I can accept pulling the plug killing people... maybe it's the shock or something to their brain to have a sudden disconnect that actually kills them. It's the dying in the Matrix kills you in real life that I don't like, with the whole "the mind makes it so". So the mind is causing organ damage and internal bleeding just because it thinks that it's injured? Glad my mind doesn't do that!
Annoying Movie Cliches/Problems
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I can accept pulling the plug killing people... maybe it's the shock or something to their brain to have a sudden disconnect that actually kills them. It's the dying in the Matrix kills you in real life that I don't like, with the whole "the mind makes it so". So the mind is causing organ damage and internal bleeding just because it thinks that it's injured? Glad my mind doesn't do that!
AFAIK, it's required by law to do that. 555 is specifically made to be a 'dead' number, just in case anyone tries to call it for real.
Just ask anyone named Jenny who lived through the 80's.
Not required by law at all. Just simpler to use 555 than it is any other number to avoid annoying people is all. Because people in this world are are SO DUMB they hear a number on TV or in a movie and just have to call it.
Oh, and I doubt everyone who has the number 867-5409 has the name Jenny.
Most recent thing I can think of is in "Bruce Almighty" Jim Carrey is paged by God and the pager number, in the theatrical release, was a real number. On the DVD release the number was changed to a 555 one becaue people who had that number, it seems, were called by people looking for God.
Christ people are dumb!
But, no law exsists for movie/TV numbers to be 555 studios just do it to prevent annoying people. Though there's been many examples of "fan phones" being setup by TV shows using real numbers.
What's funny is that one of the most accurate portrayals of a computer in a movie was in the Matrix Reloaded when Trinity uses nmap and a known SSH exploit to hack into the power station computer
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It was certainly the golden moment as far as hollywood portrayal of computer hacking goes. I remembered more than a few people who cheered when that scene came up.
One another cliche I hate is whole ugly chick turning into a really hot chick plot when in fact the said ugly chick is actually very hot.
Ok, what about the lousy ignitions in Hollywood cars? You can bet your bottom dollar that if someone is being pursued by a killer/zombie/monster the ignition just grinds uselessly when they try to get away. I drove the same car for eight years and it always turned over when I put the key in it!
And how come so many characters are so brave yet stupid in those movies? I come across a dead body with massive bite marks in it(or similar damage) I go find a cop. I sure as hell don't go poking around in the dark with a faulty (always!) flashlight LOOKING for whatever did it!
And how come so many characters are so brave yet stupid in those movies? I come across a dead body with massive bite marks in it(or similar damage) I go find a cop. I sure as hell don't go poking around in the dark with a faulty (always!) flashlight LOOKING for whatever did it!
Only the field of 555-0100 through 555-0199 are restricted for fictional use. The rest is wide open.
Fight scenes in which one person has the other in a stranglehold, and the other person ineffectually tries to pry the strangler's hands off his neck. While I'm no expert, I've taken my share of self-defense classes. Even I know how to get an attacker off my neck in a situation like that.
On the subject of computers in movies, remember the early 1980's teen comedy Weird Science? Anthony Michael Hall, using what appears to be an Apple II computer of the time, probably 128k max, makes a real live woman built exactly to his specifications shoot out of his goddamn monitor screen and appear in his bedroom. What the hell kind of software was he running, anyway? Methinks we've come down in technology since then.
Does the following story sound familiar to anyone?
A grumpy, reluctant former athlete is put in charge of coaching a rag-tag team of underdogs. They spend the first half of the movie losing, but then they find their inspiration, get their act together, and start into a winning streak which takes them all the way to the championship. In the final game, they face off against a tough team of jerks who already beat them back in the first half of the story. It looks grim, and the game is close, as we are repeatedly told by the sportscasters who add their running commentary throughout the climatic showdown. Our heroes finally pull ahead at the end of the last play or the bottom of the ninth or whatever. Also, the coach or the lead player has a romantic subplot.
A grumpy, reluctant former athlete is put in charge of coaching a rag-tag team of underdogs. They spend the first half of the movie losing, but then they find their inspiration, get their act together, and start into a winning streak which takes them all the way to the championship. In the final game, they face off against a tough team of jerks who already beat them back in the first half of the story. It looks grim, and the game is close, as we are repeatedly told by the sportscasters who add their running commentary throughout the climatic showdown. Our heroes finally pull ahead at the end of the last play or the bottom of the ninth or whatever. Also, the coach or the lead player has a romantic subplot.
There are no other types of sports movies!
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The underdog, undersized, undertalented athlete who tries to just make the team and does so solely because of his "heart."
The underdog, undersized, undertalented athlete who tries to just make the team and does so solely because of his "heart."
Tommorow Never Dies
the cliche villain talking when he should be killing James Bond
"I'll be out of here in a Carver News helicopter" yadda yadda yadda!
the cliche villain talking when he should be killing James Bond
"I'll be out of here in a Carver News helicopter" yadda yadda yadda!
Bombs that are disarmed with 2 or 1 second left on the timer.
Car chase scenes in which gunfire is exchanged and all that is shown is sparks to indicate a vehicle was hit. Sorry, folks, but even a .22 will make a hole in automotive sheet metal.
I hate just about every damned fictional military movie for the following reasons:
The actors can't properly salute
The uniforms are rarely ever correct for emblem/ribbon placement
Most of the actors are far too young for the roles they are playing
Officers are usually assholes to enlisted men
Car chase scenes in which gunfire is exchanged and all that is shown is sparks to indicate a vehicle was hit. Sorry, folks, but even a .22 will make a hole in automotive sheet metal.
I hate just about every damned fictional military movie for the following reasons:
The actors can't properly salute
The uniforms are rarely ever correct for emblem/ribbon placement
Most of the actors are far too young for the roles they are playing
Officers are usually assholes to enlisted men
Right when the good guy is about to kill the bad guy, the bad guy says something like "kill me and you're no better than me." This causes the good guy to pause for a moment so that the bad guy can escape.
Anyone else notice how much rattling and clicking guns make in movies? Anyone else annoyed by that?
Well, to be fair, that's usually by design.
If I'm not mistaken it can't be by law.
AFAIK, there is a law against impersonation of military personnel, that's why there's always something wrong with uniforms/medals and such in war movies ..
certainly in the UK there are laws against posing as military or police personnel, which is why there are inherent mistakes in the uniforms or more often fictional units. for one, in Hot Fuzz they have 'Sandford Police' on the badge when in reality it'd say 'Gloucestershire Constabularly' since Sandford's supposed to be in Gloucestershire...
That's always been my understanding too.
Wow. That's a mouthful!
