the sword is the holy weapon, why not a bloodly axe, mace, frail, spear, greathammer, or something other then a sword, really why the sword get so much loving its annoying...
Cliches that you hate with a passion.
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Probably because it can look like a cross, and the act of looking like a cross makes it seem more 'holy' than other weapons.Orks da best said:
Let's see, my most detested cliche...
"A powerful, almost-invincible enemy is brought down by the hero."
Well, so much for being fucking almost-invincible...
My avatar wants a word with you!Patinator said:
Everything this piece of crap was... talk about killing part of my childhood. Granted the scene with the Stygian witchs was pretty good and Liam Neeson as Zeus is something I could proberly believe to be actual fact, the rest of the film was just so... CLICHE!!!
Io is proberly my most hated character in modern film. Christ everything about her was just awful and no one seemed bothered!!!
Yet ironically they had no problem killing all of the henchmen before the main villain. That cliche pisses me off too.Hazy said:
The obligatory love interest.
Almost every fucking movie has one. ALWAYS. and it is always a thinly masked and banal relationship, unless its the focus of the movie, and even then it can be questionable.
not every movie/videogame/ story in general needs a damn love interest for the main characters! Its like the kiss scene most every movie has. It adds nothing to the plot or the characters and is inconsequential for the most part and I despise it when some vapid romantic subplot which had no firm position in the characters motivations or the general plot somehow dictates the actions of the main characters. It just doesn't need to be there!
Is there no better character motivation for writers to come up with other than "he/she loves her/him so thats why they are doing thus and such"?
Almost every fucking movie has one. ALWAYS. and it is always a thinly masked and banal relationship, unless its the focus of the movie, and even then it can be questionable.
not every movie/videogame/ story in general needs a damn love interest for the main characters! Its like the kiss scene most every movie has. It adds nothing to the plot or the characters and is inconsequential for the most part and I despise it when some vapid romantic subplot which had no firm position in the characters motivations or the general plot somehow dictates the actions of the main characters. It just doesn't need to be there!
Is there no better character motivation for writers to come up with other than "he/she loves her/him so thats why they are doing thus and such"?
THIS THIS THIS THISHazy said:"We can't kill him, then we're no better than they are!"
Or someone feeling deep regret for killing a baddie.
These are great, so I'll add one of mine:
"Demon lord is super smart, powerful, and experienced, yet doesn't realize his inventory is crap." There's a reason we've designed weapons/armor to be a certain way, and there's no good reason why a powerful character can't think the same.
Also, any helmets that have horns on them. No, vikings didn't wear horns, that's a myth. Here's what an actual viking helmet looked like:
"Demon lord is super smart, powerful, and experienced, yet doesn't realize his inventory is crap." There's a reason we've designed weapons/armor to be a certain way, and there's no good reason why a powerful character can't think the same.
Also, any helmets that have horns on them. No, vikings didn't wear horns, that's a myth. Here's what an actual viking helmet looked like:
A sequel or prequel uses a well known line just so fans can go "aahh awesome! a shout out to the series, coooolzzz." It has really started bugging me ever since I saw Rise of The Planet of The Apes.
Stupid douche bag kid is about to get his shit wrecked by Caesar. He just has to say "get off me you damn dirty ape!" I'm like "wtf..." it sounded so forced I nearly got up and left the movie theater. Good thing everything else about the movie was awesome. There is no way that fucking kid would say damn dirty ape, it would be more like get off me dammit!!! or something else. That line just... it doesn't sound like he would of said it.
The good guys infiltrating an enemy base flawlessly by putting on the guards' uniforms. So overused.
Let's see, any movie that follows the Campbellian Hero pattern, while inadvertently ripping off Star Wars by accident.
But Samurai quick drawing is what they did, it was pretty much how they dealt with anyone who threatened there master.Patinator said:
It was the most efficient way to dispatch of someone in the quickest way possible.
*bullet flies past*DarthRiko said:
"now suddenly it's too loud... I liked it better when it was quiet"
Related: "Love conquers all!"PunkRex said:
Yeah, it's supposed to be optimistic, but it might be less disappointing when it proves untrue for someone if they'd stop cramming it down our throats at every single opportunity.
"And it will taste of PURE EVIIIIIIL! Which taste like Red Bull, which is disgusting!"Ragnarok185 said:
And now, Protagonist, I, the Antagonist! Shall kill you with this very slow moving death machine instead of just shooting you in the head thereby giving you and your friends time to escape from the machine with some deus ex machina item. But first, I am going to have a little chat for, oh, I don't know, just about as much time it would take for your other friends to find you and help you.