Comment on What's one cliche "Moral of the story" in media that you hate more than anything else?
RoidingOldMan@lemmy.world 4 days ago
So tired of seeing revenge killing movies in Hollywood. As long as someone is truly evil and does something unforgivable in the 1st act, the “hero” is then justified in slaughtering like 100+ random people in a dark hallway in the 2nd act. I think it’s the only sort of violence we’re okay with anymore. Any other type of violence people might have a problem, but because it’s done in the name of revenge for a dead wife/dog/kidnapped daughter, that’s now been whitewashed as “good wholesome revenge killing.” Or something.
Kind of related, the stories where the protagonist slaughters dozens of people just to get to the antagonist and then let them live because they had a change of heart.
Like bro, you just killed 50 people to get to this guy and now you’re just gonna change your mind at the last minute?!? The proles can’t even catch a break in hero stories.
The Last of Us 2 Could’ve been good, but they did this and tried to have the “killing is bad actually” moral at the same time and pissed everyone off.
schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works 4 days ago
Is it better when the hero decides at the last minute to spare the life of the villain so they “don’t become like them” or is it worse?
kamenlady@lemmy.world 4 days ago
If the hero also spares the life of the 100+ randoms, it’s better.
But killing them and sparing the life of the super evil villain, is much much worse.
At least in my opinion.
schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works 4 days ago
Thank you! Henching is an undeservedly maligned profession.
Bongles@lemmy.zip 4 days ago
I wouldn’t mind seeing a take on it, where the 100+ are at least arguably spared and the villain is actually killed at the end, completing the revenge. At least once.