welshbairn Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 12 hours ago, GordonD said: Never understood how they're able to identify a body by dental records. If they don't know who it is how do they know who its dentist is? They assume there's a magical digital record of everyone's teeth, like they do for bullet markings to identify a gun. All US gun records are held on paper in a leaky basement, by order of Congress. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted January 5, 2023 Share Posted January 5, 2023 10 hours ago, welshbairn said: They assume there's a magical digital record of everyone's teeth, like they do for bullet markings to identify a gun. All US gun records are held on paper in a leaky basement, by order of Congress. @Detournement can tell us about the secret dental database the CIA keeps on the world's population. Saw a video about the American gun record paperwork basement a while back, deliberately made as useless as possible. It's very apparent that a substantial number of folk over there think there's a decent chance that they might decide to shoot somebody at some point, and want to give themselves a fighting chance of getting away with it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detournement Posted January 5, 2023 Share Posted January 5, 2023 (edited) Is the trope not usually that the body is so decomposed, disfigured or burnt that a normal visual 'identify the body' process won't work so they use dental records to confirm the ID rather than a family member? The CIA doesn't need dental records when hundreds of millions of people sent their DNA to private companies doing PCR tests. Not to mention the NHS selling us all out to Palantir. Edited January 5, 2023 by Detournement 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arch Stanton Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 https://www.ranker.com/list/things-always-portrayed-wrong-in-movies/will-morgan-1 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted January 8, 2023 Share Posted January 8, 2023 Somebody is kidnapped and taken to a remote location such as an old cabin in the middle of nowhere. They are left alone and guess what. They manage to escape. All for nothing. The first person they encounter after they escape is either the kidnapper or an accomplice. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 Toothbrushing is so clean. There aren't folk with toothpaste/water down their chin or over the side of their mouths. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 No one closes their curtains/blinds at night when sleeping (or indeed at any other time it would seem). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
54_and_counting Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 On 31/12/2022 at 11:13, BFTD said: Alright, this is a weird one. There was once a horror film with a scene where somebody went to get something from a fridge - when they closed the door, ARGGH! There was something scary on the other side! I'll be damned if I can remember which film originally did this, but it must have had one hell of an impact at the time. Since then, it's become a trope to have characters go to the fridge, spend a bit of time rooting about to give the audience time to think "shit, there's going to be something bad behind the door when it closes", only for there to be nothing there. Possibly there'll be something non-threatening for a mild jumpscare, like the character's friend. It's been happening for a few decades at least, as I remember The Ring doing it at the beginning, and I've seen it a few dozen times since then. You can virtually guarantee that, if a fridge is opened and the camera starts to slowly zoom in, or the sound suddenly goes quiet, absolutely f**k all is about to happen. It feels really peculiar to have a trope about something not happening! Its always kids behind the fridge door, usually middle of the night when the adult is getting a drink for some unknown reason, the kid will be standing silent behind fridge door not making a single noise 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirkieRR Posted January 15, 2023 Share Posted January 15, 2023 Settings for episodes of crime and mystery dramas: A posh golf club A riding/racing stables Reunion of an old rock band A posh school More? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Golden God Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 Kid behaves badly, kid is sent away to live with their estranged dad/gran/ whatever family member. Does this really happen? Does a kid get into a fight at school and then that’s that and wee 12 year old Timmy is away to the other side of the country forever. Why is the family member willing to take in a child who’s a wee dick and who they had no involvement with before? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirkieRR Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 Frantic race to defuse time bomb (or whatever). The heroes manage to to stop it just as the countdown has reached just 1 or 2 seconds. Never 10 seconds or twenty or five minutes or an hour. Yes, Spooks, it's you I'm looking at. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 17 hours ago, The Golden God said: Kid behaves badly, kid is sent away to live with their estranged dad/gran/ whatever family member. Does this really happen? Does a kid get into a fight at school and then that’s that and wee 12 year old Timmy is away to the other side of the country forever. Why is the family member willing to take in a child who’s a wee dick and who they had no involvement with before? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topcat(The most tip top) Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 4 hours ago, KirkieRR said: Frantic race to defuse time bomb (or whatever). The heroes manage to to stop it just as the countdown has reached just 1 or 2 seconds. Never 10 seconds or twenty or five minutes or an hour. Yes, Spooks, it's you I'm looking at. There’s at least one bond film that plays with the audiences expectations of that trope by having the timer stops at 0:07 and when bond films are taking the piss out of a trope for being tired and predictable that really says something about it 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 5 minutes ago, topcat(The most tip top) said: There’s at least one bond film that plays with the audiences expectations of that trope by having the timer stops at 0:07 and when bond films are taking the piss out of a trope for being tired and predictable that really says something about it Goldfinger. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Brightside Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 The guy also just uses the switch to turn it off instead of defusing it, and it's not even Bond that does it. There's another two tropes it subverts. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonD Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 11 minutes ago, topcat(The most tip top) said: There’s at least one bond film that plays with the audiences expectations of that trope by having the timer stops at 0:07 and when bond films are taking the piss out of a trope for being tired and predictable that really says something about it 5 minutes ago, scottsdad said: Goldfinger. Though the dialogue refers to "three more clicks" showing it was a late decision. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
54_and_counting Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 On 31/01/2023 at 14:57, Mr. Brightside said: The guy also just uses the switch to turn it off instead of defusing it, and it's not even Bond that does it. There's another two tropes it subverts. Naked gun 2 and 1/2 when he trips over the bombs plug wire and pulls it out the socket stopping the countdown Not really in with the discussion but it reminded me of that bit and how funny it was 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvo Montalbano Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 On 31/01/2023 at 14:57, GordonD said: Though the dialogue refers to "three more clicks" showing it was a late decision. Yes, changed in editing by Cubby Broccoli I think. Didn't think about the dialogue, just liked the visual. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 It is all very simple. If it is too quiet then there is a chance the bomb will go off. By contrast if there is a lot of loud bombastic music then you will succeed. If I ever became a bomb disposal expert I would have my own orchestra with me to ensure I succeeded every time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 I enjoy the biomechanics-defying physical improbability of stopping of a fall by catching a ledge with the fingertips. John Maclean dropping two storeys in a lift shaft is the holotype for the species. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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