DARTH ANIBAL
Sr Member
Yeah, due to some recent circumstances, I usually say something to the effect of, "You probably want the short answer, so let's say I'm okay."
Things you're tired of seeing in movies
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Strikerkc
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When someone asks another how they (or a third character) is doing, you hear the response, "As good as can be expected."
Writers love using that phrase but who the heck talks like that?
I actually say that all the time. Generally followed by listing the 2 or 3 things going on that are standing between me and a genuinely great day, and a line like "besides those annoying bits, it's ducky"
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Night city scenes where every road is wet and it hasn't rained.
Whisper acting.
Scenes in a warehouse with slow moving fans casting shadows on the wall.
Any lab in a police show that's darker than a root cellar.
Courtroom scenes that are darker than a root cellar.
Basically every indoor scene...that's darker than a root cellar.
Just to name a few...
Whisper acting.
Scenes in a warehouse with slow moving fans casting shadows on the wall.
Any lab in a police show that's darker than a root cellar.
Courtroom scenes that are darker than a root cellar.
Basically every indoor scene...that's darker than a root cellar.
Just to name a few...
Riceball
Master Member
You have a real problem with darkness and root cellars, don't you? I think you might want to seek professional help about this.
Cephus
Master Member
That drives me crazy too. I was watching a show recently and I can't remember what it was, but everyone talked at a low whisper so I had to keep turning up the sound to hear what they were saying, then the music would come on and deafen you. Horrible sound mixing.
Strikerkc
Sr Member
So, I haven't noticed any "whisper acting", so it hasn't gotten on my nerves, but I have run in to a number of movies and TV shows over the last 5+ years with very poorly balanced audio; and I seem to run into it regardless of the platform I'm watching on. The actors are clearly speaking at full volume, possibly even yelling at each other most times, but the volume needs to get cranked ALLLL the way up to catch what they're saying; then an action scene comes, and it's like the damned THX intro.
Magical and unexplained television production in story:
In the new Godzilla: did she edit this montage while kidnapped/cooperating with the evil bad guy, or does she carry it around on a thumb drive at all times in case she needs to proclaim her manifesto?
In the new Godzilla: did she edit this montage while kidnapped/cooperating with the evil bad guy, or does she carry it around on a thumb drive at all times in case she needs to proclaim her manifesto?
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Characters hanging from a building or cliff, sometimes with just one hand, then pulling themselves up without expending any effort.
It's ridiculous.
It is often very obvious they are suspended by a harness.
It's ridiculous.
It is often very obvious they are suspended by a harness.
I recently binged on the different CSI series and CSI NY was very big on never seeming to lite up crime scenes. They also had the bad habit of picking up pieces of evidence without marking where they were or even taking pictures. Both the original CSI and CSI Miami had their crime labs so dark you were barely able to see the actors at times.
p51
Sr Member
I sick to death of actors way too old to be the military ranks their characters have. I was 30 when I made 1st LT in the Army (on my 30th birthday, no less) and folks were surprised to find I was that old. I went back to school and did ROTC much later in life than normal, but yesterday I saw "Kong" Skull Island" again and noticed Shea Whigham (who is fifty) playing a Captain and Sam Jackson (who is 70) playing a LtCol. Even if either were prior service, they'd have long since been retired.
DARTH ANIBAL
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mattycsi
Master Member
We wont go near a scene unless it is adequately lit, even if we have to bring our own.
Although sometimes we have to kmock the lights off if we're using UV. Occasionally low light can be helpful when using oblique lighting techniques. But nice and bright is by far the preferred starting point.
The actual recording and collection of evidence on these shows is just laughable.
I've always wondered what real CSI's thought of these shows. Don't get me wrong I've always liked them but some of the stuff they do just doesn't seem plausible. I don't know how it works in real life but I didn't think CSI's went out on raids, questioned suspects and made arrests even though in the series they are supposed to be regular police who just happen to be crime scene investigators.
mattycsi
Master Member
Every country is different, I managed to get myself on a ride along with San Francisco PD CSIs back in 2002, they were police officers that happened to be CSIs. Over here we're all civillians.
I've been on raids and searches, but we are way out of the way until everything is as safe as it can be, then go into to ensure searches/recoveries are done properly.
Even if CSIs were cops it wouldnt make any sense to be questioning suspects or making arrests. You'd be introducing enough reasonable doubt that you were contaminated and would be written out of the rest of the investigation lest you cross contaminate a second scene. Any lawyer worth their salt would crucify you on that.
The main problem with these shows is the expectation it creates in the public ( and some cops). They never understand that all the big gun stuff on tv is because the story is a triple homicide, you're not getting that response for a stolen car stero.
That, and they always really bad at taking photographs, but when you see the picture, it's perfect!
Riceball
Master Member
I know what you mean, I mentioned the same thing tons of pages ago. 2 examples that have really stood out to me was Clint Eastwood as a Gunny in Heartbreak Ridge, and Aaron Eckhart as a Staff Sgt. in Battle for LA. At Clint's he would be more likely at least a Master Sgt.(E8) or higher like 1st Sgt./Sgt. Major, and Eckhart was closer in age to be a Gunny.
p51
Sr Member
That's one thing I liked about 'Apocalypse Now', they had a 14-year-old Laurence Fishburne playing a sailor to show how young some of these kids looked, though Fishburne is reported to have lied about his age at the time they starting filming. That said, Frederic Forrest was almost 40 (playing an enlistee) when they started...
This may have been mentioned but I saw this 3 times over the last week...
When someone wants to give something of sentiment to another the person, they always place said object directly into the other persons' hand and then close the hand as if to raise and keep the emotional suspense.
Pulp Fiction DEF put an "end" to that!
When someone wants to give something of sentiment to another the person, they always place said object directly into the other persons' hand and then close the hand as if to raise and keep the emotional suspense.
Pulp Fiction DEF put an "end" to that!
This may have been mentioned but I saw this 3 times over the last week...
When someone wants to give something of sentiment to another the person, they always place said object directly into the other persons' hand and then close the hand as if to raise and keep the emotional suspense.
Pulp Fiction DEF put an "end" to that!
Now that you mention it I've seen it dozens of times except in real life where I don't recall ever seeing anyone do this.
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