Lysander at the movies--Resident Evil: Apocalypse!

Lysander · Post by **Lysander** » Thu Sep 16, 2004 11:09 pm

(crossposted from Groucho because I can)

Total Mary Sue* movie. Ergh.

*Mary Sue: a term used in the online fanfiction community used to denote an original character inserted into an established canin who possesses abilities--be they physical or mental or emotional, fighting-wise, appearance-wise, pursuasive-wise or any combination of the above, which far exceeds the standard for said plotline and elevates the character into a relative godhood. Term coined as a result of most typical offenders being girls of the ages between 12 and 17 inserting characters based on themselves, only perfect in every way.

Vitriola · Post by **Vitriola** » Fri Sep 17, 2004 9:25 am

Lysander wrote:Term coined as a result of most typical offenders being girls of the ages between 12 and 17 inserting characters based on themselves, only perfect in every way.

Read: Term coined as a result of most typical offenders being guys who can't get real women, so insert the fantasy girls they masturbate to every night and girls of the ages between 12 and 17 inserting characters based on themselves, only thin.

Lysander · Post by **Lysander** » Fri Sep 17, 2004 3:36 pm

Well, yeah. But most of it is a result of, say, Cowboy Bebop fangirls saying "Oh, <insert name of character here>--he's just so perfect for me!" And so they write fantasy stories of "them" getting it on with these fictional characters. Which is fine, as it stands, but in the process the girls tend to completely mischaracterize he characters that are already there and have the new character completely intelectually whip hell out of the rest of the cast (especially if said female writer is jealous of an existing pairing, in which case she will split them apart). On the other hand, a more literal example of the term is the Street Fighter Mary Sue I read where the original character falls in love with M. Bison, who becomes pathetically whipped and, after a weeks worth of training, manages to show her enough in the ways of PSYCHO pOWWWAH~! to give her a power curve that starts at being exhausted after one super move and ends at her being able to link four of them and still be able to punt the hell out of everyone else in her way. Guys do this to, though, don't get me wrong; I've read a X-Men VS. Street Fighter/Mortal Kombat crossover where an eight-year-old kid completely owned the crap out of Motarro, Wolverine and Shinnok in succession. Actually, guys are even more guilty of doing that kind of Mary Suing; I'm just explaining the origin of the term if anyone's curious. Which of course no one is. And to get back to the original purpose of this: REA sucks. Thank you.

Knuckles the CLown · Post by **Knuckles the CLown** » Fri Sep 17, 2004 4:07 pm

Excellent review. I have no idea if this movie is good or not!

Vitriola · Post by **Vitriola** » Fri Sep 17, 2004 6:01 pm

Every single thing about this movie was absolutely ludicrous, I simply cannot defend a single thing about it, and yet I enjoyed watching every second.

Lysander · Post by **Lysander** » Fri Sep 17, 2004 8:23 pm

Knuckles the CLown wrote:Excellent review. I have no idea if this movie is good or not!

I do believe I said "ergh," did I not?

AArdvark · Post by **AArdvark** » Sat Sep 18, 2004 3:10 am

All movies based on video games suck.

What was that one with Fred Savage and the Nintendo glove? That only HAD a video game in it and it sucked.

Asteroids: The Movie..........sucked.

Pac Man Sleepless in Seattle......sucked.

While you were sleeping with Donkey Kong......sucked.

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Lysander at the movies--Resident Evil: Apocalypse!

Lysander at the movies--Resident Evil: Apocalypse!

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