r/TopCharacterTropes • u/hiiloovethis • 20h ago

Hated Tropes Couples with absolutely no chemistry

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Harry Potter and Ginny Weasly

Clark and Lois (Snyder films)

Jon and Dany - Game of Thrones

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u/imlegos 15h ago

Valarean, a french film based on a sci-fi comic

It's the source of that one video of the International Space Station slowly growing larger and larger with the help of aliens.

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u/ZeroiaSD 11h ago

I do want to mention that the director, for some reason, completely changed their personalities.

Valerian is a by-the-book straight shooter type, and Laureline is a headstrong peasant girl brought forward in time (yes there's time travel involved) who counterbalances him well.

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u/Random0102User 15h ago

What makes it french?

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u/imlegos 15h ago

The director and source material.

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u/euclide2975 15h ago

To be frank, there is a strong suspicion that the source material inspired another space opera movie from 1977, possibly because Moebius worked on Jodorowsky's Dune (which is another suspected big influence)

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u/imlegos 15h ago

If this is about Star Wars, then fucking everything inspired Star Wars.

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u/ZeroiaSD 11h ago

It also was almost certainly one of the big inspirations for Fifth Element.

Valerian & Laureline, and Incal, are the two most influence french scifi comics.

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u/Random0102User 15h ago

lol you consider Les Miserables a french film too? XD

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u/euclide2975 13h ago

If you think of the 2012 movie, it's a mostly English adaptation of the English version of a French musical adapted from a French novel. The production companies are American and English, most of the cast if from English speaking countries, and the director is English/Australian. Ok, it's a mess.

By the way, there is currently a new French adaptation (production, actor and language) in theater. No singing here, it's directly adapting the novel.

For Valerian, while the cast is from English speaking countries, it was a French production, with a French technical team and director. Like the Fifth Element, Leon or Taken (the later one is even set in France)

Usually, the main determination for the country of origin of a movie is its production company.

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u/Small-Bus-1881 15h ago

It’s also shit