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Totally mismatched cars having an exciting chase.
the nineteen speed gearboxes fitted to every car in every Fast and Furious movie
Never finishing their drinks before they leave the pub
Having walked into the pub, not had to queue, not had a discussion about who's round it is, who wants what etc but just strolled up to the bar and said "4 pints please" and the bartender gives them 4 pints of unspecified liquid.
In all the marvel films, the main characters are all super strong and basically invincible, yet they insist on fighting each other by punching and throwing each other around. Why doesn't Thanos just grab hold of Thor or whoever and just pull his bloody heady off.
That would be inappropriate
Baddies hiring an elite force of ex special forces mercenaries to guard their top secret fortress lair only to discover they couldn't hit a cow's arse with a banjo
Also on die hard 5 million the other night the elite band of ex special forces mercenaries tried to blow up the programmer with a planted c4 device rather than just shooting him, WHY? It'd hardly look like an accident. I suppose they were worried they'd miss (like they did when the bomb didn't go off). Gah!
In all the marvel films, the main characters are all super strong and basically invincible, yet they insist on fighting each other by punching and throwing each other around.
They have bloody spaceships with laser cannon, but they still run out into a field to stab each other with pointy things.
space-ships that meet in space have agreed beforehand which orientation is Up
space-ships that meet in space have agreed beforehand which orientation is Up
Kubrick got this right in 2001 (and explained the gravity) - flight attendant using velcro shoes, shuttle syncing rotation with the space station on arrival, gravity due to rotation of said station. So unusual in a film that it really stands out.
- Never catching a sleeve on a door handle.
- Never forgetting why they went into a room
- Shutting Dead peoples eyes has been mentioned - Apparently this cant be done (Mrs is a paramedic, im not a murderer)
- Shocking someone with no heartbeat.
- My wife would add anything vaguely medical to this list as none of it is very accurate.
- being able to just instantly send vast amounts of money between bank accounts to bad guys, whos bank lets them send over 100k without jumping through about a million hoops.
- My overall number one though is police going to catch the bad guy whos in hiding and putting the sirens on before they arrive.
They might aswell ring them and let them know they are on the way.
In all the marvel films, the main characters are all super strong and basically invincible, yet they insist on fighting each other by punching and throwing each other around.
Achually! They’re not.
Totally mismatched cars having an exciting chase
THIS!!
"I'm the goodie evading the cops..I drive a suped up Mustang with NOS and rocket boosters.
Oh poop, the police in a 1976 Fiat Panda are gaining on me..."
DrP
I like to play spot-the-impending-car-wreck-later-in-the-show, when watching BBC dramas. Barrister character driving an 18 year old Mondeo? That'll be rolled in a bit. Baddie in a new S-Class, he'll be fine.
I've never left my car unlocked or my car keys "hidden" under the sun visor.
I like watching the other vehicles in car chases, and the extras in public places.
I also like watching driving scenes and trying to spot if they are:
a) in a studio with a backdrop or CGI
b) on a real road but being driven with their car on a flatbed
c) driving on a studio or otherwise artificial or closed road
d) actually driving in the real world
I'm terrible for that. Also seeing if the same cars pop up regularly. Clive Russell's E46 is part of the Paris traffic in the first Bourne film...
...oh, and none of the cars in the Hitman's Bodyguard are actually registered, and the baddies' Cayenne has a plate that can't exist.
When they order a pizza, but when the pizza guy turns up they have no cash and have to awkwardly try and work out some alternative form of payment.
You'd have thought that when deciding on ordering the pizza they'd know they'd need some form of currency or maybe just pay for it online in the first place
crazy-legs
Full Member
Never finishing their drinks before they leave the pubHaving walked into the pub, not had to queue, not had a discussion about who’s round it is, who wants what etc but just strolled up to the bar and said “4 pints please” and the bartender gives them 4 pints of unspecified liquid.
Similar walk into a bar sit at bar and immediately asked what they want...no dank and distant "changin' the barrel" or too busy washing glasses to look your way...
Walk into a diner and a good chance that rather than a dog eared menu you get a whole new philosophy on life from underutilised overskilled kitchen staff
Also seeing if the same cars pop up regularly.
Isn't the re-occurring Volkswagen in Bullitt famous for this?
c) driving on a studio or otherwise artificial or closed road
There's a bit of forested road that seems to be used for the majority of car crashes in UK dramas. I've always assumed it was somewhere like Millbrook. Once you've seen it, you really can't not see it.
Yeah, Millbrook pops up a lot.
Bond rolls his Aston there for instance in Casino Royale, despite just having left Monaco.
Never finishing their drinks before they leave the pub
In Barfly (in which Mickey Rourke played the writer Charles Bukowski), Bukowski played one of the drunks in the bar, but he had to teach Rourke how to behave like a drunk because Rourke didn't drink. There's a scene where Rourke's character got into a fight with the bartender and gulps down his beer before going outside to fight. On the first take, Rourke took a sip of a new beer, put it down and walked outside. Bukowski had to explain to him that no drunk is going to walk away from a full glass of beer and then they reshot the scene.
Something else to look out for is the pipe gun that is often used to flip cars over (that fires down out of the engine bay. I first saw it on an Indiana Jones way back, and it doesn't seem to have changed much. Clearly visible at 19s in this clip:
Not stupid per se - but why not at least try and hide it?
Car remote locking making a “Beep-Beep” noise.
Nobody does an early morning fart whilst waiting for the kettle to boil.
Nobody lock/unlocks their computer screen.
Every window in Paris (France, apparently) has a view of the Eifel Tower.
I like to play spot-the-impending-car-wreck-later-in-the-show, when watching BBC dramas. Barrister character driving an 18 year old Mondeo? That’ll be rolled in a bit. Baddie in a new S-Class, he’ll be fine.
British TV dramas are particularly bad for that. You know that only £500 scrappers are going to get crashed.
There’s a bit of forested road that seems to be used for the majority of car crashes in UK dramas. I’ve always assumed it was somewhere like Millbrook. Once you’ve seen it, you really can’t not see it.
It is Millbrook. Top Gear and The Grand Tour used to use it a lot too.
They used to hold a cycle race there too which is how I've come to go around it!
There's another "car crash road" shown here:
you'll recognise it from loads of other TV stuff - Casualty etc have used it a lot.
Thermal imaging that sees through walls to count the baddies. Nope. That's not how it work.
Nobody lock/unlocks their computer screen.
Or more frequently, nobody has to do a pin or fingerprint ID on their mobile before they make a call.
Vehicles crashing through things and coming out unscathed on the other side. Gates, barriers, checkpoints, marketstalls, small trees…Any and all of them would result in severe damage to the car rendering it an instant write off and maybe a slightly dented checkpoint. It’s designed to stop a vehicle you moron, it will not let you drive through it at 80mph!
crazy-legs
Full Member
There’s a bit of forested road that seems to be used for the majority of car crashes in UK dramas. I’ve always assumed it was somewhere like Millbrook. Once you’ve seen it, you really can’t not see it.It is Millbrook. Top Gear and The Grand Tour used to use it a lot too.
They used to hold a cycle race there too which is how I’ve come to go around it!There’s another “car crash road” shown here:
you’ll recognise it from loads of other TV stuff – Casualty etc have used it a lot.
Yeah, the alpine track is used mainly, was where the aston's got destroyed during casino royale, which i believe was at a time where AM and Millbrook were owned by the same parent (Ford?)
Brain MRIs where they just tell the patient to "Lie Still" or "try not to move.
In every one of my Brain MRIs (seven and counting) I've had my head in cage so that I really can't move. Also these MRIs always seem very spacious compared to the ones I'm used to.
the ability of storm trooper armor to protect the said trooper from a blaster hit.
People getting injected or drinking sedatives and falling asleep in 2 seconds…
TBH when I got put out for an op I think I actually said to the person this is quick,it was like my switch had been clicked to off, more than 2 seconds thou but pretty quick.
When they order a pizza, but when the pizza guy turns up they have no cash and have to awkwardly try and work out some alternative form of payment.
I've heard of some of those sort of film scenarios *ahem*
Any chase involving cars and motorcycles. Car can easily keep up with the bike. Any car being chased by a motorcycle is just silly.
20 stone muscle men running after powerful cars, finally catching up with them the other side of the city, not out of breath at all. And then attacking the car and occupants with success.
People jumping out of moving vehicles at speed and without injury. So how come if I fall off my bike at low speeds, I can end up in A&E?
Little people beating up big people.
Imagine the films we would get if all of the above complaints were sorted out. Very long, boring and realistic.
Imagine the films we would get if all of the above complaints were sorted out. Very long, boring and realistic.
Another good video here about how they do explosions in film:
shinton
Free MemberWhenever you see someone carrying a suitcase it’s obviously empty.
Yes, and drinks like takeaway coffee cups always empty. Some ****er pointed it out to me and now I can't "un-notice" it.
Now dear reader, you can enjoy it as well.
baddies can start any car by touching two mysterious wires together than dangle below the steering wheel!?
and pub scenes where nobody pays for their drinks!
Pub scenes where people don't pay for their drinks? Been out on far too many nights with people that think drinks are free...
6 1000 shooters
Things that don't seem to happen in TV and films so much now, but did in everything from the 1970s and 1980s...
Car crashes and occupants crawl from wreckage and hurry away before it explodes into a ball of flames.
Stupid real-life things that don't happen in films and TV...
Characters pull up outside their destination, then spend 15 minutes pissing about with an app trying to pay for their sodding parking.
Tends to be from older Westerns, but every gunshot has a ricochet sound.
Car crashes and occupants crawl from wreckage and hurry away before it explodes into a ball of flames.
In Korean shows it's the opposite. They have a low speed crash in a modern fully safety equipped car, then end up dead with the only visible injury a small cut on their head.
And the fact that nearly every main character was orphaned as a child in a car crash. I suppose rear passenger safety is a lot better than front in Korean cars. That and the fact that in every single show one of the main characters gets run over crossing the road makes me think that roads in Korea are flippin dangerous. But the healthcare is great because they always make a good recovery. Despite all the office politics and business crises the hospitals go through, the patient care is excellent.