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I never saw him being portrayed as a hero at all, but rather a redemption story. He was portrayed as a man who initially was a slimy opportunist who would ally with anyone if it served his interests, but who could not stomach the horrors of what he had involved himself in and chose to do what he needed to to try to save as many as he could from a situation he had initially been complicit in.
It let's Wild Bill off bit to easy but it was the only way to get rid of Percy
It's a hard call, but I'd say Percy. He just loved having power over people and using it as sadistically as possible. Hadley for all his brutality seemed to at least be a bit more predictable. While I don't agree with Hadley's over the top brutal responses to prisoner's who get out of line, at least with him I'd feel confident that I know how to avoid his wrath just by laying low and not attracting attention to myself.
It happens a lot in boxing. Many champs have a long undefeated streak because they were picky about their opponents.
I always wonder why criminals don't have a retirement plan in place. At the time the words focus was on Columbia, so Sosa could have stayed below radar had he kept his operation smaller. Over the years he could have invested his drug money into some legitimate enterprises and at a certain point pick a protégée to take over his drug empire as he retires with about 100 million dollars and businesses that bring in about ten million per year. Once the journalist started chatting about him he could have taken that as his cue to step aside for a younger drug leader and enjoyed his retirement while showing reporters his legitimate businesses.
I realize this is probably unrealistic as it would be hard to step away from such wealth and power, but it baffles me that some don't consider this.
I'd be the banker who told Tony he had to raise his rates. Making a fortune off of drug money without risking incarceration or death.
Had he played his cards right in their final conversation he could have saved the situation. Sosa might not have a conscience, but he was a shrewd enough man to realize that two children being blown up with a bomb in New York would bring about public and media attention that would do far more damage than the journalist talking about him. All tony had to do was tactfully point out that had he let the bomb go off Sosa's face would be on the front of every newspaper around the world.
Makes me wonder if Tony had the foresight to have a will made up, maybe dividing his assets up between his mother, sister and Elvira
Fear makes people act irrationally. What baffled me was Max's choice to leave his wife and son unattended so he could go looking for the bikers. Talk about a bad call. Best thing he could have done was brought his wife inside, loaded up as many guns as he could and stay right there not letting them out of his sight.
"Why is Connor 100% blanked, unequipped, unprepared, while the villain is completely cognisant, fully prepared and almost ganks connor immediately when they first meet? This is like not preparing someone for a battle and sending them anyway, while the other one knows exactly what's up and what to do. Makes no sense to make it this unfair!"
I never thought of this before but you make an excellent point. Why would the creator of the immortals, the prize and the rules set it up so some might not live ling enough to become aware of their potential in the game. I now wonder how many immortals were basically picked off as helplessly as newborn sea turtles trying to cross the beach and reach the water as seagulls pick them off.
I think that the details of "the prize" are best left ambiguous. Trying to over explain or quantify supernatural plots tends to ruin it, sort of like when Lucas tried to explain the force as being a function of midachlorians.
I'm an athiest, but I'm curious about your remark. Why should religions be illegal?
Maybe not as big as the beatles but,
Van Halen: Jump, Panama
Alice Cooper: 18, elected, under my wheels...etc
Motley Crue: kickstart my heart, Same old situation
tonnes of great music
He already showed signs of instability throughout the movie. A man with well intentions yet not able to see where the line was drawn between the good guys and the bad guys. A perfect example of this was after the faked Gordon assassination when he started doing the coin toss with the prisoner before batman stopped him.
He did such a good job, it was almost is if that was his true nature. I was shocked to see him doing so well in other roles.
Given Mel was a senior cop who was found dead with a drug kingpin, they did not want the publicity that would come from a public investigation. I'm sure they did an informal investigation, and were definitely paying very close attention to Tony now, looking for the opportunity to hurt him.
Johnny played a role in the actions that resulted in the murder of Max's family. If you kill a mans wife and child (or even take part) you should not expect him to show you any mercy.
That's one of my favourite movies, but I'm not sure how they could make that happen with episodes every week
I always felt that Stallone was an under-rated actor. If you look at his 70's and very early 80's material, before he decided he wanted to be the alternative to Schwarzenegger, he was actually great. At some point he decided that there was more money on bulging muscles, explosions and gunfire in every movie so he sold himself short, but the talent was there when he wanted to to show. This is why now that they are aging and can no longer be convincing as action starts, Stallone seems to be having an easier time of it.
Why does everybody assume there can only be one motive for rape? Can some be motivated by power while others are just motivated by a sense of sexual entitlement? As one person here put it the only common theme is that those who do it lack empathy.
So, lets take a look at Casper. He just seems like a disgusting pig who would probably hump someone’s leg like a dog if the mood fit him, not out of any desire to assert dominance, but rather that he is just to simplistically minded to see beyond his own desire for pleasure. He saw Jenny asleep, and being horny while lacking empathy he got his rocks off. While his act was a hurtful one, it was probably not his motive (although he wouldn’t care if he did).
But sure, for some it is about power.
For example, Telly. His obsession with virgins has often been seen by many as a desire for physical pleasure but I see that as a power thing. Take a look at the first girl. She was clearly in pain, yet he made no attempt to slow down. When a girl keeps saying “it hurts” that implies “stop” or at least “slow down” yet he continued going at her hard, without even the slightest attempt to slow down and be more gentle. Was that intentional sadism, or was it a focus on his own desires with a lack of regard for her suffering? I’d say the former. When he comes out of her house afterwards, he brags to Casper about how she screamed when he penetrated and how she was bleeding, like he got off on that. With the second girl, when she first says it hurts, he speeds up, and is looking intently into her eyes, like he wants to focus on her facial expression when she is in pain. If it was an indifferent desire merely for his own satisfaction would he have been looking at her face so intently? By the time Jenny opens the door, he is pounding away at her like a jackhammer, while she is still crying that it hurts. That seemed less like indifference to harm (ie Casper) and more like it made him feel powerful and dominant to hurt her like that.