Tropescilloscope: Hollywood Darkness

It's dark, but the audience can see and the characters aren't bumping into anything. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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Epilogue Arranged Marriage Names to Run Away from Really Fast Establishing Character Moment Hoist by His Own Petard Fainting Children Are Innocent Greater-Scope Villain Sliding Scale of Idealism vs. Cynicism Cool Guns Badass Normal folderlabel Off-into-the-Distance Ending La Résistance Reality Ensues Recycled IN SPACE! Unreliable Narrator Video Credits Wham Line Genre Throwback Adaptational Badass Disproportionate Retribution Face Death with Dignity Artistic License – Geography Chekhov's Gun Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome Bloodless Carnage Nice Guy Credits Gag Camera Abuse Corrupt Corporate Executive Conspicuous CG Stealth Hi/Bye Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping Sequel Hook No Ending Pragmatic Villainy Black Dude Dies First Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil Lighter and Softer Spiritual Successor Hidden Depths Heroic Sacrifice Anguished Declaration of Love He Knows Too Much The Un-Reveal Getting Crap Past the Radar My God, What Have I Done? 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She's Got Legs Adapted Out There Is No Kill Like Overkill Punch-Clock Villain Cluster F-Bomb Pyrrhic Victory B-Movie You Have Got to Be Kidding Me! 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