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[-] 69420@lemmy.world 27 points 2 months ago

I want to see more oligarchs on the receiving end of assassination plots

in movies. I really liked Day of the Jackal. More of that, please.

[-] JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 2 months ago

~~in movies~~

[-] leave_it_blank@lemmy.world 20 points 2 months ago

I once was recommended a Japanese anime, "Gate". It's about a fantasy world trying to invade our modern realm. Earth strikes back with modern weapons, the fantasy world has no chance with their dragons, Orks and magic.

This I would love to see more of, asymmetrical warfare, it's just a power fantasy, but a fun one!

[-] FeelzGoodMan420@eviltoast.org 3 points 2 months ago

That sounds awesome. Was the anime good? Looks interesting.

[-] ramble81@lemm.ee 3 points 2 months ago

It’s one of my favorite. People call it a JSDF recruitment video, but it’s just a good old fashioned curb stomping.

[-] FeelzGoodMan420@eviltoast.org 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I'm watching it now. Of course the main character is a weeb lol. I kinda was hoping it would be a bit more serious. Also why is he all of a sudden like a professional soldier? Kinda makes no sense.i thought maybe he was a former soldier? But nah, just a weeby dude who all of a sudden gained tactical awareness and combat skills? Wtf lol. Either way it's pretty cool so I'll keep watching. I'm only on ep 1. The idea is pretty interesting.

[-] ramble81@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago

Won’t spoil it, but keep watching, your initial assessment is a bit off there.

[-] FeelzGoodMan420@eviltoast.org 1 points 2 months ago

Good! I'm glad it is. I will keep watching thank you .

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[-] FeelzGoodMan420@eviltoast.org 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Haha maybe that would be more cringe if I was native Japanese. But as a non-Japanee person it might just be cool to see a curb stomping.

[-] shalafi@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

You might like The Laundry Files books by Charles Stross. Exactly that plays out in one book where elves invade Earth.

The premise is that magic is real, and can be summoned/controlled by the appropriate application of mathematics. If you discover this truth, you're irrevocably attached to The Laundry, basically MI6 for supernatural affairs, and you can never leave.

The protagonist is an IT nerd in England. He almost flattened Wolverhampton with a new algorithm he discoved but they caught him in time. His wife is a protagonist in a few books, and she's a delight. One of my favorites is where a bunch of high-end accountants accidentally make themselves vampires.

[-] FeelzGoodMan420@eviltoast.org 2 points 2 months ago

Reminds me of that cheat in Age of Empire that gets you missile cars and marines with laser rifles. I used to have so much fun just obliterating ancient armies with tanks and shit lol.

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[-] MyNameIsAtticus@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago

I’m not sure what it’s called, buy I love the trope of where a large party gets split off into two smaller parties who eventually reunite. This split could be forced through physical events or it could just be a relationship split between friends.

Lord the Rings is a great example of what I mean. Frodo is forced to leave after seeing what the Ring does and Sam goes with him, while Mary and Pippin get kidnapped and have their own adventure, and finally Aragorn and his merry trio go help the war effort in Rohan. They all end up reunited in the end though.

[-] grasshopper_mouse@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago

I've always been a fan of space aliens interacting with ancient civilization on Earth, like in Stargate the movie

[-] Kolanaki@pawb.social 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Was playing through Bloodborne again recently and it got me thinking about this, too. I love the blending of high technology with medieval level knowledge. Having aliens conquer a planet of humanoids that are still in the bronze age would lead to some interesting juxtaposition and it's fun to try and conceive how a 12th century peasant might describe a laser weapon.

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[-] VinesNFluff@pawb.social 8 points 2 months ago

Warrior princesses (or otherwise 'fighting refined ladies') -- Who aren't tomboys, and are in fact fully feminine coded, but can still kick ass with the best of 'em. (Princess Leia, some iterations of Zelda, Rarity from MLP in a way though she's not a princess, etc.)

[-] Corno@lemm.ee 8 points 2 months ago

I love good guys who look like they're bad guys.

[-] showmeyourkizinti@startrek.website 2 points 2 months ago

Have you checked out the whole “Noir” genre? Burnt out old schlubby heros who look like bad guys is a whole thing there. Humphrey Bogart in the Maltese Falcon, Terriers for a more modern take.

[-] Corno@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago

I haven't, but I will now!

[-] VinesNFluff@pawb.social 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

One niche I think is severely underserved is like. A good guy who serves straight up classic villain aesthetics. Like someone who's refined, and cunning, always plotting something, and if the setting has superpowers, they got an 'evil' coded power... But their goals are those of a good guy. I don't think I've ever seen a character like that, unless you count Col. Mustang from the Fullmetal Alchemist anime/manga, who ticks at least a few of the boxes.

(If you know of OTHER characters who fit my description, PLEASE tell me)

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[-] OmegaLemmy@discuss.online 7 points 2 months ago

Bad guys are actually the good guys.

[-] HeartyOfGlass@lemm.ee 7 points 2 months ago

I want more movies and shows where the bodyguard grows a conscience and murders the corrupt POS they're guarding.

[-] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 6 points 2 months ago

I want another good space based sci fi TV show, preferably with lots of alien species.

Yeah, there is Star Trek and Star Wars, but I want more.

[-] WindyRebel@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Same. I’d love a Battlestar Galactica meets SG-1 type show. Something gritty, fun characters, they go everywhere and there’s both space and terrestrial mayhem.

What I’d actually love is a series that gives a gritty take (Andor-like) on an elite Imperial squad that does missions and treats the Rebellion like the bad guys and the Empire like the good guys but maybe at series finale we do the switcheroo so we don’t completely humanize an empire that wants to kill everyone.

[-] LanguageIsCool@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Same. Even if there’s not really a lot of aliens. Something like the Expanse pleaaaase.

[-] Mothra@mander.xyz 5 points 2 months ago

Sentient, autonomous, giant fighter mechas.

So far the most popular franchise with this is Transformers, but most of their media is mediocre at best. There are some exceptions like a few of the comics and some of the series which are really good, but overall as a franchise they are lacking unfortunately. I really love the trope though.

The other franchise with this would be Bionicle but I can't say I know much about it.

There are plenty of mechas out there, but they don't tick all the boxes for this trope. Most are either non sentient or require a human pilot to be active. And those which are sentient and autonomous are rarely fighters.

So if you know of any - please let me know. Thanks.

[-] VinesNFluff@pawb.social 4 points 2 months ago

EVAs (from evangelion) are sentient. And can be autonomous but -everyone would rather they didn't

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[-] Contramuffin@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

Bad guys who aren't misunderstood but aren't bad. They occupy a niche mindspace in which they have a genuine and noble goal but their goal is mutually exclusive with the good guy's goals (the Shadowlord from Nier Gestalt)

Then, on the flip side, bad guys who know that they're bad and revel in it (Jack Horner from Puss in Boots)

Good guys who are good leaders. They have no superhuman abilities but their power is to bring out the best in others. They don't beat the bad guys through sheer strength or being inspired by the power of friendship (which IMO is just the same thing), but they do so by strategically playing to people's strengths (Senku from Dr. Stone)

[-] TheBananaKing@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago
  • sunny loves grumpy
  • savage mama bear
  • really fucking personal, inexorable vengeance
[-] ramble81@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago

Like John Wick for the last one?

[-] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

I've recently been going through Persona 4 Golden, and I love Kanji. He's a rough guy who people assume is a bully (for example, he beat up a biker gang), but he has a heart of gold - for example he crochets dolls for a kid to play with. He's very interested (and talented) in arts & crafts, but at the beginning he's ashamed of others looking down on him for that.

One of my favorite tropes, and quickly one of my favorite characters.

[-] OceanSoap@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 months ago

Bodyguard romance trope.

[-] Gutek8134@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Last year I watched anime Ragna Crimson, and I really liked "He is not an enemy that you use strategy to fight with. He is an enemy you use strategy to not fight with." along with the general strategic feeling of Crimson's actions. I'm open for recommendations, but I don't know when will I find time to watch them.

Found family.

It's not lacking by any means I just eat that shit up like it's cocaine

[-] Mac@mander.xyz 2 points 2 months ago

There are not nearly enough tragic endings in media.

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