Urban Hat€monger ?

Why is it always raining when people break up?

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Goofle

Or when they have their first embrace?

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Janszoon

Why does it always rain on me? Is it because I lied when I was seventeen?

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A Night in the Life of the Invisible Man

Time & Place

25 Albums You Should Hear Before the Moon Crashes into the Earth and We All Die

last.fm

Trollheart

I'll tell you one other thing that bugs me and is totally overused. You know that rising screech that they use to build tension, usually at the end of an episode or season? It goes up and up and up and then cuts off. Every bloody show uses it!

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Janszoon

Haha, yes! And trailers for movies too.

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A Night in the Life of the Invisible Man

Time & Place

25 Albums You Should Hear Before the Moon Crashes into the Earth and We All Die

last.fm

ladyislingering

When "nerdy"/outcast girls turn out to be super hot princesses just by taking off their glasses.

Bitch, please.

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Trollheart

AND taking down their hair, which always fans out in a cascade of perfectly-formed blonde, black or brown....

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Chiomara

That thing where the character -always- has to stare into the mirror (before wincing and sighing dramatically) before swallowing medication. Just take the damn Seroquel, Rebecca.

And the thing where a classical song plays while something violent is happening. I only have a problem with this because it's always the same few songs and opera pieces. For once I'd like to hear a Scott Walker's "Farmer in the city" (that would be delightful) or Swans song during a murder scene, or at least some other less overplayed classical piece.

I also thoroughly hate forced romantic subplots between the male/female leads in action & thriller type shows/movies, what with all the dumb cringey banter. (Especially when the male lead is a grizzled world-weary ex-cop who eats cigarettes and glass for breakfast or whatever, and the female lead has no identifiable personality yet is still somehow equally annoying? Like when they do something marginally athletic and the dude is all "Where'd you learn how to do that"? And she flips her hair and goes "Oh that? I grew up with lots of brothers, lol". So many movies have that stupid line.) Whhhyyy must there always be a romantic subplot. Get 'em away from me.

And, having endured many bad netflix indie movies and short-lived shows about quarter-life/mid-life crises, I'm annoyed by just about every character trope in them. Like the "nerdy" dudebros with a Nice Guy™ complex and of course the constant Manic Pixie Dreamgirl trope. (I cannot remember the name of a single one of these movies because they're forgettable.) I'm all for movies that try to portray depression/mental illness and stuff, but they could do so much more with it.

There's also some Joss Whedon-specific things. Like Angel's entire character.

This.

It's also hilarious when they attempt to make incredibly gorgeous actresses/actors look frumpy or average. Like... Just use regular-looking actors, maybe? (This is why I appreciate British TV and movies; regular characters actually resemble regular people.) Or at least ones that don't look like generically-attractive Gap models who were grown in a lab.

Paedantic Basterd

I am going to make note of this thread as I write my pilot.

djchameleon

Note of things to avoid or add?

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Fame, fortune, power, titties. People say these are the most crucial things in life, but you can have a pocket full o' gold and it doesn't mean sh*t if you don't have someone to share that gold with. Seems simple. Yet it's an important lesson to learn. Even lone wolves run in packs sometimes.