Why are dogs always featured in disaster movies?

Richard Dower

:mad: , Independence Day, 2012 and now i see a dog in Battle: los Angeles....is it some kind of running gag?

johnny_ultimate

Hollywood's just gone to the dogs. No one's willing to throw a bone to film-makers with original ideas. They need to fetch some decent screenwriters quickly, and put the old ones out of their misery. It's a woof system.

Galvasean

In Starhip Troopers they killed the dog. The hell man?!?!?!

krudler

Galvasean wrote: »

In Starhip Troopers they killed the dog. The hell man?!?!?!

they sure did, i hate the "millions of people just died but the doggy made it so everythings ok" thing in disaster movies, if I'd made Independence Day that dog would have been roasted in that tunnel :pac:


* just to note I wouldnt wish harm on an animal, its just a tired plot device that needs shaking up

mikhail

Richard Dower wrote: »

:mad: , Independence Day, 2012 and now i see a dog in Battle: los Angeles....is it some kind of running gag?

They're better actors than the kind of people they get for those films. Consider what happens to I Am Legend after

the dog dies

. Clearly, the dog held that film together.

mike65

Cos they are mobile, cute/heroic/sympathic, cheap.

krudler

mikhail wrote: »

They're better actors than the kind of people they get for those films. Consider what happens to I Am Legend after

the dog dies

. Clearly, the dog held that film together.

Thats the exact point where the movie turned from watchable to tripe, cgi vampires my ass. worst special effects in a major blockbuster in years, the cityscapes look incredible but the vampire/zombie whatever the hell look horrible, unfinished and rushed, why couldnt they just use makeup on actual people? would have looked way better, Blade 2 did it and the reapers are amazing looking.

Duggy747

mikhail wrote: »

They're better actors than the kind of people they get for those films. Consider what happens to I Am Legend after....Clearly, the dog held that film together.

Shìte film which is only memorable for the dog. Funny how it's the only thing most people comment on :pac:

Sad Professor

Putting a dog in jeopardy is what talentless hack filmmakers do when want to create tension. The minute the audience sees a dog in a film there's an automatic expectation that the dog will die some point. So they spend the entire movie worrying about the dog. It's just one of those things.

constitutionus

cos people like the dogs more than the actors !

that and the fact kittens cant run that fast.

indough

the bonus side of this is that when you see a dog get killed in a movie you know its going to be ****ed up

Ruu_Old

This is why, they are always up to something!

stevenmu

Because cats just hiss at the camera and run away.