You do have to bear in mind, when some of these films were made, certain things we've listed weren't tropes, they were unusual or unique then. Many have only become tiresome and obvious because they've been copied to death.
A body falling on a car looks great & isn't too icky (splat!). But it would be great if the filmmakers avoided the cliché for once: a body falls from a tower block, cut to a shot of a parked car...& the body hits the ground just in front or behind it.
A body falling on a car looks great & isn't too icky (splat!). But it would be great if the filmmakers avoided the cliché for once: a body falls from a tower block, cut to a shot of a parked car...& the body hits the ground just in front or behind it.
See Cloud Atlas…
It’s such a great film, you should see it anyway.
Ha, I took you advice & bought the Blu-ray a couple of years ago (cheap from CEX)…& still haven’t watched it!
A body falling on a car looks great & isn't too icky (splat!). But it would be great if the filmmakers avoided the cliché for once: a body falls from a tower block, cut to a shot of a parked car...& the body hits the ground just in front or behind it.
See Cloud Atlas…
It’s such a great film, you should see it anyway.
Ha, I took you advice & bought the Blu-ray a couple of years ago (cheap from CEX)…& still haven’t watched it!
Not doing anything this afternoon, are you?
But if you haven’t read the book, I’d recommend putting on the subtitles.
Titanic (1997) is on TV right now, I don't rate it at all, it's just on the background, & James Cameron is a bit sparing with the "breath" that you see coming out of peoples mouths when it's really cold (& it was icy cold that night), sometimes there's ton of it, but other times there's none of it. I'm sure it was all put on digitally, so I suppose Cameron had to be a bit picky as to when to use it.
...a character robbing a store will "conceal" their identity by...pulling a nylon stocking over their head? It does NOTHING to disguise a person's facial features! Just pull on a damn ski mask!
...a character robbing a store will "conceal" their identity by...pulling a nylon stocking over the head? It does NOTHING to disguise a person's facial features! Just pull on a damn ski mask!
Well, the characters in RAISING ARIZONA weren't exactly the brightest of their kind.
Titanic (1997) is on TV right now, I don't rate it at all, it's just on the background, & James Cameron is a bit sparing with the "breath" that you see coming out of peoples mouths when it's really cold (& it was icy cold that night), sometimes there's ton of it, but other times there's none of it. I'm sure it was all put on digitally, so I suppose Cameron had to be a bit picky as to when to use it.
In reality there is also not constant condensation. It depends on the temperature and humidity of the exhale. My main dislike of digital condensation is that it looks obstructively fake, literally in their face.
A space crew Dock on a deserted ship where all the inhabitants are dead or floating. And all the investigative crew have to do is find a restorative panel somewhere and flick a switch like a fuse and hey presto, life support systems and lights come back on n gravity.
You kinda wonder why the dead crew preferred to die rather than flick the switch lol
...a character robbing a store will "conceal" their identity by...pulling a nylon stocking over the head? It does NOTHING to disguise a person's facial features!
That maybe true but perhaps they use them so they have something to sniff.
This is more true of FBI shows on television but I'm sure its done in movies too. In crime and drama the sets are always really dark to set a mysterious mood and no one ever turns a light on when they enter a building. In one show the other night they were invited into someones house so it was safe to enter nor a raid yet they still walked into a bedroom with flashlights lit instead of turning on the f@cking lights! Also, they have Star Trek level tech that immediately retrieves information onto digital displays and instantaneously zooms in on pixelated images and puts them into focus. Data bases of suspects are also retrieved in milliseconds.
Cheering in control centers after message that "action X" has been concluded succesfully. Regardless how justified, regardless whether it's historically correct, I have come to hate it by now.
Cheering in control centers after message that "action X" has been concluded succesfully. Regardless how justified, regardless whether it's historically correct, I have come to hate it by now.
D.S.
I’ll have you know NASA employees practice for just that moment. Hell, Space X employees cheer when their spaceships blow up!
Cheering in control centers after message that "action X" has been concluded succesfully. Regardless how justified, regardless whether it's historically correct, I have come to hate it by now.
Probably posted here before (and please let me know if yes so you get credit) but a person looking at a computer screen has the image of the screen projected on his face (which would make it impossible to see the screen). I think it started in 2001: A Space Odyssey, also seen in Apollo 13 and just noticed it in Rambo II.
