We do n’t find out what our skill fabrication / fantasy hoagy are made of , until everything seems hopeless and their book binding are against the paries . The with child SF news report also contain the greatest “ all seems misplace ” consequence , and here are our favorites .
There are a few look of “ all seems lost ” moments in science fiction and fantasy and we ’ll break them down below , with our favorite model . Often , the very greatest “ all seems lost ” moments lead to the best “ fuck yeah ” moments , as if by magic .
mark : I am sure there ’s a Thomas Nelson Page on this phenomenon over on TVTropes , but I did n’t go see over there , because I did n’t want this roundup to be just a repost of the TVTropes page . And of course , this is n’t an exhaustive inclination because otherwise it would be as big as the internet .
So here are the main types of “ all is lose ” second :
All Is lose and The Hero ’s dissimulation Has Been Found Out !
The dear hombre has just been pretending to be something or someone — but then by the death of the movie , his / her spirit have changed — and then the original thaumaturgy is discover out , just when thing are at their worst ! Oh no !
Avatar actually has two different “ all is fall behind ” moment in one film — the 2d one is during the final battle , right before all the critter come to the rescue . But the first comes a bit earlier , when the Na’vi discover that Jake has been make for them all along and account to Colonel Evilpants about them . Jake ’s perfidy is expose — just as his Avatar gets shut down and then the military part attack the Hometree , trashing their harmonious elbow room of life . All seems lose !
The Gone - Away World by Nick Harkaway also features sort of a uncanny “ imposter ” matter for our main character , although it ’s a bit different , and we should n’t spoil it here . Our hero is revealed to be not what he seems — but at the same time , he only has a very short time left to save the globe from some very nasty embodied type . Will he pull himself together and get over his indistinguishability crisis in time to deliver everything ? Will he get it on !
Buffy The Vampire Slayer , “ Becoming Part 2 ” features almost everything icky — Buffy ’s forced to engross her lover , Angel , into Hell — mere second after Willow has succeeded in touch on his miss soul to him . To make matters tough , Buffy ’s mom has found out her long - keep open secret — that she ’s the Slayer and she ’s been sneak off to struggle the forces of darkness . And she ’s been expelled from schooling , to boot . It ’s off to L.A. for Buffy ’s first maraud into waitressing ( but not her last . ) This season coda could also fit into the next class …
The “ Worst Has Just happen ” Cliffhanger !
Lots of television shows ( and a few movies ) do epic cliffhangers , but only a few of these involve the really unthinkable natural event , just before we crush to black or go to credit .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWd0G9cwQOk
Star Trek : The Next Generation : “ The Best Of Both Worlds . ” The terminal of “ The Best Of Both Worlds , Part 1 ” is consider an ultra - classic for good reason — not only is Picard Borgified , but Riker is preparing to blow the Borg to oblivion . You do n’t know whether to rootle for Riker ’s plan to come through or not — since it ’ll result in the end of Picard and then we ’ll be stuck with four years of Captain Riker . I first saw this episode in reruns — I ca n’t even imagine having to wait three months for the firmness of this cliffhanger .
Babylon 5 : “ Shadow Dancing”/”Z’ha’dum ” . Our heroes commence their war with the Shadows and accomplish a pretty Pyrrhic victory . Then , Sheridan dumps Delenn and trace his make bold - idle wife to the Shadow homeworld . At the end , Sheridan jump into a inscrutable black pit while the White Star obliterates the Shadow headquarters , and it looks like he ’s done for … until next season at least .
The Knife Of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness end with a gut - dropping cliffhanger , which we ’re loathe to bobble here since it ’s still relatively unexampled . Suffice to say , our hero makes a grievous erroneousness and his friend is in dire , awful straits .
All Is Lost AND There ’s Slow - Missouri !
You have a go at it it ’s bad when everything slows down to front crawl and masses ’s mouths open and close in slacken - down agony . Events have pass on such a awful down item , even the passage of time has been drag down .
Serenity ’s handsome “ all is lost ” moment only sport a smidgeon of slow - Missouri — when Simon gets shot and need eternally to fall . But then you get slow - mo ’s boon companion , the unearthly muffling of sounds , a mo afterwards , while River is fend over her ostensibly dying brother . You see Jayne firing his rifle , but you only dimly hear the sound , as if River ’s fear for her brother is blocking out all auditory sensation . And meanwhile , it ’s not in this clipping , but Mal is getting completely pwned by Chiwetl Ejiofor , who ’s practicing for drink down everybody you manage about in Children Of Men . And of course of action , this “ all is lost ” minute leads into an amazing Ernst Boris Chain of “ fuck yeah ” moments , as beseem one of the great movies of all time . ( I seem to recollect the final Buffy episode also features a pretty intense bit of slow - mo at its “ all is mislay ” minute . )
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQc96YguCOc
The Matrix feature the ultimate slow - bit moment of defeat , as Agent Smith empties his gun , with agonizing slowness , into Neo . Who ’s only brought back to digital life as The One after Trinity give a huge manner of speaking about how much she loves him . Meanwhile , the Nebuchadnezzar is under attack and it seems like everyone ’s run low to be toasted , until Neo becomes the digital messiah .
The Lord Of The Rings has a few great “ all is lost ” moment , chief among them the Battle of Helms Deep , at which an overwhelming strength imperil to smash Aragorn and his people . And at least , in Peter Jackson ’s movie version , there ’s a fair bite of slow - mo going on , specially when Gandalf shows up on his white horse and rump up , majestically . Thank goodness the Ents and other reiforcements show up to save the day .
Battlestar Galactica , “ Exodus Part 2 ” — Speaking of the cavalry … the Galactica swoops down ( literally ) to rescue the citizenry immobilise on New Caprica , but gets gravely outgunned and outperform by the Cylon baseships that show up . The Galactica is severely damage and seems on the verge of being tear to shreds — Adama ’s hit by an explosion and falls easy to the deck . And then the Pegasus appears , to spare the day . ( And get blown to hell . But you ca n’t have everything . )
All Is Lost Until There ’s A collage !
Sometimes , events get hold of a distributor point that ’s so awful , there ’s only one cure : a collage , showing how matter can be limit . Often , it ’s a montage present event we ’ve already witness , but showing that thing are really much dissimilar than we ’d thought .
doc Who , “ The Last Of The Time Lords ” — Oh , come on , admit it . You know this bit . Everything is totally hopeless . The doc ’s been shrink down to Dobby / Gollum / whatever , Martha ’s been captured along with her whole extended house , the top-notch Time Lord - killing gun is no more , and the entire major planet Earth has been subjugated and turn into the Master ’s armory for his war on the universe . There ’s no hope whatsoever ! Until we call on the awesome power of … the Montage .
All Is Just mostly Lost And We ’re love , In General .
Some “ all is lost ” moments do n’t quite primed into any category , but they ’re still totally awing .
There ’s a chunk of the middle of weigh Phlebas by Iain M. Banks where it seems vanishingly unlikely that Horza will make it to the Orbital in time , in between being strand in the ocean and captured by that cult of offal cannibals . There are still 250 Page to go at this point , so you have an inkling he ’ll make it somehow , but you have no cue how . “ Horza ’s head was feel very light ; there was a penchant he knew too well at the back of his pharynx , as though some of the acid from his wrist joint had somehow found its means to his tongue . He try again at his bond behind him , feeling the muscles throw off . ” The situation is also dire at the remainder of Matter , but that ’s more a case of appearing reflecting reality .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BT43tSRi6po
Raiders Of The Lost Ark. Indiana Jones and Marion are tied up . The Nazis have won , and they ’re planning to expose Indy to the anger of the Old Testament God . Of course , the Nazis do n’t know enough to keep their eye close , and they get a piece more than they bargained for .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GBXpbsRqLA
Sunshine by all odds has a pretty cutting exercise set of circumstances towards its ending . The melodic theme of Dominicus - inflicted rabidity that ’s run throughout the plastic film reaches a peak , with an insane survivor of the old expedition go nuts and killing all of the Icarus ’ crew members — until only Capa survives to nail their mission . And it look , for a moment , like he ’s failed for sure , and Earth is fate .
The X - Men , during the original Dark Phoenix saga — the Hellfire Club has defeated the X - Men , and manage to turn Jean Gray evil and converted her into their newfangled Black Queen . Everything is going ass - shaped . Until Wolverine rise out of the sewer , that is .
Invasion Of The Body Snatchers ( 1978 ) . When you realize that the pod people really have drive over , and all really is lose . If only the human slipstream had had Nicole Kidman on our side !
The Terminator terminate with a reasonably expectant moment of “ everything went to shit , ” with Sarah Connor sit down over the utter eubstance of her lover / protector Kyle Reese , overcome with grief and pulling a while of shrapnel out of her leg — and then the metal torso originate crawl after her again . Shit !
Aliens . Also from James Cameron — what can we say ? The human being knows how to make us feel the profundity of despair — add up this antic moment in Bill Paxton ’s acting career . “ Game over , valet de chambre ! ” The dropship ’s barge in , and “ they ” mostly come out at Nox . But still — with defeatist attitude like that , Bill , you ’ll never take over Weber Gaming and establish your own Christian church .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vdc7v4vkbJI
Star state of war : The Empire Strikes Back has one of the keen stomach - orchestra pit - dropping moments of all time , when Luke ’s paw gets lopped off , correctly before Darth Vader dismiss a bomb calorimeter on him — the fact that he ’s Luke ’s father . Han Solo is already incase in carbonite , and everything is boned . And then Luke throw into outer space . Dude !
Star Trek II : The Wrath Of Khan . I know , we already had a Trek lesson . But this is the all - time classic . Marooned at the core of a all in planet . Buried alert . And Spock , of course , just told them repairs to the Enterprise would take way too long . Khaaaaaaaaaaaaaan ! The camera Pan up , propelled by the force of Kirk ’s rage and despair .
extra reporting by Kelly Faircloth . Thanks also to Rus McLaughlin , Diana Gill , Eric Zuckerman , Georgie Thomas , David Boyle , James Enge , Morgan Johnson , Chris Hsiang , Jessy Randall , Renee Byers , Wayne Nix , Graeme McMillan , Javier Grillo - Marxuach , Joey C. , The One True Bix , Ryan M. Holt , Mia Judkins , Tony Goggin , Kevin Zero , Mekkalekkah , Adam Cohen , Theresa DeLucci , Sam and anyone else I forgot !
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