"Kill 'em All " Topic
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Tango01 | 16 Aug 2018 12:45 p.m. PST |
"When Anyone Can Die becomes "Everyone Will Die". Many series are noteworthy for the extremely high body count among the main cast that they rack up in their last few episodes. In some cases, all of the heroes make a Heroic Sacrifice, or otherwise find themselves wearing the Red Shirt. Occasionally, the protagonists simply fail to prevent The End of the World as We Know It, resulting in a Downer Ending. (Possibly Dying Alone to cap it all.) Compare Everybody's Dead, Dave, where everybody except the main characters are dead. If just one person survives, it's Sole Survivor or Final Girl. Compare the Climactic Battle Resurrection. Also compare the Bolivian Army Ending, only we actually see the attack of the Bolivian Army. Also see Dwindling Party, where the cast is killed off one by one from the start. When a Sudden Downer Ending is planned from the start, it usually happens this way…." Main page link Amicalement Armand |
robert piepenbrink | 16 Aug 2018 3:00 p.m. PST |
This is why we have CE breakpoints. We can end battles without killing every single person. |
etotheipi | 16 Aug 2018 5:09 p.m. PST |
I thought it was going to be this …
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USAFpilot | 16 Aug 2018 7:14 p.m. PST |
The 1980's movie "To Live and Die in L.A." was groundbreaking at the time for having the main character killed two thirds into the movie. |
Tango01 | 17 Aug 2018 11:19 a.m. PST |
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Legion 4 | 18 Aug 2018 7:04 a.m. PST |
"Kill them all and let God sort them out!" I always thought was an interesting statement. Of course that is my mind set, when I see flies, wasps, hornets, etc. |
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