Things you're tired of seeing in movies
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Really?! I guess I'll have to give it a shot after all.
mattycsi
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I do all that and my wife doesn't stir an inch, snores right through it. but she could actually be a pro sleeper if there was such a thing. I've even seen her have a nap before bedtime.
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I do all that and my wife doesn't stir an inch, snores right through it. but she could actually be a pro sleeper if there was such a thing. I've even seen her have a nap before bedtime.
p51
Sr Member
Technobabble. I served in the military as an officer and I promise you all, a commander couldn't care less what process the engineer is going to take to resolve a problem, they simply want the problem resolved. Otherwise, the CO would never get off the bridge!
I was in the Army and not the Navy, but my understanding is that a helmsman on a current Naval vessel has to wait for orders from the officer on deck to do muchg of anything. Perhaps in combat, the officer of the watch wants to collide with the vessel in question (remember, Picard rammed a ship head-on in a Trek movie once), and the person at the wheel couldn't possibly know that.
Riceball
Master Member
I'd say that's pretty much true for the entire military. You don't much of anything without orders to do so because you don't always know what the commander's intent(s) is/are. There's a fine line between being pro-active and basically pre-empting your commander. There are, of course, certain things that you'd do automatically because it's your job to do so but even some things that would seem obvious to do so automatically don't necessarily fall into that category.
That being said, there are some things that could certainly be written differently to show that they're done automatically but still have the CO character ask for input. In the example of transmissions scanning, it would be simple enough for the Captain the comm officer if there are any transmissions instead of asking them to scan for transmissions.
p51
Sr Member
The idea that if you're rich enough, you can do absolutely anything you want.
"Inception" was silly in that regard, that Saito could just suddenly make it cool for Cobb to come back to the US, even with a potential murder rap (and fleeing the country on top of it) like it never happened.
And then you have movies like, "Road House" where the bad guy has the entire county terrified (with just a few henchmen) when in real life, you can't scare everyone wuite so easily and even then, the Feds would come in after a while, wondering why a monster truck was driven through a dealership in front of the entire town, without an arrest. Surely, a tourist would go home an dask questions or the insurance companies would start to wonder why there are so many odd claims being filed?
"Inception" was silly in that regard, that Saito could just suddenly make it cool for Cobb to come back to the US, even with a potential murder rap (and fleeing the country on top of it) like it never happened.
And then you have movies like, "Road House" where the bad guy has the entire county terrified (with just a few henchmen) when in real life, you can't scare everyone wuite so easily and even then, the Feds would come in after a while, wondering why a monster truck was driven through a dealership in front of the entire town, without an arrest. Surely, a tourist would go home an dask questions or the insurance companies would start to wonder why there are so many odd claims being filed?
Zombie_61
Master Member
That brings another issue to mind, though it's really an issue one of my friends has--medical and/or emergency personnel who clearly have no idea what they're doing because they're actors who have had no actual medical/rescue training. My friend is a former firefighter, paramedic, and EMT, so his perspective on the matter is based on personal experience.
Why does Road House bring this to mind? In the scene in which Red's auto parts store is burning, in one shot an ambulance roars through the middle of the scene at a relatively high rate of speed. The first time we saw the movie, my friend burst out with laughter. When I asked him what was so funny, he said, "The fire is right there. Where the **** is the ambulance going???" :lol
p51
Sr Member
Nothing new on the EMT thing, you see extras all the time in certain roles, going directions that make no sense to the plot.
In real life, someone with a specific job will be going a certain direction or doing a specific task because it makes sense.
On a set, someone is told to 'just go over there' while the cameras are rolling with no concept of what would make the most sense to the viewer. I see it all the time in war movies, and it drives me nuts, too.
In real life, someone with a specific job will be going a certain direction or doing a specific task because it makes sense.
On a set, someone is told to 'just go over there' while the cameras are rolling with no concept of what would make the most sense to the viewer. I see it all the time in war movies, and it drives me nuts, too.
CB2001
Master Member
Does that include non-firearm use, like beating someone with a cricket bat and a shovel for example?
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Zombie_61
Master Member
That's just Hollywood trying to compete with the porn industry.
I don't even know how to lock my cell phone, and I don't know anyone who locks theirs as a common practice. I hate telephones anyway, so I never gave this any thought.
tatygotiko
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In This scene "the movie mask" Jim carrey which brand / style of shirt was using ?
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I want to shirt.
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Reelo
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My cellphone is locked with a PIN and is set up so it takes a front-camera picture when unlocking fails twice in a row. The picture is sent automatically to my email account. [emoji13]
astroboy
Master Member
Cool. What phone is that?
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