Evil Gloating: Difference between revisions

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{{quote|''Fallacy of the Talking Killer. The villain wants to kill the hero. He has him cornered at gunpoint. All he has to do is pull the trigger. But he always talks first. He [[The Reason You Suck Speech|explains the hero's mistakes to him]]. Jeers. [[Evil Laugh|Laughs]]. And gives the hero time to think his way out of the situation, or be [[The Cavalry|rescued by his buddies]]. Cf. most [[James Bond]] movies.''|[[Roger Ebert]]'s [http://academic.sun.ac.za/forlang/bergman/tech/glossary/ebert_glos.htm Movie Glossary entry.]}}