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Post by fangirl1975 on Feb 21, 2017 21:59:45 GMT
The villain always puts the hero in an elaborate trap and he/she doesn't bother checking to see if the hero has been killed by the trap. The Austin Powers flicks make fun of that one.
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Post by Utpe on Feb 21, 2017 22:06:32 GMT
Zoom and enhance. Even if the picture is far from perfect, they're able to utilize facial recognition without a hitch.
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Post by brimfin on Feb 23, 2017 2:27:36 GMT
1.) A person is called on the phone and told "Turn on your TV". They turn it on and it is always at the perfect spot in a news story to tell them exactly what particular relevant event is going on.
2.) A variation of the following conversation: First person: "It's none of my business but...(example: you shouldn't be so mean to your brother.) Second person: "What do you mean?" First person then gives intelligent, logical explanation why he should not be mean to his brother. Second person: "You're right...it's none of your business." The first couple of times it was clever. Now it's just tiresome and predictable.
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Post by Karl Aksel on Feb 23, 2017 17:58:25 GMT
1. The revival scene. Always includes three characters who are emotionally close to each other. One is dying (usually from drowning), the other is administering CPR and the purpose of the third is to say, "it's over, he's gone." The second guy looks defeated and gives up for a moment or two, then "NOOOOO!" And with renewed vigour resumes CPR, with some desperate curses thrown in for good measure. And sure enough, the main character coughs up a bit of water and whehey! He's alive!
2. In thrillers and horror movies, the bathroom cabinet mirror scene. See character's reflection in cabinet, character opens cabinet to get something, closes the cabinet, now see reflection of main character and spooky thing behind her!
3. In soaps: Private conversations held in rooms with the door wide open, and people eavesdropping.
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Post by DanaShelbyChancey on Apr 16, 2017 13:52:28 GMT
When some wild and crazy thing has happened to some people, later they are watching a news report on it, and someone goes over to the TV and shuts it off in the middle of the report. No one yells "hey I was watching that!" or puts it back on.
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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Apr 16, 2017 19:47:54 GMT
The "be careful" stating of the obvious is the one I was going to mention, but since someone beat me to it, another is the
"you promised you would let them ----go/live etc."
"I lied."
When did this first appear?
It turned up in Star Trek 3 1984, but I am sure it goes back further.
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Post by politicidal on Apr 17, 2017 15:09:31 GMT
Since Jeremy from CinemaSins is not present, I'll throw in "narration"
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Post by Deleted on Apr 17, 2017 22:18:46 GMT
The hot, popular chick is always a bitch. The victim of her bullying is always an ugly duckling that ends up hotter than her.
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Post by marianne48 on Apr 30, 2017 7:12:38 GMT
Signs of impending death:
The cop who mentions that he's a week away from retirement is about to be killed in a shootout.
The guy (usually, but not always, also a cop) is shown in a cozy morning scene--his spouse is lovingly serving him breakfast, his kids come bouncing into the kitchen, hugging him and calling him the best daddy ever and reminding him that he promised to take them to the amusement park when he gets home--a big uh-oh.
The soldier mooning over the letter from home/picture of his best girl/plans for after the war has about 30 seconds more.
A movie character never has any nagging little health complaint (cough, headache, a need to go to the doctor for "just a checkup") that doesn't turn out to be fatal.
Two characters part; for no particular reason, the first character (and the camera POV) takes a long, lingering look back at the second character. That's a signal that the second character won't be seen again (and not in a good way).
In a murder mystery, one character discovers who the murderer is and rushes off to inform the detective. Instead of just blurting out, "X is the murderer! Here's why!" he/she first goes into a loud, long-winded preliminary explanation of how he/she was so smart and clever to figure this out, etc., etc., being careful not to mention any pronoun that identifies the gender of the murderer. This gives the killer enough time to overhear the speaker, rush off to get a gun, blowpipe, or suitable-for-throwing dagger, and return to kill the speaker from a safe distance and run off undetected, just as the speaker is finally getting to the point: "The murderer is.....AAACCCCKKKK!!" (falls over and dies).
Another cliche: In a historical drama, instead of (or in addition to) a graphic on the screen establishing setting and time ("London, 1940"), one of the characters makes a clunky reference to the time. At the beginning of Hidden Figures, one of the characters announces to her friends something like"Here we are in 1961!" (just in case they forgot what year it was). In Chaplin, the actress portraying Chaplin's wife marches angrily into his room and snarls something along the lines of "Well, Mussolini just invaded Abyssinia, and I want a divorce!" Really, dear? Is it 1935 already?
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Post by deembastille on Apr 30, 2017 14:51:52 GMT
being surprised/proposed to on the top of the empire state building. like, how stupid can you be? your boyfriend/significant other says, 'hey, I wanna take you to the empire state building' out of the blue and you REALLY HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IS HAPPENING NEXT???
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Post by deembastille on Apr 30, 2017 14:54:22 GMT
Everybody hangs the phone without saying goodbye or any other form of that you think that is bad, my ap calls you up and just starts speaking without announcing who she is -- usually in rant form. The sad part... her twin sister [nearly identical] also works here and they sound alike.
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Post by rateater on May 1, 2017 3:36:53 GMT
car or motorcycle won't start on the first try when someone dangerous is after them
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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on May 1, 2017 21:12:57 GMT
Mission Impossible 3 has one of the most ludicrous uses of "I love you."
He has mere seconds to detonate the bomb in his head--but right before he has her turn on the electrical current he says: "wait! wait!.....I love you."
But then it also has her doubting him when he says the org he works for is called the Impossible Mission Force. She says skeptically "shut up."
Madam, you are standing in a Chinese village, after fighting off bad guys and blowing up brain bombs, and you are skeptical about a name?
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Post by maxwellperfect on May 5, 2017 21:48:13 GMT
Hero figures out a nefarious scheme, goes to a trusted authority figure to report it. Trusted authority figure is in on the nefarious scheme.
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Post by deembastille on May 5, 2017 22:44:26 GMT
birthing scenes in nearly every show or movie... kid comes out THREE MONTHS OLD AND AS CLEAN AS A NUN'S ASS!
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Post by Chalice_Of_Evil on May 6, 2017 3:49:16 GMT
If a villain wants a hero (who is undercover with the villains) to prove their loyalty/allegiance, and presents them with a gun whilst telling them to kill someone (usually an innocent or someone who good guy), the person who is handed the gun will either not end up going through with the shooting or they will try to shoot the villain...except the gun is empty and it was just a test, so they've just given themselves up. This can also happen with villain lackeys who wind up switching sides and try to help the hero, and the villain wants proof of their allegiance by having them kill the hero - which usually leads to the lackey winding up dead. In this type of situation, it would pay to know the difference in weight between a gun that is loaded and one that is empty.
Another thing that always bugs me is when the villain is in the process of almost killing the hero, and the hero is reaching for something that will ultimately be the villain's undoing - but the villain doesn't take any notice of the hero reaching for something and instead will just concentrate on what's right in front of them and not wonder to themselves, "Hmm, what is he/she reaching for with his/her hand?".
Lastly, when a good guy has seemingly killed the villain (who is either lying face-down or, if they're lying face up, they're just staying perfectly still - usually with their eyes closed), but then has to walk up close enough to them to check they're dead/finish them off, thereby giving the villain the chance to - shockingly - open their eyes/turn over and stab/shoot/kill the good guy.
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Post by miike80 on May 23, 2017 12:12:50 GMT
if you want to hijack a car ,all you need to do is touch to wires to ignite, who needs keys?
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