It's only a movie..

[LtDave32]

Yeah, you've heard me gripe a time or two (or three..) about ridiculous things, observances, mistakes, etc in shows, series, movies..

You (the collective you) often say "it's only a movie, LT."

-And what am I supposed to do with that?

Not watch the movie? Not get involved? Watch the whole damn thing as if I were on the set with the lunch truck, costuming, makeup, Panavision cams on tracks, mics being shoved towards the action but out of camera-shot?

The point is, one is supposed to let the show take them away, out of reality, into the fantasy/story/etc. Get lost in it. Enjoy the diversion.

But when I see something glaringly obvious which is not supposed to be there, It knocks me right back to reality.

..only guy left on the planet, but there's a car driving on a distant road, waaaay out in the back. (Omega Man, Charlton Heston, 1971)

A western with power poles. (too many to count)

A middle-ages film with graded roads.

The obvious wrong-year car, close up. (Too many to count, but let's start with GoodFellas, Idyllwild Airport, 1963 it flashes on the screen. They are leaning against a 1965 Chevy)

List 'em here, the grievances.

Or, tell me to shut up and enjoy the movie, for crissake.

MLP, come at me bro.

 

[Kamen_Kaiju]

shut up and enjoy the movie, for crissake.

who cares if her right foot isn't really moving,..that sh*t is freaky looking!

 

[hecube]

Every alien in Star Trek is humanoid.

And before you come in with justifications, yes I know about that episode.

 

[cherrysunburst00]

I've never been able to find it, but supposedly in 1 of Clint Eastwood's westerns there is a shadow of an airplane flying overhead

 

[chasenblues]

Someone is feisty tonight..

 

[cherrysunburst00]

Every alien in Star Trek is humanoid.

And before you come in with justifications, yes I know about that episode.

A Trekie? . For me, it's all about the Original Series.

One non-humanoid alien: the Horta in "Devil in the Dark"

EDIT: How could I forget my FAVORITE non humanoid alien?

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ger2c-43p5g[/ame]

 

[Kamen_Kaiju]

I've never been able to find it, but supposedly in 1 of Clint Eastwood's westerns there is a shadow of an airplane flying overhead

in Gettysburg there's a contrail in the sky before the Little Round Top battle.

 

[sk8rat]

like when you are watching porn and it says its amateur but you know the girl is really a porn star so it kind of ruins it....

 

[kevinpaul]

So many trash movies out, I can say it's only a movie and eject it. Why wreck a total evening. Ha ha, barely a movie is more real.

 

[don71]

I'm always looking for breaks in continuity and anachronisms in films. Why? I guess I'm that guy, and I'm not alone.

My elderly Mom and I love talking movie trivia old and new. When I point out examples like you talk about, she always asks me " But did you like the moovie?"

We just laugh.

How about those sound guys? Every tire squeal and bullet fired is one of three recorded sounds, or it seems. "Hey lets throw in another ricochet" I'm referring to mostly dated stuff with that comment. Nowadays its always a automatic rifle...that never runs out of bullets.

 

[Kamen_Kaiju]

like when you are watching porn and it says its amateur but you know the girl is really a porn star so it kind of ruins it....

no way dude that's really the babysitter!














what?!

 

[hecube]

A Trekie? . For me, it's all about the Original Series.

One non-humanoid alien: the Horta in "Devil in the Dark"

The original series had some interesting non-humanoid aliens, like these:

 

[circles]

^ Weren't the original weird little alien creatures in black and white? Yea they were cool. Also the Horta.

Some movies have different standards I guess.

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhaPvmqqIS0[/ame]

 

[cherrysunburst00]

That was 1 weird episode. I never understood it as a kid, and it's one of the ones that I have seen the least.

The original series had some interesting non-humanoid aliens, like these:

 

[Kamen_Kaiju]

Hey how come everyone in movies can jump out of fast moving cars and not die?

seems to me if you hit the ground at 50-55 miles an hour,..you'd break.

 

[cherrysunburst00]

Back to the original premise--I always found it amusing whenever Kinchloe would go incognito in "Hogan's Heroes"--I mean, how many Germans of African ancestry were there in WW II? Or that Hogan was able to blend in with the populace presumably speaking German

 

[cherrysunburst00]

I LOVE "Star Trek" but why do all the aliens speak English?

How was Jim able to speak "Romulan" on "The Enterprise Incident" while stealing the cloaking device?

 

[Kamen_Kaiju]

Universal Translator.

because his ears were pointy and he had on mascara so they never suspected a thing.

..besides if they tried to stop him

JudoCHOP

 

[LtDave32]

Someone is feisty tonight..

Cigar must've riled me up.

 

[chasenblues]

Cigar must've riled me up.