I would say that it's usually the loners or the couples. Not often do whole groups of people get killed in one scene.
I would say that it's usually the loners or the couples. Not often do whole groups of people get killed in one scene.
Rich guys. You're always set up to dislike them, and then at a random point in the film they're killed in some insanely morbid way just to please the audience.
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Nah, the funny, frequently stoned, guy always gets it.
As an aside, which death is best? My vote goes to that bus thing in Final Destination.
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I voted groups of teenagers, as they almost never survive the film intact-they are always thinned down dramatically. In terms of individual characters, I would say the African American ones seem to have it worst.
Both the Loner and the Prettiest Character seem to have one of two fates-either they are killed off very quickly, or they are the film's main character, and survive until the end.
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Well it seems to me, most people are saying who is most likely to die first, which isn't necessarily who suffers most.
I'd say it often is the pretty girl who, while usually surviving, is put through the most torture. They see there friends die, get doused with gore, chased by axe weilding psycopaths, suffer multiple near-death encounters and so on. Sometimes they even completely snap and become killing machines themselves.
As to who dies first- ya, it's usually the "immoral" characters... whether it's sleeping around, doing drugs, or just being a jerk.
Last edited by Xiahou; 08-20-2006 at 01:05.
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You forgot the arrogant sceptics, those always die.
I was going to say 'the stupid blonde' but you pretty much covered that with the prettiest character.
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