KillerMovies - Movies That Matter!

REGISTER HERE TO JOIN IN! - It's easy and it's free!
Home » Comic Book Forums » Comic Book Movies » Comic Books » What makes a story great to you?

What makes a story great to you?
Started by: Entity

Forum Jump:
Post New Thread    Post A Reply
  Last Thread   Next Thread
Author
Thread
Entity
Illuminati Founder

Gender: Male
Location: Ascended

What makes a story great to you?

For me its when the characters don't win and know they aren't going to but keep fighting anyway. I much prefer realism to candy coated fairytales. I also prefer flawed imperfect characters that are all shades of grey as appose to pure black and white concepts. The best stories to me are the ones where no one is completely right or wrong. This is why I love stories like Watchmen, Civil War, Supernatural, and V for Vendetta.


__________________

None of them sparkle!
Sig by Scythe!

Old Post Aug 15th, 2011 06:01 AM
Entity is currently offline Click here to Send Entity a Private Message Find more posts by Entity Edit/Delete Message Reply w/Quote Quick Quote
Bentley
Seitei

Gender: Unspecified
Location: France

I like stories that aren't overly serious but are capable of being engaging in their portrayals and reflections. I like fun, humor and over-the-topness and also to feel the effort done by the characters and the author, coherence in plot and not too much realism.


__________________


My respect threads:Kang the Conqueror, Ultron, Devil Dinosaur, Michael Korvac
Captain America for High Street

Old Post Aug 15th, 2011 08:16 AM
Bentley is currently offline Click here to Send Bentley a Private Message Find more posts by Bentley Edit/Delete Message Reply w/Quote Quick Quote
Black bolt z
Mindsets Master

Gender: Male
Location: Gotham

A story thats well written tends to be great.


__________________
Some men, just want to watch the world burn.

Old Post Aug 15th, 2011 03:32 PM
Black bolt z is currently offline Click here to Send Black bolt z a Private Message Find more posts by Black bolt z Edit/Delete Message Reply w/Quote Quick Quote
StyleTime
Senior Member

Gender: Male
Location: The Lands Between

Apart from "good" writing or "interesting" characters, my idea of a great story is difficult to communicate in a concise manner. For every gritty, realistic story I've enjoyed, there is an idealistic fantasy I like just as much. Love stories tug at my heart as much as action stories excite it. It wouldn't paint a complete picture if I simply say "I like (insert theme/genre/character archetype/etc here)."

Truth be told, I think a lot of ideas would be great stories if executed well.

Old Post Aug 17th, 2011 02:44 AM
StyleTime is currently offline Click here to Send StyleTime a Private Message Find more posts by StyleTime Edit/Delete Message Reply w/Quote Quick Quote
steverules_2
Senior Member

Gender: Male
Location: The Tardis

I think pretty every hero goes through a story where they know they won't win but keep fighting anyway...the greatest for me was the first time superman fought doomsday because he was getting his ass kicked and was pretty smashed up but he kept on fighting...no other hero could do anything apart from him.


__________________


I'm Bada's pimp

I created Raptor Bada, Donald, and Sparkles

Old Post Aug 17th, 2011 08:32 AM
steverules_2 is currently offline Click here to Send steverules_2 a Private Message Find more posts by steverules_2 Edit/Delete Message Reply w/Quote Quick Quote
steverules_2
Senior Member

Gender: Male
Location: The Tardis

Actually my favorite may be the ultimate spiderman death, now that was epic...he was dying and he didn't care, he just wanted to protect his aunt, his friends and everyone around him from the Goblin...he'd been shot but he still took on a bunch of his villains


__________________


I'm Bada's pimp

I created Raptor Bada, Donald, and Sparkles

Old Post Aug 17th, 2011 09:39 AM
steverules_2 is currently offline Click here to Send steverules_2 a Private Message Find more posts by steverules_2 Edit/Delete Message Reply w/Quote Quick Quote
All times are UTC. The time now is 10:23 AM.
  Last Thread   Next Thread

Home » Comic Book Forums » Comic Book Movies » Comic Books » What makes a story great to you?

Email this Page
Subscribe to this Thread
   Post New Thread  Post A Reply

Forum Jump:
Search by user:
 

Forum Rules:
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is OFF
vB code is ON
Smilies are ON
[IMG] code is ON

Text-only version
 

< - KillerMovies.com - Forum Archive - Forum Rules >


© Copyright 2000-2006, KillerMovies.com. All Rights Reserved.
Powered by: vBulletin, copyright ©2000-2006, Jelsoft Enterprises Limited.