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You see it everywhere... Movies, TV shows, adult movies, ... Basically any form of media where people need to act like they're gaming they can't act with a controller at all! Instead of trying to use the controller in a realistic way, they just start button mashing in a way that makes no sense. I often see them spamming one button like X for an entire scene. They often spam one of the shoulder buttons at the same time. Another thing that seems common is shaking with the controller like it's some sort of Wii remote and I rarely see them using the joysticks at all. When they do it obviously makes no sense. It doesn't matter what gender or age they have. Even the stereotypical 20 year old guy would still do these same things like they've never seen a controller before. This bothers me so much... You could have the most amazing high budget blockbuster movie and they would still not care about how normal people use a controller! Is it so hard to pull off or does nobody care?
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May 9, 2023 18:41
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the audience is stupiud af op and they need to see the actors really engaging with the controller to know whats going on
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May 9, 2023 18:45
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"huh? he's holding the controller but just pushing the sticks around... is he even playing game? i don';t understand whats going on in this scene" / 
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May 9, 2023 18:45
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Actors gently caress
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May 9, 2023 18:50
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Oh man, imagine them trying to act out how to use the NS64 controller.
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May 9, 2023 18:52
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Because when actors aren’t making millions of dollars at work they spend their free time having sex and being beautiful and being lavished with praise instead of figuring out the authentic button combo to do the triple hadouken I think
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May 9, 2023 18:52
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studying shakespeare at the rsc only to be cast in a mad catz commercial.
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May 9, 2023 18:53
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They’re playing Halo op
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May 9, 2023 18:54
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Consoles suck poo poo OP.
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May 9, 2023 18:56
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Spamming X is how I win at Mortal Kombat It's not a good strategy but it works sometimes
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May 9, 2023 18:56
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Give alec baldwin a NES zapper and the dog goes down and stays down
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May 9, 2023 18:58
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That's nothing. You know how often actors hold fishing rods upside down?
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May 9, 2023 19:09
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Treecko posted:Spamming X is how I win at Mortal Kombat Funniest part is when it works and you get an angry hate message about how bad you are when they can't even adapt to you literally doing one simple thing over and over Like yeah I'm bad then what do you think that says about you Phyein fucked around with this message at 19:20 on May 9, 2023 |
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May 9, 2023 19:18
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I just want shows to go back to the sfx from Atari 2600 Pac-Man
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May 9, 2023 19:18
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I like when they’re using a PlayStation controller and then they show the tv screen and it’s a Mario game
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May 9, 2023 19:20
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 These guys know what's up
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May 9, 2023 19:22
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it's because in those pornos where someone is playing xbox they're not actually playing a game for real (otherwise the camera would show the tv, where the real interesting action is taking place)
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May 9, 2023 19:24
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Because they aren't actually playing games while acting in a scene. The controller is functionally just a prop and they have other things to concentrate on like remembering lines or being melodramatic.
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May 9, 2023 19:26
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I mean, lots of them are bad at acting lile they are driving a car when they (I assume) have lots of experience driving a car. It's probably a combination of them needing to focus on all the traditional aspects of "acting" added to the artificialness of trying to drive without all the usual stimuli involved with driving, plus the viewer understands the conciets of the production of visual media, even if they are pedants. It's sort of like how mime-ing the jerk off motion is evocative and symbolic, not a realistic 1:1 motion-study demonstration of someone cranking their invisible hog.
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May 9, 2023 19:29
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It's because actually playing the video game is too distracting apparently OP, they tried it for Shaun of the Dead and kept flubbing lines because Simon Pegg got too into playing Timesplitters during the shoot.
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May 9, 2023 19:37
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wait until you hear about driving scenes
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May 9, 2023 19:41
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We shouldnt encourage this "gaming" in our films and stage performances.
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May 9, 2023 19:42
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NoiseAnnoys posted:wait until you hear about driving scenes The old driving scenes from like the black and white 50s movies ruled, should do that again.
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May 9, 2023 19:43
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Acting’s not even that hard. Like “Oh pish posh wherefore art thou blah blah”. Gaming is WAY harder if you ask me.
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May 9, 2023 19:44
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I can act playing a game better than actually doing it Hire me, Hollywood
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May 9, 2023 19:47
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I never paid attention, I'm more interested in the porn that's about to happen.
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May 9, 2023 19:48
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Stepbrother why is your controller upside down?
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May 9, 2023 19:49
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PureEvil6_13 posted:Oh man, imagine them trying to act out how to use the NS64 controller. There was a bit in Trailer Park Boys where they were playing N64 and they were holding it mostly right except they were holding the analog stick between their finger and thumb.
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May 9, 2023 19:49
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I just think of Tony Soprano trying to use an N64 controller
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May 9, 2023 19:52
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Hold my gabagoul Tony, you'll never win Mario Kart like that
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May 9, 2023 19:54
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Hey Ton’, yous think I should cap this goombah or what, eh?
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May 9, 2023 19:58
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Coincidentally my brother was complaining to me yesterday about a scene in Breaking Bad where Jesse and Brock play Sonic and SEGA All-Stars Racing with Dreamcast controllers when the game never came out in that console. In return I shared with him a similar grievance about the scene where Jesse plays id Software’s RAGE with a light gun when the game was in fact a normal FPS. Boy I sure hope they fired their videogame consultant for those blunders
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May 9, 2023 20:00
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loving hate video game blunders......
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May 9, 2023 20:02
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I'm actually curious how I'd look trying to mimic playing a videogame when there's nothing onscreen. So much of that poo poo is muscle memory that I usually have to mime things out when I'm asked how to do something in a game.
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May 9, 2023 20:29
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The only time I remember a video game being played accurately was a Saturday Night Live sketch about Wario Land: Shake It! where it looked like Alec Baldwin was jerking two guys off. e: s34e16 - it's on Peacock! Edward Mass fucked around with this message at 20:42 on May 9, 2023 |
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May 9, 2023 20:39
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Mulaney Power Move posted:That's nothing. You know how often actors hold fishing rods upside down? Hey listen i go fishing a lot and I've noticed that holding the rod upside down is not the sole provenance of actors For example your mom is adept at holding the rod from all angles
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May 9, 2023 20:39
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Chrs posted:There was a bit in Trailer Park Boys where they were playing N64 and they were holding it mostly right except they were holding the analog stick between their finger and thumb. i thought that was weird as well until i learned that's the way youre supposed to hold the stick if you're piloting a RC car or whatever
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May 9, 2023 20:42
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May 9, 2023 20:42
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Das Boo posted:I'm actually curious how I'd look trying to mimic playing a videogame when there's nothing onscreen. So much of that poo poo is muscle memory that I usually have to mime things out when I'm asked how to do something in a game. actors mimicking people playing on computers is the poo poo it's so funny
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Vim Fuego posted:... I only use keyboard and mouse.
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