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[RangerWickett]

Imagine how much more boring life would be without some of these cliches.

Sitcom:
Bob accidentally drops the fishbowl into the toilet, flushes the fish. He goes to Sam and says, "I'm sorry, but I accidentally flushed your fish. I was going to buy a new one and pretend that I hadn't done anything, but my conscience told me what was right."


Cop Movie:
Evil White South African Diplomat: "Ha, I'm evil and in charge of a bad organization. I have all the proof you'd ever need to stop my entire organization and save hundreds of lives, but you can't because I'm a white South African diplomat."

Mel Gibson: *shoots EWSAD* "I'll go to jail, but you probably would've killed a cute girl I would've fallen in love with anyway, so I say it's a fair trade. And this way I get beaten up a lot less in the process by your thugs."


Romantic Comedy:
Man: "I think you're pretty and smart, and though we have little in common, we'd be a cute couple."
Woman: "You're right. Let's kiss."

(or heck, anyone's love life, and feel free to reverse the man/woman roles)
Man: "I like you, and enjoy spending time with you. You're not dating anyone else right now, and I'm a nice guy who will care about you."
Woman: "You make a good case for yourself, and I'm willing to overlook your various foibles. Let's date for a while, because it's better than me going after some guy who won't pay attention to me at all."

 

[Moe Ronalds]

If you're interested in seeing gaming cliches, www.rpg.net has over 20 threads dedicated to listing the various cliches of a genre, and then providing twists for said cliche.

 

[TiQuinn]

I always thought that a REALLY scary ending for a horror movie would be after the hero has killed the unstoppable axe-wielding maniac/normal guy turned killer thanks to demonic posession/alien entity that takes over peoples minds and replaces them with emotionless duplicates, he gives his girlfriend a great big hug and sigh of relief, but then looks at the camera with a real creepy, evil wide-eyed look. Cause that way we'll know that he really didn't win in the end and now he's ONE OF THEM (tm). Yeah, that'd be REALLY scary way to end a movie and no one would see it coming either!

 

[Heathen72]

Cliche? But I'll be friends with anybody...

I always thought that a REALLY scary ending for a horror movie would be Yeah, that'd be REALLY scary way to end a movie and no one would see it coming either!

Yes. extremely scary. In fact I am horrified by the thought that the next horror film I see could well end this way

If you're interested in seeing gaming cliches, www.rpg.net has over 20 threads dedicated to listing the various cliches of a genre, and then providing twists for said cliche.

So what you're saying, Moe, is that a thread discussing RPG cliches is, in fact a cliche?

 

[Nifelhein]

I always thought that a REALLY scary ending for a horror movie would be after the hero has killed the unstoppable axe-wielding maniac/normal guy turned killer thanks to demonic posession/alien entity that takes over peoples minds and replaces them with emotionless duplicates, he gives his girlfriend a great big hug and sigh of relief, but then looks at the camera with a real creepy, evil wide-eyed look. Cause that way we'll know that he really didn't win in the end and now he's ONE OF THEM (tm). Yeah, that'd be REALLY scary way to end a movie and no one would see it coming either!

Isn't that the way the movie Experience 2 (or Mutation) ends?

I just remember the name in portuguese, but the movie has a beatiful blond that is a clone of an alien (from the first movie). The first movie ends with a rat eating another.

 

[babomb]

Isn't that the way the movie Experience 2 (or Mutation) ends?

I just remember the name in portuguese, but the movie has a beatiful blond that is a clone of an alien (from the first movie). The first movie ends with a rat eating another.

I think that's <i>Species</i>.

 

[Joshua Randall]

I always thought a neat twist would be:

Good Guy has defeated Bad Guy and is pointing gun at him.
Bad Guy: "If you shoot, you'll be no different than me! Bwahaha!"
Good Guy: "Wrong. We will be different." *pulls trigger* "You'll be dead."

 

[Joshua Randall]

Double post.

 

[Trainz]

I always thought a neat twist would be:

Good Guy has defeated Bad Guy and is pointing gun at him.
Bad Guy: "If you shoot, you'll be no different than me! Bwahaha!"
Good Guy: "Wrong. We will be different." *pulls trigger* "You'll be dead."

You would get a standing ovation from me, that's for sure.

What I can't stand anymore is comedies that have a sweet cheezy ending. THIS really makes me vomit. I saw Anger Management last night with my SO, and thought it was hilarious. Jack really delivers. But then, in the end, there is the "Please honey, give me one more chance, I love you" moment that feels worst than a trip to the dentist. While watching that my SO was patting my arm saying "Come on, come on... it'll be over soon".

Like the second Charlie's Angels movie. I wanted to throw my drink at the screen. You know, when Barrimore tells her speach about friendship with the BBEG... *blargh*

 

[Henry]

Moved to Movies and TV.