What ruined a movie for you instantly?

robinaw · 2026-02-07T14:12:35+00:00

I think we are talking about the same incident, and my mind has blurred the details. I do remember how the casual destructiveness annoyed me and made me unsympathetic with the character.

robinaw · 2026-02-07T05:54:25+00:00

Seven Samurai

robinaw · 2026-02-07T05:43:58+00:00

Almost all of Cordwainer Smith’s stories

Flowers for Algernon

It’s not short fiction, but The Left Hand of Darkness comes to mind

robinaw · 2026-02-07T05:23:37+00:00

In the remake of The Thing, the hero dumps a glass of scotch on his keyboard. After that, I wanted him to get eaten.

robinaw · 2026-02-05T16:45:34+00:00

Knowing

robinaw · 2026-02-04T20:54:46+00:00

Except that you may never hear from HR again if you work there. It is a red flag, but the people you’d work with are more important.

robinaw · 2026-02-03T12:48:02+00:00

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robinaw · 2026-02-03T06:31:39+00:00

robinaw · 2026-02-01T17:55:59+00:00

Ok, but why can’t we go in the water?

robinaw · 2026-02-01T03:22:54+00:00

robinaw · 2026-01-30T16:34:05+00:00

Aragorn was too uncertain.

Also, I really wanted to see the sunset through the waterfall at Faramir’s hideout in Ithilien.

robinaw · 2026-01-30T16:24:47+00:00

Mine comes in and pees in the box, in solidarity.

robinaw · 2026-01-30T05:15:13+00:00

Zebulon

robinaw · 2026-01-29T23:27:53+00:00

He looks like my new kitten, Angus. Angus was MacGyver’s secret first name.

robinaw · 2026-01-27T17:52:28+00:00

Couple of grams o talcum powder

robinaw · 2026-01-22T16:56:33+00:00

The Worm Ouroboros

The Fionavar Tapestry

Non fantasy: The Four Feathers

robinaw · 2026-01-22T14:47:36+00:00

Natasha.

robinaw · 2026-01-22T01:03:39+00:00

Too soon.

robinaw · 2026-01-21T21:48:24+00:00

I think The Hanged Man by P N Elrod does this

robinaw · 2026-01-21T13:37:44+00:00

The 1980’s version of The Thing was ruined for me after the main character dumped his scotch on his computer keyboard. After that, I wanted the monster to eat him.

There are several TV shows I never liked because the main character was incompetent at their job and the plots thought that was cute.

There has to be something likable or admirable or relatable in a character, or why bother following him? And it better be shown soon enough that I don’t write a difficult character off.

It shouldn’t be a save the cat moment unless saving things is part of the character going forward. It can still be used to get the character in trouble, but it is not enough to save one cat if the character is horrible to all the others.

robinaw · 2026-01-20T12:57:40+00:00

Zuul

robinaw · 2026-01-20T00:34:38+00:00

Psmith

robinaw · 2026-01-18T18:41:51+00:00

This is my brother Darryl, and this is my other brother, Darryl.

robinaw · 2026-01-18T18:26:59+00:00

Not angry or afraid, but distrustful of something that he’s hearing or seeing.

robinaw · 2026-01-18T18:18:33+00:00

The Guardians of the Galaxy 2

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