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FightingMongoose posted:In Shaun of the Dead, Shaun rings up a restaurant to book a table for his anniversary and they tell him they just gave away the last table. The character's distraught as he realises he's ruined his anniversary. Except that he lives in London and there must be a thousand restaurants they could go to. Go through the phone book and keep going until you find one! Such a tiny thing but it annoys me every time I see it.  is Shaun's thing, though. The point isn't that there could be a thousand other restaurants but he forgot about it and left things until the last minute again because he was happy in his little rut.
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Wasn't that supposed to be the restaurant they both liked or something? And didn't he also promise that he would get the reservation there? I'm not saying he couldn't have wormed his way out of it, just that that restaurant meant something to the couple.
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Feb 22, 2014 14:24
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FightingMongoose posted:In the T.V. series of Game of Thrones (minor season 2 spoilers) when the army of northerners march into the south they keep wearing their huge fur clothing. Surely if they're used to the cold they should all be stripping down by that point? You'd be amazed what people will put up with for national pride.
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Feb 22, 2014 14:35
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FightingMongoose posted:In Shaun of the Dead, Shaun rings up a restaurant to book a table for his anniversary and they tell him they just gave away the last table. The character's distraught as he realises he's ruined his anniversary. Except that he lives in London and there must be a thousand restaurants they could go to. Go through the phone book and keep going until you find one! Such a tiny thing but it annoys me every time I see it.
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Feb 22, 2014 14:43
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Yeah, but he also makes it worse by saying that they should go to the pub instead.
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Feb 22, 2014 17:28
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FightingMongoose posted:In Shaun of the Dead, Shaun rings up a restaurant to book a table for his anniversary and they tell him they just gave away the last table. The character's distraught as he realises he's ruined his anniversary. Except that he lives in London and there must be a thousand restaurants they could go to. Go through the phone book and keep going until you find one! Such a tiny thing but it annoys me every time I see it. It's been a while since I've seen it, but wasn't it a specific restaurant that he'd lied to Liz about and said he'd already made reservations? e: whoops new page 
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Feb 22, 2014 18:09
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LITERALLY A BIRD posted:It's been a while since I've seen it, but wasn't it a specific restaurant that he'd lied to Liz about and said he'd already made reservations? Yeah it was the "place that does the fish" I believe or something like that. So it was a specific restaurant that liz really liked.
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Feb 22, 2014 19:06
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On reflection I think FightingMongoose's point was that he could have rung around until he was able to make some reservations at short notice somewhere fancy and maybe earn points for belated effort. That he didn't do this and instead immediately defaulted to Pub is probably not an oversight of the writers or script but rather yet another example of Shaun just being generally awful at everything.
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Feb 22, 2014 22:05
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Splicer posted:That he didn't do this and instead immediately defaulted to Pub is probably not an oversight of the writers or script but rather yet another example of Shaun just being generally awful at everything. Perhaps. It still fills me with rage.
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Feb 22, 2014 23:22
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At that point in Shaun and Liz' relationship, though, the positive "Shaun managed to find another place (that isn't the Winchester)" doesn't remotely outweigh the negative "Shaun didn't do what he promised to, again." It's not about having a reservation, it's about Shaun getting his poo poo together.
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Feb 23, 2014 00:06
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LeJackal posted:
Trip report underway! DROP ZONE is a movie where Gary Busey kills someone while skydiving, wearing zebra pants.  DROP ZONE is a movie where one of the villains is balding and has a ponytail at the same time.  DROP ZONE is a movie where Wesley Snipes gets dropped from a plane without a parachute, gets caught in midair and punches the person who catches him in the face. DROP ZONE is so extreme I feel a mental obligation to spell its title in caps, every time. DROP ZONE is amazing. Oh yeah and I still love Point Break
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Feb 23, 2014 00:31
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What have I done?
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M.Ciaster posted:DROP ZONE is a movie where Wesley Snipes punches a woman in the face.
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Feb 23, 2014 01:22
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Gaunab posted:DROP ZONE is a movie where Wesley Snipes punches a woman in the face. She deserved it, though.
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Feb 23, 2014 01:35
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M.Ciaster posted:DROP ZONE is a movie where Wesley Snipes punches a woman in the face. Or as Wesley Snipes calls it...Tuesday.
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Feb 23, 2014 01:39
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I dunno, if I got dropped out of a plane without a parachute, with the addition of my brother having died a short while ago because of that exact thing, I'd probably do the same
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Feb 23, 2014 01:42
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I'm not for or against it. I'm just saying you don't see men hit women for comedic effect that often. That's the kind of movie DROP ZONE is
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Feb 23, 2014 02:43
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FightingMongoose posted:
In the books (and I guess with like one line in the show), they establish that summer is officially over by that point and it's getting colder. Autumn in the Riverlands would be pretty cold, even if you're used to summer in the North.
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Feb 23, 2014 06:57
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Then everyone else should be bloody freezing.
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Feb 23, 2014 12:34
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Bad Company (the one with Sir Anthony Hopkins and Chris Rock, because there are apparently 20 movies with that title) is a terrible pile of poo poo overall, but one thing stands out: one of the bad guys is named Michelle Petrov. Yes, Michelle, the woman's name, not Michel, the man's name. I was gonna rant about a Russian terrorist having a French name, but it turns out that Michel is also a Czech name, a variant of Michal. A good portion of the movie is set in the Czech Republic, so he might well be Czech and not Russian. Still, though. Michelle. And no mention is made of this in the movie. You only find out if you watch the credits or turn the subtitles on. I suspect that whoever did the credits and subtitles just hosed up.
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Feb 23, 2014 17:22
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Mister Nobody posted:I've been watching Fringe, and my wife just pointed out how agent Dunham has the irritating habit of just repeating whatever Walter or Peter says, or just flat out stating the obvious long after everyone has already jumped to a conclusion. That's the purpose of a straight man: first, you assume the audience is idiotic. That means that when anyone talks about smart stuff, the straight man has to repeat it in a simpler, laymans-terms fashion. Because the audience won't get it otherwise. See: Big Bang Theory.
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Feb 24, 2014 00:50
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Speaking of Fringe (and many others), how horrible our crew is despite clearly not being intended to be antiheroes. Just in the first half of S1 they drilled into some mentally challenged guy's skull with a rusty drill bit and multiple times withheld medical treatment from suspects to force them to cooperate. When someone like Vic or Raylan does something like this that's ok because they're rear end in a top hat, but they are clearly supposed to be nice guys.
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Feb 24, 2014 01:45
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Morpheus posted:That's the purpose of a straight man: first, you assume the audience is idiotic. That means that when anyone talks about smart stuff, the straight man has to repeat it in a simpler, laymans-terms fashion. Because the audience won't get it otherwise. Like blowing too much air into a balloon!
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Feb 24, 2014 01:54
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mobby_6kl posted:Speaking of Fringe (and many others), how horrible our crew is despite clearly not being intended to be antiheroes. Just in the first half of S1 they drilled into some mentally challenged guy's skull with a rusty drill bit and multiple times withheld medical treatment from suspects to force them to cooperate. When someone like Vic or Raylan does something like this that's ok because they're rear end in a top hat, but they are clearly supposed to be nice guys. Walter has done poo poo that makes them look downright cuddly, but I'm not sure if you've gotten to the part where they really show you what a complete madman he is/was.
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Ugly In The Morning posted:Walter has done poo poo that makes them look downright cuddly, but I'm not sure if you've gotten to the part where they really show you what a complete madman he is/was. You will also meet a character that makes past Walter seem like a teddy bear.
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Feb 24, 2014 03:40
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Morpheus posted:See: Big Bang Theory. But I don't want to see Big Bang Theory.
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My Lovely Horse posted:At that point in Shaun and Liz' relationship, though, the positive "Shaun managed to find another place (that isn't the Winchester)" doesn't remotely outweigh the negative "Shaun didn't do what he promised to, again." It's not about having a reservation, it's about Shaun getting his poo poo together. Do I need to spoiler Shaun of the Dead? 
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Ugly In The Morning posted:Walter has done poo poo that makes them look downright cuddly, but I'm not sure if you've gotten to the part where they really show you what a complete madman he is/was. I'm a huge fan of John Noble. He's great in Sleepy Hollow, too.
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Feb 24, 2014 08:57
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KozmoNaut posted:I'm a huge fan of John Noble. He's great in Sleepy Hollow, too. He was brilliant as Denethor in Lord of the Rings, too.
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Feb 24, 2014 10:22
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What did the aliens in Pitch Black eat when there weren't delicious humans around?
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Feb 25, 2014 05:15
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Len posted:What did the aliens in Pitch Black eat when there weren't delicious humans around? Each other?
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bobkatt013 posted:Each other? But like nocturnal cave dwellers that come out every 22 years and killed everything that lived on the planet? Would there really be as many as there are with them eating other for food during that down time? I demand to know how fictional creatures function biologically!
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Len posted:But like nocturnal cave dwellers that come out every 22 years and killed everything that lived on the planet? Would there really be as many as there are with them eating other for food during that down time? I demand to know how fictional creatures function biologically! Maybe they're like cicadas and have a long dormancy phase.
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Ape Has Killed Ape posted:Maybe they're like cicadas and have a long dormancy phase. No I'm not getting this from anywhere I made it up.
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Feb 25, 2014 11:41
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I wonder what evolved advantage skin that falls apart if lit by something as small as a flashlight offers.
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Feb 25, 2014 11:44
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Splicer posted:Every cycle there's a few more of them and they eat a little more. Last cycle was the tipping point, and the fallout from their feeding phase caused the entire ecosystem to collapse during their hibernation. If a ship of tasty humans hadn't shown up then they'd have spent this dormancy phase ripping each other to shreds as the death-cry of a once fertile world. This actually makes perfect sense considering given information within the context of the movie. Dr_Amazing posted:I wonder what evolved advantage skin that falls apart if lit by something as small as a flashlight offers. Evolution doesn't always pick the trait that makes you physically stronger, just the one that allows survival. Considering the planets Sun issues it was already having, it's feasible that sometime in the planets past the surface became so fuckoff hot that creatures with frail, brittle skin were the most adaptable simply because they were already chillin' underground. Then it just snowballed from there.
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Dr_Amazing posted:I wonder what evolved advantage skin that falls apart if lit by something as small as a flashlight offers.
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Walking Dead is a pretty bad offender for irritating firearm moments. One of the rifle props at the Governor's place is clearly bent and would probably explode if you tried to shoot it and their .50 cal looks like it's made of cardboard. During the first episode, police officers take the safeties off their Glocks. A good one last night was during the last episode of Season 3 where Andrea had gotten bit and was in the room with Michonne; Rick lends Andrea his .357 which Andrea shoots herself with. After that you hear a shell casing hit the floor..
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Feb 25, 2014 17:32
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Mr. Kurtz posted:During the first episode, police officers take the safeties off their Glocks. Well did they at least remember to cock the hammers back when they drew their pistols?
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Feb 25, 2014 20:36
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Pneub posted:Well did they at least remember to cock the hammers back when they drew their pistols? Of course! Who wants to put up with pesky double action on the first shot?
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Mr. Kurtz posted:Walking Dead is a pretty bad offender for irritating firearm moments. One of the rifle props at the Governor's place is clearly bent and would probably explode if you tried to shoot it and their .50 cal looks like it's made of cardboard. The Walking Dead is just "Irritating Moments: The TV Show." I watch it with my girlfriend and we have both taken to calling it "Stupid people doing stupid things stupidly."
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