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open Name of a tv show i cant remember! ! Film
Tv series where teenagers moves into home, in suburbs, in a new town where the previous teen died in his new bedroom. He starts to date his exgf and be friends with all his friends and they recieve annoymous messages online about how he was murdered, then try to figure out who did it.
openHarsh YMMV? Film
I found this on YMMV.The Phantom Menace:
I'm not the biggest fan of Child Anakin, but I think that the edit is too harsh.
Edited by JRads47openWithdraw Custom Title request Film
I rather carelessly made a custom title request for Encounters at the End of the World, which, as one can see, already has a custom title. Any way to cancel the request?
open Protesting against ageism in Phantom Menace YMMV post Film
So I've been trying to post about how it's wrong and ageist for people to judge Anakin in the Phantom Menace as being written as a child without caring if he had been likeable, well-written and sympathetic, without negative qualities like being whiny, bratty, immature and annoying. Those negative qualities are what makes him poorly written, and the fact that Jake Lloyd couldn't act made it worse. I try proving that it's not a Continuity Snarl if he was well-written and played by a kid who COULD act, because according to the Return of the Jedi clip I gave a link to, the Force ghost Obi-Wan never told Luke how old Anakin was when he first knew him. He just said Anakin was already an excellent pilot, but Obi-Wan was amazed at how strong the Force was with Anakin. If anything, since Obi-Wan said, "I took it upon myself to train him as a Jedi," Qui-Gon's involvement WAS a Continuity Snarl. But it's not a Continuity Snarl if the kid Anakin were actually well-written and played by a kid who COULD act. Judging Anakin for being introduced as a child is like judging Rey for being a girl and Finn for being black, and Rey and Finn were NOT poorly written like Anakin was. And not all child actors were Jake Lloyd, some were actually quite good. But it might've helped if the script didn't have bullshit like "Are you an angel?" and "I'll try spinning, that's a good trick!" and was nowhere near as poorly-written as it was. The plot too, and pretty much all of the characters aside from Jar Jar (who never should've even been created, and would never work given that that kind of cartoonish slapstick and that he was purely annoying). It might've helped for Anakin to have been found on a different planet instead of Tatooine (to avoid plot holes) and to savie any romance for until Anakin grows up in the next 2 prequels, as long as they weren't handled the way George Lucas handled it. And someone should've convinced George Lucas that the way he envisioned the prequels would never work and he should've given the prequels to someone who is capable of making a decent prequel trilogy that's closer to up to snuff with the original trilogy. Maybe it's hard to write a decent child character, but it's not impossible if the right person envisions a Star Wars prequel trilogy. And writing likeable characters to root for isn't easy, but Lucas never tried hard. He just did what he wanted without really considering what the fans would want and the prequels suffered as a result. But if fans can't accept a likeable, well-written child Anakin instead of a poorly-written, whiny, bratty, immature, and annoying child Anakin, they are just as bad as George Lucas. There are too many problems with the prequel trilogy to decide that a child Anakin can't be likeable, sympathetic, and well-written.
I tried posting this under Mis-blamed, but it got deleted twice. I'm trying to figure out a decent trope that might fit and a better way to protest against the ageism of those audiences and show why they are out of line judging characters for being a child when so many things could have been different, including a well-written child if they had a writer who WAS capable, instead of George Lucas. So I'd also like to do all that in a not-so Natter-y or ranting way, along with the proper trope. But if anyone support the audiences who put age over likeability and characterization, please ignore this post. I don't want any more discriminatory, ageist posts or supports of such discrimination.
openFilm/FiftyFifty Film
Although I'm still new, I’d like to create a Characters page for it, and maybe also Tearjerker page. Any guide would be appreciated. Is it allowed?
open question about a trope of the "perpetual idot president" from tv and movie Film
it is the movie/tv trope when a doctor asks a patient ,"who is the president?" and they always answer with "an idiot"
Edited by prussiaismycityopen Mr. Miagi dodging bullets. Film
Does anyone remember the name of this film? Based on what i remember of the grain of the picture, I guess it was made between the 70's and 90's. ...So, there's this kid on the "wrong side of the tracks" getting chased by gang members and he runs into a store at one of the corners. (Which didn't match the rest of the building, that store alone looked like a warehouse, anyway). "Mr. Miagi", asks him what he's doing and then the gang members burst through the door, shooting at "Mr. Miagi to get to the kid. (Plot-Wise, I think that's a little overkill. I can see gangsters beating up a random kid, but not shooting a random kid. Unless he stole something from them. Anyway's, besides the point) "Mr. Miagi dodges all the bullets, disarms them and scares them off! Shazam, that just happened. The kid asks him how he did that and if "Mr. Miagi" would teach him how to dodge bullets. As the movie continues, "Mr. Miagi" is teaching the kid the composition to gun-fu and the secret to dodging bullets. And at the end, "Mr. Miagi" is ambushed by multiple gangsters, (which now seem more like mafioso, whatever) and they all unload clip after clip trying to shoot him. The kid wonders by and hears gunfire, then looks around the corner and runs towards "Mr. Miagi", together both dodging bullets. The movie ends with the Big-Bad getting shot by one of the bullets from one of his own guys. Anyway's, the movie was somthing like that, but i cant remember the name of it. I checked IMDB, Karate Kid, Mr. Miagi, Filmography and didn't recognize the film I was looking for. Does anyone remember the name of this film?
open Old Mech, Rocks! Film
Does anybody remember the name of this film? It starts out, (obviously) in the future (although, the film itself looks like it was made in the 70's). There's spacesuit looking clothes, mechs are the main choice of vehicles, etc. The main characters are running an obstacle course as part of they're military-mech training, (that looks strikingly like the metal geometric half sphere, made from smaller triangles they had at recess when i was a kid), but room by room going down. Designed to help them get into there mechs as quicky as possible. The next day, the main characters (a male and a female) are running late for training, because they making-out! Meanwhile they're base get's hit and they get separated from the rest of they're team. The Big-Bad destroy's that base and every other base and the result is: post-apocalyptic world. Fast-Foreward, the main characters are still together, but struggling to survive. The guy remembers where a mech is (from before the apocalypse), that fell into a sinkhole and convinces her to go with him. They pack-up splunking gear and the equivalent of a mechanic's tools, but for mech's and head-out. They finally get there and spulunk into the sinkhole, but they have to leave some of the tools up-top, because they can't fit. They reach the mech and nearly fix-it-up, she splunks up to the surface to get something they need to finish fixing the mech just as the same Big-Bad (in his mech) is walking by. The Big-Bad see's her and tries to step on her. She does everything she can to dodge him from stepping on her, while staying beneath his mech to prevent him from shooting her. She manages to get the tool needed to fix they're mech and splunks back down, landing on top of they're mech and finishes fixing they're mech. He starts it up and I forget how he gets it out from the sinkhole to the surface of the desert, but he does and the old mech beats the new mech. The End. Anyway's, I can't remember the name of this film and hoped someone else does. Thanks!
open Films exploring aging heros Film
Is there a thing, a trope, a category, for films with aging actors portraying aging heroes in long-running series? I'm thinking of films like Logan, Terminator: Genisys, Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull.
open Online messaging move,,, help?? Rom-Com Film
Okay, so I understand this may be a pointless endeavor as I don't have a lot of details on this movie but here it goes...
It's similar to the Tom Hanks/ Meg Ryan movie "you've got mail". From what I remember, a guy is in an outdoor cafe with a friend, he hears a girl he likes give an email to a friend of hers. He writes down the email and starts messaging it. But it wasn't her email it was her bosses. The guy and boss start instant messaging back and forth about their days and their lives and end up falling in love. Someone please please PLEASE help, I would be indebted to you. If I had to take a wild guess I'd say somewhere between 2007-2011.
open The Lip-Smacking Villain Film
I'm not sure if there is already a trope for this, and if there is I'd be glad to find it. I'm personally EXTREMELY aggravated by the sound of loud chewing, and the quickest way to make me hate any character is to show them smacking their food down in silence, which oddly enough, isn't uncommon. I'm guessing it's a way to show the villains greed/gluttony or disregard for others.
The best example of this is King Denethor in Lord of the Rings (films), gobbling down a sloppy mess of turkey and cranberries while his son is fighting a battle he cannot win. Though he isn't a villain per say, it is a very impactful moment that shows his resolute descent into madness.
I'm not sure how to launch a trope or make it look pretty, but this topic has been bugging the hell out of me, and if anyone could help me find more examples or direct me to a pre-existing trope for this, I would be grateful.
open TV Show episode leading to name of TV show Film
I remember watching a good episode one day. It's a police drama following a detective or two. The episode was investigating a possible murder that took place around railroad tracks. However the murder did not take place where the body was found. After investigating the police came to the conclusion that the man was accidentally killed by his brother in law who happened to push him down the stairs. He then grabbed the body went to the balcony of the apartment and placed the body on the top of the train carriage that was passing by.
I'm positive the show is British and takes place around London. But I could be wrong. I just remember this episode quite well and I am looking for the title as I would like to revisit the show. Thank you!!
open Obscure 90s VHS Film
I will be amazed if anyone knows what I am talking about. My mum bought me a VHS from a kida soft play thing in what was probably 1992ish. It had a weird name and had a few short films/animations on it. All I can remember is the first 'film' being an animated tiger and the one that really stands out is non animation with a boy and a witch? And he ends up in the witches house in the woods? It used to scare me to death. Thats all I can really remember, very obscure indeed.
the front of the vhs might have had a moon on it. id know it if i saw it. im sure the vhs haa a very strange title
thanks
open cant find this movie anywhere nor the title Film
ive been trying to find this movie for weeks! I don't know the title but many scenes I know is where he makes his bestfriend move in with him for the summer to get him to get over his ex by making a fuck chart and he must sleep with 1 women a night, other aprts a women is stung by jelly fish and he has to pee on her ., other scenes his friend is getting head by a old Asian women and her daughter ina hottub please help I thinka character is named chad or chazz not sure!!!!!
openlack of page for Detroit? Film
Why has there not been a trope page for the summer 2017 film Detroit?
open lack of page for Detroit? Film
Why has there not been a trope page for the summer 2017 film Detroit?
open What's this tv show called? Film
Okay so there was this the show on Hulu probably around 2012, give or take. And it was about this family, three children (that were adults) two brothers and a sister. And they move back to their home town because the dad died. Now the sister was an actress and on of the brothers was a lawyer(I think) and the other brother wasnt much with his life. Now the cover so to speak was all three of them in red, blue, and yellow. Can anyone remember this shows name? I think it was cancelled but it's been bugging me for so long
open TV SERIES Film
Hi there im looking for a series where people live like in the movie (In Tme), wealthy people live inside the walls and the poor live outside, the rich people like to take beautifull girls from the poor and make them prostitutes inside the wall ,then there is this dude that want his women back, he make fake i.d's and get in the walls looking for his women. I DONT REMEMBER ANYMORE PLZ HELP.
open Tv series or tv movie Film
A native american girl is kidnapped from her village. Ends up in France, used as live exhibition. Returns to canada to find that nobody left in her old village

I found this really good entry on the Villains Wiki describing the Big Bad's motives and methods, but I'm not entirely sure how to put it all into words, or which tropes to apply. Here's the link, by the way: [1]