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This isn't a pet peeve, but I love it on Star Trek when Curt and Spock and Bones and a heretofore unknown crew member, usually a minority, beam down to a planet. Within 5 minutes, guess who gets vaporized?
One of my pet peeves is gratuitous sex and violence. I don't have anything against naughty stuff if it's integral to the plot, but usually it's just thrown in for a tease. Like in Swordfish--completely superfluous boob flash.
Movies that feature technology always show lots of flashy computer stuff that is absolutely meaningless (and boring), to the point that I avoid any movie focused on the internet or networking. (Pi was a welcome exception to the rule.) And did you notice, if a cell phone is involved, they NEVER have reception problems?
Last, but not least, most doctor shows and movies are very unrealistic. I once saw someone being defibrillated with her shirt on. Wouldn't work of course but would fry the fabric and cause nasty burns. In real life only about 5% of resuscitations are even temporarily successful. And few people make a complete recovery, whereas on TV it's more like 75%!Last edited by germdoc; 09-12-2008, 08:37 AM.Jeff
“Doctors are men who prescribe medicines of which they know little, to cure diseases of which they know less, in human beings of whom they know nothing”--VoltaireComment
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My ears are affected by my years. My pet peeve is that they crank up the dramatic music just as the characters are saying something important to the plot. I hear the music just fine since it is about three times the volume of the dialog. Half the time my wife an I look at each other and we both go "what did they say?"sigpicComment
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My biggest peeve is watching them destroy perfectly good collectors cars & hot rods, just for the sake of a movie. That's just wrong. Especially in big production movies, it's usually not just the one car, there's a whole passel of them being torn up for all the different scenes.ErikComment
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I hate it that during every chase scene you can tell exactly where the next turn will be due to the 40 sets of skidmarks from previous takes. Along the same lines, every car in the movies is equally quick. Nobody ever just gets away.
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and just as fast in reverse..ErikComment
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98% of the time when someone is holding/"playing" an electric guitar it is a fender stratocaster, the other 2% it's a gibson. it's great marketing for fender.
on shows like the west wing all of the staff will be confused and not sure what to do, the the boss (president) says something profound and all questions are answered.
in cop or investigator shows the main characters are always leading the charge. you'll have 3 investigators and an entire swat team, the 3 investigators with just a pistol and bulletproof vest with rush through the doors first and chase the bad guys while the swat team with sheilds and stands behind them. the main characters are always the snipers if a sniper is key to the plot.Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. - Thomas EdisonComment
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regards,
Charlie
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Loring in Katy, TX USA
If your only tool is a hammer, you tend to treat all problems as if they were nails.
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My biggest pet peeve, when meteorologists act like they actually know what the weather will be!
Here in Indy we have one channel that is never even in the ballpark. The running joke around here is that he thinks he is in Bangor, Maine and is doing the forecast for there.
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At least your kids gave him/ her a rank. We just called him/ her 'expendable'. The decolletage is just 'gratuitous sexuality' to keep the interest of the men or similarly minded women. I don't always notice but the Mrs gets perturbed.Blessings,
Chiz
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A lot of those cars are complete beaters and stand-ins, dolled up to look good for the crash scene. Many of the featured cars are rented from the owners and the studios take good care of them. The 49 Merc and the 59 Chevy in "American Graffiti" were slamdunk, half finished cars for the camera. The 55 Chevy was a left over from an old movie and was, in fact, destroyed in the final scene. Worst part was that in had a Keith Black power plant and was capable of doing what the script claimed!
Not positive, but I think the chase scene in "Bullet" was an exception...One take!Don, aka Pappy,
Wise men talk because they have something to say,
Fools because they have to say something.
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