Movie Cliche

Letthead · Fri Mar 17 8:40 AM, 2006

RE: Movie Cliche

Amylynn · Guru

i dont think ive ever seen that. but i have seen the whole zoom in on what the person is saying. the computer gets closer and closer.

Krypto · Mighty Morphin Prayer Warrior

When running for you life and jumping into a car, the car will never start as the approaching killer walks up to the window.......and just as the killer is about to get her, the car somehow starts up, and sometimes, instead of taking off, it is always necessary to run over the killer before leaving.

When opening the medicine cabinet in the bathroom, the villian will somehow be able sneak up behind you unaware as you close the cabinet and see him in the reflection.

After successfully killing the villain, it is always necessary to lean over his chest to make sure he is really dead where he will reach out and choke you with his last breath.

Krypto · Mighty Morphin Prayer Warrior

If a dog is on the verge of death and looking like they will not survive, the dog will always bounce back.

When the villain finally has the hero right where he wants him, it is necessary to reveal the entire plan to the him since he is about to die anyway, where the hero we suddenly escapes with the upper hand and a way to save the day.

Any woman finding herself in a chase with a killer will always be wearing high heels where she twists an ankle, and either is promptly killed, or somehow drags herself to the safety of an automobile, elevator, or meat locker.

Any industrial building that you are running to at night will have an unlocked door.

One single button in that facility will turn on all manner of lights, treadmills, sirens, an pipes emitting steam...

phil_of_va · [Probably] Gother Than Thou

Krypto wrote:

When the villain finally has the hero right where he wants him, it is necessary to reveal the entire plan to the him since he is about to die anyway, where the hero we suddenly escapes with the upper hand and a way to save the day.

And I would've gotten away with it too it if weren't for those blasted kids and that dog!

Phil

Krypto · Mighty Morphin Prayer Warrior

In old horror movies from the 60's it is necessary for a female to stand in place screaming her lungs out in horror, but never attempts to runaway....

Letthead · Mon Mar 27 8:33 AM, 2006

And she has to bite her wrist.

Krypto · Mighty Morphin Prayer Warrior

The forgotten one saves the day - Just when you though there was no hope, the one who was knocked out in the end of act 2 resurfaces with adrenalin and extreme accurate timing.

Let's split up; a gang of teens will usually split up to explore the creepy noise, house or area where each one will be kill one at a time and the lurking female will insist that whoever it is, to stop playing games....

Trying to grab the weapon - How many times have they fallen only to have their weapon propelled at a ‘‘suspenseful’’ crawling reachable point?

Most of the students are always way too stupid to be in college.

Chris · Why can't my life be more like the Ainulindalë?

If a main character survives a car crash/fall out of a window/battle/horse gallop through the woods and gets "dirty" and/or has "an injury," the dirt smudge or cut (there will only be one of each) will almost always be across the cheekbone, or just above the eyebrow, and never on the nose or mouth.

In heterosexual marriages, the husband is ALWAYS lazy and stupid, only interested in power tools and the television. The wife has ALL the answers, is organized, sensible, smart, eats healthy, and intuitively knows when her husband is up to no good-- however, the wife is always too "caring" to actually put her foot down and stop her husband from making a bad decision- she just lets him ruin everything and then has an "I told you so" moment. For some reason this scenario always gets a laugh.

Krypto · Mighty Morphin Prayer Warrior

Aircraft always disappear behind a clump of trees before exploding in a ball of flames.

Any character portrayed as a heavy drinker will take a good slug before any big scene involving guns, planes or cars.

Movie elevators are always ready at that floor. But if the hero/heroine is being chased, elevator won't come.

When you throw a knife, the blade will always be the first thing to hit the target.

No one is in labor for hours and hours... they pop out babies in a matter of minutes.

In films, no one uses the restroom, except as a venue for escape. If there are multiple people in the restroom, expect a minor character revelation while they stand at the mirror.

There are tiny cameras mounted everywhere, on every panel, in your spaceship. No matter what happens anywhere in the ship, you will always be able to ask the computer to replay the scene for you later and unlike those blurry convenience store cameras, your tiny ship cameras always capture everyone's actions at eye-level with perfect lighting.

The bad guy usually kills his henchman for failing, yet don't seem to run out of loyal henchmen.

Bad guys lurk until their presence is revealed by a flash of lightning.

Shots fired at guys hiding around corners never whiz past; they always strike the edge of the building near the character's face.

Letthead · Thu Mar 30 12:36 AM, 2006

When an alarm clock goes off, and it's set to tune in to the radio, It's always right before the DJ says "GOOD MORNING, [CITY], another beautiful day...." etc. etc"

Sometimes, a scene will start with a clip from an old classic movie where the dialogue is relevant to the story. It'll pan out or cut to the protagonist crying or commenting on it.

Krypto · Mighty Morphin Prayer Warrior

The former Great Man of Action who is now just a washed-up drunk.

The time traveler helps the future society mellow out by introducing music from his period.

No matter how large a ship is, any monster let loose on board will learn its way around in an hour's time, enabling it to sneak up behind its victims without fail.

Time travel from the future into modern times winds up in the year of the show's production.

Clones come out of the cloning vat with the same haircut as the individual cloned.

Chris · Why can't my life be more like the Ainulindalë?

On Law & Order:

If a person guilty of murder is acquitted/mistrial/dismissed for lack of evidence, at the very end of the episode (last 5 minutes) the murderer will be shot, found guilty of another murder, or new evidence will turn up that convicts them.

Overweight women cannot be the DA, the ADA, or detectives.

If there is a police investigation going on in a home and both spouses are at home together, the wife will cooperate and the husband will resist to the point of making an ass of himself. If only one spouse is at home, regardless of gender, they will complain and/or resist just a little, then allow it.

If there is one single piece of evidence that is absolutely vital to the prosecution's case, the defense attorney will make a "motion to supress" the offending item, and the judge will grant the motion with little or no persuasion necessary.

Rich people with snobby, smug attitudes are always guilty.

Minorities/GLBT people are sometimes guilty, but they always have a reason for the murder that makes them extremely sympathetic.

99% of "sociopaths" are male.

If there is doubt about whether or not a rapist is guilty, the female will automatically side with the victim and the male detective will automatically side with the alleged rapist, causing dramatic conflict within the department.

AND...

No matter where you are, no matter what time of day, there is always an episode of Law & Order playing on some channel.

-- Edited by Chris at 12:30, 2006-03-30

Krypto · Mighty Morphin Prayer Warrior

High-powered female executives always wear miniskirts and five-inch heels to work

When superheroes like Batman or Robocop use high technology to protect themselves, the bad guys never take advantage of obvious weaknesses, such as no face protection.

Whichever tree branch the hero has perched on, the villain will invariably pause under.

You can almost talk casually to all your skydiving friends on the way down.

In jail, there must be a brutal guard and an evil scheming warden.

The phone rings. Caller says, "You better check out what's on the news on Channel 13". He turns on channel 13 and gets the report from the beginning.

The hero always misses the villain leaving the scene by seconds.

Krypto · Mighty Morphin Prayer Warrior

A huge wave of water or large ball of fire will always back up to give time for any important characters to run away. This usually happens when the camera angle changes. Disasters that should take 5 seconds can easily take as long as necessary for characters to reach safety. These things usually never effect the hiding spot.

If a man is dressed up as a woman, no matter how ugly of a woman he is, some guy will hit on him.

People have conversations while fighting each other hand-to-hand.

The hero may get shot in the arm at the very end.

If a number of people are knocked out with gas or otherwise, they will all wake up at approximately the same time.

A customer's request to follow that car is never questioned by the cab driver.

Krypto · Mighty Morphin Prayer Warrior

When making a Women in Prison movie, your bimbos must be dressed in the latest from Frederick's and Victoria's Kinky Secret.

If the babe is meant to be the hero from the start, its because she is related to the killer. That's a hard fast definite.

When a babe gets killed, somehow she has to get topless so you can look at her breasts before she dies.

Although humans still have multiple languages, each alien race has only one language.

Aliens races are vastly more intelligent and advanced than we are, but we beat them anyway by "ingenuity," plain guts, or exploiting an Achilles Heel.

The death of the Bad Guy involves a long fall.

24 fan tim · Live long and prosper.

Thousands of rounds can be fired at the hero, but he will come out unscathed

Chris · Why can't my life be more like the Ainulindalë?

Thunderclaps often punctuate what someone is saying, especially if the person is evil and/or what they are saying is ominous.

CaliPK · Senior Member

What kind of movies are you guys watching?

Krypto · Mighty Morphin Prayer Warrior

Women will be worrying about their nails or dresses while people are trying to kill them.

Women stand wide-eyed, hand to mouth, while hero battles villain. Women never thinks to clonk villain with handy object. Counterpoint: If woman does clonk, she always hits hero instead.

Women always fight other movie women by pulling hair, falling to ground together, rolling over twice.

If you're a high school student in a film, you will always get one of the preferable eye-level lockers.

In every school, there is at least one nerd or wimp that is shoved into lockers that are big enough to hold them.

Whenever anyone knocks out anyone else and takes their clothes, it's always a flawless fit.

Movie heroes in a bar will either order strong alcoholic drinks and swallow them down like iced tea or will ask for milk. The latter will always provoke sarcastic remarks and a fight will ensue.

Chris · Why can't my life be more like the Ainulindalë?

(on tv)

If you take a prescription sleep medication, you sleep all night long with a vague smile on your face. You never move at all throughout the night, and you never, ever drool.

Krypto · Mighty Morphin Prayer Warrior

In a sword fight, you can always parry behind your back, and you must always find a set of stairs to fight on so that the loser can roll down them and die at the bottom.

If you are a princess, you always have a favorite lady in waiting, and you always send her to warn the hero of the evil king's intention just in time.

Minorities such as Native Americans or Asians will always have some sort of mystical knowledge or innate fighting skill.

Video-phones display pictures of the callers looking straight into the camera. The camera must be in the middle of their screen, in other words.

If the hero tries to call someone he needs urgently he won't need more than three rings to know that he/she is not there.

Letthead · Fri Apr 7 3:28 PM, 2006

People never have CallNotes, or an answering service, they always have an answering machine. That way, you can include the scene where someone is calling saying "pick up! i know you're there!"

For some reason, when you lose a call or are hung up on, a cell phone will give you a dial tone...

When showing a character in a recording studio - they're never using a pop filter or a wind screen. That just irks me. Sometimes they don't even have headphones.

Whenever church is depicted on TV or movies:

It's always Catholic.

There's always a priest or a nunthere doing something at night or during the week...

Sometimes, there's organ music playing

Hymns are ONLY "Amazing Grace," "Jesus Loves Me," or "This Little Light of Mine"

Choirs are always 100% black.

OR if none of the above, it's haunted and creepy.

Krypto · Mighty Morphin Prayer Warrior

Two people will often converse while one stares out the window, with their back to the other. When an emotional point is made, the first person will turn around.

If a person good person dies with his eyes open, a friend will close them, and they will remain closed. If a villain dies with his eyes open, no one will close them, and the camera will linger on his face.

When there's an intruder somewhere in the house, the thing that jumps at the heroine in the dark turns out to be her cat, even if it comes from places cats wouldn't be, like inside a cupboard! As soon as she relaxes, the killer will show up and strangle her.

Chris · Why can't my life be more like the Ainulindalë?

If you're ever taking an early-morning walk around the streets of New York City, be sure you never, ever look into a dumpster/pile of garbage. In the early morning, there are always dead bodies in there. Just leave them for the garbage men to discover- somehow they're used to it.

Krypto · Mighty Morphin Prayer Warrior

In movies, people walk into a bar, sit down, and order a drink. Then they take one or maybe two sips, and leave the unfinished drink. In real life most drinkers will drain a drink and suck the ice cubes for the last taste of overpriced booze.

Dogs always know who's bad, and bark at them.

Chris · Why can't my life be more like the Ainulindalë?

Dogs always know who's bad, and bark at them.

Cats scream, arch their backs and hiss.

However, if it's a horror movie, cats do all of that to good people too. So dogs are the only real way to judge.

Krypto · Mighty Morphin Prayer Warrior

Any PERMISSION DENIED has an OVERRIDE function .

No matter what kind of computer disk it is, it'll be readable by any system you put it into. All application software is usable by all computer platforms.

Laptops, for some strange reason, always seem to have amazing real-time video phone capabilities and the performance of a CRAY Supercomputer.

If the tapping sound or flashing light represents morse code, there's always someone around that can interpret the message.

TaterHead · Defender of Truth, Justice and the American GAY!

most bad guys have either fantastic hair...or their completely bald.

Krypto · Mighty Morphin Prayer Warrior

A person travels back in time to meet a major historical personage and winds up either becoming that person or taking that person's place at a critical juncture.

Alien races that find our women attractive, while we find theirs to be repulsive.

Everyone in the post-catastrophic future dresses like heavy metal musicians.

A pet survives the disaster, and is discovered at the end of the story.

Spacecraft, when shot, blow up as if they had been packed with gasoline and liquid oxygen.

Computers, when shot, explode as if they had been stuffed full of Roman candles.