Miguel Sanchez Posted March 5 Share Posted March 5 Character gets shot in the face at point blank range shortly before dramatic cut for effect Bullet grazed them. They're absolutely fine once the adverts are done. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tongue_tied_danny Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 A couple of guys from a big city are passing through some small town in the deep south. They'll stop off at a roadside bar, where the locals are playing pool. The women will show interest but the men will be pissed off and start a fight. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScarf Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 13 hours ago, tongue_tied_danny said: A couple of guys from a big city are passing through some small town in the deep south. They'll stop off at a roadside bar, where the locals are playing pool. The women will show interest but the men will be pissed off and start a fight. The ladies always know a couple of big city shaggers when they see them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve_Wilkos Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 A character sneezing means they are ill and they will be questioned about it in the following way: "Are you sick?" 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topcat(The most tip top) Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 6 hours ago, TheScarf said: The ladies always know a couple of big city shaggers when they see them. When someone from Inverness posts this you wonder whether the subtext is a smug pride in his exploits the last time he was in Dingwall or Tain or a simmering resentment of dashing Southern tourists visiting Inverness 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScarf Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 Just now, topcat(The most tip top) said: When someone from Inverness posts this you wonder whether the subtext is a smug pride in his exploits the last time he was in Dingwall or Tain or a simmering resentment of dashing Southern tourists visiting Inverness Definitely the former brother. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
54_and_counting Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 Elevators If the charcter needs one asap (either being chased or chasing someone) the lift is as far away as possible in the building and moves like its powered with an energizer battery But if theres no rush, charcter just talking away, one press of the lift button (usually in a big office building or a big housing building) then bing the lift is miraculously at their floor Lifts are never one or two floors away 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velo army Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 Magical autistic people. Every single autistic person I've seen on screen is a savant of some sort while being utterly useless at relating to people. I know many autistic people who aren't very smart at all and some who are actually ok at relating to people. None in film or TV though. A'body on the spectrum in that world is an Einsteinian man-child. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 1 hour ago, velo army said: Magical autistic people. Every single autistic person I've seen on screen is a savant of some sort while being utterly useless at relating to people. I know many autistic people who aren't very smart at all and some who are actually ok at relating to people. None in film or TV though. A'body on the spectrum in that world is an Einsteinian man-child. Was this a thing before Rain Man? I remember that's when it exploded as a trope, but I'm too young to remember before that. My maw worked with autistic kids and was absolutely seething about that film for years 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
54_and_counting Posted April 28 Share Posted April 28 (edited) Probs been mentioned but this does my tits in Charcter is tied up, held hostage etc, hostage taker lets guard down, charcter gets the upper hand, attacks them, knocks them to the floor, sometimes partially knocking them out What does said charcter do, go in, finish the job and dont let the b*****d get up again (hell even break a leg or two if they dont want to kill them) Nope they just run away allowing hostage taker back up, and sometimes they even fucking run away instead of taking the weapon they leave it behind Edited April 28 by 54_and_counting 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted May 1 Share Posted May 1 On 28/04/2024 at 19:23, 54_and_counting said: Probs been mentioned but this does my tits in Charcter is tied up, held hostage etc, hostage taker lets guard down, charcter gets the upper hand, attacks them, knocks them to the floor, sometimes partially knocking them out What does said charcter do, go in, finish the job and dont let the b*****d get up again (hell even break a leg or two if they dont want to kill them) Nope they just run away allowing hostage taker back up, and sometimes they even fucking run away instead of taking the weapon they leave it behind Yeah, occasionally you'll see a film where the character doesn't quite understand the gravity of the situation yet and just thinks getting away is the answer. However, if someone's been kidnapped, assaulted, seen their captor murder other people, then finally gets the upper hand on them and doesn't use the opportunity to thoroughly incapacitate them (at least), that's the point where I stop rooting for them to escape and want to see them punished for their stupidity. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted May 1 Share Posted May 1 24 thread for this pish 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
54_and_counting Posted May 1 Share Posted May 1 5 minutes ago, scottsdad said: 24 thread for this pish I only posted it because i seen it in an episode of swat Female swat officer kidnapped by mexican police, guy starts digging her grave, she's pleading for her life, he's telling her she needs to be silenced etc etc She gets an upper hand, knocks him to the ground, knocks gun away from bad guy, then proceeds to leave gun and said psychotic mexican police guy instead of taking the gun and holding him hostage or anything Usually its fucking ridiculous, but when a swat officer did it i think i missed the next 5 minutes just laughing about it and fucking around online instead 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted May 1 Share Posted May 1 Just now, 54_and_counting said: I only posted it because i seen it in an episode of swat Female swat officer kidnapped by mexican police, guy starts digging her grave, she's pleading for her life, he's telling her she needs to be silenced etc etc She gets an upper hand, knocks him to the ground, knocks gun away from bad guy, then proceeds to leave gun and said psychotic mexican police guy instead of taking the gun and holding him hostage or anything Usually its fucking ridiculous, but when a swat officer did it i think i missed the next 5 minutes just laughing about it and fucking around online instead 24 is better. I am pretty sure that Jack Bauer had a heart attack after being exposed to a toxin, and a couple of hours later was fist fighting a terrorist. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted May 1 Share Posted May 1 This trope basically sums up the entire horror genre, where a half-finished script doesn't account for the protagonist escaping without the film being over. See also films that have a character investigate something suspicious when they're already aware that bad shit be going down, rather than escaping or at least calling for help. Just appallingly lazy writing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inanimate Carbon Rod Posted May 1 Share Posted May 1 16 minutes ago, 54_and_counting said: I only posted it because i seen it in an episode of swat Female swat officer kidnapped by mexican police, guy starts digging her grave, she's pleading for her life, he's telling her she needs to be silenced etc etc She gets an upper hand, knocks him to the ground, knocks gun away from bad guy, then proceeds to leave gun and said psychotic mexican police guy instead of taking the gun and holding him hostage or anything Usually its fucking ridiculous, but when a swat officer did it i think i missed the next 5 minutes just laughing about it and fucking around online instead Swat is an atrociously written TV program. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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54_and_counting Posted May 2 Share Posted May 2 9 hours ago, Inanimate Carbon Rod said: Swat is an atrociously written TV program. Yeah but it's good to stick on the background when yaou specifically don't have the mindset to focus on tv or have work etc to do But aye it is brutal at times lol 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
54_and_counting Posted May 2 Share Posted May 2 9 hours ago, scottsdad said: 24 is better. I am pretty sure that Jack Bauer had a heart attack after being exposed to a toxin, and a couple of hours later was fist fighting a terrorist. Bond did the same in casino royale to the point he flatlined lol Was he not a junkie at one point then managed to quit within a couple of hours lol 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bert Raccoon Posted May 2 Share Posted May 2 More of a British thing but characters will become alcoholics and then recover in the space or around four months 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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