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Post by movieliker on Nov 7, 2019 7:47:12 GMT -8
Some of the dumbest and least realistic TV and movie cliches I see over and over are;
1) People never closing or locking the door when they use the bathroom, or have sex. And of course somebody always walks in while they are getting down to business. Supposedly setting up an embarrassing and/or humorous scene --- that would never happen if the victims would close and/or lock the door like normal people. 2) When a couple starts getting intimate and they apparently are going to have sex, the girl leaves the room (supposedly to get ready for sex) and the guy, standing alone in the room, gets undressed so he will be all ready when she returns. (Usually another set up for an embarrassing or humorous scene.) When I get intimate with a woman, we start kissing, hugging and undressing each other. Nobody leaves the room. And if she did, I would never get undressed without her. Seems insultingly presumptuous. 3) People walking in and out of their homes, apartments, bedrooms and bathrooms without knocking. Normal people lock their doors, and knock before entering somebody else's home, apartment, bedroom or bathroom. 4) In action movies, the bad guy talks too much and too long, explaining his motives and plans, before killing the good guy. Giving the good guy a chance to escape, be rescued, or get the upper hand. When the good guy takes down the bad guy, he or she doesn't finish off the bad guy, and often turns their back, leaving a weapon within arm's reach of the bad guy. You just know the bad guy is going to come back and launch another attack. 5) People being trouble makers just to create conflict. Not realistic or interesting. Normally people try to get along and avoid trouble. Or they try to stay away from trouble makers.
What do you think?
Can you think of anymore?
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Post by admin on Nov 7, 2019 8:03:17 GMT -8
Something you see in old movies before the advent of the mobile phone.
Two people are having a telephone conversation. One of them abruptly hangs up on the other. The other one pounds on the phone buttons as if that's going to make the other person come back.
I have no idea where that stupidity came from.
Also, someone who wears eyeglasses sees something extraordinary, then whips off the eyeglasses to 'see better'.
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Post by movieliker on Nov 7, 2019 8:21:26 GMT -8
Something you see in old movies before the advent of the mobile phone. Two people are having a telephone conversation. One of them abruptly hangs up on the other. The other one pounds on the phone buttons as if that's going to make the other person come back. I have no idea where that stupidity came from. Also, someone who wears eyeglasses sees something extraordinary, then whips off the eyeglasses to 'see better'. They also used to repeatedly click and push the hang up hanger. As if that would reconnect them with the person who hung up on them.
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Post by admin on Nov 7, 2019 8:52:37 GMT -8
Something you see in old movies before the advent of the mobile phone. Two people are having a telephone conversation. One of them abruptly hangs up on the other. The other one pounds on the phone buttons as if that's going to make the other person come back. I have no idea where that stupidity came from. Also, someone who wears eyeglasses sees something extraordinary, then whips off the eyeglasses to 'see better'. They also used to repeatedly click and push the hang up hanger. As if that would reconnect them with the person who hung up on them. Yes, depending on the phone style -- either those buttons or that metal hanger on old phones.
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Post by movieliker on Nov 7, 2019 9:05:22 GMT -8
They also used to repeatedly click and push the hang up hanger. As if that would reconnect them with the person who hung up on them. Yes, depending on the phone style -- either those buttons or that metal hanger on old phones. Yep, usually saying something like, "Hello? Are you still there? Charlie! Don't hang up! I need help !! Charlie !! Dammit !!" . . . And then they slam the phone down.
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Post by movieliker on Nov 8, 2019 9:47:36 GMT -8
People not closing their blinds or curtains at night when having sex, taking a shower or bath, walking around naked, or even hiding out from the bad guys (criminals) or good guys (police). Especially in the big city. You can see the buildings in the background.
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Post by movieliker on Nov 8, 2019 9:52:16 GMT -8
People not locking their vehicle doors when driving. Especially in the city at night.
I guess they don't have car jackings or car accidents in movies and TV shows.
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Post by movieliker on Nov 8, 2019 10:01:37 GMT -8
This is more an example of bad acting than a cliche. But it happens a lot.
The driver of a vehicle not keeping their eyes on the road. But looking and staring at the other people in the vehicle, they are talking with.
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Post by admin on Nov 8, 2019 10:29:45 GMT -8
This is more an example of bad acting than a cliche. But it happens a lot. The driver of a vehicle not keeping their eyes on the road. But looking and staring at the other people in the vehicle, they are talking with. Every car chase I have ever seen always, always, always has a car or truck pulling out right in front of the car that's chasing someone. As if people don't look for traffic before they back up.
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Post by movieliker on Nov 8, 2019 10:47:08 GMT -8
This is more an example of bad acting than a cliche. But it happens a lot. The driver of a vehicle not keeping their eyes on the road. But looking and staring at the other people in the vehicle, they are talking with. Every car chase I have ever seen always, always, always has a car or truck pulling out right in front of the car that's chasing someone. As if people don't look for traffic before they back up. That is especially ridiculous being that the car that is being chased, just went speeding by.
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Post by admin on Nov 8, 2019 16:53:08 GMT -8
Every car chase I have ever seen always, always, always has a car or truck pulling out right in front of the car that's chasing someone. As if people don't look for traffic before they back up. That is especially ridiculous being that the car that is being chased, just went speeding by. Yeah, and they NEVER pull out in front of the car being chased.
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Post by James T. Kirk on Nov 10, 2019 5:02:14 GMT -8
Something you see in old movies before the advent of the mobile phone. Two people are having a telephone conversation. One of them abruptly hangs up on the other. The other one pounds on the phone buttons as if that's going to make the other person come back. I have no idea where that stupidity came from. Also, someone who wears eyeglasses sees something extraordinary, then whips off the eyeglasses to 'see better'. If someone is far-sighted they wear glasses to see things close to them, such as words in a book. The glasses that help them see things close to them can make things at a distance look blurry. Taking off their glasses let's them see far-away objects clearer. As for the phone comments, I don't know what pounding the buttons would do, but many years ago the hanger served a purpose, especially before they added buttons. Seems like I recall when they had "party line" phones, if you picked up another party's call by mistake, the hanger could be clicked once to put the caller on hold and to ring the other party's phone again. So I guess it depends on how old the movie is you are watching whether that one makes sense.
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Post by Heeeeey on Nov 10, 2019 7:40:45 GMT -8
Something you see in old movies before the advent of the mobile phone. Two people are having a telephone conversation. One of them abruptly hangs up on the other. The other one pounds on the phone buttons as if that's going to make the other person come back. I have no idea where that stupidity came from. Also, someone who wears eyeglasses sees something extraordinary, then whips off the eyeglasses to 'see better'. If someone is far-sighted they wear glasses to see things close to them, such as words in a book. The glasses that help them see things close to them can make things at a distance look blurry. Taking off their glasses let's them see far-away objects clearer. As for the phone comments, I don't know what pounding the buttons would do, but many years ago the hanger served a purpose, especially before they added buttons. Seems like I recall when they had "party line" phones, if you picked up another party's call by mistake, the hanger could be clicked once to put the caller on hold and to ring the other party's phone again. So I guess it depends on how old the movie is you are watching whether that one makes sense. Who doesn't know that? You don't have to blind me with science. If someone is wearing eyeglasses all the time, that's because they're nearsighted. I should know, because I'm nearsighted. That means I don't need glasses to see close up. So if someone is far-sighted, they only need glasses to read or see up close, not far away. Why would a far-sighted person be wearing glasses in public where they're not reading or looking at anything up close? As for the phones, it's irrelevant what the buttons and hangers were for. The point is, if someone obviously hangs up on you, banging on the buttons or hanger wouldn't force them to come back on the line. It's not like the person got cut off in mid-sentence or the line dropped.
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Post by movieliker on Dec 7, 2019 1:40:24 GMT -8
Police and military in monster movies thinking machine guns and pistols will be effective against a monster bigger than a building.
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Post by James T. Kirk on Dec 7, 2019 3:21:37 GMT -8
If someone is far-sighted they wear glasses to see things close to them, such as words in a book. The glasses that help them see things close to them can make things at a distance look blurry. Taking off their glasses let's them see far-away objects clearer. As for the phone comments, I don't know what pounding the buttons would do, but many years ago the hanger served a purpose, especially before they added buttons. Seems like I recall when they had "party line" phones, if you picked up another party's call by mistake, the hanger could be clicked once to put the caller on hold and to ring the other party's phone again. So I guess it depends on how old the movie is you are watching whether that one makes sense. Who doesn't know that? You don't have to blind me with science. If someone is wearing eyeglasses all the time, that's because they're nearsighted. I should know, because I'm nearsighted. That means I don't need glasses to see close up. So if someone is far-sighted, they only need glasses to read or see up close, not far away. Why would a far-sighted person be wearing glasses in public where they're not reading or looking at anything up close? As for the phones, it's irrelevant what the buttons and hangers were for. The point is, if someone obviously hangs up on you, banging on the buttons or hanger wouldn't force them to come back on the line. It's not like the person got cut off in mid-sentence or the line dropped. Not necessarily. I wear glasses all the time and I am not nearsighted. I wear bifocals. They help people see both near and far. Who doesn't know that? You, apparently. As for the phones, as I said, it depends on how old the movie is you are watching as to whether it makes sense or not. I made no assumption as to whether the person hung up or got cut off. What makes sense sometimes depends on your age and what you experienced growing up.
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