Most obvious plot hole.

[Bihac]

Spoiler: Halo Reach

Ok, so what...Cortana was made by the Forerunners? What? I mean, I guess that explains how the Autumn's random jump lead them to the Halo(it was random, right?), but I thought she has no idea what the Halos are! Even once she's plugged into it's computer system it takes her a while to figure it out! Well, how does that work? And one other thing! When she's given to Noble team, you see that she's about twice the size of a soda can. Yet when Master Chief recieves her (mere hours after you give her to Keys) she fits in the back of his head! WELL, HOW DOES THAT WORK??!!

Spoiler: It's just a...

It's just a protective canister around, the same... holographic computer chip thing.

 

[D Moness]

Spoiler: Terminator

Why trust just ONE terminator to do the job. She barley killed one so just send in 5 or 6 to do the job better. And why not kill Sarah when she is no threat at all. A.K.A. When she's 5! There are so many point to exploit.

How about this? By stopping Judgment Day in T2, wouldn't this prevent John Connor from even existing? And if he still existed, wouldn't they realize that their effort to stop Judgment Day didn't work?

You assume time is dynamic. What could happen is an alternate time line is created when something in the past is changed, leaving the original future untouched.

i see a head ache inducing argument coming >.> ... time travel dose that to me at least

Going the back to the future explanation to time travel. I always preferred that one. But it means that when they did save the world the timeline moved from the original. It can not "overwrite"the future timeline since if it happens Kyle Reese would never be send back. Or maybe the timeline can stay alive due to time paradox >.<.

 

[Gutkrusha]

Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever

The FBI - an organization intended to work within the United States - is somehow working in Vancouver, Canada.

1. Crap movie that was the basis of the two best fps' on the Game Boy Advance = crappy plot filled with holes

2. In film even when called Vancouver in dialog Vancouver = Seattle

Vancouver is in southern Washington, not Seattle.

 

[aarontg]

I recently played dead rising 2 and I suddenly thought: how are these people getting from one side of the mall to the other? You go through hell to just get from place to place but it seems like everyone else can just teleport.

 

[That_Swedish_Guy]

Star Wars Episode 2:

If the jedi aren't allowed to love, why were two obviously consenting 19-to-20-something-year-olds sent on an all expenses paid vacation to the planet-o-love?

I think Plinkett had far more material there than he actually used.

This itself is a plot hole, because the Force is supposed to run strong in certain bloodlines (said by both Yoda and Obi-Wan in the original trilogy) and it is important for families with strong ties to the force to pass on their knowledge, then all of the sudden the Jedi have this Catholic Priest complex that they aren't supposed to marry? Yeah, the idea that there is some semblance of continuity between the original series and the prequel trilogy is silly.

Original series had no problem with ignoring continuity and then making stuff up later. *Cough* Vader killed your father. *Cough* Why can't the prequels do the same? Not to mention all the other stuff that just doesn't make sense, 1 man plots millions of people against each other destroys the jedi order and forgets that a few laser blasts from the outside makes their planet destroyer explode? Vader goes past the point of no return then returns from the point of no return? Why can't the ghost jedi's do anything if they were made more powerful than before? Reminders to use the force is tape recorder power. Why is there no DNA protection so that someone other than a clone will be noticed if they're walking around as storm troopers? Isn't the emperor the most powerful sith to ever live at that point? Why couldn't he find luke?

Hell the whole Death Star itself wasn't really the brightest idea. when your star fleet already has a strangle hold on the galaxy but is being pestered by guerilla tactics, why commit so much resource and man power on a single massive slow moving battle station that's going to instantly have a huge target painted on it every resistance force? What strategic use is there in completely blowing up a planet when an orbital bombardment would get the same message across? I mean I guess if you're an evil emperor it would be a cool toy to build, but in the long run the Empire eventually lost because the big toy they didn't really need became a rally point for the rebellion to strike a critical blow.

You sir, just won a cookie.

 

[Wicky_42]

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1. Why didn't you orbital bomb those tree huggers
2. Just drop two tank on top of their main base
3. How they are able to sharpen the spears but they can go through bullet proof gas. I mean if you can sharpen them, so they can't be too hard... (my logic may be flawed, don't be ass holes when proving it)
4. Maybe I am just being a baby because the bad guys won.

Couple of answers to your questions are available on the official site.
1) Orbital weaponry is banned from use by the corporation's interstellar exploitation contract - they're not allowed to sail over the galaxy nuking shit

2) Did you see any tanks? Again, the military hardware available to the Corp was probably limited not only by the contract but also because everything they used they had to make, and there are technical limitations on what you can make on an alien world without the high-tech infrastructure back on Earth. I think they have 1 nano-fabricator plant, but they can't make advanced electronics - those have to be shipped over every 6 years or so.

3) The whole 'going through glass' thing I would say is more to do with the draw on the bow than the pointiness of the stick - those bows are huge, when you think about it. Plus, alien wood

4)Maybe you missed the film's subtle hints that nature was the good guy

The real plot hole was how Jake never did bother doing his mission.

My issue with that movie is that they spend all this time saying they are after a mineral then blow up the only thing stopping them from getting it yet they completely ignore it to try to wipe out the aliens for no better reason than assholeism.

Actually, it was Jake rallying the tribes to a single spot nearby that got the military all riled up - the corporation decided it had to do a first-strike to avoid being over-run. Yes, Jake sucks at diplomacy.

 

[Amyler]

Oh my god, in before FF7 Areis' dieing. =o

 

[TP Potatosalad]

Mass Effect 2 (Spoliers):

I thought that the Reapers removed all evidence before they went back into dark space to make sure no one discovered their existence. Yet in Mass Effect 2 you visit a derelict Reaper just floating next to a planet that the other Reapers apparantly decided to leave there, that seems like a pretty big clue. Maybe the Reapers just don't to roll call before they go back through the relay.

 

[RYjet911]

LOTR..the Giant Eagle Race could just fly someone with the ring right into Mordor, into mount doom and drop off the ring. completely bypassing hours of unnecessary bother.

Yes, because the giant floating all seeing eye in the sky wouldn't see a group of people and army of birds flying right at his country...

and not have time to prepare a completely devastating aerial assault.


The point of the entire books (which they screwed up royally) was that they were supposed to be discreet.

Why doesn't it just see the group then? One extra bird to fly them there is hardly any less discreet. In fact, the lack of commotion caused by them bypassing all sorts of ground-based obstacles would make them LESS discreet...

Three movies of walking reduced to one movie of flight.

 

[jamescorck]

Citizen Kane.

Nobody was there to hear him saying his last words. The room was empty. How the hell did they know he said "Rosebud"?

 

[drbarno]

There's this really bad one in Yugioh 5ds where Yusei and co. face off against Team unicorn.

at the end of the duel Yusei has no cards left in his deck and it's the other guys turn. by ending, yusei would lose, but the guy goes and fucking attacks anyway, making him lose. and what makes it even worse is that they spent the last 2 episodes focusing on this exact method to beat him!

 

[jamescorck]

Mass Effect 2 (Spoliers):

I thought that the Reapers removed all evidence before they went back into dark space to make sure no one discovered their existence. Yet in Mass Effect 2 you visit a derelict Reaper just floating next to a planet that the other Reapers apparantly decided to leave there, that seems like a pretty big clue. Maybe the Reapers just don't to roll call before they go back through the relay.

The Reapers didn't leave that there, as The Reapers never do anything without a plan. They left it to lure any other alien species. The humans of Cerberus took it and placed their research lab inside it, not knowing that it was the Reapers who were applying behavioral tests in them. So no, the Reapers didn't left that there. They settled an undercover Reaper laboratory to investigate other alien species.

As for the planet that sucks the Reaper into oblivion that might be a self-destruct mecanism planted there to erase evidences of their existence in case somebody found the laboratory. After Shepard's visit it triggered and that's why there's no evidence left of the Reaper once you are done.

 

[mageroel]

Ha, pretty much the entire series of Dragonball, Why don't trunks and goten fuse and beat the crap out of everyone? Why don't they go along with Goku when he goes off to save the galaxy with Pan, the weakest character in the universe? Why is Pan alive? Why does Gohan, the coolest character ever fall to the wayside, while the brats fuse and save the world? etc. etc.

It's Dragon Ball. It's not supposed to make sense.
Remember how Yamcha, Tien, and Chaotsu were supposed to be the strongest fighters along with Goku? Remember how they are utterly gone now? Yeaah.

They're gone because they're not Sayans, and therefore cannot become as strong as Goku or other Sayans... is what I make of it at best. still, the story is weird..

 

[Something Amyss]

Ummm... Anakin Skywalker has neither a brother named Owen, not a sister named Beru. Nor even the the common sense to look in the phone book from his home planet ...for 18 years!

His connection to them is explained. Also, as far as he's concerned, his kids are dead. Why would he go back and say "Hi, is my son, a great and powerful Jedi, hanging around here?"

Spoiler

Why did jesus have to die? I'm not kidding you, it doesn't make the slightest bit of sense to me. He died for our sins, but couldn't God have just chosen to forgive us without, you know, having his son suffer an agonising death? I'm not even bible bashing. Please explain this because I've obviously missed something HUGE.

The Bible is chock full of plot holes. This one always annoyed me though, because people still argue it HAD to go down this way. No it didn't. He's God. He makes the rules.

 

[shadyh8er]

I love this movie to death, but this can't be ignored.

Watchmen.

How did the comedian learn about Veidt's plan? In the graphic novel the comedian sneaked onto an island with all the artists and stuff on it. What did he do in the movie to learn about it?

EDIT: In "I, Robot" one of the unbreakable rules that the robots must follow is that they can't let a human be harmed through action or inaction NO MATTER WHAT. But in a scene where Will Smith is fighting Sonny (the "bad" robot)in a crowd of robots, said robots just stand there.

 

[Lotet]

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1. Why didn't you orbital bomb those tree huggers
2. Just drop two tank on top of their main base
3. How they are able to sharpen the spears but they can go through bullet proof gas. I mean if you can sharpen them, so they can't be too hard... (my logic may be flawed, don't be ass holes when proving it)
4. Maybe I am just being a baby because the bad guys won.

My issue with that movie is that they spend all this time saying they are after a mineral then blow up the only thing stopping them from getting it yet they completely ignore it to try to wipe out the aliens for no better reason than assholeism.

Just posting because I'm addicted to TVTropes, but:

1: The Corp wasn't a military group, it was simply private contractors made mostly of ex-soldiers. I doubt that they had the ability to attempt orbital bombardment. After all, they seem fairly arrogant, and I doubt the Stockholders would be happy with them packing orbital bombardment weaponry against an enemy armed with bows and arrows.

You don't need weaponry to bombard someone from orbit. They came there on a starship, all they have to do is chuck asteroids at them, with absolute impunity.
It's not even hard, anyone with any decent level of maths ability could do the math, so people that can build and pilot FTL starships could certainly do it.

Jupiter stops asteroids from hitting us. Pandora is a moon of a gas giant, likly no asteroids and good luck trying to pluck one from an asteroid belt (if there is one). they trying to get stuff worth 20 Million per Kilogram, causing massive damage to the place is, well, counter-productive.

spend 5 million in starship fuel and logistics to cause a Billion Trillion dollars worth of damage so you can save 120 million dollars worth of military gear and personel? (numbers pulled out of the air)

A moon in a gas giant likely means tons of rocks, since around most gas giants, you get a planetary ring (although in some cases it is rather small). And you don't need a huge rock to really mess up someone's day, especially after they all gathered in one spot. You don't even need massive amounts of energy to pluck a rock out and put it into an injection orbit, for any people advanced enough to have starships and FTL, they should know all about orbital dynamics.

Hell even now, people have done the maths that would get asteroids from the asteroid belt injected into stable earth orbits for mining purposes. To say they can't do it is just stupid. You don't need an asteroid big enough to cause an extinction event, you can pretty much rain down small rocks with absolute and utter impunity, wiping out any centre of resistance - broadcast a message telling them 'play nice or daddy wipes out you and your entire species'.

you're either incredibly intelligent or you have no idea what you're talking about.

*scratches head*
I mean, I'm no mathematical whiz but I don't see how our current technology and understandings can allow us to get an asteroid from a swirling ring of rock and metal using something made by us that likely has less mass than the asteroid in question and have it sent over to us. what IS the energy or method used for that kind of act anyway?

plus why are you behaving with such a simplified approach to this? you're acting like you enemies will do exactly what you want them to do so you can cause maximum damage, instead of say, attacking you're ground base? and that's just the simplest approach. c'mon though, even if you calculate, object mass, planetary rotation, level of gravity and all that I don't see how you can acuratly direct a big lumpy (incredibly lumpy) rock thousands of miles down. I like pointless debates, can you tell?

need I repeat $20,000,000 per Kilogram? a chunk as heavy as a car gone will cost you $20 Billion!

to quote a much enjoyed fictional report on a similar, though not quite the same, subject:

Rocks are NOT 'free', citizen.

and you can't use the word "impunity" if you're striking your source of income when you're attacking.

 

[Kinokohatake]

Ummm... Anakin Skywalker has neither a brother named Owen, not a sister named Beru. Nor even the the common sense to look in the phone book from his home planet ...for 18 years!

His connection to them is explained. Also, as far as he's concerned, his kids are dead. Why would he go back and say "Hi, is my son, a great and powerful Jedi, hanging around here?"

Spoiler

Why did jesus have to die? I'm not kidding you, it doesn't make the slightest bit of sense to me. He died for our sins, but couldn't God have just chosen to forgive us without, you know, having his son suffer an agonising death? I'm not even bible bashing. Please explain this because I've obviously missed something HUGE.

The Bible is chock full of plot holes. This one always annoyed me though, because people still argue it HAD to go down this way. No it didn't. He's God. He makes the rules.

The ancient Jewish tradition was to sacrifice an animal to fix their sins. Thus the idea of a perfect, unsinful human being as a sacrifice to atone for all sins. This was Jesus.

 

[Binerexis]

HOW is it that Trunks can go back in time and be able to only change JUST ONE event?!??

what did he change? I thought he went back to his unchanged future but he was just much more powerful. he just played a part in an alternate reality

In his future, Goku died from an incurable heart disease and they really could have used Goku to fight against Cell with him being super-awesome etc etc. It turns out that in some cruel twist of fate, a cure for Goku's disease was discovered shortly after he died and Trunks brought that cure with him. Of course, Goku still got sick and the creation of Android 16 made things a bit more complicated too but yeah, he changed the fact that Goku died.