DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
In planet of the apes, 1st of the good new ones, they wrote off tim burton's (entertaining) mess with a glance at a newspaper headline. Blink and miss it. Have to admire the brutal economy of it.
Underused tropes in fiction, TV & film
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danny la rouge
More like *fanny* la rouge!
People actually eat a whole pizza, not just take one slice from one and don’t even finish that.
danny la rouge
More like *fanny* la rouge!
An American 16-year-old drinks coffee and nobody says “you drink coffee?”.
Steel Icarus
maybe I'm a maze
Going for a shit
Someone being full of cold
Lone police retreats and calls for reinforcements rather than placing themselves in needless peril
Serial killers not being ultra clever
People talking over one another/interrupting
Someone's cigarette just going out when they toss it into a trail of gasoline (as it actually would)
Someone being full of cold
Lone police retreats and calls for reinforcements rather than placing themselves in needless peril
Serial killers not being ultra clever
People talking over one another/interrupting
Someone's cigarette just going out when they toss it into a trail of gasoline (as it actually would)
Artaxerxes
Look out, he's got a gnu!
Steel Icarus
maybe I'm a maze
People with facial scarring/disfigurement being good guys
Right? Bloody weirdos.
And the hacker doesn't type at top speed and/or miskeys stuff.
DaveCinzano
WATCH OUT, GEORGE, HE'S GOT A SCREWDRIVER!
We know you're in a hurry, but there's no way you're leaving the car all wonkily herringboned in the vague direction of the kerb, with its arse hanging out into the road, and not even locked - not in that area at that time of the night. Might as well have a couple attempts at a parallel park and use the time for a bit of a think before you rush in. And don't forget to turn the radio down whilst you reverse.
danny la rouge
More like *fanny* la rouge!
And lock the fucking car for once! Just lock it, how hard can it be?
Ted Striker
Foot's on the other hand
Someone points out that 2 men sitting in a car, on an otherwise empty street, for hours and hours and hours is actually really conspicuous and odd, and thus ruins the otherwise flawless 'stakeout' idea.
Artaxerxes
Look out, he's got a gnu!
The hero pulls the knife or object out of their wound and bursts an artery
Elpenor
Dancing as fast as I can
An entire thread devoted to this
Americans on TV drinking coffee
Why do Americans on TV seem to get a speed / coke type high if they drink more than two cups of coffee? I have had coffee in the US and it's no different to here. Culturally it seems to be everywhere from Garfield to Friends. A coffee in the morning gives you that get up and go buzz, can't...
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The team leader asks for a zoomed in pixilated image to be "enhanced" and the tech operator explains to him that that's not a thing.
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Psychopaths, serial killers and all other villains attempting a home invasion see their attempt foiled when the homeowner manages to place a successful phone call to 911 instead of getting a prerecorded ‘Our lines are all busy, please try later’ message.
See also ‘alarm system actually works as intended and intruder fails to disarm it by shooting at control pad or cutting the wires going into it’.
See also ‘alarm system actually works as intended and intruder fails to disarm it by shooting at control pad or cutting the wires going into it’.
SpookyFrank
A cheap source of teeth for aquarium gravel
I do always wonder how a load of flashing red lights and an awooga-ing klaxon is supposed to help anyone focus on their jobs during a crisis.
bellaozzydog
rolling turds in glitter
I’m guessing a secret ninja film spy has never dropped the hard drive with the secrets in and fucked it beyond any operation
Most films are about that perfect moment. Which is why the Coen brothers are so popular.
Competence Porn. Doesn't apply to you bellaozzydog and your green hat obvs
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Competence Porn. Doesn't apply to you bellaozzydog and your green hat obvs
Competence Porn - TV Tropes
Competence porn is a term invented by Leverage writer John Rogers (see here) and used by a lot of critics since — read here, here, here, and here. It's the thrill of watching bright, talented people plan, banter, and work together to solve …
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Whether cops or villain henchmen, during a prolonged gun fight the participants quickly run out of ammunition because it takes a few seconds to empty a magazine and nobody thought when they left the house that morning they should carry an extra four or five magazines tucked into their belts.
Hollis
bloody furious
Cats seem to be an essential feature of just about every documentry I watch... be in conscription in Belarus, piano competitions or surveillance in China. Every documentary must feature a cat either eating, jumping up on a window ledge or going through a cat flap.
RevolutionSound
Well-Known Member
Characters go to a good party, take ecstasy, have a great time, go home and nothing bad happens.
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If a kid is being physically assaulted by the school’s resident bully in full view of everyone on a daily basis, one of the teachers spots it before long, rather than just registering any act of violence for the first time when the victim finally snaps and sucker punches the evil little shit after months of abuse.
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