defstartrooper
Sr Member
The hero who has an amazing ability to become highly proficient at something in a very short space of time that takes real people in the real worlds decades to perfect, usually some form of martial arts.
Movie Cliches that need to be Retired.
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Ttaskmaster
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- Locks can be picked using just one lockpick, usually a half-diamond, without the need for a tension wrench.
- Locks other than pin cyliners types can still be picked using only pin-cylinder tools.
- Padlocks can be shot off.
- Locks other than pin cyliners types can still be picked using only pin-cylinder tools.
- Padlocks can be shot off.
ItsThatGuy
Sr Member
They usually crack it by looking at items on their desk or pictures on the wall.
Every time a computer is hacked by the hero the OS is all syntax. Just lines of code on the screen. Even under extreme amounts of anxiety they are able to type in more code to do what they need to do - never getting a single syntax error. :lol
ItsThatGuy
Sr Member
With any blurry digital photo you can zoom in and render a crisp HD quality image of the person you are trying to catch.
defstartrooper
Sr Member
If you need to break into somewhere and steal something in the movies, building schematics and info on security measures are readily available even with high security buildings like the CIA HQ or something.
Usually this will involve hacking into CCTV,dodging conveniently visible laser beams, some kind of harness or zipline to avoid pressure pads and a high security safe that can be opened inside of 3 minutes.
Of course something has to go wrong during the exit in order to have a gunfight/chase/escape.
Also in movies civilians and untrained unprotected police officers are allowed to diffuse bombs even if bomb disposal units are present or on their way.
Usually this will involve hacking into CCTV,dodging conveniently visible laser beams, some kind of harness or zipline to avoid pressure pads and a high security safe that can be opened inside of 3 minutes.
Of course something has to go wrong during the exit in order to have a gunfight/chase/escape.
Also in movies civilians and untrained unprotected police officers are allowed to diffuse bombs even if bomb disposal units are present or on their way.
And they are shiny and spotless. Yeah, right!
How about this. The most overused line in all of movie and TV history and once I tell it to you, you will forever hear it in every thing you watch.
"Let's get out of here"
Just watch. Every movie you see will have that line. I am not joking.
Ttaskmaster
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+ The idea that this part can only be accomplished by some insanely limber, shapely woman, dressed in skin-tight clothing while performing this slow-motion kata combination of ballet, Tai-Chi and erotic dancing in order to bend herself around the beams... despite the fact that the 18" above the floor is probably devoid of any lasers at all!!
defstartrooper
Sr Member
Yeah but i can live with that :lol
Too Much Garlic
Master Member
Explosions that send tires or other parts flying right at the camera that is clearly cgi'ed into the scene for that in your face effect.
defstartrooper
Sr Member
Having bottles,2x4,baseball bats, furniture smacked across the head and walking away with nothing but a minor headache.
And lets not forget the plain looking girl who nobody takes any notice of who transforms into a sexbomb with the aid of some lipgloss,hairspray and the removal of spectacles.
And lets not forget the plain looking girl who nobody takes any notice of who transforms into a sexbomb with the aid of some lipgloss,hairspray and the removal of spectacles.
Probe Droid
Master Member
Cars that already have been shown to work perfectly fine that suddenly won't start when the bad guy/monster is coming.
The opposite is cars that still run after they've hit so many things they're practically torn in half.
The opposite is cars that still run after they've hit so many things they're practically torn in half.
Ttaskmaster
Well-Known Member
Or even worse - Just the letting down of the hair :rolleyes
- Barrels/oil drums at the roadside, whose only reason for existing seems to be getting hit/shot during a car chase and blowing up/flying off camera.
- James Bond.
Seriously, everything about a Bond movie is a cliche, from womens' names to having just the right gadgets at the time...
- Not locking your car when parking up somewhere and it still being there when the hero gets back.
- Tyre squeal at low speeds.
- Anything where two people are explaining something and their sentences flow or follow the same, sensical narrative... culminating in finishing each other's sentences.
- The audience are not stupid, yet we still get a lengthy 'scientific' explanation, immediately summarised by the hero saying, "Are you telling/trying to tell me......?".
Capt MarVell
Sr Member
Clergy are always evil monsters. Intolerant to PC issues at the very least, insanely evil at the worst.
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defstartrooper
Sr Member
Hatches, always a hatch in elevators as a handy escape route, or hatches in train compartments to the roof of the train, neither of which i've ever seen in real life.
Poison gas, why is poison gas always like smoke, sometimes coloured smoke but nobody ever uses invisible or odourless gas.
Poison gas, why is poison gas always like smoke, sometimes coloured smoke but nobody ever uses invisible or odourless gas.
Too Much Garlic
Master Member
Not for many years. It switched to the black guy bitching about black guys always getting killed off first in movies and then he gets shot, stabbed, run over or something, but miraculously turns up alive at the end of the movie.
Another I dislike - whenever we see children in movies there's always that annoying laughing child sound effect - heard in SWep1 for reference.
When showing bright light or the sun coming up in vampire movies there's always this strange ka-chew sound to illustrate urgency or danger.
In fight scenes to illustrate really quick moves there's this cheesy whipping sound that is on par with the old Bruce Lee hitting and kicking sounds. STUPID - heard to an extreme in Resident Evil 2 and Blade 2.
Circling around CGI animation to really show off how much money they've spent. Guess that's becoming a cliché as it's happening every freaking time.
Too much deus ex machina in movies - you suddenly come up against some unsurmountable task, but then the hero or sidekick reveals that he learned that in kindergarten.
Or... the hero's friend is sick... and the villain has the cure.
jackdoud
Sr Member
-Clones are EXACT dupicates, even down to hair length, skin tan, freckles, smile/frown lines, muscle tone and body fat.
-Clones have the same personality/emotional responses as the original despite having a completely different upbringing (if any).
-Clones somehow have all the memories/knowledge/ideas/opinions as the original
-Clones are somehow inexact genetic duplicates that aren't as "good" as the original but the fact only comes to light at a pivital point.
-Aliens are either rubber-forehead humans or mindless killing machines. Examples of truely non-human social alien cultures are few and far between.
-Any system can be "hacked" into, even when it has no reason to be connected to the outside world.
-Engineers are incapable of installing redundant functional failsafes into any robot, especially if it has weapons on it.
-Clones have the same personality/emotional responses as the original despite having a completely different upbringing (if any).
-Clones somehow have all the memories/knowledge/ideas/opinions as the original
-Clones are somehow inexact genetic duplicates that aren't as "good" as the original but the fact only comes to light at a pivital point.
-Aliens are either rubber-forehead humans or mindless killing machines. Examples of truely non-human social alien cultures are few and far between.
-Any system can be "hacked" into, even when it has no reason to be connected to the outside world.
-Engineers are incapable of installing redundant functional failsafes into any robot, especially if it has weapons on it.
defstartrooper
Sr Member
ItsThatGuy
Sr Member
Millions of dollars that are able to fit into a duffel bag or a single brief case.
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