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Non Gaming Discussions => Off-Topic => Topic started by: ooseven on January 19, 2003, 03:52:27 AM
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Things that all movies & Shows do
This thread is kind of connected to the thread me and L-I-C are talking about (the matrix one).
Bt in this case I had a idea of us lot talking about the things all moves do, you know the classic examples were they do something that’s sp far removed from how you would really do it.
Example 1 (Computers)
If you notice in most films where the characters are use in PC or other the look through files or access programmes.
They hardly ever use the Mouse
For example In Bad boys they always clatter away at the keyboard to open and close windows and even when they are looking trough a data base the hammer the up and down arrow like there is no tomorrow while the pictures only advice one at a time.
Example 2 (Consoles)
Connected to example 1
In most films where a Console game is clearly seen they get it totally wrong, for example the two kids playing Final Fantasy 8 in Charlie’s Angels with two Controllers.
Example 3 (Driving-US)
I have noticed that this is more of an American thing, where the main characters are driving down a straight road. The Driver waves the steering wheel like he/she is going round a mountain trail.
Example 4 (Telephone Numbers- US)
Now please correct me if I am wrong, but have you noticed in a film when a character gets a phone number and reads it out, no matter where the phone is it always starts with 555- is this a US dialling code ? if not its bloody annoying
Anyway you get the idea
I left out the poor use of reloading in films and shows if you want to add it.
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and have you noticed that in every researching, the actors only have to write the surname of one person in one PC to get all the data? Passwords and non-authorised persons seems to don\'t exists in those films. And what about graphics? Old PCs with green screens are able to perform extra complex 3D maps and fotograph\'s zoom in miliseconds.
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Originally posted by ooseven
Example 4 (Telephone Numbers- US)
Now please correct me if I am wrong, but have you noticed in a film when a character gets a phone number and reads it out, no matter where the phone is it always starts with 555- is this a US dialling code ? if not its bloody annoying
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I noticed most of those actually... I remember one example when this wasn\'t used though. New movie, Just Married, uses some other number than 555... That\'s really the only movie though that I can think of. :)
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Originally posted by ooseven
Example 2 (Consoles)
Connected to example 1
In most films where a Console game is clearly seen they get it totally wrong, for example the two kids playing Final Fantasy 8 in Charlie’s Angels with two Controllers.
Why\'d you think so many movie-game conversions turn out so bad ? haha LOL. The old pc\'s which produce detailed 3D graphics
are also very funny. So funny, it\'\'s actually cheesy.
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Originally posted by ooseven
Things that all movies & Shows do
Example 2 (Consoles)
Connected to example 1
In most films where a Console game is clearly seen they get it totally wrong, for example the two kids playing Final Fantasy 8 in Charlie’s Angels with two Controllers.
LOL:laughing:I remember that part!!
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BTW:A single portable computer can translate Alien data so humans can understand them(see Independence Day).WOW!!!
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555 is an unused prefix in the US. using anything other than that would be giving out somebody\'s phone #.
Like that Tommy Tutone song from the \'80\'s- "867-5309 Jenny"
That was actually the phone # for the chief of police\'s 25-year-old daughter right here in Buffalo. When that song came out, her phone rang nonstop until she got it changed.
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Many movies are using numbers other than 555 now. I\'ve noticed it on several occasions. I guess they reserved some more numbers.
I always thought the 555 thing was destracting.
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what strikes me, is that in almost all movies and shows that aren\'t based around black people, they always put one black person in as if they don\'t want to be thought of as discriminating or something.
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How come whenever anyone needs to use a phone in a movie, the line is always dead.
Someone tries to start a car to escape a deranged murderer and it won\'t start.
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Originally posted by Unicron!
LOL:laughing:I remember that part!!
Me too.............Drew almost naked :D ..I\'ll be back in 15 minutes or so...ooops did I type that out loud??????? :laughing:
:hat:ScottyJ:hat:
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Originally posted by Kurt Angle
Someone tries to start a car to escape a deranged murderer and it won\'t start.
Yeah Car maintenance is piss poor in horror films ;)
Why don’t these would be victims just pay the £80 or so got get their cars serviced with a oil chance and new spark plugs ?
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Also why do all the doors in the houses end up locked when someone is fleeing a murderer?
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why is it the fact that most bad guys can\'t shoot straight Unless
they are shooting at a random extra. then they seam to be able to aim like some kind of Veteran Special Forces Sniper.
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What about the classic black street cop meets white trendy cop and or asian cop. Then theres this part where they decide to tell about there background and "how it was" Then eventually at the end, they realize that they are not so different and work together to solve the problem.
Example of this crap: Showtime, Rush Hour...etc
Good Example: Lethal Weapon
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Have u noticed that James Bond is the smartest,the most qualified, the most talented human EVER?
In each episode he has TONS of skills.
Only in Die Another Die he knows Cubanish,Martial Arts,fencing,rallying,controlling an ice vehicle,mesmorised the whole manual of his new car,he is good enough at targeting that he can shoot mines while moving on a hovercraft,knows how to pilot a helicopter,he is so much into meditation he can stop his heartbeats plus even more I cant think of.
He mustnt have time even for the WC if everyday he is training,reading, meditating,driving, accomplishing missions etc.
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Originally posted by politiepet
what strikes me, is that in almost all movies and shows that aren\'t based around black people, they always put one black person in as if they don\'t want to be thought of as discriminating or something.
Ever watch Not Another Teen Movie?
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The hero has an unlimited # of bullets until its time to kill the big boss...
Even though the victim is running and the killer is walking in a slasher film, the killer still catches up...
In a stand-off, where 2 characters are busy pointing guns right at each other, no more than 3 feet apart, they\'re busy yakking away and telling the other to drop their weapon...JUST SHOOT WHILE THE OTHER IS TALKING!!!
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Why does James Bond always get taken prisoner by the villain, then the next day he is guest of honour at a huge feast with the villain treating him like royalty.
The bad guy them tells someone to kill bond after he has dined with him and let him go. Why not just kill him at the earliest opportunity?
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Why do clocks on bombs not work properly?
When they show the clock (most commonly a red digital clock), it counts down at a normal speed, then when the camera cuts away with only 9 seconds left, there can be up to half a minute of footage showing the hero\'s trying to excape, then it cuts back to the clock, and there are still 3 seconds left.
Also, why are baddies so crap at shooting, an Rambo is so good?
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Why do the bad guys always leave them to die? Example: strapping them to a bomb, alone, in a cell. Of course they get out! Why not just blow their mother ****ing faces off?!?!?!
Also; why is it that everytime in an action/fighting movie the good guy wins?!?! I want to see a good movie, with a TOTALLY origional plot, I mean bad guy as main character, he wins. His plot, His way. Dear god that is my dream to flip the movie dream around.
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Even though the victim is running and the killer is walking in a slasher film, the killer still catches up...
There is actually a somewhat logical explantion about this! The victum, who is always running usually ends up falling over and over, sometimes even twisting their ankle or hurting themselves, thus slowing them down. Also, most the time, the victum loses the killer - when in "reality" he is just taking a shortcut to where the victum may be goin!
haha
;)
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Originally posted by politiepet
what strikes me, is that in almost all movies and shows that aren\'t based around black people, they always put one black person in as if they don\'t want to be thought of as discriminating or something.
I was talking about TV shows several years ago with a buddy of mine who was black. Actually I\'ve had this conversation a couple times with different black people come to think about it.
Anyway we were talking about the difference in writing in sitcoms and how some are so basic and some are more complex. Using Friends as an example I was just saying that you just don\'t see every joke coming and that\'s what makes it funny.
Both black people I spoke with didn\'t like the show, why? Because there wasn\'t a single black person in it.
I asked them why do they need a black friend? It is extremely common to have a group of friends all the same race. I would actually find it odd if they had a single black friend. I would look past it as the casting director trying to just stick a black person in. I guess they just couldn\'t step over that hurdle and never gave the show a chance because of it. Heck, there are no white people in that show "My wife and kids" with Damon Wayans and I watched it.
I dunno, maybe it\'s because I\'m not a racist that I just don\'t think at all about color and our need to try and make everyone happy. Do the casting that seems right.
Any of you watch Hidden Hills? Very funny show, but I think you have to be an adult with a lid to really enjoy it. Anyway, they have black friends and it is very natural. Great show.
OK, back to the topic.
How come in some car chases when the cop is on foot he has the ability to run over cars and jump from car to car and virtually keep up with the car that is speeding away?
Also how come every time they think they are hiding and they turn down a narrow alleyway, the other car always comes in from the opposite side?
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Originally posted by Unicron!
Have u noticed that James Bond is the smartest,the most qualified, the most talented human EVER?
In each episode he has TONS of skills.
Only in Die Another Die he knows Cubanish,Martial Arts,fencing,rallying,controlling an ice vehicle,mesmorised the whole manual of his new car,he is good enough at targeting that he can shoot mines while moving on a hovercraft,knows how to pilot a helicopter,he is so much into meditation he can stop his heartbeats plus even more I cant think of.
He mustnt have time even for the WC if everyday he is training,reading, meditating,driving, accomplishing missions etc.
Its Film and Not Episode ..God Damn it !
/me shakes fist at screen
but yeah i know what you mean , Bond knows everything about Science and what not
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Originally posted by ooseven
Its Film and Not Episode ..God Damn it !
/me shakes fist at screen
but yeah i know what you mean , Bond knows everything about Science and what not
Heh, you rag on him for his use of the word Episode, but you didn\'t mention how mesmorized bond was with the owner\'s manual of his car? Or that he knows Cubanish? Or that unicron thinks he can get his sentence to go on forever with the simple use of a few commas?
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superspy\'s dont nedd to use proper grammer, vid LOL, rolf.
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How is it in some crime shows, the investigators can take footage from a crappy parking-lot camera and use some magic computer to zoom in about 10000x and "un-pixelate" it so they can read the smallest text on a perscription bottle in someone\'s back seat.
Why is it that whenever a criminal gets taunted by the investigators they always confess and tell every little detail about why they did it, although they may have spent years just planning the perfect crime.
Why in "The Lord of the Rings" does Legolas (sp?) the Elf never get dirty, but Aragorn stay\'s dirty & greasy no matter what happens to him (he even dreams about being clean).
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pfft... elves are the wisest and fairest of all creatures. ;) Did you also notice that in FOTR, when they were on the mountain-everyone was trudging waist-deep in snow except Legolas- he was walking on top of the snow.
FRICKIN\' ELVES THINK THEY\'RE SO GODDAMN SMART!
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Originally posted by videoholic
Heh, you rag on him for his use of the word Episode, but you didn\'t mention how mesmorized bond was with the owner\'s manual of his car? Or that he knows Cubanish? Or that unicron thinks he can get his sentence to go on forever with the simple use of a few commas?
HEY I AM SOMETIMES IMPERFECT!!
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