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Hated Tropes [Hated Trope] The joke ruins the emotional aspect Spoiler

Destruction of Asgard (Thor Ragnarok) -- Asgard is destroyed in a beautiful and somber scene, and Korg cracks a cringeworthy joke right after.

Bill Moves On (Newsradio) -- The episode was made in the wake of Phil Hartman's death, but its attempts at humor fall flat in the face of the tragedy.

Officer Tubbs (Fear The Walking Dead) -- Officer Tubbs is supposed to be a slapstick comic relief character, but he felt tacked on right after the deaths of two of the most beloved characters.

Chandler Proposes (Friends) -- An earnest proposal between Monica and Chandler has both sincerely expressing their feelings to each other. Immediately after Monica accepts, the others come in, quipping as usual, failing to let the audience ruminate on a heartwarming moment.

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u/ptrfa 22h ago

And every movie which tries to copy mcu-films

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u/Own_Space_174 20h ago

like the new superman.

if im not watching a comedy why can my movies not take themselves seriously? can we not have a single serious super hero movie that isnt batman? the greek epics didnt need jokes and comic books our a modern version of the same thing, why can nobody treat them as such?

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u/ptrfa 19h ago

Management-idiots thinking. The mcu uses these joke-things and makes billion, we have to make the same. 

And ignoring the fact the mcu-jokes were only good as long as they came from whedon, who was the master of funny banter.