Movie Cliche

Krypto · Mighty Morphin Prayer Warrior

RE: Movie Cliche

Krypto · Mighty Morphin Prayer Warrior

Never walk in a stagger or you might be mistaken for a zombie and get shot.

Never use fire to ward off zombies as it will usually burn out at the crucial moment.

Never read anything called The Book of the Dead, The Necronomicon, The Satanic Bible or play with weird puzzle boxes, Quija boards or any other device that summons the evil or dead. They tend to be both!

Summoning spirits during a seance usually brings really cranky, angry ghosts.

If a Playboy or Penthouse centerfold model appears, more then likely she is the villain and a vampire.

Unlike Earth machines, Alien machines can lay dormant for thousands of years.

When an orbiting space vessel is crippled or otherwise put out of action, it immediately starts falling out of orbit.

The sewers/ventilation ducts provide easy access throughout the city/ship/castle.

24 fan tim · Live long and prosper.

An explosion in space results in as great of a sound as if it happened here on earth instead of the vacuum of space.

-- Edited by 24 fan tim at 18:16, 2006-04-22

Krypto · Mighty Morphin Prayer Warrior

When people are tied up in the movies, which is usually loosely and incompetently, they can't escape without finding some convenient device to burn or cut through the ropes.

Whenever someone reviews surveillance video taken from a preceding scene, the camera angle is never high above the actors, it's right up close, and looks _a lot_ like the angle the film camera used when shooting the picture. Additionally, the audio is always crisp and clear, there's no background noise, because all security cameras come equipped with boom mikes.

Smokers smoke only when there is a romantic or dramatic reason to. At other times the smoker has no need of cigarettes.

A movie teenager will always have a drainpipe situated next to his or her window. This drainpipe will be specially reinforced to hold their weight on escape.

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

Krypto wrote:

When people are tied up in the movies, which is usually loosely and incompetently, they can't escape without finding some convenient device to burn or cut through the ropes.

...and while they're cutting/burning the ropes, they always cut or burn themselves just a little and say "Ouch!" to show it's still a dangerous situation even though they're freeing themselves.

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If a romantic lead character dies from getting shot by a gun, they're always shot in the chest, never in the head. But even though their lungs and/or heart are destroyed by the gunshot, they still manage to have a romantic, sad death scene with their love interest (and lots of gasping dialogue) before they pass away.

Krypto · Mighty Morphin Prayer Warrior

When your friend gets hurt and can no longer move, you can always bet he will insist that you go on without him - save yourself.

itsmattie77 · He's completely bonkers, but we love him anyway

Letthead wrote:

Computers always make "beep beep boop boop" sounds and rarely do you see anyone use a mouse. And what OS are these people using?

Anytime anyone gets an e-mail, the computer uses the AOL line "You've Got Mail".

itsmattie77 · He's completely bonkers, but we love him anyway

This is a TV cliche, all houses have the same layout... you only ever see one side of the living room or the kitchen, these are the only two rooms on the first floor, the kitchen is just to the left or the right, and there are stairs behind the couch in the living room.

One more TV cliche, on shows that take place in New York City, it's not uncommon to have people who work normal every-day jobs living in apartments that would generally rent for $4000-$5000 a month.

Mama Lisa · Fri May 5 10:11 PM, 2006

If Amy sees a movie in Austin and makes me rent it and watch it, you can bet I'll be crying!!!!

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

itsmattie77 wrote:

on shows that take place in New York City, it's not uncommon to have people who work normal every-day jobs living in apartments that would generally rent for $4000-$5000 a month.

...and in New York, it's totally common to find people who seem to have jobs on paper, but in reality they spend all day buying $80,000 shoes and walking around ho'ing with her skanKY FRIENDS AND BIG-ASS NOSE AND JERRY-CURL-LOOKING NASTY HAIR I HATE YOU SARAH JESSICA PARKER!!!!!!

Oh! Oh I'm sorry

I just totally lost control thinking about THAT TERRIBLE HORRIBLE SHOW WITH THOSE SLUTTY WOMEN WHO NEVER HAVE TO DO A DAY'S WORK TO LOOK AND LIVE LIFE AS IF THEY WERE THE FRICKIN' HEIRESSES TO THE PLAYBOY ESTATE!!!!!!!!! RRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAARRRR!!

You know what? I'm just gonna quit while I'm ahead...

-- Edited by Chris at 04:41, 2006-05-06

Mama Lisa · Sat May 6 9:22 AM, 2006

Who said you were ahead?

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

Um... (what do people say in these situations?) .... uh.....

:P

Krypto · Mighty Morphin Prayer Warrior

In old sword and sandal movies, virtually every warrior, guard, etc., has a defined muscular body despite the fact that there were no gyms or work out equipment!!!!

Krypto · Mighty Morphin Prayer Warrior

In old horror movies, when the heroine finally knocks out the serial killer, it is always necessary to walk past him where he will always reach up and grab her leg....