r/TopCharacterTropes • u/_JR28_ • 6h ago

Lore “Hey that’s not so bad- SWEET JESUS”

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A shot is set up in such a way where it looks fine from one angle, then they reveal another that makes it look way worse

Infinity War - Thanos reveals Nebula hanging up imprisoned, then when the camera follows Gamora going to her we see that mechanical components are stretched out and her head and body are in pieces.

Breaking Bad - Hector sets off a bomb in a murder suicide against Gus but he seems to walk out fine impossibly, then the camera moves to in front of him and you see half of his face is just not there anymore.

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u/NeatWhiskeyPlease 4h ago

This was such a good episode of LD&R.

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u/demotsusucku 4h ago

The best one.

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u/VanillaGorilla- 4h ago

I enjoy pretty much all of them equally, but my favorites are: Sonnie's Edge (action), All Through The House (comedy), The Very Pulse Of The Machine (sci-fi), Kill Team Kill (action).

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u/Winjin 3h ago

The one directed by David Fincher himself is so tightly directed it was just absolutely insane

Like you're watching it on the edge of the seat, every second counts, the pace is just perfect

And then you see

"Directed by

David Fincher"

And you're like "show off"

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u/VanillaGorilla- 3h ago

Another one I'd add to my list of favorites (Bad Traveling for the uninitiated). And of course it has one of the GOAT'd voice actors Troy Baker.

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u/Winjin 3h ago

Yeah and I agree that even the worst LDR shorts are mostly really good

I only dislike maybe a couple of them, that seem... pointless. The one with mercs in a cave, where the vampires fear a cat, and then they die seemes like it wasn't very well directed, or animated, or had a particularly captivating story, or interesting visuals - honestly, nothing happening of note - and the one at a junkyard, because most of it is just a drunkard incoherently rambling and then the guy just doing his job is killed for no reason. Maybe I didn't get it, but I really didn't get it, and the style was unpleasant as well.

Oh and the one about appliances becoming evil. The idea is solid, but I disliked the visuals and the pacing is somewhat sloppy

When you watch these great shorts one after another you really start appreciating and "seeing" those things, where you can tell it's like a song where the music just kinda breaks for a moment, like a vinyl player skipping a line. It's not a beautiful part of a song that is quiet and getting louder, it's just an abrupt stop

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u/NeatWhiskeyPlease 4h ago

I dunno, the WW2 Russian troops or the Dracula episodes are pretty fantastic too.

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u/Alawi27 4h ago

LD&R?

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u/Richard_Whitman 4h ago

Love, Death & Robots. 

Its a scifi anthology series on Netflix. 3 seasons with some hit or miss episodes. The ones that hit though are fuckin AWESOME. This shot is from a season 1 episode, and it very good. Recommend watching before you get too spoiled

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u/Classics22 3h ago

I love the idea of it but I watched a couple of them that fucking scarred me and I don't go back lmao. Like thank god I didn't watch Beyond the Aquila Rift

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u/SkeletorOnLSD 1h ago

There's a 4th season now.

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u/Richard_Whitman 56m ago

Whaaaat no way! Any good?

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u/SkeletorOnLSD 55m ago

Yeah, there are some really good episodes among them

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u/VanillaGorilla- 3h ago

If you have Netflix, I highly recommend it. They're short films, so you can watch a few within in hour.

Just don't binge them all or else you'll get to the end and go looking for more

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u/MostBoringStan 3h ago

And when you don't find more you start smoking crack just to fill the void with something, anything.

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u/VanillaGorilla- 3h ago

You can at least give Secret Level a chance

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u/Polkawillneverdie17 3h ago

Love, Death, & Robots