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Q&A Can ‘Stupid’ Characters Make Plot Narratives Memorable?

Characters in movies ‘28 Days Later’, ‘Jurassic Park’ and ‘The Day After Tomorrow’ made terrible impulsive choices that cost other characters their lives, but if it weren’t for any of those choices...

4 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Edmund Frost‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T09:30:25Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/37917
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar Edmund Frost‭ · 2019-12-08T09:30:25Z (almost 5 years ago)
Characters in movies ‘28 Days Later’, ‘Jurassic Park’ and ‘The Day After Tomorrow’ made terrible impulsive choices that cost other characters their lives, but if it weren’t for any of those choices made in the films, they wouldn’t have had any significant drama

- Ignoring an expert about releasing an infectious chimpanzee causing widespread infection in the UK
- Releasing some random dinosaurs causing nearly all of the workers to get caught and eaten
- Giving up and leading other humans out in the Artic cold with a low-risk chance of surviving - causing a sad scene upon finding their bodies later on

NOTE: Mistakes are natural and are what make us human, but logically some of the events could’ve been avoided, that’s why the consequences are annoying.

Am I right?

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2018-07-27T14:06:58Z (over 6 years ago)
Original score: 12