hef19898 3y ago
  Two films that got that right, in a creative and almost realistic way, are Cellular and Phone Booth. The exceptions that proof the rule?
Cthulhu_ 3y ago
"Ooh so I DON'T have to kill half the universe's population because some go hungry?" "...oh you mean I could also just... give everyone enough food with a snap of the finger?"
- thatguy0900 3y ago
  What bothered me the most about this was Thanos destroying the stones after. He should realize that the snap is something that will need to be done regularly if he wants to actually keep population down. Halving the galaxy once accomplishes nothing
  - tshaddox 3y ago
    Are we not supposed to think that Thanos is deranged? I thought it was pretty obvious that his goal is comically evil (no pun intended) and his motivation so singular that it’s pointless to even think of him as an individual with a personality who could be persuaded or even influenced by emotion. He’s literally just a force of nature that’s going to kill half of the life forms.
    - hef19898 3y ago
      Thanos is the worst villian since Negan in Walking Dead. Both made me stop caring for the franchise. Which is a pitty really, since writing, and the villain, were really good in Captain America Civil War. Actually, Zemo was the best villain in tue whole MCU, since Loki is not truely a villain IMHO.
    - sbierwagen 3y ago
      >Are we not supposed to think that Thanos is deranged? A perennial problem in writing villains is characterizing them as insane and stupid (to explain why they do evil) but then in order to present a real threat to the hero they execute those evil and stupid plans with patience and intelligence. Thanos has an army! An entire naval fleet assembled from centuries of constant war. He's a space Napoleon. That required skill, intelligence and considerable effort, as several characters tell us. And then after achieving the goal he spent so many years thinking about, he makes a dumb mistake, apparently without realizing it? Same thing with the Joker in The Dark Knight (2008). Other characters say he's crazy. He himself says he's "just a dog chasing a car" with no plan or goals beyond causing chaos. Yet he is always executing complex plans which require precise timing? Not the behavior of a raving madman.

Yes, this drives me crazy. I particularly hate the trope where the plot hinges on two characters having a huge misunderstanding that would be resolved by a 5 second conversation.

thedanbob 3y ago

Or the "problem that would be resolved by a 5 second phone call" trope. I always thought it was funny how long it lasted even after cell phones became ubiquitous.

hef19898 3y ago
Two films that got that right, in a creative and almost realistic way, are Cellular and Phone Booth. The exceptions that proof the rule?

Cthulhu_ 3y ago

"Ooh so I DON'T have to kill half the universe's population because some go hungry?" "...oh you mean I could also just... give everyone enough food with a snap of the finger?"

thatguy0900 3y ago
What bothered me the most about this was Thanos destroying the stones after. He should realize that the snap is something that will need to be done regularly if he wants to actually keep population down. Halving the galaxy once accomplishes nothing
- tshaddox 3y ago
  Are we not supposed to think that Thanos is deranged? I thought it was pretty obvious that his goal is comically evil (no pun intended) and his motivation so singular that it’s pointless to even think of him as an individual with a personality who could be persuaded or even influenced by emotion. He’s literally just a force of nature that’s going to kill half of the life forms.
  - hef19898 3y ago
    Thanos is the worst villian since Negan in Walking Dead. Both made me stop caring for the franchise. Which is a pitty really, since writing, and the villain, were really good in Captain America Civil War. Actually, Zemo was the best villain in tue whole MCU, since Loki is not truely a villain IMHO.
  - sbierwagen 3y ago
    >Are we not supposed to think that Thanos is deranged? A perennial problem in writing villains is characterizing them as insane and stupid (to explain why they do evil) but then in order to present a real threat to the hero they execute those evil and stupid plans with patience and intelligence. Thanos has an army! An entire naval fleet assembled from centuries of constant war. He's a space Napoleon. That required skill, intelligence and considerable effort, as several characters tell us. And then after achieving the goal he spent so many years thinking about, he makes a dumb mistake, apparently without realizing it? Same thing with the Joker in The Dark Knight (2008). Other characters say he's crazy. He himself says he's "just a dog chasing a car" with no plan or goals beyond causing chaos. Yet he is always executing complex plans which require precise timing? Not the behavior of a raving madman.