squirrelstailor
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This is one for people who live in Birmingham, there are at least 4 accents between Birmingham and the Black Country and they always go for the Black Country one for anyone from the West Midlands.As an American who spent a year in the Westmidlands - Dudley, to be precise, I couldn't understand a word anybody was saying. It was reassuring to know that many folks in the UK had trouble understanding some of these "Black Country" folk, too.
I do not get this why buy something that is brilliant then write your own story which sucks? I am looking at you Artemis Fowl!Basing a movie on a book and then having little to do with said book except the title.
If you look for the Tod Archery videos on YouTube this is actually explained however it is rubbish.A crap-tonne of arrows falling from the sky.
Ok, some of mine are:
Tied Up - this applies to any time someone is tied up however the biggest issue is handcuffs. You most often see it when a petite actress is handcuffed and you can see the cuffs are down on her hands and not her wrists. These are often really dramatic scenes spoiled by the fact that they can get free easily. You also get the holding the handcuffs behind their back rather than being cuffed.
Martial Arts - Styles - The fact that we get the same moves regardless of what style they are supposed to be using. Iron Fist is the most obvious recent culprit off the top of my head. The Tai Chi scene is so, so, so bad. Watch Bloodsport which is the opposite of this.
Martial Arts - Swords - All swords are rapiers or Katanas or both at the same time.
Martial Arts - Physics - 2 equally skilled opponents then the bigger one wins. The woman/man fight in the elevator is the prime example of this. An opponent who outweighs you be over 50 pounds slamming you into a wall repeatedly is going to kill you in seconds.
Martial Arts - Techniques - seen this one a few times recently they have someone in an arm bar and they get out so the fight can go on. There are a few of these however it is almost like the people designing the fight scenes have forgotten what the techniques actually do. The leg strangle in Star Trek Discovery is another example of the technique being used wrong for no apparent reason.
Health and Safety - Common sense or practicality not used in SciFi mainly. For example, recent episode of Star Trek Discovery and there is only one oxygen mask or no first aid kit despite being in front of a cabinet clearly labelled Emergency...
Research - This applies to history and IP - Just basic lack of understanding shown on screen. Enola Holmes has this in spades. Complete lack of understanding of its place in history, the clothes, and the Sherlock Holmes IP.
Looking the part - Gal Gadot spent 5 hours and 6 days in the gym apparently for WW84 and still did not look like an Amazon Warrior so obviously did not do that. Emilia Clarke in a Terminator is playing Sarah Connor with 12 years to prepare vs Linda Hamilton playing her with 2 years in a mental asylum. This is also true any time someone is playing a Special Forces soldier especially Navy Seals. In fact this is so bad that when playing a real person who looks like the rock, the actor cast still looks like a fashion model. This also happens when ever you heard about how much time and effort the costume designer has spent researching and it does not show on screen at all or the hair and make up is wrong. This can actually be applied to costumes completely like the fact that they seem to have forgotten that knights wore tabards or how all armour works.
Ages - The famous version of this is the actresses cast opposite actors like Clint Eastwood or Kevin Costner however this actual exists all the way through. Saw Ben McKenzie taking about this on the OC when all of the male actors were five years older than their female counterparts.
Diversity - I have no problem with this however when it is the only reason for the character it is really annoying and distracting. Also when it is used to beat me over the head for storyline after storyline not so much. Batwoman is a show about Batwoman and 80% of the plot is about the fact that she is a lesbian. There are two or three really good storylines about this however they are swamped by the others. The Watch has changed characters for this except the point of the characters is that they are archetypes that get subverted so you lose that.
The Rules or the Knight Rider effect - Prime example of this is Supergirl were they forget from week to week what she can do or how her powers work. This is most often true of martial artists who win every fight except the one the plot needs them to lose. The Flash and the tachyon device or the CW DC and time travel are other examples.