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Jul 3, 2013 - 2:26 AM
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Thor
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...they parallellcut between two separate storylines, and in one of them, they travel over vast distances in the blink of a moment. I was reminded of this in WAREHOUSE 13 recently (a show I love) when Myka and Pete have to travel first from South Dakota to Luxembourg, then on to Istanbul while Steve and Artie solve a problem at the warehouse. Steve and Artie's storyline seems to take place simultaneously, but over the course of a dialogue exchange, Myka and Pete seems to have reached their destination almost through some magic transportation beam.
In actuality, of course, they would have to take a taxi/bus to the airport, check in luggage, go through clearance, wait for take-off, fly the distance (maybe with one or two pit stops), land, wait for luggage, take a taxi/bus to their destination. From South Dakota to Luxembourg would take, what, at least 10-12 hours? And then another 3 hours or so to Istanbul? And that's just the flight time.
This happens all the time in television shows (and not only WAREHOUSE 13). OK, it may not be that exciting to see the dull travelling, but for once I'd like to see them take the actual time into consideration.
It's the same kind of 'ellipse convention' in classical storytelling that prevents us from seeing characters sleep, eat or go to the toilet much of the time.
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When I've just seen a film, & then realize that nothing in it made any sense at all, & there was absolutely no logic to it. Skyfall & Prometheus are good examples.
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They don't list the music composer during opening credits.
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...when the severed limb does not show the actual loss!
Well it was made in 1958 (but what a great movie!), these days they'd just CGI it out. The worse example I can think of is the scene at the start of Taras Bulba (another favorite movie), where the baddie points to something with his arm straight out & Taras cuts his hand off. I thought it was very realistic when I saw at the cinema aged 11, but now I can see that the guy is holding a false arm & wrist making his arm is about a foot longer than it should be.
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When they cut short a great song in the movie and you feel it is ten times better then the one on the radio is playing a thousand times for the desires of a teenager.
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About the "extra-long arm" when the guy's had his hand chopped off... it's particularly ridiculous when, if he's got a hook or something in place of the missing hand, he actually bends the arm at the wrist as well as the elbow. Anyone would think it was just an actor with his hand inside a thing with a hook on it, bending his wrist.
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