Detectives that work 24/7 never sleeping and when the chief gets mad and tells them to take some of the ton of leave they have built up from working so much, they refuse.
What tropes in entertainment drive you crazy?
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elfurioso92 said:
There is never a shell in the chamber of any pump shotgun even if someone has already been shooting the gun. If someone is held a gunpoint they always have to work the pump and no shell is ejected.
Related: the Stargate movie has a hilarious scene where almost every time one of the soldiers moves, a cartoonish "gun cocking" noise happens. Some are well into the scene of them sneaking around with their guns as if they weren't already ready to shoot.
The kids always being smarter than the parents.
The garbage truck that always blocks the chasing car.
The bad guys always being worse than a drunk blind man when trying to shoot something. The good guys usually just needs one shot.
One punch knocking people out for good.
A phone trace needing thirty seconds.
People
Always tasting the cocaine to see if it's real.
The biggest one though is the whole "I've seen your file"
trope in every cop show. No you haven't, and even if you had, it's doesn't say that.
The garbage truck that always blocks the chasing car.
The bad guys always being worse than a drunk blind man when trying to shoot something. The good guys usually just needs one shot.
One punch knocking people out for good.
A phone trace needing thirty seconds.
People
Always tasting the cocaine to see if it's real.
The biggest one though is the whole "I've seen your file"
trope in every cop show. No you haven't, and even if you had, it's doesn't say that.
Fist fights lasting more than 2-3 solid punches. I've seen enough world star and live leak to know that a solid punch is lights out for most people.
Evil corporation destroying the environment or crushing a bunch of poor people.
Group of misfits trying to save ye olde businesses/call ground/ski lodge from being bought and modernized or bull dozed and developed.
+1 on basically all things hubs in movies. Nothing ever had s round chambered, every gun makes a dumb coconut sound every time it moves, bad guys can't hit **** it they aren't an evil named henchman, etc...
Group of misfits trying to save ye olde businesses/call ground/ski lodge from being bought and modernized or bull dozed and developed.
+1 on basically all things hubs in movies. Nothing ever had s round chambered, every gun makes a dumb coconut sound every time it moves, bad guys can't hit **** it they aren't an evil named henchman, etc...
The action hero beats up 100+ highly skilled & well-trained henchmen with extreme ease.
Once he finally reaches the 60 year old boss (who's really just a businessman if you think about it) who hasn't been in a fight since high school, it takes 15 minutes to win the relatively even fight.
Once he finally reaches the 60 year old boss (who's really just a businessman if you think about it) who hasn't been in a fight since high school, it takes 15 minutes to win the relatively even fight.
In the 70s and 80s, I was taught by TV that you could knock a person unconscious with a light karate chop to the upper back. WTH Lee Majors??
I would love it if a show had a shell eject, and the shooter make a "dammit face". Doing something small like that would make a forgettable scene good.elfurioso92 said:
There is never a shell in the chamber of any pump shotgun even if someone has already been shooting the gun. If someone is held a gunpoint they always have to work the pump and no shell is ejected.
The A-team did that too.Philo B 93 said:
In the 70s and 80s, I was taught by TV that you could knock a person unconscious with a light karate chop to the upper back. WTH Lee Majors??
Slow mo walking away from an explosion.
The chick in a horror flick who falls because of seemingly nothing while trying to escape the madman with the knife/axe/machete. Expand this to any of the stupid decisions that typically teens make when they know a killer is running around - hey, there's a nut out there with a chainsaw, let's go hide in this creepy house. (This has been made fun of in some Geico commercial when the dumb blonde suggests getting into the running car, but instead her idiot companions suggest hiding in the barn with all the cutting devices - and the guy in the mask has a WTF look on his face).
Although I see its place in 007 movies, the villain who explains his entire plan to the hero. Wouldn't the villain just kill the hero and go do his dastardly deeds? (This was made fun of awesomely in The Incredibles - monologueing.)
Although I see its place in 007 movies, the villain who explains his entire plan to the hero. Wouldn't the villain just kill the hero and go do his dastardly deeds? (This was made fun of awesomely in The Incredibles - monologueing.)
My Papa's name was Eugene Thomas and all his address stickers, legal documents, etc. always said E.T. Decker. 8 year old me thought it was sooooo cool he had those initials!et98 said:My buddy from high school sends me that exact gif all the time! Usually after I make fun of him for something.BenTheGoodAg said:
You must hate this scene in this beloved documentary:
Seriously though, it was not fun for a young et98 in the 1st grade right after that movie came out. Hey Eric, why don't you go phone home! Hahahaha! Hey Eric, where's your speak n spell! Hahahaha! Hey Eric give me some Reeces Pieces! Hahahaha! Hey Eric, make your finger glow! Hahahaha! Hey Eric, heal this plant! Hahahaha! Hey Eric, stretch out your neck! Hahahaha!
Every. Single. Day. For years. Even now, when someone realizes my initials are ET, I know I'm about to get asked to go phone home.
But, I understand your pain. Every elementary school kid at the school I teach at thinks they are the first to figure out that Fleener rhymes with weiner...
A big one for me is a woman (typically) is awakened in the middle of the night to some sort of noise or an evil presence being felt. They proceed to roll out of bed and traipse around the house with the lights off. If a person is scared, wouldn't most people turn on every light in the house??
Person manages to shoot/incapacitate the baddie despite low odds of survival.
You've already killed them - don't just walk away. One more between the eyes to guarantee death.
Nope, run away only to get caught later by the fresh from a nap villain who is now angrier.
You've already killed them - don't just walk away. One more between the eyes to guarantee death.
Nope, run away only to get caught later by the fresh from a nap villain who is now angrier.
Staff - take out the trash.
Mission takes someone to meet an indigenous culture, then they change sides and adopt that culture to fight who sent them.
"Tox screens". There is no such thing, let alone a piece of equipment that can take any type of liquid sample and tell you everything in it.
Laws of Physics need not apply (I see you Fast and Furious franchise).
Parents are dumb, kid is a genius.
"Tox screens". There is no such thing, let alone a piece of equipment that can take any type of liquid sample and tell you everything in it.
Laws of Physics need not apply (I see you Fast and Furious franchise).
Parents are dumb, kid is a genius.
Any form of wokism. It's becoming way too prevelant nowadays.
Hunters are almost always portrayed poorly. Dumb, unethical, abusive, alcoholic, etc.
BenTheGoodAg said:
Bad guys who can't hit anything
What about good guys that can't hit anything?
Women "kicking ass" in an action movie.
cr06gis said:
Women "kicking ass" in an action movie.
It works when cast properly.
The best men in action flicks often have feats of strength.(Arnold in Predator/Terminator or the Rock in the Fast & Furious movies).
The best women in action flicks often have moments of high level competency.(Ripley in Alien/ Rita in Edge of Tomorrow).
I think there are the occasional exceptions if the character is indeed superhuman as part of their story(i.e. Wonder Woman). Regardless Hollywood writing has sucked to the point now that writers don't feel the need to explain why their woman lead protagonist is awesome besides "I am woman hear me roar". Just sheer idiocy and lazy creativity.
The best women in action flicks often have moments of high level competency.(Ripley in Alien/ Rita in Edge of Tomorrow).
I think there are the occasional exceptions if the character is indeed superhuman as part of their story(i.e. Wonder Woman). Regardless Hollywood writing has sucked to the point now that writers don't feel the need to explain why their woman lead protagonist is awesome besides "I am woman hear me roar". Just sheer idiocy and lazy creativity.
Congratulations. You are the first person to come away from Alien with that take.hunter2012 said:
The best men in action flicks often have feats of strength.(Arnold in Predator/Terminator or the Rock in the Fast & Furious movies).
The best women in action flicks often have moments of high level competency.(Ripley in Alien/ Rita in Edge of Tomorrow).
I think there are the occasional exceptions if the character is indeed superhuman as part of their story(i.e. Wonder Woman). Regardless Hollywood writing has sucked to the point now that writers don't feel the need to explain why their woman lead protagonist is awesome besides "I am woman hear me roar". Just sheer idiocy and lazy creativity.
There is not a single take in this thread that hasn't been made many times before.
elfurioso92 said:
There is never a shell in the chamber of any pump shotgun even if someone has already been shooting the gun. If someone is held a gunpoint they always have to work the pump and no shell is ejected.
Even better, the sound of racking the action on a double barreled shotty. This happened in a show I watched last night and I started laughing.
aTm '99
"I like science", said the (fill in the ethnicity/race) girl as she looks at the camera.
A scene or line like this is required in almost all shows that have a tween to teen girl in a significant role. Later on, girl will either win an award, use an invention, or use scientific principles in an astonishing way while a surprised crowd or white male looks on.
A scene or line like this is required in almost all shows that have a tween to teen girl in a significant role. Later on, girl will either win an award, use an invention, or use scientific principles in an astonishing way while a surprised crowd or white male looks on.
Anything classified as "reality tv", cause that ain't reality.
On that note, any dialogue after a high level explanation of something. "Uh how about in English?"
You better not being talking about Roadhouse.et98 said:
The action hero beats up 100+ highly skilled & well-trained henchmen with extreme ease.
Once he finally reaches the 60 year old boss (who's really just a businessman if you think about it) who hasn't been in a fight since high school, it takes 15 minutes to win the relatively even fight.
Actually, that was the one knock on a perfect movie -- Dalton struggled in his fight with boss Brad Wesley.
Most dialogue is unrealistic. We've been conditioned to expect perfect, fully formed sentences without pauses, um's, restarts or filler of any kind. Nobody talks like that.
This is my number one!elfurioso92 said:
There is never a shell in the chamber of any pump shotgun even if someone has already been shooting the gun. If someone is held a gunpoint they always have to work the pump and no shell is ejected.
When they are holding a pump shotgun on someone, and they want them to know that "okay, now I'm REALLY SERIOUS" they pump the shotgun.
I always yell at the tv, "Why didn't you have one in the chamber before now? What were you going to do?"
My wife just rolls her eyes.
An excellent departure from this -- Ozark. Darlene had one in the chamber on the ready to blast Del for his insult.Rex Racer said:This is my number one!elfurioso92 said:
There is never a shell in the chamber of any pump shotgun even if someone has already been shooting the gun. If someone is held a gunpoint they always have to work the pump and no shell is ejected.
When they are holding a pump shotgun on someone, and they want them to know that "okay, now I'm REALLY SERIOUS" they pump the shotgun.
I always yell at the tv, "Why didn't you have one in the chamber before now? What were you going to do?"
My wife just rolls her eyes.
Probably because Jason Bateman knows of the hokey tropes and avoids them.
I think the supervillain would definitely monologue. It's about rubbing in the failure of the hero as a means of stroking their own ego. If you're that much of a psychopath, you're going to be pretty egocentric and arrogant, to the point that don't something like that isn't out of the question.
Now, the whole supervillain running an international organization of criminal enterprises and henchmen bent on world domination IS ridiculous.
Now, the whole supervillain running an international organization of criminal enterprises and henchmen bent on world domination IS ridiculous.
That's what i love about the Good Will Hunting scene in the bar with Clark.rynning said:
Most dialogue is unrealistic. We've been conditioned to expect perfect, fully formed sentences without pauses, um's, restarts or filler of any kind. Nobody talks like that.
Rex Racer said:This is my number one!elfurioso92 said:
There is never a shell in the chamber of any pump shotgun even if someone has already been shooting the gun. If someone is held a gunpoint they always have to work the pump and no shell is ejected.
When they are holding a pump shotgun on someone, and they want them to know that "okay, now I'm REALLY SERIOUS" they pump the shotgun.
I always yell at the tv, "Why didn't you have one in the chamber before now? What were you going to do?"
My wife just rolls her eyes.
I love the scene in The Expanse (I know it's in the second book at least) where the botanist, who has never used a gun before, pulls a pistol on the bad guys, cocks it to show them he is serious, and then is surprised when all hell breaks loose. He then gets enormous **** from the Rocinante for doing that. It was the first time ever seeing this trope play out where it goes the obvious way that would happen in real life.
Was there no bullet in the chamber or something? It just click?Definitely Not A Cop said:Rex Racer said:This is my number one!elfurioso92 said:
There is never a shell in the chamber of any pump shotgun even if someone has already been shooting the gun. If someone is held a gunpoint they always have to work the pump and no shell is ejected.
When they are holding a pump shotgun on someone, and they want them to know that "okay, now I'm REALLY SERIOUS" they pump the shotgun.
I always yell at the tv, "Why didn't you have one in the chamber before now? What were you going to do?"
My wife just rolls her eyes.
I love the scene in The Expanse (I know it's in the second book at least) where the botanist, who has never used a gun before, pulls a pistol on the bad guys, cocks it to show them he is serious, and then is surprised when all hell breaks loose. He then gets enormous **** from the Rocinante for doing that. It was the first time ever seeing this trope play out where it goes the obvious way that would happen in real life.
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