OK ... I tried this a while ago, but it didn't take then, but I am gonna try again. Post the things in movies that just make you wanna scream. For example, here are a generalities that I see in too many movies to shame just one:
* What is up with 'melee fights' <sigh> The guy picks up the 'poker', 'a piece of wood' or what ever, smacks down a baddie ... then tosses that wonderful weaopn away to go back fighting hand-to-hand??? <sigh>
* When they want to stop the plane from taking off ... why don't they just shoot out the tires <sigh>
* How can a 'sailing ship' that is sailing 'down wind', sails billowing while the 'flags' on the same masts are billowing 'toward the stern' <sigh>
I also have some specific examples from movies ... if this takes off ... this time <g>
OK … so you gear up for the assault … ya gah-chur weapons … ya gah-chur vest ... ya get into 'the big fire fight' and just after the first shot that hit … the first thing you do is take off yer vest so ya can attack in yer T-shirt??? <sigh>
A discussion I had with a friend the other day about the end of Game of Thrones.
They elect Bran as the new king, ushering in an age of democracy.
Of course Bran is the three eyed raven, able to be the ultimate 'big brother' and the last raven lived for a few thousand years- so democracy with an immortal omniscient overlord.
I will ignore the cheap, cheesy cost cutting stuff <sigh> And … with some effort … I can ignore the shotgun blasts 'in the compound' not being heard by =any= of the security dweebs there <shrug>
1.) Ummm … the last time I flipped a 'main breaker' nothing sparked or flashed. Oh, also … =all= the lights went out <sigh>
2.) Lets see … yeah, if I was a covert operator, I would certainly 'light up' my stealthy surveillance drone with more bright lights than my last Christmas tree :-/
I remember the first time I saw the Crusher Joe Movie. A classic in terms of action/adventure old school Japanese animation, a fairly decent science fiction adventure story with all your traditional character archetypes. It also helped that in the background of one scene was the first screen appearance of Kei and Yuri - also known as the Lovely Angels aka the Dirty Pair.
But what got me was that after watching so many western, modern, much more legitimate grade A and B movies, when the good guys finally took out the bad guys big computer system?
Uhm. It just went dark.
No sparks, explosions, electrocutions or fancy pyrotechnics. It just went dark.
Now for something with no redeeming qualities: Zombie Lake!
This is the sort of movie you watch while drinking a lot with a bunch for friends. Very Campy. I didn't mind a lot of it, but...
Another 'stupid water' scene. So the zombies are drowned nazis soldies that had been dumped in the lake where the unsuspecting teens go for a swim.
Underwater scene of the zombies trudging well below the surface of the water ... cut to the teens splashing in knee deep water ... cut to the zombies, under water approaching the teens who are now treading water above them ... back to the teens spashing in knee deep water <sigh>
There’s a sequence with Big G chasing a helicopter through midtown Manhattan. The helicopter makes all sorts of thrilling turns as it wends its way between skyscrapers, always conveniently at mouth level.
LOL - I remember Serenity doing that - flying low and in the canyons to shake the baddies .... meanwhile the baddies just flew above it all and waited for them to pop up.
So the sun is dying so 'they' decide to set up 10,000 'super rocket engines' around the planet to 'propel' earth to a new star. OK … ummm … what are these rocket engines using for fuel for this … apparently … 100 year trip?
Next, just curious why 'they' thought that earth should stop rotating for the 'voyage'. They never explain that!! :-/
Next on 'my list' ... the writers decided to … 'invent' … something called a 'gravitational spike' from Jupiter so that it can 'derail' the trip <sigh> Oh, and … apparently … if any =one= of the 10,000 engines isn't running, the whole system fails and the earth dies? They also apparently need something called a 'lighter core' to 'jump start' the engines … but they don't have any near the engines?? Pretty poor planning!!
The, for some reason, they are traveling in a super deep, super shear walled 'ice canyon'. Why are they down there instead of 'on top' where the surface is nice and flat and big, vehicle crushing hunks of stuff aren't falling on them. When they finally figure that part out, they decide to use a partially buried building to get up top. But they still have to get the 'lighter core' up there too. So rather than taking the stairs … they decide to climb up the inside of an elevator shaft, hauling the core as well.
On a positive note, it =is= a visually entertaining show <weg>
OK that would irritate even me and I have a fairly equitable 'accept on the surface' approach to sci-fi.
I watch the end of the Shannara series last night. Yeah I know, late catching up but time now!
Will & Mareth race to stop the Warlock Lord. They ride like the wind, then decide they need to walk from that point at a time where every second is vital in saving the world. They then walk through countryside that a horse could easily navigate!!!
Actually I liked The Wandering Earth! It was an excellent example that one can make Grand Epic Space Opera with as little sense as Star Wars somewhere not Hollywood. And still, be fun
Both hover somewhere around 2 or 3 on the Mohs' scale of science fiction. It doesn't mean they can't be entertaining.
One very interesting comment:
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Oh, and … apparently … if any =one= of the 10,000 engines isn't running, the whole system fails
This is pretty much what killed the Russian lunar landing program and they were only dealing with 30 engines that had to run together perfectly.
Wolf, I don't deny that TWE had great visuals and was ... over all ... entertaining! I =did= actually watch it to the end <wink>
But that doesn't mean that the writers should get a 'pass' when they 'invent' what ever the heck they want for a plot point ... no matter how ridiculous <sigh> The point you raised about one 'engine' out of 10K being so important, for example <shrug> 'S a pretty lame 'solution' if a .01% failure dooms the planet!! <g>
OK ... I =MIGHT= have been wrong. Just finished re-watching the Godzilla with Matthew Broderick. The Godzilla in that movie did =not= use a 'breath weapon'. But ... that doesn't mean he didn't have one <weg>
Years and years back, I saw Signs on opening day in the theaters.
Near the beginning of Signs, the aliens chased someone through a cornfield in the fog, and I remember thinking "Well at least we know the aliens don't have a problem with water-"
And yet they did.
Biggest mistake ever.
Going through a cornfield in those conditions will get you drenched.
OK ... been a while, thought I would give this a nudge <g>
The Cloverfield Paradox:
So they are 'in space' in an 'orbital space station', but what a station! It makes no sense from a 'design perspective' … way too 'complicated' … or from a 'performance perspective' in that there is no reason for the 'complications :-/
'The Earth' … apparently vanishes … but these … so called … astronauts are too stupid to check the stars they can see all around them to verify their position???
At one point a woman is 'caught' in an air lock. It happens <shrug> However, this particular airlock, 1.) is a =vertical= cylinder … (so that the two 'doors' are curved :-/) as opposed to one that was horizontal between the two 'flat' doors. 2.) it has 'vents' … a lot like the ones in my house :-/ But, OK. Moving on. So on this 'space station' … there is enough water … and … some how the station is configured to allow all that water to be 'routed' into an air lock … through those 'vents' … WHAT??? But if the vents are busy dumping all that water … where does all the air in the air lock go??? Oh … and for the record … that has to be something like 6 =thousand= gallons of water at a minimum … to fill that 'air lock'?
Sadly that is not the worst of the 'stupidity' <sigh> For some reason … that water decides to 'bash' the 'outside' door on the air lock … once … twice … and finally a third time. And then, for or some reason .. without actually opening … that 6,000+ gallons … and the woman drowning inside … did I mention her?? <g> … 'flash freeze' in a fraction of a second? … even though we do not see the 'exterior' door opening?? Sorry!! It would take 'some time' for that much water to freeze … even in absolute zero <sigh>
Next, there is a 'space walk' to get to the place where they can 'decouple' the failing ring. There are =LOTS= of 'bits' 'floating around' … yet the fearless leader 'struggles' to haul himself across the 'gap' in the hull to the side where he can release the ring <sigh>
They have a plastic 3D printer and it had the plans for a gun? Well … OK … perhaps =every= one of those printers comes with a gun program available <shrug> But how does a 3D plastic printer print plastic bullets that fire and how can the firing =not= destroy the plastic gun??
Ummm so a 'plastic gun' from a 3D printer has a dozen bullets??? :-/
Once the 'beeah-ch' with the gun starts confronting folks … those folks don't bother to use the comms to let the bridge know??? <sigh>
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