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10 Cinematic Clich - residentialevil - 02-08-2009
Awesome list. FB&HW need to go over this list.
http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jhudnall/2009/01/20/10-cliches-that-must-die/
10 Cinematic Clich - doktor - 02-08-2009
Actually those 10 cliches are awesome, Eff that guy.
10 Cinematic Clich - -Jiggy- - 02-08-2009
While were doing top 10 lists I figured I would throw this one in the mix:
http://www.cracked.com/article_14932_top-10-secret-celebrity-scientologists.html
10 Cinematic Clich - hotzester - 02-08-2009
Wow, that list DOES suck. Every single one of those character types represent an inner conflict within each of them. Conflict is the foundation of any plot. If you remove the conflict, you're left with no story.
10 Cinematic Clich - Allyson - 02-08-2009
I like the Scientology list better. Though it did depress me to see Leah Remini on there. She's like the celebrity version of me.
10 Cinematic Clich - linzi - 02-08-2009
Cracked is an awesome website and I don't have a top 10, but how about a funny top 7.....well, here you go.
http://www.cracked.com/article_17031_7-people-who-never-gave-up-but-absolutely-should-have.html
10 Cinematic Clich - -Jiggy- - 02-08-2009
your momma Wrote:Cracked is an awesome website and I don't have a top 10, but how about a funny top 7.....well, here you go.Awesome list. I never heard the story about the Japanese dude, so funny.
http://www.cracked.com/article_17031_7-people-who-never-gave-up-but-absolutely-should-have.html
10 Cinematic Clich - dingdongyo - 02-09-2009
one plotline that has been overplayed is the "revenge for the murdered family member" routine. it doesn't motivate me to watch anymore.
10 Cinematic Clich - whatwouldzappasay - 02-09-2009
I thought the list was very amusing. I'm so tired of "formula" movies and TV. Which, is most all of it. The stupid husband, the nagging wife, the sassy kids, the sexy neighbor, the wise neighbor. Not much like real life.
I do however love lists like this. This is one I found eons ago, maybe some of you have seen it. It's called:
The Top Rejected Childrens Book Titles:
You Are Different and That's Bad
The Boy Who Died From Eating All His Vegetables
Dad's New Wife Robert
Fun Four-Letter Words to Know and Share
Hammers, Screwdrivers and Scissors: An I-Can-Do-It Book
The Kids' Guide to Hitchhiking.
Curious George and the High-Voltage Fence
All Cats Go to Hell
The Little Sissy Who Snitched
Some Puppies Can Fly
That's it, I'm Putting You Up for Adoption
Grandpa Gets a Casket
The Magic World Inside the Abandoned Refrigerator
Garfield Gets Feline Leukemia
The Pop-Up Book of Human Anatomy
Strangers Have the Best Candy
Whining, Kicking and Crying to Get Your Way
You Were an Accident
Things Rich Kids Have, But You Never Will
Pop! Goes The Hamster...And Other Great Microwave Games
The Man in the Moon Is Actually Satan
Your Nightmares Are Real
Where Would You Like to Be Buried?
Eggs, Toilet Paper, and Your School
Why Can't Mr. Fork and Ms. Electrical Outlet Be Friends?
Places Where Mommy and Daddy Hide Neat Things
Daddy Drinks Because You Cry
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I especially love the last one.
10 Cinematic Clich - hotzester - 02-09-2009
The reality of screenwriting is that every single plot is essentially a revision to Homer's "The Odyssey" or "The Iliad". I don't care which movie you're watching, it's not original, as it's simply a re-write of one or both.
10 Cinematic Clich - doktor - 02-10-2009
Even The Terminator?
10 Cinematic Clich - Mark the Valet - 02-10-2009
ESPECIALLY The Terminator.
10 Cinematic Clich - doktor - 02-10-2009
I don't recall time travelling robots in either of those ancient stories.
10 Cinematic Clich - -Jiggy- - 02-10-2009
Doktor Wrote:I don't recall time travelling robots in either of those ancient stories.*Tommy Chong voice*
You gotta read between the lines mannnn. It'll hit you in the face if you're paying attention.
10 Cinematic Clich - hotzester - 02-10-2009
Robots aren't a plot. They're characters acting out a plot. If you analyze the root plot of Terminator, I guarantee you'll see Homer in there.
10 Cinematic Clich - linzi - 02-10-2009
HOMER SIMPSON was in the Terminator?!
10 Cinematic Clich - hotzester - 02-10-2009
Oddly, as I was explaining it, I wondered who it would be that posted a Simpson's reference....
10 Cinematic Clich - doktor - 02-10-2009
Ok so...
The Future is a terrible place, the human resistance is actually gaining some footing so the Robots decide to kill the leader before he was born. Time Travel.
Also, what elements from the Odyssey can you pick from say...Dumbo?
10 Cinematic Clich - linzi - 02-10-2009
hotzester Wrote:Oddly, as I was explaining it, I wondered who it would be that posted a Simpson's reference....
It was MEEEEEEE!!!! I had to do it. Couldn't be helped. 8-)
10 Cinematic Clich - hotzester - 02-12-2009
Quote:Also, what elements from the Odyssey can you pick from say...Dumbo?
You're going to have to try harder from that. Let me quote TV writer and author Larry Brody, to give a quick synopsis of The Odyssey:
Quote:"...man against the gods who falls out of one trap and into another while lovers, partners in life, struggle to be reunited."
Plot of Dumbo: Dumbo's mom gets angry at the other animals for teasing her son, and she is separated from Dumbo (a fall out from gods). Dumbo (Odysseus) and his partner in life (Mrs. Jumbo) struggle to be reunited.
Obviously this is a Readers' Digest version of both plots. There's no way I could summarize The Odyssey and retain a forum-friendly length.