Movies where a resurrected villain is scared of modern technology
04-16-09, 11:39 PM
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Movies where a resurrected villain is scared of modern technology
Are there any movies out there where villain is either resurrected, or travels through time to the present day, and is shown scared of cars, televisions, artificial lights, etc?
I was thinking back to vampire or mummy movies and was always curious why someone who has been dead for hundreds (or thousands) of years is never leery of modern tech.
The same could also be asked of "modern" bad guys who wind up in the future. They somehow seem right at home with advanced technology that wasn't around in their time.
I was thinking back to vampire or mummy movies and was always curious why someone who has been dead for hundreds (or thousands) of years is never leery of modern tech.
The same could also be asked of "modern" bad guys who wind up in the future. They somehow seem right at home with advanced technology that wasn't around in their time.
04-17-09, 12:06 AM
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I can't think of any movies where a bad guy was afraid of technology. In Demolition Man, Simon Phoenix loves all the new technology and exploits it. In Encino Man, Link is wary of technology, but he's not the bad guy. These are completely useless suggestions.
04-17-09, 01:19 AM
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Hocus Pocus. The witches are revived and are initially wary of, if not terrified of, modern technology.
04-17-09, 01:41 AM
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Why does Hollywood hate villains who travel into the future and are afraid of modern technology so much?
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04-17-09, 02:42 AM
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They weren't the villains, but were certainly bad guys during their time; Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure had Genghis Kahn and Napoleon that were afraid of cars and whatnot.
04-17-09, 04:25 AM
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I was thinking that there aren't many scenes of bad guys being leery of cars (and such) because it would make them seem less menacing. Like his/her ability to take over the world is less believable because a TV set scares them.
04-17-09, 06:35 AM
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I thought it was stated in the movie that Simon had training in future weapons/technology while he was frozen.
I was thinking that there aren't many scenes of bad guys being leery of cars (and such) because it would make them seem less menacing. Like his/her ability to take over the world is less believable because a TV set scares them.
I was thinking that there aren't many scenes of bad guys being leery of cars (and such) because it would make them seem less menacing. Like his/her ability to take over the world is less believable because a TV set scares them.
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These are completely useless suggestions.
It feels like a more common scenario related to what you are suggesting is found in a comedy or light sci-fi movie. Didn't Kate & Leopold and Enchanted have several, similar scenes where a displaced character either misunderstood or was startled by technology?
04-17-09, 07:35 AM
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What about Dr. Evil in the the Austin Powers flicks. He seems weary and taken aback by all the new technology at first. I think... it's been awhile since I've seen those movies.
04-17-09, 07:51 AM
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what about the dude with the glass eye in last action hero? would that kinda count? he's not used to things being REAL but he's not exactly freaked out by the technology.
04-17-09, 08:31 AM
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In reverse, Army of Darkness comes to mind
04-17-09, 09:04 AM
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Re: Movies where a resurrected villain is scared of modern technology
This thread reminded me of John Lone's Ghengis Khan getting resurrected into a metropolis city in The Shadow...
Villains that time travel/get resurrected to the future are very open-minded and adaptable to technology. They play it cool and just don't freak out as much like the good guys.
Villains that time travel/get resurrected to the future are very open-minded and adaptable to technology. They play it cool and just don't freak out as much like the good guys.
04-17-09, 03:42 PM
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At first I thought that a villain not being scared might be a movie cliche, but it probably has more to do with the writing and characters. A good guy shown being scared/confused lends to some character development, as a villain being shown probably isn't. Of course, not showing a bad guy being scared/leery makes them seem more one-dimensionally "evil".
04-18-09, 08:26 AM
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Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I'm just a caveman. I fell on some ice and later got thawed out by some of your scientists. Your world frightens and confuses me! Sometimes the honking horns of your traffic make me want to get out of my BMW.. and run off into the hills, or wherever.. Sometimes when I get a message on my fax machine, I wonder: "Did little demons get inside and type it?" I don't know! My primitive mind can't grasp these concepts. But there is one thing I do know - when a man like my client slips and falls on a sidewalk in front of a public library, then he is entitled to no less than two million in compensatory damages, and two million in punitive damages. Thank you.
04-19-09, 09:33 AM
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Re: Movies where a resurrected villain is scared of modern technology
In Time After Time, David Warner as Jack the Ripper is transported to late 70s San Francisco. I guess that doesn't really count, because he's never shown as being afraid of technology, but curious, and later enthralled at the modern lack of morals.
