The 'but why would they do that, it makes no sense' thread
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shakotan said:
Die Hard With A Vengeance.
Baddie develops extremely complicated bomb which requires two inert substances to mix to be volatile.
So simply smash one of the containers containing the inert substance and allow it to drain away to diffuse the bomb on discovery, rather than trying to figure out the puzzle/throw it off the back of the subway train/figure out which wire to cut (ok, that one was a fake anyway)/jump off the ship.
and also - why does no-one think it odd that the engineers turn up 20 minutes after the blast to clean up and nick the gold....it takes 20 minutes to get from macys to times square in traffic...Baddie develops extremely complicated bomb which requires two inert substances to mix to be volatile.
So simply smash one of the containers containing the inert substance and allow it to drain away to diffuse the bomb on discovery, rather than trying to figure out the puzzle/throw it off the back of the subway train/figure out which wire to cut (ok, that one was a fake anyway)/jump off the ship.
Also those adverts, "little (insert name of african child) has to walk 8 miles every day to fetch water..." Why not just move nearer? makes no sense, and equally, why do I pay £425 a year to Yorkshire Water when Oxfam can provide water to a whole village for £3 a month?????
Nom de ploom said:
shakotan said:
Die Hard With A Vengeance.
Baddie develops extremely complicated bomb which requires two inert substances to mix to be volatile.
So simply smash one of the containers containing the inert substance and allow it to drain away to diffuse the bomb on discovery, rather than trying to figure out the puzzle/throw it off the back of the subway train/figure out which wire to cut (ok, that one was a fake anyway)/jump off the ship.
and also - why does no-one think it odd that the engineers turn up 20 minutes after the blast to clean up and nick the gold....it takes 20 minutes to get from macys to times square in traffic...Baddie develops extremely complicated bomb which requires two inert substances to mix to be volatile.
So simply smash one of the containers containing the inert substance and allow it to drain away to diffuse the bomb on discovery, rather than trying to figure out the puzzle/throw it off the back of the subway train/figure out which wire to cut (ok, that one was a fake anyway)/jump off the ship.
king photograph of him?Symbolica said:
Nom de ploom said:
shakotan said:
Die Hard With A Vengeance.
Baddie develops extremely complicated bomb which requires two inert substances to mix to be volatile.
So simply smash one of the containers containing the inert substance and allow it to drain away to diffuse the bomb on discovery, rather than trying to figure out the puzzle/throw it off the back of the subway train/figure out which wire to cut (ok, that one was a fake anyway)/jump off the ship.
and also - why does no-one think it odd that the engineers turn up 20 minutes after the blast to clean up and nick the gold....it takes 20 minutes to get from macys to times square in traffic...Baddie develops extremely complicated bomb which requires two inert substances to mix to be volatile.
So simply smash one of the containers containing the inert substance and allow it to drain away to diffuse the bomb on discovery, rather than trying to figure out the puzzle/throw it off the back of the subway train/figure out which wire to cut (ok, that one was a fake anyway)/jump off the ship.
king photograph of him?
He also fails to recognise Targo in the same scene, dispite him wearing the same very distinctive glasses as the photo he's just seen.
Edited by shakotan on Friday 19th September 14:56
goforbroke said:
In CSI, why do they always use a torch and work in near darkness? No-one puts the bloody lights on.
Aksherly - there's sometimes a good reason for that. A point light source directed at an angle can reveal more detail than diffuse light from the surrounding environment. (forensic geek)
shakotan...yes brilliant.
the photos were probably taken the same day of the shoot....
Also - in alot of "hollywood" films, they portray the NYPD to be a buunch of useless idiots unable to organise a picket line....
is this LA sticking two fingers up at NY? mind you, loads of police departments are portrayed as keystone cops until hero arrives to save the day...really?????
the photos were probably taken the same day of the shoot....
Also - in alot of "hollywood" films, they portray the NYPD to be a buunch of useless idiots unable to organise a picket line....
is this LA sticking two fingers up at NY? mind you, loads of police departments are portrayed as keystone cops until hero arrives to save the day...really?????
marshalla said:
Aksherly - there's sometimes a good reason for that. A point light source directed at an angle can reveal more detail than diffuse light from the surrounding environment.
(forensic geek)
Ha Ha excellent! Now my wife has even more of a reason to tell me to stop moaning about it, because i'm wrong.(forensic geek)
goforbroke said:
marshalla said:
Aksherly - there's sometimes a good reason for that. A point light source directed at an angle can reveal more detail than diffuse light from the surrounding environment.
(forensic geek)
Ha Ha excellent! Now my wife has even more of a reason to tell me to stop moaning about it, because i'm wrong.(forensic geek)
Nom de ploom said:
goforbroke said:
marshalla said:
Aksherly - there's sometimes a good reason for that. A point light source directed at an angle can reveal more detail than diffuse light from the surrounding environment.
(forensic geek)
Ha Ha excellent! Now my wife has even more of a reason to tell me to stop moaning about it, because i'm wrong.(forensic geek)
Mrs. M. and I have banned each other from watching any of these programmes.
"Hello, Sir Hilary Bray, I'm Comte Balthazar de Bleuchamp."
What's the point of you both pretending to be other people?! You met in the previous film!!
Here!
Or was Bond supposed to be unrecognisable after he was so convincingly made Japanese?
That plot point was in itself utterly pointless as it seems to have worn off by the time Bond appears in the hollowed-out volcano.
Edited by Prawo Jazdy on Friday 19th September 17:46
DSLiverpool said:
The Strain (just started) how a huge 9ft box filled with soil could get on a flight to the USA from Germany these days is unexplained - they actually say its impossible but give no other comment. I say it couldn't happen and stop the programme now!
Perhaps they will explain in future episodeskowalski655 said:
IIRC Lazenby was a different chap entirely..he said" this never happened to the other fellow"
Many a debate has centred on that one line. And it was parodied in the original (spoof) Casino Royale where "James Bond" is just a codeword and everyone ended up being James Bond. 
It's generally accepted that James Bond is the same person though, just like Biggles was (despite Biggles fighting in WW1, WW2, and then being a post-war detective, despite seemingly never ageing).
Edited by JonRB on Friday 19th September 17:54
kowalski655 said:
IIRC Lazenby was a different chap entirely..he said" this never happened to the other fellow"
If he was supposed to be a different chap entirely, why did they have him resign and then mooch around his office pulling out references to previous (Connery) films? It's nonsense. Also, breaking the fourth wall belongs in a Vic and Bob sitcom, not a Bond film. Those bits aside, I don't mind the film.Bond films involve quite a bit of gritting one's teeth at the stupid bits while enjoying the good bits. OHMSS was easily the best Bond film made, and had fewer stupid bits than most of them. Which made them all the more toe-curling, such as the "unusually small for a Nymphalis polychloros" line.
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