Time you rooted for the antagonist
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Fable 3... well, for the beginning anyway. I blame that on having a thing for Michael Fassbender though. And a little bit in Assassin's Creed 1, not 2 or Brotherhood though. That I blame on being a Templar enthusiast.
Oh, and Avatar, but I've very much been beaten to the punch on that.
Oh, and Avatar, but I've very much been beaten to the punch on that.
The arishok in DA2, usually Aizen in bleach, the seraphim in SC:FA, Kira, Apocalypse and Mr Sinister (if it wasn't already obvious by my avatar) from marvel, vegeta, the empire, andrew ryan
even if i'm not rooting for them, i'll often agree with their philosophy
even if i'm not rooting for them, i'll often agree with their philosophy
Pretty much any antagonist of any Resident Evil game. Apart from Spencer, who was a dick and deserved to be punched through his chest by Wesky.
The villains are just much more fun and relatable than the personality-free protagonists.
Also since it's so cartoonish, I don't feel bad for rooting for the bioweapons massproducing evil corporation employees.
Also I tend to root for mad/evil/morally questionable scientists, Doc Ock, Herbert West, Frankenstein, Dr.Kurama(Elden Lied might have had many flaws, but it had some pretty awesome characters)...
The villains are just much more fun and relatable than the personality-free protagonists.
Also since it's so cartoonish, I don't feel bad for rooting for the bioweapons massproducing evil corporation employees.
Also I tend to root for mad/evil/morally questionable scientists, Doc Ock, Herbert West, Frankenstein, Dr.Kurama(Elden Lied might have had many flaws, but it had some pretty awesome characters)...
Not sure if this counts, back when i used to watch Wrestling, i'd root for William Regal, he was a Heel and was always treated like a second or third teir character.
Also Dr. Robotnik, if you ever saw the 90's sonic cartoons and Sonic's "hip-rad attitude" you'd want to re-populate that entire planet with robots too.
Also Dr. Robotnik, if you ever saw the 90's sonic cartoons and Sonic's "hip-rad attitude" you'd want to re-populate that entire planet with robots too.
º Diablo in Diablo II.
One of my big problems with Diablo II is that Diablo is the only character given even a modicum of development or motivation. He has a prison to escape, a Hell to resume managing, and a world to conquer. The player character is there for ... money? Maybe? Being that each of the player characters can only muster a single line of dialogue between each act and after each boss fight and has absolutely no backstory to speak of, I can't say I was ever too attached to any of them.
A few others, so that I don't write a huge rant about how overrated and awful Diablo II is....
º Doctor Carter in Surrogates and the Cylons in Battlestar Galactica (reimagined)
I hate it when a story arc turns into a "TECHNOLOGY BAD!" rant, so when Surrogates started down that path, the film got frustrating for me. By the end of the movie, I wanted Bruce Willis and his whole "Surrogacy must be stopped!" posse to eat a very large bullet. Likewise with the very last episode of BSG. During that last bit of the final episode, where the writers flipped their lids and suggested that we, the humans of the nonfictional world, should fear all forms of robotics, I found myself retroactively siding with the Cylons (or it would have been retroactive, if not for below).
º The Cylons in Battlestar Galactica (reimagined, again) and the Shivans in FreeSpace 2
Two different series, but much same reason. The humans in BSG and the GTVA in FS2 were both totally out-matched by their opposition. I don't think they should have gone down without a fight in either case, but in both cases, the final outcome felt forced. FS2 did better than BSG in this regard, as the desperate last ploy of the GTVA had some basis in how the FreeSpace universe worked. BSG just kind of threw in a super-centralized Cylon hub that was so super-duper-important to the Cylons that it never got mentioned by any of them even once in the previous four seasons, and the impossible-to-win suicide attack against said hub, by a rickety, frail-as-an-autumn leaf, understaffed Battlestar just happened to work out. That stank of a, "Let's wrap this up quickly--oh, and the humans have to win." Such a black mark on an otherwise excellent series....
º The Tank in Civilization I through IV
There's a running joke about the first four Civ games, regarding the ability of the random number generator to allow a Bronze Age spearman to beat a modern tank. Personally, I root for the tank, even when it's my spearman.
One of my big problems with Diablo II is that Diablo is the only character given even a modicum of development or motivation. He has a prison to escape, a Hell to resume managing, and a world to conquer. The player character is there for ... money? Maybe? Being that each of the player characters can only muster a single line of dialogue between each act and after each boss fight and has absolutely no backstory to speak of, I can't say I was ever too attached to any of them.
A few others, so that I don't write a huge rant about how overrated and awful Diablo II is....
º Doctor Carter in Surrogates and the Cylons in Battlestar Galactica (reimagined)
I hate it when a story arc turns into a "TECHNOLOGY BAD!" rant, so when Surrogates started down that path, the film got frustrating for me. By the end of the movie, I wanted Bruce Willis and his whole "Surrogacy must be stopped!" posse to eat a very large bullet. Likewise with the very last episode of BSG. During that last bit of the final episode, where the writers flipped their lids and suggested that we, the humans of the nonfictional world, should fear all forms of robotics, I found myself retroactively siding with the Cylons (or it would have been retroactive, if not for below).
º The Cylons in Battlestar Galactica (reimagined, again) and the Shivans in FreeSpace 2
Two different series, but much same reason. The humans in BSG and the GTVA in FS2 were both totally out-matched by their opposition. I don't think they should have gone down without a fight in either case, but in both cases, the final outcome felt forced. FS2 did better than BSG in this regard, as the desperate last ploy of the GTVA had some basis in how the FreeSpace universe worked. BSG just kind of threw in a super-centralized Cylon hub that was so super-duper-important to the Cylons that it never got mentioned by any of them even once in the previous four seasons, and the impossible-to-win suicide attack against said hub, by a rickety, frail-as-an-autumn leaf, understaffed Battlestar just happened to work out. That stank of a, "Let's wrap this up quickly--oh, and the humans have to win." Such a black mark on an otherwise excellent series....
º The Tank in Civilization I through IV
There's a running joke about the first four Civ games, regarding the ability of the random number generator to allow a Bronze Age spearman to beat a modern tank. Personally, I root for the tank, even when it's my spearman.
I always rooted for Jigsaw in the Saw films... but then, I think you were meant to in a deranged way. Maybe it was the 'revelation' music that always played when his awesomeness was being revealed to the cast who thought they had won the game only seconds earlier.
Also Sylar from Heroes. Had quite the man-crush on him
Also Sylar from Heroes. Had quite the man-crush on him
The Arishok in DA2. I found I agreed with him about nearly everything, I would have handed Kirkwall to him on a silver platter but the game wouldn't let you.
Geth, in MEverse. They have the tragic robot origin story, they only fought back to escape annihalation.
Geth, in MEverse. They have the tragic robot origin story, they only fought back to escape annihalation.
Then they get manipulated by Saren and Soverign, and I spend all game blowing them up.
Then I find out how they were manipulated, and all they want to do is have an equal chance in the universe, and that all species should be allowed to self-determinate, and I can't help but take their side.
Of course, I also want to side with the Quarians as well, so this makes for some fun when Tali and Legion get togethor...
Then I find out how they were manipulated, and all they want to do is have an equal chance in the universe, and that all species should be allowed to self-determinate, and I can't help but take their side.
Of course, I also want to side with the Quarians as well, so this makes for some fun when Tali and Legion get togethor...
Star Wars (Darth Vader)
Quantum of Solace (Mostly because I hate the blond Bond)
.... Not sure if it counts but I rooted for death in Marley & Me
And I rooted for the police and that Dark Knight fellow in Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Quantum of Solace (Mostly because I hate the blond Bond)
.... Not sure if it counts but I rooted for death in Marley & Me
And I rooted for the police and that Dark Knight fellow in Monty Python and the Holy Grail
The Movie: Miracle at St Anna.
About italy in world war 2 and a company of black soldiers where you see the nazis terrorize the local population and the racism the white officers put the black soldiers through. Sounds like the recipe for a potentially good movie that has an engaging story?
Well I've never rooted so much for the nazis in my entire life.(meaning it was first time ever)
The problem I find is the supersticious crap they put into the movie like the italian boy who sees people who aren't there and whatnot. And it's long.. 2 hours and 40 minutes.
I wanted to throw things at the screen.
About italy in world war 2 and a company of black soldiers where you see the nazis terrorize the local population and the racism the white officers put the black soldiers through. Sounds like the recipe for a potentially good movie that has an engaging story?
Well I've never rooted so much for the nazis in my entire life.(meaning it was first time ever)
The problem I find is the supersticious crap they put into the movie like the italian boy who sees people who aren't there and whatnot. And it's long.. 2 hours and 40 minutes.
I wanted to throw things at the screen.
Usually in JRPGs I find myself rooting for the villains. Usually bcause they always seem better developed than the protagonists (one exception being in Valkyria Chronicles). Also I loved Jack of Blades in Fable TLC (The Lost Chapters, not tender loving care -_-)
I often feel sympathetic towards the generic enemies in games, whether they be Russians or Nazis in Call of Duty, or random guards in Splinter Cell Conviction. Do they want to be fighting me? Is it their choice? Do they have a family?
I'm incredibly logical. I always look at both sides of something.
For example, I don't consider Nazis to be the Ultimate Villain, because I have historical knowledge about the Second World War. Many people didn't join the National Socialist Party because they fully agreed with them, but because they had to to keep their jobs. People were conscripted to fight.
So yeah... I sympathise with most villains.
I'm incredibly logical. I always look at both sides of something.
For example, I don't consider Nazis to be the Ultimate Villain, because I have historical knowledge about the Second World War. Many people didn't join the National Socialist Party because they fully agreed with them, but because they had to to keep their jobs. People were conscripted to fight.
So yeah... I sympathise with most villains.
It's not really a specific antagonist, but the Land Before Time series always left me hoping the asteroid would hurry up and get here already.
Right? About what? They wanted to displace the smurfs first by giving them shit, and when they didn't want it they had to do it by force. It was obvious that they were not 'in the right', at all...TacticalAssassin1 said:
James Cameron just wanted them, the PMC army, to be dicks with zero redeeming qualities. And he suceeded.
I agree the movie was heavy handed as fuck thus actually making me root for the bad guys, but in no way did I ever get the idea that they were 'in the right', not at all... ...but they were killing smurfs, though, and being overall nasty jerks, just like I like it.
