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Never watched it.. and after reading that probably never will!

Skewed gender balances as a whole really irritate me. Still, right now, female characters only make up 35% of characters in movies. It is so stupid that this is still a thing in 2020.

It’s really easy to do accidentally, because when we create stories we tend to have men as the default and only make characters female if there’s a reason for them to be female. I know I do it too, so when I’m working out the characters involved I deliberately sit down and count, and if it’s more skewed than I’d expect based on the setting I go through my characters and ask myself “is there a reason this character SHOULDN’T be female?”

One example that really rankles for me as a woman scientist is that 82% of movie scientists are male. Yeah, there’s a gender gap in STEM fields in the real world, but it’s not 82:18, it’s about 60:40.

Agreed! I generally try to alternate my characters genders as I like variety, not necessarily every game but like a balance on the whole. Though I will watch my NPC choices more carefully from now on.

Accept what you say about scientists. Interesting that at scientist at Oxford, Prof Gilbert, reckons that the team will produce a vaccine for Covid by September. Both Govt & Astra Zenica are already in production at risk and Astra Zenica have already received orders in the billions, despite that the vaccine is not yet fully tested. Prof Gilbert is female. She and her team have already produced successful vaccines for Ebola, Aids, SARs & an earlier Covid. A good role model yes?

I had thought about watching that one, now I think it might just make me annoyed

OK ... this thread seems to have stalled, so I guess I will have to give it a bit of a nudge <weg>

This is a 'generic complaint'. I have seen it in =WAY= too many movies:

It is a 'gun silly' where people ... especially with shotguns ... carry their weapon around ... threaten folk with it ... then ... eventually ... decide they really =are= 'serious' and ... finally ... cock it (with no 'ejection' meaning that the gun wasn't 'ready to fire' before) <sigh>

I love the movies where the protagonist is running away from the bad guy down a normal hallway and the bad guys is firing an automatic weapon at him and can't hit him with 100+ bullets.

Obviously a storm trooper

Zeim, the one that bothers me more is where someone trying to 'escape' from their nemesis ... who is in a car ... runs down the middle of the street <sigh>

Que: Creepy Music
Que: Chainsaw sound in the basement
Que: "Is anyone there?" like.

Generic Grrr. Seriously. If you think someone is in the house GET OUT. Don't go into dark or dimly lit places advertising your current location.

What?? You don't think they should go and see what is 'causing the noise'?? Would be a really short movie in that case <weg> But I was thinking ...

So why don't 'they' shoot at the tires on the vehicles that they are trying to stop?? [[ Actually, to be fair ... I did just see a movie where they =did= actually target the tire of the chasing car!! But that is the exception <g> ]]

MikeD

Oh come on. One of the basic tenets of horror. Something scary happens immediately split up. Really? Just plain stupid.

Lol Pande! I have this card game called Abduction, where players are all abducted by aliens. The players realize that *maybe* one person could sneak out, but not everyone. So they try to get out first and sabotage the others.

Maybe horror movies are working on that premise? HHmm actually that might make for a fun plot of a horror movie.

It could be an interesting plot. The game sounds like fun in an adversarial way.

Pande, the game is a BLAST in an adversarial way. Some of the event cards, sending others off to get (ahem) probed by the aliens is a lot of fun. If you have the right group of people there can be a lot of laughter involved.

I bet. It sounds like it would be a blast.

OK ... so we seem to have 'run out of steam' again <sigh> So I guess it is time for a nudge. Rather than focusing on a single movie, though, I thought I would list a few things that 'get me going'. Be sure to offer your own <g>

* Why do 'they' =NOT= shoot at the tires on the vehicles that they are trying to stop?? OK ... I just saw a movie where they =did= actually target the tire of the chasing car!! <g> But it =DOES= seem to be the exception <wink>

* Why do guys with AKs or ARs feel like they have to 'rotate' their guns as they move around??

* So why do 'they' shoot people in the chest when they =COULD= be wearing a vest?? The 'head shot' is clearly the better choice <g>

* What is the point of 'vests' for 'Police'?? How hard would it be for the 'bad guys' to get the same 'look'/'protection??

If you leap into a cab and shout, “Follow that car!” the driver will oblige.

I can answer the headshot thing. Soldiers and Police (among others) are taught to shoot "center mass", i.e. aim at the chest. It is a much larger target and if you miss you are likely to hit the legs, the stomach, or even the head. The head is harder to hit and since people have a tendency to aim too high as a rule, about 75% of the time if you miss the bullet goes high and you completely miss. Even in a vest being hit with a bullet will put you down, at least for a few moments. It will break ribs and give you deep bruises. And it hurts like hell. So that part is actually true to life......, for Police. Now for the bad guys <shrug>.

If you say so <g>

Not me. The Police and Military guys I work with tell me that.

It is exactly what I was taught. Hit the biggest target, which is the chest, that way you have the most leeway.

Unless they have a =vest=!!! <weg>

How many 'heroes' have survived to 'save the day' because of that??? <g>

Yeah, but that's the lack of realism. You don't get up and shrug off being hit in the vest. It saves your life, but you are incapacitated for a while.

Yeah ... some movies do =that= better than others <g>

OK ... 's been a while so ... here is a new one. Sorry ... it is a bit long. But there was a lot to 'not like' <chuckle>

The Core:
OK … so there is a =LOT= of stupid stuff in this movie … it might as well be billed as a 'Fantasy'. But here are some of the most egregious:

Ummm … so 'splain ta me why an EM pulse strong enough to take out 'pace makers' would not affect =any= other electronics!!

Next … how would a bit of EMR causes 'bridges to collapse' and so forth <sigh>

Also, why would 'lightning storms' … 'concentrate' on one of the 'lowest' buildings in Rome … the Coliseum??

They are taking their 'special vehicle' down through the ocean and … there are 'big rocks' … 'crashing around' … as if the fact that the ship is 'in the water' they need to try and take it out <sigh>

How do they have 'a view' out the 'front window' when they are ... supposedly … boring through 'rock' and such?? Oh and why is there even a window in the first place ??

So they are in their 'ship' that is supposed to go to the core of the planet. They drop it into the sea to get some 'depth' before they hit the 'crust' and have to start 'boring'. As they are descending someone says 'level off'. That would seem to be at odds with the plan to penetrate to the planet's core.

The ship is supposed to 'bore' through the earth's core, but the hole it bores is big enough that someone can 'open the door' and walk around outside the ship???

Just curious … where does all the 'heat' of the core that is =ALL= around the ship go???

They contact the 'wacko' who has a 'ship' that can 'bore through' rock. So where does all that 'matter' go?? I didn't see 'clouds of vaporized matter' that the process … =should= … have generated … unless it completely converts that 'matter' into … what … nothing??

Also …. why would someone 'design' a 'ship' that only had an 'exit' through the 'planet disintegrating' part? I mean … we don't board jets through the jet's engines!!

Next … how does the 'vehicle' not 'melt' when it is it the 'molten' mantle ?? <sigh>

They penetrate the crust in the ocean … but for some reason, no water seems to follow them?

They are in a 'ship' that 'cuts' through matter … but apparently cannot go 'through' 'diamonds' … which are just 'carbon' … but it has no problem going through rock and the like?? <sigh>

So why is it that only the last section of the ship is ever crushed??

Our hero has to get some of the ship's fuel rods to 'augment' the last bomb. He unlocks them then threads the =heavy= duty chain through the handles that are there for just that purpose … but that =heavy= chain … the sort that looks heavier than the chains that I have seen them use to 'haul cars' … =breaks= when the mere human pulls on it????

Also … just curious how would 'strapping' a few 'fuel rods' on the exterior of a nuke would augment the explosion?? Not the way it really works.