I can understand that, but what made me mad [and still does] is the thought of people randomly coming across the broadcast and not realizing that wasn't was the only version.
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I can understand that, but what made me mad [and still does] is the thought of people randomly coming across the broadcast and not realizing that wasn't was the only version.
Fate Of The Phoenix. Also, Days Of Future Past. Chris Claremont's head must have been a very strange place to live that year.
While this isn't quite what the OP meant, I can hardly prevent myself from mentioning Evey's "escape" in V for Vendetta.
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"God is in the rain."
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"God is in the rain."
I didn't like Wash's death. Doing a death for the "shock" or "shows I can" factor really seems hollow when I'm watching a movie, or reading a book, or watching a tv show for that matter. And that's really what it felt like to me. They probably would have done it better if it were in a tv show and there were more build up, but as it was it was just another in the list of token deaths put into books/movies/tv. I was pretty confident after it happened, too, that no one else would die, you just need one. >.<
Spock's death was pretty much number one in my book; it totally made sense and fit in with the rest of the movie but at the same time was really painful and powerful.
Another I'd add to the list never actually got made into a movie/tv show, but in Andromeda's Coda, where Harper pretty much grants permission to Trance to do what she needed to to create the best possible future (which inevitably meant tragic outcome for him) was one of my favorite moments anyway, but could have been just incredible (it was actually the first thing that came to mind when I read this post).
Spock's death was pretty much number one in my book; it totally made sense and fit in with the rest of the movie but at the same time was really painful and powerful.
Another I'd add to the list never actually got made into a movie/tv show, but in Andromeda's Coda, where Harper pretty much grants permission to Trance to do what she needed to to create the best possible future (which inevitably meant tragic outcome for him) was one of my favorite moments anyway, but could have been just incredible (it was actually the first thing that came to mind when I read this post).
Londo has so many "fuck" moments. Three of them off the top of my head.
1. The death of Adira
2. His last meeting with Morden on Centauri Prime
3. Standing on the observation deck of that battle cruiser while the Centauri mass drive the Narn into near extinction. That look on his face, and when he finally casts his eyes down, no longer able to look at what he has wrought...man.
What about that was painful?
How so?
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I enjoyed the movie; for the record it's spelled Charly. It is quite sad. Never read the book.
I saw the Cliff Robertson film ("Charlie") before I had to read the story for school. I agree, very upsetting. And then when I had health issues resulting in cognitive problems (I couldn't think of words, when words are what I love) and not knowing if things would improve hen the meds finally had effect. Luckily for me, things worked, though Hubby believes I got about as much permanent damage to my brain as I did to my heart--he says he notices a difference.
I'm very sorry for you. So very sorry.
The story of John Locke in LOST was brilliant but very painful as I really loved the character.
No mention of Londo's most tragic moments can be complete without his flashback scene at his inauguration: (you really need to have seen B5 to get the impact)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nN7Mad85AWE#t=04m23s
Forgot about that.. i read the book as a teenager and didn't see the twist coming so when it hit my jaw dropped and i got so mad at the adults of that book.
They take these potentially supergenius kids and put them through the military ringer until they find the one who looks the most promising and then build up the greated lie of all by making him believe he's still in training while actually he's fighting a major stellar war for the survival of his species and he's winning.. it broke the mind of another kid who was under his command but the adults would have sacrificed anyone to achieve their goal.
That was one hard pill to swallow and the book rightfully has earned its SF classic status.
This entire episode of the new Outer Limits.
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Agree wholeheartedly.
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