If evil men in movies fascinate me, does it mean I'm....

[Braznor]

I usually like the antagonists than the heros and somehow they appear to be more real than the fake cardboard cutouts called heros.

So does it mean I'm a bit messed up in the head?

 

[DainBramaged]

The Imperials were way more badass.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

No, you're right. Most heroes in movies have absolutely no depth and are of the "avenge the death of x, fuck y, kill z" variety. Villains are always great.

 

[George P Burdell]

You will become a successful politician one day.

 

[irishScott]

No it just means you have a negative view of humanity.

 

[rhino56]

when you find yourself fascinated by any type of man you need to start asking yourself the other big question.

 

[Fenixgoon]

not really.. i always wonder what would happen if i tripped someone flying by on a bike or something.. not that i'll ever do it, but part of me wonders

 

[Jeff7]

When I was young, like early elementary school I think it was, my parents let me watch Little Shop of Horrors. They were concerned that I might be scared or disturbed by the plant eating the cut up pieces of the dentist. I thought that was the most hilarious part of the movie. They said I was just laughing hysterically as Seymore was tossing body parts to the plant.
As a baby and toddler, I thought that explosions were great. My parents said I would laugh like crazy if my dad happened to have some old war footage on that would show planes crashing into the ocean and exploding.

What does all that mean? Borderline psycho? :laugh:

 

[Braznor]

Oh no, I always wanted to hit on the female leads.

 

[MmmSkyscraper]

Originally posted by: DainBramaged
The Imperials were way more badass.

:thumbsup:

 

[toolboxolio]

No, op... it means that the people who wrote the movies pwn your brain.

 

[IEC]

Originally posted by: DainBramaged
The Imperials were way more badass.

Die rebel scum! /Stormtrooper

 

[Omegachi]

i always find the villains in comic books facinating.... such as dr. doom, mr. sinister, etc.

 

[LordMorpheus]

I feel like if they made a movie with a villian akin to some of the great bond films, but made him not insane / not an asshole it'd be really cool.

You know, a guy with a plan to take over the world/get 1 billion dollars without being a homicidal pyschopath. What's bothered me is that lots of times in movies the villian will commit some atrocity that isn't necessary and puts his whole plan in jeapordy just to get it into the viewer's head that "this guy BAAD."

 

[Nik]

It's because we always want the good guy to win. We don't need much behind him other than hoping good guys = teh winnar. Psychology goes into making movies perhaps more than you realize? In order for a villain to be believable -in order for your brain to buy the fact that this guy's a badguy and more than just something to hack-and-slash at- writers have to build way more into the villain than they do the hero. Sure you see more of the hero's life in the movie than you do the villain, but it's the same ol' garbage that your brain just sluffs off in exchange for automatically understanding that they're the hero. The villain is always more interesting because you want to know more about what you don't understand.

Ignore me. I'm drunk.

 

[xcript]

Originally posted by: GuideBot
It's because we always want the good guy to win.

Speak for yourself.

I thoroughly enjoyed watching Lex Luthor stab Superman in the back with a shard of kryptonite. :evil:

Damn goody-goodies.

 

[Nik]

I had actually typed "we almost always want" but then I edited.

/fail

 

[angminas]

Villains often are more expressive because they're being themselves. The appearance of complete freedom is seductive and enchanting. It's a lie, though, because when you take more than your share of freedom, someone else loses theirs. Besides which, villains always have to watch their backs, they're trapped within their lousy selves, and they are driven by a lack of satisfaction with what they already have.

Heroes seem all alike because there aren't infinite different ways to act heroic. If you're going to be a decent person, you don't get to ditch your torpedo early and fly back to the carrier to save your skin, the fleet be damned. Nor do you get to stab Frodo, hide his body, and take the ring for yourself. Nor do you get to run away when the Persian army is approaching and all Greece is depending on you to delay them. Nor do you get to go make spare money wrestling while Dr. Octopus destroys New York. If you do those things, you're not a hero.

It looks like heroes have less freedom, but this is also an illusion. Heroes recognize that there is something greater than themselves that dictates proper actions, and they don't always do what they feel like. They choose to follow a certain code of behavior (and thoughts) that creates more good for more people. In exchange, however, they get to be heroes. Nothing a villain enjoys can compare with the satisfaction you get when you help someone out of a serious jam that only you could have done anything about.