Must have been shot on the old Hogans Heroes set. The palm trees in winter scenes in Germany were something.
Annoying TV/Movie Tropes
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Also, the mountains of Illinois in Christmas Vacation.
I love the movie Twister. It’s just good B movie fun and obviously should be taken with a heaping pile of salt. But there is one line in that movie that makes me laugh so hard every time. They’re all together after narrowly missing one of the twisters and the female chaser (not Hunt but the one with glasses) gets all serious and just looking at the tornado goes ‘hey it’s turning southeast’. Like in two seconds she knows its trajectory.
Literally every horror movie the hero lives after seemingly killing the villain. I’m always like ‘I would 100% cut their head off’ but no they just sigh and drop the weapon next to the killer assuming they’re dead.
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Mine is when someone is in some sort of danger and they wait until the bad guy, monster, or whatever is right in front of them to pump a round into their weapon for 'dramatic' affect.
Another prop set thing. I've noticed that almost every door (including the primary front door of the house/apartment) never seem to have a threshold. You can see light coming through. This is in a LOT of shows. Those houses would be cold as **** in winter and every mouse or critter in the neighborhood would be living with those people.
And another 'door' thing. People walk into a house or apartment and it could be a huge blizzard outside and they don't bother to close the door. But it happens a lot. "Hey come on in. Just leave the door open. The heat/AC is on but it's not in the script. so don't bother closing the front door."
And another 'door' thing. People walk into a house or apartment and it could be a huge blizzard outside and they don't bother to close the door. But it happens a lot. "Hey come on in. Just leave the door open. The heat/AC is on but it's not in the script. so don't bother closing the front door."
Any show or movie focused on spy/espionage/criminal investigation how these experts so quickly hack into systems
THIS! One of the reasons why the scene in Raiders when Indy is going to fight the swordsman...and Indy just says "F it" and pulls out his gun is so awesome! I LOVE that scene!
Or how the bad guys can instantly locate someone hacking into their computers, but it takes the good guys half a season to find the bad guys. Happens a few times in 24.
Medical shows/movies where someone is dying and the doctors just “try harder” or don’t give up and they magically revive a person. Also that person is revived always totally fine with zero long term issues or is right back to their old self.
Also when surgeries are shown and something is going bad and someone just suggests a radical idea and people go with it, this would immediately cause someone to be sued into oblivion without approval and would start people down the path to losing their license. Similar to how “I saved a life” gets people out of trouble, it 100% does not and you’re still going to jail/getting fired
Also when surgeries are shown and something is going bad and someone just suggests a radical idea and people go with it, this would immediately cause someone to be sued into oblivion without approval and would start people down the path to losing their license. Similar to how “I saved a life” gets people out of trouble, it 100% does not and you’re still going to jail/getting fired
Hate the trope where the villain tells the hero the entire plan before killing him, which inevitably doesn’t happen. It’s been parodied a lot, I know.
Also hate that hero’s are crack shots who seem to have unlimited ammo. Villains can’t hit the broad side of a barn.
The prop thing that kills me - empty coffee cups. Like, you can’t put water in them so the actors handles it correctly?
Also hate that hero’s are crack shots who seem to have unlimited ammo. Villains can’t hit the broad side of a barn.
The prop thing that kills me - empty coffee cups. Like, you can’t put water in them so the actors handles it correctly?
As an engineer, one of my movie pet peeves is when someone knows how to get into a computer system fairly easily.
Jurassic Park - Unix system!
Jurassic Park - Unix system!
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Little movie magic note on that: script called for Indy to fight him, but Ford hurt his back or something, and they switched it to the gun and it’s one of the most memorable moments in cinema.
Another one is when the hero is surrounded by bad guys and they all politely wait their turn to attack the hero, like the Kill Bill and John Wick series.
Working their way through buildings in pristine clean oversized duct work.
I've seen a lot of duct work in my life. I've never seen any that's as clean as every duct in the movies.
I've seen a lot of duct work in my life. I've never seen any that's as clean as every duct in the movies.
That very thin objects like tables, furniture, and drywall are bulletproof.
