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Morpheus posted:It annoys the hell out of me when there's some sort of disturbance, typically a gunshot or something, and only a single cop shows up without a partner, investigates, inevitably gets killed (because all cops are useless unless they're the main character), and literally no one else shows up to investigate. This kind of thing bugs me too, but also when cops don't immediately call for backup when they notice the situation is hosed up and they end up dying before they can so no more help is coming. It happens all the time in horror/thriller movies. At least call in and say if they don't hear anything for a certain amount of time to send backup to their location. The only way I can see this kind of behavior as realistic is in very small towns where the cops mostly just gently caress around all day, but when the NY/LAPD or whoever acts so careless it's hard to buy.
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yeah I eat rear end posted:This kind of thing bugs me too, but also when cops don't immediately call for backup when they notice the situation is hosed up and they end up dying before they can so no more help is coming. It happens all the time in horror/thriller movies. At least call in and say if they don't hear anything for a certain amount of time to send backup to their location. The only way I can see this kind of behavior as realistic is in very small towns where the cops mostly just gently caress around all day, but when the NY/LAPD or whoever acts so careless it's hard to buy. I liked the twist on it in Monster House - the cops joke about calling for backup because they aren't taking the situation any kind of seriously, to them it's just some kids worried about some nebulous creature, and the only other cop in their tiny town is Janice back at the station, however they at least are there to back each other up, even if it isn't sufficient - then the house attacks them and they do try to call for backup as soon as the situation calls for it ("I thought you said there was no backup!" "I'M CALLING JANICE!  ")
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Jan 31, 2018 18:40
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Morpheus posted:It annoys the hell out of me when there's some sort of disturbance, typically a gunshot or something, and only a single cop shows up without a partner, investigates, inevitably gets killed (because all cops are useless unless they're the main character), and literally no one else shows up to investigate. Speaking of cops being useless in movies, what exactly are the police/FBI/ATF/Interpol doing over the course of 8 (?) Saw films? I mean, a body count approaching triple digits, kisnapping with impunity, setting up these elaborate murder fortresses all over the place...at no point is anyone able to track a credit card receipt or something?
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Jan 31, 2018 18:47
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I'm always annoyed when cops/soldiers/whatever in a show have live radios and some poo poo happens and they don't report it and all get killed or whatever and someone has to come investigate what happened to them totally blind because they couldn't keep base aware of the situation.
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Jan 31, 2018 19:09
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yeah I eat rear end posted:This kind of thing bugs me too, but also when cops don't immediately call for backup when they notice the situation is hosed up and they end up dying before they can so no more help is coming. It happens all the time in horror/thriller movies. At least call in and say if they don't hear anything for a certain amount of time to send backup to their location. The only way I can see this kind of behavior as realistic is in very small towns where the cops mostly just gently caress around all day, but when the NY/LAPD or whoever acts so careless it's hard to buy. A lot of radios even have an “oh poo poo” button that opens the mic and usually has some way to transmit the location, so even if things go sideways , calling for backup is “HIT THE BIG ORANGE BUTTON” away. And yeah, pretty much any 911 call gets a cop, even if you’re like “I was trying to dial a 914 area code and slipped, sorry”. That way they can verify the misdial and be sure it wasn’t someone who wasn’t able to actually report the problem on the phone. There’s a lovely 911 operator game that came out recently (I think it’s on Steam sale today, actually) that penalized you for sending cops to calls if it was nothing. That got refunded pretty quick.
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letthereberock posted:Speaking of cops being useless in movies, what exactly are the police/FBI/ATF/Interpol doing over the course of 8 (?) Saw films? I mean, a body count approaching triple digits, kisnapping with impunity, setting up these elaborate murder fortresses all over the place...at no point is anyone able to track a credit card receipt or something? This happens all the time in real life but only if the victims are not white.
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Jan 31, 2018 20:15
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Annabel Pee posted:Another annoying 911 thing in movies is when someone calls 911 and after 'hello 911 whats your emergency' they change their mind and are just like 'I made a mistake' or 'never mind' and put the phone down instantly. Wouldn't the police still come and check out something like that? My kid got a hold of his moms phone while we were vacationing in Florida couple years back, and managed to pull up the emergency contacts and dial 911, two police officers were at the front door with their hands on their guns within 2 minutes of me taking the phone and hanging up.
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Jan 31, 2018 20:38
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letthereberock posted:Speaking of cops being useless in movies, what exactly are the police/FBI/ATF/Interpol doing over the course of 8 (?) Saw films? I mean, a body count approaching triple digits, kisnapping with impunity, setting up these elaborate murder fortresses all over the place...at no point is anyone able to track a credit card receipt or something? Jigsaw is basically an omniscient god who knows every move everyone will ever make at every turn so it's no surprise he's ahead of the cops everywhere. It's pretty stupid at this point.
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Jan 31, 2018 20:43
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When people, heroes or otherwise, buy incriminating items like shovels or kitchen knives in store with credit cards. Even if they use cash there's still camera evidence. But I guess showing the person going to a garage sale and buying knives or tools would take too long in a movie.
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Jan 31, 2018 20:44
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Morpheus posted:Jigsaw is basically an omniscient god who knows every move everyone will ever make at every turn so it's no surprise he's ahead of the cops everywhere. It's pretty stupid at this point. I like how every movie since his death seems to try and make people believe he's still alive, and I always find myself believing it because of how stupidly powerful he is written to be. Like him faking his own death/autopsy or actually being resurrected probably wouldn't be the dumbest thing the writers have ever put in those movies.
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Jan 31, 2018 20:51
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I think the only resurrection plots that work are when they are played for jokes, like Gotham's plot with Jerome's resurrection. It had a hilarious scene where he wakes up late after the initial attempt fails, right in at the start of Lee Thompkins performing his autopsy, and she ends up bringing him up to speed, with him being really annoyed that a) Theo Galavan died before he could kill him, and b) that Theo resurrected first. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uEp9VhB6M8
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BioEnchanted posted:I think the only resurrection plots that work are when they are played for jokes, like Gotham's plot with Jerome's resurrection. It had a hilarious scene where he wakes up late after the initial attempt fails, right in at the start of Lee Thompkins performing his autopsy, and she ends up bringing him up to speed, with him being really annoyed that a) Theo Galavan died before he could kill him, and b) that Theo resurrected first. lol it looks like he drew on his face with a red marker
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Jan 31, 2018 21:47
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Holy poo poo that show looks retarded. Did they literally tell that guy to just do a Heath Ledger impression?
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Jan 31, 2018 22:18
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The show is over top campy and super fun Batman is a very silly franchise if you give any of it a second's thought. Not all of it needs to be played straight.
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The Bloop posted:The show is over top campy and super fun Yeah, that's why I love that show. My favourite major deviation from the canon is that Nora Fries is already dead. She saw what Victor's attempts to cryogenically freeze her were doing to him mentally and didn't want to be the reason he lost his humanity, so deliberately switched the perfected cryocanister with an earlier crap model, meaning that she didn't freeze properly and... became kind of a mess on the table. Suicide by Victor
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Jan 31, 2018 22:58
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Mr. Bad Guy posted:Holy poo poo that show looks retarded. Did they literally tell that guy to just do a Heath Ledger impression? The show has had him basically play every version of the joker, and it's been hilarious.
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sassassin posted:Frankenstein was a horror story written by an 18 year old girl in the 19th century to impress her writer boyfriend and his pals. Demons, Heaven and Hell are concepts that stretch back thousands of years. To be fair they also said "angels can't be real" after both of the brothers had been to real biblical hell (I think they were both there by that point at least) And the show is all about family except for their half brother. gently caress that guy.
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How does Batman always have time to put on eye makeup? Or take it off for that matter?
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BiggerBoat posted:How does Batman always have time to put on eye makeup? Or take it off for that matter? Foundation can be applied with real expensive at home air brushes. I assume he has some tactilol camouflage war paint in 'Blackest Blacque' in his batcar to spritz on. Makeup wipes are fairly portable too. I'm not a nerd, I'm just familiar with being a depressed teen who cried a lot sometimes in public and having to fix my face before carrying on. Never had the actual cash for a personal air brush, though.
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MacheteZombie posted:The show has had him basically play every version of the joker, and it's been hilarious. YouTube is failing me, ya got a link to the 60’s version with paint over ‘stache?
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value-brand cereal posted:Foundation can be applied with real expensive at home air brushes. I assume he has some tactilol camouflage war paint in 'Blackest Blacque' in his batcar to spritz on. Makeup wipes are fairly portable too. I'm not a nerd, I'm just familiar with being a depressed teen who cried a lot sometimes in public and having to fix my face before carrying on. Never had the actual cash for a personal air brush, though. Micro airbrush nozzles at the brow that spray after it is on, embedded makeup wipes on the neck that wipe it away when he takes it off. Very Batman.
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value-brand cereal posted:Foundation can be applied with real expensive at home air brushes. I assume he has some tactilol camouflage war paint in 'Blackest Blacque' in his batcar to spritz on. Makeup wipes are fairly portable too. I'm not a nerd, I'm just familiar with being a depressed teen who cried a lot sometimes in public and having to fix my face before carrying on. Never had the actual cash for a personal air brush, though. Bullshit. You're Batman aren't you?
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BiggerBoat posted:How does Batman always have time to put on eye makeup? Or take it off for that matter? It's one of those things you're just supposed to pretend isn't actually real.
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BiggerBoat posted:How does Batman always have time to put on eye makeup? Or take it off for that matter? Makeup gun? Still works within his code.
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BiggerBoat posted:How does Batman always have time to put on eye makeup? Or take it off for that matter? In Kick rear end they show Big Daddy applying it and he seems to spend considerable time on his eyes and stasche.
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When something suddenly jumps into the frame, surprising the audience and the characters, even though there's no way the characters wouldn't have seen it coming because they can see more than just what's in the frame.
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Panfilo posted:In Kick rear end they show Big Daddy applying it and he seems to spend considerable time on his eyes and stasche. Apparently it was Nicholas Cage's idea to hide his mustache with an even bigger mustache.
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Inescapable Duck posted:Apparently it was Nicholas Cage's idea to hide his mustache with an even bigger mustache. God I want this to be true.
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Inzombiac posted:God I want this to be true. I don't see how it can possibly not be true.
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Considering Cage was in full Baron Samedi makeup for Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengance despite knowing it would be CGI'ed out, I can totally believe he'd put a mustache over his mustache in Kick-rear end.
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Len posted:To be fair they also said "angels can't be real" after both of the brothers had been to real biblical hell (I think they were both there by that point at least) Only Dean went to hell at that point, then the angels pulled him out to try and stop the apocalypse etc. I think their disbelief about angels is more "if they were real where have they been" than anything. The show quickly answers that and they realize it's because angels+god on that show are dicks.
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Android Apocalypse posted:Considering Cage was in full Baron Samedi makeup for Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengance despite knowing it would be CGI'ed out, I can totally believe he'd put a mustache over his mustache in Kick-rear end. I love this man more than I love myself.
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yeah I eat rear end posted:This kind of thing bugs me too, but also when cops don't immediately call for backup when they notice the situation is hosed up and they end up dying before they can so no more help is coming. It happens all the time in horror/thriller movies. At least call in and say if they don't hear anything for a certain amount of time to send backup to their location. The only way I can see this kind of behavior as realistic is in very small towns where the cops mostly just gently caress around all day, but when the NY/LAPD or whoever acts so careless it's hard to buy.  Send more cops
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Phanatic posted:When something suddenly jumps into the frame, surprising the audience and the characters, even though there's no way the characters wouldn't have seen it coming because they can see more than just what's in the frame. The scene in Django Unchained where Waltz pops into the frame is hilarious. https://youtu.be/AFmuwF9xkq0
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synthetik posted:The scene in Django Unchained where Waltz pops into the frame is hilarious.
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Ravenfood posted:So's the fact that that youtube clip is titled "shooting scene". How the hell does that tell anyone which scene of Django Unchained it actually is? Well, you know, it's the scene in Django Unchained with shooting, obviously.
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synthetik posted:The scene in Django Unchained where Waltz pops into the frame is hilarious. The running (heh) gag in Silver Linings Playbook of Jennifer Lawrence jumping into the frame is a funny (and intentional) example of this as well. There’s no way Bradley Cooper wouldn’t see her coming, but it makes sense given his mental state at this point in the movie. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-yAXNOsEo80
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There are a lot of movies where either the cops or the protagonists in general find a phone and contact the bad guys. They are always painfully obvious that they aren't the person the bad guy thinks they are talking to because it always goes like "hey how's it going...so where are you located right now?". Haven't these people ever heard of subtlety?
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Ravenfood posted:So's the fact that that youtube clip is titled "shooting scene". How the hell does that tell anyone which scene of Django Unchained it actually is? I think I looked up “Snow Shooting Scene”or something equally alliterative.
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yeah I eat rear end posted:There are a lot of movies where either the cops or the protagonists in general find a phone and contact the bad guys. They are always painfully obvious that they aren't the person the bad guy thinks they are talking to because it always goes like "hey how's it going...so where are you located right now?". Haven't these people ever heard of subtlety? Narp?
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