Things you're tired of seeing in movies

[blewis17]

In HS/college I did my share of full-contact sports. Getting knocked hard can leave you staggering around like a drunk for a few seconds afterwards. That's with young prime health + wearing pads so you don't have any specific injury.

If you get hit really hard they will have to stop the play and help you off the field. It might not be a concussion (or it might) but your whole body gets sort of "concussed" if the hit is hard enough.

Sometimes people say "I got the wind knocked out of me" because of a specific hit to the solar plexus that temporarily disrupts your breathing (if that happens to you, you won't ever forget it). But other times people say that because their body is just rattled and they need a few seconds/minutes to reboot.

As you get older the incapacitation period gets longer. Now in middle age, after a hard hit it might take me a minute or more before I'm ready to re-engage with the activity. Again, that's without any specific injuiry.

This.
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[Sluis Van Shipyards]

In HS/college I did my share of full-contact sports. Getting knocked hard can leave you staggering around like a drunk for a few seconds afterwards. That's with young prime health + wearing pads so you don't have any specific injury.

If you get hit really hard they will have to stop the play and help you off the field. It might not be a concussion (or it might) but your whole body gets sort of "concussed" if the hit is hard enough.

Sometimes people say "I got the wind knocked out of me" because of a specific hit to the solar plexus that temporarily disrupts your breathing (if that happens to you, you won't ever forget it). But other times people say that because their body is just rattled and they need a few seconds/minutes to reboot.

As you get older the incapacitation period gets longer. Now in middle age, after a hard hit it might take me a minute or more before I'm ready to re-engage with the activity. Again, that's without any specific injuiry.

In high school we were doing punt return practice and I was on the kicking team. I stupidly got tunnel vision and was going for the back returning the ball. About the time I was getting ready to tackle him, I remembered our other back was blocking for him. I looked left and saw him and then the next thing I know I hear the entire team yell "Oooooooooooh!" The coaches ran over to me as I got up and I was completely fine. It's looked pretty bad apparently, but I was fine and didn't feel anything. Pads work.

BTW... nice kick!!

Our master, the owner of the studio and President of the World Tae Kwon Do Federation, came out and said it was good form, but to be careful. Not even mad.

 

[batguy]

In high school we were doing punt return practice and I was on the kicking team. I stupidly got tunnel vision and was going for the back returning the ball. About the time I was getting ready to tackle him, I remembered our other back was blocking for him. I looked left and saw him and then the next thing I know I hear the entire team yell "Oooooooooooh!" The coaches ran over to me as I got up and I was completely fine. It's looked pretty bad apparently, but I was fine and didn't feel anything. Pads work.

Yep. That's the good kind of hit. The one where you remember hearing the crowd/bench's reaction.


The scary ones are when everybody goes quiet. And/or when you get knocked so hard that you grey-out and don't even remember the next few seconds.

Then you wake up and see your coach & teammates standing over you like Smokey.

 

[greenmachines]

Yep. That's the good kind of hit. The one where you remember hearing the crowd/bench's reaction.


The scary ones are when everybody goes quiet. And/or when you get knocked so hard that you grey-out and don't even remember the next few seconds.

Then you wake up and see your coach & teammates standing over you like Smokey.

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And you hope they aren't all wearing suits and ties by this time with real surprised looks that you just opened your eyes.

 

[drusselmeyer]

Yep. That's the good kind of hit. The one where you remember hearing the crowd/bench's reaction.


The scary ones are when everybody goes quiet. And/or when you get knocked so hard that you grey-out and don't even remember the next few seconds.

Then you wake up and see your coach & teammates standing over you like Smokey.

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Yeah, lots of fun. First the yellows come back then the whites, followed by the blues and reds and finally black fills all those gray crevices. Finally you can hear all the people asking if you are all right.

Fun times.

 

[p51]

Land mines. If I see someone doing the whole, "put something under or over the mine he stepped on but it hasn't gone off" shtick one more time, I'm gonna throw a brick through the screen!
I went through enough training for field EOD identifying, I know either the mine goes off or it doesn't it you step on it. If it didn't go off, just walk away and let your buddies know not no step on it again!

 

[batguy]

Land mines. If I see someone doing the whole, "put something under or over the mine he stepped on but it hasn't gone off" shtick one more time, I'm gonna throw a brick through the screen!
I went through enough training for field EOD identifying, I know either the mine goes off or it doesn't it you step on it. If it didn't go off, just walk away and let your buddies know not no step on it again!

Chekhov's gun. Once the idea of a land mine has been planted in the audience's mind it has to get blown up. If it doesn't get blown up then smart viewers will be waiting for it to happen later.

 

[TimDRX]

Doctor Who just did a great land mine episode, probably my favorite episode in years!

Though to be fair that was a sci fi AI enabled land mine, so it making bizarre judgement calls on whether to blow up or not made sense lol

 

[greenmachines]

Chekhov's gun. Once the idea of a land mine has been planted in the audience's mind it has to get blown up. If it doesn't get blown up then smart viewers will be waiting for it to happen later.

You have successfully described why JJ Abrams has failed in his valiant attempt at being a good director. We are ALL still waiting for nearly 90 percent of the foreshadowing to come to completion in 100 percent of the things he has influenced. Those things will never happen (I include JJ's reputation in that statement)

 

[p51]

How about siblings referring to each other as such? It's like the characters using names for people when talking to them, how often do you see brothers in real life referring to one another as big or little brother? NEVER happens!

I keep seeing this almost every day in shows. I know it's to establish the roles of the characters with exposition, but nobody says that in real life. A good scriptwriter would have a third party make that reference, which is far more likely.

 

[Treadwell]

The Simpsons once had a great joke about naked exposition.
I guess the episode was structured poorly, because the first few minutes had nothing to do with the eventual plot of the show. They cut from Abandoned Plot in the house to Real Plot with the entire family traveling in the car, and Homer says something like "I'm glad we decided to drop everything and go to X". Bart says "what an odd thing to say."

 

[greenmachines]

I keep seeing this almost every day in shows. I know it's to establish the roles of the characters with exposition, but nobody says that in real life. A good scriptwriter would have a third party make that reference, which is far more likely.

Both of my kids call me father. I did not ask them to do so. My wife calls me a million nicknames but not father so they didn't get it from her. It has inevitably led to me saying, "Daughter of mine" when I ask for a soda from the kitchen. My oldest brother calls me little brother. Yes, it is weird but he does and usually right before he decides to hand out supreme wisdom, as though he were that much older and wiser.

I have tried to get my mom to call me number one son but she refuses. However, when I am telling my brothers anything my mom has said to me, I insert number one son at any point she would have said my name, just so they know.

 

[drusselmeyer]

I keep seeing this almost every day in shows. I know it's to establish the roles of the characters with exposition, but nobody says that in real life. A good scriptwriter would have a third party make that reference, which is far more likely.

It actually used to be common IRL!

No, what we get today is the situation of full grown adults calling their small children "Bruh" (brother). SMH. I guess in some regions this makes sense.

 

[Treadwell]

I once was given a corporate video that needed to be shortened. It was made like a little narrative movie. When they were reviewing my chopped down version, they were concerned I had removed the "introduction" of one of the characters. The first few minutes of the piece had been riddled with "this is my sister Susan" kind of dialogue. I had chopped out as much of that as I could. I had to tell them that the first time we see her now IS her introduction. It was apparent in context who she was.

 

[batguy]

Both of my kids call me father. I did not ask them to do so. My wife calls me a million nicknames but not father so they didn't get it from her. It has inevitably led to me saying, "Daughter of mine" when I ask for a soda from the kitchen. My oldest brother calls me little brother. Yes, it is weird but he does and usually right before he decides to hand out supreme wisdom, as though he were that much older and wiser.

I have tried to get my mom to call me number one son but she refuses. However, when I am telling my brothers anything my mom has said to me, I insert number one son at any point she would have said my name, just so they know.

As long as your family isn't calling you 'the defendant' you're probably okay.

 

[drusselmeyer]

"I want more life...FATHER!!!"

Yes, totally put of place. No one would ever make a statement like that.

 

[TimDRX]

Doctor Who just did a great land mine episode, probably my favorite episode in years!

Though to be fair that was a sci fi AI enabled land mine, so it making bizarre judgement calls on whether to blow up or not made sense lol

Ended up tracking down a clip to see if it was as good as I remembered;

Yup, that's some good stuff! The last line in particular. This was the scene that really properly sold me on the new guy as the Doctor. Juggling some complex emotions in this scene - absolutely terrified but also having to not panic while also reassuring his companion while also figuring out how to survive while also worrying about some stranger he hasn't even seen yet.

And all done through the ancient trope of stepping on a land mine!