1/ every now and then I do a film tropes thread, e.ghttps://twitter.com/MorlockP/status/1123202413664534528 …
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ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs @MorlockPok, important thread about John Wick What's the one part of both 1 and 2 that is pure humor and has no plot relevance? The cop, Jimmy. "Evening, Jimmy. Noise complaint?" "Noise complaint. ... you, uh, working again?" "Just sorting some stuff out." "I'll leave you be then"Show this thread2 replies 0 retweets 6 likesShow this thread -
3/ not really about the films, but about the tropes they embody. Just thought of a new one today. Every since I busted up my face working on a tractor tire Saturday, wife keeps mentioning it. "...and you KEPT WORKING !"pic.twitter.com/N8fKbX9Ucs
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4/ and I realized that, ow, wow, this is actually a trope, and we see it in movies all the time, and it is "expensive signalling". Two guys, both LOOK buff, who's tougher? Hard to say ...unless they both take injuries, then if one keeps going and one doesn't, we've learned.
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5/ I bet this is deep in the human psyche - both men and women like to see men who have injuries but push on (for similar yet distinct reasons). Women obviously want to mate with / be protected by tough guys, men want comrades who can hold their own.
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6/ Indiana Jones seduces a woman who is tending his wounds.pic.twitter.com/TYLhVDJxV9
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7/ John McClane wins back his wife after running over broken glass and getting facial injuries.pic.twitter.com/N910WYhfqj
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8/ Tom Cruise is always getting the exact same Tom Cruise facial injuries in films (I actually read an article once on the topic of The Specific Look he Always Gets).pic.twitter.com/DKwN0ExanR
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9/ Fight Club, of course. Very modern art.pic.twitter.com/GdKDLYFSlM
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10/ John Wick more or less became a pagan god of ass kicking.pic.twitter.com/TQ8HFzV0ri
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12/ So anyway, screw "Mystery" and his "peacock game" and all that soi crap. Go get some honest injuries, kings, then keep working.
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13/ many such cases https://twitter.com/IdentInvalid/status/1191361468144476161 …
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