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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
+ | {{incomplete|Could be more sensical, but I feel like it's hit all the main points}} | ||
− | A common complaint about {{w|Action film| | + | A common complaint about {{w|Action film|Action films}} is that they are light on plot and heavy on pointless violence and special effects. {{w|Live Free or Die Hard}} and {{w|Crank (film)}} are both typical action films in this respect. |
− | + | [[Cueball]] reverses this complaint, stating that proportional to the run-time of the movie, there could be much ''more'' action and much ''less'' plot. [[Megan]] adds that a pre-existing character could further eliminate the need for exposition and provide more time for action. "River Tam Beats Up Everyone" is a hypothetical title for such a film, and also a complete plot summary. {{w|River Tam}} is a character (played by {{w|Summer Glau}}) from the short-lived TV series {{w|Firefly (TV series)|Firefly}}, a character who could plausibly beat up a large number of people in an entertaining way. | |
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
:[Cueball and Megan are talking together as they walk away from a cinema.] | :[Cueball and Megan are talking together as they walk away from a cinema.] | ||
:Cueball: Another summer gone without a mindless big-budget action movie. | :Cueball: Another summer gone without a mindless big-budget action movie. | ||
− | :Megan: Huh? | + | :Megan: Huh? Die Hard was nothing BUT action! |
:Cueball: No, it was too talky. | :Cueball: No, it was too talky. | ||
− | + | :Megan: What? Too talky? | |
− | :Megan: What? Too | + | :Cueball: I tallied it minute-by-minute. It's at least 60% people walking and talking. ALL those movies are. |
− | :Cueball: I tallied it minute-by-minute. It's at least 60% people walking and talking. | ||
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:Cueball: Just once, I want a real action movie. 30 seconds of exposition followed by a perfect 90-minute action scene. One with a huge budget, a good choreographer, and a great director. | :Cueball: Just once, I want a real action movie. 30 seconds of exposition followed by a perfect 90-minute action scene. One with a huge budget, a good choreographer, and a great director. | ||
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:Megan: And they should center it around some character we already know, someone we never get tired of watching. | :Megan: And they should center it around some character we already know, someone we never get tired of watching. | ||
:Cueball: I think we've got something here... | :Cueball: I think we've got something here... | ||
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:[A movie poster is shown.] | :[A movie poster is shown.] | ||
: Coming this summer | : Coming this summer | ||
: River Tam | : River Tam | ||
− | : Beats | + | : Beats up EVERYONE |
− | :[The | + | :[The movie shows a line of houses, there are people beat up and lying in doorways, out of windows, and on the sidewalk. River Tam is doing a flying kick into someone's face.] |
{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Megan]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Megan]] | ||
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[[Category:Comics with color]] | [[Category:Comics with color]] | ||
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