Your single most annoying thing/mistake in a movie!
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robemcdonald said:
WilliamWoollard said:
That f
king blip-blip noise that every car makes when being locked. Why do they do it? Winds me right up it does! fking stupid pointless ahole sound engineer wk stain st heads.
That’s for partially sighted or blind people.king blip-blip noise that every car makes when being locked. Why do they do it? Winds me right up it does! fking stupid pointless ahole sound engineer wk stain st heads. Clockwork Cupcake said:
There have been a few films and shows that have tried to get things right - 2001, Robot Jox (no, really), The Expanse, Babylon 5, and to some extent BSG, but on the whole it's a poor offering from most.
I think the expanse is my favourite sci fi show and the attention to realism actually helps make it more tense, for example when the ship needs to turn in combat to protect allies but can't because a crew member isn't strapped in and the G force would crush him (as opposed to original star trek where they'd just run from side to side 
)WilliamWoollard said:
robemcdonald said:
WilliamWoollard said:
That fking blip-blip noise that every car makes when being locked. Why do they do it? Winds me right up it does! fking stupid pointless ahole sound engineer wk stain st heads.
That’s for partially sighted or blind people.king blip-blip noise that every car makes when being locked. Why do they do it? Winds me right up it does! fking stupid pointless ahole sound engineer wk stain st heads. The “blip” noise tells people they are getting into or out of a car.
I see this in too many films and TV shows to mention, but someone somehow stealthily opens a door that they shouldn't, goes through it and then leaves it open.
Speaking of leaving doors open, that also applies to people entering houses in the middle of winter and because the camera is following them in, has to leave the door open.
Speaking of leaving doors open, that also applies to people entering houses in the middle of winter and because the camera is following them in, has to leave the door open.
SpeckledJim said:
Two people in the middle of a serious, plot-developing conversation never get interrupted by an inconsequential wrong number phone call.I'd fking love that.
people also never lock doors, a relatively quick simple act of privacy and security, you notice this a lot in soaps, boys learn this from an early age, if your having quick one off the wrist lock the bedroom door lest your mum walks in. king love that.Edited by Big-Bo-Beep on Friday 14th February 12:28
Big-Bo-Beep said:
people also never lock doors, a relatively quick simple act of privacy and security, you notice this a lot in soaps, boys learn this from an early age, if your having quick one off the wrist lock the bedroom door lest your mum walks in.
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Like real life then. I have never had a bedroom door that locked.]
Big-Bo-Beep said:
SpeckledJim said:
Two people in the middle of a serious, plot-developing conversation never get interrupted by an inconsequential wrong number phone call.I'd fking love that.
people also never lock doors, a relatively quick simple act of privacy and security, you notice this a lot in soaps, boys learn this from an early age, if your having quick one off the wrist lock the bedroom door lest your mum walks in. king love that.Edited by Big-Bo-Beep on Friday 14th February 12:28
What?
talksthetorque said:
SpeckledJim said:
Two people in the middle of a serious, plot-developing conversation never get interrupted by an inconsequential wrong number phone call.
I'd fking love that.
I'd f
king love that.
"And therefore I can reveal the murderer is....
Hello..... Yes it is..... No I haven't had an accident."
Now it would be more like this:
A Winner Is You said:
Or talk in a way no person actually would "what's that you say, little Jimmy fell down the well? First things first, let's do an investigation in to the events leading up to this and then we'll get someone in to do a risk assessment and go from there"
Has anyone ever seen, heard, or otherwise known about a family member going into a bathroom, and then two minutes later started banging on the door demanding to know whether they’re ok?
Anytime someone on the silver screen goes to the smallest room in the house, either to flush the microfilm, assemble the secret radio transmitter or whatever, someone always starts banging on the door.
Just doesn’t happen in real life.
Anytime someone on the silver screen goes to the smallest room in the house, either to flush the microfilm, assemble the secret radio transmitter or whatever, someone always starts banging on the door.
Just doesn’t happen in real life.
Need to collect something from town like flowers. Amazing that there is always a parking space right outside.
Reality is driving 30 minutes away in some overpriced carpark that is supposed to have spaces and then when you finally find somewhere you can never find any change. Once you get to the damn florists you find it closed 5 minutes ago,
Reality is driving 30 minutes away in some overpriced carpark that is supposed to have spaces and then when you finally find somewhere you can never find any change. Once you get to the damn florists you find it closed 5 minutes ago,
In fairness, some of these gripes would detract somewhat from the flow, pacing, and storytelling. 
Not totally sure that any film would benefit from an extra 20 mins of runtime of someone looking for a parking space, unless it was part of the plot (say, something like the John Cleese film 'Clockwise').
Not totally sure that any film would benefit from an extra 20 mins of runtime of someone looking for a parking space, unless it was part of the plot (say, something like the John Cleese film 'Clockwise').
That stuff about parking right outside (the second series of Marcella was particularly bad for this) is nearly always as part of an establishing shot. Do they really think viewers can't figure out for themselves that the character is now wherever it is that the next scene takes place? Like unlocking the door and hanging up the coat, taking off the shoes and putting the car keys on the hall table isn't enough?
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