Things you're tired of seeing in movies

[p51]

I know what you mean, raptor is pretty overused these days and the family of dinosaurs that the velociraptor belongs to isn't named after them but after the dromaeosaur.

The ones depicted by the JP movie were actually closer to a Deinonychus, although several theories have that dino with some degree of feathers. But that's what they based it on. And yeah, the fossil record shows that they could get about the size depicted in the film.

 

[Riceball]

The ones depicted by the JP movie were actually closer to a Deinonychus, although several theories have that dino with some degree of feathers. But that's what they based it on. And yeah, the fossil record shows that they could get about the size depicted in the film.

Pretty much every dino buff out there knows that and some time after JP came out paleontologists had discovered Utahraptor which created some buzz as it was much closer in size to the JP raptors than either Velociraptor or even Deinonychus. The fact still remains that the dromaeosaurids in JP were specifically mentioned, in both the book and the movies, as being Velociraptors but looked more like a large Deinonychus.

 

[Buch]

Shia LaBeouf, pretty people playing ugly people, and actors doing accents.

 

[Laspector]

Summary of 80% of the posts in this thread:

"Firearms are often used incorrectly."

COVERED.

Agreed.

 

[dascoyne]

Summary of 80% of the posts in this thread:

"Firearms are often used incorrectly."

COVERED.

That just means Hollywood's biggest ignorance/misinformation is about guns. That's all it means.

 

[Laspector]

I know. That's why I was agreeing with it.

 

[dascoyne]

I know. That's why I was agreeing with it.

Sometimes it's hard to tell if it's meant as a commentary about the nature of Hollywood or of "nit-picky" gun folks.

glad to know we're all on the same page.

 

[Wes R]

Fat people being used as a punchline in movies and large actors letting themselves be used that way. THey always have them act like slobs or idiots but never as normal people.

 

[Krull]

I can't recall any pattern that's realistically going to take down multiple targets - especially at the distances described in movies (10-12 yards). The shotgun in combat is basically a fast way to put multiple projectiles into a single target with the associated degree of stopping power. The ideal combat shotgun actually has a tight pattern so it's effective for longer distances, I believe.

The big thing with a shotgun loaded with 00 buckshot is that you put nine holes in a target instead of one-that means you have more chances of stopping it like you said.

Most will "pattern" very tightly so you can get some range out of them,with new loads you can realistically put all in chest sized target out to twenty five yards.

At close range most buckshot makes one big'ol ragged hole and pretty much shreds the target at the range you mention i.e. ten or so yards depending on the load it can be about the size of five-six inches in diameter.

In short the old wives tale of a "scattergun" just ain't true,in fact if you DON'T aim a shotgun you CAN miss!

 

[Solo4114]

Shia LaBeouf, pretty people playing ugly people, and actors doing accents.

If I never hear Natalie Portman do her generic "British" accent again, it'll be FAR too soon.

 

[dascoyne]

If I never hear Natalie Portman do her generic "British" accent again, it'll be FAR too soon.

ditto.
But Jodie Foster's Elysium accent really took the Facepalm d'Or award from Natalie IMO.

 

[Solo4114]

ditto.
But Jodie Foster's Elysium accent really took the Facepalm d'Or award from Natalie IMO.

I (luckily?) haven't seen that one yet. It's in my Netflix queue, though.

 

[Buch]

If I never hear Natalie Portman do her generic "British" accent again, it'll be FAR too soon.

Exactly. Like Keanu Reeves' so-called "British" accent in Dracula. Just..... don't

 

[tgreco]

I saw the mention of Raptors, but did anyone cover how COMPLETELY wrong the Dilophosaurus was?

Way too small...and that frill...and the spitting poison... ugh.

 

[dascoyne]

I (luckily?) haven't seen that one yet. It's in my Netflix queue, though.

Well I won't discourage you from watching it for the same reason I wouldn't discourage someone from drinking orange juice after brushing their teeth - Experience is the best teacher.

If you're at all familiar with the manga Battle Angel Alita you'll instantly see the film is a conceptual ripoff if the manga (which is even more tragic since James Cameron got the rights to develop an adaptation of the manga and had the project on the backburner while doing Avatar.).

Outside of that the film is one of the most shameless examples of the Hollywood "White Savior" type movies. The cliche of utopian class struggle that underlies the central conflict is so completely devoid of nuance, complexity or originality it could have been written by your average 15 year old student - a kid who is a fan of Battle Angel Alita, of course.

The visuals and effects are nice, though.

 

[Laspector]

Well I won't discourage you from watching it for the same reason I wouldn't discourage someone from drinking orange juice after brushing their teeth - Experience is the best teacher.

No doubt!! What exactly is the deal with orange juice and toothpaste? Man, that is a WICKED combo!!!

 

[p51]

In short the old wives tale of a "scattergun" just ain't true,in fact if you DON'T aim a shotgun you CAN miss!

Yep, just ask any cowboy action shooter. When I was doing that in competition a lot more than I am now, I marvelled at how easy it is to miss something even with bird shot from a short distance...

pretty people playing ugly people

Amen.
I will never forget Minnie Driver playing the part of an 'ugly' girl in the movie, 'Circle of Friends' (I was drug kicking and screaming to see it by a girl I was dating at the time) and while I never thought the actress wasn't my 'type' as such, I never made any sense of the casting for that role as it must have been described on paper.

 

[binkleywalker]

Amen, Amen. How about Jennifer Aniston playing Adam Sandler's 'ugly' receptionist in that movie with Brooklyn Decker. 'Just Go With It', maybe?

The ugliest actor in that movie was Sandler!

Brian

 

[Probe Droid]

Amen, Amen. How about Jennifer Aniston playing Adam Sandler's 'ugly' receptionist in that movie with Brooklyn Decker. 'Just Go With It', maybe?

The ugliest actor in that movie was Sandler!

He's the ugliest actor in all his movies yet always is paired with a mouth-watering babe. There's actually a joke about it in Grown-Ups 2.

 

[p51]

How about the Wilhelm Scream for cats? That standard cat howl you hear every time there's a cat sound to be made? It's used for comedic effect a lot when someone's stumbling around somewhere off camera...