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<blockquote data-quote="Thotas" data-source="post: 1972386" data-attributes="member: 18974"><p>Here's mine: the Obligatory Captive Escape Attempt.&nbsp; It seems that if you have anyone detained by anyone else (other than sometimes the police or such), and there is some hero-type coming to rescue them, it is not permissable to have that person sit tight with help on the way.&nbsp; Either the captive will escape, and just as they're about to leave the site of their captivity find the hero and become co-hero, or they will be foiled by bad luck at the last moment ... but the scene is still required.&nbsp; Because either of these scenes prevents the captive from being a victim, you see, and in Political Correctness Land we have to make sure that every one is always shown to be empowered.&nbsp; Because if one individual is shown as being unable to escape when shackled, sedated and kept behind titanium bars, it would indicate that everyone who fits any demographic category that person belongs to is lesser than those who don't fit the demographic.&nbsp; The requirement of this scene is predictable, boring, and adds 10 minutes to a movie that was probably too long already.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Thotas, post: 1972386, member: 18974"] Here's mine: the Obligatory Captive Escape Attempt. It seems that if you have anyone detained by anyone else (other than sometimes the police or such), and there is some hero-type coming to rescue them, it is not permissable to have that person sit tight with help on the way. Either the captive will escape, and just as they're about to leave the site of their captivity find the hero and become co-hero, or they will be foiled by bad luck at the last moment ... but the scene is still required. Because either of these scenes prevents the captive from being a victim, you see, and in Political Correctness Land we have to make sure that every one is always shown to be empowered. Because if one individual is shown as being unable to escape when shackled, sedated and kept behind titanium bars, it would indicate that everyone who fits any demographic category that person belongs to is lesser than those who don't fit the demographic. The requirement of this scene is predictable, boring, and adds 10 minutes to a movie that was probably too long already. [/QUOTE]

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