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Post by Deleted on Mar 27, 2018 23:14:26 GMT
California Penal League.
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Post by ck100 on Mar 28, 2018 0:06:39 GMT
Pamela Anderson's tits.
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Post by geralmar on Mar 28, 2018 1:16:09 GMT
Umbrellas can't be used for parachutes.
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Post by Chalice_Of_Evil on Mar 28, 2018 3:32:19 GMT
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Post by MCDemuth on Mar 28, 2018 3:40:19 GMT
There's no basement at the Alamo.
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Post by mikef6 on Mar 28, 2018 3:40:33 GMT
So many legal thrillers of the past have hung on the trope that a person cannot testify in court against his/her spouse. The investigators of one of the Perry Mason movie series of the 1940s went into great detail about just when - what day and what time of day - a couple was married and how it related to when the crime was committed.
In Reality, the state laws say that a person cannot be compelled to testify against their spouse, but they can volunteer to do so if they choose.
There is another one I was thinking about the other day. In older movies, a person would buy a round trip airline ticket with the return date left open. I never heard of that actually being done (and I've been around a while). I'm almost positive it can't be done in today's world and am not sure if it was ever possible. Any travel agents out there who can clear this up?
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Post by Eλευθερί on Mar 28, 2018 13:07:42 GMT
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Post by Spike Del Rey on Mar 28, 2018 13:11:34 GMT
Jack Rabbit Slim's
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Post by mikef6 on Mar 28, 2018 13:27:25 GMT
Very interesting. Thanks. |
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Post by vegalyra on Mar 28, 2018 14:27:56 GMT
Surviving a nuclear blast in a refrigerator.
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Post by koskiewicz on Mar 28, 2018 16:03:00 GMT
...warp speed...
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Post by Jep Gambardella on Mar 28, 2018 19:41:43 GMT
Surviving a nuclear blast in a refrigerator. A lot of people like to use that as an example of bad writing but I don't see the problem with it. Just think of it this way: when an atomic bomb explodes, there is a distance where everything will be obliterated, and there is a distance where you will be safe. In between, there is a very wide range of effects. If you are 5 km away from the blast you might get very serious burns and radiation poisoning and die within a day, whereas if you are 10 km away you might just be knocked off your feet and suffer some ear damage (the numbers are just examples, of course - I have no idea what they would actually be). So why is it so hard to believe that at a certain distance somewhere between 1 km and 100 km, you could get hurt if you are out in the open but you could survive if you are inside a refrigerator? It's a refrigerator, it's not a freaking cardboard box! |
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Post by Jep Gambardella on Mar 28, 2018 19:47:59 GMT
There is another one I was thinking about the other day. In older movies, a person would buy a round trip airline ticket with the return date left open. I never heard of that actually being done (and I've been around a while). I'm almost positive it can't be done in today's world and am not sure if it was ever possible. Any travel agents out there who can clear this up? In addition to what the other person posted about round-the-world tickets, yes, it used to be possible to buy round-trip tickets with an open return date - but we are talking at least 25 years ago here - the days when the itinerary was written by hand on a paper ticket comprising several sheets of carbon paper. |
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Post by mikef6 on Mar 28, 2018 19:50:27 GMT
Surviving a nuclear blast in a refrigerator. A lot of people like to use that as an example of bad writing but I don't see the problem with it. Just think of it this way: when an atomic bomb explodes, there is a distance where everything will be obliterated, and there is a distance where you will be safe. In between, there is a very wide range of effects. If you are 5 km away from the blast you might get very serious burns and radiation poisoning and die within a day, whereas if you are 10 km away you might just be knocked off your feet and suffer some ear damage (the numbers are just examples, of course - I have no idea what they would actually be). So why is it so hard to believe that at a certain distance somewhere between 1 km and 100 km, you could get hurt if you are out in the open but you could survive if you are inside a refrigerator? It's a refrigerator, it's not a freaking cardboard box! I took it as a gag - and a pretty good one at that. I know I laughed when Indy crawled out of that refrigerator. |
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Post by Jep Gambardella on Mar 28, 2018 19:54:39 GMT
A lot of people like to use that as an example of bad writing but I don't see the problem with it. Just think of it this way: when an atomic bomb explodes, there is a distance where everything will be obliterated, and there is a distance where you will be safe. In between, there is a very wide range of effects. If you are 5 km away from the blast you might get very serious burns and radiation poisoning and die within a day, whereas if you are 10 km away you might just be knocked off your feet and suffer some ear damage (the numbers are just examples, of course - I have no idea what they would actually be). So why is it so hard to believe that at a certain distance somewhere between 1 km and 100 km, you could get hurt if you are out in the open but you could survive if you are inside a refrigerator? It's a refrigerator, it's not a freaking cardboard box! I took it as a gag - and a pretty good one at that. I know I laughed when Indy crawled out of that refrigerator. I thought it was a good gag too, but many people (online at least) reacted to it as if it completely ruined the movie. |
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Post by bravomailer on Mar 28, 2018 20:17:12 GMT
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Post by vegalyra on Mar 28, 2018 20:28:58 GMT
I took it as a gag - and a pretty good one at that. I know I laughed when Indy crawled out of that refrigerator. I thought it was a good gag too, but many people (online at least) reacted to it as if it completely ruined the movie. It was just a joke anyways, it didn't matter much to me. I remember people getting really bent out of shape about it at the film's release. I think the part that was more unrealistic was the fridge getting tossed after the blast and Indy still walking away from it. |
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Post by bravomailer on Mar 31, 2018 13:10:45 GMT
Surviving a nuclear blast in a refrigerator. A girl hides in a refrigerator when a nuclear attack seems imminent in Ladybug, Ladybug (1963). Spielberg likes to pay homage. |
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