# Looking for movie/tv scenes in which one character is dragged away from an obviously doomed person. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 4, 2010, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-movie-tv-scenes-in-which-one-character-is-dragged-away-from-an-obviously-doomed-person/556037 "2010-10-04T19:48:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2010, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-movie-tv-scenes-in-which-one-character-is-dragged-away-from-an-obviously-doomed-person/556037/21 "2010-10-04T21:58:59Z")
> [@mlees](#): > > “I, Robot” with Will Smith. > > Smith is dragged away (by a robot) from saving a little girl in danger of drowning in a car submerged in a river. > > He has emotional scars from this, as well as aquiring an artificial arm. Not quite, as I recall. Both Smith’s character & the little girl are trapped underwater–in separate cars as I recall. The robot evaluates the situation, decides that Smith’s character has the greater chance of survival, and saves him rather than the child. Smith’s character, understandably and correctly, is horrified by this. ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2010, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-movie-tv-scenes-in-which-one-character-is-dragged-away-from-an-obviously-doomed-person/556037/22 "2010-10-05T00:21:41Z")
But what shall we call the trope on tvtropes? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2010, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-movie-tv-scenes-in-which-one-character-is-dragged-away-from-an-obviously-doomed-person/556037/23 "2010-10-05T00:26:20Z")
Should the trope be, “He’s doomed anyway; come with me”? > [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > > [@Two\_Many\_Cats](#): > > > > **The Last of the Mohicans**. I don’t remember all the details, but Day-Lewis drags Lead Actress screaming out of the Indian camp where said Indians are about to roast her redcoat boyfriend alive. Day-Lewis then shoots redcoat boyfriend from far away, saving him from further torment and spoiling the Indians’ fun. > > Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio was the girlfriend… No, 'twas Madeleine Stowe. ---
**Author:** ![lisacurl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/41988e/32.png) [@lisacurl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisacurl)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2010, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-movie-tv-scenes-in-which-one-character-is-dragged-away-from-an-obviously-doomed-person/556037/24 "2010-10-05T00:27:48Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > > [@Two\_Many\_Cats](#): > > > > **The Last of the Mohicans**. I don’t remember all the details, but Day-Lewis drags Lead Actress screaming out of the Indian camp where said Indians are about to roast her redcoat boyfriend alive. Day-Lewis then shoots redcoat boyfriend from far away, saving him from further torment and spoiling the Indians’ fun. > > Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio was the girlfriend. No, it was Madeleine Stowe. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2010, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-movie-tv-scenes-in-which-one-character-is-dragged-away-from-an-obviously-doomed-person/556037/25 "2010-10-05T00:59:16Z")
> [@BrotherCadfael](#): > > Aragorn drags Frodo away from the brink of the chasm in Moria when Gandalf takes the big dive. Isn’t it Boromir that grabs him in the movie? [Gandalf’s Death](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8pWjiFxXkg) ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2010, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-movie-tv-scenes-in-which-one-character-is-dragged-away-from-an-obviously-doomed-person/556037/26 "2010-10-05T04:21:30Z")
IIRC there is a scene like this in the first Resident Evil movie when they are waiting for an elevator so they can escape the advancing zombies. The elevator opens and it is already filled with zombies, who grab one of the good guys and pull him in. One of the other good guys (Michelle Rodriguez, maybe?) is trying in vain to free him, but is pulled away by her companions. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2010, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-movie-tv-scenes-in-which-one-character-is-dragged-away-from-an-obviously-doomed-person/556037/27 "2010-10-05T13:30:12Z")
In the first X-Men movie, there’s a flashback to Magneto’s childhood. As his parents are being dragged to a concerntration camp, family friends are holding back young Magneto because they know if he fights, the Nazis will just take him too. ---
**Author:** ![footballisplayedwithyourfeet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9f8e36/32.png) [@footballisplayedwithyourfeet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/footballisplayedwithyourfeet)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2010, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-movie-tv-scenes-in-which-one-character-is-dragged-away-from-an-obviously-doomed-person/556037/28 "2010-10-05T14:48:05Z")
In Angel when Doyle dies, someone is holding back Cordelia. ---
**Author:** ![Ian\_D.Bergkamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Ian\_D.Bergkamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ian_D.Bergkamp)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2010, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-movie-tv-scenes-in-which-one-character-is-dragged-away-from-an-obviously-doomed-person/556037/29 "2010-10-05T15:28:11Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > To the OP: The Richard Lester version of “4 Musketeers.” With a twist - it’s Milady who is dragged off to her doom, while Athos grabs d’Artagnan to prevent him from stopping the headsman. > > \ ***Athos:** Make one move to save her, D’Artagnan and we will cross swords; and this time, I swear I will kill you. \* I know we’re talking about tv and film here, but I wanted to point out that that scene comes straight from the book: [QUOTE=Alexandre Dumas] D’Artagnan was the youngest of all these men. His heart failed him. “Oh, I cannot behold this frightful spectacle!” said he. “I cannot consent that this woman should die thus!” Milady heard these few words and caught at a shadow of hope. “D’Artagnan, D’Artagnan!” cried she; “remember that I loved you!” The young man rose and took a step toward her. But Athos rose likewise, drew his sword, and placed himself in the way. “If you take one step further, D’Artagnan,” said he, “we shall cross swords together.” D’Artagnan sank on his knees and prayed. [/QUOTE] ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2010, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-movie-tv-scenes-in-which-one-character-is-dragged-away-from-an-obviously-doomed-person/556037/30 "2010-10-05T17:21:54Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Should the trope be, “He’s doomed anyway; come with me”? > > > [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > > > Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio was the girlfriend… > > No, 'twas Madeleine Stowe. > [@lisacurl](#): > > > [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > > > Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio was the girlfriend. > > No, it was Madeleine Stowe. Don’t bother me with facts. They’re actually the same person. Note that they’re never photographed together. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2010, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-movie-tv-scenes-in-which-one-character-is-dragged-away-from-an-obviously-doomed-person/556037/31 "2010-10-05T17:24:21Z")
> [@footballisplayedwithyourfeet](#): > > In Angel when Doyle dies, someone is holding back Cordelia. Angel is probably touching her, I think. But he’s not trying to pull her away from Doyle, though. It was more of a shared-comfort hug. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2010, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-movie-tv-scenes-in-which-one-character-is-dragged-away-from-an-obviously-doomed-person/556037/32 "2010-10-05T20:15:13Z")
The BBC did a conspiracy thriller mini-series a few years ago about the new UK Ambassador to Washington, played by Jason Isaacs, called “The State Within”. Early on there’s a commercial jet crash onto a freeway, and the Ambassador has a narrow escape. He tries to rescue a conscious and relatively unharmed young woman who is trapped in her car, but he can’t get the crushed door open, and she can’t get her seatbelt off. The flames from the crash reach the car, and he keeps trying, but his aide drags him away as it becomes engulfed, and she starts screaming. A truly horrific sequence, particularly for a TV show. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2010, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-movie-tv-scenes-in-which-one-character-is-dragged-away-from-an-obviously-doomed-person/556037/33 "2010-10-05T20:31:43Z")
In “The Poseidon Adventure” Jack Albertson is led away from his dying wife, played by Shelley Winters, after she heroically swims underwater to, er, do something (locate a passageway?)and suffers a heart attack. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2010, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-movie-tv-scenes-in-which-one-character-is-dragged-away-from-an-obviously-doomed-person/556037/34 "2010-10-05T20:40:19Z")
There are two in **Aliens** : first, someone (Hicks?) holds Vasquez back when she tries to bolt from the vehicle after the first attack to save another soldier (Drake, I’m pretty sure). The second doesn’t involve a death, but: when Newt vanishes while Hicks is cutting through the floor to reach her. Ripley tries to go after her, but Hicks pulls her back and into the elevator. Given that an alien attacks them in the elevator, incapacitating Hicks, it seems likely that Ripley would have died had Hicks not pulled her away. Of course, Newt is later rescued, so that disqualifies this one. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-movie-tv-scenes-in-which-one-character-is-dragged-away-from-an-obviously-doomed-person/556037.md?page=1)