The WHY? Thread

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Tanis

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thaluikhain said:
Tanis said:
There's a lot of those 'WHY' moments in action movies/series.

WHY let the villain live is something I'll never 'get'.

The Joker should have been shot YEARS ago, but Batman doesn't kill him because...whatever.

So, the Joker goes around killing even MORE people...
Over and over and over again.

I'd say Batman is a BIGGER murder then any of his rouges because of his inaction.
Leaving aside murder/execution/assassination, the police in the US carry firearms because they are allowed/supposed to kill criminals if it will prevent them harming someone else.

Hell, they have police snipers trained extensively for that very reason (admittedly, observation is a big thing as well).
Yeah, well, this is the DCU.
The police are freaking worthless.
 

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Tanis said:
thaluikhain said:
Tanis said:
There's a lot of those 'WHY' moments in action movies/series.

WHY let the villain live is something I'll never 'get'.

The Joker should have been shot YEARS ago, but Batman doesn't kill him because...whatever.

So, the Joker goes around killing even MORE people...
Over and over and over again.

I'd say Batman is a BIGGER murder then any of his rouges because of his inaction.
Leaving aside murder/execution/assassination, the police in the US carry firearms because they are allowed/supposed to kill criminals if it will prevent them harming someone else.

Hell, they have police snipers trained extensively for that very reason (admittedly, observation is a big thing as well).
Yeah, well, this is the DCU.
The police are freaking worthless.
I suppose.

What annoys me is the heroes' restriction on killing isn't just about them not murdering anyone, it's that they must never kill anyone even under circumstances where they would be allowed to, or where it is the morally right decision. If the only way to stop the criminal killing a bunch of people is to kill them, they have to just hope a miracle happens. Grrrr....
 

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Vault101 said:
why is the [strike/]rum[/S] cider gone? why am I so lonely?[footnote/]its technically my brithday at this time and I am quite drunk and wanting to talk to somone :([/footnote]
Don't worry Vault, you're not the only one who's lonely. Especially around here. :D

[sub]Happy birthday![/sub]
 

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I killed Paarthurnax in a playthrough, thinking he will be as tough as an ancient dragon...he wasn't...he was a frail old dragon that went down fast...I reloaded and told the blades to FUS RO FUCK themselves!
I think they should have made him stronger, seeing as he goes toe to toe with Alduin at one point in the game.

But yeah. I do think some dragons would follow the way of the voice. The impression I got off Odahviing was 'well, it's asking a lot of them, and loads certainly won't. Good luck to him, though'.

I will admit his name translation unnerves me a bit, though. :p
 

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Tanis said:
There's a lot of those 'WHY' moments in action movies/series.

WHY let the villain live is something I'll never 'get'.

The Joker should have been shot YEARS ago, but Batman doesn't kill him because...whatever.

So, the Joker goes around killing even MORE people...
Over and over and over again.

I'd say Batman is a BIGGER murder then any of his rouges because of his inaction.
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Let me tell you something...
Awesome flick. It also answers your question quite well.
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Guffe said:
Well I'm a Supernatural fan and I still don't get it why Dean and Sam always leave stuff untold to each other.
The only one I do understand is when Sam was without a soul because he was basically being controlled but they always end up finding out each others secrets and it ends well, so why not tell from the start?
But yeah...
BECAUSE DRAMA.

I watched a film recently called The Hunt, with Mads Mikkelsen. That film was about two hours of me yelling "WHY?!" at everything the characters did or said.
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I hate it so much when the whole situation could be defused if one side just confesses before it all goes to shit. This is the base for a lot of Rom-Coms.
 

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Why did my two favorite TV shows have to end? Friends after 10 seasons and Firefly after only 14 episodes. :(
Fox, why didn't you give Firefly a fighting chance??
 

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Vault101 said:
why is the [strike/]rum[/S] cider gone? why am I so lonely?[footnote/]its technically my brithday at this time and I am quite drunk and wanting to talk to somone :([/footnote]

ok I have one..The comic "The Boys"...the thing with the tapeworm....yeah

Scarim Coral said:
The only recent "why" I can think of was watching The Dark Knight Rises last night-
Why did that guy and that blind guy help Bruce recover when Bane put him in the pit? Since Bane own the pit couldn't he threaten the inhabitants that anyone that help him will be killed?

I admit however I wasn't paying attention to some part of the film so I may have messed some info out.
I dont think Bane was around to give orders

and I don;t think bane owned the pit....it was around long before him
Oh happy birthday!!!

I just remember another why thing from that film that had bother me
Why was Bruce leg injured? Well ok it's more of an how sort of question.
I mean I did heard the part that they said Batman dissapear on the same night with the final confrontation with Two Face so it wasn't like some villain/ crook was the one who gave him that serious injury. It must of been something silly for to get that injury since he spend years being reclusive like falling down on the stairs or something (or again I didn't listen to some of the detail being said in teh film)
 

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Scarim Coral said:
I just remember another why thing from that film that had bother me
Why was Bruce leg injured? Well ok it's more of an how sort of question.
I mean I did heard the part that they said Batman dissapear on the same night with the final confrontation with Two Face so it wasn't like some villain/ crook was the one who gave him that serious injury. It must of been something silly for to get that injury since he spend years being reclusive like falling down on the stairs or something (or again I didn't listen to some of the detail being said in teh film)
Okay, I actually know that one:

Remember in the second one where he fell from that building with Two Face? That's the general reason.
 

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Scarim Coral said:
The only recent "why" I can think of was watching The Dark Knight Rises last night-
Why did that guy and that blind guy help Bruce recover when Bane put him in the pit? Since Bane own the pit couldn't he threaten the inhabitants that anyone that help him will be killed?

I admit however I wasn't paying attention to some part of the film so I may have messed some info out.
I think it was out of both kindness towards this stranger who has potential to escape, and general hatred towards Bane as well.
 
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Why did Ethan black out and wake up with origami in his hand, despite having never done origami in his life, if he wasn't the Origami Killer? And how did the actual killer know to time his kidnap of Ethan's son for the exact moment when Ethan is having this blackout? I suspect the answer is 'because the writers didn't think it through'.
 

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TheIronRuler said:
Tanis said:
There's a lot of those 'WHY' moments in action movies/series.

WHY let the villain live is something I'll never 'get'.

The Joker should have been shot YEARS ago, but Batman doesn't kill him because...whatever.

So, the Joker goes around killing even MORE people...
Over and over and over again.

I'd say Batman is a BIGGER murder then any of his rouges because of his inaction.
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Let me tell you something...
Awesome flick. It also answers your question quite well.
Still makes me think Batman's a dick. Yeah he's cool, but the more I read the comics the more I realize that he's not doing anything out of good. He's a selfish little punk who beats criminals up so HE can feel better. He never breaks his moral code so HE can be better for it. It doesn't matter to him that the entirety of Gotham and the world as a whole would be better off if he just killed these incurable psychopaths who kill more people than cancer. He just wants to make himself feel better.
 

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AsurasEyes said:
TheIronRuler said:
Tanis said:
There's a lot of those 'WHY' moments in action movies/series.

WHY let the villain live is something I'll never 'get'.

The Joker should have been shot YEARS ago, but Batman doesn't kill him because...whatever.

So, the Joker goes around killing even MORE people...
Over and over and over again.

I'd say Batman is a BIGGER murder then any of his rouges because of his inaction.
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Let me tell you something...
Awesome flick. It also answers your question quite well.
Still makes me think Batman's a dick. Yeah he's cool, but the more I read the comics the more I realize that he's not doing anything out of good. He's a selfish little punk who beats criminals up so HE can feel better. He never breaks his moral code so HE can be better for it. It doesn't matter to him that the entirety of Gotham and the world as a whole would be better off if he just killed these incurable psychopaths who kill more people than cancer. He just wants to make himself feel better.
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...yes. That description was spot on. I agree. I'll just add a few more words so to avoid a short post.
 

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Vault101 said:
why is the [strike/]rum[/S] cider gone? why am I so lonely?[footnote/]its technically my brithday at this time and I am quite drunk and wanting to talk to somone :([/footnote]
Happy birthday =3 Not that you recognise or know me ¬_¬ =P

Why is Daryl still doing the "He's mah bro" routine, concerning Merle? The guy is a massive douche, who just kidnapped, beat the shit out of, and tried to kill Glenn (And Maggie). And you're still all "BUT HE'S MAH BRUDDAH, RICK!?" Christ. Tyreese better live up to his comic counterpart. We need some badassery up in here.
 

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Most recently was my Medieval 2 English campaign, why must diplomacy suck so bad. I mean, the NPCs are really doing weird shit there.

Also, why isn't there Oni sequel? Or why did I just watch the Breaking Dawn pt2?
 

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shrekfan246 said:


Any time any game gives me a "supposed-to-lose" fight but scripts the actual fight itself so that it's incredibly easy and then a cut-scene afterwards is where my character suddenly forgets how to hold his weapon and loses in the most deus ex machina way possible.
Ah yes, I know what you mean, X-men Origins Wolverine did that very thing in the first fight with Sabretooth.

But there is another option, let the player be able to win that supposed-to-lose fight as long as there is something right around the corner to finish the job a-la Demon's Souls.
 

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These The Phantom ads had me confused when I as growing up.




Great job, Phantom.
You really saved the day there, didn't you?

Why did he even bother?