-- Posted by K r e s c e n d o at 2:12 pm on July 4, 2009 This was brought up on something I was watching, and I wanted your opinion on it. (This has more to do with Horrors and Actions) In sequels, for example Alien, and Aliens, and Anaconda, and Anaconda 2, there are 1 Bad-guy at the first film, but usually in the second there are more than 1. I was wondering. In films, do you think it's better having one bad-guy/creature/villain etc or a bunch of (as stated before)? Do you find it more...terrifying or exciting? -- Posted by stupidpaul at 2:14 pm on July 4, 2009 If there's only one it means they're going to be a hell of a lot harder to kill and also ensures there's going to be points where the viewers think they've been stopped and even though subconsciously you know they're going to be back it will still scare you when it happens. But at the same time if there is loads of them the same thing can be achieved =/ I don't know, I'm confused now haha -- Posted by sweetness14 at 2:19 pm on July 4, 2009 y do you say film? thats so old fashioned lol -- Posted by GoodFairy13 at 2:19 pm on July 4, 2009 One base of enemies, not a singular person. Sometimes if there are loads of conflicting enemies coming from different angles it gets confusing. -- Posted by Themakingofagod at 2:20 pm on July 4, 2009 The number of antagonists really don't contribute to the quality of the movie.  Whether 1, or thousands, the storyline and the dialogue are what makes it good to me. -- Posted by K r e s c e n d o at 2:21 pm on July 4, 2009 Quote: from sweetness14 at 10:19 pm on July 4, 2009 y do you say film? thats so old fashioned lol Because I'm British. You americans have manipulated every great British word there is and raped it until you decided to change at least one letter or the whole word. -- Posted by Baron Samedi at 2:22 pm on July 4, 2009 If we're talking about monster movies, I like it when there's just one.  Makes the thing doing the killing all the more menacing when it's causing all that shit on it's own. But with human bad guys, I like it when there's one main bad guy, with a bunch of fun henchmen running around doing their bidding.  Like in Die Hard or any James Bond movie. -- Posted by Zaxter at 2:23 pm on July 4, 2009 doesnt matter -- Posted by Budokai at 2:43 pm on July 4, 2009 u used bad examples, unless ur talknig about ONLY sequels i think it depends on what the film is like, if they make it work and interlock well then it doesn matter how many baddies there are :P can b done really well but tends to only b done in terrible sequels lol -- Posted by Bacon at 5:17 am on July 5, 2009 I like it when the audience's view on who's the protagonist and the antagonist is turned completely on its head. -- Posted by clockworkorange71 at 12:23 pm on July 5, 2009 Quote: from sweetness14 at 2:19 pm on July 4, 2009 y do you say film? thats so old fashioned lol How is that old fashioned.. were you born yesterday? -- Posted by clockworkorange71 at 12:24 pm on July 5, 2009 If it's like a bad guy, like a criminal or villain or something, I like just one.  But if it's monsters or something, usually I like more than one.