Movies that you stopped watching because of inaccuracies

[batguy]

I've heard that they are also being careful to use soldiers from rural areas. Supposedly the people there don't have a lot of communications so those communities aren't hearing from one another about the losses they are taking. If they get to the point of having to conscript from big cities, they will be in trouble because I guess those people don't want to fight. I think Iran, China, and North Korea are just using this as a way to keep the U.S. (and by extension NATO) busy and to spend money/munitions more than they really care about the outcome for Russia.

Militarys draw heavily from rural men by default. As a group they lean higher in patriotism/nationalism and lower in other economic opportunities.

The death tolls in Ukraine would be hard to hide in the internet era. I suspect people are pretty aware of it even in rural Russia.

 

[joberg]

Militarys draw heavily from rural men by default. As a group they lean higher in patriotism/nationalism and lower in other economic opportunities.

The death tolls in Ukraine would be hard to hide in the internet era. I suspect people are pretty aware of it even in rural Russia.

Protect the wealthy:
% of eligible men called up to serve
Sep 21st-Oct 5th 2022
Russia, selected regions with the most red dots:
6
Krasnoyarsk Krai
4
Dagestan
Kalmykia
2
Mobilisation target level
St Petersburg: 2 red dots
Moscow: 1 red dot only!
Ingushetia
Yamalo-Nenets

 

[joberg]

Going back to thread:

 

[drusselmeyer]

Any film with Alec Baldwin handling a firearm with any degree of competency.

You're kidding right? He has enough firearms training that he can now shoot two people with a single bullet! ... without even trying!

 

[drusselmeyer]

Usually, there is a tipping point where I turn off a film or TV show. This Point of Stupidity is when the story should no longer work, but for plot reasons and allotted time it has to continue.

There are fun and whimsical ideas that can be explored, but presentations of mechanically unworkable stories just get to be unbearable.

This hits all genres.

 

[Sluis Van Shipyards]

You're kidding right? He has enough firearms training that he can now shoot two people with a single bullet! ... without even trying!

 

[drusselmeyer]

Okay, back to the topic. The last one I watched was Angels and Demons.

Too many stupid unnecessarily dramatic conflicts with only the Prof surviving.

In the final straw the Tom Hanks character has to rescue a victim from a fountain. The water is only about two feet deep, but it looks like a deep sea rescue. The victim is on a hand truck but somehow is impossible to tip up a foot and a half before drowning.

Too stupid to continue watching.

Any able-bodied man should have been easily able to lift the hand truck in seconds.