KingRocketman II Posted March 25, 2023 Share Posted March 25, 2023 9 hours ago, Miguel Sanchez said: That scene in the last James Bond with the bird in the cocktail dress and heels doing gymnastics while shooting folk like she was in the Matrix was shite. 8 hours ago, BTFD said: Very much Unpopular Opinions thread for that, considering how everyone was spooging over it at the time! Still more believable (and less lazy) than that lassie in stilettos outrunning a T-Rex in Jurassic Park 4 (or whatever). yes, a completely played out trope in yet another "bird" in a cocktail dress and high heels out-running a T-Tex whilst doing gymnastics in a Matrix-like manner. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19QOS19 Posted March 25, 2023 Share Posted March 25, 2023 Going through The X Files the now and there's a fair amount of the classic 'I have a gun pointed at you, you're hands are up and yet you still manage to get out of that situation and run away'. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfha Posted March 25, 2023 Share Posted March 25, 2023 21 hours ago, Bully Wee Villa said: Most humans could outrun a T-Rex, they weren't particularly fast. You'd probably even have time to stop and change your shoes. And you know this... how? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted March 25, 2023 Share Posted March 25, 2023 I'm still posting, aren't I? They obviously couldn't catch me. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightswoodBear Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 Really slow car chases in TV shows. I realise this is probably a budgetary thing, but you have these car chases that have the sound effects of revving engines and high tempo music, but if you put it on mute and watch it, everyone is doing about 10mph 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 On 25/03/2023 at 01:03, Bully Wee Villa said: Most humans could outrun a T-Rex, they weren't particularly fast. You'd probably even have time to stop and change your shoes. Warp speed also. Warping a ship is very slow. A dog paddling next to a warping ship could outrun it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted April 1, 2023 Share Posted April 1, 2023 On 29/03/2023 at 21:25, KnightswoodBear said: Really slow car chases in TV shows. I realise this is probably a budgetary thing, but you have these car chases that have the sound effects of revving engines and high tempo music, but if you put it on mute and watch it, everyone is doing about 10mph Not just budgetary constraints. The film "The Seven Ups" has a famous car chase, similar to "Bullitt" but set in Manhattan. (Stunt driver Bill Hickman is involved in both films as well as "The French Connection"). At one point in the film they have to cross a bridge but the authorities insist they have to stick to the speed limit. It was a nightmare. Other cars on the bridge were keeping pace or even going past. Eventually they resorted to long shots but even then the bridge scene was heavily edited to avoid it looking silly. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted April 24, 2023 Share Posted April 24, 2023 Absolutely everything about that Boston Strangler movie is a hackneyed cliché. Every single line, every character is pretty much how Hollywood thinks journalism works. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted April 24, 2023 Share Posted April 24, 2023 The wife watches a lot of true crime TV. The ID channel, for instance. One thing I've noticed about these shows is that every murder victim is a brilliant person - they light up the room, kind, generous, etc. etc. They get eulogised every time. Nobody ever says "It's a shame Jimmy was murdered, but he was a bit of an arsehole." 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Golden God Posted April 25, 2023 Share Posted April 25, 2023 13 hours ago, scottsdad said: The wife watches a lot of true crime TV. The ID channel, for instance. One thing I've noticed about these shows is that every murder victim is a brilliant person - they light up the room, kind, generous, etc. etc. They get eulogised every time. Nobody ever says "It's a shame Jimmy was murdered, but he was a bit of an arsehole." Similar as when someone goes missing and it’s all “it’s so out of character” and about how nothing was wrong in their life. Then you find out they’ve just split up with the wife and are 10 grand in debt etc. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonD Posted April 25, 2023 Share Posted April 25, 2023 When somebody falls from a building they always land on top of a car. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScarf Posted April 25, 2023 Share Posted April 25, 2023 8 hours ago, GordonD said: When somebody falls from a building they always land on top of a car. Never on a dildo. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonD Posted April 25, 2023 Share Posted April 25, 2023 32 minutes ago, TheScarf said: Never on a dildo. They don't have many Swedish cars in America. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
54_and_counting Posted April 26, 2023 Share Posted April 26, 2023 On 25/04/2023 at 09:39, GordonD said: When somebody falls from a building they always land on top of a car. Its amazing how when the plot requires it someone can fall 3 stories onto a car and roll off it with minor injuries, but bad guy near the end of the show falls one story onto a car its game over lol 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted April 26, 2023 Share Posted April 26, 2023 The hero has a climactic fight with the baddie and puts the baddie down. He then goes to the distressed damsel to comfort her but wait!… the baddie’s not dead, he was just unconscious and has now recovered! He’s standing over the hero covered in blood and away to shoot/ stab/ laser the goodies. But wait!….. suddenly the baddie collapses to reveal the hero’s mate who got put down earlier standing behind him with a smoking gun/ bloodied sword. phew. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted April 27, 2023 Share Posted April 27, 2023 On 24/04/2023 at 11:52, scottsdad said: The wife watches a lot of true crime TV. The ID channel, for instance. One thing I've noticed about these shows is that every murder victim is a brilliant person - they light up the room, kind, generous, etc. etc. They get eulogised every time. Nobody ever says "It's a shame Jimmy was murdered, but he was a bit of an arsehole." Not just played out in TV and films, it seems. https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/apr/27/us-rapper-moneysign-suede-killed-in-prison-aged-22 Officials from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said the rapper, real name Jaime Brugada Valdez, died on Tuesday evening “with injuries consistent with a homicide”. He was being held at a prison in Soledad, where since January he had been serving a 32-month sentence on gun charges. A lawyer for Valdez, Nicholas Rosenberg, told the LA Times that officials had said Valdez had been stabbed, and that an investigation was under way. “People are very shocked,” Rosenberg said. “He was a very popular guy, very mild-mannered. People loved him.” 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bert Raccoon Posted April 27, 2023 Share Posted April 27, 2023 Same with Serial Killers, "he was a quiet man, always kept himself to himself" so would you if your house was full of mutilated body parts 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd_is_God Posted April 27, 2023 Share Posted April 27, 2023 On 24/04/2023 at 12:52, scottsdad said: The wife watches a lot of true crime TV. The ID channel, for instance. One thing I've noticed about these shows is that every murder victim is a brilliant person - they light up the room, kind, generous, etc. etc. They get eulogised every time. Nobody ever says "It's a shame Jimmy was murdered, but he was a bit of an arsehole." The same is said when some wee local ned gets killed 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richey Edwards Posted April 27, 2023 Share Posted April 27, 2023 5 minutes ago, Todd_is_God said: The same is said when some wee local ned gets killed Such things were said about a boy I went to school with who killed himself along with three other people when attempting to overtake on a roundabout. He was a fucking p***k. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted April 27, 2023 Share Posted April 27, 2023 5 hours ago, Todd_is_God said: The same is said when some wee local ned gets killed He was a hard working student who was extremely popular with pupils and staff 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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