Stupid movie cliches and impossibilities - Page 94

**dethtongue** · November 4th, 2013, 01:24 AM

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Originally Posted by lothian

The only calibre of artillery used by the Germans in WW2 films are " 88's "

You are right, but the truth is a little more complex too. The German 88 was designed as a multipurpose gun so it was employed as an anti-tank weapon, and anti-aircraft gun, and as an artillery piece. It was common for it to be used against the allies in a wide variety of situations. Because it was so versatile and so dreaded it was an easy shorthand way for troops to convey the nature of a threat in the same way ALL German tanks were referred to as Tigers despite fewer than 2000 of them actually being built. For example if you need to tow artillery you would say "we need to get a truck." not "we need to get a 3 and 1/2 ton lorry."

**gmcbee** · November 4th, 2013, 06:59 AM

Kind of like how any time there's a shooting of any kind, the American media says an "assualt rifle" was used, right?

screwthief · November 4th, 2013, 02:34 PM

Cops never get a chance to eat. Every time police buy hot dogs coffee etc, they get an urgent radio call or hear shots fired , and everything they've bought is tipped out of the car window.

**sydney1** · November 4th, 2013, 06:22 PM

Watched the new Star Trek film, a bit so-so, but it passed the time.

One thing that's always irked me in these type of films(Especially sci-fi) is that whenever they're having a fight, it's usually set on some walk-way with a drop of at least a mile. Why don't they have guard rails installed? Don't they have health and safety in the future?

**gmcbee** · November 4th, 2013, 06:33 PM

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Originally Posted by sydney1

Watched the new Star Trek film, a bit so-so, but it passed the time.

One thing that's always irked me in these type of films(Especially sci-fi) is that whenever they're having a fight, it's usually set on some walk-way with a drop of at least a mile. Why don't they have guard rails installed? Don't they have health and safety in the future?

I'm acrophobic. The early rooftop scene in Devil's Advocate almost made me hurl.

Elvis16/03/14 · November 4th, 2013, 07:35 PM

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Originally Posted by gmcbee

I'm acrophobic. The early rooftop scene in Devil's Advocate almost made me hurl.

Were spider`s in that film?

**gmcbee** · November 4th, 2013, 08:25 PM

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Originally Posted by swampdog2

Were spider`s in that film?

Acrophobia is fear of heights.
Arachnophobia is fear of spiders. No, I'm not real fond of those little bastards either!

**gmcbee** · January 1st, 2014, 12:10 AM

Here's one I just noticed while watching "8 Heads in a Duffel Bag":

When people "hotwire" a car, it sparks and starts and they drive off, right? Not so fast... Don't most modern cars lock the steering wheel unless the key is in and turned? Just wondering.

**snowshoes** · January 3rd, 2016, 08:23 PM

A full-grown adult can be saved from hanging from a cliff or a ledge of a building by simply "giving their hand" to the hero and being pulled up. (Weight and gravity never seem to enter into the equation, nor the enormous strength the hero must have to possess in his one arm.)

**Mad Koala Bear** · January 3rd, 2016, 08:27 PM

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Originally Posted by screwthief

Cops never get a chance to eat. Every time police buy hot dogs coffee etc, they get an urgent radio call or hear shots fired , and everything they've bought is tipped out of the car window.

For which they never get fined for littering.

November 4th, 2013, 06:22 PM	#934
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November 4th, 2013, 06:59 AM	#932
gmcbee Vintage Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Clinging to the rim of a crater on the dark side of Uranus. Posts: 1,065 Thanks: 3,961 Thanked 11,052 Times in 1,042 Posts	Kind of like how any time there's a shooting of any kind, the American media says an "assualt rifle" was used, right?

November 4th, 2013, 02:34 PM	#933
screwthief Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 151 Thanks: 30,391 Thanked 1,501 Times in 139 Posts	Cops never get a chance to eat. Every time police buy hot dogs coffee etc, they get an urgent radio call or hear shots fired , and everything they've bought is tipped out of the car window.

January 1st, 2014, 12:10 AM	#938
gmcbee Vintage Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Clinging to the rim of a crater on the dark side of Uranus. Posts: 1,065 Thanks: 3,961 Thanked 11,052 Times in 1,042 Posts	Here's one I just noticed while watching "8 Heads in a Duffel Bag": When people "hotwire" a car, it sparks and starts and they drive off, right? Not so fast... Don't most modern cars lock the steering wheel unless the key is in and turned? Just wondering.

January 3rd, 2016, 08:23 PM	#939
snowshoes Vintage Member Join Date: Jun 2015 Posts: 1,946 Thanks: 173,675 Thanked 27,183 Times in 1,967 Posts	A full-grown adult can be saved from hanging from a cliff or a ledge of a building by simply "giving their hand" to the hero and being pulled up. (Weight and gravity never seem to enter into the equation, nor the enormous strength the hero must have to possess in his one arm.)