Now that you mention it, YES! In TV shows and movies, the villains never kill the main character because they are so full of themselves and explaining why they are superior, giving the main character time to get out of what looks like a sure death for a lesser victim (James Bond, Wild Wild West,etc.). Now that I think of it, it is the same in books! If the bad guy just shut up and pulled the trigger there would be a lot fewer main characters out there. Thanks for pointing this out.