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Posted by Analog Scott (A) on November 13, 2006 at 13:41:45

In Reply to: Re: You really think the Titanic Terminator connection is far fetched posted by Dalton on November 13, 2006 at 12:50:52:

"Up until point 6 you described a lot of romance movies."

hmmm a lot? Name 10. Given there are thousands of romantic movies thats should be easy.

"Other than the male lead dying, you can even use those exact (vague) points to describe Disney's "Aladdin".

Aladdin? lets see.

"1. We meet a male protagonist who is poor and displaced but very resourceful and smart." OK other than displaced. Aladin is very much in his element. so I'll give you half a point.

"2. We meet a female protagonist who is wide eyed, innocent and dripping with unfullfilled potential." OK...

"3. Unlikely circumstance throws the two together." yes.

"4. The two are then persued for the bulk of the movie by a relentless deadly force." Nope. It all falls apart here. they face a common enemy but they are not persued together by a relentless deadly force.

"5. We see a series of narrow escapes." Nope. The two protagonists aren't even together during the bulk of the action much less making narrow escapes together while being persued by a relentless deadly force. while the antagonist is a threat to each that threat is nothing of the same nature as the one found in Terminator and Titanic.

"6. During the course of the chase the two protagonists fall in love' OK except there is no chase. But yes they do fall in love and then out of love and then back in love. wait, doesn't Aladdin after finding the genie come in under false pretenses to try to make Jasmine fall in love only to get busted by the antogonist who is trying to manipulate the situation so he can marry Jasmine and become king? Sorry, the plot at that point is sooo far removed from the basic points I cited that I think your comparison totally falls apart.

"7. In the end the male protagonist dies for the sake of saving the female protagonist." Aside from the fact that Aladdin has by this point taken a radically different plot direction, this is a huge point in the similarities between Terminator and Titanic. It's one thing to find movies that have similar set ups at first, it's another to find movies that match point by point from begining to end.

"8. The female protagonist goes on to live a full life fullilling the promise of their great potential having been put in touch with her potential by the chance encounter with the poor displaced male protagonist and the hardship of the relentless persuit they had nearly survived together.'
Same as above.

I commend your attempt to refute my point. The Aladdin idea was pretty good really even if it doesn't hold up under closer scrutiny.