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4:25p, 2/20/23
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Everything is going to blow up in seconds.....

"GET ON THE (PLANE,SHIP,BOAT,STARSHIP) WE HAVE SECONDS BEFORE EVERYBODY DIES!!!!!!"

Hero and heroine stare into each others eyes. Seconds pass, finally, in the nick of time, they kiss and leave.

The last thing I want to do is hurt you. But, it's still on the list.
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In reply to Sponge • 4:42p, 2/20/23
Sponge said:
cr06gis said:
Women "kicking ass" in an action movie.

It works when cast properly.
Crazy that this is the same woman. Her character in Aliens was basically latino "brownface" I believe.

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In reply to FancyKetchup14 • 4:49p, 2/20/23
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FancyKetchup14 said:
*clicks on a keyboard for 10 seconds*

"We did it sir. We hacked into the CIA mainframe."
Hacking always has to involve some form of computer animation.
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5:14p, 2/20/23
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How the main character can always get a parking spot right in front of whatever building (s)he's going to visit, even if they're downtown. Just once I want to see somebody have to circle the block a few times or wind all the way up to Level 5 of the overpriced parking garage like the rest of us.
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7:44p, 2/20/23
I hate how every TV detective doesn't turn on the lights at a crime scene and uses the smallest possible flashlight.
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In reply to Dimebag Darrell • 7:46p, 2/20/23
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Brittmoore Car Club said:
Sponge said:
cr06gis said:
Women "kicking ass" in an action movie.

It works when cast properly.
Crazy that this is the same woman. Her character in Aliens was basically latino "brownface" I believe.

That is hard to believe. I'm still not sure I believe you.
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7:48p, 2/20/23
Guns are never "cocked" and they always make that sound.
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In reply to aTmAg • 8:04p, 2/20/23
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aTmAg said:
Brittmoore Car Club said:
Sponge said:
cr06gis said:
Women "kicking ass" in an action movie.

It works when cast properly.
Crazy that this is the same woman. Her character in Aliens was basically latino "brownface" I believe.

That is hard to believe. I'm still not sure I believe you.


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8:05p, 2/20/23
When a girl is lying in bed and the sheets perfectly cover everything interesting...
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In reply to Brian Earl Spilner • 8:17p, 2/20/23
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Brian Earl Spilner said:
aTmAg said:
Brittmoore Car Club said:
Sponge said:
cr06gis said:
Women "kicking ass" in an action movie.

It works when cast properly.
Crazy that this is the same woman. Her character in Aliens was basically latino "brownface" I believe.

That is hard to believe. I'm still not sure I believe you.


Is James Cameron banging this woman on the side? What does she have on him?
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In reply to et98 • 8:17p, 2/20/23
et98 said:
When cops search a house looking for a bad guy or evidence, cops always seem to use their flashlights instead of simply turning on the lights.


I've seen/read that this is to actually help focus on small details.
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9:19p, 2/20/23
The bad guys MONOLOGING!!!

I agree with Scott Evil- you've captured the enemy, now just shoot him! Don't explain the evil scheme. Don't leave him to die from a buzz saw or train or poison gas. Just shoot him!!
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9:40p, 2/20/23
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Someone said above but any type of 'hacking' where they can do whatever they want (ie open doors, down security systems, find the specific file they need) in like 30 seconds

Also every movie where there's a fork in the road or multiple paths in an adventure or horror movie and they ALWAYS split up into smaller groups to eliminate some of the characters
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9:45p, 2/20/23
The questionably high ratio of lgbt characters in plots.
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10:01p, 2/20/23
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You guys are lame. Most of these tropes are great.

I've always loved 'never say bye on the phone' for some reason.
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In reply to double aught • 11:08p, 2/20/23
double aught said:
You guys are lame. Most of these tropes are great.

I've always loved 'never say bye on the phone' for some reason.
My dad is a big fan of that too. Because that's how he's done phone calls my whole life.
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In reply to Counterpoint • 11:12p, 2/20/23
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How about the sound of numbers/text appearing on a computer monitor? Hard to explain but do you know what I'm taking about? That has never happened to me in real life but it happens all the time on TV and movies.
The new season of Jack Bauer has alot of this. It seemed cool in the 80's when anything dealing with computers seemed futuristic, but it's so outdated now.
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3:00a, 2/21/23
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Hero is surrounded by evil henchmen. They take turns attacking one at a time until they are all incapacitated/dead on the ground around him.

Sneaking up behind and snapping a persons neck with a quick twist.
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6:41a, 2/21/23
Two of the characters decide to get married. and one of the main characters, unbeknownst to everyone up to that point, conveniently happens to be an ordained minister and is able to perform the ceremony. (Joey on Friends, Raj on BBT, Phil on Modern Family, etc)
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8:09a, 2/21/23
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Any nature show that has to fill the last third with climate change, habitat destruction, or a lecture on pollution. Some guy spends two years in a tree to get a shot of a sloth picking it's nose, and we cut it short so celebrity narrator can give their sermon before taking their helicopter back to their 12,000 sq. ft. "cottage" .
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In reply to beanbean • 8:09a, 2/21/23
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beanbean said:
double aught said:
You guys are lame. Most of these tropes are great.

I've always loved 'never say bye on the phone' for some reason.
My dad is a big fan of that too. Because that's how he's done phone calls my whole life.
I assume he is divorced?
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8:15a, 2/21/23
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Every parked car has the keys in the sunvisor
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9:35a, 2/21/23
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Man with push start cars, people are leaving their keys in the car all the time now.
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9:46a, 2/21/23
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Most of these are just to save time in a movie.
Does anyone want to watch someone circle the block looking for a parking spot only to find one but some dummy is to far over the line?
Or go up to a bar, ask what's on tap, ask for something specific, but then be told they just ran out and get the list repeated to them?
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In reply to TequilaMockingbird • 10:59a, 2/21/23
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Joey got ordained online specifically to do Chandler and Monica's wedding.
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11:18a, 2/21/23
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Lawyers introducing last-minute surprise piece of evidence or witness that the judge or the other lawyer never saw coming, even though that would be grounds for an immediate mistrial.
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In reply to AustinAg2K • 11:47a, 2/21/23
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AustinAg2K said:
When a girl is lying in bed and the sheets perfectly cover everything interesting...
Bubbles in the bathtub. DAMN YOU BUBBLES!
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11:50a, 2/21/23
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I know it's for the camera but it irrationally bugs me that people in movies and shows almost always sleep with their heads cranked at this weird angle from like 3 pillows underneath them.
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In reply to et98 • 12:58p, 2/21/23
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et98 said:
Lawyers introducing last-minute surprise piece of evidence or witness that the judge or the other lawyer never saw coming, even though that would be grounds for an immediate mistrial.
The only jury I've ever been on actually had this happen.

Guy was suing an insurance company that was refusing to pay out after he was hit by someone that had their vehicle insured through them. They went through this whole deal about how the vehicle had been sold to the owner's sister on a set date. They had a bill of sale with signatures that were dated for that specific day so surely the sale occurred and therefore they were not liable for the vehicle after the sale.

The plaintiff's attorney then gladly dropped the bombshell that there was no way that the bill of sale was real since the sister had been in jail that weekend and had no visitors at that time. The insurance company had fabricated the whole sale to get out of paying damages. You could hear a pin drop lol. I thought it was hilarious
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In reply to wangus12 • 1:22p, 2/21/23
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wangus12 said:
et98 said:
Lawyers introducing last-minute surprise piece of evidence or witness that the judge or the other lawyer never saw coming, even though that would be grounds for an immediate mistrial.
The only jury I've ever been on actually had this happen.

Guy was suing an insurance company that was refusing to pay out after he was hit by someone that had their vehicle insured through them. They went through this whole deal about how the vehicle had been sold to the owner's sister on a set date. They had a bill of sale with signatures that were dated for that specific day so surely the sale occurred and therefore they were not liable for the vehicle after the sale.

The plaintiff's attorney then gladly dropped the bombshell that there was no way that the bill of sale was real since the sister had been in jail that weekend and had no visitors at that time. The insurance company had fabricated the whole sale to get out of paying damages. You could hear a pin drop lol. I thought it was hilarious


We're you and everybody else not pissed off at this lawyer wasting everybody's time by withholding damning evidence until the very end? I mean that case should have just been settled at the very beginning with such egregious proof the insurance company was in the wrong.
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In reply to schmendeler • 1:25p, 2/21/23
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schmendeler said:
I know it's for the camera but it irrationally bugs me that people in movies and shows almost always sleep with their heads cranked at this weird angle from like 3 pillows underneath them.
Or when they turn out the lights to go to bed, and it only gets slightly darker in the room.
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1:26p, 2/21/23
No one ever says goodbye on the phone. They just hang up.
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In reply to double aught • 1:31p, 2/21/23
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double aught said:
schmendeler said:
I know it's for the camera but it irrationally bugs me that people in movies and shows almost always sleep with their heads cranked at this weird angle from like 3 pillows underneath them.
Or when they turn out the lights to go to bed, and it only gets slightly darker in the room.


"Ah yes, that's better"
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1:35p, 2/21/23
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John Wicks Invincibility.
Gig ‘Em Baby!
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1:42p, 2/21/23
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Hot woman gets out of bed holding a sheet up against her chest with the guy she just boned with laying beside her like he can't see her naked.


No rear view mirror in the car!

Cars that make a "peeling out" noise even when they don't drive off quickly.

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