Difference between revisions of "Talk:2076: Horror Movies 2"
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I always assumed Jonas died too, but apparently the author wrote sequels and he didn't die [[Special:Contributions/108.162.216.190|108.162.216.190]] 15:38, 23 November 2018 (UTC) | I always assumed Jonas died too, but apparently the author wrote sequels and he didn't die [[Special:Contributions/108.162.216.190|108.162.216.190]] 15:38, 23 November 2018 (UTC) | ||
: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BackFromTheDead (it's actually rather Not Quite Dead, but the linked article has better info and links the other one.) --[[Special:Contributions/162.158.88.128|162.158.88.128]] 18:26, 23 November 2018 (UTC) | : https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BackFromTheDead (it's actually rather Not Quite Dead, but the linked article has better info and links the other one.) --[[Special:Contributions/162.158.88.128|162.158.88.128]] 18:26, 23 November 2018 (UTC) | ||
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| + | In my opinion, tragic stories should be about something real that we can learn from. Other tragic media only serve to desensitize us to tragic realities. The proper response to something tragic is to prevent it in the future. You can't do that with a horror movie. I think people are responding to our culture's distance from the extreme tragic realities of the world: some part of our brain is craving to handle tragic things in a world where such stories are all hidden in some way. [[Special:Contributions/172.68.65.150|172.68.65.150]] 20:49, 23 November 2018 (UTC) | ||
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I always assumed Jonas died too, but apparently the author wrote sequels and he didn't die 108.162.216.190 15:38, 23 November 2018 (UTC)
- https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BackFromTheDead (it's actually rather Not Quite Dead, but the linked article has better info and links the other one.) --162.158.88.128 18:26, 23 November 2018 (UTC)
In my opinion, tragic stories should be about something real that we can learn from. Other tragic media only serve to desensitize us to tragic realities. The proper response to something tragic is to prevent it in the future. You can't do that with a horror movie. I think people are responding to our culture's distance from the extreme tragic realities of the world: some part of our brain is craving to handle tragic things in a world where such stories are all hidden in some way. 172.68.65.150 20:49, 23 November 2018 (UTC)
