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* ''[[Ghostbusters]]'' ended with a triumphant victory for the heroes, but the sequel shows the aftermath. The defeat of Gozer calmed the psychic dimension, allowing the ghosts to rest at peace once again and putting the ghostbusting services out of business. On top of that, the amount of property damage, code violations, and other offenses committed throughout the first movie have [[Pun|come back to haunt them]] in the form of multiple lawsuits suing them into bankruptcy. At the start of the second movie, they're working odd jobs from TV show hosts to ''children's parties''. |
* ''[[Ghostbusters]]'' ended with a triumphant victory for the heroes, but the sequel shows the aftermath. The defeat of Gozer calmed the psychic dimension, allowing the ghosts to rest at peace once again and putting the ghostbusting services out of business. On top of that, the amount of property damage, code violations, and other offenses committed throughout the first movie have [[Pun|come back to haunt them]] in the form of multiple lawsuits suing them into bankruptcy. At the start of the second movie, they're working odd jobs from TV show hosts to ''children's parties''. |
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* In [[Werner Herzog]]'s remake of ''[[Nosferatu]]'', {{spoiler|Van Helsing kills Dracula. He is then arrested for murdering a foreign dignitary. End of film.}} |
* In [[Werner Herzog]]'s remake of ''[[Nosferatu]]'', {{spoiler|Van Helsing kills Dracula. He is then arrested for murdering a foreign dignitary. End of film.}} |
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* The generally lighthearted comedy ''[[The Men Who Stare at Goats]]'' takes a dark turn when it references the real MK-ULTRA experiments: A soldier is driven into psychosis with LSD and disorienting lights. He goes on a rampage and is [[Driven to Suicide]]. Later on, it revisits the theme when the protagonists discover a working application of all that "research": {{spoiler|sleep deprivation torture via loud nonstop music and strobe lights}}. |
* The generally lighthearted comedy ''[[The Men Who Stare at Goats]]'' takes a dark turn when it references the real [[w:Project MKUltra|MK-ULTRA experiments]]: A soldier is driven into psychosis with LSD and disorienting lights. He goes on a rampage and is [[Driven to Suicide]]. Later on, it revisits the theme when the protagonists discover a working application of all that "research": {{spoiler|sleep deprivation torture via loud nonstop music and strobe lights}}. |
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* ''[[The Matrix]]'' ends with Neo running to escape the Agents and make it to a hotel room so he can log out. {{spoiler|He opens the door, and Smith is there waiting with his gun out at point-blank. He unceremoniously shoots Neo through the chest many times. Neo comes back, though, to fit with the whole [[Kung Fu Jesus]] theme.}} |
* ''[[The Matrix]]'' ends with Neo running to escape the Agents and make it to a hotel room so he can log out. {{spoiler|He opens the door, and Smith is there waiting with his gun out at point-blank. He unceremoniously shoots Neo through the chest many times. Neo comes back, though, to fit with the whole [[Kung Fu Jesus]] theme.}} |
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** {{spoiler|In fact, the whole return from death thing is really the ultimate engagement of reality, since the whole movie is based around the concept that nothing in the Matrix is really occurring. As such, reality kicks in and he simply starts re-writing the world around him.}} |
** {{spoiler|In fact, the whole return from death thing is really the ultimate engagement of reality, since the whole movie is based around the concept that nothing in the Matrix is really occurring. As such, reality kicks in and he simply starts re-writing the world around him.}} |
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* ''[[The A-Team (film)|The |
* ''[[The A-Team (film)|The A-Team]]'': {{spoiler|The team clears their name, and the bad guy, a rogue CIA agent, is taken away by his employer to a nonspecific future. Then the team is arrested for breaking out of jail, and because the Government needs someone to blame for all the damage they've done.}} They should have bought [[Wrongful Accusation Insurance]]. |
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* ''[[The Empire Strikes Back]]'': When the [[Walking Tank|AT-AT]] first appears, it looks intimidating, fearsome, unstoppable... and it is - right until a rebel snowspeeder demonstrates the drawbacks of long, ungainly legs. |
* ''[[The Empire Strikes Back]]'': When the [[Walking Tank|AT-AT]] first appears, it looks intimidating, fearsome, unstoppable... and it is - right until a rebel snowspeeder demonstrates the drawbacks of long, ungainly legs. |
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** Its main weapons were forward-facing and rather slow. AT-AT's long legs and cheek light turrets could protect from clever infantry with limpets, and that's all. Siege artillery / APC should not fight everything alone - keeping away maneuverable vehicles is a task for escorts. In battle on Hoth they ''were'' escorted by AT-ST scout walkers (without e.g. better armored and armed AT-AR), but those were destroyed or chased off by heavy guns, leaving AT-AT on their own. If AT-ATs stopped until P-Towers are dealt with, low escorts around them would remain behind the horizon, safe from line-of-sight weapons. They rushed on because they were winning and wanted to not only destroy the generator (primary objective), but overrun the base before it evacuates and get information, too. Yet unarmored artillery won't delay them if they cared to bring in fast attack vehicles of their own or mass driver artillery to do the job beyond visual range. So in the end, the Imperials tripped on their own overconfidence and impatience, as usual. |
** Its main weapons were forward-facing and rather slow. AT-AT's long legs and cheek light turrets could protect from clever infantry with limpets, and that's all. Siege artillery / APC should not fight everything alone - keeping away maneuverable vehicles is a task for escorts. In battle on Hoth they ''were'' escorted by AT-ST scout walkers (without e.g. better armored and armed AT-AR), but those were destroyed or chased off by heavy guns, leaving AT-AT on their own. If AT-ATs stopped until P-Towers are dealt with, low escorts around them would remain behind the horizon, safe from line-of-sight weapons. They rushed on because they were winning and wanted to not only destroy the generator (primary objective), but overrun the base before it evacuates and get information, too. Yet unarmored artillery won't delay them if they cared to bring in fast attack vehicles of their own or mass driver artillery to do the job beyond visual range. So in the end, the Imperials tripped on their own overconfidence and impatience, as usual. |
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* ''[[Escape From L.A.]]'' Snake goads some mooks to see how fast they can shoot, by getting them to put their guns and not fire till his can hits the ground. When he flips it he shoots them all before it hits the ground. |
* ''[[Escape From L.A.]]'' Snake goads some mooks to see how fast they can shoot, by getting them to put their guns and not fire till his can hits the ground. When he flips it he shoots them all before it hits the ground. |
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* In ''[[Wild Wild West (film)|Wild Wild West]]'', when West is up against a mook, said mook fights with elaborate kicks and punches, saying "I learned that from a Chinaman!" West simply hits him over the head with a shovel, stating "I made that up." |
* In ''[[Wild Wild West (film)|Wild Wild West]]'', when West is up against a mook, said mook fights with elaborate kicks and punches, saying "I learned that from a Chinaman!" West simply hits him over the head with a shovel, stating "I made that up." |
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== Literature == |
== Literature == |
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