More people who always die.

[Deej]

Private jokers post got me thinking(it happens) and these are others who always die in the movies.
>Wacky sidekick
>The guy who's a cop/fighter-pilot/bear-baiter/extreme athlete only so he can raise money for a worthwhile charity, usually involving kids.
>Any friend of the hero who has a wife and two kids.
>Teens  who have sex in slasher flicks.(oral counts Monica)
>Any cop/soldier/spy whose about to retire after one last mission.
Remember kids, if you're going on a landing party, don't wear a red shirt!!
DJ

[kriss emmett]

exellent observations my american friend and also the guy who runs away or betrays the hero in an alien movie.

[jmc]

It's probably not PC to say it, but it's true...black characters usually die, unless it's a movie with a predominantly black cast.  The zine BAD AZZ MOFO did an essay on this called "How Come the Brutha's Always Gotta Die?"

[Lee]

Authority figures bite it quite often. I have a feeling that the writer is living out his dream. :)

[BlackAngel]

Unless, JMC, you're LL Cool J in Deep Blue Sea or Taye Diggs in House on Haunted Hill.  They avoided the "Black man's Death" as I call it.

And this is a Black man saying this.

[Flangepart]

And don't forget the use of this habit as a gag in "Evolution".

[Cloudio]

The old crazy man that the kids make fun of usually gets it...moments after delivering his "stay out of the woods" message to the teens.

[Goon]

            Don't forget the nerd or any guy with thick glasses, it often involves the glasses breaking.  Also, usually the scientists go, especialy if they (created/want to capture) the creature "for the benefit of mankind".

[John Morgan]

More people who always seem to die.

Best friend of Hero's Girlfriend.  (Hero always thinks it was his girlfriend who was killed but is surprised to find her alive at the end)

Wingman, Gunner or Copilot of Hero in military picture involving aircraft.  (Think Topgun) They've been friends from high school or something like that.

Any un-named individual at the beginning of a Horror flick.  (AKA: First Victim)

The super strong/big/tough henchman of the bad guy who usually does brutal killings for the bad guy.

In recent years, however, I've noticed a disturbing trend.  Many Hollywood types, writers, actors etc., are against the death penalty, yet at the end of their motion pictures, the bad guy is killed by the hero.  This makes the hero, judge, jury and executioner.  

Just think, Hollywood is filled with hypocrites  I can't beleive it!    ;  P

[Jay O'Connor]

Well..the funny part is that the Bad Guy always dies, but it's not a deliberate pre-mediated act by the Good Guy.

Either the Bad Guy takes a final swipe at the Good Guy and falls to his death or some other form of self-caused death

Or the Bad Guy takes a final shot at the Good Guy and the Good Guy fires back in self defense

In other words, teh Good Guy never just kills the Bad Guy, the Bad Guy's death has to be somehow justified as not really the Good Guys fault

[J.R.]

Another victim-in-waiting is the one with common sense when things go bad. The guy saying "Let's get outta here! We've gotta leave now!", while the other characters say, "No, let's venture into this dark, claustrophobic area that will no doubt lead to death for most of us,". Bill Paxton in Aliens is a great example.

Security Guards- If Hollywood is to be believed this is the most dangerous profession.

The chubby friend/partner/associate of the hero- They're sometimes just wounded, leaving them out of action, or they disappear from the third act, and are presumed dead.

LL Cool J must have a caveat in his contract that says he lives. His survival was the only surprise in Deep Blue Sea and Halloween H20. If I were making a movie, the black guy would be the only survivor, and he sould stay alive by using common sense and not rushing into danger. The Nordic-looking guy who is fulfilling his destiny by stepping into the footsteps of his legendary father would die in the first four minutes.

[Jay O'Connor]

LL Cool J must have a caveat in his contract that says he lives. His survival was the only surprise in Deep Blue Sea ..

Not really...if you notice the two 'uneducated' people survived, the normal people.  All the scientists (or in Samuel Jackson's case , the 'business suit') died.   So LL's survival made prefect sense once you see the pattern.

[Deej]

But LL cool J got it in Rollerball
DJ