It's the 2020s and that's a trope that is trendy in movies right now
You can go back and look at prior decades and see that they all have decade-specific hallmarks that are kind of quality-agnostic but help distinguish the era
I want to revive the late 60s to early 70s era hallmark of the incredibly bleak endings that nullify the whole plot up until then. Like Midnight Cowboy, Planet of the Apes, Rosemary's Baby, Five Easy Pieces, Easy Rider, etc
What did boomers find familiar in movies from a couple decades ago?
Ubermensch killshooty protagonists with no meaningful flaws (their flaws are generally celebrated or actually a source of strength in the fiction) that win all the time and are kind of creeps, or worse. Clint Eastwood movies and Connery-era James Bond comes to mind. :grillman:
Gen-X had something like it when mid-life crises set in, which was "grizzled middle aged man must avenge his fridged wife and/or rescue/protect his dubiously sexualized daughter figure from them." :cringe:
It's the 2020s and that's a trope that is trendy in movies right now
You can go back and look at prior decades and see that they all have decade-specific hallmarks that are kind of quality-agnostic but help distinguish the era
I want to revive the late 60s to early 70s era hallmark of the incredibly bleak endings that nullify the whole plot up until then. Like Midnight Cowboy, Planet of the Apes, Rosemary's Baby, Five Easy Pieces, Easy Rider, etc
How does one suggest an example of one of those stories without giving a spoiler just by saying it contains that?
I think it's ok to spoil 50 year old movies
I wonder if it has anything to do with the age of the target audience? What did boomers find familiar in movies from a couple decades ago?
spying on girls lockerrooms
Ubermensch killshooty protagonists with no meaningful flaws (their flaws are generally celebrated or actually a source of strength in the fiction) that win all the time and are kind of creeps, or worse. Clint Eastwood movies and Connery-era James Bond comes to mind. :grillman:
Gen-X had something like it when mid-life crises set in, which was "grizzled middle aged man must avenge his fridged wife and/or rescue/protect his dubiously sexualized daughter figure from them." :cringe:
Aka divorced dad porn
"Taken" and its consequences.
Watch 80s movies and find out