Trope is named for a skit in an episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000 where Mike Nelson attempts to guess the emotions portrayed by Kathy Ireland in Alien from L.A. This also sometimes results from an Acting in the Dark situation, the actor is unaware of how spectacular a visual effect is going to be because they are starring at a green wall. For actors like Arnold Schwarzenegger or Nicolas Cage, the times they actually show emotion tends to make for hilarious YouTube compilations. Or that the character in question is utterly unflappable, even in the face of the most astonishing events, or has gone through the wringer one time too many.Īnd from a different perspective, the lack of expression is vastly preferable to hamming up the performance to the point of absurdity and Milking the Giant Cow if the works is intended towards a quiet, passive experience. In specific scenes this look may be used to convey a sense that the character is experiencing something genuinely incomprehensible, where they don't have the faintest idea how to react. An entire branch of acting called "minimalist" goes on the assumption that it's actually much easier to overact, and underplaying a performance can create more emotional peaks and valleys for the character to express. It can be Truth in Television as some people's faces can betray very little emotion when they don't think anyone's watching them. Part of the "joke" is that the expression is extremely versatile, a standard movie poster look that never looks silly or awkward in a freeze frame, but often feels wrong in context. "Dull Surprise" shows up so often because it's a simple expression to perform or draw. The trope is often used to describe the 'wide' range of emotions a given actor may use for a role, and one of the staples of lazy character design and artistry. Typically the situation gives the vibe that the actor or character should be surprised in some way, but their vacant gaze and lolling jaw is hardly what you'd call emotive. This is my first Wattpad story and I hope most people enjoy it.A vague, wispy look given by a character in response to something that, theoretically, should produce a more intense or specific expression of shock, horror, or revelation. It has Marvel along with non-Marvel and non-RWBY characters, with an OC or two here and there. I don't remember if there is humor but I guess if you find it funny, it's humor. "Connected Webs" is a semi-serious RWBY fan fiction thing. Join him on this adventure involving action, romance, learning to be a hero, time travel, and other people from Earth. What he doesn't know is that this night, he will run into an old friend. Now he has taken up the Spider-Man mantle and plans to keep everyone in the city of Vale safe. After their death, he vowed to protect Vale. He was taken in by Peter and Miles to be trained as Spider-man. Before the deaths of Peter Parker and later Miles Morales on Remnant, (y/n) (l/n) gained some weird powers on a science trip from a radioactive spider on Patch.
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