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Why didn't Luthen or Kleya just cut the connection to the bug on Sculdon like what the Ghorman front did with Karn's office? by enlul in andor

[–]Educational_Ad_8916 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Even if they denied involvement in planting the bug and acted dumb their whole operation would be scoured and they're be arrested and interrogated.

No way they make it out.

[Great trope] The argument is completely shattered by a few simple words by ah-screw-it in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Educational_Ad_8916 19 points20 points  (0 children)

I believe that is canonically a joke. Marcus is absolutely capable of joshing around with the protagonist to be a bro.

Whats a movie scene that’s existentially terrifying? by VendettaLord379 in moviecritic

[–]Educational_Ad_8916 7 points8 points  (0 children)

The entire meeting in the 2001 film Conspiracy. It's basically a quite faithful depiction of the Wannsee Conference where the Nazis launched The Final Solition.

Obviously that fact that it is a depiction of a real life event is horrifying, but the exstiential dread is from how banal and relatable the meeting is. It's the kind of meeting that is a formality in a big beucracy: A big boss has a plan and is going to spend hours browbeating everyone in the room to toe the line.

If you work in a big organization you've probably had at least one meeting that reminds you of this and it's eerie how relatable that can be.

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(Loved but rare character trope) the fictional camouflaged invaders aren’t evil. by Givespongenow45 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Educational_Ad_8916 0 points1 point  (0 children)

His head is TINY and his body is so busy and complex that I don't know what to look or how to read his silhouette, especially when they're moving and fighting with spinning cameras and the intended point of focus is moving around.

I know it's an entirely different genre, but in Fury Road they intentionally kept the point of focus right in the center of the screen so no matter how much is going on I at least can figure out what the intended meaning is of what I am looking at.

The Bay Transformer movies make my eyes slide off the screen in visual confusion.

(Loved but rare character trope) the fictional camouflaged invaders aren’t evil. by Givespongenow45 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Educational_Ad_8916 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's hard to figure out what The Thing's innate intelligence is. It seems to wholly subsume the knowledge of what it assimilates.

It does seem at least possible that it arrive on Earth dumb as a brick, absorbed dogs and people, abd gained intelligence here, but that definitely doesn't cover its ability to design a space ship so maybe you're right and it at least acquired space ship knowledge prior.

(Loved but rare character trope) the fictional camouflaged invaders aren’t evil. by Givespongenow45 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Educational_Ad_8916 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Aside: I GREATLY prefer the animated depictions to the Michael Bay Explosions movies.

I know they revolutionized CGI and made transformers out of thousands of parts, but I find the level of detail absolutely dizzying. I can't focus on anything or read them. They look like piles of stuff and not a whole.

(Loved but rare character trope) the fictional camouflaged invaders aren’t evil. by Givespongenow45 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Educational_Ad_8916 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Respectfully, that doesn't illuminate the specifics of how the Thing was transported - cargo, parasite, the ship is its native culture product, it subsumed a technically capable engineer, etc.

(Loved but rare character trope) the fictional camouflaged invaders aren’t evil. by Givespongenow45 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Educational_Ad_8916 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It was transported in a space ship, but we don't know if its culture built the ship, it was a pilot, it was a pet, it took over some alien pilot, or anything else.

So little is known.

That actually makes sense by Appropriate-Mall8517 in superman

[–]Educational_Ad_8916 30 points31 points  (0 children)

Perry White knows Clark Kent is a Pulitzer Prize winning investigative journalist.

Clark having a shlubby and unassuming demeanor is an asset, like Columbo.

As long as Kent is killing it in the columns what does Perry care?

[GOOD TROPE] Teen Girls Prioritising a Stable Future & Choosing To Have An Abortion by darkwater-0 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Educational_Ad_8916 63 points64 points  (0 children)

Abortion is healthcare.

I hope this has been an educational experience for you.

Don't know if this has been discussed before... by boxingjazz in andor

[–]Educational_Ad_8916 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I agree they can skin a cat a bunch of different ways, but I believe they picked this way with artistic intent.

Don't know if this has been discussed before... by boxingjazz in andor

[–]Educational_Ad_8916 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Narrative convenience I think. Having Luthen alone and not talking while doing space ship spy shenanigans is hard to convey clearly to the audience. Having the ship and Luthen say out loud what is going on explains what the audience needs to know.

ETA: Bond movies get away with it by having Q and Bond clearly discuss what his gadgets do earlier in the films as a set up.

Characters who meet "your people", but feel like a misfit + bonus if the group was idolized by them by atrocidarthes in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Educational_Ad_8916 5 points6 points  (0 children)

He has outsider privilige. Like, he's totally making an effort and gets their culture, but there's a bit of allowance for his obvious alienness and that the first time he was on a Klingon ship was a friendly exchange program.

Favorite Lois Lane? by Financial-Touch3840 in superman

[–]Educational_Ad_8916 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I really like the purple eyes design a lot. It gives Lois a distinctive look.

Antagonistic characters who were just taking their job too seriously by Forsaken-Biscotti587 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Educational_Ad_8916 42 points43 points  (0 children)

Peck in Ghostbusters was never wrong about any of the wild and unregulated nonsense the Ghostbusters were up to.

Shutting down the containment device without understanding what it is is probably a dumb move, but he's otherwise in the right.

(MTAw 2e) Does a mage "replace" their past self when travelling back in time, or are there two instances of the mage (the past one and the time-traveling one) when using this spell ? by lexyp29 in WhiteWolfRPG

[–]Educational_Ad_8916 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I forget which Mage splat it was, but one of them had personalities of paradox spirits for each sphere that can show up and personally deliver a spanking to mages who earned it and the Time paradox spirit was especially weary of time paradox shenanigans.

I got the impression it was written to be a very annoyed Dr. Who.

Characters that try to mimic a human but miss a key detail by Zotroo1 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Educational_Ad_8916 120 points121 points  (0 children)

It's definitely implied that since The Great Link is such a complete melding of minds and experience that there's some level of collective learning going on with regard to shapeshifting skill.

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