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How do TV shows get us rooting for bad people?
Posted on 7/24/14 at 2:59 pm
Posted on 7/24/14 at 2:59 pm
Breaking Bad - Walt eventually turns bad.
Mad Men - They constantly cheat on their wives.
House of Cards - Frank is the worst. Period.
Mad Men - They constantly cheat on their wives.
House of Cards - Frank is the worst. Period.
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Posted on 7/24/14 at 3:01 pm to SwaggerCopter
Frank is an evil man, but he's one of the few politicians that gets shite done.
Posted on 7/24/14 at 3:03 pm to SwaggerCopter
Telling from their Point of view
ETA id vote for Frank easily
ETA id vote for Frank easily
This post was edited on 7/24/14 at 3:04 pm
Posted on 7/24/14 at 3:03 pm to SwaggerCopter
Game of Thrones- Walder Frey/Ramsay Bolton
The Americans- The two lead characters are KGB spies yet we root for them over the FBI agent who lives across the street.
Boardwalk Empire- Nucky Thompson, pretty much a weasely piece of shite all in all, yet we still root for him.
The Americans- The two lead characters are KGB spies yet we root for them over the FBI agent who lives across the street.
Boardwalk Empire- Nucky Thompson, pretty much a weasely piece of shite all in all, yet we still root for him.
Posted on 7/24/14 at 3:04 pm to NIH
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Game of Thrones- Walder Frey/Ramsay Bolton
Wat
Posted on 7/24/14 at 3:08 pm to SwaggerCopter
You tell it from their point of view. All of us have a little darkness inside, and rooting for people like this allows us to exercise those daemons.
Posted on 7/24/14 at 3:09 pm to SwaggerCopter
The Americans - Commie Bastards are trying to take down 'Merica
Dexter - He's a serial killer but he only kills bad guys.
Unless someone is truly psychotic evil, they usually are doing what they think is right. When you see the world from their point of view you don't see innocent people getting hurt, you see deserving people getting hurt.
Dexter - He's a serial killer but he only kills bad guys.
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How do TV shows get us rooting for bad people?
Unless someone is truly psychotic evil, they usually are doing what they think is right. When you see the world from their point of view you don't see innocent people getting hurt, you see deserving people getting hurt.
Posted on 7/24/14 at 3:10 pm to NIH
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Game of Thrones- Walder Frey/Ramsay Bolton
Idk anyone that roots for them. Personally I'd like to see their heads on a stick.
Posted on 7/24/14 at 3:10 pm to NIH
quote:Might need to check into a mental facility if you pull for either of these guys.
Game of Thrones- Walder Frey/Ramsay Bolton
Sure Theon deserved what he got but it certainly doesn't mean a sane person pulls for Ramsay Bolton.
Posted on 7/24/14 at 3:11 pm to SwaggerCopter
Deadwood - Albert "Al" Swearengen
Starts out the show trying to kill a young kid. Ends the show killing an innocent prostitute. You never stop liking the guy.
Starts out the show trying to kill a young kid. Ends the show killing an innocent prostitute. You never stop liking the guy.
Posted on 7/24/14 at 3:12 pm to SwaggerCopter
Being a villain often comes with many dramatic advantages: cooler wardrobe, cooler theme music, and a lack of predictability. Good guys have the burden that they have to be good all (or at least the vast majority) of the time. Villains can do whatever they want. They can be as evil as they want, but can occasionally do good things or commit evil for good reasons. A well rounded, complex villain will always be more compelling than a archetypal "good guy"
Posted on 7/24/14 at 3:13 pm to TigerMyth36
You're enjoying the ride. You're rooting for them to get things done... but eventually you want them to get some justice thrown at them.
Case in point: Breaking Bad.
Case in point: Breaking Bad.
Posted on 7/24/14 at 3:15 pm to SwaggerCopter
Al fricking Swejjen
Posted on 7/24/14 at 3:17 pm to NIH
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Game of Thrones- Walder Frey/Ramsay Bolton
Who in the frick roots for Walder Frey????
Posted on 7/24/14 at 3:19 pm to rondo
ETA:
I rooted for Walt/Gus/Jesse/Hank in BB
I rooted for Lorne/Lester and Molly in Fargo
I think its a sign of a well written story if you root for all involved....you just want to see the cat & mouse
I rooted for Walt/Gus/Jesse/Hank in BB
I rooted for Lorne/Lester and Molly in Fargo
I think its a sign of a well written story if you root for all involved....you just want to see the cat & mouse
Posted on 7/24/14 at 3:40 pm to NIH
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Game of Thrones- Walder Frey/Ramsay Bolton
Nope.
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The Americans- The two lead characters are KGB spies yet we root for them over the FBI agent who lives across the street.
Nope ( I don't watch it, but, nope, regardless.)
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Boardwalk Empire- Nucky Thompson, pretty much a weasely piece of shite all in all, yet we still root for him.
Not really - I'm cool when he has a reversal - I'm not so much "rooting" for him as being entertained by him.
Ditto for Tony Soprano. Now, I took sides between the gangsters, but that's different - it was terrible, for example, when they killed Adriana.
I did start to, kind of, root for Walter White and Vic Mackey (& co) - but even then - they crossed lines that I didn't follow. Once innocents are at risk, I'm back against the bad guys - even if I like them.
Posted on 7/24/14 at 3:42 pm to SwaggerCopter
Justified- Boyd Crowder
Posted on 7/24/14 at 3:43 pm to kingbob
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Being a villain often comes with many dramatic advantages: cooler wardrobe, cooler theme music, and a lack of predictability. Good guys have the burden that they have to be good all (or at least the vast majority) of the time. Villains can do whatever they want. They can be as evil as they want, but can occasionally do good things or commit evil for good reasons.
Such a sad state of affairs.
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A well rounded, complex villain will always be more compelling than a archetypal "good guy"
Posted on 7/24/14 at 3:53 pm to Fewer Kilometers
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You're enjoying the ride. You're rooting for them to get things done... but eventually you want them to get some justice thrown at them. Case in point: Breaking Bad.
I personally hope frank underwood kills 10 more people and becomes president of the world
Posted on 7/24/14 at 3:55 pm to NIH
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Game of Thrones- Walder Frey/Ramsay Bolton
Who roots for those arse-clowns
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