Things you're tired of seeing in movies

[Riceball]

The only less-accurate way to explain a wormhole (than the folded paper) is all the other ways of explaining it in 20 seconds.

Having said that, wormholes have been used/covered often enough in Hollywood that I think they could just skip the explanations from now on. People get it. It's a magic hole that you can unlock with (insert big technical challenge here) that teleports you to some other place/time. It takes you to Narnia, or back in time, or to JCPenny's, or wherever you need to go. There's a way to rationalize it with current science.

The problem with that is that not everybody knows what a wormhole is and how they (more or less) works. Sure, a good percentage of movie viewers have seen this explanation countless times, but there's a whole bunch of people who haven't for any number of reasons. So directors and screenwriters add those scenes so that people who are new to the concept of wormholes won't be lost.

 

[p51]

Having said that, wormholes have been used/covered often enough in Hollywood that I think they could just skip the explanations from now on. People get it. It's a magic hole that you can unlock with (insert big technical challenge here) that teleports you to some other place/time. It takes you to Narnia, or back in time, or to JCPenny's, or wherever you need to go.

I think a JC Penny's would be harder to get to than Narnia at this time. Sears, even less so!

 

[Cephus]

I think a JC Penny's would be harder to get to than Narnia at this time. Sears, even less so!

I've got a JC Penney at the local mall. Sears is long gone though.

 

[dascoyne]

Evil laughter.

I can't think of any context in modern movies (outside of a comedy or cartoon) where a villain laughing at the plight of a hero or victim(s) isn't going to be completely cringeworthy.

 

[Grievous]

Evil laughter.

I can't think of any context in modern movies (outside of a comedy or cartoon) where a villain laughing at the plight of a hero or victim(s) isn't going to be completely cringeworthy.

 

[blewis17]

the idea is to keep removing dimensions until you can wrap your brain around it. Since a wormhole is a 4th dimensional projection on 3D space, to simplify you subtract one dimension and thus describe adding a 3rd dimension (the fold) to 2D space (the paper).

Brian Greene gave a wonderful description of this

 

[dascoyne]

 

[Treadwell]

Something I'm tired of seeing AT the movies:
Theater company trailers. "Come to Cinemark"! Um, I'm here, aren't I?
Nicole Kidman in the AMC trailer: "movies are great in an actual theatre, you should go to one". I'M ALREADY HERE, WOMAN

 

[CB2001]

Something I'm tired of seeing AT the movies:
Theater company trailers. "Come to Cinemark"! Um, I'm here, aren't I?
Nicole Kidman in the AMC trailer: "movies are great in an actual theatre, you should go to one". I'M ALREADY HERE, WOMAN

They’ve done a Saw version of the AMC one.

 

[Laspector]

When people go shopping, the shopping cart is always this little almost child size cart.

 

[dascoyne]

The crap they plug between movie showings today is mind-numbingly dumb.

Back in the day at least we had stuff like this.

 

[Cephus]

Of course, today, John Waters hates smoking. He said: "the only thing I've ever regretted in my whole life [was] smoking cigarettes. Because it was a nightmare giving up. It's the only thing the government ever told me that was true: It does kill you!"

 

[pengbuzz]

30 minute long opening credits; seriously folks, take a hint from the original Robocop film: it can ALL wait until the end!!!

 

[Iskelderon]

30 minute long opening credits; seriously folks, take a hint from the original Robocop film: it can ALL wait until the end!!!

First, the ads, then some breaks for some idiot to ask if anyone wants to buy ice cream, then more ads, followed by all of their 43256346 production companies having to cram in their company logos and only after that, the filmmakers find new ways to bore you even more out of your skull.
Even better with those movies where you watch them, wonder when the actual story will begin, only to notice that you're almost at where the finale should get rolling.

 

[AJK001]

Even better with those movies where you watch them, wonder when the actual story will begin, only to notice that you're almost at where the finale should get rolling.

Family Guy made fun of this where each time Peter thought the movie was going to start it turned out to be another production company.

 

[joberg]

First, the ads, then some breaks for some idiot to ask if anyone wants to buy ice cream, then more ads, followed by all of their 43256346 production companies having to cram in their company logos and only after that, the filmmakers find new ways to bore you even more out of your skull.
Even better with those movies where you watch them, wonder when the actual story will begin, only to notice that you're almost at where the finale should get rolling.

I remember, back in the day in Brussels, we had a cartoon before the main feature (Warner Bros/Hanna Barbera). That was fun!

 

[blewis17]

Family Guy made fun of this where each time Peter thought the movie was going to start it turned out to be another production company.

 

[drusselmeyer]

TV commercials at the theater.

 

[greenmachines]

TV commercials at the theater.

Actually, these are my favorite. We are a tiny town of 20,000, seems like 20 actual people. So these commercials are the famous low budget promos of people I know staring at the camera like stunned, drugged animals from Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom. We..... at...the denstist...'s....office...a...ppreciate....you.....r....patro....nage. (smiles all around) then looks to cameraman with pleading eyes, like "are we done"). It just doesn't get any better, unless someone in the audience yells "That's AUNT NANCY WWWOOOOOT".

 

[Ron]

Something I'm tired of seeing AT the movies:
Theater company trailers. "Come to Cinemark"! Um, I'm here, aren't I?
Nicole Kidman in the AMC trailer: "movies are great in an actual theatre, you should go to one". I'M ALREADY HERE, WOMAN

At least Nicole Kidman is eye candy. Regal's ad has Danny Trejo.