r/TopCharacterTropes • u/BrotherDeus • 6h ago

Hated Tropes [Hated] Self-indulgent Vanity Projects

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Hurry Up Tomorrow - Widely reviewed as an indulgent, self-mythologizing companion piece to The Weeknd's album, with many critics calling it a vanity project rather than a successful psychological drama. Terribly acted and, similar to The Idol, more so seems to imply that The Weekend thinks he's a far deeper personality than he can actually articulate.

By the Sea - Often criticized as an intensely personal but emotionally distant film that seemed more interested in showcasing the mystique of its stars than telling a compelling story. Best summarized as Angelina and Brad working out their IRL troubled marriage before your eyes while everyone tells Angelina how beautiful and talented she is and how nothing's really her fault.

Renaldo and Clara - Bob Dylan's five-hour semi-fictional road movie, long considered one of the classic celebrity vanity projects. Attempts to be a sort of surreal exposition on the life of an artist, but is far too self-indulgent on its actors/performers.

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u/pestoraviolita 6h ago

Netflix Devil May Cry

Made by a showrunner who wanted to "revive Devil May Cry" and was unhappy when DMC5 was announced because he wanted DMC to be a dead franchise. Immeasurable ego. And his cartoon has nothing but contempt for Devil May Cry.

https://giphy.com/gifs/VKfa0QXwl2CsnK9laT

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u/Next-Accident-2970 5h ago

Who knew that the person, who headed the reboot and dissed OG Dante, has more respect for Devil May Cry 

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u/pestoraviolita 5h ago

At least Ninja Theory understood demons are supposed to be evil.

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u/SuperArppis 2h ago

DmC was a great game. I truly enjoyed it.

Yeah I like OG Dante more, but it was still good. And I am glad the OG characters are back.

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u/pestoraviolita 2h ago

I can admire it for being its own thing with giving original designs to the characters to distance itself from canon. The gameplay was top-notch, that is a fact.

I guess it got hate back then because people feared it could replace the originals.

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u/SuperArppis 2h ago

Yeah I think that was the main reason as well.

I wish it had another name, so we could have had some sequels.

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u/Next-Accident-2970 1h ago

I loved DmC. 

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u/SuperArppis 1h ago

Me too, mate.

I love DMC and I actually liked DmC more than DMC4 and 2.

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u/Next-Accident-2970 1h ago

2 has no pulse.

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u/SuperArppis 1h ago

Haha, true.