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Re: Annoying Movie Cliches.
« Reply #105 on: March 01, 2014, 11:00:20 AM »
People in films having gargantuan homes despite having minimum wage jobs.

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« Reply #106 on: March 01, 2014, 12:51:22 PM »
People in films having gargantuan homes despite having minimum wage jobs.
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« Reply #107 on: March 01, 2014, 01:06:38 PM »
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« Reply #108 on: March 01, 2014, 02:02:19 PM »
Welcome to government assistance.
This probably belongs in the politics and religion section but...

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« Reply #109 on: March 01, 2014, 02:18:59 PM »
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« Reply #110 on: March 01, 2014, 02:49:11 PM »
To get off the political tangent...

People in films having gargantuan homes despite having minimum wage jobs.
Actually, at least in America, that's not that uncommon. There seems to be this perception that you MUST own a home. At least before 2007, they were also seen as a great investment. It's more than a status symbol, it's... expected. Most of the people I work with were pretty shocked when I expressed little interest in ever buying or owning a home. I can certainly see the benefits and even the joy of owning a home, but at this time in my life, I have absolutely no desire to do so for various reasons.

So I don't think its an unrealistic movie cliche to see otherwise lower income or even people of any income living beyond their means vis a vis the home they own. Part of the American dream was that whole 'suburban two-cars, garage, home and a lawn'-thing and media reflects that, for better or worse.

What bugs me more than this is when people living in cities have gigantic and opulent apartments while working arguably shit-paying jobs (think Friends). I find that much more annoyingly cliche than the house thing to be honest.

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« Reply #111 on: March 01, 2014, 03:05:05 PM »
Totally agree with that whole post. I also have very little interest in a house... and I fucking hate when people in movies/TV live in Manhattan and somehow manage to have these giant apartments.
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« Reply #112 on: March 01, 2014, 03:17:40 PM »
To get off the political tangent...

People in films having gargantuan homes despite having minimum wage jobs.
Actually, at least in America, that's not that uncommon. There seems to be this perception that you MUST own a home. At least before 2007, they were also seen as a great investment. It's more than a status symbol, it's... expected. Most of the people I work with were pretty shocked when I expressed little interest in ever buying or owning a home. I can certainly see the benefits and even the joy of owning a home, but at this time in my life, I have absolutely no desire to do so for various reasons.

So I don't think its an unrealistic movie cliche to see otherwise lower income or even people of any income living beyond their means vis a vis the home they own. Part of the American dream was that whole 'suburban two-cars, garage, home and a lawn'-thing and media reflects that, for better or worse.

What bugs me more than this is when people living in cities have gigantic and opulent apartments while working arguably shit-paying jobs (think Friends). I find that much more annoyingly cliche than the house thing to be honest.

And they're always moving back and forth with no mention of tenancy contracts.

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« Reply #113 on: March 01, 2014, 03:49:12 PM »
Well, to be fair, they do have a couple mentions of tenancy contract issues on Friends.  But I do get your point. 
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« Reply #114 on: March 01, 2014, 06:33:29 PM »
People in films having gargantuan homes despite having minimum wage jobs.

They need to fit the cameras in there somehow! There's only so much even a wide lens can show. :P
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« Reply #115 on: March 01, 2014, 07:57:30 PM »
People in films having gargantuan homes despite having minimum wage jobs.

For the life of me, I've seen so many movies that I'm drawing a blank.  I know there are plenty examples but non come to mind.
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« Reply #116 on: March 03, 2014, 09:20:57 AM »
Well, to be fair, they do have a couple mentions of tenancy contract issues on Friends.  But I do get your point.


Yep, the girls' apartment was rent controlled and IIRC was actually technically still under lease to Monica's grandmother. 

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« Reply #117 on: March 25, 2014, 08:21:25 AM »
Whenever something falls off a cliff, it explodes.

It's hilarious in cartoons or comedies where something falls down and explodes but has no explosive properties.


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« Reply #118 on: March 25, 2014, 08:22:13 AM »
Came here to post this :


Movie posters where someone has a shadow that tells you who they're ultimately going to become.


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« Reply #119 on: March 25, 2014, 08:24:32 AM »
Came here to post this :


Movie posters where someone has a shadow that tells you who they're ultimately going to become.



You mean like the Star Wars ep 1 poster? I don't actually know of any other examples, so I didn't know that was a thing. Movie posters have a lot of bad cliches of their own.
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« Reply #120 on: March 25, 2014, 09:19:17 AM »
The obligatory sex scene. I saw The Rise of An Empire and laughed when the obvious sexual encounter occured, which wasn't necessary.
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« Reply #121 on: March 25, 2014, 09:33:33 AM »
The obligatory sex scene. I saw The Rise of An Empire and laughed when the obvious sexual encounter occured, which wasn't necessary.

I'll take it a step further and add the obligatory kiss scene.

Kisses. Kisses and sex everywhere.

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« Reply #122 on: March 25, 2014, 09:37:19 AM »
The obligatory sex scene. I saw The Rise of An Empire and laughed when the obvious sexual encounter occured, which wasn't necessary.

I'll take it a step further and add the obligatory kiss scene.

Kisses. Kisses and sex everywhere.

Especially in trailers. Is that half a second for the girls watching the trailer - to let them know there's a bit of romance in it ?

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« Reply #123 on: March 25, 2014, 09:47:40 AM »
The obligatory sex scene. I saw The Rise of An Empire and laughed when the obvious sexual encounter occured, which wasn't necessary.

I'll take it a step further and add the obligatory kiss scene.

Kisses. Kisses and sex everywhere.

It was funny because theirs like only 2 women the entire movie, one is good and the other bad, guess who the main character sleeps with.

But Its the draw for the ladies to see his sexy bod in action and all sweaty.
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« Reply #124 on: April 12, 2014, 07:23:46 PM »
Watching Robocop 2 and thought of another one :

When people fire guns at something coming towards them which is obviously impervious to bullets.

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« Reply #125 on: April 12, 2014, 07:38:42 PM »
50's Superman TV show.


He takes bullets of the chest but when a bullet throw the empty gun at him he ducks. :lol
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« Reply #126 on: April 20, 2014, 02:55:14 PM »
Was watching The Matrix and thought of another one :

When people wake up to their alarms going off and they're like " Shit, i'm late ! "

Well you set your alarm, doofus ! :lol

If your alarm goes off and you're already late then maybe set it earlier ?!

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« Reply #127 on: April 20, 2014, 04:04:26 PM »
I've slept through my alarm several times. In fact, I've set 3 different alarms and slept through all of them. It happens.

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« Reply #128 on: April 20, 2014, 06:05:37 PM »
Yeah, but he's saying if the alarm DID wake the person, why are they late? Unless it shows them hitting the snooze button a bunch of times, it doesn't make any sense.
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« Reply #129 on: April 20, 2014, 06:09:31 PM »
Yeah, but he's saying if the alarm DID wake the person, why are they late? Unless it shows them hitting the snooze button a bunch of times, it doesn't make any sense.

Yeah - the alarm goes off and they instantly wake up and go Oh Shit.

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« Reply #130 on: April 20, 2014, 10:49:39 PM »
Is that alarm in The Matrix only just going off? I thought the scenes cuts into it while it's going off and right before he wakes, but that doesn't mean he set it that late. If I recall, they even showed it at an 'odd' time to emphasize it wasn't just going off. It might be an abrupt transition for the viewer, but that doesn't mean it was in the character's world.

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« Reply #131 on: April 21, 2014, 05:34:23 AM »
But it's not the only film i've seen it in...

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« Reply #132 on: April 21, 2014, 11:28:59 AM »
Yeah, but he's saying if the alarm DID wake the person, why are they late? Unless it shows them hitting the snooze button a bunch of times, it doesn't make any sense.

Hitting the snooze is such common practice that it isn't neccesary to show the person doing it. ;)

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« Reply #133 on: April 21, 2014, 05:41:58 PM »
Eh, but not for everyone. And why should I assume something there's no evidence of?
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« Reply #134 on: April 21, 2014, 05:56:34 PM »
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« Reply #135 on: April 22, 2014, 08:25:16 AM »
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« Reply #136 on: April 22, 2014, 08:33:50 AM »
That's what we call " using sarcasm to a well thought out argument because you can't argue your case "...


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« Reply #137 on: April 22, 2014, 08:54:13 AM »
Call it what you want. I call it "not getting banned".

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« Reply #138 on: April 22, 2014, 08:59:05 AM »
:lol oh please don't ban me for having an opinion !!

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« Reply #139 on: April 22, 2014, 09:01:43 AM »
It's happened before. *shrugs*