BlackKnight247
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People try to be smart and make up bill numbers like in the girl with the green scarf
Things you're tired of seeing in movies
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Person one: "I need you to stay here, where you will be safe from the monsters/aliens/robots. Do you understand?"
Person two: "Sure, I'll be ok."
Five minutes later the person who promised to stay at that location has to go home to turn the oven off or something else. That person then either dies or leads the bad guys back to the hiding location. There is a small chance that nothing will happen or the first person will then have to rescue the second person.
Person two: "Sure, I'll be ok."
Five minutes later the person who promised to stay at that location has to go home to turn the oven off or something else. That person then either dies or leads the bad guys back to the hiding location. There is a small chance that nothing will happen or the first person will then have to rescue the second person.
NathanielH
New Member
Three things mainly for me,
1. Modern trailers that just spoil most of the movie,
2. Stupid writing, (Spoilerish- Godzilla, Sorry to bash if it is someones favourite but only Godzilla is coming to mind) But things like if the hero is locked in a truck then by accident the door is knocked off, or the monster is about to eat/find them then a noise luckily happens
3. I'm not a CGI hater just would like to see more practical effects work. That's really what were all here for anyway.
1. Modern trailers that just spoil most of the movie,
2. Stupid writing, (Spoilerish- Godzilla, Sorry to bash if it is someones favourite but only Godzilla is coming to mind) But things like if the hero is locked in a truck then by accident the door is knocked off, or the monster is about to eat/find them then a noise luckily happens
3. I'm not a CGI hater just would like to see more practical effects work. That's really what were all here for anyway.
mvanwalks421
Well-Known Member
1. Guns that have factory magazines but shoot like extended clips.
2. Male heroes (we need more REAL heroines)
3. Euphemisms
4. Basic cable nudity
5. CGI
6. Movies that get 3 trailers and 6 clips pre-release.
2. Male heroes (we need more REAL heroines)
3. Euphemisms
4. Basic cable nudity
5. CGI
6. Movies that get 3 trailers and 6 clips pre-release.
BlackKnight247
Well-Known Member
Good god 3 minutes of spoilers
BlackKnight247
Well-Known Member
My point exactly
Advanced alien race has to destroy Earthlings basically because we are mean to each other and constantly at war.
I don't understand the logic.
What if we discovered primitive barbaric tribes at war in the jungles of, say, Borneo? By that logic we should show up with automatic weapons and slaughter them.
I don't understand the logic.
What if we discovered primitive barbaric tribes at war in the jungles of, say, Borneo? By that logic we should show up with automatic weapons and slaughter them.
Curmudgeon
Well-Known Member
We did do that.. Although you would expect that if aliens are advanced enough to make it here they would be beyond that kind of behavior.
BlackKnight247
Well-Known Member
Havnt you already said that?
Oh yeah. It's so bad I guess I had to mention it again.
We didn't do it in observance of a higher ethic so it's not the same.
Solo4114
Master Member
Why would you expect that? Certainly nothing in our history suggests that's how any other species would behave. We also typically assume that any species who can accomplish interstellar travel isn't in any state of internal conflict, but why should that be true? There's no reason why technological advancement implies either species-wide unity and cooperation, or benevolence towards other species, or a combination of the two. What if the aliens who come here are in the midst of the kind of colonial land grabbing that European nations engaged in during the 1600s? Or again in the 1800s? I mean, they could have achieved technological capabilities through competition with each other (the same way our species did) rather than through cooperation.
Curmudgeon
Well-Known Member
Ah good point
Also good point.. I suppose the US wouldn't have made it to the moon as fast if they weren't competing with the Soviet Union.
I guess I was more thinking along the lines of Carl Sagan's (i think?) point that any alien race we discover would be different from us in pretty much every way.. I wonder if they would take any interest in us at all? Maybe I'll add that to the list.. aliens that look, act and think more or less like humans do.
Solo4114
Master Member
Ah good point
Also good point.. I suppose the US wouldn't have made it to the moon as fast if they weren't competing with the Soviet Union.
I guess I was more thinking along the lines of Carl Sagan's (i think?) point that any alien race we discover would be different from us in pretty much every way.. I wonder if they would take any interest in us at all? Maybe I'll add that to the list.. aliens that look, act and think more or less like humans do.
Actually, I think there's value to both human-like aliens, and aliens that are truly different. In my opinion, the best sci-fi is sci-fi that leads us to consider the human condition as filtered through the prism of the fantastical. Same goes for fantasy, really. To the extent that the aliens are somewhat similar to humans but different in other ways, it makes them relatable and forces us to consider ourselves as represented by them. In the case of aliens who are TOTALLY different, it can sometimes force us to consider ourselves in a different way. The trick is, if they're TOO alien, then they're just abstract monsters. The ID4 aliens, or xenomorphs, they're just "scary monsters," basically. Things that are different, wholly unrelatable, and want to kill us. The only way to tell a story with them is to give them some kind of recognizable motivation and compare it to humanity.
p51
Sr Member
Two I have noticed in movied recently:
1. A giant armored door which has to be opened every time one person needs to walk inside and takes minutes to open up. Seriously, they don't have a smaller door for foot traffic?
2. Any military movie where a higher ranking person salutes someone who ranks lower for pretyt much any reason. That NEVER happens unless the lower ranking person either has been awarded the Medal of Honor or his holding a US flag during a retreat or raising ceremony (and then it's the flag being saluted, not the person holding it).
1. A giant armored door which has to be opened every time one person needs to walk inside and takes minutes to open up. Seriously, they don't have a smaller door for foot traffic?
2. Any military movie where a higher ranking person salutes someone who ranks lower for pretyt much any reason. That NEVER happens unless the lower ranking person either has been awarded the Medal of Honor or his holding a US flag during a retreat or raising ceremony (and then it's the flag being saluted, not the person holding it).
p51
Sr Member
GOD, NO.
You see it all the time in movies but no, not in real life.
I would say seeing it yet again at the end of 'Red Tails' drove me nuts, but the rest of that movie was equally insane. Such potential that movie had, they had ALL the right gear, uniforms, equipment and airplanes but one of the worst scripts of its type since the 40s. Those vets deserved a lot better than that...
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