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<blockquote data-quote="Li Shenron" data-source="post: 8077071" data-attributes="member: 1465">Honestly, not a fan.Maybe I have already watched too many movies where the villain offers someone no good choices, like &quot;I'll either kill your mama or your dad, you choose&quot;. What is the villain's purpose? To make the victim feel responsible of a murder, where the simple reality is that the murderer and sole responsible is the villain, who is the one who is choosing to kill someone without nobody forcing him.I have grown tired by this cliche, and yet it's still going strong (just watched another movie on Netflix about people being forced to choose who dies). What exactly does this scenario &quot;teaches&quot; to the audience? That villains always win, so maybe you should consider becoming one? That real life will give you hard choices so you better prepare and decide whose lives are more expendable?No thanks. I'd rather spread the example that hope is always worth, and that there is always a way out. Because if you ever end up being in a no-escape situation, &quot;preparing&quot; yourself to it will not turn it into an escapable one... but getting used to the idea that &quot;sacrificing someone may be inevitable&quot; can make you insensitive about someone doing it when it is in fact far from necessary.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Li Shenron, post: 8077071, member: 1465"] Honestly, not a fan. Maybe I have already watched too many movies where the villain offers someone no good choices, like "I'll either kill your mama or your dad, you choose". What is the villain's purpose? To make the victim feel responsible of a murder, where the simple reality is that the murderer and sole responsible is the villain, who is the one who is choosing to kill someone without nobody forcing him. I have grown tired by this cliche, and yet it's still going strong (just watched another movie on Netflix about people being forced to choose who dies). What exactly does this scenario "teaches" to the audience? That villains always win, so maybe you should consider becoming one? That real life will give you hard choices so you better prepare and decide whose lives are more expendable? No thanks. I'd rather spread the example that hope is always worth, and that there is always a way out. Because if you ever end up being in a no-escape situation, "preparing" yourself to it will not turn it into an escapable one... but getting used to the idea that "sacrificing someone may be inevitable" can make you insensitive about someone doing it when it is in fact far from necessary. [/QUOTE]

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