Things you're tired of seeing in movies
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joberg
Legendary Member
and probably a new pair of boots
I agree..its a bit like when Sean Connery played a Russian...
Imagine if he actually spoke the or any language other than his own... the audience would be like Wha....
The problem is the cool interesting movies rarely get seen by the masses or make so little money.
Thats the beauty of international sites like here and various sites on the Net that open your eyes to movies that never got released in your country or at some very small Art house cinema on a wet Sunday..
I had Never heard of Upside-down with Kirsten Dunst, I dont remember a UK release had to get the DVD on import on a whim but found it watched it and loved it.
p51
Sr Member
$50 back in the 1870s would have bought two six-shooters and probably a good gun belt to go with it.and probably a new pair of boots
Yep, basic science. In the OR, we try to stand at least 6 feet away from the C-arm x-ray emitter source when activated, which greatly reduces the amount of radiation that reaches our bodies (but we still get behind lead shields).
Films and TV series often fail to show the immediate psychological shock after an unexpected event or trauma. Not everyone runs away screaming. Some just stand there dumbfounded, some just freeze.
Years ago my young daughter and I were in a Dollar General store at the check out, when we heard a commotion out front. Turns out a pedestrian had been struck by a car in the parking lot/car park. I told the employee we need to call 911; she said she wasn't getting involved in this. So I asked for her phone and called 911. I then walked out into the street. The woman was sitting in the middle of the street, awake and alert, but moaning, saying her leg/ hip hurt.
I kid you not... there were several people standing around her, not doing ANYTHING to assess or help, just talking to each other and observing. The driver of the car that hit her was standing right there, on her cell phone... saying "I just hit someone in the parking lot" In fact, her car was still running!
As a physician, I quickly assessed the injured woman (she did not appear to be critical, no head or chest injuries that I could see), I turned to the driver of the car and said, "Ma'am, turn off your car" and at that point EMS was almost there. The interesting thing was that it was like people were WAITING to be told how to respond, and told what to do.
Years ago my young daughter and I were in a Dollar General store at the check out, when we heard a commotion out front. Turns out a pedestrian had been struck by a car in the parking lot/car park. I told the employee we need to call 911; she said she wasn't getting involved in this. So I asked for her phone and called 911. I then walked out into the street. The woman was sitting in the middle of the street, awake and alert, but moaning, saying her leg/ hip hurt.
I kid you not... there were several people standing around her, not doing ANYTHING to assess or help, just talking to each other and observing. The driver of the car that hit her was standing right there, on her cell phone... saying "I just hit someone in the parking lot" In fact, her car was still running!
As a physician, I quickly assessed the injured woman (she did not appear to be critical, no head or chest injuries that I could see), I turned to the driver of the car and said, "Ma'am, turn off your car" and at that point EMS was almost there. The interesting thing was that it was like people were WAITING to be told how to respond, and told what to do.
I really appreciate this thread for sharing not only tired plot lines but primarily for all the knowledge shared regarding each member’s area of expertise (physics, military, guns/explosives). The things that bother us the most relate to the way we were taught to do things right or how things work, regardless of suspension of disbelief. I do like it when movies occasionally give you a wink and a nod about this- the Captain America: Civil War scene when Spider-Man says “That thing really doesn’t obey the laws of physics!” was a nice touch. That being said, I have tremendous difficulty with people being defibrillated (shocked) in asystole (flat line) because that never, ever happens in real life. You defibrillate someone in an unstable arrhythmia to convert them back to a stable rhythm but you can’t do that if there isn’t anything there at all.
The Goon
Sr Member
This is one of those things I learned from reading this thread. Like most people, I had thought it had been properly represented in movies and on television. Now I know why my former fire fighter/EMT/paramedic friend used to get so upset and/or laugh out loud when they'd show these scenes. Also, according to my Father-in-Law, if you're awake and even semi-alert when they defibrillate you, it hurts like hell.
The Goon
Sr Member
I wouldn't, but you do what you want to do.
I can verify this from personal experience. A few years ago I was having surgery and as they started to put me under I heard someone say this is going to hurt. They then zapped me and they were not kidding, I can also say that I didn't jerk up off the table lime in the movies. I was told later that my heart had gone into AFIB.
When I was about 12 my parents had a 86 Firebird and one night on the way back from the grocery store, my mom turned left and a drunk guy in a pickup ran over the hood in front of me (in front passenger seat), barely missing me. A passerby stopped to check on us and my mom was so stunned that he told my mom to turn the car off because he could hear the fuel injectors still pumping. I think nowadays that people purposely don't get involved because all of the stories of people helping and the person dies then their family sues the Good Samaritan
BTW, someone mentioned what was realistic to an ER and if my older cousin (nurse) and younger cousin (doctor) are correct it would be something like 50% about people "falling" on objects and getting them stuck in their rear.
The Goon
Sr Member
Way back in the late 70s I had a friend who had an older sister who was a nurse, and at that time worked in the ER of a local hospital. She pretty much said the same thing, but added that the more unusual the item was, the stranger the story for how it got there was....BTW, someone mentioned what was realistic to an ER and if my older cousin (nurse) and younger cousin (doctor) are correct it would be something like 50% about people "falling" on objects and getting them stuck in their rear.
jkno
Legendary Member
When two or more persons discuss about something important, and then, when a reply is expected, it is simply cut to a different scene, because the director thinks it is cool to let you guess and that you might understand what the reply was. Yes, we might know what the reply was, but sometimes I really wanted to see what the character's face and body language said about that, and of course sometimes even how the discussion was going further.
p51
Sr Member
Good point. And even if it worked like that they'd never just hop up, take a deep breath and act like they just had the wind knocked out of them at the worst.
As for people freezing in place, the Army taught me that any action is usually better than no action at all. I have been in several situations where everyone just stood there with their thumb up their forth point of contact while I'm doing something.
I'll never forget the traffic accident that happened one afternoon right at the end of day formation. one of my missile tech guys was an EMT before that and he took charge. he did things I never would have thought of then (like killing the ignition for each vehicle) and took charge. I outranked him by quite a bit he looked at and yelled, "Call 911" directly at me. I immediately ran to the orderly room to get someone to call. Later, he told me he yelled directly at me because he assumed I wouldn't argue with him and would know if one person is controlling things, it's best to keep it that way for the moment. I tired to him in for an ARCOM but pre-9/11 awards were hard to get approved then. I did give him props in the formation the next evening.
My wife has a good head on her shoulders as well (well, other than that boneheaded move of marrying me, that is), and once we were going out of a restaurant and a old woman just fell down off the curb onto her backside (thankfully only some scrapes). We immediately jumped into action, and the people who worked there didn't want to get involved. I bet if you watched it happen, you'd have thought were both EMTs. No, but we both handle injury claims for an insurance company and she worked in a hospital for a few years before that.
We got her up, checked her out, I got the rest of her party (both elderly and another who had diminished capacity issues) into their car and then we got her in with them with instructions on what to do next.
I would say I was proud of my wife that day, but that's just the kind of person she is. We don't back away from what is right and the sad part is so few actually will do that. Everyone else either locks up, doesn't want to get involved, or is too busy live streaming it for views (had someone been doing that in the case of that lady, I'd have maybe snatched the phone and sent it down the embankment).
One year on the 4th of July, we had friends over and some idiot down the street launched fireworks into what was at the time an open field of high grass (here, it's usually quite dry that time of year). A fire immediately caught and myself and the males at my place grabbed shovels and ran across the road to get to work to put the thing out. The idiots who caused the whole mess just stood there and none ever came down to help. The fire department came up as we were getting it under control and demanded to know who started it. We all said, "Wasn't us," while looking in the direction of those fools still standing there, but we didn't roll on them.
Everyone should go through life wondering, "what would I do if ______ happened right on front of me?" and thinking how they'd react, just in case it does.
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joberg
Legendary Member
Sometimes the shock of seeing something rather sudden and, somewhat, violent can make you do things that are either good, or bad...
Case in point: walking with my wife on a Sunday and suddenly, two women (pedestrians) hit by a car while crossing the street (their right-of way), flew toward us and landed, literally, at our feet! We both screamed "Oh my God!" and then sprung into action: check on the injured lying on the street. While doing so, I noticed that on the other side of the solid yellow line, separating one lane from the other, cars were idling, waiting for the light to turn green...they were at least 15 cars and not one driver came to the aid of these two people.
Luckily for them, the accident happened near the fire-fighter station and I ran, through those cars to alert the crew at the station to dispatch a truck ASAP! They blocked traffic, tended to those pedestrians, while the AMT were on their way down the street...and then police.
I hope they're doing o.k.
Case in point: walking with my wife on a Sunday and suddenly, two women (pedestrians) hit by a car while crossing the street (their right-of way), flew toward us and landed, literally, at our feet! We both screamed "Oh my God!" and then sprung into action: check on the injured lying on the street. While doing so, I noticed that on the other side of the solid yellow line, separating one lane from the other, cars were idling, waiting for the light to turn green...they were at least 15 cars and not one driver came to the aid of these two people.
Luckily for them, the accident happened near the fire-fighter station and I ran, through those cars to alert the crew at the station to dispatch a truck ASAP! They blocked traffic, tended to those pedestrians, while the AMT were on their way down the street...and then police.
I hope they're doing o.k.
Space Jockey
Well-Known Member
Something I'm tired of hearing in movies...
"It's unspeakable"
"Something unspeakable"
"It's an unspeakable act"
"It's unspeakable"
"Something unspeakable"
"It's an unspeakable act"
Space Jockey
Well-Known Member
Something I'm tired of hearing in movies...
"It's unspeakable."
"Something unspeakable."
"It's an unspeakable act."
"It's unspeakable."
"Something unspeakable."
"It's an unspeakable act."
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